
Institute for Behavioral Genetics
University of Colorado Boulder
447 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0447
Research Interests:
Developing models to understand complex trait genetics. Using family-based GWAS datasets to estimate direct genetic effects and the environmental influences of parents on offspring. Modeling and simulating genetically informative designs that better enable us to understand the causes of human differences.
Active Grants:
- NIMH R01 MH130448 7/2022-6/2027 Causes and consequences of mental disorders: The environmental and genetic influences of parents on offspring. Role: Principal investigator
- NIMH 2R01 MH100141 2/2013-4/2023 Estimating the genetic and environmental architecture of psychiatric disorders. Role: Principal investigator
- NIMH R25 MH019918 2/2024-1/2029 Workshop on statistical genetic methods for human complex traits. Role: Principal investigator
- NIDA R01 DA054087 5/1/2022 – 4/30/2027 Understanding the links between parental and adolescent substance use: complementary natural experiments using the children of twins design. Role: Co-Principal investigator
- NIDA R01 DA046064 4/2018-1/2023 Brain and genetic predictors of individual differences in pain and placebo analgesia. Role: Co-investigator
- NIDA R01 DA044283 5/2019 – 2/2024 Deep sequencing, phenotyping, and imputation in large-scale biobanks: A novel and cost-effective framework to identify rare mutations associated with addiction. Role: Principal investigator of subcontract
- NIDA R01 DA053693 4/2024 – 3/2028 Adult Progression of Adolescent Onset Substance Use Disorder in a High Risk Sample. Role: Co-investigator
Additional Resources:
Current Lab







Former Trainees
Spencer Moore
Masters student
2020-2022
Jared Balbona
Doctoral student
2018-2022
Richard Border
Doctoral student
2014-2019
Emma Johnson
Doctoral student
2012-2017
Teresa de Candia
Doctoral student
2011-2015
Matthew Simonson
Doctoral student
2008-2013
Dan Howrigan
Doctoral student
2008-2012
Laramie Duncan
Doctoral student
2008-2010
Subrata Paul
Postdoctoral trainee
2020-2021
Meng Huang
Postdoctoral trainee
2020-2021
Rasool Tahmasbi
Postdoctoral trainee
2015-2018
Luke Evans
Postdoctoral trainee
2015-2018
Doug Bjelland
Postdoctoral trainee
2013-2016
Christine Garver-Apgar
Postdoctoral trainee
2008-2011
Maintenance of variation in human personality: testing evolutionary models by estimating heritability due to common causal variants and investigating the effect of distant inbreeding (vol 66, pg 3238, 2012)
Verweij KJH; Yang J; Lahti J; Veijola J; Hintsanen M; Pulkki-Raback L; Heinonen K; Pouta A; Pesonen A-K; Widen E...
- Verweij KJH
- Yang J
- Lahti J
- Veijola J
- Hintsanen M
- Pulkki-Raback L
- Heinonen K
- Pouta A
- Pesonen A-K
- Widen E
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Type: Journal Article
Awards Presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the BEHAVIOR GENETICS ASSOCIATION
Publication Date: 2012-11-01
Type: Journal Article
MAINTENANCE OF GENETIC VARIATION IN HUMAN PERSONALITY: TESTING EVOLUTIONARY MODELS BY ESTIMATING HERITABILITY DUE TO COMMON CAUSAL VARIANTS AND INVESTIGATING THE EFFECT OF DISTANT INBREEDING
Verweij KJH; Yang J; Lahti J; Veijola J; Hintsanen M; Pulkki-Raback L; Heinonen K; Pouta A; Pesonen A-K; Widen E...
