Lu Yi

Lu Yi

Principal Researcher
E-mail: lu.yi@ki.se
Telephone: +46852487772
Visiting address: Nobelsvägen 12a, 17165 SOLNA
Postal address: C8 Medicinsk epidemiologi och biostatistik, C8 MEB I Lu, 171 77 Stockholm
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About me

  • I am a Principal Researcher at the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (MEB). I lead a research group conducting psychiatric genetics research, especially in major depressive disorder (MDD). I am directing the KI Psychiatric Genomics Institute and co-leading the Nordic Tryggve consortium.

    I am chairing the MEB women researcher network (2024-), also a member of the KI Women in Science and Education (WISE) network.

Research

  • My research involves integrating large-scale genomic data and nationwide electronic healthcare records to investigate depression subtypes, as a way to reduce the substantial heterogeneity in this disorder. My long-term research vision is to promote targeted drug development and treatment optimization for MDD patient subgroups to achieve precision psychiatry.

    My research excellence has been recognised nationally and internationally, for which I have been awarded many prestigious grants including a recent award of €1.5 million from European Research Council. I am also the Sweden PI on major funding from US-NIH and EU-Horizon2020.

     

    1. Genetics of major depressive disorder and its subtypes
      MDD is heterogeneous: however, the extent to which genetic factors distinguish patient subgroups (genetic heterogeneity) remains uncertain. We
      therefore seek evidence for genetic heterogeneity in MDD by studying patient subgroups.
    2. Trans-Nordic collaboration of “register genomics” in psychiatry
      I have co-led the Nordic Tryggve consortium since 2018 (Tryggve: trans-Nordic collaboration on register and genomics research in psychiatry). The Tryggve consortium has enabled integration of genetics in population-based psychiatric studies in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Estonia. 

    3. 3. Genetic risk factors of other complex disorders
      I led and contributed to many genome-wide association studies on complex traits and diseases of medical importance, including cancers, eye diseases, and allergic diseases. These work have been published in leading genetic journals, including four in Nature Genetics.

Teaching

  • SUPERVISION:
    Research specialist Tong Gong
    Postdoc: Shengxin Liu, Thi Thuy Dung Nguyen, Joelle Pasman.
    PhD student Ying Xiong. "Genetic epidemiology of treatment-resistant depression", since 2021. As main supervisor.
    PhD student Arvid Harder. "Genomics and treatment outcomes of major depressive disorder subtypes", since 2023. As main supervisor.
    *Former students*
    PhD student Thi Thuy Dung Nguyen. “Aetiology and outcomes in psychiatric disorders”, As main supervisor. (Defended thesis 2023.12.15)
    PhD student Jet Termorshuizen. “Genetic and environmental factors influencing the course and outcome of eating disorder”, As co-supervisor. (Defended thesis 2023.12.08)
    PhD student Ashley Thompson. “Prediction of negative life outcomes in children with ADHD”. As co-supervisor. (Defended thesis 2022.02.18)
    Bachelor student Alison Baxley, Bachelor Thesis in Medical Science with a Major in Biomedicine, Karolinska Institutet. “Polygenic risk scores for
    schizophrenia and childhood accidents, injury and self-harm”. Spring 2017.

    TEACHING:
    Lecturer: "Psychiatric Genetics" within the Research School of Psychiatry (Forskarskolan inom klinisk psykiatri), Karolinska Institutet and Region
    Stockholm. Feb 6-10, 2023, Sept 30-Oct 4, 2024.
    Course: “Molecular genetic psychiatry”. Clinical Psychology program, Karolinska Institutet. 2017, 2018, 2019.
    Course: “Molecular epidemiology”. Epidemiology program, Karolinska Institutet. 2018, 2020, 2022.
    Summer school: “GWAS and imputation”, Brain Imaging Genetics Summer School, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. 2018.

