Gene Environment Interactions

Dr. Moyra Smith is a Professor Emerita in the Department of Pediatrics and Human Genetics, College of Health Sciences, at the University of California, Irvine, and in past years has held appointments at the National Institutes of Health and Johns Hopkins University. In 2017, the UCI Emeriti Association awarded Dr. Smith the UCI Outstanding Emerita Award in recognition of her continuing research on genetics and genomics, strong record of publications, active engagement with programs in the Department of Pediatrics, mentoring of graduate students, and involvement with the CART Autism Center at UCI. Dr. Moyra Smith has published more than 100 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals such as Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, Molecular Psychiatry, the Journal of Medical Genetics (JMG), and Cytogenetics Cell Genetics.

1. Interacting with the environment receiving and interpreting signals2. Environment as Provider3. Human Evolution and adaptations to environments and to pathogen encounters4. Genetic mechanisms in environmental adaptations 5. Epigenetics and the regulatory genome6. The microbiome: The external life forms within7. Human development, behaviors, impacts of environment and genetic variations8. Joint Roles of Genes and Environment in etiology of specific diseases9. Personalized Precision Medicine10. Identifying and mitigating effects of Harmful factors in the Intrinsic or Extrinsic Environment11. Questions relating to climate change