Peristera Paschou

Title:

Professor of Biological Sciences

PhD Granting Institution:

Purdue, Biological Sciences

Contact:

Email Address: ppaschou@purdue.edu
Office Phone: 765-494-4600
Lab Website Link: https://www.bio.purdue.edu/lab/paschou/index.html

Primary Training Group:

Computational and Systems Biology

Secondary Training Groups:

Integrative Neuroscience

Research Areas:

- Genetics of complex traits - Neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders - Tourette Syndrome - Neuroimaging genetics - Population genetics and genetic epidemiology

Current Projects:

The Paschou lab works at the intersection of Data Science and genomics research. We study human genetic variation around the world aiming to understand the cause of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders as well as the factors that have shaped human population structure. We have a special focus on neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood and analyze large scale genomic data in order to identify genes that lead to symptom onset. As part of the ENIGMA consortium, we also analyze brain neuroimaging and genetic data, investigating brain structure and function in disease.