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Barbara McKnight is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research spans a range of topics primarily within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to health sciences.

The main fields of study for McKnight include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Their work further delves into several subfields, notably:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Genetics
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Hematology

Barbara McKnight's research covers a variety of important scientific topics, including:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling
  • Diet and Metabolism Studies
  • Gut Microbiota and Health
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Fatty Acid Research and Health

They have contributed to a number of research articles published in notable journals. Recent papers include:

  • Effect of Out-of-Hospital Tranexamic Acid vs Placebo on 6-Month Functional Neurologic Outcomes in Patients With Moderate or Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, 2020, JAMA
  • Interleukin-6 Signaling Effects on Ischemic Stroke and Other Cardiovascular Outcomes, 2020, Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine
  • Longitudinal Plasma Measures of Trimethylamine N-Oxide and Risk of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events in Community-Based Older Adults, 2021, Journal of the American Heart Association
  • Admission respiratory status predicts mortality in COVID-19, 2021, Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses
  • Dietary Meat, Trimethylamine N-Oxide-Related Metabolites, and Incident Cardiovascular Disease Among Older Adults: The Cardiovascular Health Study, 2022, Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Bruce M. Psaty
  • Rozenn N. Lemaître
  • David S. Siscovick
  • Amanda M. Fretts
  • Nona Sotoodehnia

Barbara McKnight has regularly published in the following venues:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of the American Heart Association
  • JAMA Network Open
  • Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
  • EBioMedicine

Best Publications

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    Hana Lango Allen;Karol Estrada;Guillaume Lettre;Sonja I. Berndt

  • 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

  • Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

    Iris M. Heid;Anne U. Jackson;Joshua C. Randall;Tthomas W. Winkler

  • Genome-wide meta-analyses identify multiple loci associated with smoking behavior

    Helena Furberg;Yunjung Kim;Jennifer Dackor;Eric Boerwinkle

  • 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

  • Genome-Wide Association Study of Retinopathy in Individuals Without Diabetes

    Richard A. Jensen;Xueling Sim;Xiaohui Li;Mary Frances Cotch

  • Meta-analysis identifies six new susceptibility loci for atrial fibrillation

    Patrick T Ellinor;Kathryn L Lunetta;Christine M Albert;Christine M Albert;Nicole L Glazer

  • Diminished B cell secretory capacity in patients with noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

    W K Ward;D C Bolgiano;B McKnight;J B Halter

  • 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

  • Risk of endometrial cancer in relation to use of oestrogen combined with cyclic progestagen therapy in postmenopausal women

    Shirley A A Beresford;Noel S. Weiss;Lynda F. Voigt;Barbara McKnight;Barbara McKnight

  • FTO genotype is associated with phenotypic variability of body mass index

    Jian Yang;Jian Yang;Ruth J F Loos;Ruth J F Loos;Joseph E. Powell;Joseph E. Powell;Sarah E. Medland

  • New gene functions in megakaryopoiesis and platelet formation

    Christian Gieger;Aparna Radhakrishnan;Ana Cvejic;Weihong Tang

  • Large-scale genomic analyses link reproductive aging to hypothalamic signaling, breast cancer susceptibility and BRCA1-mediated DNA repair

    Felix R. Day;Katherine S. Ruth;Deborah J Thompson;Kathryn L. Lunetta

  • Novel Associations of Multiple Genetic Loci With Plasma Levels of Factor VII, Factor VIII, and von Willebrand Factor The CHARGE (Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genome Epidemiology) Consortium

    Nicholas L. Smith;Ming Huei Chen;Abbas Dehghan;David P. Strachan

  • Genetic loci associated with plasma phospholipid n-3 fatty acids: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies from the CHARGE Consortium.

    Rozenn N. Lemaitre;Toshiko Tanaka;Weihong Tang;Ani Manichaikul

  • A population-based study of squamous cell vaginal cancer: HPV and cofactors

    Janet R. Daling;Janet R. Daling;Margaret M. Madeleine;Margaret M. Madeleine;Stephen M. Schwartz;Stephen M. Schwartz;Katherine A. Shera

  • Genetic variation near IRS1 associates with reduced adiposity and an impaired metabolic profile.

    Tuomas O Kilpeläinen;M Carola Zillikens;Alena Stančákova;Francis M Finucane

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Nicholas L. Smith
Nicholas L. Smith University of Washington
Susan R. Heckbert
Susan R. Heckbert University of Washington
Rozenn N. Lemaitre
Rozenn N. Lemaitre University of Washington
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Daniel I. Chasman
Daniel I. Chasman Brigham and Women's Hospital
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Paul M. Ridker
Paul M. Ridker Brigham and Women's Hospital
Jerome I. Rotter
Jerome I. Rotter UCLA Medical Center
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University

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