Resolving the genetic basis of type 2 diabetes in 125 000 Mexicans

Jason Torres is a senior genetic epidemiologist in the Clinical Trial Service Unit & Epidemiological Studies Unit (CTSU) leading genetic analyses of the Mexico City Prospective Study. 

He analyses large-scale genetic data (i.e. genome-wide array, WGS, WES) with the aim of identifying genetic risk factors for complex diseases such as type 2 diabetes and related cardiometabolic traits.

Jason received his PhD at the University of Chicago where he conducted genome-wide association studies and heritability estimation.

Before joining Oxford Population Health, he worked at the Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics in Oxford as a postdoctoral research fellow where he integrated genetic fine-mapping data with functional genomic and molecular epigenomic features to resolve causal genes and relevant tissues at loci associated with type 2 diabetes.

This seminar is open to members of the University.