Patricia L. Cameron, PhD
Vice Dean, The Graduate School
(706) 721- 3278
BIOMED@augusta.edu
The Genomic Medicine program provides an outstanding research environment for studying principles and practice of genomic medicine including genetics, genomic, proteomic, drug discovery, pharmacogenomics, and computational data analysis.
Students will learn from experts how to use modern, high throughput technologies, in vitro and in vivo models, and patient data to study human diseases, create diagnostic tools, and develop new therapies. Contributing faculty expertise includes genomics, proteomics, molecular biology, drug discovery, computational biology, and bioinformatics. Our distinguished faculty teach how to approach fundamental and complex biological questions with these techniques in a variety of research areas – from diabetes to cancer to vision research.
"I invite you to join our community of genomic and proteomic scientists seeking to
find solutions to disease prediction, prevention and the delivery of personalized
medicine."
Ashok Sharma, PhD
Biosketch
Dr. Sharma is a Tenured Associate Professor in the Center for Biotechnology and Genomic
Medicine at Augusta University. With a background in computer science and a PhD in
Genomic Medicine, Dr. Sharma has experience in both the computational and biological
aspects of biomedical research. His research focus is on the development of biologically
meaningful algorithms for comprehensive analysis and the visualization of high-throughput
data by incorporating biological knowledge and rigorous computational methods. In
the last decade, biomedical research has been revolutionized by the advent of high-throughput
technologies that can generate large amounts of data. Unlocking the meaningful biological
information contained inside high-throughput data is a big challenge for bench biologists.
He works with an interdisciplinary team to carry out bioinformatics analysis and pursue
research projects in collaboration with other biologists. He has authored more than
50 full-length papers in peer-reviewed journals. Additionally, he has developed and
published two software tools, HPCluster and ParaSAM, which are useful for analyses
of gene expression datasets. Currently, he is working on the analysis of large-scale
proteomic and genomic measurements from patients with Diabetic Retinopathy and Glaucoma.
In 2019, Dr. Sharma received the prestigious “Outstanding Young Basic Science Faculty”
award from the Medical College of Georgia.
Dr. Sharma has been the Associate Editor of the “Frontiers in Non-Coding RNA” journal since 2011. He is an editorial board member of “Medical Genomics and Biomarkers” and has served as a reviewer for several scientific journals.
Dr. Sharma is the Program Director of the Ph.D. program in Genomic Medicine, to which he has been one of the major contributors. He is the course director of Computational Methods in Genomics and Genetics, a course that is required for all Genomic Medicine graduate students. In addition to coursework, Dr. Sharma has been an active member of several student committees and continues to play a crucial role in the education of graduate students.
Ashok Sharma, PhD
Program Director
assharma@augusta.edu
Debbie Ellison
Program Administrator
(706) 721-3433
dellison@augusta.edu
"I enjoy my Functional Genomics and Proteomics, as well as Computational Methods courses.
The former teaches me about techniques that are used in the field of Genomic Medicine
and their application. Whereas the second introduces me to the field of Bioinformatics
that is used to decode the massive data that the newly advanced machinery generates."
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