Wyeth W. Wasserman

Wyeth W. Wasserman is a Professor in the Department of Medical Genetics at the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Medicine, concurrently serving as Senior Scientist at the Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics and Investigator at the BC Children's Hospital Research Institute in Vancouver.

His research pioneers computational methods for genome sequence analysis, specializing in cis-regulatory elements controlling gene transcription and their role in tissue development and rare pediatric disorders. The Wasserman Lab develops widely adopted bioinformatics software and databases, leveraging deep learning to decipher cellular diversity from identical DNA sequences, with direct applications in health informatics for improving genetic disease diagnosis.

Actively engaged in graduate supervision across UBC's Bioinformatics, Genome Science and Technology, and Medical Genetics programs, Dr. Wasserman fosters interdisciplinary collaborations through the Wasserman Lab, which partners with diverse research teams at the computational-life sciences interface to advance genomic medicine.