Mount Sinai Institute for Genomic Health
@sinaigenhealth.bsky.social
Accelerating the Integration of Genomics and AI into Routine Clinical Care 🧬
Director | @eimearekenny.bsky.social
📍 | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
🔗 | https://linktr.ee/sinaigenhealth
Director | @eimearekenny.bsky.social
📍 | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
🔗 | https://linktr.ee/sinaigenhealth
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We’re proud to celebrate our incredible Institute for Genomic Health presenters at #ASHG25!
Their groundbreaking work is advancing genomic discovery, health equity, and the future of precision medicine.
Watch our highlight video below.
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#HumanGenetics #GenomicHealth
Their groundbreaking work is advancing genomic discovery, health equity, and the future of precision medicine.
Watch our highlight video below.
@sinaigenetics.bsky.social
#HumanGenetics #GenomicHealth
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🎉 Grateful to have received one of the inaugural pilot awards from Mout Sinai Institute for Liver Research.
With this award, Dr. Michael Murray and my team will explore the role of somatic mutations in inflammatory liver diseases.
reports.mountsinai.org/article/live...
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With this award, Dr. Michael Murray and my team will explore the role of somatic mutations in inflammatory liver diseases.
reports.mountsinai.org/article/live...
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A New Hub for Liver Research Tackles Its First Investigations
Read about the work of Mount Sinai's new Institute for Liver Research
reports.mountsinai.org
October 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🎉 Grateful to have received one of the inaugural pilot awards from Mout Sinai Institute for Liver Research.
With this award, Dr. Michael Murray and my team will explore the role of somatic mutations in inflammatory liver diseases.
reports.mountsinai.org/article/live...
@sinaigenhealth.bsky.social
With this award, Dr. Michael Murray and my team will explore the role of somatic mutations in inflammatory liver diseases.
reports.mountsinai.org/article/live...
@sinaigenhealth.bsky.social
We’re proud to celebrate our incredible Institute for Genomic Health presenters at #ASHG25!
Their groundbreaking work is advancing genomic discovery, health equity, and the future of precision medicine.
Watch our highlight video below.
@sinaigenetics.bsky.social
#HumanGenetics #GenomicHealth
Their groundbreaking work is advancing genomic discovery, health equity, and the future of precision medicine.
Watch our highlight video below.
@sinaigenetics.bsky.social
#HumanGenetics #GenomicHealth
October 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
We’re proud to celebrate our incredible Institute for Genomic Health presenters at #ASHG25!
Their groundbreaking work is advancing genomic discovery, health equity, and the future of precision medicine.
Watch our highlight video below.
@sinaigenetics.bsky.social
#HumanGenetics #GenomicHealth
Their groundbreaking work is advancing genomic discovery, health equity, and the future of precision medicine.
Watch our highlight video below.
@sinaigenetics.bsky.social
#HumanGenetics #GenomicHealth
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HPRC will see you at #ASHG!
Join our workshop, The Human Pangenome: Data, Tools, and Workflows, on Oct 14 (10–12 pm) + look out for HPRC member presentations throughout the meeting.
Check out the presentations highlighted below, with more to come!
Join our workshop, The Human Pangenome: Data, Tools, and Workflows, on Oct 14 (10–12 pm) + look out for HPRC member presentations throughout the meeting.
Check out the presentations highlighted below, with more to come!
September 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
HPRC will see you at #ASHG!
Join our workshop, The Human Pangenome: Data, Tools, and Workflows, on Oct 14 (10–12 pm) + look out for HPRC member presentations throughout the meeting.
Check out the presentations highlighted below, with more to come!
Join our workshop, The Human Pangenome: Data, Tools, and Workflows, on Oct 14 (10–12 pm) + look out for HPRC member presentations throughout the meeting.
Check out the presentations highlighted below, with more to come!
Excited to share that our director @eimearekenny.bsky.social is a featured speaker at the #ASHG2025 Annual Meeting this October! 🧬
Join thousands of researchers exploring the future of genetics + genomics: meetings.ashg.org/event/ASHG25...
#HumanGenetics #Genomics
@sinaigenetics.bsky.social
Join thousands of researchers exploring the future of genetics + genomics: meetings.ashg.org/event/ASHG25...
#HumanGenetics #Genomics
@sinaigenetics.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Excited to share that our director @eimearekenny.bsky.social is a featured speaker at the #ASHG2025 Annual Meeting this October! 🧬
Join thousands of researchers exploring the future of genetics + genomics: meetings.ashg.org/event/ASHG25...
#HumanGenetics #Genomics
@sinaigenetics.bsky.social
Join thousands of researchers exploring the future of genetics + genomics: meetings.ashg.org/event/ASHG25...
