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Gyða Björnsdóttir

deCODE Genetics (Iceland) ·
Area of research
Genetics · Psychiatry and Mental health
Research interest
Research interests include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Migraine and Headache Studies, and Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms.
h-index
44
citations
19,894
works
105
NIH funding
primary concept
Medicine
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Recent publications

Robust inference and widespread genetic correlates from a large-scale genetic association study of human personality
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2025cited by 12position: middledoi
Cluster Headache Genomewide Association Study and Meta‐Analysis Identifies Eight Loci and Implicates Smoking as Causal Risk Factor
Annals of Neurology 2023cited by 61position: middledoi
A causal effects of gut microbiota in the development of migraine
The Journal of Headache and Pain 2023cited by 47position: middledoi
Polygenic prediction of educational attainment within and between families from genome-wide association analyses in 3 million individuals
Nature Genetics 2022cited by 675position: middledoi
Genetic diversity fuels gene discovery for tobacco and alcohol use
Nature 2022cited by 502position: middledoi
Genome-wide analysis of 102,084 migraine cases identifies 123 risk loci and subtype-specific risk alleles
Nature Genetics 2022cited by 386position: middledoi
Rare SLC13A1 variants associate with intervertebral disc disorder highlighting role of sulfate in disc pathology
Nature Communications 2022cited by 57position: firstdoi
Deciphering osteoarthritis genetics across 826,690 individuals from 9 populations
Cell 2021cited by 451position: middledoi
A genome-wide meta-analysis yields 46 new loci associating with biomarkers of iron homeostasis
Communications Biology 2021cited by 171position: middledoi
The CRTAC1 Protein in Plasma Is Associated With Osteoarthritis and Predicts Progression to Joint Replacement: A Large‐Scale Proteomics Scan in Iceland
Arthritis & Rheumatology 2021cited by 58position: middledoi
A genome-wide meta-analysis uncovers six sequence variants conferring risk of vertigo
Communications Biology 2021cited by 51position: middledoi
Model-based assessment of replicability for genome-wide association meta-analysis
Nature Communications 2021cited by 40position: middledoi
Association studies of up to 1.2 million individuals yield new insights into the genetic etiology of tobacco and alcohol use
Nature Genetics 2019cited by 2,129position: middledoi
A loss-of-function variant in ALOX15 protects against nasal polyps and chronic rhinosinusitis
Nature Genetics 2019cited by 120position: middledoi
The nature of nurture: Effects of parental genotypes
Science 2018cited by 1,007position: middledoi
Rare and Common Variants Conferring Risk of Tooth Agenesis
Journal of Dental Research 2018cited by 50position: middledoi
Polygenic risk scores for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder associate with addiction
Addiction Biology 2017cited by 123position: middledoi
15q11.2 CNV affects cognitive, structural and functional correlates of dyslexia and dyscalculia
Translational Psychiatry 2017cited by 84position: middledoi
Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment
Nature 2016cited by 1,482position: middledoi
Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses
Nature Genetics 2016cited by 1,123position: middledoi
Genome-wide analyses for personality traits identify six genomic loci and show correlations with psychiatric disorders
Nature Genetics 2016cited by 456position: middledoi
The genetics of blood pressure regulation and its target organs from association studies in 342,415 individuals
Nature Genetics 2016cited by 437position: middledoi
Genome-wide analysis identifies 12 loci influencing human reproductive behavior
Nature Genetics 2016cited by 376position: middledoi
Genetic variants linked to education predict longevity
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2016cited by 139position: middledoi
CNVs conferring risk of autism or schizophrenia affect cognition in controls
Nature 2013cited by 730position: middledoi
A mutation in APP protects against Alzheimer’s disease and age-related cognitive decline
Nature 2012cited by 1,727position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Kāri Stefánsson · Aalborg University4 papers (2016–2021)Thorgeir E. Thorgeirsson · deCODE Genetics (Iceland)3 papers (2016–2018)Daníel F. Guðbjartsson · deCODE Genetics (Iceland)3 papers (2017–2021)Unnur Þorsteinsdóttir · Aarhus University Hospital2 papers (2018–2021)Hreinn Stefánsson · deCODE Genetics (Iceland)2 papers (2016–2017) · 2 papers (2018–2021) · 1 papers (2017–2017)Karolina Kauppi · Karolinska Institutet1 papers (2016–2016)Min‐Tzu Lo · Harvard University1 papers (2016–2016)Gudmundur L. Norddahl · deCODE Genetics (Iceland)1 papers (2021–2021)Ingileif Jónsdóttir · Reykjavík University1 papers (2021–2021)Jack Euesden · Genomics (United Kingdom)1 papers (2017–2017)Daniel J. Smıth · University of Leicester1 papers (2016–2016)Erna V. Ivarsdottir · deCODE Genetics (Iceland)1 papers (2021–2021)Nilotpal Sanyal · The University of Texas at El Paso1 papers (2016–2016)David A. Hinds · Townsville Hospital1 papers (2016–2016)Michael O‘Donovan · Kobe University1 papers (2016–2016) · 1 papers (2021–2021)Patrick Sulem · deCODE Genetics (Iceland)1 papers (2021–2021)Unnur Styrkársdóttir · Southern Medical University1 papers (2021–2021)