POP-GEM Lab

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

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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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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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#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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@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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🧬 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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@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! 🔗: https://t.co/fb3yGDEURn

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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. https://t.co/YXVqV80oOt
@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.

https://t.co/tNEaSrM9Lw

#OUD

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(2/2)🔗 here: https://t.co/vhfbRSHSDc

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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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(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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(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