Faculty Profile

Lam C. Tsoi (Alex), PhD
- Associate Professor Department of Dermatology
- Gilbert S. Omenn Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics
- Research Associate Professor
- Mary H Weiser Food Allergy Center
- Department of Biostatistics University of Michigan
Email: alextsoi@umich.edu; alextsoi@med.umich.edu
Tel: (734) 764-7069
Alex Lam C Tsoi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Dermatology, with joint appointments in the Gilbert S. Omenn Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, the Mary H Weiser Food Allergy Center, and the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Michigan. Dr. Tsoi completed his PhD in biomedical science at the Medical University of South Carolina. His PhD work focused on developing data integration approaches to enhance prioritization and interpretation of high throughput experimental results. Dr. Tsoi then worked as a research fellow in the Center for Statistical Genetics from the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Michigan. He has been working on a variety of genetics and genomics projects for psoriasis. Dr. Tsoi has strong interests in investigating the pathology and genetic architecture of complex cutaneous disorders using systems biology approaches.
- PhD Biomedical Science (Bioinformatics), Medical University of South Carolina
- MS Biomedical Science (Bioinformatics), Medical University of South Carolina
- BS Biology, minor in Mathematics, College of Charleston
My research centers on identifying genetic and genomic determinants that shape the molecular and clinical heterogeneity of complex inflammatory skin diseases. My lab has been focusing our studies on psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, and prurigo nodularis
Patrick MT, Li Q, Wasikowski R, Mehta N, Gudjonsson JE, Elder JT, Zhou X, Tsoi LC: Shared genetic risk factors and causal association between psoriasis and coronary artery disease. Nat Commun.13(1): 6565-6565, 11/2022. PM36323703
Zhang H, Patrick MT, Tejasvi T, Sarkar MK, Wasikowski R, Stuart PE, Li Q, Xing X, Voorhees JJ, Ward NL, He K, Zhou X, Gudjonsson JE, Nair RP, Elder JT, Tsoi LC: Retrospective pharmacogenetic study of psoriasis highlights the role of KLK7 in tumour necrosis factor signalling. Br J Dermatol.190(1): 70-79, 12/2023. PM37672660
Email: alextsoi@umich.edu; alextsoi@med.umich.edu 
Tel: (734) 764-7069
Areas of Expertise: Biostatistics
