Mark Yandell

University of Utah

Full Professor(heuristic)

Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies · Molecular Biology

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h-index73
i10-index137
Publications243
Citations49,887

Grants

14 total · 1 active

NIH #U01HG013784

Empowering Interoperable Genomics-Enabled Learning Health Systems at Scale

Active
Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2024-09-23 → 2029-07-31
PIs
3

Awarded at UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

NIH #U01HL128711

Bridging the Gap between Genomics and Clinical Outcomes in CHD

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2015-08-15 → 2025-07-31
PIs
3

Awarded at UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

NIH #R01GM122869

Life history-guided drug discovery from venomous marine snails

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2018-04-01 → 2023-02-28
PIs
2

Awarded at UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

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All Grants

14 total · 1 active

NIH #U01HG013784

Empowering Interoperable Genomics-Enabled Learning Health Systems at Scale

Active
Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2024-09-23 → 2029-07-31
PIs
3

Awarded at UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

NIH #U01HL128711

Bridging the Gap between Genomics and Clinical Outcomes in CHD

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2015-08-15 → 2025-07-31
PIs
3

Awarded at UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

NIH #R01GM122869

Life history-guided drug discovery from venomous marine snails

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2018-04-01 → 2023-02-28
PIs
2

Awarded at UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

NIH #UM1HL128711

Bridging the Gap between Genomics and Clinical Outcomes in CHD

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2015-08-15 → 2020-07-31
PIs
3

Awarded at UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

NIH #U01HL131698

Integrating Genomic and Clinical Approaches to Sudden Death in the Young

Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2016-04-01 → 2020-03-31
PIs
2

Awarded at UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

NIH #R01GM104390

VAAST+: Tool for variant prioritization, risk assessment and disease-gene finding

Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2013-09-01 → 2017-08-31
PIs
2

Awarded at UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

NSF #1561337

EAGER: Variant Graph-based Genome Annotation and Analyses for Plant Genomes

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2016-03-01 → 2017-02-28
PIs
1

NSF #1126998

IPGA: Developing an Effective, Portable Annotation Engine for Plant Genomes

Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2011-11-01 → 2016-10-31
PIs
5

NIH #R01GM099939

Genomics-based Venom Studies Using the Cone Snail C. Bullatus

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2012-02-13 → 2015-12-31
PIs
1

Awarded at UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

NIH #R44HG006579

Clinical Genome Inference System: Variant Prioritization for Clinical Diagnostics

Amount
$700K–$800K
Period
2012-06-06 → 2014-08-31
PIs
2

Awarded at FABRIC GENOMICS INC.

NIH #R01GM088269

Whole genome screen for novel regulators of tissue homeostasis and regeneration

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2010-04-20 → 2014-03-31
PIs
3

Awarded at UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

NIH #R01HG004694

Software for the creation and quality control of genome annotations

Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2008-06-12 → 2013-04-30
PIs
1

Awarded at UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

NIH #RC2HG005619

Tool for annotation and analyses of human whole-genome sequence variation data

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2009-09-30 → 2011-08-31
PIs
2

Awarded at UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

NIH #R44HG003667

Computational system to predict novel genetic disease associations

Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2005-05-03 → 2011-06-30
PIs
2

Awarded at FABRIC GENOMICS INC.

Recent Public Signals

  1. New paper: Quantifying lifetime risk for 1,401 infectious diseases across the diabetes spectrum using a Bayesian approach (BMC Medicine)2026-02-07
  2. New preprint: Genome x Environment analysis of Sudden Unexpected Infant Death unveils etiologic heterogeneity and strong cannabis and genetic disease risks2025-11-28
  3. New NIH award: Empowering Interoperable Genomics-Enabled Learning Health Systems at Scale2024-09-23

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ORCID: 0000-0002-9497-4505

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