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Bao-Zhu Yang is a Research Scientist at Yale School of Medicine, specializing in Psychiatry. His research focus over the past years includes investigations into issues related to population stratification, case-control association studies, and gene-environment interactions. He conducts analyses on haplotype data and admixture mapping to discover the genetic underpinnings of psychiatric disorders such as childhood depression, alcoholism, drug dependence, nicotine dependence, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Currently, he is dedicated to mapping the genetic factors associated with the comorbidity of substance use disorders and depression utilizing linkage and association methodologies, with support from an NIH K01 career development award.
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