The publication of the whole genomes from the US AllofUsResearch cohort is great to see, but the choice of how to represent an overview of the genetic relationships has (rightly) drawn controversy, in particular how the concepts of ethnicity and race are mapped to it.

Registration is open for #ColumbiaSHARP Summer 2024 training, offered in-person, virtually, or hybrid! Learn valuable #research skills. Choose from 30 one- to four-day trainings led by field experts. #exposome will be in person. Scholarships available. ➡️ publichealth.columbia.edu/SHARP-Training

New exciting GWAS of type 2 diabetes in Nature in ~2.5 million individuals (>0.4 million cases), ~40% of which are from non-European ancestries. The sample size is so big that now the authors can dissociate the genetic signals in different clusters and use the cluster-specific

‘All of Us’ genetics chart stirs unease over controversial depiction of race nature.com/articles/d4158…

🎉Happy #WomensHistoryMonth! We celebrate the incredible achievements of women across various fields, including human genetics and genomics. This year, we also salute "women who advocate for diversity, equity, & inclusion", driving positive change in our community. #ASHG

We are honored to have worked with other journal editors to provide guidance on the use of population descriptors in #Genetics and #Genomics research bit.ly/3TzaUi4

Exciting to see this in print! Lots of gratitude for the amazing teamwork that made this possible. If you are looking to apply the #multiancestry #T2D genetic process-specific #polygenicscores to your work, variant weights are also available here: github.com/gwas-partition…

SAVE the DATE for virtual journal club! April 15, 2024 12 pm (EDT) "The All of Us Research Program Data Resources and Access" Anji Musick Director of the Scientific Data Strategy Branch, NIH Please register in advance: utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

We are excited to announce that UTHealth Houston School of Public Health was ranked No. 1 in the state and No. 9 in the country by U.S. News & World Report among public institutions with graduate-degree education in public health. This achievement underscores our commitment to excellence in education and research.

The School of Public Health ranks No. 9 nationally among public institutions. "Our rise in rankings is a testament to the collective work of our faculty, staff and students; reflects our commitment to outstanding education and impactful research," said Eric Boerwinkle, PhD, dean.

Catch up on our research from the month of April! #ResearchRoundup

Bravo à Pascal Praud, Eric Zemmour, Marine Le Pen, Eugénie Bastié, Elisabeth Lévy, Delphine Horvilleur etc... Cette victoire, c’est avant tout la vôtre ! 🥂🥳

Wow! Gabby Thomas, MPH, is not only a UTHealth Houston School of Public Health graduate, she’s also an Olympic champion. We’re so proud of you!

A proteomic aging score developed using 204 proteins from the Olink panel in UK Biobank (N=45,441) 👉R2>0.8 (!) in validation cohorts (China Kadoorie & FinnGen) 👉strong associations with multimorbidity and mortality 👉prediction of chronic diseases 🔗nature.com/articles/s4159…

Excited to share our new paper on #proteomic #aging published today in Nature Medicine. We developed a proteomic age clock that is associated with nearly all major chronic diseases, multimorbidity, mortality, and #aging biomarkers (e.g., telomeres). nature.com/articles/s4159…

Gabby Thomas, MPH, is redefining what it means to be unstoppable after the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health alumna won her 2nd gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the 4X100m relay.

Save the date: European Mathematical Genetics Meeting (EMGM) 2025, 8-9 April, Brest, France

"The revolution in high-throughput proteomics and AI" by Eric Topol science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Nice summary of recent papers using Olink Proteomics and SomaLogic platforms in large population studies, especially UK Biobank

Big milestone! 🎉 First R01 submitted along with 2 manuscripts. 2 more under finalization with planned submissions this fall. Pausing to appreciate the work done and to thank colleagues, collaborators, friends, and family for their support. Ready to go on maternity leave soon. 🥰