ASHG 2026 · Tier 1 Academic

University of Pittsburgh at ASHG 2026

Name: ASHG 2026 Annual Meeting
Start: 2026-10-20
End: 2026-10-24
Location: Montréal

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

University of Pittsburgh at ASHG 2026 in Montréal: 7 presentations (6 posters, 1 featured symposium); 4 research groups.

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Organization	ASHG 2026 Attendance
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	3 PhD Students · 2 PIs
Obesity, Lifestyle and Genetic Adaptations (OLaGA) Study Groupolaga.org Wet + dry lab~35 people Studies obesity and cardiometabolic disease using genetics, longitudinal epidemiology, biospecimens, Soifua Manuia GWAS and TOPMed whole-genome sequencing. Focuses on Samoan and Pacific Island populations. 28 papers since 2024 › Sequencing in over 50,000 cases identifies coding and structural variation underlying atrial fibrillation risk Nature Genetics, 2025 A statistical framework for multi-trait rare variant analysis in large-scale whole-genome sequencing studies Nature Computational Science, 2025 Whole-genome sequencing in 333,100 individuals reveals rare non-coding single variant and aggregate associations with height Nature Communications, 2024 Source: OpenAlex author A5066625846 Funded by US Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), NIH +5 more › US Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) · active “Supported by the US Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)” NIH, F31 · active “Her NIH F31-supported research describes the prevalence of, and risk factors associated with obesity, diabetes, and hypertension” NIH, F30 · active “Her NIH F30-funded work has explored the associations of age at menarche with cardiometabolic risk” +4 more on the lab page Source: lab pages 8 platforms and techniques › Analyzes Soifua Manuia Genome Wide Association Study (2010), TOPMed Whole-Genome Sequencing Program Techniques Genome-wide association studies, Polygenic risk score analysis, Human-induced pluripotent stem-cell models, Murine models, Metabolic phenotyping of genetically engineered rodent models, Human biospecimens Source: lab pages Currently hiring › “A postdoctoral associate position in Statistical/Computational Genetics is available in the OLaGA@Pitt lab” Source: lab positions page	Poster Wed Oct 21 2:30 pm Genetic colocalization of blood lipid loci with adipose gene expression in Samoans Complex Traits and Polygenic Disorders Collaborators: The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center +6 more Expression quantitative trait lociGenome-wide association studyPopulation geneticsGene regulation Poster Fri Oct 23 2:30 pm Clinically actionable structural variant in the haptoglobin gene can be accurately imputed into WGS data using a 1000 Genomes reference panel Pharmacogenomics Collaborators: University of Cincinnati, Brown University +3 more Copy number/structural variationPharmacogenomicsPrecision medicineDiabetes Poster Fri Oct 23 2:30 pm Effects of a CREBRF missense variant on gene expression and cell type composition in adipose tissue of Samoan adults without type 2 diabetes Molecular Effects of Genetic Variation Collaborators: Southwestern Medical Center, University of California, Los Angeles +6 more Expression quantitative trait lociRNA-seqTranscriptomePopulation genetics
Center for Systems Immunologyimmunology.pitt.edu/research/center-systems-immunology Wet + dry lab~9 people Applies a novel single-cell spatial sequencing platform, XYZeq. Harnesses systems-level understanding to rationally enhance vaccine responses and design new therapeutic modalities for immune disorders. 50 papers since 2024 › Deciphering the impact of genomic variation on function Nature, 2024 An immunophenotype-coupled transcriptomic atlas of human hematopoietic progenitors Nature Immunology, 2024 Temporal dynamics and genomic programming of plasma cell fates Nature Immunology, 2024 Source: OpenAlex author A5013869141 Funded by NIAID, National Cancer Institute › National Cancer Institute, R01: Lifestyle as an Adjuvant to Cancer Immunotherapy · 2026- The NIH's standard multi-year research project grant. ““received an R01 grant from the National Cancer Institute”; “Co-investigators are Amanda Poholek, Jishnu Das, and Youjin Lee.”” NIAID, New Innovator DP2 Award · active ““We were fortunate to recently receive a NIAID New Innovators DP2 Award.”” Source: lab pages 11 platforms and techniques › Runs XYZeq, single-cell RNA sequencing, spatial transcriptomics Techniques CRISPR/Cas9, CRISPR screens, forward genetics, CAR T cells, synthetic biology, machine learning, computational modeling, human primary T cells and animal models Source: lab pages No openings posted	Symposium Fri Oct 23 8:15 am Introduction The IGVF Consortium: Deciphering the Impact of Genomic Variation on Genome Function
Genomics of Patient Outcomes HUBnursing.pitt.edu/research/nursing-research-scholarship-hubs/genomics-patient-outcomes Wet + dry lab~2 people Uses in-house molecular genomics laboratories and transcriptomics, proteomics and epigenomics to study patient outcomes. Targets symptoms, recovery, intervention response and cognitive decline. 71 papers since 2024 › Impact of Multimorbidity on Symptom Burden and Symptom Clusters in Patients Receiving Chemotherapy Cancer Medicine, 2025 Effects of aerobic exercise on neurocognitive function in postmenopausal women receiving endocrine therapy for breast cancer: The Exercise Program in Cancer and Cognition randomized controlled trial Psycho-Oncology, 2024 The National Cancer Institute clinical trials planning meeting to address gaps in observational and intervention trials for cancer-related cognitive impairment JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2024 Source: OpenAlex author A5016803157 Funded by National Institutes of Health › National Institutes of Health, Targeted Research and Academic Training for Nurses in Genomics (T32NR009759) · active “director of an NIH funded training program titled “Targeted Research and Academic Training for Nurses in Genomics” (T32NR009759)” Source: lab pages 6 platforms and techniques › Techniques molecular genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, epigenomics, R programming, statistical methods Source: lab pages No openings posted	Poster Wed Oct 21 2:30 pm Probe-First Iterative Quality Control Reduces Excessive Sample Exclusion in Infinium MethylationEPIC v2.0 Data Epigenomics MethylationMicroarraysBioinformaticsMethodology
Koldamova-Lefterov Labkoldamovalefterovlab.pitt.edu Wet + dry lab~7 people Studies Alzheimer’s disease in APP and APOE mouse models using RNA-sequencing, transcriptomic and lipidomic data. Focus includes immune response, microglia and nuclear receptors. Funded by NIH/NIA, NIH/NIEHS +1 more › NIH/NIA · active “supported by NIH/NIA” NIH/NIEHS · active “supported by NIH/NIEHS” DoD · active “supported by NIH/NIA, NIH/NIEHS, DoD” Source: lab pages 6 platforms and techniques › Analyzes RNA-sequencing Techniques WGCNA, SCENIC, Seurat, GSEA, APP mouse models Source: lab pages No openings posted	Poster Wed Oct 21 2:30 pm Understanding dysregulation of peripheral immunity in Alzheimer's disease with multiome profiling Complex Traits and Polygenic Disorders Alzheimer’s diseaseBioinformaticsEpigenetics
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