Laura Bierut, MD

Research Program Prevention and Control
Laura Bierut

Researcher Background

Primary Academic Title

Alumni Endowed Professor of Psychiatry, WashU Medicine

Training

  • 1987 - 1991: Resident, Psychiatry, WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO
  • 1994 - 1996: Postdoctoral Fellow and Instructor, WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Education

  • 1987: MD, WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Research & Selected Publications

Research Interest

Genetic epidemiology of complex common diseases. My colleagues and I are developing and refining methods for the detection of susceptibility and protective genes. We are especially interested in linkage and association studies of quantitative phenotypes and nicotine dependence.

Research Publications

Authors:

Tohmasi S, Baker TB, Heiden BT, Bierut LJ, Chen LS

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J Natl Compr Canc Netw • 2025

Authors:

Chen T, Pham G, Fox L, Bierut LJ, Chen LS

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EBioMedicine • 2024

Authors:

Thakral A, Lee JJ, Hou T, Bierut L, Espin-Garcia O

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Nat Commun • 2024

Authors:

Chang Y, Thornton V, Chaloemtoem A, Bierut LJ

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Biol Psychiatry Glob Open Sci • 2024

Authors:

Bierut L, Biroli P, Galama TJ, Thom K

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J Econ Psychol • 2023

Authors:

Bierut LJ, Hendershot TP, Benowitz NL, Swan GE

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Addict Neurosci • 2023

Authors:

Chen LS, Baker TB, Ramsey A, Amos CI, Bierut LJ

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Addict Neurosci • 2023

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