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3094
National Ranking
1566

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Overview

David V. Conti is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research spans across the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a total of 279 and 226 publications respectively. Within these broad domains, Conti's work focuses on specific subfields including Genetics, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The primary topics addressed in Conti's research include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research, Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research, Genetic factors in colorectal cancer, Birth, Development, and Health, BRCA gene mutations in cancer, and Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Conti are the following:

  • Principles and methods for transferring polygenic risk scores across global populations, 2023, Nature Reviews Genetics
  • An integrative multi-omics analysis to identify candidate DNA methylation biomarkers related to prostate cancer risk, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Deciphering colorectal cancer genetics through multi-omic analysis of 100,204 cases and 154,587 controls of European and East Asian ancestries, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Prenatal Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl Substances Associated With Increased Susceptibility to Liver Injury in Children, 2020, Hepatology
  • Dysregulated lipid and fatty acid metabolism link perfluoroalkyl substances exposure and impaired glucose metabolism in young adults, 2020, Environment International

Conti has worked frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Christopher A. Haiman
  • Jesse A. Goodrich
  • Loïc Le Marchand
  • Damaskini Valvi
  • Lida Chatzi

Their publications have appeared in several notable venues, with the highest numbers in:

  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Cancer Research

Best Publications

  • Common polygenic variation contributes to risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

    Shaun M. Purcell;Shaun M. Purcell;Naomi R. Wray;Jennifer L. Stone;Jennifer L. Stone;Peter M. Visscher

  • Rare chromosomal deletions and duplications increase risk of schizophrenia

    Jennifer L. Stone;Jennifer L. Stone;Jennifer L. Stone;Michael C. O’Donovan;Hugh Gurling;George K. Kirov

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of asthma in ethnically diverse North American populations

    Dara G. Torgerson;Dara G. Torgerson;Elizabeth J. Ampleford;Grace Y. Chiu;W. James Gauderman

  • Association analyses of more than 140,000 men identify 63 new prostate cancer susceptibility loci

    Fredrick R. Schumacher;Ali Amin Al Olama;Sonja I. Berndt;Sara Benlloch

  • Time to first cigarette in the morning as an index of ability to quit smoking: Implications for nicotine dependence

    Timothy B. Baker;Megan E. Piper;Danielle E. McCarthy;Daniel M. Bolt

  • Revealing the complex genetic architecture of obsessive-compulsive disorder using meta-analysis

    Paul D. Arnold;Kathleen D. Askland;Cristina Barlassina;Laura Bellodi

  • A meta-analysis of 87,040 individuals identifies 23 new susceptibility loci for prostate cancer

    Ali Amin Al Olama;Zsofia Kote-Jarai;Sonja I. Berndt;David V. Conti

  • Discovery of common and rare genetic risk variants for colorectal cancer

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

  • Germline Mutations in the BRIP1, BARD1, PALB2, and NBN Genes in Women With Ovarian Cancer

    Susan J. Ramus;Honglin Song;Ed Dicks;Jonathan P. Tyrer

  • Genome-wide association study of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    S. E. Stewart;D. Yu;J. M. Scharf;B. M. Neale

  • Genetic Dissection of Complex Traits with Chromosome Substitution Strains of Mice

    Jonathan B. Singer;Annie E. Hill;Lindsay C. Burrage;Keith R. Olszens

  • 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

  • Trans-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of prostate cancer identifies new susceptibility loci and informs genetic risk prediction

    David V. Conti;Burcu F. Darst;Lilit C. Moss;Edward J. Saunders

  • The OncoArray Consortium: A Network for Understanding the Genetic Architecture of Common Cancers.

    Christopher I. Amos;Joe Dennis;Zhaoming Wang;Jinyoung Byun

  • Contribution of Germline Mutations in the RAD51B, RAD51C, and RAD51D Genes to Ovarian Cancer in the Population

    Honglin Song;Ed Dicks;Susan J. Ramus;Jonathan P. Tyrer

  • Partitioning the heritability of tourette syndrome and obsessive compulsive disorder reveals differences in genetic architecture

    Lea K. Davis;Dongmei Yu;Clare L. Keenan;Eric R. Gamazon

  • A Testing Framework for Identifying Susceptibility Genes in the Presence of Epistasis

    Joshua Millstein;David V. Conti;Frank D. Gilliland;W. James Gauderman

  • An integrative multi-omics analysis to identify candidate DNA methylation biomarkers related to prostate cancer risk.

    Lang Wu;Yaohua Yang;Xingyi Guo;Xiao Ou Shu

  • Common variation near CDKN1A, POLD3 and SHROOM2 influences colorectal cancer risk

    Malcolm G Dunlop;Sara E Dobbins;Susan Mary Farrington;Angela M Jones

  • Discovery of common and rare genetic risk variants for colorectal cancer

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher A. Haiman
Christopher A. Haiman University of Southern California
Stephen J. Chanock
Stephen J. Chanock National Institutes of Health
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Fredrick R. Schumacher
Fredrick R. Schumacher Case Western Reserve University
Graham Casey
Graham Casey University of Virginia
Loic Le Marchand
Loic Le Marchand University of Hawaii at Manoa
Mark A. Jenkins
Mark A. Jenkins University of Melbourne
David Van Den Berg
David Van Den Berg University of Southern California
Esther M. John
Esther M. John Stanford University
Jenny Chang-Claude
Jenny Chang-Claude German Cancer Research Center

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