Jordan Smoller

Jordan Wassertheil Smoller (born October 13, 1961)[1] is an American psychiatric geneticist. He is Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and a Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. He also serves as Trustees Endowed Chair in Psychiatric Neuroscience and Director of the Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital. His other positions include being an associate member of the Broad Institute, vice president of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics,[2] and co-chair of the Cross Disorder Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium.[3] His laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital, a division of the Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, aims to determine the genetic basis of psychiatric disorders in both children and adults.[4] In 2013, he was the lead author of a study examining genetic loci associated with an increased risk of five psychiatric disorders.[5][6][7] Smoller is the son of Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller.[8]

Jordan Smoller
Born
Jordan Wassertheil Smoller

(1961-10-13) October 13, 1961
NationalityAmerican
EducationHarvard University
Harvard Medical School
Harvard School of Public Health
Scientific career
FieldsPsychiatric genetics
InstitutionsHarvard Medical School
Harvard School of Public Health
Massachusetts General Hospital
ThesisGenetic determinants of panic and phobic anxiety disorders (2001)

References
  1. "Smoller, Jordan W., 1961-". Library of Congress Name Authority File. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  2. "Jordan W. Smoller". Center for Genomic Medicine. Massachusetts General Hospital. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  3. "Workgroup Chairs". Psychiatric Genomics Consortium.
  4. "Smoller Laboratory". Massachusetts General Hospital. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  5. Cross-Disorder Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (April 2013). "Identification of risk loci with shared effects on five major psychiatric disorders: a genome-wide analysis". The Lancet. 381 (9875): 1371–1379. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)62129-1. PMC 3714010. PMID 23453885.
  6. "Study points to "shared biology" between 5 psychiatric disorders". CBS News. 2013-02-28. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  7. Kolata, Gina (2013-02-28). "Study Finds Genetic Risk Factors Shared by 5 Psychiatric Disorders". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  8. "Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller: Celebrating an Illustrious Career". Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Retrieved 2019-05-10.


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