2019 Lab News
Dr. Peterson Named Co-Chair
September 2019
Roseann E. Peterson, PhD named Co-Chair of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC) Cross-Population Special Interest Group (SIG).
Grant
Fall 2019
Roseann Peterson, PhD is granted The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Young Investigator Award for "From Liability to Causality: Leveraging whole-genome approaches to elucidate major depression etiology.”
VCU News Article
10 October 2019
VCU News article entitled, "International group of researchers assert importance of diversity in genomics research," is published.
Paper Published
19 October 2019
Roseann E. Peterson, PhD with GEMS collaborators co-authored Polygenic Score for Cigarette Smoking is Associated with Ever Electronic-Cigarette Use in a College-Aged Sample.
Authored Article on The Conversation
15 October 2019
‘Most genetic studies use only white participants – this will lead to greater health inequality’ posted on 15 October 2019 by Karoline Kuchenbaecker, Evangelos Vassos and Roseann E. Peterson on The Conversation.