Jared Gichohi, PhD
@jaredgm.bsky.social
StatisticalGenetics
@depgenafrica
@SGDPCentreKCL
Philippians 4:13 #MUFC #LOSC_Lille, #Rware_City 🇰🇪
@depgenafrica
@SGDPCentreKCL
Philippians 4:13 #MUFC #LOSC_Lille, #Rware_City 🇰🇪
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As we continue to celebrate the life of our colleague, mentor and friend, Prof Dan Stein, we invite our community to share messages, memories, publications, photos etc on his Kudoboard linked below:
www.kudoboard.com/boards/LL8Zv...
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www.kudoboard.com/boards/LL8Zv...
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Kudoboard for Dan Stein | Kudoboard
Kudoboard is an online replacement for the greeting card that you pass around and sign!
www.kudoboard.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
As we continue to celebrate the life of our colleague, mentor and friend, Prof Dan Stein, we invite our community to share messages, memories, publications, photos etc on his Kudoboard linked below:
www.kudoboard.com/boards/LL8Zv...
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www.kudoboard.com/boards/LL8Zv...
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Wishing the @pgc-africa.bsky.social community a joyful, restful and peaceful holiday season
As we reflect on the year, we are grateful for the collaboration, commitment, and shared vision strengthening psychiatric genetics research across Africa and beyond
We wish you a hopeful and impactful 2026
As we reflect on the year, we are grateful for the collaboration, commitment, and shared vision strengthening psychiatric genetics research across Africa and beyond
We wish you a hopeful and impactful 2026
December 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Wishing the @pgc-africa.bsky.social community a joyful, restful and peaceful holiday season
As we reflect on the year, we are grateful for the collaboration, commitment, and shared vision strengthening psychiatric genetics research across Africa and beyond
We wish you a hopeful and impactful 2026
As we reflect on the year, we are grateful for the collaboration, commitment, and shared vision strengthening psychiatric genetics research across Africa and beyond
We wish you a hopeful and impactful 2026
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An exciting opportunity is coming up in early January to learn about scientifically accurate and ethically responsible science communication; a crucial topic particularly among underrepresented populations such as those in Africa
See the poster below for details
#Science #Communication
See the poster below for details
#Science #Communication
The BGA public outreach committee, Psychiatric Genomics Consortium outreach committee and IBANGS have joined forces for the webinar "scientifically accurate & ethically responsible science communication" with J9 Austin, Nicholas Clifton, Ziada Ayorech and Robbee Wedow; scan the QR code to sign up 📷
December 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
An exciting opportunity is coming up in early January to learn about scientifically accurate and ethically responsible science communication; a crucial topic particularly among underrepresented populations such as those in Africa
See the poster below for details
#Science #Communication
See the poster below for details
#Science #Communication
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PGC Africa is deeply saddened to share that our friend and colleague, Professor Dan Stein, has passed away.
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December 9, 2025 at 6:23 AM
PGC Africa is deeply saddened to share that our friend and colleague, Professor Dan Stein, has passed away.
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As we draw 2025 to a close, we would like to thank all the brilliant @pgc-africa.bsky.social scientists who shared their work with us in the second half of 2025. We look forward to more collaborative and productive exchanges in 2026! 👏🏽🎉
#AzmerawAmare #AnanyoChoudhury #AminaAbubakar
#AzmerawAmare #AnanyoChoudhury #AminaAbubakar
December 10, 2025 at 8:37 AM
As we draw 2025 to a close, we would like to thank all the brilliant @pgc-africa.bsky.social scientists who shared their work with us in the second half of 2025. We look forward to more collaborative and productive exchanges in 2026! 👏🏽🎉
#AzmerawAmare #AnanyoChoudhury #AminaAbubakar
#AzmerawAmare #AnanyoChoudhury #AminaAbubakar
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🚨 PGC Africa Monthly Meeting Alert!
