VCU’s Kenneth Kendler achieves
No. 1 lifetime ranking among
published psychiatry scholarsAnalytics site ScholarGPS, which tracks more than 30 million
scholars worldwide, says Kendler’s work has been cited more
than 125,000 times.More about Kendler
Dr. Roxann Roberson-NayReceived two R21 NIMH grants to explore exosomal cargo,
with Co-Is Drs. Dana Lapato, Vasily Yakolev, and
Preetam GhoshLearn more
Drs. Elizabeth Prom-Wormley
and Hermine MaesReceived funding for theirResist! Projectto indexindividual resistance to psychoactive substance use
during adolescence.Download PDF
VIPBG Faculty Receive Funding
to Study AUD and PTSD Through
NIAAA R01 GrantThe study aims to examine the functional relationships between
PTSD and AUD, the stability of these functional relationships and
how social determinates of health my moderate symptom
relationships, and how genetic risk contributes to the stability,
or instability of these relationships over time.Read more

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Postdoctoral training applicants in psychiatric and statistical genetics with a focus on mental health invited to join VIPBG.

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Genome-wide analysis of schizophrenia and multiple sclerosis identifies shared genomic loci with mixed direction of effects

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Daniel Zhou, a fourth-year MD/PhD student in the Integrative Life Sciences studies suicide behaviors focusing on adolescent populations.

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Dr. Roberson-Nay receives a $275K grant for her “Quantification and Characterization of Bulk” research study.

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Dr. Eva Lancaster, from VIPBG to shaping government policy concerning biomedical research and data science.
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