Lynn Jorde

Lynn B. Jorde is an American human geneticist. He is a professor in, and chair of, the Department of Human Genetics at the University of Utah School of Medicine, where he holds a H.A. and Edna Benning Presidential Endowed Chair.

Career Jorde joined the faculty of the University of Utah in 1979. He became the chair of their Department of Human Genetics in 2009. He served as the president of the American Society of Human Genetics from 2011 to 2012.

Research Jorde's research focuses on multiple areas in the field of human genetics, including human population genetics. For example, a 2010 study by him and his colleagues found that human genetic diversity was very low about 1 million years ago, and that early humans almost went extinct as a result. He has also studied the genetic basis for, among other conditions, hypertension, inflammatory bowel disease, and congenital limb malformations. who has two children, Heather Madsen and Logan Madsen