Excited to share our preprint on PGI portability across ancestries—now on bioRxiv. With co-authors @aysuo.bsky.social, @paturley.bsky.social, @alextisyoung.bsky.social, and @Dan_J_Benjamin. Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025... Thread below for details.

Brilliant paper by Visscher et al. Populations differ in traits/disease burden. Are these differences due to genetics? Comparing single variants or polygenic scores between populations is biased due to environmental confounders correlated with the variants. 1/3 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

ICYMI: New online! Harnessing functional annotation to improve the accuracy and transferability of polygenic scores

Eight academic health policy researchers present their global health projects—from Ethiopia to China to Argentina and beyond—during our annual #RosenkranzGlobal health symposium. See the slideshow. healthpolicy.fsi.stanford.edu/content/2025...

Robel Alemu, a postdoc research scientist at UCLA and the @broadinstitute.org, shows abrupt and prolonged loss of iodized salt in Ethiopian children harms later-life academic achievement, earnings & survival. @robel-alemu.bsky.social Learn More: bit.ly/3H0V5go

PGI Repository v2.0 preprint out! A 🧵 on the main results and updates @robel-alemu.bsky.social @paturley.bsky.social @alextisyoung.bsky.social

In our lastest review article, we explore the evolving landscape of multi-omics research in NCDs. A huge thank you to collaborators Nigussie T. Sharew, Yodit Y. Arsano, Muktar Ahmed, Fasil Tekola-Ayele, Tesfaye B. Mersha, and Azmeraw T. Amare 📖 Read the full article here: doi.org/10.1186/s402...