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Overview

Michael M. Vanyukov is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of genetics, medicine, and psychology, with a particular emphasis on substance abuse treatment and outcomes.

The main fields of study for their work include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Psychology

Within these broader disciplines, their subfields of study cover:

  • Genetics
  • Epidemiology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Molecular Biology

Their research topics extend across several domains related to mental health and genetic factors, including:

  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Notable recent papers by Michael M. Vanyukov include:

  • "A large-scale genome-wide association study meta-analysis of cannabis use disorder," 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "Transdiagnostic risk of mental disorders in offspring of affected parents: a meta-analysis of family high-risk and registry studies," 2023, World Psychiatry
  • "Stigmata that are desired: contradictions in addiction," 2023, Addiction Research & Theory
  • "Normalization of Prevention Principles and Practices to Reduce Substance Use Disorders Through an Integrated Dissemination and Implementation Framework," 2023, Prevention Science
  • "Coupled mixed model for joint genetic analysis of complex disorders with two independently collected data sets," 2021, BMC Bioinformatics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael M. Vanyukov include:

  • Levent Kirisci
  • Maureen Reynolds
  • Ralph E. Tarter
  • Merete Nordentoft
  • Judy L. Silberg

Their publications are often featured in journals such as:

  • Addiction Research & Theory
  • Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology
  • The Lancet Psychiatry
  • World Psychiatry
  • Prevention Science

Best Publications

  • Neurobehavioral Disinhibition in Childhood Predicts Early Age at Onset of Substance Use Disorder

    Ralph E. Tarter;Levent Kirisci;Ada Mezzich;Jack R. Cornelius

  • 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

  • Common liability to addiction and “gateway hypothesis”: Theoretical, empirical and evolutionary perspective

    Michael M. Vanyukov;Ralph E. Tarter;Galina P. Kirillova;Levent Kirisci

  • Etiology of early age onset substance use disorder: A maturational perspective

    Ralph E. Tarter;Michael Vanyukov;Peter Giancola;Michael Dawes

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

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

  • Neurobehavior disinhibition in childhood predisposes boys to substance use disorder by young adulthood: direct and mediated etiologic pathways

    Ralph E Tarter;Levent Kirisci;Miguel Habeych;Maureen Reynolds

  • Origins and consequences of child neglect in substance abuse families

    Marija G. Dunn;Ralph E. Tarter;Ada C. Mezzich;Michael Vanyukov

  • Dopamine system genes and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a meta-analysis.

    Brion S. Maher;Mary L. Marazita;Robert E. Ferrell;Michael M. Vanyukov

  • Antisocial symptoms in preadolescent boys and in their parents: Associations with cortisol

    Michael M. Vanyukov;Howard B. Moss;Joseph A. Plail;Timothy Blackson

  • Alcoholism: A Developmental Disorder.

    Ralph E. Tarter;Michael Vanyukov

  • Liability to substance use disorders: 1. Common mechanisms and manifestations.

    Michael M Vanyukov;Ralph E Tarter;Levent Kirisci;Galina P Kirillova

  • Salivary cortisol responses and the risk for substance abuse in prepubertal boys

    Howard B. Moss;Michael M. Vanyukov;Christopher S. Martin

  • Predictors of marijuana use in adolescents before and after licit drug use: examination of the gateway hypothesis.

    Ralph E. Tarter;Michael Vanyukov;Levent Kirisci;Maureen Reynolds

  • Aggressivity, inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity in boys at high and low risk for substance abuse

    Christopher S. Martin;Mitchell Earleywine;Timothy C. Blackson;Michael M. Vanyukov

  • Psychopathology risk transmission in children of parents with substance use disorders.

    Duncan B. Clark;Jack Cornelius;D. Scott Wood;Michael Vanyukov

  • Genetic studies of substance abuse

    M.M Vanyukov;R.E Tarter

  • Salivary cortisol responses in prepubertal boys: the effects of parental substance abuse and association with drug use behavior during adolescence

    Howard B Moss;Michael Vanyukov;Jeffrey K Yao;Galina P Kirillova

  • Developmental sources of variation in liability to adolescent substance use disorders

    Michael A Dawes;Seymour M Antelman;Michael M Vanyukov;Peter Giancola

  • 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

  • Introduction: Theoretical and Operational Framework for Research into the Etiology of Substance Use Disorders

    Ralph E. Tarter;Michael M. Vanyukov

  • Etiology of early age onset substance use disorder

    Ralph Tarter;Michael Vanyukov;Peter Giancola;Michael A Dawes

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralph E. Tarter
Ralph E. Tarter University of Pittsburgh
Levent Kirisci
Levent Kirisci University of Pittsburgh
Joel Gelernter
Joel Gelernter Yale University
Pamela A. F. Madden
Pamela A. F. Madden Washington University in St. Louis
Per Hoffmann
Per Hoffmann University of Bonn
Ada C. Mezzich
Ada C. Mezzich University of Pittsburgh
Stefan Herms
Stefan Herms University of Basel
Lindsay A. Farrer
Lindsay A. Farrer Boston University
Grant W. Montgomery
Grant W. Montgomery University of Queensland
Aarno Palotie
Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki

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