Articles

  • Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2025;16(1):395
    Yao S; Harder A; Darki F; Chang Y-W; Li A; Nikouei K; Volpe G; Lundstroem JN; Zeng J; Wray NR; Lu Y; Sullivan PF; Hjerling-Leffler J
  • Article: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2024;81(12):1246-1252
    Song J; Pasman JA; Johansson V; Kuja-Halkola R; Harder A; Karlsson R; Lu Y; Kowalec K; Pedersen NL; Cannon TD; Hultman CM; Sullivan PF
  • Article: INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES. 2024;30(9):1556-1565
    Gong T; Brew BK; Lundholm C; Smew AI; Harder A; Kuja-Halkola R; Ludvigsson JF; Lu Y; Almqvist C
  • Article: COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY. 2024;7(1):1077
    Gong T; Kuja-Halkola R; Harder A; Lundholm C; Smew AI; Lehto K; Andreasson A; Lu Y; Talley NJ; Pasman JA; Almqvist C; Brew BK
  • Article: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2024;81(8):807
    Grimes PZ; Adams MJ; Thng G; Edmonson-Stait AJ; Lu Y; Mcintosh A; Cullen B; Larsson H; Whalley HC; Kwong ASF
  • Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2024;29(7):1941-1950
    Song J; Jonsson L; Lu Y; Bergen SE; Karlsson R; Smedler E; Gordon-Smith K; Jones I; Jones L; Craddock N; Sullivan PF; Lichtenstein P; Di Florio A; Landen M
  • Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2024;15(1):5064
    Meijsen J; Hu K; Krebs MD; Athanasiadis G; Washbrook S; Zetterberg R; Silva RNAE; Shorter JR; Gadin JR; Bergstedt J; Howard DM; Ye W; Lu Y; Valdimarsdottir UA; Ingason A; Helenius D; Plana-Ripoll O; Mcgrath JJ; Micali N; Andreassen OA; Werge TM; Fang F; Buil A
  • Article: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2024;81(6):579-585
    Simonsson O; Mosing MA; Osika W; Ullen F; Larsson H; Lu Y; Wesseldijk LW
  • Article: NATURE CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH. 2024;3(6):754-769
    Bergstedt J; Pasman JA; Ma Z; Harder A; Yao S; Parker N; Treur JL; Smit DJA; Frei O; Shadrin AA; Meijsen JJ; Shen Q; Hägg S; Tornvall P; Buil A; Werge T; Hjerling-Leffler J; Als TD; Børglum AD; Lewis CM; McIntosh AM; Valdimarsdóttir UA; Andreassen OA; Sullivan PF; Lu Y; Fang F
  • Article: ANNALS OF CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL NEUROLOGY. 2024;11(6):1393-1404
    Kowalec K; Harder A; Dolovich C; Fitzgerald KC; Salter A; Lu Y; Bernstein CN; Bolton JM; Cutter G; Fisk JD; Gelernter J; Graff LA; Haegg S; Hitchon CA; Levey DF; Lublin FD; Mckay KA; Patten S; Patki A; Stein MB; Tiwari HK; Wolinsky JS; Marrie RA
  • Article: NATURE GENETICS. 2024;56(5):792-808
    Nievergelt CM; Maihofer AX; Atkinson EG; Chen C-Y; Choi KW; Coleman JRI; Daskalakis NP; Duncan LE; Polimanti R; Aaronson C; Amstadter AB; Andersen SB; Andreassen OA; Arbisi PA; Ashley-Koch AE; Austin SB; Avdibegovic E; Babic D; Bacanu S-A; Baker DG; Batzler A; Beckham JC; Belangero S; Benjet C; Bergner C; Bierer LM; Biernacka JM; Bierut LJ; Bisson JI; Boks MP; Bolger EA; Brandolino A; Breen G; Bressan RA; Bryant RA; Bustamante AC; Bybjerg-Grauholm J; Baekvad-Hansen M; Borglum AD; Borte S; Cahn L; Calabrese JR; Caldas-de-Almeida JM; Chatzinakos C; Cheema S; Clouston SAP; Colodro-Conde L; Coombes BJ; Cruz-Fuentes CS; Dale AM; Dalvie S; Davis LK; Deckert J; Delahanty DL; Dennis MF; Desarnaud F; DiPietro CP; Disner SG; Docherty AR; Domschke K; Dyb G; Kulenovic AD; Edenberg HJ; Evans A; Fabbri C; Fani N; Farrer LA; Feder A; Feeny NC; Flory JD; Forbes D; Franz CE; Galea S; Garrett ME; Gelaye B; Gelernter J; Geuze E; Gillespie CF; Goleva SB; Gordon SD; Goci A; Grasser LR; Guindalini C; Haas M; Hagenaars S; Hauser MA; Heath AC; Hemmings SMJ; Hesselbrock V; Hickie IB; Hogan K; Hougaard DM; Huang H; Huckins LM; Hveem K; Jakovljevic M; Javanbakht A; Jenkins GD; Johnson J; Jones I; Jovanovic T; Karstoft K-I; Kaufman ML; Kennedy JL; Kessler RC; Khan A; Kimbrel NA; King AP; Koen N; Kotov R; Kranzler HR; Krebs K; Kremen WS; Kuan P-F; Lawford BR; Lebois LAM; Lehto K; Levey DF; Lewis C; Liberzon I; Linnstaedt SD; Logue MW; Lori A; Lu Y; Luft BJ; Lupton MK; Luykx JJ; Makotkine I; Maples-Keller JL; Marchese S; Marmar C; Martin NG; Martinez-Levy GA; McAloney K; McFarlane A; McLaughlin