Dr. Shelley Cole PhD

Dr. Cole is a Professor at Texas Biomed. She studies inherited/genetic risk for developing common, complex diseases. She collaborates on genetic studies of minority population groups that have very high rates of metabolic and other diseases yet are traditionally under-represented in genetic and medical research. She applies molecular techniques for medium and high- throughput collection of genetic information to identify novel genetic risk markers for metabolic diseases; heart disease, diabetes, obesity, liver disease, kidney disease.

A special focus of Dr. Cole’s work is on preserving and promoting the utility and potential of the Strong Heart Study as a national resource for research studies to ultimately reduce the prevalence and incidence of metabolic-related disease and to improve public health in general in the American Indian population. Dr. Cole has more than 25 years of expertise studying human genetics.