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  • 1994 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Cathy C. Laurie is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research work primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions also made in Medicine. The scientist's subfields of study include Genetics, Molecular Biology, Hematology, Physiology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The main topics of their research cover a range of areas: Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks, Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders, Blood Groups and Transfusion, Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease, Genomics and Rare Diseases, as well as Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies.

Recent publication venues where Laurie has frequently contributed include UNC Libraries, The American Journal of Human Genetics, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Nature Communications.

Laurie has coauthored extensively with several researchers, including Jerome I. Rotter, Kent D. Taylor, Matthew P. Conomos, Stephen S. Rich, and Kari E. North.

  • Dynamic incorporation of multiple in silico functional annotations empowers rare variant association analysis of large whole-genome sequencing studies at scale (2020, Nature Genetics)
  • A Genome-wide Association Study Discovers 46 Loci of the Human Metabolome in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (2020, The American Journal of Human Genetics)
  • A System for Phenotype Harmonization in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Program (2021, American Journal of Epidemiology)
  • Whole-genome sequencing association analysis of quantitative red blood cell phenotypes: The NHLBI TOPMed program (2021, The American Journal of Human Genetics)
  • Chromosome Xq23 is associated with lower atherogenic lipid concentrations and favorable cardiometabolic indices (2021, Nature Communications)

Their research outputs include extensive work on genome-wide association studies, phenotype harmonization, and quantitative genetic analyses related to blood and cardiometabolic traits.

Laurie has been recognized as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation since 1994.

Best Publications

  • A high-performance computing toolset for relatedness and principal component analysis of SNP data

    Xiuwen Zheng;David Levine;Jess Shen;Stephanie M. Gogarten

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

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

  • 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

  • Genetic analyses of diverse populations improves discovery for complex traits

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

  • Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes.

    Alexander G Bick;Joshua S Weinstock;Satish K Nandakumar;Satish K Nandakumar;Charles P Fulco;Charles P Fulco

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism from birth to old age and its relationship to cancer.

    Cathy C. Laurie;Cecelia A Laurie;Kenneth Rice;Kimberly F. Doheny

  • A Genome-wide Association Study of Lung Cancer Identifies a Region of Chromosome 5p15 Associated with Risk for Adenocarcinoma.

    Maria Teresa Landi;Nilanjan Chatterjee;Kai Yu;Lynn R. Goldin

  • Quality control and quality assurance in genotypic data for genome-wide association studies.

    Cathy C. Laurie;Kimberly F. Doheny;Daniel B. Mirel;Elizabeth W. Pugh

  • 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 study of alcohol dependence

    Laura J. Bierut;Arpana Agrawal;Kathleen K. Bucholz;Kimberly F. Doheny

  • Control for Population Structure and Relatedness for Binary Traits in Genetic Association Studies via Logistic Mixed Models

    Han Chen;Chaolong Wang;Matthew P. Conomos;Adrienne M. Stilp

  • 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

  • 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

  • Identification of Genetic Susceptibility Loci for Colorectal Tumors in a Genome-Wide Meta-analysis

    Ulrike Peters;Ulrike Peters;Shuo Jiao;Fredrick R. Schumacher;Carolyn M. Hutter;Carolyn M. Hutter

  • Common Variants at 9p21 and 8q22 Are Associated with Increased Susceptibility to Optic Nerve Degeneration in Glaucoma

    Janey L. Wiggs;Brian L. Yaspan;Michael A. Hauser;Jae H. Kang

  • A genome-wide survey of hybrid incompatibility factors by the introgression of marked segments of Drosophila mauritiana chromosomes into Drosophila simulans.

    John R. True;Bruce S. Weir;Cathy C. Laurie

  • The genetic architecture of response to long-term artificial selection for oil concentration in the maize kernel.

    Cathy C Laurie;Scott D Chasalow;John R LeDeaux;Robert McCarroll

  • Genome-wide association study identifies novel loci predisposing to cutaneous melanoma

    Christopher I. Amos;Li-E Wang;Jeffrey E. Lee;Jeffrey E. Gershenwald

  • Genetic analysis of a morphological shape difference in the male genitalia of Drosophila simulans and D. mauritiana.

    Jianjun Liu;John M. Mercer;Lynn F. Stam;Gregory C. Gibson

  • Differences in Crossover Frequency and Distribution among Three Sibling Species of Drosophila

    John R. True;John M. Mercer;Cathy C. Laurie

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander P. Reiner
Alexander P. Reiner University of Washington
Jerome I. Rotter
Jerome I. Rotter UCLA Medical Center
Kent D. Taylor
Kent D. Taylor David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Stephanie M. Gogarten
Stephanie M. Gogarten University of Washington
Charles Kooperberg
Charles Kooperberg Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Myriam Fornage
Myriam Fornage The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Xiuqing Guo
Xiuqing Guo Lundquist Institute
Ruth J. F. Loos
Ruth J. F. Loos University of Copenhagen

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