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Gérard Waeber is affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, contributing extensively to the field of medicine with a focus on areas such as cardiology, endocrinology, genetics, and physiology. Their scientific work spans 94 publications, with significant emphasis on subfields including Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, General Health Professions, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Genetics, and Physiology.

Their research covers a variety of topics, prominently featuring studies on obstructive sleep apnea, nutritional studies and diet, clinical reasoning and diagnostic skills, health and society, as well as sleep and related disorders and genetic associations in epidemiology.

Gérard Waeber's recent papers illustrate this diverse research spectrum. The publications include:

  • "Genome-wide association study identifies 48 common genetic variants associated with handedness" (2020, Nature Human Behaviour)
  • "The cytokines HGF and CXCL13 predict the severity and the mortality in COVID-19 patients" (2021, Nature Communications)
  • "Risk factors of excessive daytime sleepiness in a prospective population-based cohort" (2020, Journal of Sleep Research)
  • "Obesity and atypical depression symptoms: findings from Mendelian randomization in two European cohorts" (2021, Translational Psychiatry)
  • "Cytokine-directed therapy with tocilizumab for immune checkpoint inhibitor-related hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis" (2020, Annals of Oncology)

The work has appeared frequently in scientific venues such as Revue Médicale Suisse, Swiss Medical Weekly, Scientific Reports, European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, and BMJ Open.

In collaborative research, Gérard Waeber has worked regularly with coauthors including Pedro Marques-Vidal and Péter Vollenweider, each with 34 joint publications, as well as Martin Preisig, Zoltán Kutalik, and Julien Castioni.

Best Publications

  • Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

    Tanya M. Teslovich;Kiran Musunuru;Albert V. Smith;Andrew C. Edmondson

  • Prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing in the general population: the HypnoLaus study

    R Heinzer;S Vat;P Marques-Vidal;H Marti-Soler

  • Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation

    Cristen J. Willer;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Ruth J. F. Loos;Shengxu Li

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure

    Christopher Newton-Cheh;Christopher Newton-Cheh;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Vesela Gateva;Martin D. Tobin

  • Modulation of genetic associations with serum urate levels by body-mass-index in humans

    Jennifer E. Huffman;Eva Albrecht;Alexander Teumer;Massimo Mangino

  • GWAS of 126,559 Individuals Identifies Genetic Variants Associated with Educational Attainment

    Cornelius A. Rietveld;Sarah E. Medland;Jaime Lane Derringer;Jian Yang

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 18 new loci associated with serum urate concentrations

    Anna Köttgen;Anna Köttgen;Eva Albrecht;Alexander Teumer;Veronique Vitart

  • Variants in MTNR1B influence fasting glucose levels

    Inga Prokopenko;Claudia Langenberg;Jose C. Florez;Jose C. Florez;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • Meta-analysis of 28,141 individuals identifies common variants within five new loci that influence uric acid concentrations.

    Melanie Kolz;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Serena Sanna;Alexander Teumer

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

    Sonja I Berndt;Stefan Gustafsson;Stefan Gustafsson;Reedik Mägi;Reedik Mägi;Andrea Ganna

  • The CoLaus study: a population-based study to investigate the epidemiology and genetic determinants of cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome.

    Mathieu Firmann;Vladimir Mayor;Pedro Marques Vidal;Murielle Bochud

  • Meta-analysis and imputation refines the association of 15q25 with smoking quantity

    Jason Z. Liu;Federica Tozzi;Dawn M. Waterworth;Sreekumar G. Pillai

  • Genome-wide association scan meta-analysis identifies three Loci influencing adiposity and fat distribution

    Cecilia M. Lindgren;Iris M. Heid;Joshua C. Randall;Claudia Lamina

  • Parent-of-origin-specific allelic associations among 106 genomic loci for age at menarche

    John R.B. Perry;Felix Day;Cathy E. Elks;Patrick Sulem

  • The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study

    Thomas W. Winkler;Anne E. Justice;Mariaelisa Graff;Llilda Barata

  • A new highly penetrant form of obesity due to deletions on chromosome 16p11.2

    R. G. Walters;S. Jacquemont;A. Valsesia;A. Valsesia;A. Valsesia;A. J. de Smith

  • Thirty new loci for age at menarche identified by a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

    Cathy E. Elks;John R B Perry;Patrick Sulem;Daniel I. Chasman

  • Erratum: New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (Nature Genetics (2010) 42 (105-116))

    Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena

  • Meta-analysis of 28,141 individuals identifies common variants within five new loci that influence uric acid concentrations

    M. Kolz;T. Johnson;S. Sanna;A. Teumer

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Vollenweider
Peter Vollenweider University of Lausanne
Pedro Marques-Vidal
Pedro Marques-Vidal University of Lausanne
Zoltán Kutalik
Zoltán Kutalik University of Lausanne
Martin Preisig
Martin Preisig University of Lausanne
Vincent Mooser
Vincent Mooser McGill University Health Centre
Sven Bergmann
Sven Bergmann Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Dawn M. Waterworth
Dawn M. Waterworth Johnson & Johnson (United States)
Ruth J. F. Loos
Ruth J. F. Loos University of Copenhagen
Christian Gieger
Christian Gieger Helmholtz Zentrum München
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam

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