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Overview

Carolina Medina-Gomez is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Their research spans key areas in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a significant focus on genetics, molecular biology, and physiology. The scientist's work also touches on public health, environmental and occupational health, as well as orthopedics and sports medicine.

Medina-Gomez's main research topics include genetic associations and epidemiology, gut microbiota and health, diet and metabolism studies, bone metabolism and diseases, bone health and osteoporosis research, nutritional studies and diet, and RNA modifications and cancer.

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19, 2021, Nature
  • The power of genetic diversity in genome-wide association studies of lipids, 2021, Nature
  • A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height, 2022, Nature
  • Novel loci for childhood body mass index and shared heritability with adult cardiometabolic traits, 2020, PLoS Genetics

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Fernando Rivadeneira
  • Eirini Marouli
  • Jette Bork-Jensen
  • Sailaja Vedantam
  • Archie Campbell

Medina-Gomez publishes regularly in several venues, most notably:

  • University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Bone Reports
  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature

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

  • Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition

    Alexander Kurilshikov;Carolina Medina-Gomez;Rodrigo Bacigalupe;Djawad Radjabzadeh

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

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

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture

    Karol Estrada;Unnur Styrkarsdottir;Evangelos Evangelou;Yi-Hsiang Hsu

  • 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

  • An atlas of genetic influences on osteoporosis in humans and mice

    John A Morris;John P Kemp;John P Kemp;Scott E Youlten;Laetitia Laurent

  • Whole-genome sequence variation, population structure and demographic history of the Dutch population

    Laurent C. Francioli;Androniki Menelaou;Sara L. Pulit;Freerk van Dijk

  • 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

  • Maternal and fetal genetic effects on birth weight and their relevance to cardio-metabolic risk factors

    Nicole M Warrington;Robin N Beaumont;Momoko Horikoshi;Felix R Day

  • Genome-wide associations for birth weight and correlations with adult disease

    Momoko Horikoshi;Robin N. Beaumont;Felix R. Day;Nicole M. Warrington;Nicole M. Warrington

  • Whole-genome sequencing identifies EN1 as a determinant of bone density and fracture.

    Hou Feng Zheng;Vincenzo Forgetta;Yi Hsiang Hsu;Yi Hsiang Hsu;Karol Estrada

  • 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

  • Identification of 153 new loci associated with heel bone mineral density and functional involvement of GPC6 in osteoporosis

    John P Kemp;John P Kemp;John A Morris;Carolina Medina-Gomez;Vincenzo Forgetta

  • Sex-stratified Genome-wide Association Studies Including 270,000 Individuals Show Sexual Dimorphism in Genetic Loci for Anthropometric Traits

    Joshua C. Randall;Joshua C. Randall;Thomas W. Winkler;Zoltán Kutalik;Zoltán Kutalik;Sonja I. Berndt

  • 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

  • Genetic evidence of assortative mating in humans

    Matthew R. Robinson;Aaron Kleinman;Mariaelisa Graff;Anna A.E. Vinkhuyzen

  • WNT16 Influences Bone Mineral Density, Cortical Bone Thickness, Bone Strength, and Osteoporotic Fracture Risk

    Hou-Feng Zheng;Jon H. Tobias;Emma Duncan;Emma Duncan;David M. Evans

  • Life-Course Genome-wide Association Study Meta-analysis of Total Body BMD and Assessment of Age-Specific Effects

    Carolina Medina-Gomez;John P. Kemp;John P. Kemp;Katerina Trajanoska;Jian'an Luan

  • 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

  • Sex-stratified Genome-wide Association Studies Including 270,000 Individuals Show Sexual Dimorphism in Genetic Loci for Anthropometric Traits

    Joshua C. Randall;Thomas W. Winkler;Zoltan Kutalik;Sonja I. Berndt

Frequent Co-Authors

Fernando Rivadeneira
Fernando Rivadeneira Erasmus University Rotterdam
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Zoltán Kutalik
Zoltán Kutalik University of Lausanne
Tim D. Spector
Tim D. Spector King's College London
Kari Stefansson
Kari Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
Joel N. Hirschhorn
Joel N. Hirschhorn Boston Children's Hospital
Nicholas J. Wareham
Nicholas J. Wareham University of Cambridge
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir deCODE Genetics (Iceland)

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