Eimear Kenny
@eimearekenny.bsky.social
Genomics, Computer Science, Medicine. Professor @ Mount Sinai in NYC. Director of Institute for Genomic Health. 🇮🇪 VMO
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A project many years in the process, we’re pleased to present our work on multi-ancestry meta-analysis across a boatload of traits in the UK Biobank: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Pan-UK Biobank genome-wide association analyses enhance discovery and resolution of ancestry-enriched effects - Nature Genetics
Genome-wide analyses for 7,266 traits leveraging data from several genetic ancestry groups in UK Biobank identify new associations and enhance resources for interpreting risk variants across diverse p...
www.nature.com
September 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A project many years in the process, we’re pleased to present our work on multi-ancestry meta-analysis across a boatload of traits in the UK Biobank: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@bpasaniuc.bsky.social might win the best title at #CSPrecisionGen25
September 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
@bpasaniuc.bsky.social might win the best title at #CSPrecisionGen25
Honored to give the opening talk at the inaugural Cell Sumposium for precision genomics for human health in San Diego #CSprecision25
September 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Honored to give the opening talk at the inaugural Cell Sumposium for precision genomics for human health in San Diego #CSprecision25
September 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Honored to give the opening talk at the inaugural Cell Sumposium for precision genomics for human health in San Diego #CSprecision25
📢 Just posted: Our preprint introducing SPC — Spectral Components — is now live on medRxiv!
Led by Dr. Ruhollah Shemirani and years in the making, this method offers a robust, scalable way to adjust for recent population structure in genomic analyses.
🔗 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Led by Dr. Ruhollah Shemirani and years in the making, this method offers a robust, scalable way to adjust for recent population structure in genomic analyses.
🔗 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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SPC: a SPectral Component approach to address recent population structure in genomic analysis
Population structure is a well-known confounder in statistical genetics, particularly in genome-wide association studies (GWAS), where it can lead to inflated test statistics and spurious associations...
www.medrxiv.org
June 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
📢 Just posted: Our preprint introducing SPC — Spectral Components — is now live on medRxiv!
Led by Dr. Ruhollah Shemirani and years in the making, this method offers a robust, scalable way to adjust for recent population structure in genomic analyses.
🔗 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Led by Dr. Ruhollah Shemirani and years in the making, this method offers a robust, scalable way to adjust for recent population structure in genomic analyses.
🔗 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Very enjoyable visit to the Broad Clinical Lab in Burlington yesterday and a tour of their world class sequencing and omics facility 🧬. Really impressive.
And some really beautiful art work too…
Thanks @heidirehm.bsky.social and Niall Lennon for hosting.
#BlueSkyDrive #Broadies
And some really beautiful art work too…
Thanks @heidirehm.bsky.social and Niall Lennon for hosting.
#BlueSkyDrive #Broadies
May 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Very enjoyable visit to the Broad Clinical Lab in Burlington yesterday and a tour of their world class sequencing and omics facility 🧬. Really impressive.
And some really beautiful art work too…
Thanks @heidirehm.bsky.social and Niall Lennon for hosting.
#BlueSkyDrive #Broadies
And some really beautiful art work too…
Thanks @heidirehm.bsky.social and Niall Lennon for hosting.
#BlueSkyDrive #Broadies
Very enjoyable visit to the Broad Clinical Lab in Burlington yesterday and a tour of their world class sequencing and omics facility 🧬. Really impressive.
And some really beautiful art work too…
Thanks @heidirehm.bsky.social and Niall Lennon for hosting.
#BlueSkyDrive #Broadies
And some really beautiful art work too…
Thanks @heidirehm.bsky.social and Niall Lennon for hosting.
#BlueSkyDrive #Broadies
May 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Very enjoyable visit to the Broad Clinical Lab in Burlington yesterday and a tour of their world class sequencing and omics facility 🧬. Really impressive.
And some really beautiful art work too…
Thanks @heidirehm.bsky.social and Niall Lennon for hosting.
#BlueSkyDrive #Broadies
And some really beautiful art work too…
Thanks @heidirehm.bsky.social and Niall Lennon for hosting.
