Dr. Schaid is the Curtis Carlson Professor of Genomics Research and Chair of the Department of Quantitative Health Sciences. He is an internationally recognized leader in the fields of statistical genetic and genetic epidemiology. After receiving an MS in human genetics and a PhD in biostatics in 1986, both from the University of Pittsburgh, he began a successful career as a faculty member at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. After working in cancer clinical trials for six years, the Mayo Clinic sponsored Dr. Schaid as a Mayo Clinic Scholar to receive additional training in statistical genetics at Louisiana State University Medical Center in New Orleans (1992-1993). Upon his return to Mayo, he was appointed as a faculty member.
Dr. Schaid has devoted his career to developing new statistical and computational methods for genetic analyses, many of which were motivated by his collaborations in a wide variety of human genetic studies. With over 400 publications, areas of genetic collaboration have included breast, and prostate cancers, cardiovascular diseases, pharmacogenomics, and response to vaccinations. His main areas of funded research are the development of novel statistical genetic methods and software and the genetics of prostate cancer. Dr. Schaid is a past Editor-in-Chief of Genetic Epidemiology, Fellow of the American Statistical Association, and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
