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Overview

Michael C. Stallings is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Medicine, Psychology, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these domains, their work particularly engages with Clinical Psychology, Genetics, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, and Pharmacology.

The scientist's scholarly output covers a variety of topics related to genetic and psychosocial influences on health and behavior. Key areas of study include:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions

Michael C. Stallings has published research in frequent collaboration with other scientists. Their most common coauthors include Robin P. Corley, John K. Hewitt, Christian J. Hopfer, Tamara L. Wall, and Chandra A. Reynolds.

The venues where this researcher most often publishes include journals and platforms such as:

  • Behavior Genetics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Nature Genetics

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by the researcher are the following:

  • "A large-scale genome-wide association study meta-analysis of cannabis use disorder" (2020), published in The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "Leveraging genome-wide data to investigate differences between opioid use vs. opioid dependence in 41,176 individuals from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium" (2020), published in Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Within-sibship GWAS improve estimates of direct genetic effects" (2021), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Genetic association study of childhood aggression across raters, instruments, and age" (2021), published in Translational Psychiatry
  • "Genome-wide Association Meta-analysis of Childhood and Adolescent Internalizing Symptoms" (2022), published in Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Relations between Preschool Attention Span-Persistence and Age 25 Educational Outcomes

    Megan M. McClelland;Alan C. Acock;Andrea Piccinin;Sally Ann Rhea

  • Genetic and environmental influences on behavioral disinhibition.

    Susan E. Young;Michael C. Stallings;Robin P. Corley;Kenneth S. Krauter

  • Substance use, abuse and dependence in adolescence: prevalence, symptom profiles and correlates

    S.E Young;R.P Corley;M.C Stallings;S.H Rhee

  • Genetic and Environmental Influences on Substance Initiation, Use, and Problem Use in Adolescents

    Soo Hyun Rhee;John K. Hewitt;Susan E. Young;Robin P. Corley

  • Developmental epidemiology of drug use and abuse in adolescence and young adulthood: Evidence of generalized risk.

    Rohan H. Palmer;S. E. Young;C. J. Hopfer;R. P. Corley

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

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

  • Genetic and Environmental Structure of the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire: Three or Four Temperament Dimensions?

    M C Stallings;J K Hewitt;C R Cloninger;A C Heath

  • Distinguishing ordinal and disordinal interactions.

    Keith F. Widaman;Jonathan L. Helm;Laura Castro-Schilo;Michael Pluess

  • Childhood Maltreatment, Subsequent Antisocial Behavior, and the Role of Monoamine Oxidase A Genotype

    David Huizinga;Brett C. Haberstick;Andrew Smolen;Scott Menard

  • Interaction between MAO-A genotype and maltreatment in the risk for conduct disorder: failure to confirm in adolescent patients

    Susan E Young;Andrew Smolen;John K Hewitt;Brett C Haberstick

  • Genetic and environmental vulnerabilities underlying adolescent substance use and problem use: general or specific?

    Susan E. Young;Soo Hyun Rhee;Michael C. Stallings;Robin P. Corley

  • Genome-wide association study of lifetime cannabis use based on a large meta-analytic sample of 32 330 subjects from the International Cannabis Consortium

    S Stringer;C.C. Minică;Karin J. H. Verweij;H Mbarek

  • Population Stratification in the Candidate Gene Study: Fatal Threat or Red Herring?

    Kent E. Hutchison;Michael Stallings;John McGeary;Angela Bryan

  • Relationships Among Life Events and Psychological Well-Being: More Evidence for a Two-Factor Theory of Well-Being:

    Michael C. Stallings;Charlotte C. Dunham;Margaret Gatz;Laura A. Baker

  • Association of the neuronal nicotinic receptor β2 subunit gene (CHRNB2) with subjective responses to alcohol and nicotine

    Marissa A. Ehringer;Hilary V. Clegg;Allan C. Collins;Robin P. Corley

  • A genome-wide search for quantitative trait Loci that influence antisocial drug dependence in adolescence.

    Michael C. Stallings;Robin P. Corley;Briana Dennehey;John K. Hewitt

  • Leveraging genome-wide data to investigate differences between opioid use vs. opioid dependence in 41,176 individuals from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium

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

  • Association of the OPRM1 Variant rs1799971 (A118G) with Non-Specific Liability to Substance Dependence in a Collaborative de novo Meta-Analysis of European-Ancestry Cohorts

    Tae Hwi Schwantes-An;Tae Hwi Schwantes-An;Juan Zhang;Juan Zhang;Li Shiun Chen;Sarah M. Hartz

  • Delinquent peer affiliation and conduct problems: A twin study.

    Tanya M. M. Button;Robin P. Corley;Soo Hyun Rhee;John K. Hewitt

  • Genetic association study of childhood aggression across raters, instruments, and age

    Hill F. Ip;Camiel M. van der Laan;Eva M.L. Krapohl;Isabell Brikell

Frequent Co-Authors

John K. Hewitt
John K. Hewitt University of Colorado Boulder
Robin P. Corley
Robin P. Corley University of Colorado Boulder
Soo Hyun Rhee
Soo Hyun Rhee University of Colorado Boulder
Sandra A. Brown
Sandra A. Brown University of California, San Diego
Joel Gelernter
Joel Gelernter Yale University
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Richard J. Rose
Richard J. Rose Indiana University
Grant W. Montgomery
Grant W. Montgomery University of Queensland
Per Hoffmann
Per Hoffmann University of Bonn
Lindsay A. Farrer
Lindsay A. Farrer Boston University

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