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William F. Li

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Assay:GWAS summary statistics· 2 Organism:human· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 1 Research Focus:polygenic risk· 1

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M KellisiD· 2 shared Yosuke TanigawaiD· 2 shared David A. A BennettiD· 1 shared Kushal K. DeyiD· 1 shared Nabil MohammediD· 1 shared Tabassum FabihaiD· 1 shared Xiaohe TianiD· 1 shared

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GeneticsbioRxivPreprintMay 15, 2026

Dissecting Alzheimer's disease heterogeneity by cross-trait polygenic prediction

William F. Li, Nabil Mohammed, David A. A Bennett…·Yosuke Tanigawa

This study uses polygenic scores to identify genetic associations with Alzheimer's disease phenotypes and subtypes across multiple cohorts.

DOI 10.64898/2026.05.15.725551

humanGWAS summary statistics

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GeneticsbioRxivPreprintNov 13, 2025

PRISM: ancestry-aware integration of tissue-specific genomic annotations enhances the transferability of polygenic scores

Xiaohe Tian, Tabassum Fabiha, William F. Li…·Yosuke Tanigawa

PRISM improves polygenic score transferability across populations by integrating ancestry-aware tissue-specific genomic annotations, achieving a 13.10% performance boost for African ancestry.

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