Yoav Gilad

Yoav Gilad is an associate professor of human genetics at the University of Chicago. His research is focused on studying genetic and regulatory differences between humans and our close evolutionary relatives, with the long-term goal of identify the genetic basis of human-specific traits, including genetic variation that underlies higher susceptibility to certain diseases and disorders in humans than in other primates. Gilad’s work is funded by several federal grants to study genetic variation in humans and close evolutionary relatives.