The Nest Generation in Personalized Medicine Discoveries: New methods and new populations Chris Gignoux Colorado Center for Personalized Medicine Department of Biostatistics and Informatics University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus chris.gignoux@ucdenver.edu @popgenepi
Background Genetics has paved the way forward to large-scale personalized medicine Genome-wide data is: Cheap Bioinformatically simple Applicable across a broad range of traits, from Mendelian to complex Current landscape: > 1/1000 people worldwide has genome-wide data Ancestry, 23andMe Health Systems (Geisinger, Colorado, UK NHS)
Human Genetic History Henn, Cavalli-Sforza, Feldman, PNAS 2012
Human Genetic History is Complex! And has changed dramatically recently: Henn, Cavalli-Sforza, Feldman, PNAS 2012
Background Disease or traits are largely influenced by a subset of sites Even in an omnigenic model Ancestry influences all sites on the genome Genetics tells us about both
Discussion lately, improvement, but not quite there.
Precision Medicine shares this same danger! Discussion lately, improvement, but not quite there.
Courtesy Alicia Martin, ATGU MGH
Courtesy Alicia Martin, ATGU MGH
Alicia Martin, ATGU MGH
Alicia Martin, ATGU MGH
Polygenic risks across populations Trans-ethnic polygenic risk in complex traits Simulate based on inferred population history: Gravel et al, PNAS 2011
Alicia Martin, ATGU MGH
Alicia Martin, ATGU MGH
Polygenic risks across populations Trans-ethnic polygenic risk in complex traits are unpredictably biased when ascertained in a single population Coalescent-based simulation of polygenic architecture Martin et al, AJHG 2017
Genomic prediction improves with sample size, albeit slowly… Wray et al. Nat Rev Genet 2013
Genomic prediction improves with sample size, albeit slowly… *this is for one population Wray et al. Nat Rev Genet 2013
Today Investigating common diseases in diverse populations Gaining a better understanding of architecture in complex traits New methods to leverage existing data for improved power for discovery