EP 1,208B - Identifying the Genetic Link Between Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Parkinson’s Disease

Meltem Ece Kars, MD, PhD is a postdoctoral researcher at the Personalized Medicine Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York. Her research at the Itan Lab focuses on identifying the genetic underpinnings of complex disorders, including inflammatory bowel disease, obesity, cardiovascular disease and congenital heart disease using genetic and phenotype data from individuals with diverse ancestral origins.