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Overview

Joel Gelernter is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research primarily centers on genetics, medicine, and molecular biology, with a substantive focus on genetic associations and epidemiology. Their work spans extensive subject matter related to substance abuse, alcohol consumption, epigenetics, cannabis research, and health development.

Gelernter's most frequent publication venues include:

  • Biological Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Psychological Medicine

The main fields of study in which Gelernter publishes are:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Their research often concentrates on several subfields, including:

  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Epidemiology
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine

Gelernter's major topics of work encompass:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol

Their recent important papers include:

  • Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Bi-ancestral depression GWAS in the Million Veteran Program and meta-analysis in >1.2 million individuals highlight new therapeutic directions, 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • Genome-wide meta-analysis of problematic alcohol use in 435,563 individuals yields insights into biology and relationships with other traits, 2020, Nature Neuroscience
  • A large-scale genome-wide association study meta-analysis of cannabis use disorder, 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Reproducible Genetic Risk Loci for Anxiety: Results From ∼200,000 Participants in the Million Veteran Program, 2020, American Journal of Psychiatry

Frequent co-authors in Gelernter's publications include:

  • Murray B. Stein
  • Renato Polimanti
  • Henry R. Kranzler
  • Daniel F. Levey
  • John H. Krystal

Best Publications

  • Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    Ditte Demontis;Ditte Demontis;Raymond K Walters;Raymond K Walters;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Manuel Mattheisen

  • 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

  • Synonymous mutations in the human dopamine receptor D2 (DRD2) affect mRNA stability and synthesis of the receptor

    Jubao Duan;Mark S. Wainwright;Josep M. Comeron;Naruya Saitou

  • Social supports and serotonin transporter gene moderate depression in maltreated children.

    Joan Kaufman;Bao Zhu Yang;Bao Zhu Yang;Heather Douglas-Palumberi;Shadi Houshyar

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor-5-HTTLPR gene interactions and environmental modifiers of depression in children

    Joan Kaufman;Bao Zhu Yang;Bao Zhu Yang;Heather Douglas-Palumberi;Damion Grasso

  • A Functional Polymorphism of the μ -Opioid Receptor Gene is Associated with Naltrexone Response in Alcohol-Dependent Patients

    David W Oslin;David W Oslin;Wade Berrettini;Henry R Kranzler;Helen Pettinati

  • 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

  • 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

  • Serotonin transporter protein (SLC6A4) allele and haplotype frequencies and linkage disequilibria in African- and European-American and Japanese populations and in alcohol-dependent subjects

    J. Gelernter;Henry Kranzler;Joseph F. Cubells

  • Human dopamine D1 receptor encoded by an intronless gene on chromosome 5.

    Roger K. Sunahara;Hyman B. Niznik;David M. Weiner;Tom M. Stormann

  • DCDC2 is associated with reading disability and modulates neuronal development in the brain

    Haiying Meng;Shelley D. Smith;Karl Hager;Matthew Held

  • The Serotonin Transporter Genotype and Social Support and Moderation of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression in Hurricane-Exposed Adults

    Dean G Kilpatrick;Karestan C Koenen;Kenneth J Ruggiero;Ron Acierno

  • GWAS of lifetime cannabis use reveals new risk loci, genetic overlap with psychiatric traits, and a causal influence of schizophrenia

    Joëlle A. Pasman;Karin J. H. Verweij;Karin J. H. Verweij;Zachary Gerring;Sven Stringer

  • 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

  • Genome-wide association study of alcohol consumption and use disorder in 274,424 individuals from multiple populations

    Henry R. Kranzler;Henry R. Kranzler;Hang Zhou;Hang Zhou;Rachel L. Kember;Rachel L. Kember;Rachel Vickers Smith;Rachel Vickers Smith

  • A Prospective Cohort Study Investigating Factors Associated With Depression During Medical Internship

    Srijan Sen;Henry R. Kranzler;John H. Krystal;Heather Speller

  • Genome-wide association study of alcohol dependence:significant findings in African- and European-Americans including novel risk loci

    J Gelernter;H R Kranzler;R Sherva;L Almasy

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

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry R. Kranzler
Henry R. Kranzler University of Pennsylvania
Lindsay A. Farrer
Lindsay A. Farrer Boston University
Hongyu Zhao
Hongyu Zhao Yale University
Murray B. Stein
Murray B. Stein University of California, San Diego
John H. Krystal
John H. Krystal Yale University
Howard J. Edenberg
Howard J. Edenberg Indiana University
Stephan Ripke
Stephan Ripke Massachusetts General Hospital
Jordan W. Smoller
Jordan W. Smoller Harvard University
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Arpana Agrawal
Arpana Agrawal Washington University in St. Louis

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