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Hire Dr. Nancy W.
United States
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Variant Curation Scientist | PhD Neuroscience | Genetics Expert in Clinical, Academic, and Industry Settings

Profile Summary
Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing Technical Writing
Research Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review
Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting
Work Experience

Curation Scientist

Fulgent Genetics

August 2023 - Present

Postdoctoral Research fellow

Mayo Clinic

May 2021 - July 2023

Graduate Research Assistant

University of Utah

September 2014 - May 2020

Education

Neuroscience

University of Utah

September 2014 - May 2020

University of Utah

2014 - 2020

Johns Hopkins University

2007 - 2011

Certifications

  • Higher Ed Teaching Specialist

    University of Utah

    January 2026 - Present

Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Nancy William, Birk M&#246;ller, Lena-Luise Becker, Afshin Saffari, Alexandra Afenjar, Emanuele G Coci, Rachel Williamson, Catherine Ward-Melver, Marc Gibaud, Lucie Sedl&#225;čkov&#225;, et al. (2024). The expanding clinical and genetic spectrum of <i>DYNC1H1</i>-related disorders . Brain.
Sajan SA, Gradisch R, Vogel FD, Coffey AJ, Salyakina D, Soler D, Jayakar P, Jayakar A, Bianconi SE, Cooper AH, et al. (2024). De novo variants in GABRA4 are associated with a neurological phenotype including developmental delay, behavioral abnormalities and epilepsy . European journal of human genetics : EJHG.
Nancy William, Carsten Reissner, Robert Sargent, Todd M. Darlington, Emily DiBlasi, Qingqin S. Li, Brooks Keeshin, William B. Callor, Elliott Ferris, Leslie Jerominski, et al. (2021). Neurexin 1 variants as risk factors for suicide death . Molecular Psychiatry.
DiBlasi E, Shabalin AA, Monson ET, Keeshin BR, Bakian AV, Kirby AV, Ferris E, Chen D, William N, Gaj E, et al. (2021). Rare protein-coding variants implicate genes involved in risk of suicide death . American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics.
Nancy William, Hilary Coon, Todd M. Darlington, Emily DiBlasi, W. Brandon Callor, Elliott Ferris, Alison Fraser, Zhe Yu, Sujan C. Das, Sheila E. Crowell, et al.(2020). Genome-wide significant regions in 43 Utah high-risk families implicate multiple genes involved in risk for completed suicide . Molecular Psychiatry. 25. (11). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 3077--3090. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}
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Nancy William, Daniel J Howrigan, Todd M Darlington(2018). Complex Multifactorial Genetic Diseases . eLS. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 1--11. Wiley