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Sarah Gagliano Taliun

Computational genomics of complex traits

Professeure sous octroi adjointe

Faculté de médecine - Département de médecine

sarah.gagliano-taliun@umontreal.ca

Professeure sous octroi adjointe

Faculté de médecine - Département de neurosciences

Secondary number: 514 376-3330 #3213 (Travail 1)
Secondary email: sarah.gagliano@icm-mhi.org (Travail)

Profile

Research expertise

Our group uses state-of-the-art computational and bioinformatics approaches, including machine-learning techniques, to understand the genetic factors contributing to complex traits and common diseases in humans, including neurodegenerative diseases. 

Awards and recognitions

  • Precision Health Scholar Award, Université du Michigan, 2019-2020
  • Bourse postdoctorale, Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, 2017-2018
  • Bourse internationale en neurosciences de Weston Brain Institute, 2016

education

  • 2012 — H.BSc — Biochimie, GénétiqueUniversité de Toronto
  • 2020 — Stage de formation postdoctoral — Épidémiologie et biostatistiqueUniversité du Michigan
  • 2016 — Ph.D — Sciences biomédicalesUniversité de Toronto

Affiliations and responsabilities

Professional titles and affiliations

Titles: corporations and professional organizations

American Society of Human Genetics

International Genetic Epidemiology Society

Teaching and supervision Currently recruiting

Recruitment in research Currently recruiting

The development of predictive models for personalized medicine in cardiovascular and neurological health – M.Sc./Ph.D/PostDoc 

Montreal Heart Institute 

Principal Investigator :  Sarah A Gagliano Taliun, Ph.D
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine - Université de Montréal

Starting date : Immediate

Project description 

The newly formed group of Dr. Gagliano Taliun uses state-of-the-art computational and bioinformatics approaches, including machine-learning techniques, to understand the genetic factors contributing to complex traits and common diseases in humans, specifically cardiovascular or neurological diseases. The official language of the Université de Montréal is French, but the lab operates in English. 

Requested profile 

  • Ambitious and highly motivated 
  • University degree in genetics, biology, biochemistry, bioinformatics or computer science 
  • Strong background and interest in genetics 
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills 

How to apply 

Interested candidates are invited to submit their application before December 31, 2020 by e‐mail to sarah <dot> gagliano <at> icm-mhi.orgincluding:

  • CV
  • Cover letter
  • Transcripts
  • Names and contact information for 2 references 

Lab & Publications Information sgagliano.github.io/

About the Research Center 

Affiliated with Université de Montréal, the MHI is the flagship of cardiovascular medicine in Quebec, a recognized research leader in Canada and around the world, and a true spearhead in cutting-edge cardiovascular medicine. In concrete terms, the Research Centre represents over 350 scientific articles published each year, over 80 basic researchers and clinician researchers, for an equivalent of over 48 full-time researchers. In addition to, cutting-edge technological research infrastructure, the Montreal Health Innovations Coordinating Center, which works with 2,500 clinical sites in 20 countries on 4 continents, a Biobank, which contains samples from a cohort of over 20,000 patients (target of 30,000 patients) who have been fully phenotyped, an annual budget of over $50 million, unrivalled leadership and a key centre for the coordination of national and international research. 

Projects

Research projects

2022 - 2028

Precision medicine study of type 2 diabetes in the COLCOT-T2D trial

Funding sources: IRSC/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-Subvention d'équipe
2022 - 2028

Precision medicine study of treatment options in type 2 diabetes patients without cardiovascular disease

Lead researcher : Marie-Pierre Dubé
Co-researchers : Jean-Claude Tardif , Simon de Denus , Louis Bherer , Julie Hussin , Sarah Gagliano Taliun , André Carpentier
Funding sources: IRSC/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-(PJT) Subvention Projet
2022 - 2028

Study of sex-specific biological factors underlying cognitive function and cardiovascular outcomes

Lead researcher : Marie-Pierre Dubé
Co-researchers : Jean-Claude Tardif , Simon de Denus , Louis Bherer , Joëlle Rouleau , Julie Hussin , Sarah Gagliano Taliun
Funding sources: IRSC/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-(PJT) Subvention Projet
2022 - 2027

Precision medicine study of type 2 diabetes in the COLCOT-T2D trial

Lead researcher : Marie-Pierre Dubé
Funding sources: FRQS/Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé (FRSQ)
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-Subventions de recherche en partenariat
2020 - 2024

Le développement des modèles prédictifs qui sont spécifiques au sexe pour la médecine personnalisée en santé cardiovasculaire

Lead researcher : Sarah Gagliano Taliun
Funding sources: FRQS/Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé (FRSQ)
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-Établissement de jeunes chercheurs Juniors 1
2020 - 2024

Le développement des modèles prédictifs qui sont spécifiques au sexe pour la médecine personnalisée en santé cardiovasculaire

Lead researcher : Sarah Gagliano Taliun
Funding sources: FRQS/Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé (FRSQ)
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-Bourse de chercheur-boursier : Junior 1
2020 - 2022

Le développement des modèles prédictifs qui sont spécifiques au sexe pour la médecine personnalisée en santé cardiovasculaire

