Campus
- Mississauga (UTM)
Fields of Study
- Evolutionary Anthropology
- Europe
- North America
- South and Central America
Areas of Interest
On Leave from July 2023 to December 2023
Research Keywords: Biological & Molecular Anthropology; human genetics; human evolution; genetic variation within and between human populations; human adaptation; genetic architecture of complex traits and diseases
Research Region: Americas, Europe, South Asia
Biography
Biography
Dr. Esteban Parra is a molecular anthropologist interested in the application of genetic markers to answer questions related to the evolution of human populations and to identify the genetic risk factors involved in complex traits and diseases (e.g type 2 diabetes, lipid concentrations, anthropometric traits, Covid-19 severity). He has also studied the genetic basis of adaptation to different environments. Work in this area includes research on skin pigmentation, a trait showing extensive geographic variation in humans, and adaptation to high altitude. Finally, another component of his research has been the study of admixture, the process of mixing of human populations. He has investigated extensively the admixture process that took place in the Americas since the 15th century.
Education
Ph.D. (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 1993)
Publications
For a complete list of publications, including relevant pdf files, please go to Researchgate, or GoogleScholar
Graduate Students
- Cristina Abbatangelo
- Hayley Welsh
- Mary Anne Panoyan (co-supervised with Dr. Dan Felsky)
- Nina Adler (co-supervised with Dr. Rayjean Hung)
- Fesobi Oluwamuyiwa (co-supervised with Dr. Lisa Strug).
