Goldie Smith Byrd, PhD
- Professor, Social Sciences and Health Policy
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
- Positions
- Director, Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity
- Professor, Social Sciences and Health Policy
- Departments and Affiliations
- Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity
- Social Sciences and Health Policy
- Sticht Center for Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention
Research
- Global and local ancestry in African-Americans: Implications for Alzheimer's disease risk. Hohman TJ, Cooke-Bailey JN, Reitz C, Jun G, Naj A, Beecham GW, Liu Z, Carney RM, Vance JM, Cuccaro ML, Rajbhandary R, Vardarajan BN, Wang LS, Valladares O, Lin CF, Larson EB, Graff-Radford NR, Evans D, De Jager PL, Crane PK, Buxbaum JD, Murrell JR, Raj T, Ertekin-Taner N, Logue MW, Baldwin CT, Green RC, Barnes LL, Cantwell LB, Fallin MD, Go RC, Griffith P, Obisesan TO, Manly JJ, Lunetta KL, Kamboh MI, Lopez OL, Bennett DA, Hardy J, Hendrie HC, Hall KS, Goate AM, Lang R, Byrd GS, Kukull WA, Foroud TM, Farrer LA, Martin ER, Pericak-Vance MA, Schellenberg GD, Mayeux R, Haines JL, Thornton-Wells TA. Alzheimers Dement. 2016 Mar; 12(3):233-43.
- Two rare AKAP9 variants are associated with Alzheimer's disease in African Americans. Logue MW, Schu M, Vardarajan BN, Farrell J, Bennett DA, Buxbaum JD, Byrd GS, Ertekin-Taner N, Evans D, Foroud T, Goate A, Graff-Radford NR, Kamboh MI, Kukull WA, Manly JJ. Alzheimers Dement. 2014 Nov; 10(6):609-618.e11.
- Relationship between depressive symptoms and cognition in older, non-demented African Americans. Hamilton JL, Brickman AM, Lang R, Byrd GS, Haines JL, Pericak-Vance MA, Manly JJ. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2014 Aug; 20(7):756-63.
- Emotional reactions to pain predict psychological distress in adult patients with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). Edwards CL, Killough A, Wood M, Doyle T, Feliu M, Barker CS, Uppal P, DeCastro L, Wellington C, Whitfield KE, O'Garo KG, Morgan K, Edwards Alesii LY, Byrd GS, McCabe M, Goli V, Keys A, Hill L, Collins-McNeil J, Trambadia J, Guinyard D, Muhammad M, McDonald P, Schmechel DE, Robinson E. Int J Psychiatry Med. 2014; 47(1):1-16.
- Variants in the ATP-binding cassette transporter (ABCA7), apolipoprotein E ?4,and the risk of late-onset Alzheimer disease in African Americans. Reitz C, Jun G, Naj A, Rajbhandary R, Vardarajan BN, Wang LS, Valladares O, Lin CF, Larson EB, Graff-Radford NR, Evans D, De Jager PL, Crane PK, Buxbaum JD, Murrell JR, Raj T, Ertekin-Taner N, Logue M, Baldwin CT, Green RC, Barnes LL, Cantwell LB, Fallin MD, Go RC, Griffith P, Obisesan TO, Manly JJ, Lunetta KL, Kamboh MI, Lopez OL, Bennett DA, Hendrie H, Hall KS, Goate AM, Byrd GS, Kukull WA, Foroud TM, Haines JL, Farrer LA, Pericak-Vance MA, Schellenberg GD, Mayeux R. JAMA. 2013 Apr; 309(14):1483-92.