# Human Disease

**Source**: https://biology.mit.edu/faculty-and-research/areas-of-research/human-disease/
**Parent**: https://biology.mit.edu/

developmental disorders • cancer • atherosclerosis and heart disease • neuromuscular diseases • disease genes • genetic pathways of disease • etiology of disease • disease models • assay development • genomics • gene-function-pathology relationships

## [Faculty](https://biology.mit.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty/?research-area%5B%5D=human-disease)

#### [Laurie A. Boyer](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/laurie-a-boyer/)

#### [Eliezer Calo](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/eliezer-calo/)

#### [Jianzhu Chen](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/jianzhu-chen/)

#### [Yiyin Erin Chen](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/y-erin-chen/)

#### [Olivia Corradin](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/olivia-corradin/)

#### [Leonard P. Guarente](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/leonard-p-guarente/)

#### [Michael T. Hemann](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/michael-t-hemann/)

#### [David Housman](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/david-housman/)

#### [Rudolf Jaenisch](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/rudolf-jaenisch/)

#### [Ankur Jain](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/ankur-jain/)

#### [Monty Krieger](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/monty-krieger/)

#### [Eric S. Lander](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/eric-s-lander/)

#### [Jacqueline Lees](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/jacqueline-lees/)

#### [Harvey F. Lodish](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/harvey-f-lodish/)

#### [Hernandez Moura Silva](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/hernandez-moura-silva/)

#### [David C. Page](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/david-c-page/)

#### [Sara Prescott](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/sara-prescott/)

#### [Stefani Spranger](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/stefani-spranger/)

#### [Susumu Tonegawa](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/susumu-tonegawa/)

#### [Omer H. Yilmaz](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/omer-h-yilmaz/)

#### [Richard A. Young](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/richard-a-young/)

*Faculty Spotlight*

### [Omer H. Yilmaz](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/omer-h-yilmaz/)

*Associate Professor of Biology; Intramural Faculty, Koch Institute*

Omer H. Yilmaz explores the impact of dietary interventions on stem cells, the immune system, and cancer within the intestine.