Arjun Bhattacharya
Department of Epidemiology, Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Affiliate, Institute for Data Science in Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Affiliate, Institute for Data Science in Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2015 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, US, Biology, Bachelors of Science |
| 2015 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, US, Mathematical Decision Sciences, Bachelors of Science |
| 2020 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, US, Biostatistics, PhD |
Postgraduate Training
| 2020-2023 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Computational Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA |
Experience & Service
Other Professional Positions
Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 2021 - 2023
Intramural Institutional Committee Activities
Reviewer, Quantitative Science Admission Sub-committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2025 - Present
Member, Student Success & Well-Being Committee Meeting, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 2024 - Present
Editorial Activities
Academic Editor, PLOS Genetics, 2025 - Present
Guest Editor, PLOS Genetics, 2024 - 2024
Honors & Awards
| 2025 - Present | Emerging Leader, The British Journal of Cancer |
| 2024 - Present | UT Rising STARs Award |
| 2023 - Present | UCLA Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences (QCB) Collaboratory Service Award |
| 2022 | Epstein Postdoctoral Award Semifinalist, American Society of Human Genetics |
| 2022 | Most Outstanding Oral Presentation, Early Career Investigator Program, International Society for Psychiatric Genetics |
| 2022 | James V. Neel Award, International Genetic Epidemiology Society |
| 2021 | UCLA Bruins in Genomics Mentorship Award, UCLA Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences |
| 2021 | O'Malley Alumni Award for Publication Excellence in Population Sciences, The Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 2018 | Training Fellowship in Breast Cancer Disparities, Susan G. Komen |
| 2011 | Innovation Scholarship, Mackenzie Family Foundation |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2024. Considerations for computational molecular precision medicine. Invited. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2024. Considerations for computational molecular precision medicine. Invited. Grand Rounds. Houston, Texas, US.
Regional Presentations
- 2024. Integrative computational methods to unlock the wealth of information in bulk RNA-sequencing. Invited. Human Genetics Center Seminar Series. Houston, Texas, US.
National Presentations
- 2026. Opportunities and advancements in integrating long- and short-read RNA-seq across differential expression analysis, quantitative trait locus mapping, and outcome prediction. Invited. Joint Statistical Meetings. Boston, Massachusetts, US.
- 2025. Integrating Environment, Gene Expression, & Computational Models to Identify Modifiable Pathways Across Diverse Populations. Panelist. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting 2025. Honolulu, Hawaii, US.
- 2024. Inferring gene isoform mechanisms underlying genetic associations with cancer risk. Invited. UNC Biostatistics 75th Anniversary Celebration. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, US.
- 2024. Isoform-specific analyses to uncover hidden cancer risk mechanisms. Invited. Division of Epidemiology Seminar Series. Nashville, Tennessee, US.
- 2024. Integrative computational methods to unlock the wealth of information in bulk RNA-sequencing. Conference. STATGEN 2024. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US.
- 2024. Integrative computational methods to unlock the wealth of information in bulk RNA-sequencing. Invited. UNC-Chapel Hill Biostatistics Genomics Seminar. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, US.
- 2023. Isoform-level transcriptome-wide association studies uncover novel biological mechanisms underlying genetic associations with neuropsychiatric traits. Invited. The American College of Neuropharmocology Annual Meeting. Tampa, Florida, US.
- 2023. Gene-level germline associations with breast cancer subtype and survival. Invited. Breast Ovarian Consortia Meeting, US.
- 2023. Isoform-level transcriptome-wide association studies uncover novel biological mechanisms underlying genetic associations with neuropsychiatric traits. Invited. University of Pennsylvania Symposium on Genetics and Epigenetics of Behavior. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US.
International Presentations
- 2026. Splicing-resolved genomics for precision women’s health across populations. Invited. Toronto, CA.
- 2025. Discovering novel isoform regulation in complex diseases by integrating long- and short-read RNA-sequencing. Invited. Helsinki, FI.
