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Christine M. Albert is affiliated with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Their work engages with various specialized subfields including cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, genetics, molecular biology, infectious diseases, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging. Main research topics cover cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation management and outcomes, genetic associations and epidemiology, genomics and rare diseases, cardiac arrhythmias and treatments, cardiovascular function and risk factors, and cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies.

Christine M. Albert has contributed to a broad array of scientific publications, with consistent involvement in high-impact journals and venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Heart Rhythm
  • Circulation
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Notable recent papers associated with their research interests include:

  • The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans, 2020, Nature
  • Risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers and the general community: a prospective cohort study, 2020, The Lancet Public Health
  • Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program, 2021, Nature
  • A structural variation reference for medical and population genetics, 2020, Nature
  • A genomic mutational constraint map using variation in 76,156 human genomes, 2023, Nature

Christine M. Albert has collaborated with several frequent co-authors, reflecting active interdisciplinary teamwork. These co-authors include Mina K. Chung, Emelia J. Benjamin, Nancy R. Cook, Donald W. Bowden, and Daniel I. Chasman.

The scientist has also contributed to academic literature through book publications, including with the Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement. One such publication is the 2023 work titled "Prospective scientifique pour la recherche française sur la biodiversité - 2023".

Best Publications

  • Risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers and the general community: a prospective cohort study.

    Long H. Nguyen;David A. Drew;Mark S. Graham;Amit D. Joshi

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

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

  • BLOOD LEVELS OF LONG-CHAIN n-3 FATTY ACIDS AND THE RISK OF SUDDEN DEATH

    Christine M Albert;Hannia Campos;Meir J Stampfer;Paul M Ridker

  • Fish and omega-3 fatty acid intake and risk of coronary heart disease in women.

    Frank B. Hu;Leslie Bronner;Walter C. Willett;Meir J. Stampfer

  • Fish Consumption and Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death

    Christine M. Albert;Charles H. Hennekens;Christopher J. O'Donnell;Umed A. Ajani

  • TRIGGERING OF SUDDEN DEATH FROM CARDIAC CAUSES BY VIGOROUS EXERTION

    C M Albert;M A Mittleman;C U Chae;I M Lee

  • A structural variation reference for medical and population genetics

    Ryan L Collins;Ryan L Collins;Harrison Brand;Harrison Brand;Konrad J Karczewski;Konrad J Karczewski;Xuefang Zhao;Xuefang Zhao

  • Marine n−3 Fatty Acids and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer

    Manson Je;Cook Nr;Lee Im;Christen W

  • Prospective Study of C-Reactive Protein, Homocysteine, and Plasma Lipid Levels as Predictors of Sudden Cardiac Death

    Christine M. Albert;Jing Ma;Nader Rifai;Meir J. Stampfer

  • Multi-Ethnic Genome-wide Association Study for Atrial Fibrillation

    Carolina Roselli;Mark D. Chaffin;Lu Chen Weng;Lu Chen Weng;Stefanie Aeschbacher

  • Effect of folic acid and B vitamins on risk of cardiovascular events and total mortality among women at high risk for cardiovascular disease: a randomized trial.

    Christine M. Albert;Nancy R. Cook;J. Michael Gaziano;Elaine Zaharris

  • Sudden Cardiac Death Prediction and Prevention: Report From a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and Heart Rhythm Society Workshop

    Glenn I. Fishman;Sumeet S. Chugh;John P. Dimarco;Christine M. Albert

  • Epidemiology and Genetics of Sudden Cardiac Death

    Rajat Deo;Christine M. Albert

  • 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

  • The Spectrum of Epidemiology Underlying Sudden Cardiac Death

    Meiso Hayashi;Wataru Shimizu;Christine M. Albert

  • A Randomized Factorial Trial of Vitamins C and E and Beta Carotene in the Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Women: Results From the Women's Antioxidant Cardiovascular Study

    Nancy R. Cook;Christine M. Albert;J. Michael Gaziano;Elaine Zaharris

  • Low-Carbohydrate-Diet Score and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Women

    Thomas L Halton;Walter C Willett;Simin Liu;JoAnn E Manson

  • Nut consumption and decreased risk of sudden cardiac death in the Physicians' Health Study.

    Christine M. Albert;J. Michael Gaziano;Walter C. Willett;JoAnn E. Manson

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

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

  • Marine n-3 fatty acids and prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer

    Manson Je;Cook Nr;Lee Im;Christen W

Frequent Co-Authors

JoAnn E. Manson
JoAnn E. Manson Harvard Medical School
Nancy R. Cook
Nancy R. Cook Brigham and Women's Hospital
Julie E. Buring
Julie E. Buring Brigham and Women's Hospital
Kathryn M. Rexrode
Kathryn M. Rexrode Brigham and Women's Hospital
Eric B. Rimm
Eric B. Rimm Harvard University
Patrick T. Ellinor
Patrick T. Ellinor Harvard University
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Emelia J. Benjamin
Emelia J. Benjamin Boston University
Steven A. Lubitz
Steven A. Lubitz Harvard University
Daniel I. Chasman
Daniel I. Chasman Brigham and Women's Hospital

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