We are delighted to have Prof Amina Abubakar from the Aga Khan University Institute for Human Development join this month's virtual meeting
📆20th November 2025
⏲️9AM ET | 2PM GMT | 3PM WAT | 4PM SAST | 5PM EAT
Details in the flyer below
#ADHD #PGCAfrica
We are delighted to have Prof Amina Abubakar from the Aga Khan University Institute for Human Development join this month's virtual meeting
📆20th November 2025
⏲️9AM ET | 2PM GMT | 3PM WAT | 4PM SAST | 5PM EAT
Details in the flyer below
#ADHD #PGCAfrica
November 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🚨 PGC Africa Monthly Meeting Alert!
We are delighted to have Prof Amina Abubakar from the Aga Khan University Institute for Human Development join this month's virtual meeting
📆20th November 2025
⏲️9AM ET | 2PM GMT | 3PM WAT | 4PM SAST | 5PM EAT
Details in the flyer below
#ADHD #PGCAfrica
We are delighted to have Prof Amina Abubakar from the Aga Khan University Institute for Human Development join this month's virtual meeting
📆20th November 2025
⏲️9AM ET | 2PM GMT | 3PM WAT | 4PM SAST | 5PM EAT
Details in the flyer below
#ADHD #PGCAfrica
Attending the @ldngenenet.bsky.social summer lecture @ucl.ac.uk by Abdel Abdellaoui
July 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Attending the @ldngenenet.bsky.social summer lecture @ucl.ac.uk by Abdel Abdellaoui
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🚨PGC Africa Monthly Meeting Alert!
We are delighted to have Dr @olivia-wootton.bsky.social from Dr @hilarycmartin.bsky.social's group @sangerinstitute.bsky.social join the 5th virtual PGCAfrica meeting of 2025
📆 26th June 2025
⏰ 2PM GMT|2PM WAT|3PM CAT|4PM EAT
📢 Details in the flyer
#PGCAfrica
We are delighted to have Dr @olivia-wootton.bsky.social from Dr @hilarycmartin.bsky.social's group @sangerinstitute.bsky.social join the 5th virtual PGCAfrica meeting of 2025
📆 26th June 2025
⏰ 2PM GMT|2PM WAT|3PM CAT|4PM EAT
📢 Details in the flyer
#PGCAfrica
June 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🚨PGC Africa Monthly Meeting Alert!
We are delighted to have Dr @olivia-wootton.bsky.social from Dr @hilarycmartin.bsky.social's group @sangerinstitute.bsky.social join the 5th virtual PGCAfrica meeting of 2025
📆 26th June 2025
⏰ 2PM GMT|2PM WAT|3PM CAT|4PM EAT
📢 Details in the flyer
#PGCAfrica
We are delighted to have Dr @olivia-wootton.bsky.social from Dr @hilarycmartin.bsky.social's group @sangerinstitute.bsky.social join the 5th virtual PGCAfrica meeting of 2025
📆 26th June 2025
⏰ 2PM GMT|2PM WAT|3PM CAT|4PM EAT
📢 Details in the flyer
#PGCAfrica
Attending the Genomic Diversity Symposium at @qmullibrary.bsky.social
Looking forward to a day of thought-provoking discussions on driving actionable solutions for inclusive genomics.
Looking forward to a day of thought-provoking discussions on driving actionable solutions for inclusive genomics.
June 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Attending the Genomic Diversity Symposium at @qmullibrary.bsky.social
Looking forward to a day of thought-provoking discussions on driving actionable solutions for inclusive genomics.
Looking forward to a day of thought-provoking discussions on driving actionable solutions for inclusive genomics.
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Our paper on the theoretical properties of SNP heritability in admixed populations is out in Genetics:
academic.oup.com/genetics/adv...
with @jinguohuang.bsky.social, @nicole-kleman.bsky.social , Saonli Basu, and Mark Shriver
academic.oup.com/genetics/adv...
with @jinguohuang.bsky.social, @nicole-kleman.bsky.social , Saonli Basu, and Mark Shriver
May 25, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Our paper on the theoretical properties of SNP heritability in admixed populations is out in Genetics:
academic.oup.com/genetics/adv...
with @jinguohuang.bsky.social, @nicole-kleman.bsky.social , Saonli Basu, and Mark Shriver
academic.oup.com/genetics/adv...
with @jinguohuang.bsky.social, @nicole-kleman.bsky.social , Saonli Basu, and Mark Shriver
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Pleasure to work on the coding team, including introducing eating disorder diagnostic algorithms to @ukbiobank.bsky.social with @topherhuebel.bsky.social & Zhaoying Yu 🕺
Thanks to Katrina Davis & @jonicoleman.bsky.social
Thanks to Katrina Davis & @jonicoleman.bsky.social
Very pleased to see our paper describing the @ukbiobank.bsky.social second online mental health questionnaire has now been published in @plosone.org! This describes the origin of the resource as well as the data.