- 2025. Isoform-specific analyses to uncover hidden cancer risk mechanisms. Invited. 1.Novel Statistical Approaches for Studying Multi-omics Data Workshop. Banff, CA.
Grant & Contract Support
| Date: | 2027 - 2031 |
| Title: | Precision breast cancer prognosis and treatment prediction models via gene isoform-level profiles from long-read RNA-seq with multi-cohort validation |
| Funding Source: | https://ror.org/0447fe631 |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | BC260441 |
| Date: | 2027 - 2031 |
| Title: | A gene isoform-based prediction tool for breast cancer survival and recurrence across molecular subtype |
| Funding Source: | American Cancer Society |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | RSG-1697674 |
| Date: | 2027 - 2031 |
| Title: | A gene isoform-based prediction tool for breast cancer survival and recurrence across molecular subtype |
| Funding Source: | American Cancer Society |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | RSG-1697674 |
| Date: | 2027 - 2030 |
| Title: | Dissecting germline regulatory pathways linking breast density to tumor development |
| Funding Source: | American Cancer Society |
| Role: | Mentor |
| ID: | Postdoctoral-1696755 |
| Date: | 2027 - 2029 |
| Title: | Identifying PFAS-Induced Disruption of Placental Imprinting and Neurodevelopment Through Multi-Omic Negative Control Calibration |
| Funding Source: | NIH |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | R21ES0398048-01A1 |
| Date: | 2027 - 2029 |
| Title: | Understanding how the maternal metabolic environment moderates fetal genetic regulation of the placental transcriptome underlying childhood metabolic traits |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | R21-pending |
| Date: | 2027 - 2029 |
| Title: | Precision breast cancer prognosis and treatment prediction models via gene isoform-level profiles from long-read RNA-seq with multi-cohort validation |
| Funding Source: | Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | ID 1707440 |
| Date: | 2026 - Present |
| Title: | Resolving heterogeneous effects of gestational diabetes on child outcomes via placental function: single-cell, long-read RNA-sequencing, multi-ancestry causal inference, and experimental validation |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NICHD |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | FP00024022_Res1 |
| Date: | 2026 - 2030 |
| Title: | Gene Isoform-Specific Signatures in Immunoinflammatory Cells for Prediction of Recurrence in Oropharyngeal Cancer Across HPV and Smoking Exposure |
| Funding Source: | Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas |
| Role: | Co-PI |
| ID: | FP00026091_res1 |
| Date: | 2026 - 2029 |
| Title: | CAR T cell targeting STEAP1 in lung cancer |
| Funding Source: | Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas |
| Role: | Key |
| ID: | FP00026367_Res1 |
| Date: | 2026 - 2030 |
| Title: | Precision breast cancer prognosis prediction using tumor gene isoform expression with multi-cohort evaluation and validation |
| Funding Source: | Department of Defense (DOD) |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | BC251485 |
| Date: | 2026 - Present |
| Title: | The Effects of Burn Pit and Toxicant Exposure to Lung Cancer Risk and Progression via Alternative Splicing and Transcript-Isoform Expression Moderation |
| Funding Source: | Department of Veteran Affairs |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | FP00029744 |
| Date: | 2026 - 2031 |
| Title: | A gene isoform-based tool to predict breast cancer survival and recurrence across subtype through long-read RNA-sequencing and deep learning |
| Funding Source: | NIH |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | RSG-1596057 |
| Date: | 2026 - 2031 |
| Title: | Machine learning tools to uncover isoform regulation of breast density and cancer (co-mentor, no effort) |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Mentor |
| Date: | 2026 - 2028 |
| Title: | Identifying PFAS-Induced Disruption of Placental Imprinting and Neurodevelopment Through Multi-Omic Negative Control Calibration |
| Funding Source: | NIH |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | FP00028049 |
| Date: | 2026 - 2031 |
| Title: | Gene isoform models to predict breast cancer prognosis and treatment response across molecular subtypes using long-read RNA-sequencing and deep learning |
