R. Alan Harris

R. Alan Harris is an Assistant Professor at the Baylor College of Medicine within the Human Genome Sequencing Center and Molecular and Human Genetics department. His research integrates bioinformatics, genomics, and epigenomics to develop nonhuman primate disease models while investigating primate evolution and epigenetic regulation in development and disease.

• PhD and postdoctoral training in Molecular and Human Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine
• MA in Biological Anthropology from Kent State University
• BA in Anthropology and Geology from Florida State University

Key research areas include:

• Development of nonhuman primate models for human diseases (rhesus macaque, marmoset)
• Primate genome assembly and annotation for biomedical research
• Epigenomic regulation via DNA methylation in disease and development
• Computational tools for genomic and epigenomic data analysis
• Primate comparative genomics to understand evolutionary chromosomal changes

Recent publications focus on genomic diversity in primates, mutation rate analysis across species, disease modeling in nonhuman primates, and epigenetic regulation in developmental and pathological contexts. Collaborative work spans primate evolution, immunogenetics, and biomedical applications of genome sequencing.