Genetic diversity fuels gene discovery for tobacco and alcohol use
Dr Bergen of ORI and GSCAN publish trans-ancestral tobacco and alcohol use gene discovery analysis in the Dec 7 issue of Nature.
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Senior Scientist Fuzhong Li received funding from the National Institute on Aging to study how Tai Ji Quan helps prevent falls in older adults with mild congnitive impairment.
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ORI Scientist Erika Westling received funding from the National Institute of Mental Health to assess participants of the Early Steps Multisite project - a longitudinal study that began over 20 years ago.
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Westling, E., Rusby, J. C., Crowley, R., & Light, J. M., (2022). A longitudinal study of e-cigarette, cigarette, and marijuana use sequence in youth. Tobacco Insights, 15, 1-7. Abstract or Full Text
Nelson, B. W., Sheeber, L., Pfeifer, J., & Allen, N. B. (2021). Psychobiological markers of allostatic load in depressed and nondepressed mothers and their adolescent offspring. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines, 62(2), 199–211. Abstract or Full Text
Gunn, B., Smolkowski, K., Strycker, L. A., & Dennis, C. (2021). Measuring explicit instruction Using Classroom Observations of Student-Teacher Interactions. Perspectives on Behavior Science, 44(2), 267-283. Abstract or Full Text
Kosty, D. B., Farmer, R. F., Seeley, J. R., Merikangas, K. R., Klein, D. N., Gau, J. M., Duncan, S. C., & Lewinsohn, P. M. (2020). The number of biological parents with alcohol use disorder histories and risk to offspring through age 30. Addictive Behaviors, 102. Abstract or Full Text