Bjarni Vilhjalmsson
@bvilhjal.bsky.social
Statistical and psychiatric geneticist at Aarhus University
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Bjarni Vilhjalmsson
@bvilhjal.bsky.social
· Mar 25
Postdocs in Epidemiology or Statistical Genetics at The Pioneer Centre for SMARTbiomed - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Public Health - NCRR - National Centre for Register-based Research, Aarhus University
international.au.dk
Multiple Postdoc Positions available in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, or Statistical Genetics (deadline April 15)
Join an International team at the Pioneer Centre for SMARTbiomed, Aarhus, Denmark!
#Postdoc #Epidemiology #StatisticalGenetics #Biostatistics
👉 international.au.dk/about/profil...
Join an International team at the Pioneer Centre for SMARTbiomed, Aarhus, Denmark!
#Postdoc #Epidemiology #StatisticalGenetics #Biostatistics
👉 international.au.dk/about/profil...
Great work by the amazing Fenfen Ge on how suicide attempts and suicides have surprisingly different risk factors.
Chronic diseases were more strongly linked to suicide attempt, while severe conditions and psychiatric polygenic scores were more associated with suicide, indicating overlapping but distinct risk factors for attempt and death by suicide.
ja.ma/3IVjPZ2
ja.ma/3IVjPZ2
October 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Great work by the amazing Fenfen Ge on how suicide attempts and suicides have surprisingly different risk factors.
Reposted by Bjarni Vilhjalmsson
Group poster today from @jaredgm.bsky.social on genetics of perinatal depression. Jared is a DepGenAfrica postdoc - he is looking for collaborators with African PND data also. Visit poster P018.085D today at 4pm! #eshg2025
May 26, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Group poster today from @jaredgm.bsky.social on genetics of perinatal depression. Jared is a DepGenAfrica postdoc - he is looking for collaborators with African PND data also. Visit poster P018.085D today at 4pm! #eshg2025
Reposted by Bjarni Vilhjalmsson
Massive multi-ancestry GWAS resource for 1,167 clinical traits & diseases in 6 global biobanks (n=1,789,365)
👉29,139 locus-trait pairs
👉2,624 non-overlapping loci across the genome
👉associated with 6 traits each (median)
👉colocalization across traits for 72% of loci [1/3]
👉29,139 locus-trait pairs
👉2,624 non-overlapping loci across the genome
👉associated with 6 traits each (median)
👉colocalization across traits for 72% of loci [1/3]
April 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Massive multi-ancestry GWAS resource for 1,167 clinical traits & diseases in 6 global biobanks (n=1,789,365)
👉29,139 locus-trait pairs
👉2,624 non-overlapping loci across the genome
👉associated with 6 traits each (median)
👉colocalization across traits for 72% of loci [1/3]
👉29,139 locus-trait pairs
👉2,624 non-overlapping loci across the genome
👉associated with 6 traits each (median)
👉colocalization across traits for 72% of loci [1/3]
Reposted by Bjarni Vilhjalmsson
What does it take to launch a precision health study? A bold vision, an exceptional team, a supportive ecosystem, and perseverance!
We are proud to introduce the Danish Precision Health Initiative: a resource built to drive precision cardiometabolic health research for years to come. delphi.ku.dk
We are proud to introduce the Danish Precision Health Initiative: a resource built to drive precision cardiometabolic health research for years to come. delphi.ku.dk
DELPHI
delphi.ku.dk
April 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
What does it take to launch a precision health study? A bold vision, an exceptional team, a supportive ecosystem, and perseverance!
We are proud to introduce the Danish Precision Health Initiative: a resource built to drive precision cardiometabolic health research for years to come. delphi.ku.dk
We are proud to introduce the Danish Precision Health Initiative: a resource built to drive precision cardiometabolic health research for years to come. delphi.ku.dk
Reposted by Bjarni Vilhjalmsson
📢 Applications open for the SMARTbiomed Summer School!