#BlueSkyDrive #Broadies
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Incredible GRC Genetics and Genomics conference line-up this year in Portland, Maine (www.grc.org/human-geneti...). With conference-maxxing sessions that run to 9:30pm!
Submission deadline is June 8th, conference July 6-11th.
Submission deadline is June 8th, conference July 6-11th.
April 19, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Incredible GRC Genetics and Genomics conference line-up this year in Portland, Maine (www.grc.org/human-geneti...). With conference-maxxing sessions that run to 9:30pm!
Submission deadline is June 8th, conference July 6-11th.
Submission deadline is June 8th, conference July 6-11th.
Honored to be featured in ASHG’s #WomensHistoryMonth celebration! Huge thanks to @GeneticsSociety & @sarahtishkoff.bsky.social for the recognition.
Grateful to stand alongside incredible women shaping human genetics & genomics! 💙 #ASHG #WomenInSTEM
www.ashg.org/publications...
Grateful to stand alongside incredible women shaping human genetics & genomics! 💙 #ASHG #WomenInSTEM
www.ashg.org/publications...
Celebrating Women's History Month: Trailblazing Women in Human Genetics and Genomics
ASHG President Sarah Tishkoff, PhD, celebrates women past and present who blaze trails in the human genetics and genomics field.
www.ashg.org
March 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Honored to be featured in ASHG’s #WomensHistoryMonth celebration! Huge thanks to @GeneticsSociety & @sarahtishkoff.bsky.social for the recognition.
Grateful to stand alongside incredible women shaping human genetics & genomics! 💙 #ASHG #WomenInSTEM
www.ashg.org/publications...
Grateful to stand alongside incredible women shaping human genetics & genomics! 💙 #ASHG #WomenInSTEM
www.ashg.org/publications...
📢 Excited to be an invited speaker at the @NovoNordiskFoundation Science Cluster Conference, "Genomic Mechanisms of Disease"!
Join me to explore cutting-edge research in med & pop gen, ML models of biology, and translational therapeutics.🔬✨
#Genomics #AIinMedicine #GeneticResearch #Conference
Join me to explore cutting-edge research in med & pop gen, ML models of biology, and translational therapeutics.🔬✨
#Genomics #AIinMedicine #GeneticResearch #Conference
Conference: Genomic Mechanisms of Disease - Science Cluster
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March 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
📢 Excited to be an invited speaker at the @NovoNordiskFoundation Science Cluster Conference, "Genomic Mechanisms of Disease"!
Join me to explore cutting-edge research in med & pop gen, ML models of biology, and translational therapeutics.🔬✨
#Genomics #AIinMedicine #GeneticResearch #Conference
Join me to explore cutting-edge research in med & pop gen, ML models of biology, and translational therapeutics.🔬✨
#Genomics #AIinMedicine #GeneticResearch #Conference
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📹🍿🧬 Check out @yunfeng-ruan.bsky.social's recent talk at the @broadinstitute.org, "Polygenic risk scores: method development and application" in our growing collection of videos on the @prsdiversity.bsky.social website primedconsortium.org/education#vi...
Education | PRIMED Consortium
primedconsortium.org
February 3, 2025 at 11:41 PM
📹🍿🧬 Check out @yunfeng-ruan.bsky.social's recent talk at the @broadinstitute.org, "Polygenic risk scores: method development and application" in our growing collection of videos on the @prsdiversity.bsky.social website primedconsortium.org/education#vi...
Truveta has built a database of 120M de-identified EHRs for digital phenotyping—and now they're teaming up with Regeneron and Illumina to sequence 10M patients across 30 US health systems.
🧬 Major move for precision medicine!
www.geekwire.com/2025/seattle...
🧬 Major move for precision medicine!
www.geekwire.com/2025/seattle...
Seattle’s newest unicorn: Truveta lands $320M to fuel creation of massive new genome project
The Truveta team at its Bellevue, Wash., headquarters last year. (Truveta Photo) Seattle-area health data company Truveta announced $320 million in
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January 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Truveta has built a database of 120M de-identified EHRs for digital phenotyping—and now they're teaming up with Regeneron and Illumina to sequence 10M patients across 30 US health systems.
🧬 Major move for precision medicine!
www.geekwire.com/2025/seattle...
