About Me
I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at Yale University. My research interests broadly encompass population genetics of complex traits in diverse populations and cancer evolution. I use population genetic theory in developing a contextualized framework to interpret the effects of genetic variation on prostate cancer risk with a special focus on African populations. I am interested in studying cancer progression through tissue-level somatic evolution. Key projects include:
- Genetics of prostate cancer in diverse populations
- Men of African genetic ancestry have elevated risks for prostate cancer incidence. We study the genetic architecture of prostate cancer across diverse populations within Africa.
- Population genetics of complex traits in sub-Saharan Africa
- African genomes have a higher diversity than the rest of the global populations. We examined the evolutionary causes of continental differences in the genetic architecture of complex traits.
- Ecology and evolution of tumor progression
- Oncogenesis is accompanied by various markers of ecological and evolutionary processes that can be leveraged to gain insights into predictive oncology.