Professor, Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine
Psychiatry
Dr. Laura J. Bierut, MD
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Laura J. Bierut, MD is an expert in the field of Psychiatry. She went to medical school at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. She received awards:"Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare". Laura Bierut is a published MD. She has 99 publications published. The most current publication "NESARC Findings on Increased Prevalence of Marijuana Use Disorders-Reply: Consistent With Other Sources of Information."
Publications
- Association of the OPRM1 Variant rs1799971 (A118G) with Non-Specific Liability to Substance Dependence in a Collaborative de novo Meta-Analysis of European-Ancestry Co...
- Young Adults' Exposure to Alcohol- and Marijuana-Related Content on Twitter.
- Recent Trends in the Prevalence of Marijuana Use and Associated Disorders in the United States.
- How Genetic and Other Biological Factors Interact with Smoking Decisions.
- Long-term effects of minimum legal drinking age laws on marijuana and other illicit drug use in adulthood.
- Are genetic variants for tobacco smoking associated with cannabis involvement?
- Characterization of large structural genetic mosaicism in human autosomes.
- Twitter chatter about marijuana.
- Cis-Expression Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping Reveals Replicable Associations with Heroin Addiction in OPRM1.
- Genes associated with alcohol outcomes show enrichment of effects with broad externalizing and impulsivity phenotypes in an independent sample.
- Interplay of genetic risk (CHRNA5) and environmental risk (partner smoking) on cigarette smoking reduction.
- An ADH1B Variant and Peer Drinking in Progression to Adolescent Drinking Milestones: Evidence of a Gene-by-Environment Interaction.
- Effects of State Cigarette Excise Taxes and Smoke-Free Air Policies on State Per Capita Alcohol Consumption in the United States, 1980 to 2009.
- Smoking cessation is associated with lower rates of mood/anxiety and alcohol use disorders.
- Return of individual genetic results in a high-risk sample: enthusiasm and positive behavioral change.
- Probing the Smoking-Suicide Association: Do Smoking Policy Interventions Affect Suicide Risk?
- Genome-wide survival analysis of age at onset of alcohol dependence in extended high-risk COGA families.
- Multiple distinct CHRNB3-CHRNA6 variants are genetic risk factors for nicotine dependence in African Americans and European Americans.
- Association of substance dependence phenotypes in the COGA sample.
- Youth tobacco use type and associations with substance use disorder.
- CHRNA5 Variant Predicts Smoking Cessation in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Differential effects of cigarette price changes on adult smoking behaviours.
- Monitoring of non-cigarette tobacco use using Google Trends.
- Comorbidity of Severe Psychotic Disorders With Measures of Substance Use.
- DSM-5 cannabis use disorder: A phenotypic and genomic perspective.
- Genomics and personalized medicine: CHRNA5-CHRNA3-CHRNB4 and smoking cessation treatment.
- The contribution of common UGT2B10 and CYP2A6 alleles to variation in nicotine glucuronidation among European Americans.
- Distinct Loci in the CHRNA5/CHRNA3/CHRNB4 Gene Cluster Are Associated With Onset of Regular Smoking.
- A genome-wide association study of alcohol-dependence symptom counts in extended pedigrees identifies C15orf53.
- A meta-analysis of two genome-wide association studies to identify novel loci for maximum number of alcoholic drinks.
- The Hazards of New Media: Youth's Exposure to Tobacco Ads/Promotions.
- Variants in two adjacent genes, EGLN2 and CYP2A6, influence smoking behavior related to disease risk via different mechanisms.
- A glimpse into the future - Personalized medicine for smoking cessation.
- Pharmacotherapy Effects on Smoking Cessation Vary with Nicotine Metabolism Gene (CYP2A6).
- Long-Term Effects of Laws Governing Youth Access to Tobacco.
- Genetic and Neurophysiological Correlates of the Age of Onset of Alcohol Use Disorders in Adolescents and Young Adults.
- Alcohol Consumption, Heavy Drinking, and Mortality: Rethinking the J-Shaped Curve.
- Measurement invariance of DSM-IV alcohol, marijuana and cocaine dependence between community-sampled and clinically overselected studies.
- Characteristics of sexually active teenage girls who would be pleased with becoming pregnant.
- How Phenotype and Developmental Stage Affect the Genes We Find: GABRA2 and Impulsivity.
- Common biological networks underlie genetic risk for alcoholism in African- and European-American populations.
- Genetic influences on craving for alcohol.
- Effects upon in-vivo nicotine metabolism reveal functional variation in FMO3 associated with cigarette consumption.
- Fine-mapping of the 5p15.33, 6p22.1-p21.31, and 15q25.1 Regions Identifies Functional and Histology-Specific Lung Cancer Susceptibility Loci in African-Americans.
- Imputation across genotyping arrays for genome-wide association studies: assessment of bias and a correction strategy.
- The Persistent Effects of Minimum Legal Drinking Age Laws on Drinking Patterns Later in Life.
