Goldie Smith Byrd, PhD

Professor, Social Sciences and Health Policy

Research Interests

Health Equity
Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease in African Americans
Inclusion of Minorities in Research and Clinical Trials

Research

Publications
Clinical Trials

Novel Alzheimer Disease Risk Loci and Pathways in African American Individuals Using the African Genome Resources Panel: A Meta-analysis. Kunkle BW, Schmidt M, Klein HU, Naj AC, Hamilton-Nelson KL, Larson EB, Evans DA, De Jager PL, Crane PK, Buxbaum JD, Ertekin-Taner N, Barnes LL, Fallin MD, Manly JJ, Go RCP, Obisesan TO, Kamboh MI, Bennett DA, Hall KS, Goate AM, Foroud TM, Martin ER, Wang LS, Byrd GS, Farrer LA, Haines JL, Schellenberg GD, Mayeux R, Pericak-Vance MA, Reitz C, Graff-Radford NR, Martinez I, Ayodele T, Logue MW, Cantwell LB, Jean-Francois M, Kuzma AB, Adams LD, Vance JM, Cuccaro ML, Chung J, Mez J, Lunetta KL, Jun GR, Lopez OL, Hendrie HC, Reiman EM, Kowall NW, Leverenz JB, Small SA, Levey AI, Golde TE, Saykin AJ, Starks TD, Albert MS, Hyman BT, Petersen RC, Sano M, Wisniewski T, Vassar R, Kaye JA, Henderson VW, DeCarli C, LaFerla FM, Brewer JB, Miller BL, Swerdlow RH, Van Eldik LJ, Paulson HL, Trojanowski JQ, Chui HC, Rosenberg RN, Craft S, Grabowski TJ, Asthana S, Morris JC, Strittmatter SM, Kukull WA. JAMA Neurol. 2021 Jan; 78(1):102-113.
Perspective on the "African American participation in Alzheimer disease research: Effective strategies" workshop, 2018. Denny A, Streitz M, Stock K, Balls-Berry JE, Barnes LL, Byrd GS, Croff R, Gao S, Glover CM, Hendrie HC, Hu WT, Manly JJ, Moulder KL, Stark S, Thomas SB, Whitmer R, Wong R, Morris JC, Lingler JH. Alzheimers Dement. 2020 12; 16(12):1734-1744.
Menstrual Type, Pain and Psychological Distress in Adult Women with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). Sollers JJ, Leach-Beale B, Barker CS, Wood M, Burford T, Bell K, Muhammad M, Lands JR, Smith N, Miller J, Jones B, Murrill AN, Killough A, Robinson E, Whitfield KE, Byrd GS, Edwards CL. J Natl Med Assoc. 2021 Feb; 113(1):54-58.
Use of local genetic ancestry to assess TOMM40-523' and risk for Alzheimer disease. Bussies PL, Rajabli F, Griswold A, Dorfsman DA, Whitehead P, Adams LD, Mena PR, Cuccaro M, Haines JL, Byrd GS, Beecham GW, Pericak-Vance MA, Young JI, Vance JM. . 2020 Apr; 6(2):e404.
Immune and Inflammatory Pathways Implicated by Whole Blood Transcriptomic Analysis in a Diverse Ancestry Alzheimer's Disease Cohort. Griswold AJ, Sivasankaran SK, Van Booven D, Gardner OK, Rajabli F, Whitehead PL, Hamilton-Nelson KL, Adams LD, Scott AM, Hofmann NK, Vance JM, Cuccaro ML, Bush WS, Martin ER, Byrd GS, Haines JL, Pericak-Vance MA, Beecham GW. J Alzheimers Dis. 2020; 76(3):1047-1060.

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Study of Memory Loss in the African-American Population

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Goldie Smith Byrd, PhD

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