Gary Skuse

Dr. Skuse teaches courses at the undergraduate and graduate level in Bioinformatics and for students in all programs within the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences. He is also the founding member and chair of the RIT Institutional Biosafety Committee.

Dr. Skuse spent more than a decade on the faculty of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. While at the University of Rochester Dr. Skuse studied the genetics of a common disease which predisposes affected individuals to tumors of the central and peripheral nervous system. He has co-authored several US and European patents, written and edited professional books, published numerous scientific articles and has served as the Chief Information Officer and founding partner of a scientific information and services provider. He also provides consulting services to a number of local, national and international clients in the areas of human genetics, biotechnology, forensic DNA analysis, information management and communications.