Congratulations to #LanieMullins, PhD student #VCU_VIPBG, on receiving the Rising Star Award at #BGA2025 🎉 Her poster using #UKBiobank data linked immune system markers (MLR/NLR) to depression, with NLR emerging as a stronger predictor in older adults.

🚨 New paper out! In a collaboration across MVP, FinnGen & UK Biobank, we conducted a phenome-wide study of sex chromosome trisomies (SCT) in 1.5M participants. Findings reveal shared disease risks across SCT. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🧠 Also in the invited symposium:"Electronic health records, genetics, and the promise of precision psychiatry"
Tues, May 20th | 3:45–5:15 PM PDT
Dr. Tim Bigdeli shares Million Veteran Program insights on EHRs, polygenic scores & dementia.
#EHR #Genomics
@timbigdeli.bsky.social

🧬 Join us at #APA2025 in LA for the invited symposium:
"Electronic health records, genetics, and the promise of precision psychiatry"
Tues, May 20th | 3:45–5:15 PM PDT
@roseannpeterson.bsky.social opens with PsycheMERGE: using EHR-linked biobanks to promote equity in psychiatric genomics.

(3/3) To advance psychiatric genetics in Latin America & the Caribbean:
🧬 Inclusive GWAS
📊 Regional data & infrastructure
👏 Big thanks to the authors & LAGC!
@egatkinson.bsky.social @giustilab.bsky.social @janitzamontalvo.bsky.social @roseannpeterson.bsky.social

(2/2) Despite the high burden of mental health conditions, Latin American and Caribbean populations remain underrepresented in psychiatric GWAS.
This review highlights:
🧬 Genetic diversity
📉 Gaps in data and representation
🤝 Opportunities for collaboration

(1/1) 🧠🌎 Just published in Nature Genetics:
“Psychiatric genetics in the diverse landscape of Latin American populations”
A comprehensive review of progress, challenges, and future directions.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#PsychiatricGenetics #GlobalGenomics

📃 I am excited to share our @naturegenet.bsky.social review paper on the state of psychiatric genetics in Latin America, put forth by the Latin American Genomics Consortium (LAGC)! 🎉

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🌟New review in Psychiatric Clinics: Closing diversity gaps in psychiatric genomics is vital for health equity. 📖Read: doi.org/10.1016/j.ps...
@roseannpeterson.bsky.social @giustilab.bsky.social @janitzamontalvo.bsky.social @nokewole.bsky.social

New preprint🌍 Our trans-ancestry GWAS in UK Biobank uncovers novel risk loci for major depression, improving genetic insights across populations. 🔗: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... @madhurbsingh.bsky.social @gentyae.bsky.social @pbb319.bsky.social timbigdeli.bsky.social @roseannpeterson.bsky.social

New paper! Led by Kirsten J. M. van Hooijdonk & Jacqueline Vink, this study finds no bidirectional causal link between diet/physical activity & depression/anxiety using triangulation. No strong causal evidence! @zoereed.bsky.social @madhurbsingh.bsky.social
📖 doi.org/10.1017/S003...

🚀 New paper by @madhurbsingh.bsky.social on smoking & DNA methylation via twin-based MR using @ntrbiopsy.bsky.social data! Supervised by Mike Neale, @jennyvandongen.bsky.social, & Conor Dolan. Co-authors: @dlapato.bsky.social, @charlesbreeze.bsky.social. 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s106...

Thrilled to share some amazing news— @madhurbsingh.bsky.social, supervised by Roseann Peterson, PhD, and Michael C. Neale, PhD, has been awarded VCU VIPBG's Kenneth S. Kendler Award for Excellence in Predoctoral Research!