Yvette P. Conley, PhD, is Professor and Vice Chair, Research in Health Promotion and Development, University of Pittsburgh. She developed and teaches Advanced Topics in Human Genetics, among other courses. Dr. Conley has conducted research on traumatic brain injury and genetics and is presently conducting studies on patient outcomes after traumatic brain injury, stroke, and therapeutic interventions for cancer, in addition to genomic studies on age-related macular degeneration. She is widely published and has authored or co-authored more than 75 articles in peer-reviewed publications.