Fantastic work by Katrina Davis in leading this 👏👏👏
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Fantastic work by Katrina Davis in leading this 👏👏👏
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
The UK Biobank mental health enhancement 2022: Methods and results
Background This paper introduces the UK Biobank (UKB) second mental health questionnaire (MHQ2), describes its design, the respondents and some notable findings. UKB is a large cohort study with over ...
dx.plos.org
May 31, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Pleasure to work on the coding team, including introducing eating disorder diagnostic algorithms to @ukbiobank.bsky.social with @topherhuebel.bsky.social & Zhaoying Yu 🕺
Thanks to Katrina Davis & @jonicoleman.bsky.social
Thanks to Katrina Davis & @jonicoleman.bsky.social
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"This work is a first step in using health records to define and predict SSRI drug responses." - Professor Cathryn Lewis @cathrynlewis.bsky.social is Deputy Lead of our Trials, Genomics and Prediction theme, and the research was supported by @nihr.bsky.social and @wellcometrust.bsky.social 👇
Who benefits from antidepressants? New research from IoPPN ( @cathrynlewis.bsky.social) and University of Edinburgh shows how measuring antidepressant ‘switching can help scientists and clinicians understand why antidepressants work for some people and not for others www.kcl.ac.uk/news/who-ben...
Who benefits from antidepressants? Using medication switching as a measure of non-response
Switching from one selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) to another antidepressant could be used to measure antidepressant non-response, according to new research from the Institute of Psychia...
www.kcl.ac.uk
May 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
"This work is a first step in using health records to define and predict SSRI drug responses." - Professor Cathryn Lewis @cathrynlewis.bsky.social is Deputy Lead of our Trials, Genomics and Prediction theme, and the research was supported by @nihr.bsky.social and @wellcometrust.bsky.social 👇
You have my £1 to kickstart the drive 🥲
NB: The Polygenic Score Catalog has just lost its NIH funding. It was substantial. We are now on auxillary funding sources.
If anyone has a spare £1m plz DM
If anyone has a spare £1m plz DM
May 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
You have my £1 to kickstart the drive 🥲
Pleased to have presented a poster on our work aimed at disentangling the genetics of perinatal depression from MDD at the just concluded #ESHG2025 in beautiful Milan
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May 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Pleased to have presented a poster on our work aimed at disentangling the genetics of perinatal depression from MDD at the just concluded #ESHG2025 in beautiful Milan
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New publication alert. Elated to have been part of the coding team for this effort. Thanks to Katrina Davis for the excellent leadership on this. Thanks @jonicoleman.bsky.social too!!
Very pleased to see our paper describing the @ukbiobank.bsky.social second online mental health questionnaire has now been published in @plosone.org! This describes the origin of the resource as well as the data.
Fantastic work by Katrina Davis in leading this 👏👏👏
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Fantastic work by Katrina Davis in leading this 👏👏👏
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
The UK Biobank mental health enhancement 2022: Methods and results
Background This paper introduces the UK Biobank (UKB) second mental health questionnaire (MHQ2), describes its design, the respondents and some notable findings. UKB is a large cohort study with over ...
dx.plos.org
May 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
New publication alert. Elated to have been part of the coding team for this effort. Thanks to Katrina Davis for the excellent leadership on this. Thanks @jonicoleman.bsky.social too!!
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Don't miss out! Happening tomorrow live on Zoom 👇🏽
🚨 PGC Africa Monthly Meeting Alert!
