Jode Edwards, Ph.D.

Department of Biostatistics Ryals Public Health Bldg, 327K University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL 35294 Phone: (205) 975-7762 Fax: (205) 975-2540 E-mail: jedwards@ms.soph.uab.edu Full CV

Jode received B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He then went to Iowa State University for a Ph. D. in Plant Breeding and Genetics with a Statistics minor. Jode's research used quantitative genetic theory for inbred relatives to study inbreeding in a synthetic maize population. The objective of this research was to better understand observed responses to selection programs in which inbred families were the candidates of selection. Numerous applications of inbreeding theory in plant breeding were explored including estimation of the average degree of dominance observed in a synthetic population (Edwards and Lamkey, 2002), modeling of heterosis (Lamkey and Edwards, 1999), prediction of the effects of genetic drift on changes in genotypic covariance structure (in preparation) and prediction of selection response for per se performance and changes in inbreeding depression. After receiving his Ph. D., Dr. Edwards spent three years at Monsanto Company as a Quantitative Geneticist/Statistician. His research at Monsanto was in the area of application of DNA marker technology to industrial plant breeding programs and included data analysis, experimental design, simulation studies, and computer software development. Dr. Edwards developed a client-server SAS^® application for analysis of marker assisted selection programs that provided for data flow between a central database and distributed users as well as interactive model building capabilities. In May of 2002, Dr. Edwards joined the Section on Statistical Genetics at UAB to work on the analysis of DNA microarrays.

Years: 2002 - 2004
Mentor(s): David B Allison PhD
Current Position: Asst Prof & Research Geneticist (Plants) at USDA-ARS Iowa State University
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