Robbee Wedow
 |
Contact Information Email: rwedow@purdue.edu Office: 333A STON Map Homepage: Homepage |
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Data Science PubMed Listing  Google Scholar Listing  View Vita
|
Pillars of Interdisciplinary Research Excellence
Enhancing Biological and Physical Function in Later Life; Preserving Cognitive Function, Social Contexts and Policy for Optimal Aging
Education
PhD University of Colorado Boulder 2018
Research Interests
Population health inequalities; gene-environment interactions; scientific knowledge; social demography; statistical genetics; Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Related Dementias
Teaching Interests
Computational methods; genetics; health
Grants
2024 - National Institutes of Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
2023 - Purdue University Health & Life Sciences Faculty Summit Grant
2021 - National Science Foundation
2020 - National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging
Selected Publications
Christa Ventresca, Daphne Martschenko, Robbee Wedow, Mete Civelek, James Tabery, Jedidiah Carlson, Stephen CJ Parker, Paula S Ramos. 2024. "The Methodological and Ethical Concerns of Genetic Studies of Same-Sex Sexual Behavior." The American Journal of Human Genetics. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2024.08.007.
Carey, Caitlin, Rebecca Shafee, Robbee Wedow, u2026, Benjamin Neale, Raymond Walters, and Elise Robinson. 2024. "Principled Distillation of UK Biobank Phenotype Data Reveals Underlying Structure in Human Variation." Nature Human Behavior. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01909-5.
Lippert, Adam M., Daniel J. Corsi, Rockli Kim, Robbee Wedow, Jinho Kim, Beza Taddess, and S. V. Subramanian. 2024. "Polygenic and Socioeconomic Contributions to Nicotine Use and Cardiometabolic Health in Early Mid-Life." Nicotine & Tobacco Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntae146.
Mignogna, Gianmarco, Caitlin Carey, Robbee Wedow, Nikolas Baya, Mattia Cordioli, Nicola Pirastu, Rino Bellocco, Kathryn Malerbi, Michel Nivard, Benjamin Neale, Raymond Walters, and Andrea Ganna. 2023. "Patterns of Item Nonresponse Behavior to Survey Questionnaires are Systematic and Associated with Genetic Loci." Nature Human Behavior. 7(8), 1371-1387. DOI: 10.1038/s41562-023-01632-7.
Atteberry, Allison, Robbee Wedow, Nathan J. Cook, and Andrew McEachin. 2022. "A Replication of a Quasi-Experimental Approach to Estimating Middle School Structural Transition Effects on Student Learning Trajectories." Educational Policy. 36(7), 1612-1651. DOI: 10.1177/0895904820987797.
Kim, Rockli, Adam M. Lippert, Robbee Wedow, Marcia P. Jimenez, and S. V. Subramanian. 2020. "The Relative Contributions of Socioeconomic and Genetic Factors to Variations in Body Mass Index Among Young Adults." American Journal of Epidemiology. 189(11), 1333-1341. DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwaa058.