🧬 Major move for precision medicine!
www.geekwire.com/2025/seattle...
One month left until the CSHL Biology of Genomes abstract deadline! 👇👇👇
Where else can you dive into all things genomics? 🧬✨
Where else can you dive into all things genomics? 🧬✨
One month to go until the CSHL Biology of Genomes abstract deadline! My all-time fav meeting, and one of the few covering genomics broadly. We have a ✨🤩 lineup of speakers, but it's the abstract talks & posters that really make the meeting - send us your best work! meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp...
January 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
One month left until the CSHL Biology of Genomes abstract deadline! 👇👇👇
Where else can you dive into all things genomics? 🧬✨
Where else can you dive into all things genomics? 🧬✨
🚨 Calling human geneticists! 🚨
Featured Symposium & Interactive Workshop submissions for #ASHG2025 are OPEN! 🧬✨
Got cutting-edge research or ideas to share? Now’s the time to showcase them on a global stage. Spread the word & submit! 🌍📝
🔗 www.ashg.org/meetings/202...
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#HumanGenomics #ASHG25
Featured Symposium & Interactive Workshop submissions for #ASHG2025 are OPEN! 🧬✨
Got cutting-edge research or ideas to share? Now’s the time to showcase them on a global stage. Spread the word & submit! 🌍📝
🔗 www.ashg.org/meetings/202...
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#HumanGenomics #ASHG25
Featured Symposia
Questions: programs@ashg.org Looking to make your mark on the ASHG Annual Meeting? Propose a Featured Symposium on a topic that excites you. Our Program Committee is here to provide guidance and suppo...
www.ashg.org
January 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🚨 Calling human geneticists! 🚨
Featured Symposium & Interactive Workshop submissions for #ASHG2025 are OPEN! 🧬✨
Got cutting-edge research or ideas to share? Now’s the time to showcase them on a global stage. Spread the word & submit! 🌍📝
🔗 www.ashg.org/meetings/202...
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#HumanGenomics #ASHG25
Featured Symposium & Interactive Workshop submissions for #ASHG2025 are OPEN! 🧬✨
Got cutting-edge research or ideas to share? Now’s the time to showcase them on a global stage. Spread the word & submit! 🌍📝
🔗 www.ashg.org/meetings/202...
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#HumanGenomics #ASHG25
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Thrilled to be a part of the Leena Peltonen School of Human Genomics this year -- an opportunity for PhD students to learn and interact 1:1 with many experts (and genuinely nice people) in the field!
Apply by March 7th at: lpshg.org
Program runs July 27-31 at the Wellcome Genome Campus, UK.
Apply by March 7th at: lpshg.org
Program runs July 27-31 at the Wellcome Genome Campus, UK.
December 19, 2024 at 1:10 AM
Thrilled to be a part of the Leena Peltonen School of Human Genomics this year -- an opportunity for PhD students to learn and interact 1:1 with many experts (and genuinely nice people) in the field!
Apply by March 7th at: lpshg.org
Program runs July 27-31 at the Wellcome Genome Campus, UK.
Apply by March 7th at: lpshg.org
Program runs July 27-31 at the Wellcome Genome Campus, UK.
🚨 New Paper Alert! 🚨
Led by Dr. Amy Kontorovich and Dr. Noura Abul-husn, our latest study in Genetics in Medicine explores “red flag” clinical features for hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTRv) associated with the TTR p.(Val142Ile) variant. 🫀🧬
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Led by Dr. Amy Kontorovich and Dr. Noura Abul-husn, our latest study in Genetics in Medicine explores “red flag” clinical features for hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTRv) associated with the TTR p.(Val142Ile) variant. 🫀🧬
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Evolving knowledge of “red flag” clinical features associated with TTR p.(Val142Ile) in a diverse electronic health record-linked biobank
Previous studies have established “red flags” that raise clinical suspicion for the hereditary form of transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTRv). However, the…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 18, 2024 at 4:28 PM
🚨 New Paper Alert! 🚨
Led by Dr. Amy Kontorovich and Dr. Noura Abul-husn, our latest study in Genetics in Medicine explores “red flag” clinical features for hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTRv) associated with the TTR p.(Val142Ile) variant. 🫀🧬
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Led by Dr. Amy Kontorovich and Dr. Noura Abul-husn, our latest study in Genetics in Medicine explores “red flag” clinical features for hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTRv) associated with the TTR p.(Val142Ile) variant. 🫀🧬
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👇👇👇Highly recommend this for anyone eager to learn and network!
