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George T. O'Connor

George T. O'Connor

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Medicine

D-Index
112
Citations
48822
World Ranking
5129
National Ranking
2772

Overview

George T. O'Connor is affiliated with Boston University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Their body of work encompasses topics such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Asthma and respiratory diseases, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Pediatric health and respiratory diseases, IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways, and Respiratory viral infections research.

O'Connor's recent publications highlight involvement in significant studies on respiratory health and disease mechanisms. Notable papers include:

  • Association of respiratory allergy, asthma, and expression of the SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2, 2020, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Association Between Preserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry and Clinical Outcomes in US Adults, 2021, JAMA
  • Association of clonal hematopoiesis with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 2021, Blood
  • Six-Year Follow-up of a Trial of Antenatal Vitamin D for Asthma Reduction, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Multi-ancestry genome-wide association analyses improve resolution of genes and pathways influencing lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease risk, 2023, Nature Genetics

O'Connor frequently collaborates with a group of researchers, including Philip Greenland, Michael Berkwits, Mary Mcdermott, Jody Zylke, and Annette Flanagin, with multiple joint publications.

Among journals and venues where O'Connor has published, the most frequent are:

  • JAMA
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Their research spans multiple subfields, with emphasis on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Physiology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Epidemiology. This interdisciplinary approach reflects the complex nature of respiratory diseases and their biological underpinnings.

Best Publications

  • Sleep-disordered breathing and cardiovascular disease: cross-sectional results of the Sleep Heart Health Study.

    Shahar E;Whitney Cw;Redline S;Lee Et

  • Prospective study of obstructive sleep apnea and incident coronary heart disease and heart failure: The sleep heart health study

    Daniel J. Gottlieb;Gayane Yenokyan;Anne B. Newman;George T. O'Connor

  • Sleep-disordered breathing and mortality: A prospective cohort study

    Naresh M. Punjabi;Brian S. Caffo;James L. Goodwin;Daniel J. Gottlieb

  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea–Hypopnea and Incident Stroke: the Sleep Heart Health Study

    Susan Redline;Gayane Yenokyan;Daniel J. Gottlieb;Daniel J. Gottlieb;Eyal Shahar

  • Results of a Home-Based Environmental Intervention among Urban Children with Asthma

    Wayne J. Morgan;Ellen F. Crain;Rebecca S. Gruchalla;George T. O'Connor

  • The Sleep Heart Health Study: design, rationale, and methods.

    Stuart F. Quan;Barbara V. Howard;Conrad Iber;Conrad Iber;James P. Kiley

  • Epigenetic Signatures of Cigarette Smoking

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

  • Meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies identify multiple loci associated with pulmonary function

    Dana B. Hancock;Mark Eijgelsheim;Jemma B. Wilk;Sina A. Gharib

  • The association of sleep-disordered breathing and sleep symptoms with quality of life in the Sleep Heart Health Study.

    C. M. Baldwin;K. A. Griffith;F. J. Nieto;G. T. O'Connor

  • Analysis of dose-response curves to methacholine. An approach suitable for population studies.

    O'Connor G;Sparrow D;Taylor D;Segal M

  • Market learning and radical innovation: A cross case comparison of eight radical innovation projects

    Gina Colarelli O'Connor

  • Association of respiratory allergy, asthma, and expression of the SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2.

    Daniel J. Jackson;William W. Busse;Leonard B. Bacharier;Meyer Kattan

  • Management of asthma based on exhaled nitric oxide in addition to guideline-based treatment for inner-city adolescents and young adults: a randomised controlled trial

    Stanley J Szefler;Herman Mitchell;Christine A Sorkness;Peter J Gergen

  • Underdiagnosis of sleep apnea syndrome in U.S. communities.

    Vishesh Kapur;Kingman P. Strohl;Kingman P. Strohl;Susan Redline;Conrad Iber

  • Sleep and sleep-disordered breathing in adults with predominantly mild obstructive airway disease.

    Mark H. Sanders;Anne B. Newman;Catherine L. Haggerty;Susan Redline

  • Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

    Florence Demenais;Florence Demenais;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Kathleen C. Barnes;William O.C. Cookson

  • Effect of Prenatal Supplementation With Vitamin D on Asthma or Recurrent Wheezing in Offspring by Age 3 Years: The VDAART Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Augusto A. Litonjua;Augusto A. Litonjua;Vincent J. Carey;Vincent J. Carey;Nancy Laranjo;Benjamin J. Harshfield

  • Genome-wide association and large-scale follow up identifies 16 new loci influencing lung function

    María Soler Artigas;Daan W. Loth;Louise V. Wain;Sina A. Gharib

  • Prospective study of sleep-disordered breathing and hypertension: The sleep heart health study

    George T. O'Connor;Brian Caffo;Anne B. Newman;Stuart F. Quan;Stuart F. Quan

  • Effects of early-life exposure to allergens and bacteria on recurrent wheeze and atopy in urban children

    Susan V. Lynch;Robert A. Wood;Homer Boushey;Leonard B. Bacharier

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott T. Weiss
Scott T. Weiss Harvard University
Josée Dupuis
Josée Dupuis McGill University
Stephanie J. London
Stephanie J. London National Institutes of Health
Robert A. Wood
Robert A. Wood Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Jemma B. Wilk
Jemma B. Wilk Pfizer (United States)
James E. Gern
James E. Gern University of Wisconsin–Madison
Guy Brusselle
Guy Brusselle Ghent University Hospital
R. Graham Barr
R. Graham Barr Columbia University
Diane R. Gold
Diane R. Gold Harvard University
Meyer Kattan
Meyer Kattan Columbia University

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