Marina Natividad Avila

The paper identifies 253 autism-associated genes using rare variation from 62,429 individuals and finds pleiotropy across physiological systems and developmental disorders.

This study investigates genetic relationships between OCD, BD, SCZ, and MDD using GWAS data, finding causal effects of OCD on BD, SCZ, and MDD.

The paper introduces a framework to infer de novo exonic variants without parental genotypes, enhancing autism association studies by improving gene-based tests and controlling false discovery rates.

This study identifies rare coding variants contributing to OCD risk and shows genetic overlap with CTD and neurodevelopmental disorders, while showing minimal overlap with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.

This paper identifies 35 genome-wide significant ASD risk genes in admixed Latin American populations, showing consistency with European cohorts and supporting the universality of ASD biology.