Robbee Wedow

Jul 3, 2024 | nature.com | Caitlin Carey |Robbee Wedow |Duncan Palmer |Masahiro Kanai |Konrad J Karczewski |Samuel Bryant | +6 more

AbstractData within biobanks capture broad yet detailed indices of human variation, but biobank-wide insights can be difficult to extract due to complexity and scale. Here, using large-scale factor analysis, we distill hundreds of variables (diagnoses, assessments and survey items) into 35 latent constructs, using data from unrelated individuals with predominantly estimated European genetic ancestry in UK Biobank.

Jul 22, 2023 | inverse.com | Robbee Wedow

Imagine you agreed to be part of a new and exciting long-term research study to better understand human health and behavior. For the past few years, you’ve been visiting a collection site where you fill out some questionnaires about your health and daily activities. Research assistants take your height, weight, and some other physical characteristics about you. Because you agreed to contribute your genetic data to the study, you also provided a saliva sample during your first visit.

Jul 6, 2023 | siliconrepublic.com | Robbee Wedow

Purdue University’s Dr Robbee Wedow discusses the challenges of ensuring informed consent among research participants when it’s becoming standard practice to collect data in genetic depositories to be available for future research. Imagine you agreed to be part of a new and exciting long-term research study to better understand human health and behaviour. For the past few years, you’ve been visiting a collection site where you fill out some questionnaires about your health and daily activities.

Jul 3, 2023 | fastcompanyme.com | Robbee Wedow

Imagine you agreed to be part of a new and exciting long-term research study to better understand human health and behavior. For the past few years, you’ve been visiting a collection site where you fill out some questionnaires about your health and daily activities. Research assistants take your height, weight, and some other physical characteristics about you. Because you agreed to contribute your genetic data to the study, you also provided a saliva sample during your first visit.

Jun 30, 2023 | medicalxpress.com | Robbee Wedow

Imagine you agreed to be part of a new and exciting long-term research study to better understand human health and behavior. For the past few years, you've been visiting a collection site where you fill out some questionnaires about your health and daily activities. Research assistants take your height, weight and some other physical characteristics about you. Because you agreed to contribute your genetic data to the study, you also provided a saliva sample during your first visit.