
Dr. Gail P Jarvik M.D., PH.D.
Geneticist | Clinical Genetics (M.D.)
University Of Washington Medical Ctr 1959 Ne Pacific St Seattle WA, 98195About
Dr. Jarvik leads the University of Washington's Division of Medical Genetics and the Northwest Institute of Genetic Medicine, which focuses on the translation of human genetic research into clinical medicine. ...
Education and Training
Univ Of Ia Coll Of Med- Iowa City Ia 1987
University of Ia Roy J & L Carver Com 1987
Univ. of Iowa 1987
Board Certification
Medical GeneticsAmerican Board of Medical GeneticsABMG
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Impact of family structure on the power of linkage tests using sib-pair methods.
- Analysis of paraoxonase (PON1) L55M status requires both genotype and phenotype.
- Paraoxonase (PON1) phenotype is a better predictor of vascular disease than is PON1(192) or PON1(55) genotype.
- Polymorphisms in the human paraoxonase (PON1) promoter.
- Clinical characteristics of prostate cancer in an analysis of linkage to four putative susceptibility loci.
- Genetic association studies: genes in search of diseases.
- Affective disorders and Alzheimer disease: a missing-link hypothesis.
- Pharmacogenomic considerations of the paraoxonase polymorphisms.
- Functional genomic of the paraoxonase (PON1) polymorphisms: effects on pesticide sensitivity, cardiovascular disease, and drug metabolism.
- Oligogenic segregation analysis of hereditary prostate cancer pedigrees: evidence for multiple loci affecting age at onset.
- Evidence of linkage of HDL level variation to APOC3 in two samples with different ascertainment.
- Genomic scan of 254 hereditary prostate cancer families.
Fellowships
- UW - Dept. of Genetics
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