NorthShore University HealthSystem Researcher Leads International Collaboration to Find Five New Genetic Loci Associated with Schizophrenia

Evanston, IL – September 21, 2011 – Pablo V. Gejman, M.D., Director of the NorthShore University HealthSystem (NorthShore) Center for Psychiatric Genetics led an international consortium conducting a genome-wide association study (GWAS) on schizophrenia. The researchers found five novel genetic variants that increase the susceptibility to schizophrenia. The findings are reported in the September 18, 2011 advance online edition of the journal Nature Genetics . Schizophrenia is an elusive and severe psychiatric disorder that