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Andrew Smolen is a researcher affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their work centers on the intersection of genetics, psychiatry, and clinical psychology, with a focus on childhood and adolescent development in psychosocial and emotional dimensions.

Smolen's recent publications address genetic and behavioral health topics, including aggression, internalizing symptoms, and genetic sensitivity to peer behaviors. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Genetic association study of childhood aggression across raters, instruments, and age" (2021), published in Translational Psychiatry
  • "Genome-wide Association Meta-analysis of Childhood and Adolescent Internalizing Symptoms" (2022), published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • "Continuity of Genetic Risk for Aggressive Behavior Across the Life-Course" (2021), published in Behavior Genetics
  • "Genome-wide association meta-analysis of childhood and adolescent internalising symptoms" (2020), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Genetic Sensitivity to Peer Behaviors: 5HTTLPR, Smoking, and Alcohol Consumption" (2021), published by UNC Libraries

The frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Chandra A. Reynolds
  • Kathleen Mullan Harris
  • Brett C. Haberstick
  • Luke M. Evans
  • Sally J. Wadsworth

Andrew Smolen's publications are often found in venues such as:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Innovation in Aging
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Genetics
  • Translational Psychiatry

Their disciplinary focus spans multiple fields of study and subfields, including:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Genetics
  • General Health Professions
  • Speech and Hearing

Key research topics associated with their work involve:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Child and Adolescent Health
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Health disparities and outcomes

Best Publications

  • Purification of human serum paraoxonase/arylesterase. Evidence for one esterase catalyzing both activities.

    K N Gan;A Smolen;H W Eckerson;B N La Du

  • No Support for Historical Candidate Gene or Candidate Gene-by-Interaction Hypotheses for Major Depression Across Multiple Large Samples.

    Richard Border;Emma C Johnson;Luke M Evans;Andrew Smolen

  • Depression from childhood into late adolescence: Influence of gender, development, genetic susceptibility, and peer stress.

    Benjamin L. Hankin;Jami F. Young;John R. Z. Abela;Andrew Smolen

  • Reward circuitry responsivity to food predicts future increases in body mass: moderating effects of DRD2 and DRD4.

    Eric Stice;Sonja Yokum;Cara Bohon;Nate Marti

  • Monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) and antisocial behaviors in the presence of childhood and adolescent maltreatment.

    Brett C. Haberstick;Jeffrey M. Lessem;Christian J. Hopfer;Andrew Smolen

  • Childhood Maltreatment, Subsequent Antisocial Behavior, and the Role of Monoamine Oxidase A Genotype

    David Huizinga;Brett C. Haberstick;Andrew Smolen;Scott Menard

  • Functional effects of the DAT1 polymorphism on EEG measures in ADHD

    Sandra K. Loo;Elaine Specter;Andrew Smolen;Christian Hopfer

  • The DRD4 VNTR polymorphism moderates craving after alcohol consumption.

    Kent E. Hutchison;John Mcgeary;Andrew Smolen;Angela Bryan

  • Interaction between MAO-A genotype and maltreatment in the risk for conduct disorder: failure to confirm in adolescent patients

    Susan E Young;Andrew Smolen;John K Hewitt;Brett C Haberstick

  • PURIFICATION OF HUMAN SERUM PARAOXONASE/ARYLESTERASE

    K Gan;A Smolen;H Eckerson;C M Wyte

  • The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) twin data.

    Kathleen Mullan Harris;Carolyn Tucker Halpern;Andrew Smolen;Brett C. Haberstick

  • The DRD4 VNTR polymorphism influences reactivity to smoking cues.

    Kent E. Hutchison;Heather LaChance;Raymond Niaura;Angela Bryan

  • Differential Neural Response to Alcohol Priming and Alcohol Taste Cues Is Associated With DRD4 VNTR and OPRM1 Genotypes

    Francesca M. Filbey;Lara Ray;Lara Ray;Andrew Smolen;Eric D. Claus

  • Characteristics of the genetically determined allozymic forms of human serum paraoxonase/arylesterase.

    A Smolen;H W Eckerson;K N Gan;N Hailat

  • Differential susceptibility in youth: evidence that 5-HTTLPR x positive parenting is associated with positive affect 'for better and worse'

    Benjamin L Hankin;E. Nederhof;C. W. Oppenheimer;J. Jenness

  • Relationship between Adolescent Marijuana Use and Young Adult Illicit Drug Use

    Jeffrey M. Lessem;Christian J. Hopfer;Brett C. Haberstick;David Timberlake

  • Overcoming qEEG abnormalities and reward gene deficits during protracted abstinence in male psychostimulant and polydrug abusers utilizing putative dopamine D₂ agonist therapy: part 2.

    Kenneth Blum;Thomas J H Chen;Siobhan Morse;John Giordano

  • Genotyping of three candidate genes after whole-genome preamplification of DNA collected from buccal cells.

    Hannah C. Anchordoquy;Chinatsu McGeary;Liping Liu;Kenneth S. Krauter

  • Association of the neuronal nicotinic receptor β2 subunit gene (CHRNB2) with subjective responses to alcohol and nicotine

    Marissa A. Ehringer;Hilary V. Clegg;Allan C. Collins;Robin P. Corley

  • Multilocus Genetic Composite Reflecting Dopamine Signaling Capacity Predicts Reward Circuitry Responsivity

    Eric Stice;Sonja Yokum;Kyle Burger;Leonard Epstein

  • The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) sibling pairs data.

    Kathleen Mullan Harris;Carolyn Tucker Halpern;Brett C. Haberstick;Andrew Smolen

Frequent Co-Authors

John K. Hewitt
John K. Hewitt University of Colorado Boulder
Brett C. Haberstick
Brett C. Haberstick University of Colorado Boulder
Michael C. Stallings
Michael C. Stallings University of Colorado Boulder
Robin P. Corley
Robin P. Corley University of Colorado Boulder
Kathleen Mullan Harris
Kathleen Mullan Harris University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Soo Hyun Rhee
Soo Hyun Rhee University of Colorado Boulder
Allan C. Collins
Allan C. Collins University of Colorado Boulder
Jason D. Boardman
Jason D. Boardman University of Colorado Boulder
Carolyn Tucker Halpern
Carolyn Tucker Halpern University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Benjamin L. Hankin
Benjamin L. Hankin University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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