Elizabeth Blue
Associate Professor
Medical Genetics
Assistant Director, Washington State Twin Registry
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Faculty Information

Biography

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Education & Training: 
PhD
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
2005-2008
M.S.
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
2003-2005
B.S.
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
1999-2003
Honors: 
Fellow Member of the International Genetic Epidemiology Society
2019
Certificate of Appreciation, International Genetic Epidemiology Society
2017
NIH Pathway to Independence Award
2011-2018
NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Institutional Research Training Grant
2008-2011
Indiana University Residential Scholars program
1999
Contact
Email: 
em27@uw.edu
Phone: 
(206) 685-4666
Mailing Address: 

University of Washington

Division of Medical Genetics

1705 NE Pacific St

Box 357720

Seattle, WA 98195-7720

 

Research & Clinical Interests
Research Interests: 

My lab incorporates tools from population genetics and genetic epidemiology to detect regions of the genome influencing disease. Our long-term research goals are to identify variants influencing disease within and between human populations, as well as to predict and evaluate their functions. We are interested in the biology differentiating the genetic underpinnings of Mendelian disorders (single gene, high penetrance) from complex traits influenced by many genetic and environmental factors (ex., Alzheimer’s disease, cardiovascular disease), and how genetic modifiers fit within that spectrum."

Publications
My NCBI: 
My NCBI Bibliography
Publications: 

Blue E.E., Thornton T.A., Kooperberg C., Liu S., Wactawski-Wende J., Manson J., Kuller L., Hayden K., Reiner A.P. (in press) Non-coding variants in MYH11, FZD3, and SORCS3 are associated with dementia in women. Alzheimer’s & Dementia. PMCID: journal in process. DOI: 10.1002/alz.12181.

Blue E.E., Horimoto A.R.V.R., Mukherjee S., Wijsman E.M., Thornton T.A. (2019) Local ancestry at APOE modifies Alzheimer’s disease risk in Caribbean Hispanics. Alzheimer’s & Dementia 15(12): 1524-1532. PMCID: PMC6925639.

Blue E.E., Louie T.L., Chong J.X., Hebbring S.J., Barnes K.C., Rafaels N.M., Knowles M.R., NHLBI GO Exome Sequencing Project, LungGO, Gibson R.L., Bamshad M.J., Emond M.J. (2018) Variation in Cilia Protein Genes and Progression of Lung Disease in Cystic Fibrosis. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 15(4):440-448. PMCID: PMC5879139.

Chong J.X., Buckingham K.J., Jhangiani S.N., Boehm C., Sobreira N., Smith J.D., Harrell T.M., McMillin M.J., Wiszniewski W., Gambin T., Coban Akdemir Z.H., Doheny K., Scott A.F., Avramopoulos D., Chakravarti A., Hoover-Fong J., Mathews D., Witmer P.D., Ling H., Ketrick K., Watkins L., Patterson K.E., Reinier F., Blue E., Muzny D., Kircher M., Bilguavar K., Lopez-Giraldez F., Sutton V.R., Tabor H.K., Leal S.M., Gunel M., Mane S., Gibbs R.A., Boerwinkle E., Hamosh A., Shendure J., Lupski J.R., Lifton R.P., Valle D., Nickerson D.A., Centers for Mendelian Genomics, Bamshad M. (2015) The Genetic Basis of Mendelian Phenotypes: Discoveries, Challenges, and Opportunities. American Journal of Human Genetics 97(2): 199-215. PMCID: PMC4573249.

Marchani E.E., Bird T.D., Steinbart E.J., Rosenthal E., Yu C.E., Schellenberg G.D., Wijsman E.M. (2010) Evidence for three loci modifying age-at-onset of Alzheimer's Disease in early-onset PSEN2 families. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B 153B(5): 1031-1041. PMCID: PMC3022037.

Marchani E.E., Xing J., Witherspoon D.J., Jorde L.B., Rogers A.R. (2009) Estimating the age of retrotransposon subfamilies using maximum likelihood. Genomics 94(1): 78-82. PMCID: PMC2703446.

Witherspoon D.J., Wooding S., Rogers A.R., Marchani E.E., Watkins W.S., Batzer M.A., Jorde L.B. (2007) Genetic Similarities Within and Between Human Populations. Genetics 176(1): 351-359. PMCID: PMC1893020."