Nancy Low, MD, MSc
Primary Axis:
Mental Illness and Addiction
Secondary Axis:
Health Outcomes
Email:
Email contact form Research Focus:
Research focuses on familial transmission of mood and anxiety disorders using the family study approach to (1) to characterize the phenotypic heterogeneity of what is transmitted within families, and (2) to examine factors that contribute to the familial transmission, such as environmental factors, genetic factors, and the source of subject sampling. She also examines the (3) comorbidity of migraine and other medical disorders (e.g. sleep and cardiovascular disorders) with mood and anxiety disorders as familial phenotypes of these disorders.
Keywords:
Familial aggregation/risk, psychiatry, complex phenotypes/disorders, family studies, comorbidity
Location:
Research and Training Building Publications:
Low NC, Cui L, Merikangas KR. Community versus clinic sampling: effect on the familial aggregation of anxiety disorders. Biol Psychiatry. 2008 May 1;63(9):884-90. Epub 2007 Oct 22.
Hardy J, Low N, Singleton A. Whole genome association studies: deciding when persistence becomes perseveration. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2008 Mar 5;147B(2):131-3.
Low NC, Cui L, Merikangas KR. Sex differences in the transmission of migraine. Cephalalgia. 2007 Aug;27(8):935-42.
Low NC, Cui L, Merikangas KR. Specificity of familial transmission of anxiety and comorbid disorders. J Psychiatr Res. 2008 Jun;42(7):596-604. Epub 2007 Aug 15.
