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Alisa K. Manning is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields of study, primarily focused on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Within these domains, their work is categorized notably in genetics, molecular biology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, epidemiology, and cancer research.

Their research addresses a wide range of topics including genetic associations and epidemiology, nutrition, genetics and disease, bioinformatics and genomic networks, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, epigenetics and DNA methylation, genomics and rare diseases, as well as liver disease diagnosis and treatment.

Alisa K. Manning has authored and contributed to numerous publications, some of the recent notable papers include:

  • A framework for detecting noncoding rare-variant associations of large-scale whole-genome sequencing studies (2022) published in Nature Methods
  • Multi-ancestry polygenic mechanisms of type 2 diabetes (2024) published in Nature Medicine
  • High-throughput genetic clustering of type 2 diabetes loci reveals heterogeneous mechanistic pathways of metabolic disease (2022) published in Diabetologia
  • The First Genome-Wide Association Study for Type 2 Diabetes in Youth: The Progress in Diabetes Genetics in Youth (ProDiGY) Consortium (2021) published in Diabetes
  • Type 2 Diabetes Partitioned Polygenic Scores Associate With Disease Outcomes in 454,193 Individuals Across 13 Cohorts (2022) published in Diabetes Care

Their frequent coauthors include Kenneth E. Westerman, José C. Florez, Miriam S. Udler, James B. Meigs, and Josep M. Mercader, with collaboration counts ranging from 28 to 52 joint works.

The main venues for their publications encompass:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Diabetes
  • UNC Libraries
  • Diabetes Care
  • Frontiers in Genetics

This extensive publication record reflects active engagement in research communities focused on diabetes and genetics, supported by contributions to high-impact journals and preprint servers.

Best Publications

  • Age-Related Clonal Hematopoiesis Associated with Adverse Outcomes

    Siddhartha Jaiswal;Pierre Fontanillas;Jason Flannick;Jason Flannick;Alisa Manning

  • Complement Factor H Polymorphism and Age-Related Macular Degeneration

    Albert O. Edwards;Robert Ritter;Kenneth J. Abel;Alisa Manning

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

    Josée Dupuis;Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (vol 42, pg 105, 2010)

    J Dupuis;C Langenberg;I Prokopenko;R Saxena

  • Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program.

    Daniel Taliun;Daniel N. Harris;Michael D. Kessler;Jedidiah Carlson;Jedidiah Carlson

  • A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans.

    N D Palmer;C W McDonough;P J Hicks;B H Roh

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

    Christian Fuchsberger;Christian Fuchsberger;Jason A. Flannick;Jason A. Flannick;Tanya M. Teslovich;Anubha Mahajan

  • Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries

    Mary F. Feitosa;Aldi T. Kraja;Daniel I. Chasman;Yun J. Sung

  • A genome-wide approach accounting for body mass index identifies genetic variants influencing fasting glycemic traits and insulin resistance.

    Alisa K. Manning;Alisa K. Manning;Alisa K. Manning;Robert A. Scott;Jonna L. Grimsby

  • Variants in MTNR1B influence fasting glucose levels

    Inga Prokopenko;Claudia Langenberg;Jose C. Florez;Jose C. Florez;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • Genotype Score in Addition to Common Risk Factors for Prediction of Type 2 Diabetes

    James B. Meigs;Peter Shrader;Lisa M. Sullivan;Jarred B. McAteer

  • Genetic variation in GIPR influences the glucose and insulin responses to an oral glucose challenge

    Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena;Claudia Langenberg;Toshiko Tanaka;Toshiko Tanaka

  • Exome-wide association study of plasma lipids in > 300,000 individuals

    Dajiang J Liu;Gina M Peloso;Gina M Peloso;Haojie Yu;Adam S Butterworth;Adam S Butterworth

  • Novel Loci for Adiponectin Levels and Their Influence on Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Traits: A Multi-Ethnic Meta-Analysis of 45,891 Individuals

    Z Dastani;Hivert M-F.;Hivert M-F.;N Timpson;Perry Jrb.;Perry Jrb.

  • Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program

    Daniel Taliun;Daniel N. Harris;Michael D. Kessler;Jedidiah Carlson;Jedidiah Carlson

  • Sequence variants in SLC16A11 are a common risk factor for type 2 diabetes in Mexico

    A. L. Williams Amy;A. L. Williams Amy;S. B R Jacobs Suzanne;Hortensia Moreno-Macías;Alicia Huerta-Chagoya

  • Distribution and Medical Impact of Loss-of-Function Variants in the Finnish Founder Population

    Elaine T. Lim;Peter Würtz;Peter Würtz;Peter Würtz;Aki S. Havulinna;Priit Palta;Priit Palta

  • Genome-Wide Association Identifies Nine Common Variants Associated With Fasting Proinsulin Levels and Provides New Insights Into the Pathophysiology of Type 2 Diabetes

    R J Strawbridge;J Dupuis;I Prokopenko;A Barker

  • Erratum: New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (Nature Genetics (2010) 42 (105-116))

    Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

    Christian Fuchsberger;Jason Flannick;Tanya M. Teslovich;Anubha Mahajan

Frequent Co-Authors

Jose C. Florez
Jose C. Florez Harvard University
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
James B. Meigs
James B. Meigs Harvard University
Paul W. Franks
Paul W. Franks Lund University
Josée Dupuis
Josée Dupuis McGill University
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Michael Boehnke
Michael Boehnke University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
John C. Chambers
John C. Chambers Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Cecilia M. Lindgren
Cecilia M. Lindgren University of Oxford

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