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Alan R. Sanders, M.D.

Alan R. Sanders, M.D.

Alan R. Sanders, M.D.

General Psychiatry, Research
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    NorthShore Medical Group

    1001 University Pl.
    Research Institute
    Evanston, IL 60201
    224.364.7560 224.364.7570 fax
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    This location is wheelchair accessible.
  • In the News
    In the News

    Dec 2017

    • Dec072017
      Large-scale Genetic Study Helps Untangle Male Sexuality

      Discover Magazine

      Dr. Alan Sanders, lead researcher of the study, said, “What we have accomplished is a first step for GWAS on the trait, and we hope that subsequent larger studies will further illuminate its genetic contributions.”

    • Dec072017
      Is Being Gay in Your DNA?

      Newsweek

      Dr. Alan Sanders, a psychiatrist at NorthShore...and an author of the paper, told Newsweek. “A common scenario in this kind of research is that you’ll hear people use a sort of shorthand like ‘the gay gene,’ which is not really...

    Aug 2015

    • Aug222015
      What makes people gay? (An update)

      Boston Globe

      Lead investigator Alan Sanders, a psychiatrist with the NorthShore...never got the 1,000 brother pairs he was hoping to enroll. But the 409 pairs whose DNA...were able to analyze made their work the largest linkage study ever of...

    Nov 2014

    • Nov242014
      The role of genes in our sexual orientation - podcast

      The Guardian

      Dr Alan R Sanders, a psychiatrist at NorthShore University HealthSystem Research Institute in Chicago...has been carrying out large scale research with 400 pairs of homosexual brothers to look for the genetic contribution to sexual orientation in men...