Faculty

Bernie J Devlin, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical and Translational Science

Contact Details

3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
 
PA
 
15213
Email
Website
Computational Genetics Program

Education & Training

PhD
Pennsylvania State University Botany

Professional Affiliations

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Member, American Society of Human Genetics
Member, Genetics Society of America
Member, International Society for Autism Research

Selected Honors & Awards

MERIT Award, National Institute of Mental Health
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Statistics, Section U

Research Interests

Genetic basis of disease and disorders; Statistical genetics; Genomics, transcriptomics & proteomics
Selected Research Publications & Products
  1. Yurko R, GSell M, Roeder K, Devlin B. A selective inference approach for FDR control using multi-omics covariates yields insights into disease risk. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117:15028-15035, 2020. PMID: 32522875
  2. Breen MS, Dobbyn A, Li Q, Roussos P, Hoffman GE, Stahl E, Chess A, Sklar P, Li JB, Devlin B, Buxbaum JD; Common Mind Consortium. Global landscape and genetic regulation of RNA editing in cortical samples from individuals with schizophrenia. Nature Neuroscience 22:1402-1412, 2019. PMID: 31455887
  3. Gaugler T, Klei L, Sanders SJ, Bodea CA, Goldberg AP, Lee AB, Mahajan M, Manaa D, Pawitan Y, Reichert J, Ripke S, Sandin S, Sklar P, Svantesson O, Reichenberg A, Hultman CM, Devlin B, Roeder K, Buxbaum JD. Most genetic risk for autism resides with common variation. Nature Genetics 46:881-885, 2014. PMID: 25038753
  4. Bodea CA, Neale BM, Ripke S; International IBD Genetics Consortium, Daly MJ, Devlin B, Roeder K. A Method to Exploit the Structure of Genetic Ancestry Space to Enhance Case-Control Studies. American Journal of Human Genetics, 98:857-868, 2016. PMID: 27087321
  5. Sanders SJ, Murtha MT, Gupta AR, Murdoch JD, Raubeson MJ, Willsey AJ, Ercan-Sencicek AG, DiLullo NM, Parikshak NN, Stein JL, Walker MF, Ober GT, Teran NA, Song Y, El-Fishawy P, Murtha R, Choi M, Overton JD, Bjornson RD, Carrierio NJ, Meyer KA, Bilguvar K, Mane SM, Sestan N, Lifton RP, Gnel M, Roeder K, Geschwind D, Devlin B, State MW. Disruptive de novo point mutations, revealed by whole-exome sequencing, are strongly associated with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Nature 485:237-241, 2012. PMID: 22495306

From the Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology: Heterogeneous Trajectories of Problematic Alcohol Use, Depressive Symptoms, and their Co-Occurrence in Young Adults with and without Childhood ADHD

Wang et al. J Abnormal Child Psychology 2020

Are individuals who experience childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) at greater risk for co-occurring problematic alcohol use and depressive symptoms in adulthood? In a recent study, researchers including Pitt Psychiatry investigators Frances Wang, PhD, Sarah Pedersen, PhD, Bernie Devlin, PhD, and Brooke Molina, PhD, examined heterogeneity among those with childhood ADHD that could be associated...

Bernie Devlin, PhD, on the Autism Sequencing Consortium’s Large-Scale Genetic Study of the Neurobiology of ASD Published in Cell

Devlin & Colleagues, Cell 2020

Bernie Devlin, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical and Translational Science, earned his PhD in botany, conducting his early research in plant biology. His postdoctoral research in genetics in plant populations ignited a career-long love for statistical modeling, and today he is an internationally recognized expert in building statistical models to understand the genetic epidemiology of simple and complex...

The Department of Psychiatry’s 19th Annual Research Day: A Day to Teach, Learn and Be Inspired

2019 Pitt Psychiatry Research Day

The 19th annual Department of Psychiatry Research Day on June 13, 2019 was our biggest yet! For the 505 faculty, postdoctoral students, residents, graduate students and staff who attended, the morning poster session and afternoon program offered a stimulating day of research and career development that was equal parts enlightenment, inspiration, fun and, at times, surprise. The morning session featured 140 posters...

Publications by Department of Psychiatry Faculty Rank Among the Top 1% of Cited Works in 2018

2018 Highly Cited Psychiatry Researchers

Pictured above (left to right): Drs. William Klunk, David Lewis, Mary Phillips, Boris Birmaher, and Bernie Devlin The Department of Psychiatry is proud to announce that five current members of the faculty have been named Highly Cited Researchers for 2018: Boris Birmaher, MD; Bernie J. Devlin, PhD; William E. Klunk, MD, PhD; David A. Lewis, MD; and Mary L. Phillips, MD. Distinguished Emeritus Professor David J...