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Robert Barber, PhD

1993 …2026

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Dr. Robert Barber is a Professor in the Department of Family Medicine in the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. He is the Associate Chief Science Officer and Director of the Genomics Core for the Institute for Translational Research (ITR) and the former Scientific Director of the Texas Alzheimer’s Research & Care Consortium (TARCC). Dr. Barber’s NIH-funded research is closely aligned with the ITR and the Health and Aging Brain Study in Health Disparities cohort. Ongoing projects include efforts to use patterns of genetic and epigenetic variation to predict the risk and progression rate of Alzheimer’s disease and changes to AT(N) framework biomarkers.

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MS in Marine Biology, Texas A & M University

PhD in Genetics, Texas A & M University

BS in Biology, Tulane University

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  • Is sonic hedgehog (SHH) a candidate gene for spina bifida? A pilot study

    Zhu, H., Barber, R., Shaw, G. M., Lammer, E. J. & Finnell, R. H., 15 Feb 2003, In: American Journal of Medical Genetics. 117 A, 1, p. 87-88 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

  • Epistatic interactions are critical to gene-association studies: PAI-1 and risk for mortality after burn injury

    Barber, R. C., Chang, L. Y. E., Lemaire, S. M., Burris, A., Purdue, G. F., Hunt, J. L., Arnoldo, B. D. & Horton, J. W., Jan 2008, In: Journal of Burn Care and Research. 29, 1, p. 168-175 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • A blood-based screening tool for Alzheimer's disease that spans serum and plasma: Findings from TARC and ADNI

    O'Bryant, S. E., Xiao, G., Barber, R., Huebinger, R., Wilhelmsen, K., Edwards, M., Graff-Radford, N., Doody, R. & Diaz-Arrastia, R., 7 Dec 2011, In: PLoS ONE. 6, 12, e28092.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Associations between Potentially Modifiable Risk Factors and Alzheimer Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Study

