Edwin Oh | Source | Associate Professor, UNLV School of Medicine at University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Edwin Oh
Dr. Edwin Oh is an expert in neurogenetics, whose primary research examines the genetic and structural variants that contribute to human health and disease. He studies genetic mutations to improve the cellular and molecular diagnosis of genetic diseases and to enable the development of therapeutic paradigms.
His current research program involves screening wastewater for the presence of the SARS-COV-2 virus (COVID-19), and sequencing the RNA of the virus to contribute to future vaccine development. He's also an expert in schizophrenia, autism, and addiction.
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I can envision a possibility where we create the vaccine, but the virus has mutated to a point in some communities where that vaccine is less effective for people who’ve contracted a different strain.
8 February 2021
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8 February 2021article
COVID-19 continues to mutate -- UNLV researcher hopes to use sewage to track new strainsWith multiple COVID-19 vaccines on the horizon, it looks like months of spread and restrictions may finally have an end in sight. An effective vaccine won't necessarily end the spread of the disease, however. As a virus spreads, it mutates. With enough mutations, a strain of COVID-19 might come about that the new vaccines can't stop. -
7 September 2021article
Testing Wastewater for COVID-19UNLV researcher Edwin Oh and collaborators implement wastewater surveillance programs to supplement coronavirus contact tracing efforts, help prevent outbreaks. -
7 September 2021articleNew Face: Edwin OhThis neuroscientist joined UNLV to discover how DNA contributes to disease development or prevention.
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Associate Professor, UNLV School of Medicine