Jose M. Ordovas, Ph.D., Laboratory Director
Senior Scientist and Professor, Nutrition and Molecular Genetics
Research focus: molecular biology, nutrition, and genetics; lipoproteins and cardiovascular disease risk

Chao-Qiang Lai, Ph.D.
Research Molecular Biologist, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
Research focus: molecular biology, population genetics, nutrition and genetics; genetics and molecular mechanisms of aging; and lipoproteins and cardiovascular disease risk

Laurence D. Parnell, Ph.D.
Computational Biologist, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
Research focus: bioinformatics and genomics of nutrition; single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis, comparative genomics, candidate gene discovery, transcription microarrays, nutrition systems biology

Caren E. Smith, M.S., D.V.M
Postdoctoral Associate
Research focus: nutrient-gene interactions in cardiovascular disease, exercise-gene interactions in cardiovascular disease.

Jian Shen, Ph.D., M.D., Postdoctoral Associate

Jacqueline M. Lane, B.S., Graduate Research Assistant

Yu-Chi Lee, M.S., Research Assistant

Francisco Garcia, B.S., Research Coordinator

Ebony Green, Budget and Administrative Assistant

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