Todd Edwards, MS, PhD

Research Interests

I am a genetic epidemiologist conducting research on the genetic determinants of complex human traits. I work extensively with electronic health records data to develop cohorts for genetic association studies. I work on cardiovascular traits such as blood pressure and hypertension, colorectal cancer, women's health traits and in general I am interested in studying traits with large racial disparities in incidence, average value, or severity.

Training and Mentoring

I am actively involved in training the next generation of scientists at Vanderbilt and VUMC. I was the Associate Director of Graduate Studies for the Epidemiology PhD Program for 5 years, and I am the incoming Director of Graduate Studies for the Human Genetics PhD Program. I co-chair the education committee of the International Genetic Epidemiology Society, and I am developing a MOOC for genetic epidemiology on the Coursera platform. I currently have 2 former trainees who are faculty, and two current postdocs, with openings for additional postdocs and students in our group. 

Keywords and Content Areas

Genetics, Epidemiology, Statistics, Association, Disparities

Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BgE4SasAAAAJ&hl=en