Mark Lathrop
Mark Lathrop is a Canadian genomic researcher and Biostatistician. He headed the Center for the Study of Human Polymorphisms in France. As of 2011, he is the Scientific Director of the McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Centre in 2011. His research is focused on "the application of genomics and statistical/mathematical methods to understand the molecular basis of human disease."
Education
Lathrop earned his undergraduated and master's degrees at the University of Alberta. He then studied theoretical statistics and genetics at the University of Washington, where he earned his PhD in biomathematics.Career
After completing his doctorate, Lathrop moved to France. There he founded theCenter for the Study of Human Polymorphism. In the 1980s and 1990s, the Centre was at the forefront of research on the human genome.
Lathrop, recruited by John [Bell |Sir John Bell], moved to Oxford, England in 1993, where he became co-founder and director of Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics at the University of Oxford.
In 1998, he returned to France where he founded the Centre National de Génotypage, France's national centre for the study human genetics.
In 2011, Lathrop returned to Canada to McGill University, where he was named the Scientific Director of the McGill University Genome Centre, and a Professor in the Department of Human Genetics. His current research focuses on "using genetic approaches to identify DNA variants that predispose people to common diseases", especially, "lung cancer, asthma and cardiovascular disease."