🧠 Learn Causal Inference, Statistical Genetics & ML in R
📍 June 23–27 at the stunning Sandbjerg Estate, Denmark
⏳ Apply by April 19 — limited spots available!
👩🔬 For PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers
🔗 smartbiomed.dk/news-and-eve...
🧠 Learn Causal Inference, Statistical Genetics & ML in R
📍 June 23–27 at the stunning Sandbjerg Estate, Denmark
⏳ Apply by April 19 — limited spots available!
👩🔬 For PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers
🔗 smartbiomed.dk/news-and-eve...
https://smartbiomed.dk/news-and-event…
April 2, 2025 at 8:50 AM
📢 Applications open for the SMARTbiomed Summer School!
🧠 Learn Causal Inference, Statistical Genetics & ML in R
📍 June 23–27 at the stunning Sandbjerg Estate, Denmark
⏳ Apply by April 19 — limited spots available!
👩🔬 For PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers
🔗 smartbiomed.dk/news-and-eve...
🧠 Learn Causal Inference, Statistical Genetics & ML in R
📍 June 23–27 at the stunning Sandbjerg Estate, Denmark
⏳ Apply by April 19 — limited spots available!
👩🔬 For PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers
🔗 smartbiomed.dk/news-and-eve...
Multiple Postdoc Positions available in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, or Statistical Genetics (deadline April 15)
Join an International team at the Pioneer Centre for SMARTbiomed, Aarhus, Denmark!
#Postdoc #Epidemiology #StatisticalGenetics #Biostatistics
👉 international.au.dk/about/profil...
Join an International team at the Pioneer Centre for SMARTbiomed, Aarhus, Denmark!
#Postdoc #Epidemiology #StatisticalGenetics #Biostatistics
👉 international.au.dk/about/profil...
Postdocs in Epidemiology or Statistical Genetics at The Pioneer Centre for SMARTbiomed - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Public Health - NCRR - National Centre for Register-based Research, Aarhus University
international.au.dk
March 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Multiple Postdoc Positions available in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, or Statistical Genetics (deadline April 15)
Join an International team at the Pioneer Centre for SMARTbiomed, Aarhus, Denmark!
#Postdoc #Epidemiology #StatisticalGenetics #Biostatistics
👉 international.au.dk/about/profil...
Join an International team at the Pioneer Centre for SMARTbiomed, Aarhus, Denmark!
#Postdoc #Epidemiology #StatisticalGenetics #Biostatistics
👉 international.au.dk/about/profil...
Reposted by Bjarni Vilhjalmsson
I’m always happy to discuss the pros and cons of academic/neuroscience life in Denmark. Like any small European country there are some hurdles but it is overall an excellent place to be. We’re happy here.
March 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I’m always happy to discuss the pros and cons of academic/neuroscience life in Denmark. Like any small European country there are some hurdles but it is overall an excellent place to be. We’re happy here.
Reposted by Bjarni Vilhjalmsson
We are seeking talented researchers for multiple postdoctoral positions in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, or Statistical Genetics at the Pioneer Centre for SMARTbiomed at Aarhus University, Denmark. international.au.dk/about/profil...
Postdocs in Epidemiology or Statistical Genetics at The Pioneer Centre for SMARTbiomed - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Public Health - NCRR - National Centre for Register-based Research, Aarhus University
international.au.dk
March 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
We are seeking talented researchers for multiple postdoctoral positions in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, or Statistical Genetics at the Pioneer Centre for SMARTbiomed at Aarhus University, Denmark. international.au.dk/about/profil...
We're hiring Pioneer Fellow Postdocs!!
Join us at the Pioneer Centre for SMARTbiomed to develop innovative methods in epidemiology, biostatistics, and statistical genetics, working with big biomedical data.
international.au.dk/about/profil...
#StatGen #Epi #Postdoc #SMARTbiomed
Join us at the Pioneer Centre for SMARTbiomed to develop innovative methods in epidemiology, biostatistics, and statistical genetics, working with big biomedical data.
international.au.dk/about/profil...
