- Structural genomic variation (구조적 유전체 변이)
- Copy number variation (단위반복변이)
- Cancer Genomics (암 유전체학)
- Precision medicine (맞춤 의학)

2003 ~ 2013: Harvard Univ. 조교수, 부교수
2009 ~ 2013: Brigham and Women’s Hospital 소장
2011 ~ 2022: The Chinese University of Hong Kong 명예교수
2013 ~ 2015: 서울대학교 초빙교수
2013 ~ 현 재: The Jackson Lab. 유전체연구소 연구소장 및 교수
2015 ~ 2020: 이화여자대학교 초빙석좌교수
2016 ~ 2023: Human Genome Organization (HUGO) 회장
2018 ~ 2022: Xi’an Jiaotong Univ. First Affiliated Hospital 겸임교수
2020 ~ 2022: 광주과학기술연구원 겸임교수

2007: American Association for Cancer Research Team Award (AACR)
2008: Samsung Ho-Am Award for Medicine (Samsung Ho-Am Foundation)
2012: Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2012: Chen Global Investigator Award (Human Genome Organization)
2014: Citation Laureate (Thomson Reuters)
2018: Lifetime Achievement Distinguished Alumni Award (University of Alberta)