Mateus H. Gouveia, PhD

Mateus H. Gouveia, PhD 

Assistant Professor of Genetics

Public Health Education

Location: MEB C-302
Phone: (404)756-5024
E-mail: mgouveia@msm.edu

Education

POST GRADUATE:
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Degree: PhD, Genomics and Bioinformatics


GRADUATE:
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Degree: MSc, Genomics and Bioinformatics

UNDERGRADUATE:
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Degree: Biology Sciences

Research Interests

Population Genetics, Genetic Epidemiology, Bioinformatics, and Complex Diseases.

Publications

  • Kehdy FS*, Gouveia MH*, Machado M, et al. Origin and dynamics of admixture in Brazilians and its effect on the pattern of deleterious mutations. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015;112(28):8696-8701. doi:10.1073/pnas.1504447112.
  • Gouveia MH, Borda V, Leal TP, et al. Origins, Admixture Dynamics, and Homogenization of the African Gene Pool in the Americas. Mol Biol Evol. 2020;37(6):1647-1656. doi:10.1093/molbev/msaa033.
  • Gouveia MH, Bergen AW, Borda V, et al. Genetic signatures of gene flow and malaria-driven natural selection in sub-Saharan populations of the "endemic Burkitt Lymphoma belt". PLoS Genet. 2019;15(3):e1008027. Published 2019 Mar 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008027
  • Gouveia MH, Bentley AR, Leal TP, et al. Unappreciated subcontinental admixture in Europeans and European Americans and implications for genetic epidemiology studies. Nat Commun. 2023;14(1):6802. Published 2023 Nov 7. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-42491-0.
  • Gouveia MH, Meeks KAC, Borda V, et al. Subcontinental genetic variation in the All of Us Research Program: Implications for biomedical research. Am J Hum Genet. 2025;112(6):1286-1301. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2025.04.012.

Honors and Awards

  • 2017 Paulo Sodero Martins Award (best work on Genomics and Bioinformatics in 2017) Brazilian Society of Genetics
  • 2022 NIH Fellows Award for Research Excellence
  • 2022 NHGRI GREAT AWARD (Recognition of Employee Accomplishments and Talents); NHGRI Intramural Research Award (significant research accomplishments in the areas of basic, clinical, behavioral and social science research)