Researcher Profile: Biernacka, Joanna M, Ph.D.

Joanna M. Biernacka, Ph.D.

Location: Minnesota

Primary Appointment
Health Sciences Research
Academic Rank
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

Summary

My research focus is in the area of genetics of complex diseases, in particular addiction and other psychiatric illnesses. As the statistical geneticist in the SC Johnson Genomics of Addiction Program, I assist investigators within the program with designing studies, and analysing the resulting data. These studies are aimed at elucidating the complex relationships between particular genetic variants and traits such as increased risk of developing alcoholism, or increased likelihood of responding to a specific treatment. As these types of analyses require the application of advanced statistical techniques, I also work on the development of novel statistical methods for the analysis of genetic data.

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Education

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Institute of Human Genetics, University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Ph.D. – Biostatistics
University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

M.S. – Statistics
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

B.S. – Honours Biology and Mathematics
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Areas of Research
Genomic expression and neuropsychiatric evaluation
Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics

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