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Our goal is to test new computational methods for determining the genetic architecture of complex traits, including highly heritable conditions such as Type 1 Diabetes, Alzheimer's, and others. The techniques we plan to use have been the subject of intense recent activity in fields such as optimization, signal processing and machine learning, but so far have just begun to be applied in genomics. The research will produce improved predictive models which, based on individual genomics, identify individuals at high risk for certain diseases. It will also identify the many alleles associated with this risk. Early intervention with high risk individuals may decrease rates of incidence and reduce health care costs. Elaboration of underlying genetic architecture is important basic science and may lead to improved treatments (e.g., drug development). We wish to obtain access to genomic data and phenotype data relevant to highly heritable disease conditions (e.g., Type 1 Diabetes) as well as complex traits such as height, BMI, cognitive ability. Advanced computational algorithms will be used to study the genetic architecture of these traits. The techniques we plan to use have been the subject of intense recent activity in fields such as optimization, signal processing and machine learning, but so far have just begun to be applied in genomics. Analysis will be performed on high-performance computing clusters. We would like access to the full cohort (SNP genotypes), and several relevant phenotypes.
4 Returns
| Return ID | App ID | Description | Archive Date |
| 3462 | 15326 | Accurate Genomic Prediction of Human Height | 26 May 2021 |
| 3460 | 15326 | Genetic architecture of complex traits and disease risk predictors | 26 May 2021 |
| 3459 | 15326 | Genomic Prediction of 16 Complex Disease Risks Including Heart Attack, Diabetes, Breast and Prostate Cancer | 26 May 2021 |
| 3461 | 15326 | Sibling validation of polygenic risk scores and complex trait prediction | 26 May 2021 |
20 Publications
| Pub ID | Title | Author(s) | Year | Journal |
| 3463 | Accurate Genomic Prediction of Human Height | Louis Lello (+5) | 2018 | Genetics |
| 4342 | BGData - A Suite of R Packages for Genomic Analysis with Big Data | Alexander Grueneberg (+1) | 2019 | G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics |
| 14097 | Bayesian hierarchical hypothesis testing in large-scale genome-wide association analysis | Anirban Samaddar (+2) | 2024 | Genetics |
| 10525 | Biobank-scale methods and projections for sparse polygenic prediction from machine learning | Timothy G. Raben (+3) | 2023 | Scientific Reports |
| 4406 | Can Deep Learning Improve Genomic Prediction of Complex Human Traits? | Pau Bellot (+2) | 2018 | Genetics |
| 15829 | Efficient blockLASSO for polygenic scores with applications to All of Us and UK Biobank | Timothy G. Raben (+3) | 2025 | BMC Genomics |
| 10362 | Fine mapping and accurate prediction of complex traits using Bayesian Variable Selection models applied to biobank-size data | Gustavo de los Campos (+4) | 2022 | European Journal of Human Genetics |
| 3461 | Genetic architecture of complex traits and disease risk predictors | Soke Yuen Yong (+3) | 2020 | Scientific Reports |
| 3460 | Genomic Prediction of 16 Complex Disease Risks Including Heart Attack, Diabetes, Breast and Prostate Cancer | Louis Lello (+4) | 2019 | Scientific Reports |
| 11986 | Imperfect Linkage Disequilibrium Generates Phantom Epistasis (& Perils of Big Data) | Gustavo de los Campos (+2) | 2019 | G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics |
| 12695 | Machine Learning Prediction of Biomarkers from SNPs and of Disease Risk from Biomarkers in the UK Biobank | Erik Widen (+3) | 2021 | Genes |
| 14066 | Mapping the relative accuracy of cross-ancestry prediction | Alexa S. Lupi (+2) | 2024 | Nature Communications |
| 8104 | Polygenic Health Index, General Health, and Pleiotropy: Sibling Analysis and Disease Risk Reduction | Erik Widen (+4) | 2022 | Scientific Reports |
| 7501 | Preimplantation Genetic Testing for Polygenic Disease Relative Risk Reduction: Evaluation of Genomic Index Performance in 11,883 Adult Sibling Pairs | Nathan R. Treff (+7) | 2020 | Genes |
| 3462 | Sibling validation of polygenic risk scores and complex trait prediction | Louis Lello (+2) | 2020 | Scientific Reports |
| 10940 | Sibling variation in polygenic traits and DNA recombination mapping with UK Biobank and IVF family data | Louis Lello (+3) | 2023 | Scientific Reports |
| 15217 | Uncovering covariance patterns across energy balance traits enables the discovery of new obesity-related genes | Davorka Gulisija (+5) | 2025 | Obesity |
| 7324 | Utility and First Clinical Application of Screening Embryos for Polygenic Disease Risk Reduction | Nathan R. Treff (+10) | 2019 | Frontiers in Endocrinology |
| 5977 | Validation of concurrent preimplantation genetic testing for polygenic and monogenic disorders, structural rearrangements, and whole and segmental chromosome aneuploidy with a single universal platform | Nathan R Treff (+16) | 2019 | European Journal of Medical Genetics |
| 8482 | Will Big Data Close the Missing Heritability Gap? | Hwasoon Kim (+4) | 2017 | Genetics |