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Best Female Scientists

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126
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World Ranking
405
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243

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130
Citations
141563
World Ranking
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National Ranking
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Overview

Donna K. Arnett is affiliated with the University of South Carolina in the United States. Their research contributions primarily focus on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Within these broader domains, their work spans several specialized subfields including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Cancer Research, and Epidemiology.

The core topics addressed in their publications center on genetic associations and epidemiology, epigenetics and DNA methylation, and genomics related to rare diseases. Additional research interests include birth, development, and health, cancer genomics and diagnostics, acute ischemic stroke management, and bioinformatics and genomic networks.

Donna K. Arnett has contributed to multiple papers published in prominent venues. Recent publications include:

  • Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes, 2020, Nature
  • Genetic diversity fuels gene discovery for tobacco and alcohol use, 2022, Nature
  • Genome-wide association studies identify 137 genetic loci for DNA methylation biomarkers of aging, 2021, Genome biology
  • Dynamic incorporation of multiple in silico functional annotations empowers rare variant association analysis of large whole-genome sequencing studies at scale, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Clonal haematopoiesis and risk of chronic liver disease, 2023, Nature

The scientist frequently publishes in various scientific venues, including:

  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Circulation
  • Nature

Collaborations form a significant aspect of their work. Notable frequent coauthors include:

  • Marguerite R. Irvin
  • Eric Boerwinkle
  • Stephen S. Rich
  • Bruce M. Psaty
  • Joshua C. Bis

Best Publications

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2016 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association

    Dariush Mozaffarian;Emelia J. Benjamin;Alan S. Go;Donna K. Arnett

  • Executive Summary: Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2015 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association

    Dariush Mozaffarian;Emelia J. Benjamin;Alan S. Go;Donna K. Arnett

  • Heart disease and stroke statistics-2015 update: A report from the American Heart Association

    Dariush Mozaffarian;Emelia J. Benjamin;Alan S. Go;Donna K. Arnett

  • Executive Summary: Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics--2016 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association.

    Dariush Mozaffarian;Emelia J. Benjamin;Alan S. Go;Donna K. Arnett

  • 2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines

    Donna K. Arnett;Roger S. Blumenthal;Michelle A. Albert;Andrew B. Buroker

  • Contemporary Definitions and Classification of the Cardiomyopathies An American Heart Association Scientific Statement From the Council on Clinical Cardiology, Heart Failure and Transplantation Committee; Quality of Care and Outcomes Research and Functional Genomics and Translational Biology Interdisciplinary Working Groups; and Council on Epidemiology and Prevention

    Barry J. Maron;Jeffrey A. Towbin;Gaetano Thiene;Charles Antzelevitch

  • Defining and Setting National Goals for Cardiovascular Health Promotion and Disease Reduction The American Heart Association’s Strategic Impact Goal Through 2020 and Beyond

    Donald M. Lloyd-Jones;Yuling Hong;Darwin Labarthe;Dariush Mozaffarian

  • Vascular Contributions to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association

    Philip B. Gorelick;Angelo Scuteri;Sandra E. Black;Charles Decarli

  • Overweight in Children and Adolescents Pathophysiology, Consequences, Prevention, and Treatment

    Stephen R. Daniels;Donna K. Arnett;Robert H. Eckel;Samuel S. Gidding

  • Mixed linear model approach adapted for genome-wide association studies.

    Zhiwu Zhang;Elhan Ersoz;Chao-Qiang Lai;Rory J Todhunter

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

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

  • Neighborhood of residence and incidence of coronary heart disease.

    A V Diez Roux;S S Merkin;D Arnett;L Chambless

  • 2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

    Donna K. Arnett;Roger S. Blumenthal;Michelle A. Albert

  • Criteria for Evaluation of Novel Markers of Cardiovascular Risk A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    Mark A. Hlatky;Philip Greenland;Donna K. Arnett;Christie M. Ballantyne

  • Epigenetic Signatures of Cigarette Smoking

    Roby Joehanes;Allan C. Just;Riccardo E. Marioni;Luke C. Pilling

  • 2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: Executive Summary

    Donna K. Arnett;Roger S. Blumenthal;Michelle A. Albert

  • Arterial Stiffness: A New Cardiovascular Risk Factor?

    Donna K. Arnett;Gregory W. Evans;Ward A. Riley

  • Arterial Stiffness and the Development of Hypertension: The ARIC Study

    Duanping Liao;Donna K. Arnett;Herman A. Tyroler;Ward A. Riley

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

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

  • Sudden Cardiac Arrest

    Emelia J Benjamin;Michael J Blaha;Stephanie E Chiuve;Mary Cushman

Frequent Co-Authors

Jose M. Ordovas
Jose M. Ordovas Tufts University
Steven C. Hunt
Steven C. Hunt Cornell University
Ingrid B. Borecki
Ingrid B. Borecki Washington University in St. Louis
Paul N. Hopkins
Paul N. Hopkins University of Utah
Michael A. Province
Michael A. Province Washington University in St. Louis
Luc Djoussé
Luc Djoussé Harvard Medical School
Marguerite R. Irvin
Marguerite R. Irvin University of Alabama at Birmingham
Michael Y. Tsai
Michael Y. Tsai University of Minnesota
Richard B. Devereux
Richard B. Devereux Cornell University
James S. Pankow
James S. Pankow University of Minnesota

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