Lei Hou

Lei Hou

Assistant Professor

Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine – Biomedical Genetics Section

Research Areas

Disease genetics and genomics

Why Women’s Health?

Sex difference has a huge impact on the genetic risk of a lot of common diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease and Age-related macular degeneration. Research on women’s health can provide sex-specific insight into disease pathogenesis and empower precision medicine.