معرفی
Christopher I Amos, PhD serves as Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Data Science at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine and Associate Director for Population Sciences at Norris Cotton Cancer Center. His academic home resides within the Department of Biomedical Data Science under the Geisel School of Medicine, with additional affiliations through the Center for Genomic Medicine, Dartmouth Cancer Center, Quantitative Biomedical Sciences program, and SYNERGY research initiative.
Dr. Amos specializes in developing statistical methodologies for genetic epidemiology with particular focus on cancer susceptibility. His research portfolio spans
- Genetic epidemiology of lung, breast, colon, ovarian and prostate cancers
- Statistical genetics methods for rare variant analysis
- Genomic analysis of autoimmune diseases
- Next-generation sequencing applications in personalized medicine
- Design criteria for population-based genetics studies
Current research directions emphasize large-scale genomic analyses including the Oncoarray project studying 500,000 individuals across multiple cancer types. His methodological innovations in variance-components approaches and rare variant analysis have established foundational frameworks in the field.
Dr. Amos maintains active research funding through multiple NIH grants including the Transdisciplinary Research in Cancer of the Lung (TRICL) consortium (U19 CA148127), Topography and Genetics of Smoking in American Indians (1 P50 CA148110-02), and Norris Cotton Cancer Center Support Grant (5 P30 CA0123108-28).
His leadership extends to the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center SPORE in Melanoma (P50 CA093459) and teaching responsibilities for courses including Statistical Genetics, Genetics Then and Now, Seminars in Biostatistics, and Categorical Data Analysis.
