Primer on Medical and Population Genetics
The Primer on Medical and Population Genetics is a series of weekly lectures on genetics topics related to human populations and disease. Experts from across the Medical and Population Genetics community at the Ó³»´«Ã½ give in-depth introductions to research in human genetics through overviews of core concepts and practical tutorials on tools for biostatistics, computational genomics, and variant annotation. Several talks each year focus on bioethical considerations in genomics research. Sessions are generally interactive and attendees are encouraged to raise questions.
Videos of Primer sessions are made freely available for viewing here and are geared towards a wide scientific audience. Videos are also available for streaming at the Ó³»´«Ã½'s publicly available .
If you'd like more information about the primer or have suggestions for future topics, please contact seminar series organizers Pamela Feliciano and Michelle McNulty..
2025 - 2026 Primers
| 4/16/26 | Allele-specific expression: building a rigorous pipeline for WGS + RNA-seq data [ ] |
Ana Onuchick-Whitford Eric Sakkas Junmo Sung |
| 4/9/26 | Network-based rare variant association for complex diseases [ ] |
Sumaiya Nazeen, PhD
Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women's Hospital |
| 4/2/26 | Exploring Structural Variation in Genomic Studies [ ] |
Harrison Brand Massachusetts General Hospital |
| 3/26/26 | A "Not So" Deep Dive into Bulk RNA-Seq, Isoforms & Alternative Splicing [ ] |
Sudeep Mehrotra Ocular Genomics Institute, Harvard Medical School Ó³»´«Ã½ |
| 3/19/26 | Epigenomic profiling and AI-guided cancer diagnostics [ ] |
Salvatore Benfatto Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Ó³»´«Ã½ Harvard Medical School |
| 3/5/26 | Genotype, Phenotype, and GWAS data [ ] |
Elise Robinson Ó³»´«Ã½ Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital |
| 2/26/26 | Polygenic Embryo Screening [ ] |
Rémy Furrer Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Neurosurgery Harvard Medical School |
| 2/12/26 | New Approaches and Data Sources For Coding Variant Interpretation [ ] |
Chris Cassa Harvard Medical School MIT Ó³»´«Ã½ |
| 1/22//26 | Why Genomics Needs Exposomics to Solve the Puzzle [ ] |
Peng Gao Assistant Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Affiliate Faculty, Ó³»´«Ã½ |
| 12/11/25 | Career Panel Discussion [ ] |
Kyle Vogan Joanne Kotz Laura Stoppel |
| 12/4/25 | Mendelian Randomization [ ] |
Haodong Tian Research Fellow, Ó³»´«Ã½ Postdoctoral Researcher, MGH |
| 11/20/25 | ClinGen, ClinVar and other Clinical Genomic Resources [ ] |
Pamela Ajuyah Robertson Ó³»´«Ã½ |
| 11/6/25 | Iqbal Lab | The Genomics 2 Proteins Portal [ ] |
Seulki Kwon & Yoochan Myung Iqbal Lab Ó³»´«Ã½ |
| 10/30/25 | Gene-environment interactions: a genome-wide perspective [ ] |
Kenny Westerman Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School |
| 10/23/25 | Somatic Mutations and Human Health [ ] |
Ben Finander Harvard Medical School Boston Children's Hospital Ó³»´«Ã½ |
| 10/2/25 | From Code to Clinic; A History of AI in Medicine [ ] |
Mihael Cudic MGH, Ó³»´«Ã½ |
| 9/18/25 | Illuminate variant impact with images [ ] |
Anne Carpenter Runxi Shen Ó³»´«Ã½ |
| 9/11/25 | The Awesome Power of Genetic Linkage [ ] |
Dan Snelling Walsh Lab, Boston Children's Hospital |
