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Overview

James B. Potash is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to Medicine. Within these broad fields, their work focuses extensively on Genetics, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Clinical Psychology, Molecular Biology, and Speech and Hearing.

The scientist's research topics include genetic associations and epidemiology, bipolar disorder and treatment, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, adolescent and pediatric healthcare, genetic syndromes and imprinting, tryptophan and brain disorders, and epigenetics and DNA methylation.

James B. Potash has published in several prominent venues, most frequently in Translational Psychiatry and Molecular Psychiatry. Other notable publication venues include The British Journal of Psychiatry, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and UNC Libraries.

  • Minimal phenotyping yields genome-wide association signals of low specificity for major depression (2020, Nature Genetics)
  • Preparing for the Bursting of the Psychedelic Hype Bubble (2022, JAMA Psychiatry)
  • Sex-Dependent Shared and Nonshared Genetic Architecture Across Mood and Psychotic Disorders (2021, Biological Psychiatry)
  • Association of polygenic score for major depression with response to lithium in patients with bipolar disorder (2020, Molecular Psychiatry)
  • Combining schizophrenia and depression polygenic risk scores improves the genetic prediction of lithium response in bipolar disorder patients (2021, Translational Psychiatry)

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors including Mikael Landén, Andreas Reif, Andreas J. Forstner, Markus M. Nöthen, and Fernando S. Goes.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • The human colon cancer methylome shows similar hypo- and hypermethylation at conserved tissue-specific CpG island shores.

    Rafael A. Irizarry;Christine Ladd-Acosta;Bo Wen;Zhijin Wu

  • 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

  • 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

  • Effects of improved water supply and sanitation on ascariasis diarrhoea dracunculiasis hookworm infection schistosomiasis and trachoma.

    Esrey Sa;Potash Jb;Roberts L;Shiff C

  • 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

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

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

  • Microduplications of 16p11.2 are Associated with Schizophrenia

    Shane E. McCarthy;Vladimir Makarov;George Kirov;Anjene M. Addington

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

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

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

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

  • Characterizing the genetic basis of transcriptome diversity through RNA-sequencing of 922 individuals

    Alexis Battle;Sara Mostafavi;Xiaowei Zhu;James B. Potash

  • Ketamine and Other NMDA Antagonists: Early Clinical Trials and Possible Mechanisms in Depression

    D. Jeffrey Newport;Linda L. Carpenter;William M. McDonald;James B. Potash

  • Genomewide association studies: history, rationale, and prospects for psychiatric disorders.

    Sven Cichon;Nick Craddock;Mark Daly;Mark Daly;Stephen V. Faraone

  • Assessment of Response to Lithium Maintenance Treatment in Bipolar Disorder: A Consortium on Lithium Genetics (ConLiGen) Report

    Mirko Manchia;Mazda Adli;Nirmala Akula;Raffaella Ardau

  • 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

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

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

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

    S. Ripke;N. R. Wray;C. M. Lewis;S. P. Hamilton

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter P. Zandi
Peter P. Zandi Johns Hopkins University
Thomas G. Schulze
Thomas G. Schulze Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Francis J. McMahon
Francis J. McMahon National Institutes of Health
Sven Cichon
Sven Cichon University of Basel
Jordan W. Smoller
Jordan W. Smoller Harvard University
Mikael Landén
Mikael Landén University of Gothenburg
Stephan Ripke
Stephan Ripke Massachusetts General Hospital
Stefan Herms
Stefan Herms University of Basel
Melvin G. McInnis
Melvin G. McInnis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Marcella Rietschel
Marcella Rietschel Heidelberg University

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