M. Ilyas Kamboh, Ph.D.

M. Ilyas Kamboh, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh; Co-Director, Neuropathology and Genetics Core of the University of Pittsburgh Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center

Dr. Kamboh's major research interest is on the genetics of common diseases of public health importance with a special emphasis on the genetic epidemiology of Alzheimer’s disease and cardiovascular disease. Since 1995, Dr. Kamboh has been instrumental in identifying and characterizing several Alzheimer's disease candidate genes. He has also assembled one of the largest and most powerful Alzheimer's disease case-control sample.