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POP-GEM

Population Genetics and Environment
in Mental Health

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Award

December 2021

Terrell Hicks, MS is awarded the Kendler Award for Excellence in Pre-Doctoral Research by Virginia Commonwealth Universty's Virginia Institute of Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics (VIPBG).

American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP)

December 2021

Lab News

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Welcome Onyinyechi Obidiro!

May 2023

Onyinyechi Obidiro, a pharmaceutical studies Ph.D. student from Howard University,  joins the lab for a summer 'All of US' internship. 

Welcome Molly Leitner!

May 2023

SUNY Downstate Neural and Behavioral Science Ph.D. student, Molly Leitner joins the lab for a research rotation on data science and statistical genetics.

Paper Published

May 2023

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Welcome Jasmine Cárcamo!

April 2023

 Jasmine Cárcamo, MA, joins the lab and the Institute for Genomics in Health at SUNY Downstate as a Project Manager.

Society of Biological Psychiatry Poster 

April 2023 

Lab Director, Roseann E. Peterson, PhD, presents her poster on “Performance differences in an electronic health record algorithm for bipolar disorder by race and ethnicity: An assessment from the PsycheMERGE Diversity Initiative” at the 2023 Society of Biological Psychiatry Annual Meeting (SOBP).

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Welcome Asma Sadia!

March 2023

First-year medical student, Asma Sadia joins the lab as a Research Associate. She aims to help translate research findings and build awareness surrounding the genetic and environmental variables contributing to mental health outcomes.

Welcome Cierra Machado!

February 2023

Public Health Master’s student Cierra Machado joins the lab as a Research Associate. She will be assisting with various projects in the POP-GEM lab and in the Institute of Genomic Health at the State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University.

Welcome Zoe Neale!

February 2023

Zoe Neale, PhD, joins the Institute of Genomic Health at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry.

Congratulations Dana Lapato!

February 2023

Dana Lapato, PhD, joins the lab as a faculty affiliate and was awarded a Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) from the National Institute of Mental Health.  Dana will be mentored by Drs. Ken Kendler, Roseann Peterson, and Tim Bigdeli.

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