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Dr. Fu's research interests include statistical modeling of genetic and environmental effects on the comorbidity of substance abuse and psychiatric disorders, with particular emphasis on latent variable models. Dr. Fu is currently investigating genetic and environmental risk factors for smoking behaviors and suicidality using a large national sample of identical and fraternal twins and their offspring derived from the Vietnam Era Twin Registry. He is principal investigator and co-investigator on the research projects funded by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the Alzheimer's Association and the National Cancer Institute at National Institutes of Health. He is associated with the Center of Excellence in Cancer Communication Research (CECCR) at Saint Louis University School of Public Health and the Midwestern Alcoholism Research Center (MARC) at Washington University School of Medicine.

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PhD- University of Alabama

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