Ancestry, Health and DNA - Joanna L. Mountain, PhD




Research at the National Archives&Beyond show

Summary: 9pm Eastern, 8pm Central, 7pm Mountain and 6pm Pacific. What can your DNA tell you about your ancestry and health? Do you have DNA results and don't know how to intrepret them? Has your DNA results revealed any surprises? Join host Bernice Bennett and special guest Joanna L. Mountain, PhD for an informative discussion on "Finding Your Ancestry  and Health Status Through DNA". Joanna L. Mountain, PhD is the Senior Director of Research for 23andMe. She  joined 23andme in 2007 as a senior member of the Research Team. Dr. Mountain earned a PhD in Genetics and a BS in Mathematical Sciences, both from Stanford, and conducted postdoctoral research on human evolutionary genetics at the University of California, Berkeley.