Research Areas

Psychiatric and Statistical Genetics

• Behavior genetics
• twin studies
• family studies
• Huntington's disease (PI: Nancy Wexler, Columbia University)
  
• Statistical genetics
• genome-wide association studies of complex disease
• Anorectal malformations (PIs: PKH Tam & MM Garcia-Barcelo, Dept of Surgery)
  
• Biliary atresia (PIs: PKH Tam & MM Garcia-Barcelo, Dept of Surgery)
  
• Degenerative disc disease (PIs: Kathy Cheah & Danny Chan, Dept of Biochemistry)
  
• Epilepsy (PI; Co-Is: Larry Baum (CUHK), Patrick Kwan (CUHK), Pak Sham)
  
• Hirschsprung's disease (PIs: PKH Tam & MM Garcia-Barcelo, Dept of Surgery)
• Huntington's disease (PI: Nancy Wexler, Columbia University)
  
• Osteoporosis (PI: Annie Kung, Dept of Medicine)
  
• Schizophrenia (PI: Pak Sham)
• methodological development
• software

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Affiliations

Department of Psychiatry
The State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
University of Hong Kong

Mailing address

Department of Psychiatry
L10-77, Laboratory Block
Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine Building
University of Hong Kong
21 Sassoon Road
Pokfulam
HONG KONG

Phone: +852 2831 5079

Email: cherny at HKU

Associate Editor, Behavior Genetics

Editorial Board (Academic Editor), PLoS One

Advisory Board, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Editorial Advisory Board, Open Genetics Reviews

Editorial Advisory Board, The Open Genomics Journal

View my current CV in PDF format

Here are my publications from PubMed