United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, 33.77153, -84.22641United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387981708/2022Mark Bouzyk, director of the Center for Medical Genomics at Emory University, watches a research assistant prepare samples for DNA extraction. Emory supports one of the nation's largest academic genetics departments.Photograph of Mark Bouzyk, director of the Center for Medical Genomics at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, watching an unidentified research assistant prepare samples for DNA extraction. The research assistant wears a white coat and latex gloves. She is seated, and Bouzyk stands to her left.The Department of Human Genetics at the Emory University School of Medicine includes both laboratory research and clinical treatment programs in one of the largest academic genetics departments in the nation.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/genetics-georgiaForms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/genetics-georgiaForms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaEmory UniversityEmory University--FacultyLaboratories--Georgia--AtlantaGenomics--Georgia--AtlantaLaboratory technicians--Georgia--AtlantaScientists--Georgia--AtlantaWomen scientists--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American women scientists--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American scientists--Georgia--AtlantaBiological laboratories--Georgia--AtlantaBiological laboratories--Equipment and suppliesWomen--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American women--Georgia--AtlantaMen--Georgia--AtlantaBouzyk, MarkCenter for Medical GenomicsStillImage