Duke Institute for Brain Sciences

Dr. Ashley-Koch is a genetic epidemiologist interested in determining the genetic basis of neuropsychiatric and neurological disorders. She uses linkage and association analysis, as well as mutation analysis to identify common and rare variants that are associated with conditions such as ADHD, autism, bipolar disease, Chiari malformations, essential tremor, neural tube defects, schizophrenia, and trichotillomania.

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Duke University Medical Center, 1998-2001

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1997-1998

Ph.D., Emory University, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 1997

Kollins SH, Anastopoulos AD, Lachiewicz AM, Fitzgerald D, Morrissey-Kane E, Garrett ME, Keatts SL, Ashley-Koch AE. SNPs in dopamine D2 receptor gene (DRD2) and norepinephrine transporter gene (NET) are associated with continuous performance task (CPT) phenotypes in ADHD children and their families. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2008 Sep 26. [Epub ahead of print].

Deak KL, Siegel DG, George TM, Gregory S, Ashley-Koch A, Speer MC; NTD Collaborative Group. Further evidence for a maternal genetic effect and a sex-influenced effect contributing to risk for human neural tube defects. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2008 Oct;82(10):662-9.

Fuemmeler BF, Agurs-Collins TD, McClernon FJ, Kollins SH, Kail ME, Bergen AW, Ashley-Koch AE. Genes implicated in serotonergic and dopaminergic functioning predict BMI categories. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2008 Feb;16(2):348-55.