Richard Gibbs came to Baylor College of Medicine in 1986 where he performed key work on the molecular characterization of human genetic disease and provided an early leadership role for the Human Genome Project (HGP). In 1997 he founded the Human Genome Sequencing Center (HGSC), one of five main groups to complete the HGP. He led many genome projects for model species and contributed to other human genomics programs including MGC, HapMap, 1KG and TCGA. In 2006, the group pioneered Personalized Genomics, with the first diploid whole genome sequence and then developed exome capture technologies for genetic diagnoses. The group has made innumerable Mendelian disease gene discoveries and is focused on accelerating clinical translation of genomics in adult care, via cardiovascular disease risk testing and analysis of large participant cohorts.
Richard A. Gibbs
