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DAVID L. BRAFF

University of California San DiegoORCID 0000-0003-1831-1344Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Genetic & Genomic Medicine· 3 Genomics· 1

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Organism:human· 4 Approach:statistical model· 4 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 3 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:eQTL / molecular QTL mapping· 1

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Ole A. AndreasseniD· 4 shared Rolf AdolfssoniD· 4 shared Aiden Peter CorviniD· 3 shared Elvira BramoniD· 3 shared Ina GieglingiD· 3 shared Ingrid AgartziD· 3 shared Joanna M. BiernackaiD· 3 shared Joseph D. BuxbaumiD· 3 shared

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2021-2026 · peak 2/yr

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10 top collaborators · 45 mutual co-author links

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GenomicsbioRxivPreprintFeb 11, 2026

Co-expression-based models improve eQTL predictions and highlightnovel transcriptome-wide genes associated with schizophrenia

Fabiana Rossi, Leonardo Sportelli, Gianluca Christos Kikidis…·Giulio Pergola

The paper introduces co-expression-based models to improve eQTL predictions and identifies novel schizophrenia-associated genes using brain RNA-seq data.

DOI 10.64898/2026.02.10.704353

humanbulk RNA-seq

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Genetic & Genomic MedicinemedRxivPreprintJul 11, 2025

A cross-disorder analysis of CNVs finds novel loci and dose-dependent relationships of genes to psychiatric traits

Omar Shanta, Marieke Klein, Molly Sacks…·Annette M. Hartmann

The paper identifies novel CNV loci and dose-dependent gene effects across six psychiatric disorders using genome-wide analysis.

6 citations

humanwhole-genome sequencing

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Genetic & Genomic MedicinemedRxivPreprintJul 11, 2025

Psychiatric disorders converge on common pathways but diverge in cellular context, spatial distribution, and directionality of genetic effects

Worrawat Engchuan, Omar Shanta, Kuldeep Kumar…·Michael Foster Green

The paper identifies shared and divergent genetic mechanisms across psychiatric disorders using gene-set burden analysis of copy number variants.

4 citations

humanwhole-genome sequencing

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Genetic & Genomic MedicineBiological PsychiatryPeer-reviewedSep 8, 2021

Dissecting the shared genetic architecture of suicide attempt, psychiatric disorders and known risk factors

Niamh Mullins, Jooeun Kang, Adrián I. Campos…·DAVID L. BRAFF

This study identifies genetic loci associated with suicide attempts and shows shared genetic architecture with psychiatric disorders and non-psychiatric risk factors.

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