Dr. Mardis is an Associate Professor of Genetics at Washington University School of Medicine and Co-Director of the Washington University Genome Sequencing Center where she leads the technology development group. She has served in various positions at Washington University School of Medicine since 1993 and was appointed Associate Professor in October, 2006 and Co-Director of the Genome Sequencing Center in December, 2002. Dr. Mardis is also a member of the American Society of Human Genetics.