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Howard J. Edenberg

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1972
Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyAlcohol Consumption and Health EffectsSubstance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on BehaviorPeroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors

Publications

854

Citations

56,671

Est. group size

~9

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

55

Publishing since 1972

Research summary
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Howard J. Edenberg studies the genetics of psychiatric and substance use disorders, using large-scale genome-wide association studies to identify inherited risk factors for conditions like alcohol use disorder, nicotine dependence, and suicidality. His work combines statistical genetics with molecular biology techniques, such as single-cell profiling, to link genetic variants to biological mechanisms in the brain. Much of this research is conducted through large multi-institution collaborations across diverse ancestral populations.

Genetics of alcohol and substance use disordersPsychiatric genomics and shared risk across disordersGenome-wide association studies (GWAS)Molecular mechanisms and gene regulationSuicidality and behavioral phenotypes

Publication activity has remained steady over the last decade, averaging around 26 papers per year in the most recent five years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

Funding
Public award records

Current awards run through June 2027 — about under a year of funding on record from today. Awards are often renewed, so this is what is currently public, not a forecast.

  • ActiveNIH R01DA053722through Jun 2027 · $565k awarded

    Functional genetic variants in substance use disorders

6 earlier awards
  • NIH U01AA020892Sep 2011 – Aug 2016 · $225k awarded

    Early binge drinking and gene regulation

  • NIH R37AA006460Jul 1989 – Apr 2013 · $325k awarded

    Structure & Expression of Mammal ALC Dehydrogenase Genes

  • NIH R21AA017941Aug 2009 – Jul 2012 · $193k awarded

    Elucidating CIS-Acting Elements Regulating Alcohol-Induced Alternative Splicing

  • NIH U01AA016660Sep 2006 – Aug 2011 · $174k awarded

    Indiana Gene Array Core

  • NIH S10RR026805May 2010 – May 2011 · $492k awarded

    Applied Biosystems SOLiD 3 System

  • NIH R01AA006460Jul 1984 – Jun 2002 · $302k awarded

    STRUCTURE & EXPRESSION OF MAMMAL ALC DEHYDROGENASE GENES

Matched to public NIH RePORTER and NSF records by name and institution. Awards from other agencies are not shown, and a match is not always found — this list may be incomplete.

In context
Among 1,724 established Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology PIs within our index
Citations: 56,671cohort median 3,385
h-index: 116cohort median 27
Publications / year (recent): 29.2cohort median 4.6

Typically publishes in teams of ~17 · 4% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 83 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 29.2/year recently
2017: 31 publications172018: 32 publications182019: 57 publications57192020: 40 publications202021: 34 publications212022: 35 publications222023: 42 publications232024: 26 publications242025: 34 publications252026: 9 publications26
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at Indiana University each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 6 collaborators at the same institution2018: 5 collaborators at the same institution2019: 7 collaborators at the same institution2020: 5 collaborators at the same institution2021: 9 collaborators at the same institution2022: 2 collaborators at the same institution2023: 9 collaborators at the same institution2024: 25 collaborators at the same institution2025: 19 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • medRxiv×35
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×25
  • Molecular Psychiatry×22
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology×21
  • Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research×19
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Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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