#HumanGenetics #Genomics
@sinaigenetics.bsky.social
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Preprint alert📜: How do lifetime viral exposures shape our immune system response to future infections? 🦠🧬
We explore this question in our new preprint, led by postdoc
Chad Hogan.
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#SystemsImmunology #Immunology #Virology #Infection #HostResponse
We explore this question in our new preprint, led by postdoc
Chad Hogan.
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#SystemsImmunology #Immunology #Virology #Infection #HostResponse
September 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Preprint alert📜: How do lifetime viral exposures shape our immune system response to future infections? 🦠🧬
We explore this question in our new preprint, led by postdoc
Chad Hogan.
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#SystemsImmunology #Immunology #Virology #Infection #HostResponse
We explore this question in our new preprint, led by postdoc
Chad Hogan.
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#SystemsImmunology #Immunology #Virology #Infection #HostResponse
Thrilled that our director, Eimear Kenny, is giving the keynote at #GeneForum2025 🎉
🧬 “Population genetics in an era of genomic health”
📅 Sept 9–10 | Tartu, Estonia
More info 👉 www.geneforum.ee
#Genomics #PopulationGenetics
@eimearekenny.bsky.social
@sinaigenetics.bsky.social
🧬 “Population genetics in an era of genomic health”
📅 Sept 9–10 | Tartu, Estonia
More info 👉 www.geneforum.ee
#Genomics #PopulationGenetics
@eimearekenny.bsky.social
@sinaigenetics.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Thrilled that our director, Eimear Kenny, is giving the keynote at #GeneForum2025 🎉
🧬 “Population genetics in an era of genomic health”
📅 Sept 9–10 | Tartu, Estonia
More info 👉 www.geneforum.ee
#Genomics #PopulationGenetics
@eimearekenny.bsky.social
@sinaigenetics.bsky.social
🧬 “Population genetics in an era of genomic health”
📅 Sept 9–10 | Tartu, Estonia
More info 👉 www.geneforum.ee
#Genomics #PopulationGenetics
@eimearekenny.bsky.social
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Congrats to @ashleyrichardson.bsky.social from the lab of @samiraasgari.bsky.social for being selected to give a lightning talk and poster presentation at #ASHG2025 on her work exploring the role of somatic mutations in Biobank-scale data as a cause of inborn errors of immunity!
#GenomicHealth
#GenomicHealth
August 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Congrats to @ashleyrichardson.bsky.social from the lab of @samiraasgari.bsky.social for being selected to give a lightning talk and poster presentation at #ASHG2025 on her work exploring the role of somatic mutations in Biobank-scale data as a cause of inborn errors of immunity!
#GenomicHealth
#GenomicHealth
Abhi will also be presenting work with faculty mentor @samiraasgari.bsky.social on the largest multi-ancestry GWAS study using 99 infectious disease phenotypes.
🧬Platform presentation at #ASHG2025
🧬Talk at the Cell Press Symposia
#GenomicHealth @sinaigenetics.bsky.social
🧬Platform presentation at #ASHG2025
🧬Talk at the Cell Press Symposia
#GenomicHealth @sinaigenetics.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Abhi will also be presenting work with faculty mentor @samiraasgari.bsky.social on the largest multi-ancestry GWAS study using 99 infectious disease phenotypes.
🧬Platform presentation at #ASHG2025
🧬Talk at the Cell Press Symposia
#GenomicHealth @sinaigenetics.bsky.social
🧬Platform presentation at #ASHG2025
🧬Talk at the Cell Press Symposia
#GenomicHealth @sinaigenetics.bsky.social
#ASHG25 news!
IGH grad student Abhijith Biji (faculty mentor @samiraasgari.bsky.social) has been selected as a predoctoral finalist for the 2025 ASHG Trainee Research Excellence Award!! 🎉
#GenomicHealth
@geneticssociety.bsky.social
IGH grad student Abhijith Biji (faculty mentor @samiraasgari.bsky.social) has been selected as a predoctoral finalist for the 2025 ASHG Trainee Research Excellence Award!! 🎉
#GenomicHealth
@geneticssociety.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
#ASHG25 news!
IGH grad student Abhijith Biji (faculty mentor @samiraasgari.bsky.social) has been selected as a predoctoral finalist for the 2025 ASHG Trainee Research Excellence Award!! 🎉
#GenomicHealth
@geneticssociety.bsky.social
IGH grad student Abhijith Biji (faculty mentor @samiraasgari.bsky.social) has been selected as a predoctoral finalist for the 2025 ASHG Trainee Research Excellence Award!! 🎉
#GenomicHealth
@geneticssociety.bsky.social
Lab news 🎉 We’ve received a 5-year, $2.3M award from NIH/NIGMS to leverage large-scale biobanks and build a data-driven approach to understanding sepsis biology and risk.
