B.S., Zoology, Botany, English, University of Punjab, 1976 M.S., Human & Population Genetics, Biochemistry, University of Punjab, 1979 Ph.D., Human Genetics, The Australian National University, 1986  
About:
Dr. Kamboh is a molecular geneticist/genetic epidemiologist and his research
focuses on the genetics of common diseases of public health importance,
including coronary heart disease, Alzheimer's disease and lupus. Dr. Kamboh
also holds a joint position of Professor of Psychiatry at the School of
Medicine and he is a Fellow of the American Heart Association. Dr. Kamboh
directs a Human Genetics laboratory and also co-teaches a course in the
department entitled "Biochemical and Molecular Genetics of Complex Disease."
 
Research Interests:
The focus of Dr. M. Ilyas Kamboh's research is on the genetics of common
diseases of public health importance. Particular attention is being paid to
understand the genetic and molecular basis of coronary heart disease (CHD),
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and lupus.
Sexually dimorphic effect of the Val66Met polymorphism of BDNF on susceptibility to Alzheimer's disease: New data and meta-analysis. Noriko Fukumoto, Takashi Fujii, Onofre Combarros, M Ilyas Kamboh, Shin-Jen Tsai, Sachio Matsushita, Benedetta Nacmias, David E Comings, Humberto Arboleda, Martin Ingelsson, Bradley T Hyman, Hiroyasu Akatsu, Andrew Grupe, Agnes Lumi Nishimura, Mayana Zatz, Kari M Mattila, Juha Rinne, Yu-Ichi Goto, Takashi Asada, Shun Nakamura, Hiroshi Kunugi Am. J. Med. Genet. B Neuropsychiatr. Genet. 2009 Jun