#StatGen #Epi #Postdoc #SMARTbiomed
Postdocs in Epidemiology or Statistical Genetics at The Pioneer Centre for SMARTbiomed - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Public Health - NCRR - National Centre for Register-based Research, Aarhus University
international.au.dk
March 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
We're hiring Pioneer Fellow Postdocs!!
Join us at the Pioneer Centre for SMARTbiomed to develop innovative methods in epidemiology, biostatistics, and statistical genetics, working with big biomedical data.
international.au.dk/about/profil...
#StatGen #Epi #Postdoc #SMARTbiomed
Join us at the Pioneer Centre for SMARTbiomed to develop innovative methods in epidemiology, biostatistics, and statistical genetics, working with big biomedical data.
international.au.dk/about/profil...
#StatGen #Epi #Postdoc #SMARTbiomed
Reposted by Bjarni Vilhjalmsson
EMGM2025 abstract deadline extended – 09/02 (final). Conference 8-9 April, Brest, France. Everything statistical and population genetics, genetic epidemiology, bioinformatics… Invited speakers: Céline Bon, Beatriz Cuyabano, Garrett Hellenthal. emgm2025.sciencesconf.org
53rd European Mathematical Genetics Meeting - Sciencesconf.org
emgm2025.sciencesconf.org
February 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
EMGM2025 abstract deadline extended – 09/02 (final). Conference 8-9 April, Brest, France. Everything statistical and population genetics, genetic epidemiology, bioinformatics… Invited speakers: Céline Bon, Beatriz Cuyabano, Garrett Hellenthal. emgm2025.sciencesconf.org
ESHG Abstract Deadline Reminder!
The Submission Deadline for #ESHG2025 is in a week (Jan 30)!
Please join us this spring (May 24-27) in Milan, Italy, for another fun and exciting ESHG conference!
Learn more at 2025.eshg.org
Please retweet.
#Genetics #ScienceConference #ESHG #ESHG2025
The Submission Deadline for #ESHG2025 is in a week (Jan 30)!
Please join us this spring (May 24-27) in Milan, Italy, for another fun and exciting ESHG conference!
Learn more at 2025.eshg.org
Please retweet.
#Genetics #ScienceConference #ESHG #ESHG2025
January 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
ESHG Abstract Deadline Reminder!
The Submission Deadline for #ESHG2025 is in a week (Jan 30)!
Please join us this spring (May 24-27) in Milan, Italy, for another fun and exciting ESHG conference!
Learn more at 2025.eshg.org
Please retweet.
#Genetics #ScienceConference #ESHG #ESHG2025
The Submission Deadline for #ESHG2025 is in a week (Jan 30)!
Please join us this spring (May 24-27) in Milan, Italy, for another fun and exciting ESHG conference!
Learn more at 2025.eshg.org
Please retweet.
#Genetics #ScienceConference #ESHG #ESHG2025
Reposted by Bjarni Vilhjalmsson
Would you like to chat about all things #OpenScience in the Swiss Alps? 😆🇨🇭
🎄 Day 10 of our DRAdvent Calendar! 🎄
Applications are NOW OPEN for the Open Science Retreat 2025 in beautiful Beatenberg, Switzerland, April 13-17, 2025! 🌄✨
https://events.digital-research.academy/e/OSR25CH
#OpenScience #Retreat #Reboot #OSRCH25
Applications are NOW OPEN for the Open Science Retreat 2025 in beautiful Beatenberg, Switzerland, April 13-17, 2025! 🌄✨
https://events.digital-research.academy/e/OSR25CH
#OpenScience #Retreat #Reboot #OSRCH25
December 11, 2024 at 6:43 AM
Would you like to chat about all things #OpenScience in the Swiss Alps? 😆🇨🇭
Reposted by Bjarni Vilhjalmsson
Den store Danmarks Indsamling starter i dag. Jaja, man kan byde på frokost, rundvisning osv. med folketingsmedlemmer - men man kan også opleve det aarhusianske dødsmetalband Livløs sammen med folketingets eneste heavy metal-ordfører 🤘 Tak til bandet for støtten #dkpol
www.lauritz.com/da/auction/k...
www.lauritz.com/da/auction/k...
