Investigators and Program Directors

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• Elbaz A, Nelson L, Payami H, Ioannidis JI, Fiske BK for the International Collaboration of Global Genetic Consortia. Lack of replication of thirteen single-nucleotide polymorphisms implicated in Parkinson's disease: a large-scale international study. Lancet Neurology 2006 Nov; 5(11):917-23
• Kay D, Zabetian CP, Factor SA, Nutt JG, Samii A, Bird T, Kramer P, HigginsD, Payami H. Parkinson's Disease and LRRK2: Frequency of a Common Mutation in U.S. Movement Disorder Clinics 2006 Apr; 21(4):519-23
• Kay D, Bird T, Zabetian CZ, Factor SA, Samii A, Higgins DS, Nutt JG, Roberts J, Griffith A, Leis BC, Montimurro J, Philpott S, Payami, H. Validity and Utility of a LRRK2 G2019S Mutation Test for the Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease. Genet Test. 2006 Fall; 10(3):221-7
• Zabetian CP, Hutter CM, Yearout D, Lopez AN, Factor SA, Griffith A, Leis BC, Bird TD, Nutt JG, Higgins DS, Roberts JW, Kay DM, Edwards KL, Samii A, Payami H. LRRK2 G2019S in Families with Parkinson's Disease Originating from Europe and the Middle East: Evidence for Two Distinct Founding Events Beginning Two Millennia Ago. Am J Hum Genet. 2006 Oct; 79(4):752-8
• Payami H, Zhu M, Montimurro J, Keefe R, McCulloch CC, Moses L. One step closer to fixing association studies: evidence for age- and gender-specific allele frequency variations and deviations from Hardy-Weinberg expectations in controls. Hum Genet. 2005 Sep 28;:1-9
• Zareparsi S, James DM, Kaye, JA, Bird TD, Schellenberg GD, Payami H. HLA-A2 homozygosity but not heterozygosity is associated with Alzheimer's disease. Neurology 58:973-975, 2002.
• Zareparsi S, Camicioli R, Sexton G, Bird T, Swanson P, Kaye J, Nutt J, Payami H. Analysis of onset age of Parkinson's disease: Apolipoprotein E genotypes. Am J Med Genet 107:156-161, 2002.
• Gonzales McNeal M, Zareparsi S, Camicioli R, Dame A, Howeison D, Quinn J, Ball M, Kaye J, Payami H. Predictors of healthy brain aging. J Gerontol, 56A:B294-B301, 2001.
• Payami H, Zareparsi S, Montee K, Sexton G, Kaye J, Bird T, Yu C, Wijsman E, Heston L, Schellenberg G. Gender difference in Apolipoprotein E-associated risk for familial Alzheimer's disease: A clue to the higher incidence of AD in women. Am J Hum Genet, 58:803-811, 1996.
• Payami H, Montee K, Kaye J. Evidence for familial factors that protect against dementia and outweigh the effect of increasing age. Am J Hum Genet 54:650-657, 1994.

Contact Information

E-mail: hpayami@wadsworth.org.