Rodney Go PhD

Dr. Go is a genetic epidemiologist with experience in the genetic analyses of complex diseases and traits, which includes population and family based genetic association tests, genetic linkage, genetic admixture, and linkage disequilibrium analyses. His current research activities include: identifying new genes to confer susceptibility to Familial Alzheimer's Disease and schizophrenia; studying the genes which confer susceptibility to infectious and autoimmune diseases; investigating the interplay between the immune system and age; and studying the interplay of genetics and environmental factors in cardiovascular disease, dementia, hypertension, renal disease, diabetes, hemochromatosis, and mental disorders.

Research Projects

Search for AD genes in the NIMH sibling dataset (Go, PI)
This NINDS project is a continuation of the 1999 grant where we began analysis of a genome wide screen to identify late onset Alzheimer's disease genes and to identify candidate genes associated with AD in the regions of identity by descent sharing. This proposal will finish confirmatory follow-up analyses of the 11 CRI and continue genotyping polymorphisms in candidate genes for family-based association testing.

Schizophrenia Liability Genes among African Americans (Go, PI)
The goal of this NIH/NINH project is to identify genes that underlie liability to Schizophrenia. We will recruit a large and diverse sample of 1260 African-American families, primarily from the southeastern US, all of whom have at least one member diagnosed with Schizophrenia.