Melissa L. Spear

The paper shows that increased Amerindigenous ancestry in Mexican Americans over time has altered the genetic architecture of traits like height and polygenic risk scores.

This study identifies genetic variants associated with bronchodilator drug response in African Americans with asthma, finding both population-specific and shared genetic factors across African American and Latino populations.

This study shows Ebola virus can infect boa constrictor cells without causing cytopathic effect or requiring genomic adaptation, while Marburg virus cannot.