Sarah Bergen
Research
I conduct quantitative genetics research predominantly focusing on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder as well as some projects on depression and eating disorders. My current studies aim to better understand the genetic and environmental contributions to disease risk, comorbidities associated with these disorders, and the observed variability within patient groups. I also have a keen interest in developing ways of subtyping patients to better understand the heterogeneous etiological pathways that give rise to these disorders. My strong foundation in neuroscience offers added biological context to the results from genetic research studies. Ultimately, I hope my research will contribute to improved treatment and prevention strategies for serious, chronic mental illnesses.
Articles
- Journal article: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2024;87:111-112
- Journal article: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2024;87:218
- Article: PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH. 2024;339:115990
- Article: SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN. 2024;50(5):1255-1265
- Journal article: ISEE CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS. 2024;2024(1)
- Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2024;54(9):2162-2171
- Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2024;29(7):1941-1950
- Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2023;13(1):366
- Journal article: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2023;75:S204
- Article: SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH. 2023;260:160-167
- Article: NATURE IMMUNOLOGY. 2023;24(9):1540-1551
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS. 2023;66(8):104805
- Article: JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY. 2023;64(7):1027-1036
- Article: SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN. 2023;49(3):768-777
- Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2023;53(2):371-378
- Article: DIABETES CARE. 2022;45(12):2950-2956
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2022;179(11):824-832
- Article: DIABETES CARE. 2022;45(9):1987-1993
- Article: LANCET PSYCHIATRY. 2022;9(6):447-457
- Article: EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2022;31(5):829-839
- Article: NATURE. 2022;604(7906):502-508
- Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2022;12(1):152
- Article: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2022;79(3):260-269
- Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2022;27(3):1448-1454
- Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2022;12(1):61
- Article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2022;91(3):313-327
- Article: SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN. 2022;48(1):20-26
- Article: BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY. 2022;99:247-255
- Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2021;26(9):5239-5250
- Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2021;26(9):5389-5397
- Article: JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY & NEUROSCIENCE. 2021;46(4):E441-E450
- Article: NATURE GENETICS. 2021;53(6):817-829
- Article: HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING. 2021;42(7):2292-2304
- Article: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2021;78(3):302-310
- Article: GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2020;44(7):676-686
- Article: NATURE METABOLISM. 2020;2(10):1135-1148
- Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2020;10(1):298
- Article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2020;88(2):169-184
- Article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2020;87(8):736-744
- Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2020;10(1):58
- Article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2020;87(3):271-281
- Article: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY. 2020;11:313
- Article: CELL. 2019;179(7):1469-1482.e11
- Article: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2019;29(10):1152-1160
- Article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2019;86(2):110-119
- Article: NATURE GENETICS. 2019;51(5):793-803
- Article: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2019;76(5):516-525
- Article: NATURE GENETICS. 2019;51(4):659-674
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART B-NEUROPSYCHIATRIC GENETICS. 2019;180(3):223-231
- Article: FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE. 2019;13:220
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2019;176(1):29-35
- Journal article: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2019;29:s1088-1088
- Journal article: NATURE GENETICS. 2019;51(5):793
- Article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2018;84(11):810-816
- Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2018;8(1):210
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2018;8(1):10168
- Article: SCIENCE. 2018;360(6395):1313
- Article: CELL. 2018;173(7):1705-1715.e16
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS. 2018;102(6):1185-1194
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2018;8(1):6915
- Article: PLOS COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY. 2018;14(5):e1006105
- Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2018;23(2):400-412
- Article: COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY. 2018;1:163
- Article: MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY. 2017;54(7):5166-5176
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2017;174(8):795-802
- Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2017;7(6):e1155
- Article: SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH. 2017;182:74-83
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2017;8:14774
- Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2017;7(1):e993
- Article: NATURE GENETICS. 2017;49(1):27-35
- Article: MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY. 2016;53(10):6608-6619
- Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2016;21(11):1504-1510
- Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2016;21(10):1342-1350
- Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2016;21(9):1290-1297
- Article: NATURE. 2016;536(7616):285-291
- Article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2016;80(4):323-330
- Article: HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS. 2016;25(15):3383-3394
- Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2016;6(5):e796
- Article: NATURE NEUROSCIENCE. 2016;19(3):420-431
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART B-NEUROPSYCHIATRIC GENETICS. 2016;171(2):276-289
- Article: NATURE. 2016;530(7589):177-183
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2016;208(2):128-137
- Article: GENOME BIOLOGY. 2015;16:291
- Article: NATURE GENETICS. 2015;47(12):1385-1392
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2015;207(6):556-557
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS. 2015;97(4):576-592
- Article: ALCOHOL-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 2015;39(8):1396-1405
- Article: BIPOLAR DISORDERS. 2015;17(3):340-344
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2015;172(4):363-372
- Article: NATURE GENETICS. 2015;47(3):291-295
- Article: BIPOLAR DISORDERS. 2015;17(2):184-193
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS. 2015;96(2):283-294
- Article: NATURE NEUROSCIENCE. 2015;18(2):199-209
- Journal article: CURRENT BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE REPORTS. 2014;1(4):197-205
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS. 2014;95(5):535-552
- Article: NATURE. 2014;511(7510):421-427
