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4020
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1735

Overview

Anne E. Justice is affiliated with the Geisinger Health System in the United States. Their research spans several core fields within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions also in medicine.

The scientist's work extensively covers genetics and related subfields, including molecular biology, physiology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

Key research topics addressed in their publications include:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts

Some of the recent scientific papers authored or coauthored by Anne E. Justice are:

  • "Genetic diversity fuels gene discovery for tobacco and alcohol use," 2022, Nature
  • "Whole-genome sequencing reveals host factors underlying critical COVID-19," 2022, Nature
  • "Assessing the contribution of rare variants to complex trait heritability from whole-genome sequence data," 2022, Nature Genetics
  • "Genome-wide analysis provides genetic evidence that ACE2 influences COVID-19 risk and yields risk scores associated with severe disease," 2022, Nature Genetics
  • "A genome-wide association study of polycystic ovary syndrome identified from electronic health records," 2020, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Anne E. Justice frequently collaborates with other researchers, most notably with Kari E. North, Mariaelisa Graff, Heather M. Highland, Kristin L. Young, and Xiuqing Guo. These collaborations contribute to a broad and multidisciplinary research output.

The scientist's work is often published in venues such as UNC Libraries, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Circulation, Human Genetics and Genomics Advances, and Nature Genetics, reflecting both the diversity of topics addressed and the range of academic audiences engaged.

Best Publications

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • Genetic analyses of diverse populations improves discovery for complex traits

    Genevieve L. Wojcik;Mariaelisa Graff;Katherine K. Nishimura;Ran Tao

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

    Sonja I Berndt;Stefan Gustafsson;Stefan Gustafsson;Reedik Mägi;Reedik Mägi;Andrea Ganna

  • The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study

    Thomas W. Winkler;Anne E. Justice;Mariaelisa Graff;Llilda Barata

  • Quality control and conduct of genome-wide association meta-analyses

    Thomas W Winkler;Felix R Day;Damien C Croteau-Chonka;Andrew R Wood

  • Protein-altering variants associated with body mass index implicate pathways that control energy intake and expenditure in obesity

    Valérie Turcot;Yingchang Lu;Yingchang Lu;Heather M Highland;Heather M Highland;Claudia Schurmann

  • Refining the accuracy of validated target identification through coding variant fine-mapping in type 2 diabetes

    Anubha Mahajan;Jennifer Wessel;Sara M. Willems;Wei Zhao

  • Genetic Diversity and Association Studies in US Hispanic/Latino Populations: Applications in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos

    Matthew P. Conomos;Cecelia A. Laurie;Adrienne M. Stilp;Stephanie M. Gogarten

  • Genome-wide physical activity interactions in adiposity. A meta-analysis of 200,452 adults

    Mariaelisa Graff;Robert A. Scott;Anne E. Justice;Kristin L. Young

  • Trans-ancestry meta-analyses identify rare and common variants associated with blood pressure and hypertension

    Praveen Surendran;Fotios Drenos;Robin Young;Helen Warren

  • Fifteen new risk loci for coronary artery disease highlight arterial-wall-specific mechanisms.

    Joanna M M Howson;Wei Zhao;Daniel R Barnes;Weang-Kee Ho

  • New loci for body fat percentage reveal link between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease risk

    Yingchang Lu;Felix R Day;Stefan Gustafsson;Stefan Gustafsson;Martin L Buchkovich

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis of 241,258 adults accounting for smoking behaviour identifies novel loci for obesity traits

    Anne E. Justice;Thomas W. Winkler;Mary F. Feitosa;Misa Graff

  • Population genetic differentiation of height and body mass index across Europe

    Matthew R Robinson;Gibran Hemani;Carolina Medina-Gomez;Massimo Mezzavilla

  • Rare and low-frequency coding variants alter human adult height

    Eirini Marouli;Mariaelisa Graff;Carolina Medina-Gomez;Ken Sin Lo

  • Exome Sequencing-Based Screening for BRCA1/2 Expected Pathogenic Variants Among Adult Biobank Participants.

    Kandamurugu Manickam;Adam H. Buchanan;Marci L. B. Schwartz;Miranda L. G. Hallquist

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

    Sonja I. Berndt;Stefan Gustafsson;Reedik Maegi;Andrea Ganna

  • Genome-wide physical activity interactions in adiposity. A meta-analysis of 200,452 adults

    Mariaelisa Graff;Robert A. Scott;Anne E. Justice;Kristin L. Young

  • The influence of age and sex on genetic associations with adult body size and shape: A large-scale genome-wide interaction study

    Thomas Winkler;Anne Justice;Mariaelisa Graff;Llilda Barata

Frequent Co-Authors

Kari E. North
Kari E. North University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ruth J. F. Loos
Ruth J. F. Loos University of Copenhagen
Joel N. Hirschhorn
Joel N. Hirschhorn Boston Children's Hospital
Paul W. Franks
Paul W. Franks Lund University
John C. Chambers
John C. Chambers Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Claudia Langenberg
Claudia Langenberg Queen Mary University of London
Jaspal S. Kooner
Jaspal S. Kooner Imperial College London
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Daniel I. Chasman
Daniel I. Chasman Brigham and Women's Hospital
Cecilia M. Lindgren
Cecilia M. Lindgren University of Oxford

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