Elise Brooks Robinson

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Biography

Dr. Robinson is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and an Associate Member of the Broad Institute. She is also affiliated faculty in the Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Robinson’s research focuses on the genetic epidemiology of behavior and cognition. She is interested in using genetic data to understand the biology of neurodevelopmental variation, and to study differences within and between psychiatric disorders.

Robinson’s research reflects her training in epidemiology and genetics. She received a Sc.D. in psychiatric epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, supervised by Dr. Karestan Koenen. She completed postdoctoral training in the lab of Mark Daly at MGH and the Broad Institute, using statistical genetic approaches to study neurodevelopmental disorders.

For information on open positions in Dr. Robinson's group, contact erob@broadinstitute.org.

Publications

• Identifying cognitive, affective, and developmental mechanisms linking threat and deprivation with adolescent psychopathology.

  Sadikova E, Weissman DG, Rosen ML, Robinson E, Lengua LJ, Sheridan MA, Tiemeier H, McLaughlin KA. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2024 Oct 31

• Socio-medical Factors Associated with Neurodevelopmental Disorders on the Kenyan Coast.

  Kipkemoi P, Savage JE, Gona J, Rimba K, Kombe M, Mwangi P, Kipkoech C, Chepkemoi E, Ngombo A, Mkubwa B, Rehema C, Kariuki SM, Posthuma D, Donald KA, Robinson E, Abubakar A, Newton CR. medRxiv 2024 Sep 18

• Parental perspectives regarding the return of genomic research results in neurodevelopmental disorders in South Africa: anticipated impact and preferences.

  Diedericks A, Bruwer Z, Laing N, Eastman E, De Vries J, Newton CR, Abubakar A, Robinson EB, Donald KA. J Community Genet 2024

• An axis of genetic heterogeneity in autism is indexed by age at diagnosis and is associated with varying developmental and mental health profiles.

  Zhang X, Grove J, Gu Y, Buus CK, Nielsen LK, Neufeld SAS, Koko M, Malawsky DS, Wade E, Verhoef E, Gui A, Hegemann L, Geschwind DH, Wray NR, Havdahl A, Ronald A, St Pourcain B, Robinson EB, Bourgeron T, Baron-Cohen S, Børglum AD, Martin HC, Warrier V. medRxiv 2024 Aug 02

• Principled distillation of UK Biobank phenotype data reveals underlying structure in human variation.

  Carey CE, Shafee R, Wedow R, Elliott A, Palmer DS, Compitello J, Kanai M, Abbott L, Schultz P, Karczewski KJ, Bryant SC, Cusick CM, Churchhouse C, Howrigan DP, King D, Davey Smith G, Neale BM, Walters RK, Robinson EB. Nat Hum Behav 2024