Mary Davis is an associate professor of microbiology and molecular biology in the BYU College of Life Sciences.
Davis earned her Ph.D. and master's degrees at Vanderbilt University. She also holds a bachelor's degree in clinical laboratory science from BYU. She is a certified medical technologist through the American Society for Clinical Pathology.
Davis's lab focuses on two major projects, the extraction of detailed clinical traits from electronic medical records (EMR) and the genetic analysis of autoimmune diseases. Projects in both of these areas focus on multiple sclerosis (MS), diabetes and other complex disorders.
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