Research Interest

Next-generation (next-gen) sequencing is producing large amounts of data with vast potential to inform treatment and prevention of diabetes and obesity. My research interest are focused on leveraging next-gen data to understand how genetic and environmental factors mediate the risk of obesity.  Given the billions of microbes that inhabit our bodies are likely to be the most intimate connection humans have to their environment, my current research is devoted to understanding how maternal-infant microbial exposures impact obesity during early life events.

Current Position

Dominick J. Lemas, Ph.D

Assistant Professor

Department of Health Outcomes and Policy

Clinical and Translational Research Building

University of Florida College of Medicine

2004 Mowry Road, Rm 2234

Gainesville, FL 32608

Ph: 352-294-5971

Email: djlemas@ufl.edu

Education

University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), Fairbanks, AK
Ph.D in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

University of Vermont (UVM), Burlington, VT
Bachelors of Science in Biology

Contact Information

Email: dominick.lemas[at]ucdenver[dot]edu
Twitter: @dominicklemas