| Funding Source: | NCI/NIH |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | R01CA315784 |
| Date: | 2026 - 2030 |
| Title: | A gene isoform-based prediction tool for breast cancer survival and recurrence across subtype |
| Funding Source: | ACS |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | RSG-1519750 |
| Date: | 2026 - 2028 |
| Title: | Assortative Mating and Parent-of-Origin Epigenetic Effects in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Multi-Cohort Analysis of Genetic and Methylation Patterns |
| Funding Source: | Simons Foundation |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | AN-AR-Data Analysis-00019981 |
| Date: | 2026 - 2030 |
| Title: | CAR T cell targeting STEAP1 in Lung Cancer |
| Funding Source: | American Cancer Society |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | FP00028747 |
| Date: | 2026 - 2030 |
| Title: | A gene isoform-based prediction tool for breast cancer survival and recurrence across molecular subtype |
| Funding Source: | American Cancer Society |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | FP00026574_Res1 |
| Date: | 2025 - 2029 |
| Title: | Gene Isoform-specific signatures in immunoinflammatory cells for early detection of recurrence in oropharyngeal cancer across HPV and smoking exposure |
| Funding Source: | CPRIT |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | RP260290 |
| Date: | 2025 - 2028 |
| Title: | Precision breast cancer prognosis prediction using tumor isoform expression with multi-cohort validation, including a new Texas cohort |
| Funding Source: | CPRIT |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | RP260328 |
| Date: | 2025 - 2028 |
| Title: | CAR T cell targeting STEAP1 in lung cancer |
| Funding Source: | CPRIT |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | RP260292 |
| Date: | 2025 - 2029 |
| Title: | Multi-ancestry study of mammographic density |
| Funding Source: | NCI |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | R01CA298162 |
| Date: | 2025 - 2030 |
| Title: | Understanding the contribution of placental genomics to gestational diabetes-associated childhood metabolic outcome disparities with a novel multi-ancestry transcriptomic reference |
| Funding Source: | NIH: NICHD |
| Role: | Co-PI |
| Date: | 2025 - 2028 |
| Title: | The effects of burn pit and toxicant exposure to lung cancer risk and progression via alternative splicing and transcript-isoform expression moderation |
| Funding Source: | DOD |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | TERP-TRA TX240398P1 |
| Date: | 2025 - 2027 |
| Title: | A unified software suite to integrate genetic variation, isoform quantifications, and phenotypic associations to understand complex disease etiology |
| Funding Source: | NCI |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | R03HG014605 |
| Date: | 2025 - 2026 |
| Title: | Isoform-level analysis of long-read RNA-sequencing for cancer risk and outcomes |
| Funding Source: | UTMDACC Cancer Center Support |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | P30 CA016672 |
| Date: | 2025 - 2030 |
| Title: | Understanding the contribution of placental genomics to gestational diabetes-associated childhood metabolic outcome disparities with a novel multi-ancestry transcriptomic reference |
| Funding Source: | NIH |
| Role: | PI |
| Date: | 2024 - 2029 |
| Title: | Multi-ancestry study of mammographic density |
| Funding Source: | NCI |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | FP00022415 |
| Date: | 2024 - 2026 |
| Title: | Alternative splicing and isoform expression as mediators for the genetic etiology of breast cancer |
| Funding Source: | NIH |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | R21CA293419 |
| Date: | 2024 - 2025 |
| Title: | UT Rising Stars |
| Funding Source: | UTMDACC |
| Role: | PI |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Arasu VA, Gadgil T, Rothstein JH, Alexeeff SE, Achacoso NS, Bhattacharya A, Cord JB, Esserman LJ, Galbraith W, Gerstley LD, Head S, Hylton NM, Kushi LH, Lee C, Leimpeter AD, Lewis DA, Liu V, Marafino BJ, Margolies LR, Navarro DA, Pu A, Sakoda LC, Shan J, Shieh Y, Sistig A, Gueye CS, Veer LV, Villasenor M, Westley M, Wisner DJ, Tice JA, Shen L, Habel LA, Sieh W. Comparative 10-Year Performance of Mammography Artificial Intelligence, Polygenic, and Clinical Breast Cancer Risk Models in the Kaiser Permanente Research Bank. JNCI. e-Pub 2026.