Lauritz.com - Online Auktioner
Køb og sælg kunst, design, antikviteter og meget mere.
www.lauritz.com
January 18, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Den store Danmarks Indsamling starter i dag. Jaja, man kan byde på frokost, rundvisning osv. med folketingsmedlemmer - men man kan også opleve det aarhusianske dødsmetalband Livløs sammen med folketingets eneste heavy metal-ordfører 🤘 Tak til bandet for støtten #dkpol
www.lauritz.com/da/auction/k...
www.lauritz.com/da/auction/k...
Reposted by Bjarni Vilhjalmsson
Kort før jul lavede regeringen sammen med SF, LA, Danmarksdemokraterne og Konservative nogle småjusteringer af den dumme, dyre og dybt skadelige kandidatreform. Det er dog som et plaster på et åbent benbrud. Det skriver jeg om i @Altingetdk #dkpol
www.altinget.dk/forskning/ar...
www.altinget.dk/forskning/ar...
De politiske småjusteringer løser ikke kandidatreformens kerneproblemer
På trods af de politiske småjusteringer af kandidatreformen, kommer den fortsat til at gøre stor skade i uddannelses- og forskningsmiljøer, skriver Stinus Lindgreen.
www.altinget.dk
January 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Kort før jul lavede regeringen sammen med SF, LA, Danmarksdemokraterne og Konservative nogle småjusteringer af den dumme, dyre og dybt skadelige kandidatreform. Det er dog som et plaster på et åbent benbrud. Det skriver jeg om i @Altingetdk #dkpol
www.altinget.dk/forskning/ar...
www.altinget.dk/forskning/ar...
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Looking for a PhD position in statistical methods development for causality? Then we might be looking for you! jobportal.ku.dk/alle-opslag/...
PhD fellowships in Biostatistics and Causal inference at the SMARTbiomed Pioneer centre
jobportal.ku.dk
January 14, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Looking for a PhD position in statistical methods development for causality? Then we might be looking for you! jobportal.ku.dk/alle-opslag/...
Reposted by Bjarni Vilhjalmsson
The Pioneer Centre for SMARTbiomed will leverage large-scale, multimodal biomedical data combined with focused innovation in statistical and computational methods including machine learning to advance our understanding, treatment, and prevention of human disease.
Learn more about us: smartbiomed.dk
Learn more about us: smartbiomed.dk
The Pioneer Centre for SMARTbiomed
The Pioneer Centre is anchored at Aarhus University and will be a collaboration of researchers from Aarhus University, University of Copenhagen, and University of Oxford.
smartbiomed.dk
January 14, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The Pioneer Centre for SMARTbiomed will leverage large-scale, multimodal biomedical data combined with focused innovation in statistical and computational methods including machine learning to advance our understanding, treatment, and prevention of human disease.
Learn more about us: smartbiomed.dk
Learn more about us: smartbiomed.dk
Reposted by Bjarni Vilhjalmsson
The scientist who is responsible for driving GLP-1 drugs for the treatment of obesity and testing them for prevention of Alzheimer's disease—Lotte Bjerre Knudsen— tells her story in a remarkable conversation. Full transcript, or video, all free, no ads.
erictopol.substack.com/p/lotte-bjer...
erictopol.substack.com/p/lotte-bjer...
Lotte Bjerre Knudsen: The Scientist Who Drove GLP-1 Drugs For Obesity and Alzheimer's
Facts, data, and analytics about biomedical matters.
erictopol.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The scientist who is responsible for driving GLP-1 drugs for the treatment of obesity and testing them for prevention of Alzheimer's disease—Lotte Bjerre Knudsen— tells her story in a remarkable conversation. Full transcript, or video, all free, no ads.
erictopol.substack.com/p/lotte-bjer...
erictopol.substack.com/p/lotte-bjer...
