It has become apparent that compiling data into a protected, relational database and crowdsourcing analytic and data science expertise will result in significant enhancement of current research on the structure and biological substrates of the psychosis spectrum. We’ve developed a …
Using low-coverage whole genome sequencing in the CONVERGE cohort (N = 10,640), we derived polygenic risk scores specific to each of over 300 molecular pathways previously shown to be relevant to severe psychopathology. We then identified gene pathways significantly predictive …
We’ve created an extremely efficient pipeline for imputation, QC, and processing of polygenic risk on a massive scale. Fast PRS simulations allow us to select an optimal p-value threshold γ, perform more accurate power analyses, and evaluate the polygenicity of a …
This research maps genetic risk for numerous health and psychiatric phenotypes to real-world outcomes and behaviors in emerging adults (N = 5,947) across ancestries.
Imputing genotype data from 4,800 suicide deaths in Utah and 14,810 ancestry-matched controls, we were able to conduct the first major genome-wide association study of suicide death. These analyses included calculation of polygenic risk scores and examined polygenic overlap of …
This research leverages whole-genome sequencing in a large sample of autism pedigrees to predict clinical phenotypes using rare variants and polygenic risk profiles.