Dr. Christopher C. Spencer MD
Pediatrician
715 Discovery Blvd #117 Cedar Park TX, 78613About
Dr. Spencer enjoys the great outdoors; hiking, gardening, and traveling. He is also very involved with his church where he is an active volunteer.
Education and Training
La State Univ Sch of Med In Shreveport, Shreveport La 1989
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans 1989
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- SelSim: a program to simulate population genetic data with natural selection and recombination.
- Perspectives on human genetic variation from the HapMap Project.
- Scanning the human genome for signals of selection.
- The influence of recombination on human genetic diversity.
- Designing genome-wide association studies: sample size, power, imputation, and the choice of genotyping chip.
- Genome-wide association study of ulcerative colitis identifies three new susceptibility loci, including the HNF4A region.
- A robust clustering algorithm for identifying problematic samples in genome-wide association studies.
- Pneumococcal genome sequencing tracks a vaccine escape variant formed through a multi-fragment recombination event.
- Including known covariates can reduce power to detect genetic effects in case-control studies.
- Common variants at the MHC locus and at chromosome 16q24.1 predispose to
- Common variants in the HLA-DRB1-HLA-DQA1 HLA class II region are associated with susceptibility to visceral leishmaniasis.
- Imputation-based meta-analysis of severe malaria in three African populations.
- A genome-wide association analysis of a broad psychosis phenotype identifies three loci for further investigation.
- An inherited duplication at the gene p21 Protein-Activated Kinase 7 (PAK7) is a risk factor for psychosis.
- Heritability of variation in glycaemic response to metformin: a genome-wide complex trait analysis.
Awards
- 2006-2008 Texas Super Doctors
Professional Memberships
- Member Travis County Medical Society
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