Reposted by Bjarni Vilhjalmsson
Interesting work! By mapping many medical ontologies to the same embedding space we can go beyond the need of time-consuming data mapping and harmonization.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Unified Clinical Vocabulary Embeddings for Advancing Precision Medicine
Integrating clinical knowledge into AI remains challenging despite numerous medical guidelines and vocabularies. Medical codes, central to healthcare systems, often reflect operational patterns shaped...
www.medrxiv.org
December 11, 2024 at 8:26 AM
Interesting work! By mapping many medical ontologies to the same embedding space we can go beyond the need of time-consuming data mapping and harmonization.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Million Veteran Program & FinnGen teams are pleased to release v1 meta-analysis of MVP, FinnGen and UKBB GWAS data. This first version includes ~300 binary disease definitions across >1.5 M individuals.
Browse scans at: mvp-ukbb.finngen.fi
Browse scans at: mvp-ukbb.finngen.fi
December 5, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Million Veteran Program & FinnGen teams are pleased to release v1 meta-analysis of MVP, FinnGen and UKBB GWAS data. This first version includes ~300 binary disease definitions across >1.5 M individuals.
Browse scans at: mvp-ukbb.finngen.fi
Browse scans at: mvp-ukbb.finngen.fi
Reposted by Bjarni Vilhjalmsson
📢 New publication from our group: a comprehensive study on mental health disorder trends in Denmark according to age, calendar period, and birth cohort
We are excited to announce the publication of our latest research in JAMA Psychiatry: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
More details below.
We are excited to announce the publication of our latest research in JAMA Psychiatry: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
More details below.
November 27, 2024 at 5:43 PM
📢 New publication from our group: a comprehensive study on mental health disorder trends in Denmark according to age, calendar period, and birth cohort
We are excited to announce the publication of our latest research in JAMA Psychiatry: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
More details below.
We are excited to announce the publication of our latest research in JAMA Psychiatry: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
More details below.
Reposted by Bjarni Vilhjalmsson
Would you like to see @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social add a share to blue sky button?! I know I would! Share this post to let @richardsever.bsky.social @erictopol.bsky.social and others at bioarxiv know!
December 2, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Would you like to see @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social add a share to blue sky button?! I know I would! Share this post to let @richardsever.bsky.social @erictopol.bsky.social and others at bioarxiv know!
Reposted by Bjarni Vilhjalmsson
There are now 50 papers (that I am now aware of) with methods for transferring polygenic scores across populations.
You can find them here:
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
You can find them here:
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
December 2, 2024 at 7:46 AM
There are now 50 papers (that I am now aware of) with methods for transferring polygenic scores across populations.
You can find them here:
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
You can find them here:
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Check out our (Emil Pedersen, Theresa Wimberley, and me) news and views out today in Nature Genetics, highlighting the importance of selection bias and information bias in genetic studies. #statgen #genepi #selectionbias eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
A cautionary tale for Alzheimer’s disease GWAS by proxy - Nature Genetics
Using reported parental disease history to decipher the genetics of Alzheimer’s disease may be promising, but this approach is also susceptible to complex selection and information bias that can misle...
eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com
December 2, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Check out our (Emil Pedersen, Theresa Wimberley, and me) news and views out today in Nature Genetics, highlighting the importance of selection bias and information bias in genetic studies. #statgen #genepi #selectionbias eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Reposted by Bjarni Vilhjalmsson
🚨 This will become a curated list of awesome tools for complex trait genetics, **add yours**! it may become a review in which case those who contribute are invited as co-authors.
GitHub - MichelNivard/awesome-complex-trait-genetics: A list of awesome tools for complex trait genetics.
A list of awesome tools for complex trait genetics. - MichelNivard/awesome-complex-trait-genetics
github.com
November 28, 2024 at 9:21 AM
🚨 This will become a curated list of awesome tools for complex trait genetics, **add yours**! it may become a review in which case those who contribute are invited as co-authors.