Rachel Patton McCord
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology
| Phone | 865-974-3149 |
| rmccord@utk.edu | |
| College | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Center | Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology |
| Website | Website |
Rachel McCord is an expert in the human genome — the DNA instructions that make up a human cell. She studies how the six feet of DNA folds up and fit into every human cell and how this folding goes wrong in diseases such as cancer.