2026 Gina M. Peloso: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	74	1924	1831	882	830	230	52493
Medicine	78	17783	16713	8873	8200	282	53443

Overview

Gina M. Peloso is affiliated with Boston University in the United States and has a significant body of research focusing primarily on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work spans several specialized subfields including genetics, molecular biology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, surgery, and endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism.

Their recent published papers address various topics in genomics, genetic associations, and disease risk. Notable papers include:

Transcriptomic signatures across human tissues identify functional rare genetic variation, 2020, Science
Multi-ancestry fine mapping implicates OAS1 splicing in risk of severe COVID-19, 2022, Nature Genetics
Genome-wide association analysis and Mendelian randomization proteomics identify drug targets for heart failure, 2023, Nature Communications
Non-linear machine learning models incorporating SNPs and PRS improve polygenic prediction in diverse human populations, 2022, Communications Biology
Mendelian randomization supports bidirectional causality between telomere length and clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential, 2022, Science Advances

Frequent co-authors of Gina M. Peloso include:

Pradeep Natarajan (67 joint publications)
Stephen S. Rich (36 joint publications)
Joshua C. Bis (35 joint publications)
Myriam Fornage (33 joint publications)
Eric Boerwinkle (32 joint publications)

Peloso has published extensively in several prominent venues. The most frequent publication platforms are:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 34 publications
Circulation with 23 publications
UNC Libraries with 21 publications
Alzheimer's & Dementia with 11 publications
JAMA Cardiology with 5 publications

The main topics covered in their research include:

Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (118 publications)
Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health (40 publications)
Genomics and Rare Diseases (38 publications)
Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (36 publications)
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (24 publications)
Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (22 publications)
Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors (18 publications)

Best Publications

Analysis of protein-coding genetic variation in 60,706 humans

Monkol Lek;Konrad J. Karczewski;Konrad J. Karczewski;Eric V. Minikel;Eric V. Minikel;Kaitlin E. Samocha

10685
Citations
Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

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

3980
Citations
Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso

3259
Citations
Plasma HDL cholesterol and risk of myocardial infarction: A mendelian randomisation study

Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Marju Orho-Melander;Ruth Frikke-Schmidt

2514
Citations
Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program.

Daniel Taliun;Daniel N. Harris;Michael D. Kessler;Jedidiah Carlson;Jedidiah Carlson

2185
Citations
Common variants at 30 loci contribute to polygenic dyslipidemia.

Sekar Kathiresan;Sekar Kathiresan;Sekar Kathiresan;Cristen J. Willer;Gina M. Peloso;Serkalem Demissie

1556
Citations
Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease

Ron Do;Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta

1080
Citations
Genetic associations with valvular calcification and aortic stenosis.

George Thanassoulis;George Thanassoulis;Catherine Y. Campbell;David S. Owens;J. Gustav Smith;J. Gustav Smith

1009
Citations
Diagnostic Yield and Clinical Utility of Sequencing Familial Hypercholesterolemia Genes in Patients With Severe Hypercholesterolemia

Amit V. Khera;Amit V. Khera;Hong Hee Won;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Kim S. Lawson

909
Citations
Loss-of-function mutations in APOC3, triglycerides, and coronary disease

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

892
Citations
Exome sequencing, ANGPTL3 mutations, and familial combined hypolipidemia.

Kiran Musunuru;James P. Pirruccello;James P. Pirruccello;James P. Pirruccello;Ron Do;Ron Do;Ron Do;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso

772
Citations
Exome sequencing identifies rare LDLR and APOA5 alleles conferring risk for myocardial infarction

Ron Do;Ron Do;Nathan O. Stitziel;Hong Hee Won;Hong Hee Won;Anders Berg Jørgensen

723
Citations
Genetics of blood lipids among ~300,000 multi-ethnic participants of the Million Veteran Program.

Derek Klarin;Derek Klarin;Scott M Damrauer;Scott M Damrauer;Kelly Cho;Yan V Sun

677
Citations
Exome-wide association study of plasma lipids in > 300,000 individuals

Dajiang J Liu;Gina M Peloso;Gina M Peloso;Haojie Yu;Adam S Butterworth;Adam S Butterworth

591
Citations
Novel Loci for Adiponectin Levels and Their Influence on Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Traits: A Multi-Ethnic Meta-Analysis of 45,891 Individuals

Z Dastani;Hivert M-F.;Hivert M-F.;N Timpson;Perry Jrb.;Perry Jrb.

591
Citations
Inactivating mutations in NPC1L1 and protection from coronary heart disease

Nathan O. Stitziel;Hong Hee Won;Alanna C. Morrison;Gina M. Peloso

565
Citations
Rare variant in scavenger receptor BI raises HDL cholesterol and increases risk of coronary heart disease

Zanoni P;Khetarpal Sa;Larach Db;Hancock-Cerutti Wf

549
Citations
Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program

Daniel Taliun;Daniel N. Harris;Michael D. Kessler;Jedidiah Carlson;Jedidiah Carlson

513
Citations
Coding Variation in ANGPTL4, LPL, and SVEP1 and the Risk of Coronary Disease

Nathan O. Stitziel;Kathleen E. Stirrups;Nicholas G. D. Masca;Jeanette Erdmann

475
Citations
Refining the accuracy of validated target identification through coding variant fine-mapping in type 2 diabetes

Anubha Mahajan;Jennifer Wessel;Sara M. Willems;Wei Zhao

409
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Sekar Kathiresan Harvard University

Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

L. Adrienne Cupples Boston University

Nilesh J. Samani University of Leicester

John Danesh University of Cambridge

Cristen J. Willer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

James G. Wilson University of Mississippi Medical Center

Christopher J. O'Donnell Harvard Medical School

Jerome I. Rotter UCLA Medical Center

Gonçalo R. Abecasis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

External Links

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