Vikas Bansal

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Title(s)Associate Professor, Pediatrics
SchoolVc-health Sciences-schools
Address9500 Gilman Drive #
La Jolla CA 92093
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    University of California San Diego, La JollaPh.D.2008Computer Science (Bioinformatics)
    Scripps Research Institute (STSI), La Jolla2014Human Genetics

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    1. Aggregate variant calling using short reads enables population and disease studies for paralogous genes. HGG Adv. 2026 Jul 21; 7(4):100653. Prodanov T, Byun SY, Bansal V. PMID: 42478050; PMCID: PMC13475201.
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    2. Likelihood-based optimization enables accurate copy number estimation for paralogous genes using exome data. Bioinformatics. 2026 07 01; 42(1). Byun SY, Bansal V. PMID: 42412810; PMCID: PMC13340216.
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    3. Evidence for the role of EPHX2 gene variants in anorexia nervosa. Mol Psychiatry. 2014 Jun; 19(6):724-32. Scott-Van Zeeland AA, Bloss CS, Tewhey R, Bansal V, Torkamani A, Libiger O, Duvvuri V, Wineinger N, Galvez L, Darst BF, Smith EN, Carson A, Pham P, Phillips T, Villarasa N, Tisch R, Zhang G, Levy S, Murray S, Chen W, Srinivasan S, Berenson G, Brandt H, Crawford S, Crow S, Fichter MM, Halmi KA, Johnson C, Kaplan AS, La Via M, Mitchell JE, Strober M, Rotondo A, Treasure J, Woodside DB, Bulik CM, Keel P, Klump KL, Lilenfeld L, Plotnicov K, Topol EJ, Shih PB, Magistretti P, Bergen AW, Berrettini W, Kaye W, Schork NJ. PMID: 23999524; PMCID: PMC3852189.
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    4. Clinical implications of human population differences in genome-wide rates of functional genotypes. Front Genet. 2012; 3:211. Torkamani A, Pham P, Libiger O, Bansal V, Zhang G, Scott-Van Zeeland AA, Tewhey R, Topol EJ, Schork NJ. PMID: 23125845; PMCID: PMC3485509.
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    5. Genetic structure of community acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300. BMC Genomics. 2012 Sep 25; 13:508. Tewhey R, Cannavino CR, Leake JA, Bansal V, Topol EJ, Torkamani A, Bradley JS, Schork NJ. PMID: 23009684; PMCID: PMC3598774.
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