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Paschou is a Professor and Head of the Department of Biological Sciences at Purdue University and the Director of Global Partnerships in the Purdue College of Science. She has been recognized as a Showalter Faculty Scholar for her exemplary research achievements. Her work focuses on the intersection of data science and genomics to investigate human genetic variation, specifically to understand the causes of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders, and the factors that shape human population structure. Paschou earned her PhD from the National University of Athens in Greece, and completed her graduate studies at the University of Oxford and the Pasteur Institute in Paris. She has held various prestigious positions including visiting roles at UCSF and UCLA, and has established multiple international consortia aimed at identifying the genetic basis of neurodevelopmental diseases using large-scale datasets. Currently, she co-chairs the ENIGMA-Tourette Syndrome Working Group and leads a NINDS project that involves the analysis of over 12,000 patients with Tourette Syndrome.
Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University • West Lafayette, IN
Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University • West Lafayette, IN
College of Science, Purdue University • West Lafayette, IN
Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University • West Lafayette, IN
Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics, University of California Los Angeles • UCLA, CA
Institute of Human Genetics, University of California San Francisco • UCSF, CA
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