Sharon Browning

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Research Professor
Biostatistics
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PhD
Statistics
University of Washington
1999
BScHons
Mathematics
University of Auckland (New Zealand)
1995

I work on developing stochastic models for correlations between genetic variants along chromosomes, and on computationally-efficient statistical methods utilizing these models. Applications of my work include haplotype phasing, genotype imputation and detection of segments of identity by descent.

Research Associate Professor
Genetic Analysis Center
Study Section Member
NIH study section: Genetic Variation and Evolution (GVE)
Member of population genetics working group
Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed)
2017-18 Academic Year
BIOST 550: Statistical Genetics I: Mendelian Traits
BIOST 581: Statistical Genetics Seminar
Faculty Research Interests: 
Statistical Genetics and Genomics
Population genetics
Modern humans interbred with Denisovans more than once
ars TECHNICA - Mon Mar 19
Humans in Asia and Oceania met, mingled, and bred with Denisovans at least twice....
Mysterious Denisovans interbred with modern humans more than once
CNN - Mon Mar 19
Neanderthals, Denisovans and our ancestors were mixing and mingling a long time ago -- and some of our genetics can be traced back to these archaic humans....
Move over, Neanderthals: Our ancestors mated with Denisovans not once but twice, scientists say
The Los Angeles Times - Mon Mar 19
Humans weren't just making babies with Neanderthals back in the day. A new study that compares the genomes of different groups of modern humans has found that our ancestors interbred with another close relative, the Denisovans, more than once....
Interbreeding Surprise! More Denisovans in Our Family Tree
Discover Magazine - Mon Mar 19
Hey, sex happens. And apparently, whenever our ancestors met up with other members of the genus Homo, it happened a lot....
Our ancestors mated with the mystery ‘Denisovan’ people – twice
New Scientist - Mon Mar 19
Our ancestors mated with another species of ancient hominins, the Denisovans, on at least two occasions....
Humans bred with this mysterious species more than once, new study shows
The Washington Post - Mon Mar 19
Homo sapiens had lots of sex with Homo neanderthalensis....
New analysis of genetic data finds two pulses of Denisovan populations contributed to ancestry of modern humans in East Asia
Dept. of Biostatistics - Thu Mar 15

Education
PhD
Statistics
University of Washington
1999
BScHons
Mathematics
University of Auckland (New Zealand)
1995

Bio

I work on developing stochastic models for correlations between genetic variants along chromosomes, and on computationally-efficient statistical methods utilizing these models. Applications of my work include haplotype phasing, genotype imputation and detection of segments of identity by descent.

Affiliations
Research Associate Professor
Genetic Analysis Center
Study Section Member
NIH study section: Genetic Variation and Evolution (GVE)
Member of population genetics working group
Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed)

Courses
2017-18 Academic Year
BIOST 550: Statistical Genetics I: Mendelian Traits
BIOST 581: Statistical Genetics Seminar

Research
Faculty Research Interests: 
Statistical Genetics and Genomics
Population genetics

News
Modern humans interbred with Denisovans more than once
ars TECHNICA - Mon Mar 19
Humans in Asia and Oceania met, mingled, and bred with Denisovans at least twice....
Mysterious Denisovans interbred with modern humans more than once
CNN - Mon Mar 19
Neanderthals, Denisovans and our ancestors were mixing and mingling a long time ago -- and some of our genetics can be traced back to these archaic humans....
Move over, Neanderthals: Our ancestors mated with Denisovans not once but twice, scientists say
The Los Angeles Times - Mon Mar 19
Humans weren't just making babies with Neanderthals back in the day. A new study that compares the genomes of different groups of modern humans has found that our ancestors interbred with another close relative, the Denisovans, more than once....
Interbreeding Surprise! More Denisovans in Our Family Tree
Discover Magazine - Mon Mar 19
Hey, sex happens. And apparently, whenever our ancestors met up with other members of the genus Homo, it happened a lot....
Our ancestors mated with the mystery ‘Denisovan’ people – twice
New Scientist - Mon Mar 19
Our ancestors mated with another species of ancient hominins, the Denisovans, on at least two occasions....
Humans bred with this mysterious species more than once, new study shows
The Washington Post - Mon Mar 19
Homo sapiens had lots of sex with Homo neanderthalensis....
New analysis of genetic data finds two pulses of Denisovan populations contributed to ancestry of modern humans in East Asia
Dept. of Biostatistics - Thu Mar 15