Jonathan L. Haines PhD

Jonathan Haines, PhD, is an internationally recognized researcher and educator with extensive experience in all aspects of genetic epidemiology, with a particular focus on illuminating the genetic architecture of complex diseases. He has applied his expertise to numerous brain and eye disorders and is credited with locating more than 20 causal and 300 associated genetic loci. He has led or collaborated on dozens of national and international genetic studies, lending his expertise to understanding the impact of genetic variation on common diseases such as age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, and Alzheimer’s disease.

Dr. Haines is the Mary W. Shel­don M.D. Pro­fes­sor of Genomic Sci­ences and Chair of the Depart­ment of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences (PQHS) at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (CWRU SOM). CWRU’s School of Medicine is also the administrative home of the Cleveland Insti­tute for Com­pu­ta­tional Biol­ogy, which Dr. Haines founded and directs. The Institute is a collaboration between Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. The Institute collaborates with UH and area health systems to lead data analytics based on electronic health records to inform population health efforts and best practices in clinical care.