Research Series Robert P. (Bob) Schwartz, M.D. "YMCA Healthy, Fit and Strong Program" and "BMI Squared: Brief Motivational Interviewing to Reduce Child Body Mass Index"
A.B., Biology, Colby College, Waterville, ME, 1980
M.S., Human Genetics, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA, 1987
Ph.D., Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 1997
RESEARCH:
Dr. Snively’s scientific research focuses on the design, conduct, and analysis of genetic and epidemiologic
studies. She is Principal Investigator of the Analytic Center at Wake Forest University for the Women's
Health Initiative (WHI) SHARe Genome-wide Association Studies (GWAS), and of the Wake Forest
subcontract for the NHLBI sponsored study "Iron Status: A Pathway Analysis in Multiple Ethnicities." She is
Co-Principal Investigator with Dr. Lynne Wagenknecht of the Coordinating Center for the NIDDK and JDRF
sponsored "Type 1 Diabetes Genetics Consortium." Dr. Snively also collaborates on other multicenter and
multidisciplinary studies, including the NHLBI and NHGRI sponsored "Iron Overload and Hereditary
Hemochromatosis (HEIRS) Study" (Reboussin D, PI), NIAID sponsored studies of influenza (Poehling, PI),
and NINDS sponsored study of Rapid-onset Dystonia Parkinsonism (RDP), “Clinical, Genetic, and Cellular
Consequences of Mutations in Na,K-ATPase ATP1A3" (Brashear, PI).
