R. Arlen Price
Professor of Psychiatry
Department: Psychiatry
Contact information
Center for Neurobiology and Behavior
Translational Research Laboratories
125 South 31st Street
Room 2201
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Translational Research Laboratories
125 South 31st Street
Room 2201
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2158982014
Fax: 2155732041
Fax: 2155732041
Email:
ARLEN@EXCHANGE.UPENN.EDU
ARLEN@EXCHANGE.UPENN.EDU
Publications
Links
Search PubMed for articles
Department of Psychiatry faculty webpage.
Center for Neurobiology and Behavior
Search PubMed for articles
Department of Psychiatry faculty webpage.
Center for Neurobiology and Behavior
Education:
B.S. ( Psychology)
Georgia State University, 1972.
M.A. ( Social Psychology)
Georgia State University, 1974.
M.A. (Biological Psychology)
University of Colorado, Boulder , 1977.
Ph.D. (Psychology: Behavioral Genetics)
University of Colorado at Boulder, 1980.
Postdoc (Population Genetics)
Stanford University, 1982.
Postdoc (Human Genetics)
Yale University, 1984.
B.S. ( Psychology)
Georgia State University, 1972.
M.A. ( Social Psychology)
Georgia State University, 1974.
M.A. (Biological Psychology)
University of Colorado, Boulder , 1977.
Ph.D. (Psychology: Behavioral Genetics)
University of Colorado at Boulder, 1980.
Postdoc (Population Genetics)
Stanford University, 1982.
Postdoc (Human Genetics)
Yale University, 1984.
Post-Graduate Training
NIH Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Genetics (Population Genetics: L.L. Cavalli-Sforza, Advisor), Stanford University, 1980-1982.
Tourette Syndrome Association Fellow, Department of Human Genetics (Human Genetics: Kenneth K. Kidd, Advisor), Yale University, 1982-1983.
NIMH Postdoctoral Fellow, Departments of Human Genetics and Psychiatry (Psychiatric Epidemiology: Kenneth K. Kidd and Myrna M. Weissman, Advisors), Yale University, 1982-1982.
Permanent linkNIH Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Genetics (Population Genetics: L.L. Cavalli-Sforza, Advisor), Stanford University, 1980-1982.
Tourette Syndrome Association Fellow, Department of Human Genetics (Human Genetics: Kenneth K. Kidd, Advisor), Yale University, 1982-1983.
NIMH Postdoctoral Fellow, Departments of Human Genetics and Psychiatry (Psychiatric Epidemiology: Kenneth K. Kidd and Myrna M. Weissman, Advisors), Yale University, 1982-1982.
Description of Research Expertise
Genetics of Complex Traits, Genetics of Obesity, Behavioral Genetics, Genetic EpidemiologySelected Publications
Wang, K, Li, W-D, Glessner, JT, Grant, SFA, Hakonarson, H, Price, RA: Large copy number variations are enriched in cases with moderate to extreme obesity Diabetes 59(10): 2690-2694, October 2010.Price, RA, Li, W-D, Zhao, H: FTO gene SNPs associated with obesity in cases, controls and extremely discordant sister pairs. BMC Medical Genetics 9: 4, January 2008.
Saunders CL, Chiodini B, Sham P, Lewis CM, Collier DA and the BMI-GSMA consortium: Abkevich V, Adeyemo AA, de Andrade M, Arya R, Berenson GS, Blangero J, Borecki IB, Chagnon YC, Chen W, Comuzzie AG, Deng H-W, Duggirala R, Feitosa MF, Froguel P, Hanson RL, Hebebrand J, Huezo-Dias P, Kissebah AH, Li W-D, Luke A, Martin L, Nash M, Öhman M, Palmer LJ, Peltonen L, Perola M, Price RA, Srinivasan SR, Stern MP, Stone SV, Wijmenga C, Wu X: Meta-analysis of genome-wide linkage studies in body mass index and obesity. Obesity 15(9): 2263-2275, Sep 2007.
Dong C., Li WD., Li D., Price RA: Extreme obesity is associated with attempted suicides: results from a family study. International Journal of Obesity 30(2): 388-90, Feb 2006.
Dong C., Li WD., Geller F., Lei L., Li D., Gorlova OY., Hebebrand J., Amos CI., Nicholls RD., Price RA: Possible genomic imprinting of three human obesity-related genetic loci. American Journal of Human Genetics 76(3): 427-37, Mar 2005.
Malhotra A., Coon H., Feitosa MF., Li WD., North KE., Price RA., Bouchard C., Hunt SC., Wolford JK., The American Diabetes Association GENNID Study Group: Meta-analysis of genome-wide linkage studies for quantitative lipid traits in African Americans. Human Molecular Genetics 14(24): 3955-62, Dec 15 2005.
Kai Wang, Wei-Dong Li, Clarence K. Zhang, Zuoheng Wang, Joseph T Glessner, Struan F.A. Grant, Hongyu Zhao, Hakon Hakonarson, R. Arlen Price: A genome-wide association study on obesity and obesity-related traits. Public Library of Science One Page: e published, April 2011.

