KENNETH M. WEISS, Ph.D.

Evan Pugh Professor of Anthropology and Genetics

Penn State University

Kenneth M. Weiss, Ph.D. is interested in the evolutionary processes responsible for the amount, nature, and geographic distribution of genetic variation, and the role played by population history (and culture). His research concerns the relationship between this variation and the epidemiology and distribution of complex traits, including diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. There are many issues that involve questions of environment, the degree to which genetic variation determines such traits, the nature of inference in human genetics, and the impact of these things on society.