- Longevity candidate genes and their association with personality traits in the elderly.
- Dissection of the Phenotypic and Genotypic Associations With Nicotinic Dependence.
- Rare missense variants in CHRNB4 are associated with reduced risk of nicotine dependence.
- The Legacy of Minimum Legal Drinking Age Law Changes: Long-Term Effects on Suicide and Homicide Deaths Among Women.
- Genome-wide association study of comorbid depressive syndrome and alcohol dependence.
- Smoking Cessation Pharmacogenetics: Analysis of Varenicline and Bupropion in Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trials.
- Occupation and Workplace Policies Predict Smoking Behaviors: Analysis of National Data From the Current Population Survey.
- Is the reduction of dimensionality to a small number of features always necessary in constructing predictive models for analysis of complex diseases or behaviours?
- The contribution of common CYP2A6 alleles to variation in nicotine metabolism among European-Americans.
- Inclusion of African Americans in Genetic Studies: What Is the Barrier?
- Number of sexual partners and associations with initiation and intensity of substance use.
- Common polymorphisms in FMO1 are associated with nicotine dependence.
- Genome-wide association studies of alcohol intake--a promising cocktail?
- Cigarette Smoking Reduction and Changes in Nicotine Dependence.
- Substance use and the risk for sexual intercourse with and without a history of teenage pregnancy among adolescent females.
- Genetic vulnerability and susceptibility to substance dependence.
- Nonreplication of an association of SGIP1 SNPs with alcohol dependence and resting theta EEG power.
- Genome-wide association study of theta band event-related oscillations identifies serotonin receptor gene HTR7 influencing risk of alcohol dependence.
- Genetic association of bipolar disorder with the β(3) nicotinic receptor subunit gene.
- Genetics of addictions.
- The emerging link between alcoholism risk and obesity in the United States.
- Type of contraception method used at last intercourse and associations with health risk behaviors among US adolescents.
- Associations between multiple pregnancies and health risk behaviors among U.S. adolescents.
- Multiple independent loci at chromosome 15q25.1 affect smoking quantity: a meta-analysis and comparison with lung cancer and COPD.
- Incorporating age at onset of smoking into genetic models for nicotine dependence: evidence for interaction with multiple genes.
- Predictors of sexual debut at age 16 or younger.
- Understanding adolescent parenthood from a multisystemic perspective.
- Association of CHRN genes with "dizziness" to tobacco.
- A principal components analysis of the abbreviated Desires for Alcohol Questionnaire (DAQ).
- Interplay of Genetic Risk Factors and Parent Monitoring in Risk for Nicotine Dependence.
- Variants weakly correlated with CHRNA5 D398N polymorphism should be considered in transcriptional deregulation at the 15q25 locus associated with lung cancer risk.
- The CHRNA5-CHRNA3-CHRNB4 nicotinic receptor subunit gene cluster affects risk for nicotine dependence in African-Americans and in European-Americans.
- Risky sexual behaviors and sexually transmitted diseases: a comparison study of cocaine-dependent individuals in treatment versus a community-matched sample.
- Age of sexual debut among US adolescents.
- Evidence for association between polymorphisms in the cannabinoid receptor 1 (CNR1) gene and cannabis dependence.
- Binge drinking among youths and young adults in the United States: 1979-2006.
- A comparison of diagnoses obtained from in-person and telephone interviews, using the semi-structured assessment for the genetics of alcoholism (SSAGA).
- Multiple distinct risk loci for nicotine dependence identified by dense coverage of the complete family of nicotinic receptor subunit (CHRN) genes.
- Genetic variation in the CHRNA5 gene affects mRNA levels and is associated with risk for alcohol dependence.
- Supplementing high-density SNP microarrays for additional coverage of disease-related genes: addiction as a paradigm.
- A risk allele for nicotine dependence in CHRNA5 is a protective allele for cocaine dependence.
- Nicotinic receptor gene variants influence susceptibility to heavy smoking.
- A novel non-parametric regression reveals linkage on chromosome 4 for the number of externalizing symptoms in sib-pairs.
- Variants in nicotinic receptors and risk for nicotine dependence.
- Multiple-domain predictors of problematic alcohol use in young adulthood.
- Using dimensional models of externalizing psychopathology to aid in gene identification.
- A comparison of factors associated with substance-induced versus independent depressions.
- Seeking the connections: alcoholism and our genes.
- Genetic research and smoking behavior.
- Identification of a novel tumor suppressor gene p34 on human chromosome 6q25.1.
- Association of GABRA2 with drug dependence in the collaborative study of the genetics of alcoholism sample.
- NESARC Findings on Increased Prevalence of Marijuana Use Disorders-Reply: Consistent With Other Sources of Information.
Schools
Washington University In St Louis School Of Medicine
Barnes Jewish Hospital S Campus
Wash University School Of Med
Doctors Specialties
- Psychiatry
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare
Education
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Washington University - Barnes-Jewish Hospital -
Washington University -
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Hospital
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Barnes-Jewish Hospital
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