J. Daniel Sharer, PhD, FACMG Professor and Director, UAB Biochemical Genetics Laboratory Department of Genetics University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine

13 Mar 2026
Biochemical Genetics

Dr. Sharer is a clinical biochemical geneticist at UAB. He specializes in the laboratory diagnosis of inherited metabolic disorders via application of targeted metabolomics technologies. Dr. Sharer is the Director of the UAB Clinical Biochemical Genetics fellowship training program, Director of the Department of Genetics Research Division, and is President-elect of the Southeastern Regional Genetics Group (SERGG). He is also a former member of the ABMGG Board of Directors and the ACGME Medical Genetics Residency Review Committee.