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58
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12277
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13159
National Ranking
5614

Overview

Andrew W. Bergen is affiliated with the Oregon Research Institute in the United States. Their research spans several fields including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broader domains, Bergen focuses on subfields such as Genetics, Clinical Psychology, Molecular Biology, Physiology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's research topics cover areas including Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Eating Disorders and Behaviors, Smoking Behavior and Cessation, Suicide and Self-Harm Studies, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study, and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Bergen are Cynthia M. Bulik, Harry Brandt, Scott J. Crow, Katherine A. Halmi, and Allan S. Kaplan. These collaborations highlight Bergen's integration within networks focused on genetic and clinical aspects of psychiatric and behavioral health.

Bergen has contributed multiple papers to diverse publication venues, with a high number of papers appearing in UNC Libraries and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), as well as publications in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Leukemia, and Molecular Psychiatry.

Significant recent papers authored by Bergen include:

  • Genetic identification of cell types underlying brain complex traits yields insights into the etiology of Parkinson's disease (2020, Nature Genetics)
  • Dissecting the Shared Genetic Architecture of Suicide Attempt, Psychiatric Disorders, and Known Risk Factors (2021, Biological Psychiatry)
  • Origins, Admixture Dynamics, and Homogenization of the African Gene Pool in the Americas (2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution)
  • Dissecting the shared genetic architecture of suicide attempt, psychiatric disorders and known risk factors (2020, bioRxiv [Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory])
  • The use of biomarkers to guide precision treatment for tobacco use (2023, Addiction Neuroscience)

Best Publications

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

    Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Zeynep Yilmaz;Laura M. Thornton;Christopher Hübel;Christopher Hübel

  • Gene expression signature of cigarette smoking and its role in lung adenocarcinoma development and survival.

    Maria Teresa Landi;Tatiana Dracheva;Melissa Rotunno;Jonine D. Figueroa

  • A Genome-wide Association Study of Lung Cancer Identifies a Region of Chromosome 5p15 Associated with Risk for Adenocarcinoma.

    Maria Teresa Landi;Nilanjan Chatterjee;Kai Yu;Lynn R. Goldin

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

    H. J. Watson;Z. Yilmaz;L. M. Thornton;C. Hubel

  • Maternal nutrition at conception modulates DNA methylation of human metastable epialleles

    Paula Dominguez-Salas;Sophie E. Moore;Maria S. Baker;Andrew W. Bergen

  • MicroRNA expression differentiates histology and predicts survival of lung cancer.

    Maria Teresa Landi;Yingdong Zhao;Melissa Rotunno;Jill Koshiol

  • Ancestral Asian source(s) of new world Y-chromosome founder haplotypes.

    Tatiana Karafet;S. L. Zegura;O. Posukh;L. Osipova

  • MU OPIOID RECEPTOR GENE VARIANTS : LACK OF ASSOCIATION WITH ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE

    A W Bergen;J Kokoszka;R Peterson;J C Long

  • Pathway analysis by adaptive combination of P‐values

    Kai Yu;Qizhai Li;Andrew W. Bergen;Ruth M. Pfeiffer

  • Genome-Wide and Candidate Gene Association Study of Cigarette Smoking Behaviors

    Neil Caporaso;Fangyi Gu;Nilanjan Chatterjee;Jin Sheng-Chih

  • Dual origins of Finns revealed by Y chromosome haplotype variation.

    Rick A. Kittles;Markus Perola;Leena Peltonen;Andrew W. Bergen

  • Characterizing the genetic basis of methylome diversity in histologically normal human lung tissue

    Jianxin Shi;Crystal N. Marconett;Jubao Duan;Paula L. Hyland

  • Environment And Genetics in Lung cancer Etiology (EAGLE) study: An integrative population-based case-control study of lung cancer

    Maria Teresa Landi;Dario Consonni;Melissa Rotunno;Andrew W Bergen

  • Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor β2 subunit gene implicated in a systems-based candidate gene study of smoking cessation

    David V. Conti;Won Jun Lee;Dalin Li;Jinghua Liu

  • An Asian-Native American paternal lineage identified by RPS4Y resequencing and by microsatellite haplotyping.

    A. W. Bergen;C.-Y. Wang;J. Tsai;K. Jefferson

  • Autosomal, mitochondrial, and Y chromosome DNA variation in Finland: evidence for a male-specific bottleneck.

    Rick A. Kittles;Rick A. Kittles;Rick A. Kittles;Andrew W. Bergen;Margrit Urbanek;Matti Virkkunen

  • Genome wide meta-analysis identifies genomic relationships, novel loci, and pleiotropic mechanisms across eight psychiatric disorders

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

  • Dissecting the shared genetic architecture of suicide attempt, psychiatric disorders and known risk factors

    Niamh Mullins;Jooeun Kang;Adrian I Campos;Adrian I Campos;Jonathan R I Coleman;Jonathan R I Coleman

Frequent Co-Authors

Cynthia M. Bulik
Cynthia M. Bulik University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Walter H. Kaye
Walter H. Kaye University of California, San Diego
Gary E. Swan
Gary E. Swan Stanford University
Michael Strober
Michael Strober University of California, Los Angeles
Neil E. Caporaso
Neil E. Caporaso National Institutes of Health
David Goldman
David Goldman National Institutes of Health
Janet Treasure
Janet Treasure King's College London
Allan S. Kaplan
Allan S. Kaplan University of Toronto
Kelly L. Klump
Kelly L. Klump Michigan State University
Stephen J. Chanock
Stephen J. Chanock National Institutes of Health

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