- Bresnahan ST, Yong H, Nemani A, Wu WH, Lopez S, Yen Chan JK, White F, Jacques P, Hivert M, Chan S, Love MI, Huang JY, Bhattacharya A. Long-read transcriptome assembly reveals vast isoform diversity in the placenta associated with metabolic and endocrine function. Nat Commun, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 41927596.
- Bresnahan ST, Yong HEJ, Drelichman MG, Campbell SN, Trapse AE, Romo GR, Cellini CM, Lopez S, Chan JKY, Chan S, Elkin ER, Bhattacharya A, Huang JY. Natural variation in transplacental transfer efficiency exposes distinct transcriptional network architectures of PFAS effects on birth weight and gestational age. bioRxiv (Environ Health Perspect). e-Pub 2026. PMID: 41929032.
- Sistig A, Rothstein JH, Zhu S, Head ST, Chang Y, Achacoso N, Alexeef SE, Arasu V, Gadgil T, Gerstley LD, Margolie LR, Sakoda LC, Shen L, Gueye CLS, Villaseñor M, Westley M, MODE/BCAC Consortium, Bhattacharya A, Klein RJ, Habel LA, Song X, Wang P, Sieh W. Cell-type aware transcriptome-wide association study of mammographic density phenotypes. medRxiv (NPJ Breast Cancer). e-Pub 2025. PMID: 41358319.
- Head S, Bresnahan ST, Cole N, Wu W, Bhattacharya A. Quantification method affects replicability of eQTL analysis, colocalization, and TWAS. bioRxiv (Nat Genet). e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40894657.
- Chang Y, Byun J, Gorman BR, Hung RJ, McKay JD, Amos CI, Pyarajan S, Bhattacharya A, Sun R. Formal statistical replication in lung cancer genome-wide association studies. medRxiv. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 41256160.
- Chang Y, Bresnahan ST, Head ST, Harrison T, Yu Y, Huff CD, Pasaniuc B, Lindström S, Bhattacharya A. Isoform-level analyses of 6 cancers uncover extensive genetic risk mechanisms undetected at the gene-level. Br J Cancer 133(6):874-885, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40775447.
- Gaynor-Gillett, SC, Cheng, L, Shi, M, Liu, J, Wang, G, Spector, M, Guo, Q, Qi, L, Flaherty, M, Wall, M, Hwang, A, Gu, M, Chen, Z, Chen, Y, Moran, JR, Zhang, J, Lee, D, Gerstein, M, Geschwind, D, White, KP, Akbarian, S, Abyzov, A, Ahituv, N, Arasappan, D, Armenteros, JA, Beliveau, BJ, Bendl, J, Berretta, S, Bharadwaj, RA, Bhattacharya, A, Bicks, L, Brennand, KJ, Capauto, D, Champagne, FA, Chatterjee, T, Chatzinakos, C, Chen, Y, Isaac Chen, H, Cheng, Y, Cheng, L, Chess, A, Chien, JF, Chu, Z, Clarke, D, Clement, A, Collado-Torres, L, Cooper, GM, Crawford, GE, Dai, R, Wang, H. A map of enhancer regions in primary human neural progenitor cells using capture STARR-seq. Genome Research 35(8):1887-1901, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40645663.
- Venkateswaran, V, Boulier, K, Ding, Y, Johnson, R, Bhattacharya, A, Pasaniuc, B. Polygenic scores for tobacco use provide insights into systemic health risks in a diverse EHR-linked biobank in Los Angeles. Translational psychiatry 14(1), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38238290.
