Faculty

Gail Jarvik

Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology
Professor, Medicine - Medical Genetics
Professor, Genome Sciences

206-221-3974
pair@uw.edu

Education

MD University of Iowa, 1987
PhD Genetics, University of Michigan, 1986

Contact

206-221-3974
pair@uw.edu

Box 357720
UWMC, Medicine/Medical Genetics
Seattle, WA 98195

Bio

Head, Division of Medical Genetics
The Arno G. Motulsky Endowed Chair in Medicine
Joint Professor of Medicine and Genome Sciences

Research Areas

Research Interests

Dr. Jarvik is a Professor of Medicine and Genome Sciences, and an Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Washington. She is an internist and clinical medical geneticist, and is active in the field of biomedical ethics. Dr. Jarvik specializes in the mathematical genetics of complexly inherited human disease. She does highly collaborative theoretical and applied work in the genetic etiology of cardiovascular disease, dementia and intellectual function, and cancer using careful attention to biology. Dr. Jarvik is actively investigating the implementation of genomics in clinical care.

No publications at this time.