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Psychology

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  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award

Overview

Andrew C. Heath is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research spans several subfields including Psychiatry and Mental Health, Genetics, and Speech and Hearing.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare

Among recent publications, two notable papers include:

  • "The genetic association between personality and major depression or bipolar disorder. A polygenic score analysis using genome-wide association data," published in 2020 in Digital Commons@Becker (Washington University School of Medicine)
  • "Genome-wide Association Study of Smoking Initiation and Current Smoking," published in 2020 in UNC Libraries

Frequent coauthors in their research are:

  • Eco J. C. de Geus
  • Najaf Amin
  • Gonneke Willemsen
  • Christel M. Middeldorp
  • Marleen H. M. de Moor

Common publication venues include Digital Commons@Becker (Washington University School of Medicine) and UNC Libraries.

Best Publications

  • A core gut microbiome in obese and lean twins

    Peter J. Turnbaugh;Micah Hamady;Tanya Yatsunenko;Brandi L. Cantarel

  • Human gut microbiome viewed across age and geography

    Tanya Yatsunenko;Federico E Rey;Mark J Manary;Mark J Manary;Indi Trehan;Indi Trehan

  • Common SNPs explain a large proportion of the heritability for human height

    Jian Yang;Beben Benyamin;Brian P. McEvoy;Scott Gordon

  • Gut Microbiota from Twins Discordant for Obesity Modulate Metabolism in Mice

    Vanessa K. Ridaura;Jeremiah J. Faith;Federico E. Rey;Jiye Cheng

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression

    Naomi R. Wray;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Manuel Mattheisen;MacIej Trzaskowski

  • Stressful life events, genetic liability, and onset of an episode of major depression in women.

    Kenneth S. Kendler;Ronald C. Kessler;Ellen E. Walters;Charles MacLean

  • The Human Connectome Project: A data acquisition perspective

    D. C. Van Essen;Kamil Ugurbil;Edward J Auerbach

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    Hana Lango Allen;Karol Estrada;Guillaume Lettre;Sonja I. Berndt

  • The Long-Term Stability of the Human Gut Microbiota

    Jeremiah J. Faith;Janaki L. Guruge;Mark Charbonneau;Sathish Subramanian

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • Conditional and joint multiple-SNP analysis of GWAS summary statistics identifies additional variants influencing complex traits

    Jian Yang;Teresa Ferreira;Andrew P Morris;Sarah E Medland

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Viruses in the faecal microbiota of monozygotic twins and their mothers

    Alejandro Reyes;Matthew Haynes;Nicole Hanson;Florent E. Angly;Florent E. Angly

  • A mega-analysis of genome-wide association studies for major depressive disorder

    Stephan Ripke;Naomi R Wray;Cathryn M Lewis;Steven P Hamilton

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    E. K. Speliotes;C. J. Willer;S. I. Berndt;K. L. Monda

  • Genetic and environmental contributions to alcohol dependence risk in a national twin sample: consistency of findings in women and men

    A. C. Heath;K. K. Bucholz;P. A. F. Madden;S. H. Dinwiddie

  • Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses

    Aysu Okbay;Bart M L Baselmans;Jan-Emmanuel De Neve;Patrick Turley

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    H. Lango Allen;K. Estrada;G. Lettre;S. I. Berndt

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Pamela A. F. Madden
Pamela A. F. Madden Washington University in St. Louis
Kathleen K. Bucholz
Kathleen K. Bucholz Washington University in St. Louis
Grant W. Montgomery
Grant W. Montgomery University of Queensland
Arpana Agrawal
Arpana Agrawal Washington University in St. Louis
Michael T. Lynskey
Michael T. Lynskey King's College London
John Whitfield
John Whitfield QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Michael C. Neale
Michael C. Neale Virginia Commonwealth University
Wendy S. Slutske
Wendy S. Slutske University of Missouri
Julia D. Grant
Julia D. Grant Washington University in St. Louis

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