We develop statistical methods to characterize the genetic architecture of common disease. We are a part of the Harvard Medical School Department of Biomedical Informatics, and we are affiliated with the Broad Institute Program in Medical and Population Genetics.
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News
Sep 2025
- The O'Connor lab welcomed new Ph.D student Jay Baik
Aug 2025
- Pouria Salehi Nowbandegani's Preprint "Defining and cataloging variants in pangenome graphs", has been posted on bioRxiv.
Jul 2025
- Luke's preprint with Guy Sella, "Principled measures and estimates of trait polygenicity", has been posted on bioRxiv.