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
- RNA editing alterations in a multi-ethnic Alzheimer disease cohort converge on immune and endocytic molecular pathways. Gardner OK, Wang L, Van Booven D, Whitehead PL, Hamilton-Nelson KL, Adams LD, Starks TD, Hofmann NK, Vance JM, Cuccaro ML, Martin ER, Byrd GS, Haines JL, Bush WS, Beecham GW, Pericak-Vance MA, Griswold AJ. Hum. Mol. Genet. 2019 09; 28(18):3053-3061.
- Ancestral origin of ApoE e4 Alzheimer disease risk in Puerto Rican and African American populations. Rajabli F, Feliciano BE, Celis K, Hamilton-Nelson KL, Whitehead PL, Adams LD, Bussies PL, Manrique CP, Rodriguez A, Rodriguez V, Starks T, Byfield GE, Sierra Lopez CB, McCauley JL, Acosta H, Chinea A, Kunkle BW, Reitz C, Farrer LA, Schellenberg GD, Vardarajan BN, Vance JM, Cuccaro ML, Martin ER, Haines JL, Byrd GS, Beecham GW, Pericak-Vance MA. PLoS Genet. 2018 12; 14(12):e1007791.
- Transforming STEM Education through Collaborative Leadership at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Wilson-Kennedy ZS, Kanipes MI, Byrd GS. CBE Life Sci Educ. 2018 09; 17(3):es13.
- Transethnic genome-wide scan identifies novel Alzheimer's disease loci. Jun GR, Chung J, Mez J, Barber R, Beecham GW, Bennett DA, Buxbaum JD, Byrd GS, Carrasquillo MM, Crane PK, Cruchaga C, De Jager P, Ertekin-Taner N, Evans D, Fallin MD, Foroud TM, Friedland RP, Goate AM, Graff-Radford NR, Hendrie H, Hall KS, Hamilton-Nelson KL, Inzelberg R, Kamboh MI, Kauwe JSK, Kukull WA, Kunkle BW, Kuwano R, Larson EB, Logue MW, Manly JJ, Martin ER, Montine TJ, Mukherjee S, Naj A, Reiman EM, Reitz C, Sherva R, St George-Hyslop PH, Thornton T, Younkin SG, Vardarajan BN, Wang LS, Wendlund JR, Winslow AR, Haines J, Mayeux R, Pericak-Vance MA, Schellenberg G, Lunetta KL, Farrer LA. Alzheimers Dement. 2017 Jul; 13(7):727-738.
- Two novel loci, COBL and SLC10A2, for Alzheimer's disease in African Americans. Mez J, Chung J, Jun G, Kriegel J, Bourlas AP, Sherva R, Logue MW, Barnes LL, Bennett DA, Buxbaum JD, Byrd GS, Crane PK, Ertekin-Taner N, Evans D, Fallin MD, Foroud T, Goate A, Graff-Radford NR, Hall KS, Kamboh MI, Kukull WA, Larson EB, Manly JJ, Haines JL, Mayeux R, Pericak-Vance MA, Schellenberg GD, Lunetta KL, Farrer LA. Alzheimers Dement. 2017 02; 13(2):119-129.