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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1966 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Deborah A. Nickerson was affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their work primarily focused on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with substantial contributions across several subfields including genetics, molecular biology, infectious diseases, epidemiology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The researcher's topics of interest included genetic associations and epidemiology, genomics and rare diseases, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, respiratory viral infections research, genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities, and COVID-19 epidemiological studies.

Among their recent publications were:

  • "Assessing the contribution of rare variants to complex trait heritability from whole-genome sequence data" (2022, Nature Genetics)
  • "Cryptic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Washington state" (2020, Science)
  • "Targeted long-read sequencing identifies missing disease-causing variation" (2021, The American Journal of Human Genetics)
  • "Type 2 and interferon inflammation regulate SARS-CoV-2 entry factor expression in the airway epithelium" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "Evidence for Limited Early Spread of COVID-19 Within the United States, January-February 2020" (2020, MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)

Frequent co-authors with whom they published included Michael J. Bamshad, Lea M. Starita, Helen Y. Chu, Trevor Bedford, and Peter D. Han. Publication venues where their work commonly appeared were bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), UNC Libraries, Nature Communications, The American Journal of Human Genetics, and American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A.

Deborah A. Nickerson received recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1966.

Best Publications

  • A global reference for human genetic variation.

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

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

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

  • Mapping copy number variation by population-scale genome sequencing

    Ryan E. Mills;Klaudia Walter;Chip Stewart;Robert E. Handsaker

  • Optimal unified approach for rare-variant association testing with application to small-sample case-control whole-exome sequencing studies.

    Seunggeun Lee;Mary J. Emond;Michael J. Bamshad;Kathleen C. Barnes

  • A global reference for human genetic variation

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

  • Mapping complex disease loci in whole-genome association studies

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

  • The utility of single nucleotide polymorphisms in inferences of population history

    Robb T. Brumfield;Peter Beerli;Deborah A. Nickerson;Scott V. Edwards

  • Automating the identification of DNA variations using quality-based fluorescence re-sequencing: analysis of the human mitochondrial genome.

    Mark J. Rieder;Scott L. Taylor;Vincent O. Tobe;Deborah A. Nickerson

  • DNA sequence diversity in a 9.7-kb region of the human lipoprotein lipase gene

    Deborah A. Nickerson;Scott L. Taylor;Kenneth M. Weiss;Andrew G. Clark

  • 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

  • The Genetic Basis of Mendelian Phenotypes: Discoveries, Challenges, and Opportunities

    Jessica X. Chong;Kati J. Buckingham;Shalini N. Jhangiani;Corinne Boehm

  • Population Analysis of Large Copy Number Variants and Hotspots of Human Genetic Disease

    Andy Itsara;Gregory M. Cooper;Carl Baker;Santhosh Girirajan

  • Sequence variation in the human angiotensin converting enzyme.

    Mark J. Rieder;Scott L. Taylor;Andrew G. Clark;Deborah A. Nickerson

  • Novel Loci for Adiponectin Levels and Their Influence on Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Traits: A Multi-Ethnic Meta-Analysis of 45,891 Individuals

    Z Dastani;Hivert M-F.;Hivert M-F.;N Timpson;Perry Jrb.;Perry Jrb.

  • A map of human genome variation from population-scale sequencing

    Richard M. Durbin;David L. Altshuler;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David R. Bentley

  • Inactivating mutations in NPC1L1 and protection from coronary heart disease

    Nathan O. Stitziel;Hong Hee Won;Alanna C. Morrison;Gina M. Peloso

  • Haplotype structure and population genetic inferences from nucleotide- sequence variation in human lipoprotein lipase

    Andrew G. Clark;Kenneth M. Weiss;Deborah A. Nickerson;Scott L. Taylor

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

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

  • Apolipoprotein E Variation at the Sequence Haplotype Level: Implications for the Origin and Maintenance of a Major Human Polymorphism

    Stephanie M. Fullerton;Andrew G. Clark;Kenneth M. Weiss;Deborah A. Nickerson

  • 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

Michael J. Bamshad
Michael J. Bamshad University of Washington
Mark J. Rieder
Mark J. Rieder University of Washington
Jay Shendure
Jay Shendure University of Washington
Joshua D. Smith
Joshua D. Smith University of Washington
Alexander P. Reiner
Alexander P. Reiner University of Washington
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Suzanne M. Leal
Suzanne M. Leal Columbia University Medical Center
Gonçalo R. Abecasis
Gonçalo R. Abecasis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Gail P. Jarvik
Gail P. Jarvik University of Washington
Evan E. Eichler
Evan E. Eichler University of Washington

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