- Article: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2014;71(7):778-785
- Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2014;19(7):762-773
- Article: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2014;71(6):657-664
- Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2014;19(4):452-461
- Article: SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH. 2014;154(1-3):48-53
- Article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2014;75(5):371-377
- Article: NATURE. 2014;506(7487):185-190
- Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2014;4(1):e346
- Journal article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2013;43(12):2563-2570
- Article: NATURE GENETICS. 2013;45(10):1150-1159
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS. 2013;93(3):463-470
- Article: NATURE GENETICS. 2013;45(9):984-994
- Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2013;18(8):922-929
- Article: LANCET. 2013;381(9875):1371-1379
- Article: PLOS GENETICS. 2013;9(4):e1003449
- Article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2013;73(6):525-531
- Article: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2013;70(3):253-260
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2012;169(12):1309-1317
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS. 2012;91(4):597-607
- Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2012;17(9):880-886
- Article: NATURE GENETICS. 2012;44(6):631-U41
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2012;7(6):e37852
- Article: PLOS GENETICS. 2012;8(4):425-435
- Article: NEURON. 2011;72(4):545-558
- Article: NATURE GENETICS. 2011;43(10):969-976
- Article: NATURE GENETICS. 2011;43(10):977-983
- Article: HUMAN HEREDITY. 2011;72(1):10-20
- Journal article: NATURE GENETICS. 2011;43(10):977-U162
- Article: PLOS GENETICS. 2010;6(9):e1001097
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS. 2010;18(8):960-964
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART B-NEUROPSYCHIATRIC GENETICS. 2010;153B(2):663-674
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART B-NEUROPSYCHIATRIC GENETICS. 2010;153B(2):700-705
- Article: SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH. 2009;109(1-3):94-97
- Article: TWIN RESEARCH AND HUMAN GENETICS. 2008;11(3):266-274
- Article: TWIN RESEARCH AND HUMAN GENETICS. 2007;10(3):423-433
- Article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2007;61(7):854-864
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2005;25(2):372-383
- Article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2004;55(12):1128-1137
- Article: INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE. 2000;41(13):4247-4255
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All other publications
- Corrigendum: NATURE IMMUNOLOGY. 2023;24(11):1960
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2023;75:s215-s216
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2023;75:s72-s73
- Editorial comment: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY. 2023;14:1332447
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2022;63:e259
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2022;63:E113
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2022;63:E159
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2022;63:E68
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2022;63:E126
- Corrigendum: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2022;12(1):166
- Conference publication: NEUROSCIENCE APPLIED. 2022;1:100853
- Conference publication: DIABETOLOGIA. 2022;65(SUPPL 1):S404
- Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2021
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2021;51:E112
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2021;51:E238-E239
- Corrigendum: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2021;26(9):5251
- Review: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2021;290(3):602-620
- Review: FRONTIERS IN GENETICS. 2021;12:686666
- Conference publication: BEHAVIOR GENETICS. 2021;51(6):760
- Conference publication: DIABETOLOGIA. 2021;64(SUPPL 1):18
- Conference publication: BEHAVIOR GENETICS. 2020;50(6):489-490
- Preprint: SSRN ELECTRONIC JOURNAL. 2020
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2019;29:S235
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2019;29:S213
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2019;29:S264
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2019
- Conference publication: BEHAVIOR GENETICS. 2019;49(6):489-490
- Conference publication: BEHAVIOR GENETICS. 2019;49(6):488
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2019;29:1292-1293
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2019;29:S864
- Review: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART B-NEUROPSYCHIATRIC GENETICS. 2018;177(7):630-634
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2017
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2017
- Corrigendum: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2017;22(8):1223
- Conference publication: BEHAVIOR GENETICS. 2017;47(6):674
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2017;27:S339
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2017;27:S483-S484
- Conference publication: BIPOLAR DISORDERS. 2017;19:120-121
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2017;27:S130
- Editorial comment: EBIOMEDICINE. 2016;6:16-17
- Conference publication: BIPOLAR DISORDERS. 2015;17:94
- Conference publication: SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN. 2015;41:S216-S217
- Conference publication: SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN. 2015;41:S198
- Conference publication: SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH. 2014;153:S62
- Conference publication: BEHAVIOR GENETICS. 2014;44(6):684
- Conference publication: BEHAVIOR GENETICS. 2014;44(6):681-682
- Conference publication: BEHAVIOR GENETICS. 2014;44(6):648
- Conference publication: BIPOLAR DISORDERS. 2014;16:64
- Conference publication: BIPOLAR DISORDERS. 2014;16:65
- Review: CURRENT OPINION IN PSYCHIATRY. 2012;25(2):76-82
- Conference publication: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2012;71(8):120S-121S
- Editorial comment: PSYCHIATRIC GENETICS. 2011;21(3):136-172
- Published conference paper: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2011;168(3):302-316
- Corrigendum: PSYCHIATRIC GENETICS. 2011;21(1):55
- Conference publication: SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN. 2011;37:69
- Other: PSYCHIATRIC GENETICS. 2010;20(5):229-268
- Review: PSYCHIATRIC GENETICS. 2009;19(5):219-236
- Conference publication: BEHAVIOR GENETICS. 2007;37(6):738-739
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Employments
- Senior Lecturer, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, 2009-2012
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2009-2012
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2014
- PhD, Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2009
- MS, Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, 2004
- BA, Neuroscience, Psychology, Macalester College, 2000
Leadership and responsibility assignments
- Director of studies, KI-NIH Doctoral Program in Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, National Institutes of Health (US), 2022-
- Management Committee member, -, Maximizing Impact of research in NeuroDevelopmental DisorderS (MINDDS), 2019-2023
- Management Committee member, -, Enhancing psychiatric genetic counselling, testing, and training in Europe (EnGagE), 2018-2023
- Chair/Co-chair of the Early Career Investigator Program, Committee, International Society of Psychiatric Genetics (ISPG), 2018-
- Board of Directors, -, International Society for Psychiatric Genetics (ISPG), 2014-2024