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Overview

Jason D. Boardman is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. They have contributed extensively to the study of genetics, with particular focus on genetic associations and epidemiology.

The primary fields of study for Boardman include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Their subfields of study emphasize:

  • Genetics
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Health
  • Molecular Biology
  • Clinical Psychology

Key topics within Boardman's research involve:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Boardman has published in various venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Biodemography and Social Biology
  • Social Science & Medicine
  • SSM - Population Health
  • Nature

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Boardman include:

  • Genetic diversity fuels gene discovery for tobacco and alcohol use, 2022, Nature
  • A large-scale genome-wide association study meta-analysis of cannabis use disorder, 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Multivariate genome-wide association meta-analysis of over 1 million subjects identifies loci underlying multiple substance use disorders, 2023, Nature Mental Health
  • Genetic associations with mathematics tracking and persistence in secondary school, 2020, npj Science of Learning
  • Model-based assessment of replicability for genome-wide association meta-analysis, 2021, Nature Communications

Collaborative work is an important aspect of Boardman's research. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Kathleen Mullan Harris
  • Benjamin W. Domingue
  • John K. Hewitt
  • Christian J. Hopfer
  • Matthew B. McQueen

Best Publications

  • Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

    James J. Lee;Robbee Wedow;Aysu Okbay;Edward Kong

  • Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences

    Richard Karlsson Linnér;Richard Karlsson Linnér;Pietro Biroli;Edward Kong;S. Fleur W. Meddens;S. Fleur W. Meddens

  • Neighborhood disadvantage, stress, and drug use among adults.

    Jason D. Boardman;Brian Karl Finch;Brian Karl Finch;Christopher G. Ellison;David R. Williams

  • Religious Involvement, Stress, and Mental Health: Findings from the 1995 Detroit Area Study

    Christopher G. Ellison;Jason D. Boardman;David R. Williams;James S. Jackson

  • Transancestral GWAS of alcohol dependence reveals common genetic underpinnings with psychiatric disorders

    Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters;Renato Polimanti;Emma C. Johnson;Jeanette N. McClintick

  • Church-Based Social Support and Religious Coping

    Neal Krause;Christopher G. Ellison;Benjamin A. Shaw;John P. Marcum

  • A large-scale genome-wide association study meta-analysis of cannabis use disorder

    Emma C Johnson;Ditte Demontis;Thorgeir E Thorgeirsson;Raymond K Walters

  • Low birth weight, social factors, and developmental outcomes among children in the United States.

    Jason D. Boardman;Daniel A. Powers;Yolanda C. Padilla;Robert A. Hummer

  • Genetic analysis of social-class mobility in five longitudinal studies.

    Daniel W. Belsky;Benjamin W. Domingue;Robbee Wedow;Louise Arseneault

  • Neighborhood socioeconomic status and perceptions of self-efficacy.

    Jason D. Boardman;Stephanie A. Robert

  • Stress and physical health: the role of neighborhoods as mediating and moderating mechanisms

    Jason D Boardman

  • Polygenic Influence on Educational Attainment: New Evidence From the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health

    Benjamin W. Domingue;Daniel W. Belsky;Dalton Conley;Kathleen Mullan Harris

  • Race Differentials in Obesity: The Impact of Place

    Jason D. Boardman;Jarron M. Saint Onge;Richard G. Rogers;Justin T. Denney

  • Genetic and educational assortative mating among US adults

    Benjamin W. Domingue;Jason Fletcher;Dalton Conley;Jason D. Boardman

  • Self-rated health among U.S. adolescents.

    Jason D. Boardman

  • Sex Differences in the Heritability of Resilience

    Jason D. Boardman;Casey L. Blalock;Tanya M. M. Button

  • Is the effect of parental education on offspring biased or moderated by genotype

    Dalton Conley;Benjamin W. Domingue;David Cesarini;Christopher Dawes

  • The Association Between Natural Amenities, Rural Population Growth, and Long-Term Residents' Economic Well-Being.

    Lori M. Hunter;Jason D. Boardman;Jarron M. Saint Onge

  • A life course model of self-rated health through adolescence and young adulthood

    Shawn Bauldry;Michael J. Shanahan;Jason D. Boardman;Richard A. Miech

  • Stress trajectories, health behaviors, and the mental health of black and white young adults

    Jason D. Boardman;Kari B. Alexander

Frequent Co-Authors

Kathleen Mullan Harris
Kathleen Mullan Harris University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dalton Conley
Dalton Conley Princeton University
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
John K. Hewitt
John K. Hewitt University of Colorado Boulder
Michael C. Stallings
Michael C. Stallings University of Colorado Boulder
James MacKillop
James MacKillop McMaster University
Daniel W. Belsky
Daniel W. Belsky Columbia University
Abraham A. Palmer
Abraham A. Palmer University of California, San Diego
Harriet de Wit
Harriet de Wit University of Chicago
Aarno Palotie
Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki

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