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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)

Overview

Eleanor Feingold is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions also made in medicine. The subfields of focus include genetics, molecular biology, physiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, as well as psychiatry and mental health.

The primary topics addressed in their work involve cleft lip and palate research, craniofacial disorders and treatments, genetic associations and epidemiology, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, down syndrome and intellectual disability research, dementia and cognitive impairment research, and dental development and anomalies.

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Eleanor Feingold include:

  • M. Ilyas Kamboh
  • Mary L. Marazita
  • Seth M. Weinberg
  • Elizabeth J. Leslie
  • Muhammad Aslam

Their recent published papers are as follows:

  • Insights into the genetic architecture of the human face, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Genome-wide Enrichment of De Novo Coding Mutations in Orofacial Cleft Trios, 2020, The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Limb development genes underlie variation in human fingerprint patterns, 2023, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Comparison of amyloid burden in individuals with Down syndrome versus autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease: a cross-sectional study, 2022, The Lancet Neurology
  • FaceBase 3: analytical tools and FAIR resources for craniofacial and dental research, 2020, Development

Eleanor Feingold has frequently published in venues such as Alzheimer's & Dementia, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, Disease Markers, and The Lancet Neurology.

Their research work has explored a range of biomedical topics with a focus on genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying craniofacial abnormalities and neurological disorders.

Eleanor Feingold was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA) in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Genome-partitioning of genetic variation for complex traits using common SNPs

    Jian Yang;Teri A. Manolio;Louis R. Pasquale;Eric Boerwinkle

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism from birth to old age and its relationship to cancer.

    Cathy C. Laurie;Cecelia A Laurie;Kenneth Rice;Kimberly F. Doheny

  • Comprehensive literature review and statistical considerations for GWAS meta-analysis

    Ferdouse Begum;Debashis Ghosh;George C. Tseng;Eleanor Feingold

  • Gaussian models for genetic linkage analysis using complete high-resolution maps of identity by descent.

    E Feingold;P O Brown;D Siegmund

  • Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell Gene Expression Profiles Predict Poor Outcome in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

    Jose D. Herazo-Maya;Imre Noth;Steven R. Duncan;Sung Hwan Kim

  • Genome-wide association study of Alzheimer's disease

    M. I. Kamboh;F. Y. Demirci;X. Wang;R. L. Minster

  • Decreased expression of miR-125b and miR-100 in oral cancer cells contributes to malignancy.

    Brian J. Henson;Samsiddhi Bhattacharjee;Dawn M. O'Dee;Eleanor Feingold

  • Characterization of Susceptible Chiasma Configurations that Increase the Risk for Maternal Nondisjunction of Chromosome 21

    Neil E. Lamb;Eleanor Feingold;Amanda Savage;Dimitris Avramopoulos

  • Familial transmission of the FMR1 CGG repeat.

    S L Nolin;F A Lewis rd;L L Ye;G E Houck

  • New insights into human nondisjunction of chromosome 21 in oocytes.

    Tiffany Renee Oliver;Eleanor Feingold;Kai Yu;Vivian Cheung

  • Non-disjunction in human sperm : Evidence for an effect of increasing paternal age

    Darren K. Griffin;Michael A. Abruzzo;Elise A. Millie;Leon A. Sheean

  • Genome-wide mapping of global-to-local genetic effects on human facial shape.

    Peter Claes;Jasmien Roosenboom;Julie D. White;Tomek Swigut

  • A multi-ethnic genome-wide association study identifies novel loci for non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate on 2p24.2, 17q23 and 19q13

    Elizabeth J Leslie;Jenna C Carlson;John R Shaffer;Eleanor Feingold

  • Genetic analysis of variation in human meiotic recombination.

    Reshmi Chowdhury;Philippe R. J. Bois;Eleanor Feingold;Stephanie L. Sherman

  • Molecular Anatomy of an Intracranial Aneurysm Coordinated Expression of Genes Involved in Wound Healing and Tissue Remodeling

    David G. Peters;Amin B. Kassam;Eleanor Feingold;Elisa Heidrich-O’Hare

  • The gene, environment association studies consortium (GENEVA): maximizing the knowledge obtained from GWAS by collaboration across studies of multiple conditions

    Marilyn C. Cornelis;Arpana Agrawal;John W. Cole;Nadia N. Hansel

  • Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals Multiple Loci Influencing Normal Human Facial Morphology

    John R. Shaffer;Ekaterina Orlova;Myoung Keun Lee;Elizabeth J. Leslie

  • Association between Maternal Age and Meiotic Recombination for Trisomy 21

    Neil E. Lamb;Kai Yu;John Shaffer;Eleanor Feingold

  • GJC2 missense mutations cause human lymphedema.

    Robert E. Ferrell;Catherine J. Baty;Mark A. Kimak;Jenny M. Karlsson

  • Skeletal muscle fatigue, strength, and quality in the elderly: the Health ABC Study.

    Andreas Katsiaras;Anne B. Newman;Andrea Kriska;Jennifer Brach

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary L. Marazita
Mary L. Marazita University of Pittsburgh
Stephanie L. Sherman
Stephanie L. Sherman Emory University
Jacqueline T. Hecht
Jacqueline T. Hecht The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Daniel E. Weeks
Daniel E. Weeks University of Pittsburgh
Daniel W. McNeil
Daniel W. McNeil West Virginia University
M. Ilyas Kamboh
M. Ilyas Kamboh University of Pittsburgh
Kaare Christensen
Kaare Christensen University of Southern Denmark
M. Michael Barmada
M. Michael Barmada University of Pittsburgh
Jeffrey C. Murray
Jeffrey C. Murray University of Iowa
Terri H. Beaty
Terri H. Beaty Johns Hopkins University

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