Jie Hu, MD, PhD

Positions Held

• Associate Director, UPMC Clinical Genetics & Genomics Laboratories
• Associate Professor, OB/GYN & Reproductive Sciences
• Associate Director, Laboratory Genetics and Genomics (LGG) Training Program

Education

• MD - Southeast University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China
• Residency- Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jinzhou Tiedao Central Hospital, Jinzhou, China
• PhD - Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, School of Public Health
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Pediatric Genetics and Molecular Pathology, Johns Hopkins University
• Clinical Cytogenetics Fellow - Pittsburgh Cytogenetics Laboratory, UPMC

Certifications

• ABMGG Certified in Clinical Cytogenetics

Research

My research expertise is in use of CGH_SNP combined with the conventional chromosome analysis and fluorescence in situ hybridization, to study genomic alterations linked to certain traits, which can effectively investigate candidate genes in a large cohort of individuals with specific alterations. My current research in this area has revealed a number of new findings related to contiguous gene abnormalities that result in developmental delay, autism, seizures, and intellectual disabilities.

Contact

• jhu@upmc.edu
• 412-641-1736