Career
Following her postdoctoral fellowship,Dick joined the faculty at Washington University School of Medicine. [1] As a research assistant professor of psychiatry,Dick continued her research into behavior genetics and its relation to genetics. In 2004,she was part of a research team which were the first to link γ-Aminobutyric acid genes to an increased risk of alcoholism. [2] Later,Dick and her research team confirmed a link between the gene CHRM2 and performance IQ. They found that several variations within the CHRM2 gene could be correlated with slight differences in performance IQ scores and could affect someone's visual-motor coordination logical,sequential reasoning spatial perception,and abstract problem-solving skills. [3] Dick eventually left Washington University to join the faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University. As a faculty member,she was the principal investigator on a longitudinal study of genetic and environmental influences on substance use and emotional health among university students. [4]
In September 2021,Dick published a book,The Child Code:Understanding Your Child's Unique Nature for Happier,More Effective Parenting,which provides a "science-based approach to parenting centered on a child’s unique genetic 'code'". [5]
In January 2022,Dick was named the inaugural director of the Rutgers Addiction Research Center and was appointed as tenured professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. [6] Later in October,Dick was named the inaugural holder of the Gregory Q. Brown Chair in Cell Biology and Neuroscience. [7]
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