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Dr. Amanda Elswick Gentry, Ph.D. was awarded a K01 from the NIH NIAAA (K01AA031748). A five-year professional and research development award mentored by Dr. Ken Kendler, MD, this project will investigate the interacting genetic and environmental effects contributing to alcohol use disorders with co-morbid major depressive disorder.

This research leverages ten biobank-scale data collections and includes methodological aims for the development of machine learning innovations to predict missing and unmeasured alcohol-related outcomes, as well as specific focus on elucidating sex-specific associations and increasing the diverse-ancestry representation in our genetic models.

Read more about this study at the NIH RePORTER.