William Anderson

Posted By: HGG Advances HGGA:  What motivated you to start working on this project? SG: There has been a lot of work in recent years on developing polygenic scores (PGS) for multi-ancestry populations, but most studies have focused on populations genetically similar to European and East Asian reference groups. In this project, we utilize data... Read More

Posted By: Kylee Spencer, PhD, Assistant Editor, AJHG KS: What motivated you to start working on this project? For some time, I had thought that a comprehensive review of the pleiotropy associated with the 16p11.2 BP4-5 CNVs was missing. I was convinced that such a report would be useful to many geneticists and clinicians. The... Read More

Posted By: Alyson Barnes, PhD, Assistant Editor, AJHG AB: What motivated you to start working on this project? CV: A few different factors came together at the right time for me to work on this project! First, I’m a queer scientist and started getting involved in queer advocacy within the last few years. Asexual and... Read More

Posted By: HGG Advances HGGA:  What motivated you to start working on this project? ZL: Mendelian randomization (MR) is a powerful and increasingly popular tool for understanding the causal relationships between complex traits and diseases, especially with the growing availability of GWAS summary statistics. However, MR consistently faces the challenge of horizontal pleiotropy. While there... Read More

This summer, Congress navigated many complex priorities as lawmakers prepared to return to their home districts for August recess. Notably, the House Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal year (FY) 2025 House Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (L-HHS-ED) bill on a party-line vote. However, this bill still awaits a vote by the full U.S.... Read More