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Eimear Kenny

@eimearekenny.bsky.social

Genomics, Computer Science, Medicine. Professor @ Mount Sinai in NYC. Director of Institute for Genomic Health. 🇮🇪 VMO

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Konrad@konradjk.bsky.social · 11mo ago

A project many years in the process, we’re pleased to present our work on multi-ancestry meta-analysis across a boatload of traits in the UK Biobank: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Pan-UK Biobank genome-wide association analyses enhance discovery and resolution of ancestry-enriched effects - Nature Genetics

Genome-wide analyses for 7,266 traits leveraging data from several genetic ancestry groups in UK Biobank identify new associations and enhance resources for interpreting risk variants across diverse p...

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Eimear Kenny@eimearekenny.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 Just posted: Our preprint introducing SPC — Spectral Components — is now live on medRxiv! Led by Dr. Ruhollah Shemirani and years in the making, this method offers a robust, scalable way to adjust for recent population structure in genomic analyses. 🔗 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/9

SPC: a SPectral Component approach to address recent population structure in genomic analysis

Population structure is a well-known confounder in statistical genetics, particularly in genome-wide association studies (GWAS), where it can lead to inflated test statistics and spurious associations...

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Eimear Kenny@eimearekenny.bsky.social · last yr.

Honored to be featured in ASHG’s #WomensHistoryMonth celebration! Huge thanks to @GeneticsSociety & @sarahtishkoff.bsky.social for the recognition. Grateful to stand alongside incredible women shaping human genetics & genomics! 💙 #ASHG #WomenInSTEM www.ashg.org/publications...

Celebrating Women's History Month: Trailblazing Women in Human Genetics and Genomics

ASHG President Sarah Tishkoff, PhD, celebrates women past and present who blaze trails in the human genetics and genomics field.

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Eimear Kenny@eimearekenny.bsky.social · 2y ago

Truveta has built a database of 120M de-identified EHRs for digital phenotyping—and now they're teaming up with Regeneron and Illumina to sequence 10M patients across 30 US health systems. 🧬 Major move for precision medicine! www.geekwire.com/2025/seattle...

Seattle’s newest unicorn: Truveta lands $320M to fuel creation of massive new genome project

The Truveta team at its Bellevue, Wash., headquarters last year. (Truveta Photo) Seattle-area health data company Truveta announced $320 million in

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Eimear Kenny@eimearekenny.bsky.social · 2y ago

One month left until the CSHL Biology of Genomes abstract deadline! 👇👇👇 Where else can you dive into all things genomics? 🧬✨

Tuuli Lappalainen@tuuliel.bsky.social · 2y ago

One month to go until the CSHL Biology of Genomes abstract deadline! My all-time fav meeting, and one of the few covering genomics broadly. We have a ✨🤩 lineup of speakers, but it's the abstract talks & posters that really make the meeting - send us your best work! meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp...

Topics: Population Genomics Evolutionary & Non-human Genomics Cancer Genomics Computational & Statistical Genomics Complex Traits & Genomic Medicine Functional Genomics Emerging Methods & Technologies Keynote Speakers: Steve McCarroll, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Trisha Wittkopp, University of Michigan Discussion Leaders: Nadav Ahituv, University of California, San Francisco Gemma Carvill, Northwestern University Nancy Chen, University of Rochester Gilad Evrony, New York University Simon Gravel, McGill University, Canada Stephanie Hicks, Johns Hopkins University Nada Jabado, McGill University, Canada Andrew Kern, University of Oregon Nicholas Mancuso, University of Southern California Sara Mostafavi, University of Washington Nicholas Navin, MD Anderson Cancer Center Soumya Raychaudhuri, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Gloria Sheynkman, University of Virginia School of Medicine Peter Sudmant, University of California, Berkeley
Eimear Kenny@eimearekenny.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨 Calling human geneticists! 🚨 Featured Symposium & Interactive Workshop submissions for #ASHG2025 are OPEN! 🧬✨ Got cutting-edge research or ideas to share? Now’s the time to showcase them on a global stage. Spread the word & submit! 🌍📝 🔗 www.ashg.org/meetings/202... 1/ #HumanGenomics #ASHG25

Featured Symposia

Questions: programs@ashg.org Looking to make your mark on the ASHG Annual Meeting? Propose a Featured Symposium on a topic that excites you. Our Program Committee is here to provide guidance and suppo...

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Sasha Gusev@sashagusevposts.bsky.social · 2y ago

Thrilled to be a part of the Leena Peltonen School of Human Genomics this year -- an opportunity for PhD students to learn and interact 1:1 with many experts (and genuinely nice people) in the field! Apply by March 7th at: lpshg.org Program runs July 27-31 at the Wellcome Genome Campus, UK.

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Eimear Kenny@eimearekenny.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨 New Paper Alert! 🚨 Led by Dr. Amy Kontorovich and Dr. Noura Abul-husn, our latest study in Genetics in Medicine explores “red flag” clinical features for hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTRv) associated with the TTR p.(Val142Ile) variant. 🫀🧬 1/

Evolving knowledge of “red flag” clinical features associated with TTR p.(Val142Ile) in a diverse electronic health record-linked biobank

Previous studies have established “red flags” that raise clinical suspicion for the hereditary form of transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTRv). However, the…

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Nandita Garud@nanditagarud.bsky.social · 2y ago

Delighted to share that our paper on discovering selective sweeps with haplotype statistics in aDNA is now out in Nat. Comm! www.nature.com/articles/s41... Wonderful collaboration with Vagheesh Narasimhan, Devansh Pandey, and @mharris.bsky.social

Leveraging ancient DNA to uncover signals of natural selection in Europe lost due to admixture or drift - Nature Communications

Large-scale ancient DNA (aDNA) studies offer the chance to examine genomic changes over time, providing direct insights into human evolution. Here the authors use aDNA from 708 European samples to ide...

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Eimear Kenny@eimearekenny.bsky.social · 2y ago

Thrilled to share our perspective on recruitment and retention strategies to engage a diverse pediatric populations in genomics research in #AJHG today. This work highlights the importance of inclusive practices in genomic studies. 🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Employing effective recruitment and retention strategies to engage a diverse pediatric population in genomics research

Underrepresentation in clinical genomics research limits the generalizability of findings and the benefits of scientific discoveries. We describe the …

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Eimear Kenny@eimearekenny.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 A new study led by Sinead Cullina (@sineadyc.bsky.social) @ #SinaiGenHealth dives deep into genetic association studies in diverse populations using admixture mapping (AM) & genome-wide association (GWAS). www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... Here's what you need to know 🧵:

Systematic comparison of phenome-wide admixture mapping and genome-wide association in a diverse biobank

Biobank-scale association studies that include Hispanic/Latino(a) (HL) and African American (AA) populations remain underrepresented, limiting the discovery of disease associated genetic factors in th...

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