2026 Christopher S. Carlson: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	76	1798	1710	825	777	218	31489

Overview

Christopher S. Carlson is affiliated with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant number of publications in these areas. Medicine also features prominently among their research domains.

The scientist's work spans several subfields including:

Genetics
Molecular Biology
Pharmacology
Oncology
Pathology and Forensic Medicine

Main topics addressed in their research encompass:

Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects
Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities

Carlson's frequent research collaborators include:

Loïc Le Marchand
Charles Kooperberg
Steven Buyske
Christopher A. Haiman
Lynne R. Wilkens

Most publications appear in venues such as:

UNC Libraries
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
Scientific Reports
Nature Communications

Notable papers authored or co-authored by Christopher S. Carlson include:

Multi-ethnic GWAS and fine-mapping of glycaemic traits identify novel loci in the PAGE Study, 2021, Diabetologia
Minority-centric meta-analyses of blood lipid levels identify novel loci in the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) study, 2020, PLoS Genetics
Optimization of histologic grading schemes in spontaneous and surgically-induced murine models of osteoarthritis, 2021, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
Multi-ancestry genome-wide meta-analysis of 56,241 individuals identifies LRRC4C, LHX5-AS1 and nominates ancestry-specific loci PTPRK, GRB14, and KIAA0825 as novel risk loci for Alzheimer's disease: the Alzheimer's Disease Genetics Consortium, 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Predicted gene expression in ancestrally diverse populations leads to discovery of susceptibility loci for lifestyle and cardiometabolic traits, 2022, The American Journal of Human Genetics

Best Publications

Common variants at MS4A4/MS4A6E, CD2AP, CD33 and EPHA1 are associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease.

Adam C. Naj;Gyungah Jun;Gary W. Beecham;Li-San Wang

2280
Citations
Selecting a Maximally Informative Set of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms for Association Analyses Using Linkage Disequilibrium

Christopher S. Carlson;Michael A. Eberle;Mark J. Rieder;Qian Yi

1885
Citations
Comprehensive assessment of T-cell receptor β-chain diversity in αβ T cells

Harlan S. Robins;Paulo V. Campregher;Santosh K. Srivastava;Abigail Wacher

1336
Citations
Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

Rebecca Sims;Sven J. Van Der Lee;Adam C. Naj;Céline Bellenguez;Céline Bellenguez

1090
Citations
Genetic analyses of diverse populations improves discovery for complex traits

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

1058
Citations
Mapping complex disease loci in whole-genome association studies

Christopher S. Carlson;Michael A. Eberle;Leonid Kruglyak;Deborah A. Nickerson

882
Citations
Exome sequencing identifies rare LDLR and APOA5 alleles conferring risk for myocardial infarction

Ron Do;Ron Do;Nathan O. Stitziel;Hong Hee Won;Hong Hee Won;Anders Berg Jørgensen

723
Citations
Using synthetic templates to design an unbiased multiplex PCR assay

Christopher S. Carlson;Ryan O. Emerson;Anna M. Sherwood;Cindy Desmarais

691
Citations
Population History and Natural Selection Shape Patterns of Genetic Variation in 132 Genes

Joshua M Akey;Michael A Eberle;Mark J Rieder;Christopher S Carlson

581
Citations
Immunosequencing identifies signatures of cytomegalovirus exposure history and HLA-mediated effects on the T cell repertoire

Ryan O Emerson;William S DeWitt;Marissa Vignali;Jenna Gravley

576
Citations
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

547
Citations
Principles for the post-GWAS functional characterization of cancer risk loci

Matthew L Freedman;Alvaro N A Monteiro;Simon A Gayther;Simon A Gayther;Gerhard A Coetzee

521
Citations
Overlap and Effective Size of the Human CD8+ T Cell Receptor Repertoire

Harlan S. Robins;Santosh K. Srivastava;Paulo V. Campregher;Cameron J. Turtle

485
Citations
Polymorphisms within the C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Promoter Region Are Associated with Plasma CRP Levels

Christopher S. Carlson;Shelley Force Aldred;Philip K. Lee;Russell P. Tracy

467
Citations
Quality control procedures for genome-wide association studies.

Stephen Turner;Loren L. Armstrong;Yuki Bradford;Christopher S. Carlson

437
Citations
Additional SNPs and linkage-disequilibrium analyses are necessary for whole-genome association studies in humans

Christopher S. Carlson;Michael A. Eberle;Mark J. Rieder;Joshua D. Smith

417
Citations
Association of low-frequency and rare coding-sequence variants with blood lipids and coronary heart disease in 56,000 whites and blacks.

Gina M. Peloso;Paul L. Auer;Joshua C. Bis;Arend Voorman

377
Citations
Association of polymorphisms in the CRP gene with circulating C-reactive protein levels and cardiovascular events.

Leslie A. Lange;Christopher S. Carlson;Lucia A. Hindorff;Ethan M. Lange

375
Citations
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

371
Citations
Discovery of common and rare genetic risk variants for colorectal cancer

Jeroen R. Huyghe;Stephanie A. Bien;Tabitha A. Harrison;Hyun Min Kang

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulrike Peters University of Washington

Charles Kooperberg Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

John D. Potter Massey University

Cornelia M. Ulrich University of Utah

Alexander P. Reiner University of Washington

Loic Le Marchand University of Hawaii at Manoa

Harlan Robins Adaptive Biotechnologies (United States)

Rebecca D. Jackson The Ohio State University

Christopher A. Haiman University of Southern California

Kari E. North University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

External Links

Personal website of Christopher S. Carlson

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