- Hervoso, JL, Amoah, K, Dodson, J, Choudhury, M, Bhattacharya, A, Quinones-Valdez, G, Pasaniuc, B, Xiao, X. Splicing-specific transcriptome-wide association uncovers genetic mechanisms for schizophrenia. American journal of human genetics 111(8):1573-1587, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38925119.
- Xia, Y, Xia, C, Jiang, Y, Chen, Y, Zhou, J, Dai, R, Han, C, Mao, Z, Liu, C, Chen, C, Akbarian, S, Abyzov, A, Ahituv, N, Arasappan, D, Armenteros, JA, Beliveau, BJ, Bendl, J, Berretta, S, Bharadwaj, RA, Bhattacharya, A, Bicks, L, Brennand, KJ, Capauto, D, Champagne, FA, Chatterjee, T, Chatzinakos, C, Chen, Y, Chen, HI, Cheng, Y, Cheng, L, Chess, A, Chien, JF, Chu, Z, Clarke, D, Clement, A, Collado-Torres, L, Cooper, GM, Crawford, G, Daskalakis, NP, Davila-Velderrain, J, Deep-Soboslay, A, Deng, C, DiPietro, CP, Dracheva, S, Drusinsky, S, Duan, Z, Duong, D, Dursun, C, Eagles, NJ, Wang, H. Transcriptomic sex differences in postmortem brain samples from patients with psychiatric disorders. Science translational medicine 16(749), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38781321.
- Wen, C, Margolis, M, Dai, R, Zhang, P, Przytycki, PF, Vo, DD, Bhattacharya, A, Matoba, N, Tang, M, Jiao, C, Kim, M, Tsai, E, Hoh, C, Aygün, N, Walker, RL, Chatzinakos, C, Clarke, D, Pratt, HE, Peters, MA, Gerstein, M, Daskalakis, NP, Weng, Z, Jaffe, AE, Kleinman, JE, Hyde, TM, Weinberger, DR, Bray, NJ, Sěstan, N, Geschwind, DH, Roeder, K, Gusev, A, Pasaniuc, B, Stein, JL, Love, MI, Pollard, KS, Liu, C, Gandal, MJ. Cross-ancestry atlas of gene, isoform, and splicing regulation in the developing human brain. Science 384(6698), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38781368.
- Yap, CX, Vo, DD, Heffel, MG, Bhattacharya, A, Wen, C, Yang, Y, Kemper, KE, Zeng, J, Zheng, Z, Zhu, Z, Hannon, E, Vellame, DS, Franklin, A, Caggiano, C, Wamsley, B, Geschwind, DH, Zaitlen, N, Gusev, A, Pasaniuc, B, Mill, J, Luo, C, Gandal, MJ. Brain cell-type shifts in Alzheimer's disease, autism, and schizophrenia interrogated using methylomics and genetics. Science Advances 10(21), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38781333.
- Shin, DS, Basak, S, Veena, MS, Comin-Anduix, B, Bhattacharya, A, Dong, TS, Ko, A, Han, P, Jacobs, J, Moatamed, N, Avila, L, Pellegrini, M, Wang, MB, Srivatsan, ES. Enhanced CTLA-4 blockade anti-tumor immunity with APG-157 combination in a murine head and neck cancer. Cancer medicine 13(9), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38686626.
- Lo Faro, V, Bhattacharya, A, Zhou, W, Zhou, D, Wang, Y, Läll, K, Kanai, M, Lopera-Maya, EA, Straub, P, Pawar, P, Tao, R, Zhong, X, Namba, S, Sanna, S, Nolte, Im, Okada, Y, Ingold, N, MacGregor, S, Snieder, H, Surakka, I, Shortt, J, Gignoux, C, Rafaels, N, Crooks, K, Verma, A, Verma, SS, Guare, LA, Rader, DJ, Willer, CJ, Martin, AR, Brantley, MA, Gamazon, ER, Jansonius, NM, Joos, K, Cox, NJ, Hirbo, JB. Novel ancestry-specific primary open-angle glaucoma loci and shared biology with vascular mechanisms and cell proliferation. Cell Reports Medicine 5(2), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38382466.
