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D-Index
80
Citations
47245
World Ranking
1549
National Ranking
721

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)
  • 1969 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1958 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Fred A. Wright is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, contributing a significant number of publications in these fields. Their work is particularly concentrated in molecular biology, genetics, health, toxicology, mutagenesis, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and cancer research.

The scientist's recent papers include notable contributions such as:

  • "The GTEx Consortium atlas of genetic regulatory effects across human tissues" (2020, Science)
  • "A Quantitative Proteome Map of the Human Body" (2020, Cell)
  • "Population-scale tissue transcriptomics maps long non-coding RNAs to complex disease" (2021, Cell)
  • "A vast resource of allelic expression data spanning human tissues" (2020, Genome biology)
  • "The COVID-19 Pandemic Vulnerability Index (PVI) Dashboard: Monitoring County-Level Vulnerability Using Visualization, Statistical Modeling, and Machine Learning" (2021, Environmental Health Perspectives)

Frequent co-authors in their collaborations include Ivan Rusyn, Yi-Hui Zhou, Weihsueh A. Chiu, Paul J. Gallins, and Rhonda G. Pace. This network reflects interdisciplinary partnerships across various studies.

The scientist regularly publishes in venues such as UNC Libraries, Toxicological Sciences, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The American Journal of Human Genetics, and Cell. The diversity of these publication platforms indicates engagement with both preprint and peer-reviewed outlets within the genetics and toxicology research communities.

Fred A. Wright's main research topics focus on:

  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Cystic fibrosis research advances
  • Gene expression and cancer classification
  • Carcinogens and genotoxicity assessment
  • Genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals
  • Genetic associations and epidemiology
  • Toxic organic pollutants impact

Throughout their career, the scientist has been recognized by several prestigious organizations, having been named a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2011, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1969, and a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1958.

Best Publications

  • The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project

    John Lonsdale;Jeffrey Thomas;Mike Salvatore;Rebecca Phillips

  • The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) pilot analysis: Multitissue gene regulation in humans

    Kristin G. Ardlie;David S. Deluca;Ayellet V. Segrè

  • The GTEx Consortium atlas of genetic regulatory effects across human tissues

    F Aguet;AN Barbeira;R Bonazzola;A Brown

  • Integrative approaches for large-scale transcriptome-wide association studies.

    Alexander Gusev;Alexander Gusev;Arthur Ko;Huwenbo Shi;Gaurav Bhatia;Gaurav Bhatia

  • Aberrant CpG-island methylation has non-random and tumour-type-specific patterns.

    Joseph F. Costello;Joseph F. Costello;Michael C. Frühwald;Michael C. Frühwald;Dominic J. Smiraglia;Laura J. Rush

  • The human transcriptome across tissues and individuals

    Marta Melé;Pedro G. Ferreira;Ferran Reverter;Ferran Reverter;David S. DeLuca

  • Correction: Corrigendum: Synchronized age-related gene expression changes across multiple tissues in human and the link to complex diseases

    Jialiang Yang;Tao Huang;Francesca Petralia;Quan Long

  • Exploring the phenotypic consequences of tissue specific gene expression variation inferred from GWAS summary statistics.

    Alvaro N. Barbeira;Scott P. Dickinson;Rodrigo Bonazzola;Jiamao Zheng

  • The E2F1–3 transcription factors are essential for cellular proliferation

    Lizhao Wu;Cynthia Timmers;Baidehi Maiti;Harold I. Saavedra

  • The genome architecture of the collaborative cross mouse genetic reference population

    Fuad A. Iraqi;Mustafa Mahajne;Yasser Salaymah;Hani Sandovski

  • Genetic Modifiers of Lung Disease in Cystic Fibrosis

    Mitchell L. Drumm;Michael W. Konstan;Mark D. Schluchter;Allison Handler

  • Gene expression in papillary thyroid carcinoma reveals highly consistent profiles

    Ying Huang;Manju Prasad;William J. Lemon;Heather Hampel

  • Racial differences in the incidence of cardiac arrest and subsequent survival. The CPR Chicago Project.

    Lance B. Becker;Ben H. Han;Peter M. Meyer;Fred A. Wright

  • Significance analysis of functional categories in gene expression studies: a structured permutation approach

    William T. Barry;Andrew B. Nobel;Fred A. Wright

  • Genomewide association for schizophrenia in the CATIE study: results of stage 1

    P. F. Sullivan;P. F. Sullivan;D. Lin;J. Y. Tzeng;E. Van Den Oord

  • Heritability and genomics of gene expression in peripheral blood

    Fred A. Wright;Patrick F. Sullivan;Andrew I. Brooks;Fei Zou

  • Expression profiling reveals fundamental biological differences in acute myeloid leukemia with isolated trisomy 8 and normal cytogenetics

    Kimmo Virtaneva;Fred A. Wright;Stephan M. Tanner;Bo Yuan

  • Molecular subtypes in head and neck cancer exhibit distinct patterns of chromosomal gain and loss of canonical cancer genes.

    Vonn Walter;Xiaoying Yin;Matthew D. Wilkerson;Christopher R. Cabanski;Christopher R. Cabanski

  • Excessive CpG island hypermethylation in cancer cell lines versus primary human malignancies

    Dominic J. Smiraglia;Laura J. Rush;Michael C. Frühwald;Michael C. Frühwald;Zunyan Dai

  • Genetic modifiers of liver disease in cystic fibrosis.

    Jaclyn R. Bartlett;Kenneth J. Friedman;Simon C. Ling;Rhonda G. Pace

Frequent Co-Authors

Ivan Rusyn
Ivan Rusyn Texas A&M University
Andrew B. Nobel
Andrew B. Nobel University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Michael R. Knowles
Michael R. Knowles University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Patrick F. Sullivan
Patrick F. Sullivan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Emmanouil T. Dermitzakis
Emmanouil T. Dermitzakis University of Geneva
Gad Getz
Gad Getz Broad Institute
Eric R. Gamazon
Eric R. Gamazon Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Ralf Krahe
Ralf Krahe The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Tuuli Lappalainen
Tuuli Lappalainen Royal Institute of Technology

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