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UCSD Announces Chief of Division of Genome Information Sciences in Pediatrics

Kelly A. Frazer, PhD, has been hired as the founding chief of the new Division of Genome Information Sciences for the Department of Pediatrics at the UCSD School of Medicine.  In this role, she will work closely with physicians in the Department of Pediatrics, the UCSD Moores Cancer Center and Rady Children’s Hospital as well as with scientists in the Health Sciences.

The main function of the new division is to focus on predisposition for diseases starting in childhood but spanning the whole age spectrum, using genomic information. Such diseases include cancer, congenital heart disease, asthma and obesity.  Under Frazer’s direction, researchers will work to understand a child’s genetic predisposition to disease or to better understand individual responses to treatment, such as the ability to tolerate or safely metabolize drugs.  She will play an important role in the newly established Institute of Genomics and will also lead efforts to analyze patient data from Rady Children’s Hospital.