Anxiety Genetics (Hettema)
About
Research efforts from the Anxiety Genetics lab focus on the epidemiology, genetics, and biology of the anxiety and related internalizing disorders. Dr. Hettema has extensive experience applying advanced statistical genetic methodology to these questions via analyses conducted in twin, family, and population-based samples, leading to over 100 peer-reviewed publications. Recent projects include conducting meta-analyses of genomewide association data on anxiety spectrum disorders, examining the effects of novel candidate genes derived from GWAS on internalizing psychopathology, and analyzing endophenotypic measures underlying the development of internalizing disorders in a juvenile twin sample.