The recent focus on increasing diversity by including ethnic populations in human genetic studies has increased global equity and opportunities of new discoveries. Catalogue of genetic variations among diverse populations from South Asia has enabled us to ask questions on the functional and evolutionary backdrop of the variations which are novel and population specific. However, functional genomi c data still are extremely sparse among non-European populations. To establish a causal link between DNA sequence variations to phenotypes, we also need to have a mechanistic understanding of how these loci operate at the molecular level. My research interest lies in functional dissection and comprehension of the genetic underpinning of complex traits with the help of multi-omics high throughput technologies. Read less
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