Symposium Speaker: Erin M. Ramos, PhD, MPH

Dr. Erin M. Ramos is an epidemiologist in the Division of Genomic Medicine, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). She manages a portfolio of research in population genomics including a collaborative project to develop a set of standardized phenotypic and exposure measures for use in genome-wide association studies and related research (PhenX).  She also manages the Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen), which aims to collect phenotypic and clinical information on variants across the genome, develop a consensus approach to identify clinically relevant genetic variants, and disseminate information about the variants to researchers and clinicians.  Dr. Ramos previously served as the chair of the Data Access Committee (DAC) for the Genetic Association Information Network (GAIN) and as a member of NHGRI's DAC.

Dr. Ramos received her MPH and PhD in the multidisciplinary field of public health genetics from the University of Washington where her research focused on the genetic epidemiology of Alzheimer's disease and the ethical, legal, and social implications that surround genomics research.  Her current research interests include the genetic epidemiology of dementia; genome-wide association studies and gene-environment interactions in complex disease; and Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) research, including informed consent for large-scale genomic studies.

Recent Publications

  1. Pottier, C, Küçükali, F, Baker, M, Batzler, A, Jenkins, GD, van Blitterswijk, M, Vicente, CT, De Coster, W, Wynants, S, Van de Walle, P et al.. Deciphering distinct genetic risk factors for FTLD-TDP pathological subtypes via whole-genome sequencing. Nat Commun 2025; 16 (1): 3914. PubMed PMID:40280976 PubMed Central PMC12032271.
  2. Popejoy, AB, Ritter, DI, Azzariti, D, Berg, JS, Bulkley, JE, Cho, M, Gonzaga-Jauregui, C, Klein, TE, Martschenko, DO, Oni-Orisan, A et al.. Design and implementation of an action plan for justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion within the Clinical Genome Resource. Am J Hum Genet 2025; 112 (2): 215-223. PubMed PMID:39793579 PubMed Central PMC11866942.
  3. Manolio, TA, Narula, J, Rupert, A, Bult, CJ, Chisholm, RL, Ginsburg, GS, Green, ED, Hooker, G, Jarvik, GP, Mensah, GA et al.. Genomic medicine year in review: 2024. Am J Hum Genet 2024; 111 (12): 2585-2588. PubMed PMID:39642866 PubMed Central PMC11639092.
  4. Hernandez, S, Hindorff, LA, Morales, J, Ramos, EM, Manolio, TA. Patterns of pharmacogenetic variation in nine biogeographic groups. Clin Transl Sci 2024; 17 (9): e70017. PubMed PMID:39206687 PubMed Central PMC11358764.
  5. Manolio, TA, Narula, J, Bult, CJ, Chisholm, RL, Deverka, PA, Ginsburg, GS, Green, ED, Hooker, G, Jarvik, GP, Mensah, GA et al.. Genomic medicine year in review: 2023. Am J Hum Genet 2023; 110 (12): 1992-1995. PubMed PMID:38065071 PubMed Central PMC10716532.
  6. Roberts, AM, DiStefano, MT, Riggs, ER, Josephs, KS, Alkuraya, FS, Amberger, J, Amin, M, Berg, JS, Cunningham, F, Eilbeck, K et al.. Toward robust clinical genome interpretation: Developing a consistent terminology to characterize Mendelian disease-gene relationships-allelic requirement, inheritance modes, and disease mechanisms. Genet Med 2024; 26 (2): 101029. PubMed PMID:37982373 PubMed Central PMC11039201.
  7. Roberts, AM, DiStefano, MT, Riggs, ER, Josephs, KS, Alkuraya, FS, Amberger, J, Amin, M, Berg, JS, Cunningham, F, Eilbeck, K et al.. Towards robust clinical genome interpretation: developing a consistent terminology to characterize disease-gene relationships - allelic requirement, inheritance modes and disease mechanisms. medRxiv 2023; : . PubMed PMID:37066232 PubMed Central PMC10104222.
  8. Krzyzanowski, MC, Ives, CL, Jones, NL, Entwisle, B, Fernandez, A, Cullen, TA, Darity, WA Jr, Fossett, M, Remington, PL, Taualii, M et al.. The PhenX Toolkit: Measurement Protocols for Assessment of Social Determinants of Health. Am J Prev Med 2023; 65 (3): 534-542. PubMed PMID:36935055 PubMed Central PMC10505248.
  9. Manolio, TA, Narula, J, Bult, CJ, Chisholm, RL, Deverka, PA, Ginsburg, GS, Goldrich, M, Green, ED, Jarvik, GP, Mensah, GA et al.. Genomic Medicine Year in Review: 2022. Am J Hum Genet 2022; 109 (12): 2101-2104. PubMed PMID:36459977 PubMed Central PMC9808495.
  10. Pan, H, Bakalov, V, Cox, L, Engle, ML, Erickson, SW, Feolo, M, Guo, Y, Huggins, W, Hwang, S, Kimura, M et al.. Identifying Datasets for Cross-Study Analysis in dbGaP using PhenX. Sci Data 2022; 9 (1): 532. PubMed PMID:36050327 PubMed Central PMC9434066.
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