Alexis Edwards

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Dr. Alexis Edwards is an Associate Professor at the Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics in the United States. Her research focuses on the interplay between genetic, psychological, and socioeconomic factors in relation to alcohol use disorder and suicidal behavior. Recent publications include studies on DNA saliva sampling in alcohol use disorder, financial stressors and suicide risk, and the effects of polygenic liability on self-injury among populations in Sweden.

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Harnessing advances in the genetics of suicidality to identify and dissect psychosocial pathways to risk

Open Date: 2022-03-01

Close Date: 2026-12-01

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The Etiology of Suicidal and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in a Population-Based Sample

Open Date: 2021-10-01

Close Date: 2023-09-01

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The Etiology of Risk: Alcohol and Drug Use Disorders and Suicidal Behavior

Open Date: 2019-05-01

Close Date: 2023-03-01

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The Contribution of Tissue-Specific Genomic Factors to the Co-Occurrence of Depressive Symptoms and Alcohol Misuse Across Development

Open Date: 2017-07-01

Close Date: 2019-07-01

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Genetic influences on developmental heterogeneity of alcohol use disorder

Open Date: 2012-09-01

Close Date: 2017-08-31

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Karen Chartier

Associate Professor

Virginia Commonwealth University

UNITED STATES

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Kenneth S. Kendler

UNITED STATES

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Madhurbain Singh

King's College London

UNITED KINGDOM

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Andrey Anokhin

Professor of Psychiatry

Washington University School of Medicine

UNITED STATES

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Bradley Webb

Assistant Professor

Virginia Commonwealth University

UNITED STATES

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Jan Sundquist

Lund University

SWEDEN

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Hui Cheng

Virginia Commonwealth University

UNITED STATES

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Financial Stressors and Risk of Suicidal Behavior in a Swedish National Cohort

You’ve got mail: comparing individuals who do and do not provide DNA saliva samples by mail in a study of severe alcohol use disorder

Prediction of suicide attempt in a Swedish population‐based cohort

Socioeconomic position indicators and risk of alcohol-related medical conditions: A national cohort study from Sweden

Alcohol use disorder and risk of specific methods of suicide death in a national cohort

Associations between polygenic liability to psychopathology and non‐suicidal versus suicidal self‐injury

Mediational pathways between aggregate genetic liability and nonfatal suicide attempt: A Swedish population‐based cohort

Divorce and risk of suicide attempt: a Swedish national study

Personality correlates of past‐year alcohol use in individuals with severe alcohol use disorder and a lifetime history of involvement in alcoholics anonymous

Clarifying the relationship between physical injuries and risk for suicide attempt in a Swedish national sample

Item-Level Genome-Wide Association Study of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test in Three Population-Based Cohorts

Major depressive symptoms and escalation of drinking among new drinkers in the United States: Variations across sex and age groups.

Preterm birth, low fetal growth and risk of suicide in adulthood: a national cohort and co-sibling study.

Risk, Protective, and Associated Factors of Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms and Campus Health Services Utilization Among Black Men on a College Campus.

Health care utilization prior to suicide in adults with drug use disorders.

Healthcare utilisation prior to suicide in persons with alcohol use disorder: national cohort and nested case-control study.

Oral contraceptive use and risk of suicidal behavior among young women.

The Sources of Parent-Child Transmission of Risk for Suicide Attempt and Deaths by Suicide in Swedish National Samples.

Socioeconomic sequelae of drug abuse in a Swedish national cohort.

Alcohol Use Disorder and Risk of Suicide in a Swedish Population-Based Cohort.

Collaborators (7)

Karen Chartier

Kenneth S. Kendler

Madhurbain Singh

Andrey Anokhin

Bradley Webb

Jan Sundquist

Hui Cheng

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