    Østergaard, S. D., Mukherjee, S., Sharp, S. J., Proitsi, P., Lotta, L. A., Day, F., Perry, J. R. B., Boehme, K. L., Walter, S., Kauwe, J. S., Gibbons, L. E., Larson, E. B., Powell, J. F., Langenberg, C., Crane, P. K., Wareham, N. J., Scott, R. A., Albert, M. S., Albin, R. L. & Apostolova, L. G. & 281 others, Arnold, S. E., Asthana, S., Atwood, C. S., Baldwin, C. T., Barber, R. C., Barmada, M. M., Barnes, L. L., Beach, T. G., Becker, J. T., Beecham, G. W., Beekly, D., Bigio, E. H., Bird, T. D., Blacker, D., Boeve, B. F., Bowen, J. D., Boxer, A., Burke, J. R., Buxbaum, J. D., Cairns, N. J., Cantwell, L. B., Cao, C., Carlson, C. S., Carlsson, C. M., Carney, R. M., Carrasquillo, M. M., Carroll, S. L., Chui, H. C., Clark, D. G., Corneveaux, J., Cribbs, D. H., Crocco, E. A., Cruchaga, C., De Jager, P. L., DeCarli, C., Demirci, F. Y., Dick, M., Dickson, D. W., Duara, R., Ertekin-Taner, N., Evans, D., Faber, K. M., Fallon, K. B., Farlow, M. R., Farrer, L. A., Ferris, S., Foroud, T. M., Frosch, M. P., Galasko, D. R., Gearing, M., Geschwind, D. H., Ghetti, B., Gilbert, J. R., Glass, J. D., Goate, A. M., Graff-Radford, N. R., Green, R. C., Growdon, J. H., Haines, J. L., Hakonarson, H., Hamilton, R. L., Hamilton-Nelson, K. L., Hardy, J., Harrell, L. E., Head, E., Honig, L. S., Huebinger, R. M., Huentelman, M. J., Hulette, C. M., Hyman, B. T., Jarvik, G. P., Jicha, G. A., Jin, L. W., Jun, G., Kamboh, M. I., Karydas, A., Kaye, J. A., Kim, R., Kowall, N. W., Kramer, J. H., Kukull, W. A., Kunkle, B. W., LaFerla, F. M., Lah, J. J., Leverenz, J. B., Levey, A. I., Li, G., Lieberman, A. P., Lin, C. F., Lopez, O. L., Lunetta, K. L., Lyketsos, C. G., Mack, W. J., Marson, D. C., Martin, E. R., Martiniuk, F., Mash, D. C., Masliah, E., Mayeux, R., McCormick, W. C., McCurry, S. M., McDavid, A. N., McKee, A. C., Mesulam, M., Miller, B. L., Miller, C. A., Miller, J. W., Montine, T. J., Morris, J. C., Murrell, J. R., Myers, A. J., Naj, A. C., Olichney, J. M., Pankratz, V. S., Parisi, J. E., Partch, A., Paulson, H. L., Pericak-Vance, M. A., Perry, W., Peskind, E., Petersen, R. C., Pierce, A., Poon, W. W., Potter, H., Quinn, J. F., Raj, A., Raskind, M., Reiman, E. M., Reisberg, B., Reitz, C., Ringman, J. M., Roberson, E. D., Rogaeva, E., Rosen, H. J., Rosenberg, R. N., Sager, M. A., Sano, M., Schellenberg, G. D., Schneider, J. A., Schneider, L. S., Seeley, W. W., Smith, A. G., Sonnen, J. A., Spina, S., St George-Hyslop, P., Stern, R. A., Tanzi, R. E., Thornton-Wells, T. A., Trojanowski, J. Q., Troncoso, J. C., Tsuang, D. W., Valladares, O., VanDeerlin, V. M., Van Eldik, L. J., Vardarajan, B. N., Vinters, H. V., Vonsattel, J. P., Wang, L. S., Weintraub, S., Welsh-Bohmer, K. A., Williamson, J., Wishnek, S., Woltjer, R. L., Wright, C. B., Younkin, S. G., Yu, C. E., Yu, L., Harold, D., Abraham, R., Hollingworth, P., Sims, R., Gerrish, A., Chapman, J., Russo, G., Hamshere, M., Singh Pahwa, J., Escott-Price, V., Badarinarayan, N., Dowzell, K., Williams, A., Jones, N., Thomas, C., Stretton, A., Morgan, A., Taylor, S., Lovestone, S., Lupton, M. K., Brayne, C., Rubinsztein, D. C., Gill, M., Lawlor, B., Lynch, A., Morgan, K., Brown, K., Passmore, P., Craig, D., McGuinness, B., Todd, S., Johnston, J., Holmes, C., Mann, D., David Smith, A., Love, S., Kehoe, P. G., Mead, S., Fox, N., Rossor, M., Collinge, J., Maier, W., Jessen, F., Heun, R., Schürmann, B., Ramirez, A., Becker, T., Herold, C., Lacour, A., Drichel, D., van den Bussche, H., Heuser, I., Kornhuber, J., Wiltfang, J., Dichgans, M., Frölich, L., Hampel, H., Hüll, M., Rujescu, D., Goate, A., Kauwe, J. S. K., Nowotny, P., Mayo, K., Livingston, G., Bass, N. J., Gurling, H., McQuillin, A., Gwilliam, R., Deloukas, P., Al-Chalabi, A., Shaw, C. E., Singleton, A. B., Guerreiro, R., Mühleisen, T. W., Nöthen, M. M., Moebus, S., Jöckel, K. H., Klopp, N., Wichmann, H. E., Shane Pankratz, V., Holmans, P., Donovan, M. O., Owen, M. J., Williams, J., Forouhi, N. G., Kerrison, N. D., Sims, M., Lucarelli, D. M. E., Barroso, I., McCarthy, M. I., Arriola, L., Balkau, B., Barricarte, A., Boeing, H., Franks, P. W., Gonzalez, C., Grioni, S., Kaaks, R., Key, T. J., Navarro, C., Nilsson, P. M., Overvad, K., Palli, D., Panico, S., Ramón Quirós, J., Rolandsson, O., Sacerdote, C., Sánchez, M. J., Slimani, N., Tjonneland, A., Tumino, R., van der Daphne, A. L., van der Schouw, Y. T. & Riboli, E., 1 Jun 2015, In: PLoS Medicine. 12, 6, e1001841.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Genetically predicted body mass index and Alzheimer's disease-related phenotypes in three large samples: Mendelian randomization analyses

    Adult Changes in Thought Study Investigators, Religious Orders Study/Memory and Aging Project Investigators & Alzheimer’s Disease Genetics Consortium, 1 Dec 2015, In: Alzheimer's and Dementia. 11, 12, p. 1439-1451 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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