Alice Popejoy, Ph.D.

Alice Popejoy

Assistant Professor in Residence, Med: Public Health Sciences

Dr. Popejoy's research program in public health genetics is situated at the intersections of genomics, health, data science, and the attending ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI). She is currently focused on innovation and methods development to fundamentally shift the way human populations are categorized in biomedical research, epidemiology, and precision medicine.

Education and Degree(s)
  • B.A., Hamilton College, Clinton NY 2009
  • Ph.D., Public Health Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle WA 2017
  • Cert., Statistical Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle WA 2015
Publications
  • Popejoy AB. Too many scientists still say Caucasian. Nature. 2021 Aug;596(7873):463. doi:10.1038/d41586-021-02288-x. PMID:34429539.
  • Hayes-Bautista DE, Bryant M, Yudell M, Hayes-Bautista TM, Partlow K, Popejoy AB, Burchard E, Hsu P. Office of Management and Budget Racial/Ethnic Categories in Mortality Research: A Framework for Including the Voices of Racialized Communities. Am J Public Health. 2021 Jul;111(S2):S133-S140. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2021.306361. PMID:34314200.
  • Popejoy AB. Truth and Reconciliation of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: A Case Study of COVID-19. Am J Bioeth. 2021 Mar;21(3):79-83. doi:10.1080/15265161.2020.1871116. PMID:33616495.
  • Popejoy AB. Diversity In Precision Medicine And Pharmacogenetics: Methodological And Conceptual Considerations For Broadening Participation. Pharmgenomics Pers Med. 2019 Oct 14;12:257-271. doi:10.2147/PGPM.S179742. PMID:31686892.
  • Popejoy AB, Crooks KR, Fullerton SM, Hindorff LA, Hooker GW, Koenig BA, et al. Clinical Genetics Lacks Standard Definitions and Protocols for the Collection and Use of Diversity Measures. American Journal of Human Genetics. 2020;107(1):72-82. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2020.05.005.
  • Huddart R, Fohner AE, Whirl-Carrillo M, Wojcik GL, Gignoux CR, Popejoy AB, Bustamante CD, Altman RB, Klein TE. Standardized Biogeographic Grouping System for Annotating Populations in Pharmacogenetic Research. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2019 May;105(5):1256-1262. doi:10.1002/cpt.1322. Epub 2019 Jan 21. PMID:30506572.
  • Popejoy AB. Diversity In Precision Medicine And Pharmacogenetics: Methodological And Conceptual Considerations For Broadening Participation. Pharmgenomics Pers Med. 2019 Oct 14;12:257-271. doi:10.2147/PGPM.S179742. PMID:31686892.
  • Peterson RE, Kuchenbaecker K, Walters RK, Chen CY, Popejoy AB, Periyasamy S, Lam M, Iyegbe C, Strawbridge RJ, Brick L, Carey CE, Martin AR, Meyers JL, Su J, Chen J, Edwards AC, Kalungi A, Koen N, Majara L, Schwarz E, Smoller JW, Stahl EA, Sullivan PF, Vassos E, Mowry B, Prieto ML, Cuellar-Barboza A, Bigdeli TB, Edenberg HJ, Huang H, Duncan LE. Genome-wide Association Studies in Ancestrally Diverse Populations: Opportunities, Methods, Pitfalls, and Recommendations. Cell. 2019 Oct 17;179(3):589-603. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2019.08.051. Epub 2019 Oct 10. PMID:31607513.
  • Popejoy AB, Ritter DI, Crooks K, Currey E, Fullerton SM, Hindorff LA, Koenig B, Ramos EM, Sorokin EP, Wand H, Wright MW, Zou J, Gignoux CR, Bonham VL, Plon SE, Bustamante CD; Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen) Ancestry and Diversity Working Group (ADWG). The clinical imperative for inclusivity: Race, ethnicity, and ancestry (REA) in genomics. Hum Mutat. 2018 Nov;39(11):1713-1720. doi:10.1002/humu.23644. PMID:30311373.