Professional Bio
Jacklyn N. Hellwege, PhD, is a Research Assistant Professor in the Division of Genetic Medicine in the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr. Hellwege’s projects focus on genetic association analyses of exome- and genome-wide array data, as well as large-scale sequencing data, for a wide variety of phenotypes, particularly those derived from electronic health records. Phenotypes of particular interest include uterine fibroids, keloid scars, and other fibroproliferative traits, in addition to several collaborative association studies encompassing the broad spectrum of cardiometabolic phenotypes. Dr. Hellwege’s previous work was focused on the integration of two-point linkage analysis with contemporary large-scale genotype information and association analysis to identify high-impact functional variants. Additional methods she has employed include gene-based association for low-frequency variants, meta-analysis, interaction analysis (epistasis), and construction of polygenic genetic risk scores. She is particularly interested in genetic research of diseases that disproportionally impact minority health. Dr. Hellwege did her undergraduate work at Appalachian State University and her doctoral training at Wake Forest University.
Publications
Education
PhD - Molecular Genetics and Genomics - Wake Forest University, 2014
Fellowship - Human Genetics - Wake Forest University, 2015
Fellowship - Genetic Epidemiology - Vanderbilt University, 2017
Contact
Email
Kimryn.Rathmell@Vumc.Org
Address
777 Preston Research Building
2220 Pierce Ave
Nashville, TN 37232-6307