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{{short description|American geneticist}}
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| thesis_title      = Packing densities of layered patterns
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'''Alkes Long Price''' is an American [[Biology:Statistical genetics|statistical geneticist]]. He is Professor of Statistical Genetics in the Department of [[Social:Epidemiology|Epidemiology]] at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), where he also holds a secondary appointment in the Department of [[Biology:Biostatistics|Biostatistics]]. In addition, he is an associate member of the [[Organization:Broad Institute|Broad Institute]]'s Program in Medical and Population Genetics and a member of the HSPH Program in Quantitative Genomics.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dms.hms.harvard.edu/big/fac/Price.php |title=Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics PhD Program |website=dms.hms.harvard.edu |access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref> In 2017, he received the Outstanding Faculty Mentor of the Year Award from the Harvard School of Public Health.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/postdocs-research-associates-celebrated/ |title=Contributions of postdocs, research associates celebrated |last1=Boston |first1=677 Huntington Avenue |date=2017-09-25 |work=Harvard School of Public Health |access-date=2019-08-22 |last2=Ma 02115 +1495‑1000 |language=en-us}}</ref>

==Education==
Price received a B.S. in mathematics from the [[Organization:University of Chicago|University of Chicago]] in 1992,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedp.com/article/1992/06/teenage-wunderkindkind-advances-to-u|title = Teenage wunderkindkind advances to U}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-05-05-mn-8454-story.html|title=11 and 9, They're Set to Take University by Degrees|website={{wipe|Los Angeles Times}}|date=5 May 1985}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/b2289b97d5c961672da3a6314ed7d546|title = Whiz Kids, Brothers 11 and 9, Set Sights on University of Chicago|website = Associated Press}}</ref> and a Ph.D. in mathematics from the [[Organization:University of Pennsylvania|University of Pennsylvania]] in 1997.<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Price |first=Alkes Long |title=Packing densities of layered patterns |date=1997-01-01 |degree=Ph.D. |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |url=https://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations/AAI9727276}}</ref>

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==External links==
*[https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/alkes-price/ Faculty page]
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