Dr. Kardia received her doctoral degree in human genetics from the University of Michigan, was a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and continued post-doctoral work in the Department of Human Genetics. She joined the faculty of the University of Michigan School of Public Health in 1998.

Dr. Kardia’s main research is on the genomic epidemiology of cardiovascular disease carried out at the Kardia Lab; she is particularly interested in gene-environment, gene-gene interactions, and in modeling complex relationships between genetic variation, environmental variation, and risk of common chronic diseases. Dr. Kardia is also working to move genetics into chronic disease prevention programs in state departments of health.

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