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Overview

Bruce M. Psaty is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a strong emphasis on genetics and cardiovascular medicine.

The scientist's recent publications highlight a focus on genetic regulation of blood traits and cardiovascular diseases. Selected papers include:

  • Large-scale cis- and trans-eQTL analyses identify thousands of genetic loci and polygenic scores that regulate blood gene expression, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Genome-wide association and Mendelian randomisation analysis provide insights into the pathogenesis of heart failure, 2020, Nature Communications
  • The Polygenic and Monogenic Basis of Blood Traits and Diseases, 2020, Cell
  • Trans-ethnic and Ancestry-Specific Blood-Cell Genetics in 746,667 Individuals from 5 Global Populations, 2020, Cell
  • Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes, 2020, Nature

Frequent collaborators in their research include Jerome I. Rotter, Stephen S. Rich, Eric Boerwinkle, Joshua C. Bis, and Jennifer A. Brody.

Publication venues where Bruce M. Psaty has contributed numerous articles include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Circulation
  • Journal of the American Heart Association

The main fields of study connected to their work are:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields of their research activity cover:

  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Hematology
  • Physiology

The principal research topics addressed by Bruce M. Psaty include:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks

Awards received by Bruce M. Psaty are the Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Heart Association in 2013, membership in the National Academy of Medicine since 2013, and membership in the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease

    Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Carla A Ibrahim-Verbaas;Denise Harold;Adam C Naj

  • Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

    Tanya M. Teslovich;Kiran Musunuru;Albert V. Smith;Andrew C. Edmondson

  • The cardiovascular health study: Design and rationale

    Linda P. Fried;Nemat O. Borhani;Paul Enright;Curt D. Furberg

  • Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

    Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso

  • 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

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

  • Design of the Women's Health Initiative clinical trial and observational study

    G. Anderson;S. Cummings;L. S. Freedman;C. Furberg

  • 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

  • Common genetic determinants of vitamin D insufficiency: a genome-wide association study

    Thomas J. Wang;Feng Zhang;J. Brent Richards;Bryan Kestenbaum

  • Systematic identification of trans eQTLs as putative drivers of known disease associations

    Harm-Jan Westra;Marjolein J Peters;Tõnu Esko;Hanieh Yaghootkar

  • Incidence of and Risk Factors for Atrial Fibrillation in Older Adults

    Bruce M. Psaty;Teri A. Manolio;Lewis H. Kuller;Richard A. Kronmal

  • Inflammation as a risk factor for atrial fibrillation

    Ronnier J. Aviles;David O. Martin;Carolyn Apperson-Hansen;Penny L. Houghtaling

  • 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

  • Genome-wide association study of blood pressure and hypertension

    Daniel Levy;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Kenneth Rice;Germaine C. Verwoert

  • Prevalence of atrial fibrillation in elderly subjects (the Cardiovascular Health Study)

    Curt D. Furberg;Bruce M. Psaty;Teri A. Manolio;Julius M. Gardin

  • Plasma fibrinogen level and the risk of major cardiovascular diseases and nonvascular mortality: an individual participant meta-analysis.

    J Danesh;S Lewington;S G Thompson;Lowe Gdo.

  • Opioid prescriptions for chronic pain and overdose: a cohort study.

    Kate M Dunn;Kathleen W Saunders;Carolyn M Rutter;Caleb J Banta-Green

  • Health outcomes associated with various antihypertensive therapies used as first-line agents: a network meta-analysis

    Bruce M. Psaty;Thomas Lumley;Curt D. Furberg;Gina Schellenbaum

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerome I. Rotter
Jerome I. Rotter UCLA Medical Center
Susan R. Heckbert
Susan R. Heckbert University of Washington
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
Albert V. Smith
Albert V. Smith University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Vilmundur Gudnason
Vilmundur Gudnason University of Iceland
Nicholas L. Smith
Nicholas L. Smith University of Washington
Tamara B. Harris
Tamara B. Harris National Institutes of Health
Joshua C. Bis
Joshua C. Bis University of Washington

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