Thread by @melindacmills

Published open access today @CommsBio our review of all ~4000 #GWAS (genetic discoveries) from @GWASCatalog nature.com/articles/s4200… 1/9

Although explosion in number of #GWAS studies, sample sizes, associations and diseases – genetic discovery still largely of European ancestry subjects – when non-European groups included more often for replication 2/9

A world map of genetic discoveries shows 72% of subjects in #GWAS studies come from just 3 countries – US, UK and Iceland 3/9

US funders - largely @NIH fund most #GWAS but also @MRC @wellcometrust - here is distribution by ancestry and EFO category 4/9

Here are the top 10 datasets used in #GWAS with a full list on our GitHub site preview.tinyurl.com/ydcpfn72 5/9

Here are the top 10 authors using our newly created GWAS H-Index and social network measures of this tightly knit network. Want to see where you rank? Full list on our GitHub site
github.com/crahal/GWASRev… 6/9

70% of senior last author positions held by men and 44% of junior first author positions held by women. Unfortunately not unique to #GWAS research 7/9

We provide 10 concrete policy recommendations related to diversity, monitoring, careful interpretation of genetic differences between ancestral groups, governance and more…. nature.com/articles/s4200… 8/9

Don’t believe us? We make all code - linked to data we used - freely available on our GitHub site to replicate github.com/crahal/GWASRev… and…. results will automatically update over time as @GWASCatalog updates 9/9