Bernie Devlin

{{Short description|American psychiatrist}} {{Infobox scientist | honorific_prefix = | name = Bernie Devlin | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image =  | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Bernard J. Devlin | birth_date =  | birth_place = | death_date =  | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates =  | home_town = | other_names = | pronounce = | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = | fields = Psychiatry | workplaces = Yale University School of Medicine<br>University of Pittsburgh | patrons = | education = | alma_mater = Pennsylvania State University | thesis_title = Studies on the female and male reproductive functions with a hermaphroditic species, Lobelia cardinalis | thesis_url =  | thesis_year = 1986 | doctoral_advisor =  | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = Genetics of autism<br>Psychiatric genetics<br>Statistical genetics | influences = | influenced = | awards = Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | spouse = Kathryn Roeder | partner =  | children = Summer Devlin | signature =  | signature_alt = | website =  | footnotes = }} '''Bernard J. Devlin''' is an American psychiatrist who is Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical and Translational Science at the University of Pittsburgh. An expert on statistical and psychiatric genetics, he is a fellow of the statistics section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.stat.cmu.edu/people/faculty/devlin |title=Bernie Devlin |website=Carnegie Mellon University |language=en |access-date=2018-11-19}}</ref> He is also a member of the American Society of Human Genetics, the Genetics Society of America, and the International Society for Autism Research.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://psychiatry.pitt.edu/about-us/our-people/faculty/bernie-j-devlin-phd |title=Bernie J Devlin, PhD |website=University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychiatry |date=22 November 2017 |language=en-US |access-date=2018-11-19}}</ref> Before joining the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh, he worked at the Yale School of Medicine, where he conducted research with Neil Risch on the utility of DNA tests.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/09/23/us/yale-research-on-genetic-testing-supports-use-of-dna-fingerprints.html |title=Yale Research on Genetic Testing Supports Use of DNA Fingerprints |last=AP |date=1990-09-23 |work=The New York Times |access-date=2018-11-19 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/07/health/scientists-say-dna-analysis-is-reliable-in-identifying-suspects.html |title=Scientists Say DNA Analysis Is Reliable in Identifying Suspects |last=Kolata |first=Gina |date=1992-02-07 |work=The New York Times |access-date=2018-11-19 |language=en}}</ref> He is married to Kathryn Roeder, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, with whom he often collaborates on research. Topics that Devlin and Roeder have studied together include the genetic basis of autism.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2014/11/04/Pittsburgh-researchers-explain-complex-genetics-involved-in-autism/stories/201411040007 |title=Pittsburgh researchers explain complex genetics involved in autism |date=2014-11-04 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |access-date=2018-11-19 |language=en}}</ref> Devlin and Roeder have a daughter, Summer.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://triblive.com/news/allegheny/4408767-74/statistics-university-award |title=Newsmaker: Kathryn Roeder |last=Wills |first=Rick |website=TribLIVE.com |language=en-US |access-date=2018-11-19}}</ref>

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