- Verweij KJH
- Yang J
- Lahti J
- Veijola J
- Hintsanen M
- Pulkki-Raback L
- Heinonen K
- Pouta A
- Pesonen A-K
- Widen E
Publication Date: 2012-10-01
Type: Journal Article
Estimating the proportion of variation in susceptibility to schizophrenia captured by common SNPs (vol 44, pg 247, 2012)
Publication Date: 2012-07-01
Type: Journal Article
Runs of Homozygosity Implicate Autozygosity as a Schizophrenia Risk Factor
Keller MC; Simonson MA; Ripke S; Neale BM; Gejman PV; Howrigan DP; Lee SH; Lencz T; Levinson DF; Sullivan PF...
- Keller MC
- Simonson MA
- Ripke S
- Neale BM
- Gejman PV
- Howrigan DP
- Lee SH
- Lencz T
- Levinson DF
- Sullivan PF
Publication Date: 2012-04-01
Type: Journal Article
Estimating the proportion of variation in susceptibility to schizophrenia captured by common SNPs
Publication Date: 2012-03-01
Type: Journal Article
Response to Pluess and Belsky Letter
Publication Date: 2012-02-01
Type: Journal Article
Mutational load analysis of unrelated individuals.
Publication Date: 2011-11-29
Type: Journal Article
Recent methods for polygenic analysis of genome-wide data implicate an important effect of common variants on cardiovascular disease risk
Publication Date: 2011-10-26
Type: Journal Article
Genome-wide association study identifies five new schizophrenia loci
Ripke S; Sanders AR; Kendler KS; Levinson DF; Sklar P; Holmans PA; Lin D-Y; Duan J; Ophoff RA; Andreassen OA...
- Ripke S
- Sanders AR
- Kendler KS
- Levinson DF
- Sklar P
- Holmans PA
- Lin D-Y
- Duan J
- Ophoff RA
- Andreassen OA
Publication Date: 2011-10-01
Type: Journal Article
A Critical Review of the First 10 Years of Candidate Gene-by-Environment Interaction Research in Psychiatry
Publication Date: 2011-10-01
Type: Journal Article
Detecting autozygosity through runs of homozygosity: A comparison of three autozygosity detection algorithms
Publication Date: 2011-09-23
Type: Journal Article
Quantification of Inbreeding Due to Distant Ancestors and Its Detection Using Dense Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Data
Publication Date: 2011-09-01
Type: Journal Article
(Mis)understanding Heritability
Publication Date: 2011-07-01
Type: Journal Article
The Social Prediction Dynamic: A Legacy of Cognition and Mixed Motives
Type: Chapter
THE EFFECTS OF RUNS OF HOMOZYGOSITY ON RISK FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA: A REPORT FROM THE PSYCHIATRIC GWAS CONSORTIUM'S ROH SUB-GROUP
Publication Date: 2011-03-01
Type: Journal Article
Theory and Methods in Evolutionary Behavioral Genetics
Type: Chapter
Being Unpredictable: Friend or Foe Matters
Publication Date: 2010-07-01
Type: Journal Article
Not by Twins Alone: Using the Extended Family Design to Investigate Genetic Influence on Political Beliefs
Publication Date: 2010-07-01
Type: Journal Article
Are Extended Twin Family Designs Worth the Trouble? A Comparison of the Bias, Precision, and Accuracy of Parameters Estimated in Four Twin Family Models
Publication Date: 2010-05-01
Type: Journal Article
The structure of genetic and environmental influences on common mental disorders among adolescents
Publication Date: 2009-11-01
Type: Journal Article
Non-Pathological Paternal Isodisomy of Chromosome 2 Detected From a Genome-Wide SNP Scan
Publication Date: 2009-08-01
Type: Journal Article
Flexible Mx Specification of Various Extended Twin Kinship Designs
Publication Date: 2009-02-01
Type: Journal Article
Modeling Extended Twin Family Data II: Power Associated With Different Family Structures
Publication Date: 2009-02-01
Type: Journal Article
Modeling Extended Twin Family Data I: Description of the Cascade Model
Publication Date: 2009-02-01
Type: Journal Article
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Recruiting
The Keller lab is not currently recruiting new graduate students.
Contact Matt Keller directly about postdoctoral trainee positions.