- Levey, DF, Galimberti, M, Deak, JD, Wendt, FR, Bhattacharya, A, Koller, D, Harrington, KM, Quaden, R, Johnson, EC, Gupta, P, Biradar, M, Lam, M, Cooke, M, Rajagopal, VM, Empke, SL, Zhou, H, Nunez, YZ, Kranzler, HR, Edenberg, HJ, Agrawal, A, Smoller, J, Lencz, T, Hougaard, DM, Børglum, AD, Demontis, D, Gaziano, JM, Gandal, MJ, Polimanti, R, Stein, MB, Gelernter, J. Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of cannabis use disorder yields insight into disease biology and public health implications. Nature Genetics 55(12):2094-2103, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37985822.
- Bhattacharya, A, Vo, DD, Jops, C, Kim, M, Wen, C, Hervoso, JL, Pasaniuc, B, Gandal, MJ. Isoform-level transcriptome-wide association uncovers genetic risk mechanisms for neuropsychiatric disorders in the human brain. Nature Genetics 55(12):2117-2128, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 38036788.
- Petter, E, Ding, Y, Hou, K, Bhattacharya, A, Gusev, A, Zaitlen, N, Pasaniuc, B. Genotype error due to low-coverage sequencing induces uncertainty in polygenic scoring. American journal of human genetics 110(8):1319-1329, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37490908.
- Mester, R, Hou, K, Ding, Y, Meeks, G, Burch, KS, Bhattacharya, A, Henn, B, Pasaniuc, B. Impact of cross-ancestry genetic architecture on GWASs in admixed populations. American journal of human genetics 110(6):927-939, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37224807.
- Wang, X, Lu, Z, Bhattacharya, A, Pasaniuc, B, Mancuso, N. twas_sim, a Python-based tool for simulation and power analysis of transcriptome-wide association analysis. Bioinformatics 39(5), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37099718.
- Hou, K, Ding, Y, Xu, Z, Wu, Y, Bhattacharya, A, Mester, R, Belbin, G, Buyske, S, Conti, DV, Darst, BF, Fornage, M, Gignoux, C, Guo, X, Haiman, CA, Kenny, EE, Kim, M, Kooperberg, C, Lange, L, Manichaikul, AW, North, KE, Peters, U, Rasmussen-Torvik, LJ, Rich, SS, Rotter, JI, Wheeler, HE, Wojcik, GL, Zhou, Y, Sankararaman, S, Pasaniuc, B. Causal effects on complex traits are similar for common variants across segments of different continental ancestries within admixed individuals. Nature Genetics 55(4):549-558, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36941441.
- Wang, Y, Namba, S, Lopera, E, Kerminen, S, Tsuo, K, Läll, K, Kanai, M, Zhou, W, Wu, KH, Favé, MJ, Bhatta, L, Awadalla, P, Brumpton, B, Deelen, P, Hveem, K, Lo Faro, V, Mägi, R, Murakami, Y, Sanna, S, Smoller, J, Uzunovic, J, Wolford, BN, Wu, KH, Rasheed, H, Hirbo, JB, Bhattacharya, A, Zhao, H, Surakka, I, Lopera-Maya, EA, Chapman, SB, Karjalainen, J, Kurki, M, Mutaamba, M, Partanen, JJ, Chavan, S, Chen, TT, Daya, M, Ding, Y, Feng, YA, Gignoux, C, Graham, SE, Hornsby, WE, Ingold, N, Johnson, R, Laisk, T, Lin, K, Lv, J, Millwood, IY, Palta, P, Pandit, A. Global Biobank analyses provide lessons for developing polygenic risk scores across diverse cohorts. Cell Genomics 3(1), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36777179.
