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Best Female Scientists

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110
Citations
44640
World Ranking
890
National Ranking
540

Genetics

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109
Citations
44718
World Ranking
550
National Ranking
277

Medicine

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114
Citations
49058
World Ranking
4725
National Ranking
2561

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Gail P. Jarvik is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these broad fields, Jarvik focuses particularly on Genetics, Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Surgery.

Their work engages with several core topics, including:

  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • BRCA Gene Mutations in Cancer
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Genetic Factors in Colorectal Cancer
  • Ethics in Clinical Research
  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health

Jarvik has contributed to numerous academic papers, including recent publications such as:

  • Genomic data in the All of Us Research Program (2024, Nature)
  • Large-scale genome-wide association study of coronary artery disease in genetically diverse populations (2022, Nature Medicine)
  • The All of Us Research Program: Data quality, utility, and diversity (2022, Patterns)
  • Genome-wide Modeling of Polygenic Risk Score in Colorectal Cancer Risk (2020, The American Journal of Human Genetics)
  • Predictive Utility of Polygenic Risk Scores for Coronary Heart Disease in Three Major Racial and Ethnic Groups (2020, The American Journal of Human Genetics)

Frequent publication venues for Jarvik include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Genetics in Medicine
  • Circulation

Jarvik collaborates regularly with several researchers, notably:

  • David R. Crosslin
  • Iftikhar J. Kullo
  • Hákon Hákonarson
  • Wendy K. Chung
  • Wei-Qi Wei

Recognitions received by Jarvik include being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2017 as well as membership in the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Common variants at MS4A4/MS4A6E, CD2AP, CD33 and EPHA1 are associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease.

    Adam C. Naj;Gyungah Jun;Gary W. Beecham;Li-San Wang

  • Systematic comparison of phenome-wide association study of electronic medical record data and genome-wide association study data

    Joshua C. Denny;Lisa Bastarache;Marylyn D. Ritchie;Robert J. Carroll

  • Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

    Rebecca Sims;Sven J. Van Der Lee;Adam C. Naj;Céline Bellenguez;Céline Bellenguez

  • Loss-of-function mutations in APOC3, triglycerides, and coronary disease

    Jacy Crosby;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Paul L. Auer;David R. Crosslin

  • The eMERGE Network: a consortium of biorepositories linked to electronic medical records data for conducting genomic studies.

    Catherine A McCarty;Rex L Chisholm;Christopher G Chute;Iftikhar J Kullo

  • The Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) Network: past, present, and future

    Omri Gottesman;Helena Kuivaniemi;Gerard Tromp;W. Andrew Faucett

  • Presence of Intraplaque Hemorrhage Stimulates Progression of Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaques A High-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

    Norihide Takaya;Chun Yuan;Baocheng Chu;Tobias Saam

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

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

  • Performance of ACMG-AMP Variant-Interpretation Guidelines among Nine Laboratories in the Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research Consortium

    Laura M. Amendola;Gail P. Jarvik;Michael C. Leo;Heather M. McLaughlin

  • Effects of 5' regulatory-region polymorphisms on paraoxonase-gene (PON1) expression.

    Victoria H. Brophy;Rachel L. Jampsa;James B. Clendenning;Laura A. McKinstry

  • Interactions of apolipoprotein E genotype, total cholesterol level, age, and sex in prediction of Alzheimer's disease: A case‐control study

    G. P. Jarvik;E. M. Wijsman;W. A. Kukull;G. D. Schellenberg

  • Quality control procedures for genome-wide association studies.

    Stephen Turner;Loren L. Armstrong;Yuki Bradford;Christopher S. Carlson

  • Protein-altering variants associated with body mass index implicate pathways that control energy intake and expenditure in obesity

    Valérie Turcot;Yingchang Lu;Yingchang Lu;Heather M Highland;Heather M Highland;Claudia Schurmann

  • Return of Genomic Results to Research Participants: The Floor, the Ceiling, and the Choices In Between

    Gail P. Jarvik;Laura M. Amendola;Jonathan S. Berg

  • Evidence for a rare prostate cancer-susceptibility locus at chromosome 1p36

    Mark Gibbs;Janet L. Stanford;Richard A. McIndoe;Gail P. Jarvik

  • Actionable, Pathogenic Incidental Findings in 1,000 Participants’ Exomes

    Michael O. Dorschner;Laura M. Amendola;Emily H. Turner;Peggy D. Robertson

  • Paraoxonase (PON1) Phenotype Is a Better Predictor of Vascular Disease Than Is PON1192 or PON155 Genotype

    Gail Pairitz Jarvik;Laura S. Rozek;Victoria H. Brophy;Thomas S. Hatsukami

  • Actionable exomic incidental findings in 6503 participants: challenges of variant classification

    Laura M. Amendola;Michael O. Dorschner;Peggy D. Robertson;Joseph S. Salama

  • Ethical and practical guidelines for reporting genetic research results to study participants: Updated guidelines from a national heart, lung, and blood institute working group

    Richard R. Fabsitz;Amy McGuire;Richard R. Sharp;Mona Puggal

  • Periventricular leukomalacia is common after neonatal cardiac surgery.

    Kristen K Galli;Robert A Zimmerman;Gail P Jarvik;Gil Wernovsky

Frequent Co-Authors

Hakon Hakonarson
Hakon Hakonarson Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Marylyn D. Ritchie
Marylyn D. Ritchie University of Pennsylvania
Joshua C. Denny
Joshua C. Denny National Institutes of Health
Dan M. Roden
Dan M. Roden Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Deborah A. Nickerson
Deborah A. Nickerson University of Washington
Clement E. Furlong
Clement E. Furlong University of Washington
Catherine A. McCarty
Catherine A. McCarty University of Minnesota
Teri A. Manolio
Teri A. Manolio National Institutes of Health
Wylie Burke
Wylie Burke University of Washington
John B. Harley
John B. Harley United States Department of Veterans Affairs

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