Lead researcher : Sarah Gagliano Taliun
Funding sources: FRQS/Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé (FRSQ)
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-Crédits de relance économique – Soutien chercheurs et chercheuses
2020 - 2021

FICM Fonds de démarrage

Lead researcher : Sarah Gagliano Taliun
Funding sources: Fondation de l'Institut de cardiologie de Montréal
Grant programs:

Outreach

Publications and presentations

Publications

Publications sélectionnées/Selected Publications
* Co-first author    Co-senior author   _____ Membre de mon groupe de recherche/Member of my research group

Y. ZhaoS.A. Gagliano Taliun (2022) Lipid-lowering drug targets and Parkinson's disease: A sex-specific Mendelian randomization study. Front Neurol. 13:940118. PMID: 36119674

S.A. Gagliano Taliun & D.M. Evans. (2021) Ten simple rules for conducting a Mendelian randomization study. PLoS Computational Biology. 17(8): e1009238. PMID: 34383747

D. Taliun*, D.N. Harris*, M.D. Kessler*, J. Carlson*, Z.A. Szpiech*, R. Torres*, S.A. Gagliano Taliun*, A. Corvelo*, [...] ~100 middle authors [...], C.C. Laurie, C.E. Jaquish, R.D. Hernandez, T.D. O'Connor, G.R. Abecasis. (2021) Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program. Nature. 590:290-299. PMID: 33568819

S.A. Gagliano Taliun*, P. VandeHaar*, A.P. Boughton, R.P. Welch, D. Taliun, E.M. Schmidt, W. Zhou, J.B. Nielsen, C.J. Willer, S. Lee, L.G. Fritsche, M. Boehnke, G.R. Abecasis (2020) Exploring and visualizing large-scale genetic associations using PheWeb. Nature Genetics. 52:550–552. PMID: 32504056

W. Zhou*, Z. Zhao*, J.B. Nielsen, L.G. Fritsche, J. LeFaive, S.A. Gagliano Taliun, W. Bi, M.J. Daly, B.M. Neale, K. Hveem, G.R. Abecasis, C.J. Willer, S. Lee. (2020) Scalable generalized linear mixed model for region-based association tests in large biobanks and cohorts. Nature Genetics. 52:634–639. PMID: 32424355

R.H. Reynolds, J. Hardy, M. RytenS.A. Gagliano Taliun (2019) Informing disease modelling with brain-relevant functional genomic annotations. Brain. 0:1-19. PMID: 31603214

D. Dutta, S.A. Gagliano Taliun, J. Weinstock, M. Zawistowski, C. Sidore, F. Cucca, D. Schlessinger, G. Abecasis, C. Brummett, S. Lee. (2019) Meta-MultiSKAT: Multiple phenotype meta-analysis for region-based association test. Genetic Epidemiology. 43(7):800-814. PMID: 31433078

R.H. Reynolds, J.A. Botía, M.A. Nalls, International Parkinson’s Disease Genomics Consortium (IPDGC), J. Hardy, S.A. Gagliano Taliun, M. Ryten (2019) Moving beyond neurons: the role of cell type-specific gene regulation in Parkinson’s disease heritability. 5:6. NPJ Parkinsons Disease. PMID: 31016231

S.A. Gagliano, S. Sengupta, C. Sidore, A. Maschio, F. Cucca, D. Schlessinger, G.R Abecasis (2018) Relative impact of indels versus SNPs on complex disease. Genetic Epidemiology. 43(1):112-117. PMID: 30565766

W. Zhou, J.B. Nielsen, L.G. Fritsche, R. Dey, M.B. Elvestad, B.N. Wolford, J. LeFaive, P. VandeHaar, S.A. Gagliano, A. Gifford, L.A. Bastarache, W-Q. Wei, J.C. Denny, M. Lin, K. Hveem, H.M. Kang, G.R. Abecasis, C.J. Willer, S. Lee (2018) Efficiently controlling for case-control imbalance and sample relatedness in large-scale genetic association studies. Nature Genetics. 50(9):1335-1341. PMID: 30104761

S.A. Gagliano, J. G. Pouget, J. Hardy, J. Knight, M.R. Barnes, M. Ryten, M.E. Weale (2016) Genomics implicates adaptive and innate immunity in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 3(12):924-933. PMID: 28097204

S.A. Gagliano, C. Ptak, D.Y.F. Mak, M. Shamsi, G. Oh, J. Knight, P.C. Boutros, A. Petronis (2016) Allele-skewed DNA modification in the brain: relevance to schizophrenia GWAS. American Journal of Human Genetics. 98(5):956-962. PMID: 27087318

Communications

S.A. Gagliano Taliun (2022)Science communication with a French twist. Nature. 10.1038/d41586-022-01715-x. PMID: 35725825
S.A. Gagliano Taliun(2019) Teaching at the university-level is not a hassle. Nature. 574(7777): 285. PMID: 31591538

Disciplines

  • Genetics
  • Bioinformatics
  • Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Areas of expertise

  • Complex Trait Genetics
  • Genomics
  • Genetics of Neurological and Psychiatric Diseases
  • Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Neurological Diseases