Research Interests
Keywords: psychiatric genetics, statistical genetics, genomics, structural variation
Dr Jin Szatkiewicz is Associate Professor in the Department of Genetics and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She received BS and MA in biochemistry and molecular biology, PhD in biostatistics, and completed post-doctoral training in statistical genetics and psychiatric genomics.
Dr. Szatkiewicz’s research involves both statistical genetics and psychiatric genomics. She is the principal investigator of NIH K01, R21, and R01 grants focusing on understanding how copy number variation impacts schizophrenia. She has extensive experience in both developing statistical methods and software tools designed to quantify genetic hypotheses and applying these methods to solve real-world problems in psychiatry. Dr Szatkiewicz is an active member of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, the Swedish Schizophrenia Study, and the Genetic Consortium of Anorexia Nervosa.
Mentor Training:
- Bias 101
Publications
Jin Szatkiewicz in UNC Genetics News
May 13, 2024
Dr. Jin Szatkiewicz Awarded New R01 from NIMH
Jin Szatkiewicz, PhD (Associate Professor, Department of Genetics) was awarded a four-year R01 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) for her project titled “Integrating developmental and genomic approaches to identify early trajectories of eating and internalizing disorder symptoms”.
August 28, 2023
Department of Genetics Publications for August 13th – 26th, 2023
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 11 papers during August 13th - 26th 2023.
May 7, 2023
Department of Genetics Publications for April 23rd – May 6th, 2023
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 11 papers during April 23rd – May 6th, 2023.
December 5, 2022
Department of Genetics Publications for November 20th – December 3rd, 2022
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 12 papers during November 20th – December 3rd, 2022.
December 1, 2022
Scientists Link Rare Genetics Phenomenon to Neuron Function, Schizophrenia
Led by Jin Szatkiewicz, PhD, UNC School of Medicine researchers and University of Toronto colleagues found that a rare form of a common genetic variant called tandem repeats is strongly associated with the development of schizophrenia.
November 20, 2022
Department of Genetics Publications for November 6th – 19th, 2022
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 11 papers during November 6th – 19th, 2022.
March 28, 2022
Department of Genetics Publications March 13th – 26th, 2022
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 11 papers during March 13th – 26th 2022.
July 24, 2021
Department of Genetics Publications for July 11th – July 24th, 2021
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 12 papers during July 11th - July 24th, 2021.
October 19, 2020
Department of Genetics Publications for October 4-10, 2020
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published seven papers during October 4-10, 2020.
September 21, 2020
Department of Genetics Publications for September 6-19, 2020
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published nine papers during September 6-19, 2020.