#Genetics #Training #LeenaPeltonenSchool
#Genetics #Training #LeenaPeltonenSchool
🌟 Exciting news: The Leena Peltonen School of Human Genetics returns in 2025!
We're excited to bring PhD students together with an all-star list of leaders in human genetics.
📅 July 27-31, 2025
📍 Wellcome Genome Campus, UK
📝 Apply by March 7 at www.lpshg.com
We're excited to bring PhD students together with an all-star list of leaders in human genetics.
📅 July 27-31, 2025
📍 Wellcome Genome Campus, UK
📝 Apply by March 7 at www.lpshg.com
December 18, 2024 at 12:58 PM
👇👇👇Highly recommend this for anyone eager to learn and network!
#Genetics #Training #LeenaPeltonenSchool
#Genetics #Training #LeenaPeltonenSchool
Labbies night out before we all go our different ways for the holidays!! 🎄#NYC
December 17, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Labbies night out before we all go our different ways for the holidays!! 🎄#NYC
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Excited to be co-chairing the GRS with the awesome @jsdron.bsky.social!! @eimearekenny.bsky.social and Shamil Sunyaev will be cochairing the GRC! #GRC2025 #Genetics
December 4, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Excited to be co-chairing the GRS with the awesome @jsdron.bsky.social!! @eimearekenny.bsky.social and Shamil Sunyaev will be cochairing the GRC! #GRC2025 #Genetics
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Applications are now OPEN for the 2025 Human Genetics and Genomics GRC and GRS!! 🎉 🧬
📅 GRS: July 5-6, 2025
📅 GRC: July 6-11, 2025
📍 Portland, Maine
@calliao.bsky.social and I are co-chairs for the GRS, with Shamil Sunyaev and @eimearekenny.bsky.social as the GRC chairs 👀
Links to apply below 👇
📅 GRS: July 5-6, 2025
📅 GRC: July 6-11, 2025
📍 Portland, Maine
@calliao.bsky.social and I are co-chairs for the GRS, with Shamil Sunyaev and @eimearekenny.bsky.social as the GRC chairs 👀
Links to apply below 👇
December 4, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Applications are now OPEN for the 2025 Human Genetics and Genomics GRC and GRS!! 🎉 🧬
📅 GRS: July 5-6, 2025
📅 GRC: July 6-11, 2025
📍 Portland, Maine
@calliao.bsky.social and I are co-chairs for the GRS, with Shamil Sunyaev and @eimearekenny.bsky.social as the GRC chairs 👀
Links to apply below 👇
📅 GRS: July 5-6, 2025
📅 GRC: July 6-11, 2025
📍 Portland, Maine
@calliao.bsky.social and I are co-chairs for the GRS, with Shamil Sunyaev and @eimearekenny.bsky.social as the GRC chairs 👀
Links to apply below 👇
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Just posting this to #popgen
Here's a link to my notes on population & quantitative genetics:
github.com/cooplab/popg...
Hoping to extend it more after the winter holidays, as I'm just finishing up teaching the undergrad version of class.
Here's a link to my notes on population & quantitative genetics:
github.com/cooplab/popg...
Hoping to extend it more after the winter holidays, as I'm just finishing up teaching the undergrad version of class.
Releases · cooplab/popgen-notes
Population genetics notes. Contribute to cooplab/popgen-notes development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 19, 2024 at 11:37 PM
Just posting this to #popgen
Here's a link to my notes on population & quantitative genetics:
github.com/cooplab/popg...
Hoping to extend it more after the winter holidays, as I'm just finishing up teaching the undergrad version of class.
Here's a link to my notes on population & quantitative genetics:
github.com/cooplab/popg...
Hoping to extend it more after the winter holidays, as I'm just finishing up teaching the undergrad version of class.
