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Caroline M. Nievergelt is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research expertise spans multiple domains within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with significant contributions to genetics and clinical psychology as well as psychiatry and mental health.

The scientist's recent publication record includes:

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 95 risk loci and provide insights into the neurobiology of post-traumatic stress disorder, 2024, Nature Genetics
  • Tractor uses local ancestry to enable the inclusion of admixed individuals in GWAS and to boost power, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Gene-environment correlations and causal effects of childhood maltreatment on physical and mental health: a genetically informed approach, 2021, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • A phenotypic spectrum of autism is attributable to the combined effects of rare variants, polygenic risk and sex, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Epigenome-wide meta-analysis of PTSD across 10 military and civilian cohorts identifies methylation changes in AHRR, 2020, Nature Communications

Their collaboration network includes frequent co-authors such as:

  • Adam X. Maihofer (97 co-authored works)
  • Dewleen G. Baker (39 co-authored works)
  • Karestan C. Koenen (35 co-authored works)
  • Murray B. Stein (34 co-authored works)
  • Mark W. Logue (28 co-authored works)

Caroline M. Nievergelt's research has been disseminated mainly in the following publication venues:

  • Biological Psychiatry (24 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (19 publications)
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology (14 publications)
  • Translational Psychiatry (10 publications)
  • Molecular Psychiatry (7 publications)

The principal fields of study for Nievergelt include biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology (92 publications), and medicine (74 publications). Subfields cover genetics (60 publications), clinical psychology (45 publications), psychiatry and mental health (31 publications), molecular biology (28 publications), and behavioral neuroscience (21 publications).

Main topics of research focus on:

  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (44 publications)
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (44 publications)
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol (42 publications)
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (32 publications)
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging (32 publications)
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (28 publications)
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders (28 publications)

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder

    Eli A. Stahl;Eli A. Stahl;Gerome Breen;Andreas J. Forstner;Andrew McQuillin

  • Large-scale genome-wide association analysis of bipolar disorder identifies a new susceptibility locus near ODZ4

    Pamela Sklar;Pamela Sklar;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Laura J. Scott;Ole A. Andreassen

  • Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology

    Niamh Mullins;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Kevin S. O'Connell;Kevin S. O'Connell;Brandon Coombes

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

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

  • Dynamic changes in the copy number of pluripotency and cell proliferation genes in human ESCs and iPSCs during reprogramming and time in culture.

    Louise C. Laurent;Louise C. Laurent;Igor Ulitsky;Igor Ulitsky;Ileana Slavin;Ha Tran

  • Histopathology of pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

    Jeffrey B. Schwimmer;Jeffrey B. Schwimmer;Cynthia Behling;Robert Newbury;Reena Deutsch

  • Genomic Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia, Including 28 Subphenotypes

    Douglas M. Ruderfer;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Andrew McQuillin;James Boocock

  • The resilience framework as a strategy to combat stress-related disorders

    Raffael Kalisch;Dewleen G. Baker;Dewleen G. Baker;Ulrike Basten;Ulrike Basten;Marco P. Boks

  • Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways

    Colm O'Dushlaine;Lizzy Rossin;Phil H. Lee;Laramie Duncan;Laramie Duncan

  • Psychiatric genomics: An update and an Agenda

    Patrick F. Sullivan;Arpana Agrawal;Cynthia M. Bulik;Ole A. Andreassen

  • International meta-analysis of PTSD genome-wide association studies identifies sex- and ancestry-specific genetic risk loci

    Caroline M. Nievergelt;Caroline M. Nievergelt;Adam X. Maihofer;Adam X. Maihofer;Torsten Klengel;Torsten Klengel;Elizabeth G. Atkinson;Elizabeth G. Atkinson

  • Differential responses to lithium in hyperexcitable neurons from patients with bipolar disorder

    Jerome Mertens;Jerome Mertens;Qiu-Wen Wang;Yongsung Kim;Diana X. Yu

  • Largest GWAS of PTSD (N=20 070) yields genetic overlap with schizophrenia and sex differences in heritability

    L. E. Duncan;A. Ratanatharathorn;A. E. Aiello;L. M. Almli

  • Genetic variants associated with response to lithium treatment in bipolar disorder: a genome-wide association study

    Liping Hou;Urs Heilbronner;Urs Heilbronner;Franziska Degenhardt;Mazda Adli

  • Genome-wide association study of bipolar disorder in European American and African American individuals.

    E. N. Smith;E. N. Smith;C. S. Bloss;J. A. Badner;T. Barrett

  • Assessment of Plasma C-Reactive Protein as a Biomarker of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Risk

    Satish A. Eraly;Satish A. Eraly;Caroline M. Nievergelt;Caroline M. Nievergelt;Adam X. Maihofer;Donald A. Barkauskas

  • Suggestive evidence for association of the circadian genes PERIOD3 and ARNTL with bipolar disorder

    Caroline M. Nievergelt;Daniel F. Kripke;Thomas B. Barrett;Elyssa Burg

  • A genomewide scan of male sexual orientation

    Brian S. Mustanski;Brian S. Mustanski;Michael G. DuPree;Michael G. DuPree;Caroline M. Nievergelt;Sven Bocklandt;Sven Bocklandt

  • Differential responses to lithium in hyperexcitable neurons from patients with bipolar disorder.

    Jerome Mertens;Qiu-Wen Wang;Yongsung Kim;Diana X. Yu

Frequent Co-Authors

Dewleen G. Baker
Dewleen G. Baker University of California, San Diego
John R. Kelsoe
John R. Kelsoe University of California, San Diego
Victoria B. Risbrough
Victoria B. Risbrough University of California, San Diego
Karestan C. Koenen
Karestan C. Koenen Harvard University
Nicholas J. Schork
Nicholas J. Schork Translational Genomics Research Institute
Kerry J. Ressler
Kerry J. Ressler Harvard University
Murray B. Stein
Murray B. Stein University of California, San Diego
Jordan W. Smoller
Jordan W. Smoller Harvard University
Daniel T. O'Connor
Daniel T. O'Connor University of California, San Diego
Peter P. Zandi
Peter P. Zandi Johns Hopkins University

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