Melissa Spear, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Publications: 

Recent shifts in the genomic ancestry of Mexican Americans may alter the genetic architecture of biomedical traits.

eLife

Spear ML, Diaz-Papkovich A, Ziv E, Yracheta JM, Gravel S, Torgerson DG, Hernandez RD

Ebola virus, but not Marburg virus, replicates efficiently and without required adaptation in snake cells.

Virus evolution

Fedewa G, Radoshitzky SR, Chi X, Dong L, Zeng X, Spear M, Strauli N, Ng M, Chandran K, Stenglein MD, Hernandez RD, Jahrling PB, Kuhn JH, DeRisi JL

A genome-wide association and admixture mapping study of bronchodilator drug response in African Americans with asthma.

The pharmacogenomics journal

Spear ML, Hu D, Pino-Yanes M, Huntsman S, Eng C, Levin AM, Ortega VE, White MJ, McGarry ME, Thakur N, Galanter J, Mak ACY, Oh SS, Ampleford E, Peters SP, Davis A, Kumar R, Farber HJ, Meade K, Avila PC, Serebrisky D, Lenoir MA, Brigino-Buenaventura E, Cintron WR, Thyne SM, Rodriguez-Santana JR, Ford JG, Chapela R, Estrada AM, Sandoval K, Seibold MA, Winkler CA, Bleecker ER, Myers DA, Williams LK, Hernandez RD, Torgerson DG, Burchard EG

The Effects of Migration and Assortative Mating on Admixture Linkage Disequilibrium.

Genetics

Zaitlen N, Huntsman S, Hu D, Spear M, Eng C, Oh SS, White MJ, Mak A, Davis A, Meade K, Brigino-Buenaventura E, LeNoir MA, Bibbins-Domingo K, Burchard EG, Halperin E

A Genome-Wide Association Study of Post-bronchodilator Lung Function in Children with Asthma.

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

Brehm JM, Man Tse S, Croteau-Chonka DC, Forno E, Litonjua AA, Raby BA, Chen W, Yan Q, Boutaoui N, Acosta-Pérez E, Avila L, Weiss ST, Soto-Quiros M, Cloutier MM, Hu D, Pino-Yanes M, Wenzel SE, Spear ML, Kolls JK, Burchard EG, Canino G, Celedón JC

Stress and Bronchodilator Response in Children with Asthma.

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

Brehm JM, Ramratnam SK, Tse SM, Croteau-Chonka DC, Pino-Yanes M, Rosas-Salazar C, Litonjua AA, Raby BA, Boutaoui N, Han YY, Chen W, Forno E, Marsland AL, Nugent NR, Eng C, Colón-Semidey A, Alvarez M, Acosta-Pérez E, Spear ML, Martinez FD, Avila L, Weiss ST, Soto-Quiros M, Ober C, Nicolae DL, Barnes KC, Lemanske RF, Strunk RC, Liu A, London SJ, Gilliland F, Sleiman P, March M, Hakonarson H, Duan QL, Kolls JK, Fritz GK, Hu D, Fani N, Stevens JS, Almli LM, Burchard EG, Shin J, McQuaid EL, Ressler K, Canino G, Celedón JC