We are delighted to have Dr Oliver Matshabane from @suhealthsci.bsky.social join the 4th virtual PGC Africa meeting of 2025
📆 29th May 2025
⏰ 2PM GMT | 2PM WAT | 3PM CAT | 4PM EAT
📣 More details on the flyer below
#Neuroethics #Neuropsychiatry #Africa
We are delighted to have Dr Oliver Matshabane from @suhealthsci.bsky.social join the 4th virtual PGC Africa meeting of 2025
📆 29th May 2025
⏰ 2PM GMT | 2PM WAT | 3PM CAT | 4PM EAT
📣 More details on the flyer below
#Neuroethics #Neuropsychiatry #Africa
May 28, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Don't miss out! Happening tomorrow live on Zoom 👇🏽
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Justified standing ovation for Nobel laureate Katalin Karikó at #ESHG2025
She shared her adventurous scientific life and life lessons like "If you want to do something, you find a way. If not, you find excuses", and reminded us scientists to thank our near and dear because "they suffer a little bit"
She shared her adventurous scientific life and life lessons like "If you want to do something, you find a way. If not, you find excuses", and reminded us scientists to thank our near and dear because "they suffer a little bit"
May 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Justified standing ovation for Nobel laureate Katalin Karikó at #ESHG2025
She shared her adventurous scientific life and life lessons like "If you want to do something, you find a way. If not, you find excuses", and reminded us scientists to thank our near and dear because "they suffer a little bit"
She shared her adventurous scientific life and life lessons like "If you want to do something, you find a way. If not, you find excuses", and reminded us scientists to thank our near and dear because "they suffer a little bit"
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Did you know just how intertwined anxiety and depression can be? Studies show that >60% of people with anxiety also experience depression, and vice versa. This is called #comorbidity (1/4)
May 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Did you know just how intertwined anxiety and depression can be? Studies show that >60% of people with anxiety also experience depression, and vice versa. This is called #comorbidity (1/4)
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Enjoying the last presentations of the day at #eshg25 @eshg.bsky.social,where Fischer and Burgess gave excellent overviews of the foundations, recommendations and pitfalls of Mendelian randomisation (MR).
May 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Enjoying the last presentations of the day at #eshg25 @eshg.bsky.social,where Fischer and Burgess gave excellent overviews of the foundations, recommendations and pitfalls of Mendelian randomisation (MR).
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Please come and visit me at my poster today！
Group poster today - superstar postdoc @rujiawang.bsky.social will present a predictive model for anxiety disorders and their severity in GLAD and UK Biobank-integrating family history, polygenic risk, childhood trauma, and demographics. Poster P11.084.C, 26/5 from 13:00.
May 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Please come and visit me at my poster today！
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Final day (for me) of #eshg2025. I will be talking on using social media for communication and research at 14.15 - where, according to the agenda, I will have to impersonate @doctorveera.bsky.social!
May 26, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Final day (for me) of #eshg2025. I will be talking on using social media for communication and research at 14.15 - where, according to the agenda, I will have to impersonate @doctorveera.bsky.social!
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Group poster today from @jaredgm.bsky.social on genetics of perinatal depression. Jared is a DepGenAfrica postdoc - he is looking for collaborators with African PND data also. Visit poster P018.085D today at 4pm! #eshg2025
May 26, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Group poster today from @jaredgm.bsky.social on genetics of perinatal depression. Jared is a DepGenAfrica postdoc - he is looking for collaborators with African PND data also. Visit poster P018.085D today at 4pm! #eshg2025
Come let’s talk PND and #depression genetics; and importantly #African genetics too, and what we can do to improve our understanding of these phenotypes among African ancestry populations
Catch group poster from @jaredgm.bsky.social Jared is DepGenAfrica postdoc will present on a new perinatal depression GWAS, meta-analysing UK Biobank and GLAD with prexisting studies - he is looking for collaborators with African PND data also. Visit poster P018.085D on Monday at 4pm! #eshg2025
May 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Come let’s talk PND and #depression genetics; and importantly #African genetics too, and what we can do to improve our understanding of these phenotypes among African ancestry populations
In Milan, Italy, for a visit to the San Siro stadium, Duomo of Milan, Leonardo’s Last Supper….and importantly the @eshg.bsky.social #ESHG2025 🥳
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May 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
In Milan, Italy, for a visit to the San Siro stadium, Duomo of Milan, Leonardo’s Last Supper….and importantly the @eshg.bsky.social #ESHG2025 🥳
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