Barbara Fortini joined KGI in July 2017 to lead the Master of Science in Human Genetics and Genomic Data Analytics (MSGDA) program. The first cohort of MSGDA students enrolled in August 2018. Within the KGI curriculum, Fortini teaches four courses: Human Molecular Genetics, Human Genomics, Human Genomics NGS Lab, and Functional Genomics. Fortini’s research is focused on […]

Ege Alkan is a skilled Team Lead and Medical Device Engineering Consultant with a Master's degree in Biomedical Engineering from UCI. He currently works as a Product Development Engineering Consultant for his client that is in the Insulin Pump business where he helps with V&V (Verification & Validation) activities for design, test methods, production equipment, […]

Emily Quinn is a licensed board-certified genetic counselor who joined the KGI faculty in August 2018 to help build the Master of Science in Human Genetics and Genetic Counseling (MSGC) program. Born and raised in California, she received her bachelor’s degrees in biology and psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz before moving to […]

Jesse Perez graduated from KGI's inaugural class of 2018. Perez worked in the community pharmacy setting at Walgreens and now at Riverside-San Bernardino County Indian Health. He is married with 2 young children and is the first person in his family to graduate from college.  Discussion Topic: Pharmacy Virtual Registration