Reposted by Eimear Kenny
Delighted to share that our paper on discovering selective sweeps with haplotype statistics in aDNA is now out in Nat. Comm! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Wonderful collaboration with Vagheesh Narasimhan, Devansh Pandey, and @mharris.bsky.social
Wonderful collaboration with Vagheesh Narasimhan, Devansh Pandey, and @mharris.bsky.social
Leveraging ancient DNA to uncover signals of natural selection in Europe lost due to admixture or drift - Nature Communications
Large-scale ancient DNA (aDNA) studies offer the chance to examine genomic changes over time, providing direct insights into human evolution. Here the authors use aDNA from 708 European samples to ide...
www.nature.com
November 13, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Delighted to share that our paper on discovering selective sweeps with haplotype statistics in aDNA is now out in Nat. Comm! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Wonderful collaboration with Vagheesh Narasimhan, Devansh Pandey, and @mharris.bsky.social
Wonderful collaboration with Vagheesh Narasimhan, Devansh Pandey, and @mharris.bsky.social
Reposted by Eimear Kenny
Admixture mapping (AM) or genome-wide association studies(GWAS)? Please, I'll have both, and so should you!
Read our last preprint, led by @sineadyc.bsky.social, to learn why (or read the TL;DR version by @eimearekenny.bsky.social below).
#SinaiGenHealth #HealthEquity #FutureHealth #Genomics
Read our last preprint, led by @sineadyc.bsky.social, to learn why (or read the TL;DR version by @eimearekenny.bsky.social below).
#SinaiGenHealth #HealthEquity #FutureHealth #Genomics
🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 A new study led by Sinead Cullina (@sineadyc.bsky.social) @ #SinaiGenHealth dives deep into genetic association studies in diverse populations using admixture mapping (AM) & genome-wide association (GWAS).
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Here's what you need to know 🧵:
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Here's what you need to know 🧵:
Systematic comparison of phenome-wide admixture mapping and genome-wide association in a diverse biobank
Biobank-scale association studies that include Hispanic/Latino(a) (HL) and African American (AA) populations remain underrepresented, limiting the discovery of disease associated genetic factors in th...
www.medrxiv.org
November 20, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Admixture mapping (AM) or genome-wide association studies(GWAS)? Please, I'll have both, and so should you!
Read our last preprint, led by @sineadyc.bsky.social, to learn why (or read the TL;DR version by @eimearekenny.bsky.social below).
#SinaiGenHealth #HealthEquity #FutureHealth #Genomics
Read our last preprint, led by @sineadyc.bsky.social, to learn why (or read the TL;DR version by @eimearekenny.bsky.social below).
#SinaiGenHealth #HealthEquity #FutureHealth #Genomics
Thrilled to share our perspective on recruitment and retention strategies to engage a diverse pediatric populations in genomics research in #AJHG today.
This work highlights the importance of inclusive practices in genomic studies. 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This work highlights the importance of inclusive practices in genomic studies. 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Employing effective recruitment and retention strategies to engage a diverse pediatric population in genomics research
Underrepresentation in clinical genomics research limits the generalizability of findings and the benefits of scientific discoveries. We describe the …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 19, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Thrilled to share our perspective on recruitment and retention strategies to engage a diverse pediatric populations in genomics research in #AJHG today.
This work highlights the importance of inclusive practices in genomic studies. 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This work highlights the importance of inclusive practices in genomic studies. 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 A new study led by Sinead Cullina (@sineadyc.bsky.social) @ #SinaiGenHealth dives deep into genetic association studies in diverse populations using admixture mapping (AM) & genome-wide association (GWAS).
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Here's what you need to know 🧵:
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Here's what you need to know 🧵:
Systematic comparison of phenome-wide admixture mapping and genome-wide association in a diverse biobank
Biobank-scale association studies that include Hispanic/Latino(a) (HL) and African American (AA) populations remain underrepresented, limiting the discovery of disease associated genetic factors in th...
www.medrxiv.org
November 19, 2024 at 3:51 PM
🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 A new study led by Sinead Cullina (@sineadyc.bsky.social) @ #SinaiGenHealth dives deep into genetic association studies in diverse populations using admixture mapping (AM) & genome-wide association (GWAS).
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Here's what you need to know 🧵:
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Here's what you need to know 🧵: