Education & Training
- Residency: University of Iowa, Iowa, IA and Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2009
- M.D.: University of Iowa, 2005
- Ph.D.: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002
- B.A.: Knox College, 1996
Major Awards
- Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society, 2024 to present
- The George Winokur Award for Resident Research, First Prize, 2007
- National Council on Measurement in Education Educational Technology Applications Award, 2005
- National Council on Measurement in Education Brenda H Lloyd Outstanding Dissertation Award, 2003
- American Psychological Association Distinguished Dissertation, Division of Evaluation, Measurement and Statistics, 2003
- Horace W. Norton Prize for the most outstanding thesis research in statistics, 2002
- Maurice Tatsuoka award for excellence in educational measurement, 2001
Areas of Clinical Interest
Substance dependence, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia
Research Interests
Psychiatric Genetics
Recent Publications
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Trajectories of genetic risk across dimensions of alcohol use behaviors
COGA Investigators & Spit for Science Working Group, May 2026, In: Addiction. 121, 5, p. 1153-1165 13 p.
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The relationship between alcohol use disorder, measures of cognitive decline, and Alzheimer disease biomarkers in middle aged and older adults
Hayibor, L. A., Anokhin, A., Fisher, S. L., Goate, A., Foroud, T. M., Schindler, S. E., Bierut, L. J. & Hartz, S. M., Apr 2026, In: Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research. 50, 4, e70278.
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Mapping the genetic landscape across 14 psychiatric disorders
Nicotine Dependence GenOmics (iNDiGO) Consortium, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Tourette Syndrome Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Schizophrenia Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Substance Use Disorders Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Anxiety Disorders Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Autism Spectrum Disorders Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Bipolar Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Eating Disorders Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium & Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Jan 8 2026, In: Nature. 649, 8096, p. 406-415 10 p.
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What is the psychological and cognitive impact of returning Alzheimer disease dementia research results to healthy research participants? a delayed-start randomised clinical trial protocol for the WeSHARE study (Washington University study of having Alzheimer disease research results explained)
Hartz, S. M., Goswami, S., Oliver, A., Evans, A., Jackson, S., Linnenbringer, E., Moulder, K. M., Morris, J. C. & Mozersky, J., Jan 6 2026, In: BMJ Open. 16, 1, e099970.
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Alzheimer’s disease Stage 1 and 2: Biology, diagnostics, and treatment
Schindler, S. E., Hansson, O., Algeciras-Schimnich, A., Arias, J. J., Beasley, B., Farrar, G., Fowler, N. R., Hartz, S. M., Jack, C. R., Jönsson, L., Joyce, G., Lansdall, C. J., Maruff, P., Mattsson-Carlgren, N., Mummery, C. J., Murphy, J., Okhravi, H., Petersen, R. C., Raman, R. & Randolph, C. & 16 others, , Jan 1 2026, In: Alzheimer’s and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions. 12, 1, e70216.