Amy Brower, PhD

Amy Brower, PhD, is research professor and senior scientist for the Institute for Population Health and associate dean of research for the School of Medicine. She is a recognized expert in research, public health, genomics, and informatics, with extensive experience in translational research from bench to bedside to community. Her work focuses on evidence generation, evaluation and dissemination of best practices, as well as policy implementation. She has collaborated extensively with researchers, clinicians, public health teams, community-based organizations, and federal partners to advance genomics in newborn and childhood screening.

Brower earned her doctorate from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Early in her career, she contributed to the Human Genome Project at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and later led biotechnology initiatives in Madison, Wisconsin, including projects supporting the International Haplotype Map. She also developed a medical genomics course for Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee.