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, diabetes, women's health traits, and in general I am interested in studying traits with large difference in incidence, average value, or severity between demographic groupings.

Mentoring and Training

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 the Director of Graduate Studies for the Human Genetics PhD Program for 5 years. I developed a MOOC on Coursera "Genetic Epidemiology Foundations". I currently have 4 former trainees who are in faculty or faculty-equivalent roles at NIH, industry, and academia.

Keywords and Content Areas

Genetics, Epidemiology, Statistics, Association

Google Scholar

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