@POPGEM_Lab

Population #Genomics & Environment in #Mentalhealth | studying #psychiatricgenetics #behaviorgenetics | directed by @PetersonRoseann | @sunydownstate @VCU_VIPBG

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A great week for POP-GEM and collaborators at #WCPG2026! 🧬 From depression and postnatal depression to PTSD, substance use, and cross-ancestry genomics—great to see the team sharing this work in Glasgow. Thanks to everyone who stopped by!
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A #WCPG2026 highlight! 🧬🌎 @PetersonRoseann presenting the LAGC-MDD work on depression genetics in Latin American populations. Great to see this collaborative work and the LAGC-MDD Working Group represented in Glasgow!
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#PsycheMERGE at #WCPG2026! 📸🧬 Madhurbain Singh, PhD, presented Poster W66 on our trans-ancestry and sex-stratified GWAS meta-analysis of depression diagnosis, pictured here with @PetersonRoseann. Great to see the team representing PsycheMERGE in Glasgow!
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A #WCPG2026 highlight! 📸🧬 @pbb2 presenting Poster W29 on the multivariate genetics of PTSD and problematic substance use. Great to see Peter sharing this work with the psychiatric genetics community in Glasgow!
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A few days later at #WCPG2026! 📸🧬 Jolien Rietkerk, PhD, presenting Poster W62 on postnatal depression and reproductive-related traits using CONVERGE and All of Us. Great to see the work presented in Glasgow!
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🧬 POP-GEM is heading to #WCPG2026! Our team and collaborators will be presenting research spanning depression, bipolar disorder, postnatal depression, PTSD, genetic diversity, and cross-ancestry genomics. Follow this thread for where to find us at WCPG! 🧵👇
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@timbigdeli, PhD, will present at #WCPG2026! 🧬 Genetic Diversity Refines the Architecture of Bipolar Disorder Risk across Human Populations 📅 Sat, Oct 3 ⏰ 1:30–1:45 PM 📍 Lomond Auditorium Dr. Bigdeli will also co-chair the Mood Disorders session.
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@PetersonRoseann, PhD, will present at #WCPG2026! 🧬 T67 | Genome-Wide Association Meta-Analysis of Depression in Latin American Populations from the LAGC-MDD Working Group 📅 Thu, Oct 1 ⏰ 5–6:30 PM 📍 Hall 2 #LAGC #PsychiatricGenetics
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Tan-Hoang Nguyen, PhD, will present at #WCPG2026! 🧬 W123 | GWAS-Informed Machine Learning Prediction of PTSD in the UK Biobank to Enhance Genetic Discovery 📅 Wed, Sept 30 ⏰ 4:30–6 PM 📍 Hall 2 #PTSD #GWAS #MachineLearning
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Jolien Rietkerk, PhD, will present at #WCPG2026! 🧬 W62 | Shared & Distinct Polygenic Profiles of Postnatal Depression and Reproductive-Related Traits in CONVERGE & All of Us 📅 Wed, Sept 30 ⏰ 4:30–6 PM 📍 Hall 2 #PostnatalDepression #Genetics
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Peter Barr, PhD, will present at #WCPG2026! 🧬 W29 | Multivariate Genome-Wide Association Study of PTSD and Problematic Substance Use 📅 Wed, Sept 30 ⏰ 4:30–6 PM 📍 Hall 2 Stop by Poster W29 during Poster Session I! #GWAS #PTSD #SubstanceUse
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Madhurbain Singh, PhD, will present at #WCPG2026! 🧬 W66 | Trans-Ancestry & Sex-Stratified GWAS Meta-Analysis of MDD Diagnosis in 500,000 Cases & 2 Million Controls 📅 Wed, Sept 30 ⏰ 4:30–6 PM 📍 Hall 2 #PsycheMERGE #PsychiatricGenetics
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🧵 New publication from the PGC Anxiety Working Group. Our GWAS meta-analysis of anxiety disorders is now published in @NatureGenet! 🔗: doi.org/10.1038/s41588-025-0…
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New publication in @Nature. MVP EHR linked genomics enables ancestrally diverse analyses, uncovering ancestry independent signals, 100 plus new schizophrenia loci, and convergent neurobiology with global relevance. doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-1… @timbigdeli @CChatzinakos @panos_roussos
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New open-access Translational Psychiatry paper: multi-omic integration + drug repurposing to identify FDA-approved treatments for opioid use disorder. Led by POP-GEM’s @BToddWebb. Approach generalizable across complex traits & disorders. nature.com/articles/s41398-0… #OUD
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(1/2) Congrats to @TeddyWroblewski and team on their new JAMA Network Open paper using @AllofUsResearch data! The study reveals racial disparities in post-TBI neuropsychiatric outcomes and highlights the impact of structural factors on recovery. @timbigdeli @NeuroChirGlobal
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(2/2)🔗 here: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…

Neuropsychiatric Outcome Inequities After Brain Trauma in the All of Us Database

This cohort study examines the incidence of neuropsychiatric diagnoses following traumatic brain injury among All of Us Research Program participants and the factors associated with racial and social...

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(1/6) We’re excited to present “Advancing the Understanding of Depression Genetics Through Research on Latin American Genomes” at #WCPG2025! 🌎✨ 📅 Mon Oct 20 | 9:45–11:15 AM 📍 Blue River 3 – Convention Center (1st Floor), Cancún Led by Drs. @PetersonRoseann, @NSCorralFrias🧵..
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(5/6) Dr. Diana Núñez-Ríos will present analyses of CNVs in Colombian, Mexican, and Puerto Rican cohorts (947 cases, 310 controls), revealing complex admixture patterns and genetic variants linked to MDD. #WCPG2025 #MDD
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(6/6) Dr. @NSCorralFrias will discuss the LAGC-MDD’s meta-analytic GWAS efforts, followed by Dr. @PetersonRoseann remarks on the importance of including ancestrally diverse populations in psychiatric genomics. #WCPG2025 #LAGC #PsychiatricGenomics
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