17 Jul Murtaza named director of Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine

UW School of Medicine and Public Health

Murtaza is a cancer researcher and an associate professor in the Department of Surgery at the school. Since 2021, he has served as the associate director of the center.

The Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine advances the use of an individual’s genetic information to optimize and guide health care decisions including diagnosis and treatment. Experts affiliated with the center help evaluate pediatric and adult patients, some of whom have undergone lengthy or inconclusive clinical evaluations prior to receiving a definitive diagnosis of a rare genetic disorder. Since the center opened in 2018, its mission has been to catalyze research, clinical and educational activities in this field, to grow the community of researchers, and bring the benefits of precision medicine to all Wisconsinites.

As its associate director, Murtaza nurtured the infrastructure for this research at UW–Madison and fostered the center’s research and clinical care community, which consists of genomics and computational scientists, as well as surgeons, oncologists, pediatricians and genetic counselors. Read more…