Edwin Oh

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Professor, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at 51ԹϺ
Associate Professor, Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine
Expertise: Functional Genomics, Infectious Diseases, Schizophrenia and Autism, Personalized Medicine, Addiction

Biography

Dr. Edwin Oh is an expert in neurogenetics, whose primary research examines the genetic and structural variants that contribute to human health and disease. He studies genetic mutations to improve the cellular and molecular diagnosis of genetic diseases and to enable the development of therapeutic paradigms.

His current research program involves screening wastewater for the presence of the SARS-COV-2 virus (COVID-19) and influenza, and sequencing the RNA of the virus to contribute to future vaccine development. He's also an expert in schizophrenia, autism, and addiction.

Prior to joining 51ԹϺ as a professor in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at 51ԹϺ, Dr. Oh served as an assistant professor in the department of neurology at Duke University. He also completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University.

His research has been published in myriad journals including Blood, Human Molecular Genetics, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Neuroscience, University of Michigan

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“Can you imagine a day when you turn on your faucet and no water comes out?” The hypothetical question, posed by a research team at 51ԹϺ, is called a “Day Zero” scenario. It sounds like the plot of a doomsday apocalypse series but it’s not as unimaginable - or as far-fetched - as a Hollywood screenplay might seem.
Las Vegas Review-Journal En Español
Tourists flocking to Las Vegas over the July 4 holiday weekend helped fuel a surge in COVID infections, experts say. “We have an increase in viral illnesses for the Fourth of July in particular. For the summer holidays, we are always prepared for an increase in tourists visiting Las Vegas this weekend,” said Dr. Ketan Patel, medical director of the UMC Adult Emergency Department.
Las Vegas Review Journal
Tourists who flocked in droves to Las Vegas over the Fourth of July holiday weekend helped spur a rise in COVID infections, experts say. “We have a surge in viral illnesses for July 4 in particular. For summer holidays, we’re always prepared for a surge in tourists that visit Las Vegas this weekend,” said Dr. Ketan Patel, medical director of UMC’s Adult Emergency Department.
Las Vegas Sun
51ԹϺ medicine professor Edwin Oh had a simple question for his young students. “Do you see green cells?” If they said yes — and, happily, they all did — that meant they had successfully transfused a special protein into a small dish of human kidney cells that allowed the cells to glow green when placed under a beam of blue light emitting from a high-powered fluorescent microscope.
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Campus News | August 1, 2024

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Science Education For The Youth
SEFTY Summer '24
People | July 17, 2024

Professor Edwin Oh’s 'SEFTY' program is providing a slice of life for future scientists, giving high schoolers an authentic lab experience.

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