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Peter P. Zandi is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States and has contributed substantially to research in the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work encompasses multiple subfields, including psychiatry and mental health, genetics, experimental and cognitive psychology, molecular biology, and applied psychology.

The primary topics of their research focus on bipolar disorder and treatment, mental health research topics, genetic associations and epidemiology, electroconvulsive therapy studies, digital mental health interventions, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, and schizophrenia research and treatment.

Peter P. Zandi's recent notable publications include:

  • Exome sequencing in bipolar disorder identifies AKAP11 as a risk gene shared with schizophrenia (2022, Nature Genetics)
  • Neuronal and glial 3D chromatin architecture informs the cellular etiology of brain disorders (2021, Nature Communications)
  • lncRNAKB, a knowledgebase of tissue-specific functional annotation and trait association of long noncoding RNA (2020, Scientific Data)
  • Amygdala and anterior cingulate transcriptomes from individuals with bipolar disorder reveal downregulated neuroimmune and synaptic pathways (2022, Nature Neuroscience)
  • Polygenic Risk and Progression to Bipolar or Psychotic Disorders Among Individuals Diagnosed With Unipolar Depression in Early Life (2020, American Journal of Psychiatry)

Frequent co-authors include Fernando S. Goes, Mark A. Frye, Melvin G. McInnis, John I. Nürnberger, and John R. Kelsoe. Their research has been published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent being bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Molecular Psychiatry, European Neuropsychopharmacology, Journal of Affective Disorders, and Bipolar Disorders.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • 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

  • Hormone replacement therapy and incidence of Alzheimer disease in older women: the Cache County Study.

    Peter P. Zandi;Michelle C. Carlson;Brenda L. Plassman;Kathleen A. Welsh-Bohmer

  • Hormone Replacement Therapy and Incidence of Alzheimer Disease in Older Women

    Peter P. Zandi;Michelle C. Carlson;Brenda L. Plassman;Kathleen A. Welsh-Bohmer

  • Reduced risk of Alzheimer disease in users of antioxidant vitamin supplements: The cache county study

    Peter P. Zandi;James C. Anthony;Ara S. Khachaturian;Stephanie V. Stone

  • Point and 5-year period prevalence of neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia: The Cache county study

    Martin Steinberg;Huibo Shao;Peter Zandi;Constantine G. Lyketsos

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

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

  • Population-based study of first onset and chronicity in major depressive disorder.

    William W. Eaton;Huibo Shao;Gerald Nestadt;Ben Hochang Lee

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

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

  • Differential responses to lithium in hyperexcitable neurons from patients with bipolar disorder

    Jerome Mertens;Jerome Mertens;Qiu-Wen Wang;Yongsung Kim;Diana X. Yu

  • 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 scan meta-analysis of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, part III: Bipolar disorder.

    Ricardo Segurado;Sevilla D. Detera-Wadleigh;Douglas F. Levinson;Cathryn M. Lewis

  • High total cholesterol levels in late life associated with a reduced risk of dementia

    Michelle M. Mielke;P. P. Zandi;Magnus Sjögren;Magnus Sjögren;D. Gustafson;D. Gustafson

  • Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for the prevention of Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review.

    Christine A. Szekely;Jennifer E. Thorne;Peter P. Zandi;Mats Ek

  • Benefits of fatty fish on dementia risk are stronger for those without APOE ε4

    Tina L. Huang;P. P. Zandi;K. L. Tucker;A. L. Fitzpatrick

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

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

Frequent Co-Authors

James B. Potash
James B. Potash Johns Hopkins University
John C.S. Breitner
John C.S. Breitner Douglas Mental Health University Institute
John R. Kelsoe
John R. Kelsoe University of California, San Diego
Francis J. McMahon
Francis J. McMahon National Institutes of Health
Elliot S. Gershon
Elliot S. Gershon University of Chicago
JoAnn T. Tschanz
JoAnn T. Tschanz Utah State University
Thomas G. Schulze
Thomas G. Schulze Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Melvin G. McInnis
Melvin G. McInnis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Sven Cichon
Sven Cichon University of Basel

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