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Assistant Research Scientist
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B.S. (Animal Science), California Polytechnic
State University, San Luis Obispo, 1992
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M.S. (Genetics), Texas A&M University, College
Station, 1994
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Ph.D. (Medical Genetics), University of Alabama at
Birmingham, 2000
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Assistant Research Scientist, JC Self Research Institute of
Human Genetics, Greenwood Genetic Center, 2000-present
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Adjunct Research Assistant Professor, Department of
Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, 2002-present
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and
Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, 2008-present
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Dr. Collins is a genetic epidemiologist. Genetic epidemiology combines population and quantitative
genetics with epidemiology, the study of the distribution and determinants of
disease in human populations, to study the genetic factors involved in disease
and susceptibility to disease. For teaching tools and internet links
related to genetic epidemiology, click here.
Dr. Collins specializes in designing and analyzing linkage
and association studies at Greenwood Genetic Center. She provides statistical
assistance for researchers and is involved in educational programs at the
center. She also assists in grant-writing and designing and managing
databases. Dr. Collins' research interests include the elucidation of the
causes of mental retardation, birth defects, and autism.
Dr. Collins is a member of the American Society of Human
Genetics, the International Genetic Epidemiology Society, the Society for
Epidemiologic Research, the American Statistical Association, and the National
Birth Defects Prevention Network.
Selected publications:
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Collins JS, Go RCP. Disease classification and
transmission effects on linkage analyses in the NIMH1 bipolar disorder
pedigrees. Genet Epi 14:587-592, 1997.
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Collins JS, Perry RT, Watson Jr B, Harrell LE,
Acton RT, Blacker D, Albert MS, Tanzi R, McInnis MG, Bassett SS, Campbell RD,
Go RCP. Association of a haplotype for tumor necrosis factor in siblings
with late-onset Alzheimer disease - The NIMH Alzheimer Disease Genetics
Initiative. Am J Med Genet (Neuropsychiatr Genet) 96:823-830, 2000.
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Perry RT, Collins JS, Wiener H, Acton R, Go RCP. The role of TNF and its receptors in
Alzheimer disease. Neurobiol Aging 22:873-883, 2001.
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Perry RT,
Collins JS, Harrell LE, Acton RT, Go RCP. Investigation of association of 13 polymorphisms in 8 genes in
Southeastern African-American Alzheimer's disease patients as compared to
age-matched controls. Am J Med Genet (Neuropsychiatr Genet) 105:332-342,
2001.
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Holden KR,
Collins JS, Greene JF, Hinkle S, Nave
AF, Portillo JM, Page GP, Stevenson RE. Dietary intake and blood folate
levels in Honduran women of childbearing age. J Child Neurol 17:341-346, 2002.
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Collins JS, Olson RL, Dupont BR, Wolff DJ, Best RG,
Stevenson RE. The prevalence of aneuploidies in South Carolina in the
1990’s. Genet Med 4:131-135, 2002.
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Collins JS, Schwartz CE. Detecting polymorphisms and mutations in
candidate genes. Am J Hum Genet 71:1251-1252, 2002.
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Blacker D, Bertram L, Saunders AJ. Moscarillo TJ, Albert MS, Wiener H, Perry
RT, Collins JS, Harrell LE, Go RC, Mahoney A, Beaty T, Fallin MD,
Avramopoulos D, Chase GA, Folstein MF, McInnis MG, Bassett SS, Doheny KJ, Pugh
EW, Tanzi RE. Results of a high-resolution genome screen of 437
Alzheimer's disease families. Hum Mol Genet 12:23-32, 2003.
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Stevenson RE, Procopio-Allen AM, Schroer RJ,
Collins JS. Recognizable
genetic syndromes among individuals with mental retardation. Am J Med Genet
123A:29-32, 2003.
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Vervoort VS, Holden KR, Ukadike KC, Collins JS, Saul RA, Srivastava AK.
POMGnT1 alterations in a Caucasian family with congenital muscular dystrophy,
glaucoma, and mental retardation. Ann Neurol 56:143-148, 2004.
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Stevenson RE, Seaver LH, Collins JS, Dean JH. Neural tube defects
and associated anomalies in South Carolina. Birth Defects Res (Part A)
70:554-558, 2004.
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Medina MT, Duron R, Martinez L, Osorio JR, Estrada AL, Aguilar-Estrada R,
Thompson A, Dubon S, Barahona F, Ramirez F, Rivera M, Banegas L, Zuniga C,
Cartagena D, Collins JS, Holden KR. Prevalence and incidence of
epilepsy in rural Honduras: the Salama study. Epilepsia 46:124-131,
2005.
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Canfield MA, Collins JS, Botto LD, Williams LJ, Mai CT, Kirby RS,
Pearson K, Mulinare J. Changes in the birth prevalence of selected birth
defects after flour fortification with folic acid in the United States:
findings from a multi-state population-based study. Birth Defects Res
(Part A) 73:679-689, 2005.
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Canfield MA, Ramadhani TA, Yuskiv N, Davidoff MJ, Petrini JR, Hobbs CA, Kirby
RS, Romitti PA, Collins JS, Devine O, Honein MA, Mai CT, Edmonds LD,
Correa A. Improved National Prevalence Estimates for 18 Selected Major Birth
Defects - United States, 1999-2001. MMWR 54:1301-1305, 2006.
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Bol K, Collins JS, Kirby R. Survival rates for infants with neural tube
defects in the presence of folic acid fortification. Pediatrics 117:803-813,
2006.
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Archie JG, Collins JS, Lebel RR. Quantitative standards for fetal and
neonatal autopsy. Am J Clin Pathol 126:256-265, 2006.
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Canfield MA, Honein MA, Yuskiv N, Xing J, Mai CT, Collins JS, Devine O,
Petrini JR, Ramadhani TA, Hobbs CA, Kirby RS. National Estimates and
Race/Ethnic-Specific Variation of Selected Birth Defects in the United States,
1999-2001. Birth Defects Res (Part A) 76:747-746, 2006.
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Grosse S, Collins JS. Folic Acid supplementation and neural tube
defect recurrence prevention. Birth Defects Res (Part A) 79:737-742, 2007.
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Boulet SL, Yang Q, Mai C, Kirby RS, Collins JS, Robbins JM, Meyer R,
Canfield MA, Mulinare J. Trends in the post-fortification prevalence of
spina bifida and anencephaly in the United States. Birth Defects Res (Part
A), in press 2008.
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