# Shamil Sunyaev Professor of Biomedical Informatics and of Medicine ![shamil](/sites/g/files/omnuum12386/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/2026-08/Sunyaev.jpg?itok=0MmG5jzN) Harvard New Research Building, Room 0466C 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur Boston, MA 02115 **Tel**: 617-525-4735 **Email**: **Website**: [sunyaevlab.hms.harvard.edu/wiki/!web](https://sunyaevlab.hms.harvard.edu/wiki/!web) **Summary** We are a computational genetics and genomics lab. Our main research is on genetic variation, including mechanisms of spontaneous mutagenesis, functional effects of mutations and allelic variants, population genetics and relationship between genotype and phenotype. As part of our research we develop new computational and statistical methods to assist DNA sequencing studies. - ## Person Categories [Faculty](/person-categories/faculty)