KA; McLean SA; Medland SE; Mehta D; Meyers J; Michopoulos V; Mikita EA; Milani L; Milberg W; Miller MW; Morey RA; Morris CP; Mors O; Mortensen PB; Mufford MS; Nelson EC; Nordentoft M; Norman SB; Nugent NR; O'Donnell M; Orcutt HK; Pan PM; Panizzon MS; Pathak GA; Peters ES; Peterson AL; Peverill M; Pietrzak RH; Polusny MA; Porjesz B; Powers A; Qin X-J; Ratanatharathorn A; Risbrough VB; Roberts AL; Rothbaum AO; Rothbaum BO; Roy-Byrne P; Ruggiero KJ; Rung A; Runz H; Rutten BPF; de Viteri SS; Salum GA; Sampson L; Sanchez SE; Santoro M; Seah C; Seedat S; Seng JS; Shabalin A; Sheerin CM; Silove D; Smith AK; Smoller JW; Sponheim SR; Stein DJ; Stensland S; Stevens JS; Sumner JA; Teicher MH; Thompson WK; Tiwari AK; Trapido E; Uddin M; Ursano RJ; Valdimarsdottir U; Van Hooff M; Vermetten E; Vinkers CH; Voisey J; Wang Y; Wang Z; Waszczuk M; Weber H; Wendt FR; Werge T; Williams MA; Williamson DE; Winsvold BS; Winternitz S; Wolf C; Wolf EJ; Xia Y; Xiong Y; Yehuda R; Young KA; Young RM; Zai CC; Zai GC; Zervas M; Zhao H; Zoellner LA; Zwart J-A; DeRoon-Cassini T; Van Rooij SJH; van den Heuvel LL; Stein MB; Ressler KJ; Koenen KC
  • Article: BIOINFORMATICS ADVANCES. 2024;4(1):vbae067
    Akdeniz BC; Frei O; Hagen E; Filiz TT; Karthikeyan S; Pasman J; Jangmo A; Bergstedt J; Shorter JR; Zetterberg R; Meijsen J; Sonderby IE; Buil A; Tesli M; Lu Y; Sullivan P; Andreassen OA; Hovig E
  • Article: NATURE CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH. 2024;3(6):754-769
    Bergstedt J; Pasman JA; Ma Z; Harder A; Yao S; Parker N; Treur JL; Smit DJA; Frei O; Shadrin AA; Meijsen JJ; Shen Q; Hagg S; Tornvall P; Buil A; Werge T; Hjerling-Leffler J; Als TD; Borglum AD; Lewis CM; Mcintosh AM; Valdimarsdottir UA; Andreassen OA; Sullivan PF; Lu Y; Fang F
  • Article: MOLECULAR GENETICS & GENOMIC MEDICINE. 2023;11(12):e2255
    Li X; Ploner A; Wang Y; Mak JKL; Lu Y; Magnusson PKE; Jylhava J; Hagg S
  • Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2023;180(12):884-895
    Guintivano J; Byrne EM; Kiewa J; Yao S; Bauer AE; Aberg KA; Adams MJ; Campbell A; Campbell ML; Choi KW; Corfield EC; Havdahl A; Hucks D; Koen N; Lu Y; Maegbaek ML; Mullaer J; Peterson RE; Raffield LM; Sallis HM; Sealock JM; Walker A; Watson HJ; Xiong Y; Yang JMK; Anney RJL; Gordon-Smith K; Hubbard L; Jones LA; Mihaescu R; Nyegaard M; Pardinas AF; Perry A; Saquib N; Shadyab AH; Viktorin A; Andreassen OA; Bigdeli TB; Davis LK; Dennis C-L; Di Florio A; Dubertret C; Feng Y-CA; Frey BN; Grigoriadis S; Gloaguen E; Jones I; Kennedy JL; Krohn H; Kallak TK; Li Y; Martin NG; Mcintosh AM; Milgrom J; Munk-Olsen T; Oberlander T; Olsen CM; Ramoz N; Reichborn-Kjennerud T; Blackmore ER; Rubinow D; Skalkidou A; Smoller JW; Stein DJ; Stowe ZN; Taylor V; Tebeka S; Tesli M; Van Lieshout RJ; van den Oord EJCG; Vigod SN; Werge T; Westlye LT; Whiteman DC; Zar HJ; Wray N; Meltzer-Brody S; Sullivan P
  • Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2023;180(10):714-722
    Thuy-Dung N; Kowalec K; Pasman J; Larsson H; Lichtenstein P; Dalman C; Sullivan PF; Kuja-Halkola R; Lu Y
  • Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2023;13(1):301
    Xiong Y; Karlsson R; Song J; Kowalec K; Rueck C; Sigstroem R; Jonsson L; Clements CC; Andersson E; Boberg J; Lewis CM; Sullivan PF; Landen M; Lu Y
  • Article: NEUROLOGY. 2023;101(5):E522-E532
    Kowalec K; Fitzgerald KC; Salter A; Dolovich C; Harder A; Bernstein CN; Bolton J; Cutter GR; Graff LA; Hagg S; Hitchon CA; Lu Y; Lublin F; McKay KA; Patten SB; Patki A; Tiwari HK; Wolinsky JS; Marrie RA
  • Article: AGING CELL. 2023;22(8):e13868
    Mak JKL; Kananen L; Qin C; Kuja-Halkola R; Tang B; Lin J; Wang Y; Jaaskelainen T; Koskinen S; Lu Y; Magnusson PKE; Hagg S; Jylhava J
  • Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2023;38(7):809-819
    Qin C; Diaz-Gallo L-M; Tang B; Wang Y; Nguyen T-D; Harder A; Lu Y; Padyukov L; Askling J; Hagg S
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  • Principal Researcher, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, 2018-2021
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, 2017-2018

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