August 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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This is the last week to take our survey! If you're an early career researcher in human genetics and have some time, please consider taking our survey on how you use population descriptors 😇
It's a study run by trainees with the goal of improving trainee research quality!
It's a study run by trainees with the goal of improving trainee research quality!
Are you an early-career researcher working on the computational analysis of population-level human genetics data? We want to hear from you about if, how, and why you use population descriptors in your research! Fill out our short survey: forms.gle/SCiNUq71wgi5...
August 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This is the last week to take our survey! If you're an early career researcher in human genetics and have some time, please consider taking our survey on how you use population descriptors 😇
It's a study run by trainees with the goal of improving trainee research quality!
It's a study run by trainees with the goal of improving trainee research quality!
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Back in Boston for #FOGBoston and excited to share our latest work! Using #Genomics, clinical data, and #RealWorldEvidence from three large #Biobanks, we identified hundreds of novel genetic risk loci for #InfectiousDiseases. If you're around or want to chat, let’s connect!
June 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Back in Boston for #FOGBoston and excited to share our latest work! Using #Genomics, clinical data, and #RealWorldEvidence from three large #Biobanks, we identified hundreds of novel genetic risk loci for #InfectiousDiseases. If you're around or want to chat, let’s connect!
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📢 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...
1/9
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...
1/9
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...
1/9
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Excited to be in beautiful Madison, visiting colleagues @uwmadison.bsky.social! I’ll be sharing our recent work using three large-scale biobanks to advance understanding of the human genomics of infectious diseases. Looking forward to a full day of science and fun!
June 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Excited to be in beautiful Madison, visiting colleagues @uwmadison.bsky.social! I’ll be sharing our recent work using three large-scale biobanks to advance understanding of the human genomics of infectious diseases. Looking forward to a full day of science and fun!
Thank you @khmiga.bsky.social for a wonderful and engaging seminar talk (as always), and thank you @atjcagan.bsky.social for illustrating ✨
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@khmiga.bsky.social for the @sinaigenhealth.bsky.social Institute for Genomic Health Seminar Series on the potential of complete genomes and pangenomes for improving human health
@khmiga.bsky.social for the @sinaigenhealth.bsky.social Institute for Genomic Health Seminar Series on the potential of complete genomes and pangenomes for improving human health
February 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Thank you @khmiga.bsky.social for a wonderful and engaging seminar talk (as always), and thank you @atjcagan.bsky.social for illustrating ✨
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👀🎉 Check out our new PRIMED (Polygenic Risk Methods in Diverse Populations) Consortium starter pack!
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PRIMED Consortium members
Join the conversation
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December 10, 2024 at 7:01 PM
👀🎉 Check out our new PRIMED (Polygenic Risk Methods in Diverse Populations) Consortium starter pack!
go.bsky.app/RFJRsTt
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✨ Webinar Announcement 🧬
Listen in on Dec 12 for "Multi-Omics Methodologies and Applications in Population-Based Precision" with @eimearekenny.bsky.social
#GenomicHealth #GenomicMedicine #Genomics #PopulationHealth #PrecisionMedicine
Listen in on Dec 12 for "Multi-Omics Methodologies and Applications in Population-Based Precision" with @eimearekenny.bsky.social
#GenomicHealth #GenomicMedicine #Genomics #PopulationHealth #PrecisionMedicine
December 10, 2024 at 2:07 PM
✨ Webinar Announcement 🧬
Listen in on Dec 12 for "Multi-Omics Methodologies and Applications in Population-Based Precision" with @eimearekenny.bsky.social
#GenomicHealth #GenomicMedicine #Genomics #PopulationHealth #PrecisionMedicine
Listen in on Dec 12 for "Multi-Omics Methodologies and Applications in Population-Based Precision" with @eimearekenny.bsky.social
#GenomicHealth #GenomicMedicine #Genomics #PopulationHealth #PrecisionMedicine
After breaking up with our X, we are back and excited to learn this new platform 📸 🧬
#newhere #bluesky #genetics #genomics #genomichealth #genomicmedicine #mountsinai
#newhere #bluesky #genetics #genomics #genomichealth #genomicmedicine #mountsinai
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November 19, 2024 at 10:10 PM
After breaking up with our X, we are back and excited to learn this new platform 📸 🧬
#newhere #bluesky #genetics #genomics #genomichealth #genomicmedicine #mountsinai
#newhere #bluesky #genetics #genomics #genomichealth #genomicmedicine #mountsinai
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Check out the latest review on PRS assessment from the #PRIMEDConsortium
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The PRIMED Consortium: Reducing disparities in polygenic risk assessment
By improving disease risk prediction, polygenic risk scores (PRSs) could have a significant impact on health promotion and disease prevention. Due to …
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November 18, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Check out the latest review on PRS assessment from the #PRIMEDConsortium
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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 …
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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...
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🚨 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 🧵: