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Overview

Craig E. Pennell is affiliated with the University of Newcastle Australia. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a comprehensive focus on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Genetics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Epidemiology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The main topics of their work include Birth, Development, and Health, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Gestational Diabetes Research and Management, Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Pregnancy-related medical research, and Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies.

Several of their recent papers illustrate the breadth of their research interests and publication activity. These include:

  • Novel loci for childhood body mass index and shared heritability with adult cardiometabolic traits (2020, PLoS Genetics)
  • Genome-wide analyses of individual differences in quantitatively assessed reading- and language-related skills in up to 34,000 people (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • The prevalence of common sleep disorders in young adults: a descriptive population-based study (2020, SLEEP)
  • Genetic effects on the timing of parturition and links to fetal birth weight (2023, Nature Genetics)
  • Variation in the SERPINA6/SERPINA1 locus alters morning plasma cortisol, hepatic corticosteroid binding globulin expression, gene expression in peripheral tissues, and risk of cardiovascular disease (2021, Journal of Human Genetics)

Frequent co-authors contributing to their research include Carol A. Wang, Andrew Whitehouse, Terho Lehtimäki, Dorret I. Boomsma, and Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, indicating collaborative work spanning a variety of expertise areas.

Their work has been published across multiple venues, with frequent publications in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UNC Libraries, Research Square, and PLoS ONE.

Best Publications

  • Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    Ditte Demontis;Ditte Demontis;Raymond K Walters;Raymond K Walters;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Manuel Mattheisen

  • The trans-ancestral genomic architecture of glycemic traits

    Ji Chen;Ji Chen;Cassandra N. Spracklen;Cassandra N. Spracklen;Gaëlle Marenne;Gaëlle Marenne;Arushi Varshney

  • Parent-of-origin-specific allelic associations among 106 genomic loci for age at menarche

    John R.B. Perry;Felix Day;Cathy E. Elks;Patrick Sulem

  • Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of 21,000 cases and 95,000 controls identifies new risk loci for atopic dermatitis

    Lavinia Paternoster;Marie Standl;Johannes Waage;Hansjoerg Baurecht

  • 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

  • Thirty new loci for age at menarche identified by a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

    Cathy E. Elks;John R B Perry;Patrick Sulem;Daniel I. Chasman

  • 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

  • Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

    Florence Demenais;Florence Demenais;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Kathleen C. Barnes;William O.C. Cookson

  • Genome-wide meta-analyses of multiancestry cohorts identify multiple new susceptibility loci for refractive error and myopia

    Virginie J M Verhoeven;Pirro G Hysi;Robert Wojciechowski;Robert Wojciechowski;Qiao Fan

  • A genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies new childhood obesity loci

    JP Bradfield;HR Taal;NJ Timpson;A Scherag

  • Genome-wide association and large-scale follow up identifies 16 new loci influencing lung function

    María Soler Artigas;Daan W. Loth;Louise V. Wain;Sina A. Gharib

  • Identification of IL6R and chromosome 11q13.5 as risk loci for asthma

    Manuel A Ferreira;Melanie C Matheson;David L Duffy;Guy B Marks

  • Genome Analyses of >200,000 Individuals Identify 58 Loci for Chronic Inflammation and Highlight Pathways that Link Inflammation and Complex Disorders.

    S Ligthart;A Vaez;U Võsa;M G Stathopoulou

  • Estimating remission from untreated major depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    H. A. Whiteford;M. G. Harris;G. McKeon;A. Baxter

  • 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

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies three new risk loci for atopic dermatitis.

    Lavinia Paternoster;Marie Standl;Chih-Mei Chen;Adaikalavan Ramasamy

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify multiple loci associated with central corneal thickness and keratoconus.

    Yi Lu;Veronique Vitart;Kathryn P. Burdon;Chiea Chuen Khor

  • Age at Menarche: Influences of Prenatal and Postnatal Growth

    Deborah M. Sloboda;Roger Hart;Dorota A. Doherty;Craig E. Pennell

  • A genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies new childhood obesity loci

    Bradfield Jp;Taal Hr;Timpson Nj;Scherag A

  • Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

    Florence Demenais;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Kathleen C. Barnes;William O. C. Cookson

Frequent Co-Authors

Olli T. Raitakari
Olli T. Raitakari Turku University Hospital
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Imperial College London
Fernando Rivadeneira
Fernando Rivadeneira Erasmus University Rotterdam
Nicole M. Warrington
Nicole M. Warrington University of Queensland
John P. Newnham
John P. Newnham University of Western Australia
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
David Evans
David Evans University of Bristol
Nicholas J. Timpson
Nicholas J. Timpson University of Bristol

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