Mateus H. Gouveia, PhD
Assistant Professor of Genetics (PI and Lab lead)

Dr. Gouveia is a population geneticist and genetic epidemiologist with extensive international research experience spanning major U.S. and Brazilian institutions, including the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), National Cancer Institute (NCI), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz-Brazil), and Federal University of Minas Gerais. His research examines how fine-scale ancestry and evolutionary history shape the genetic architecture of complex diseases. He has extensive experience leading genome-wide studies in multi-ancestry populations, including admixed Latin American populations, African Americans, and continental Africans. He is at the forefront of the multidisciplinary integration of population genetics and genetic epidemiology to advance precision medicine, work that has been featured by Science, American Journal of Human Genetics (AJHG), National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), and over 40 media outlets.
 

His work emphasizes subcontinental ancestry inference, ancestry-aware GWAS, and the development of computational tools tailored to multi-ancestry admixed populations. Dr. Gouveia leads the Gouveia Lab in the Department of Public Health Education at Morehouse School of Medicine, where his research is supported by funding from the National Institutes of Health, including an R00 NHGRI award, and the Chan Zuckerberg (CZI)’s Accelerate Precision Health program.