- Johnson, R, Ding, Y, Bhattacharya, A, Knyazev, S, Chiu, A, Lajonchere, C, Geschwind, DH, Pasaniuc, B. The UCLA ATLAS Community Health Initiative. Cell Genomics 3(1), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36777178.
- Kanai, M, Elzur, R, Zhou, W, Wu, KH, Rasheed, H, Tsuo, K, Hirbo, JB, Wang, Y, Bhattacharya, A, Zhao, H, Namba, S, Surakka, I, Wolford, BN, Lo Faro, V, Lopera-Maya, EA, Läll, K, Favé, MJ, Partanen, JJ, Chapman, SB, Karjalainen, J, Kurki, M, Maasha, M, Brumpton, B, Chavan, S, Chen, TT, Daya, M, Ding, Y, Feng, YA, Guare, LA, Gignoux, C, Graham, SE, Hornsby, WE, Ingold, N, Ismail, SI, Johnson, R, Laisk, T, Lin, K, Lv, J, Millwood, IY, Moreno-Grau, S, Nam, K, Palta, P, Pandit, A, Preuss, M, Saad, C, Setia-Verma, S, Thorsteinsdottir, U, Uzunovic, J, Verma, A, Zawistowski, M. Meta-analysis fine-mapping is often miscalibrated at single-variant resolution. Cell Genomics 2(12), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36643910.
- Liu, W, Sun, Q, Huang, L, Bhattacharya, A, Wang, GW, Tan, X, Kuban, KC, Joseph, RM, O’Shea, TM, Fry, RC, Li, Y, Santos, HP. Innovative computational approaches shed light on genetic mechanisms underlying cognitive impairment among children born extremely preterm. Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders 14(1), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35240980.
- Bhattacharya, A, Freedman, AN, Avula, V, Harris, R, Liu, W, Pan, C, Lusis, AJ, Joseph, RM, Smeester, L, Hartwell, HJ, Kuban, KC, Marsit, CJ, Li, Y, O’Shea, TM, Fry, RC, Santos, HP. Placental genomics mediates genetic associations with complex health traits and disease. Nature communications 13(1), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35121757.
- Johnson, R, Ding, Y, Venkateswaran, V, Bhattacharya, A, Boulier, K, Chiu, A, Knyazev, S, Schwarz, T, Freund, M, Zhan, L, Burch, KS, Caggiano, C, Hill, B, Rakocz, N, Balliu, B, Denny, CT, Sul, JH, Zaitlen, N, Arboleda, VA, Halperin, E, Sankararaman, S, Butte, MJ, Lajonchere, C, Geschwind, DH, Pasaniuc, B. Leveraging genomic diversity for discovery in an electronic health record linked biobank. Genome medicine 14(1), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36085083.
- Gandal, MJ, Haney, JR, Wamsley, B, Yap, CX, Parhami, S, Emani, PS, Chang, N, Chen, GT, Hoftman, GD, de Alba, D, Ramaswami, G, Hartl, C, Bhattacharya, A, Luo, C, Jin, T, Wang, D, Kawaguchi, R, Quintero, D, Ou, J, Wu, YE, Parikshak, NN, Swarup, V, Belgard, TG, Gerstein, MB, Pasaniuc, B, Geschwind, DH. Broad transcriptomic dysregulation occurs across the cerebral cortex in ASD. Nature 611(7936):532-539, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36323788.
- Zhao, H, Rasheed, H, Nøst, TH, Cho, Y, Liu, Y, Bhatta, L, Bhattacharya, A, Hemani, G, Davey Smith, G, Brumpton, B, Zhou, W, Neale, BM, Gaunt, TR, Zheng, J. Proteome-wide Mendelian randomization in global biobank meta-analysis reveals multi-ancestry drug targets for common diseases. Cell Genomics 2(11), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36388766.
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