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Iftikhar J. Kullo

Iftikhar J. Kullo

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Medicine

D-Index
89
Citations
27478
World Ranking
12749
National Ranking
6516

Overview

Iftikhar J. Kullo is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in medicine, with a primary focus on genetics and cardiovascular disease. Their work spans major fields including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant emphasis on Genetics, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Molecular Biology as subfields.

Their research explores a variety of topics, prominently featuring Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Genomics and Rare Diseases, Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health, BRCA gene mutations in cancer, Health Systems and Economic Evaluations, and Ethics in Clinical Research. This multidisciplinary approach integrates molecular genetics with clinical applications in cardiovascular health.

Among the recent notable publications are:

  • "Discovery and systematic characterization of risk variants and genes for coronary artery disease in over a million participants," 2022, Nature Genetics
  • "Improving reporting standards for polygenic scores in risk prediction studies," 2021, Nature
  • "Large-scale genome-wide association study of coronary artery disease in genetically diverse populations," 2022, Nature Medicine
  • "Principles and methods for transferring polygenic risk scores across global populations," 2023, Nature Reviews Genetics
  • "Polygenic scores in biomedical research," 2022, Nature Reviews Genetics

Kullo has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Ozan Dikilitas, Gail P. Jarvik, Daniel J. Schaid, Hákon Hákonarson, and Wei-Qi Wei. These collaborations appear to form a substantial part of their research network.

The most common venues for Kullo's publications include Circulation, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Genetics in Medicine, Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine, and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. This reflects a consistent presence in journals that emphasize cardiovascular medicine and genetics.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • 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

  • Inactivating mutations in NPC1L1 and protection from coronary heart disease

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

  • Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney function

    Cristian Pattaro;Alexander Teumer;Mathias Gorski;Audrey Y. Chu

  • Improving reporting standards for polygenic scores in risk prediction studies

    Hannah Wand;Samuel A Lambert;Cecelia Tamburro;Michael A Iacocca

  • Quality control procedures for genome-wide association studies.

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

  • Validation of Electronic Medical Record-Based Phenotyping Algorithms: Results and Lessons Learned From the eMERGE Network

    Katherine M. Newton;Peggy L. Peissig;Abel Ngo Kho;Suzette J. Bielinski

  • 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

  • Antibody-Based Protein Multiplex Platforms: Technical and Operational Challenges

    Allison A. Ellington;Iftikhar J. Kullo;Kent R. Bailey;George G. Klee

  • Electronic Medical Records for Genetic Research: Results of the eMERGE Consortium

    Abel N. Kho;Jennifer A. Pacheco;Peggy L. Peissig;Luke Rasmussen

  • The phenotypic legacy of admixture between modern humans and Neandertals

    Corinne N. Simonti;Benjamin Vernot;Lisa Bastarache;Erwin Bottinger

  • Preemptive genotyping for personalized medicine: design of the right drug, right dose, right time-using genomic data to individualize treatment protocol.

    Suzette J. Bielinski;Janet E. Olson;Jyotishman Pathak;Richard M. Weinshilboum

  • Sex differences in arterial stiffness and ventricular-arterial interactions.

    Thais Coutinho;Barry A. Borlaug;Patricia A. Pellikka;Stephen T. Turner

  • Variants Near FOXE1 Are Associated with Hypothyroidism and Other Thyroid Conditions: Using Electronic Medical Records for Genome- and Phenome-wide Studies

    Joshua C. Denny;Dana C. Crawford;Marylyn D. Ritchie;Suzette J. Bielinski

  • Association between lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 and cardiovascular disease: a systematic review.

    Carolina A. Garza;Victor M. Montori;Joseph P. McConnell;Virend K. Somers

  • A Bivariate Genome-Wide Approach to Metabolic Syndrome: STAMPEED Consortium

    Aldi T. Kraja;Dhananjay Vaidya;James S. Pankow;Mark O. Goodarzi

  • Vulnerable Plaque: Pathobiology and Clinical Implications

    Iftikhar J. Kullo;William D. Edwards;Robert S. Schwartz

  • Serum Osteocalcin Is Associated With Measures of Insulin Resistance, Adipokine Levels, and the Presence of Metabolic Syndrome

    Umer Saleem;Thomas H. Mosley;Iftikhar J. Kullo

  • Genetic Variants Associated With Cardiac Structure and Function: A Meta-analysis and Replication of Genome-wide Association Data

    Ramachandran S. Vasan;Ramachandran S. Vasan;Nicole L. Glazer;Janine F. Felix;Wolfgang Lieb

Frequent Co-Authors

Kent R. Bailey
Kent R. Bailey Mayo Clinic
Christopher G. Chute
Christopher G. Chute Johns Hopkins University
Gail P. Jarvik
Gail P. Jarvik University of Washington
Thomas H. Mosley
Thomas H. Mosley University of Mississippi Medical Center
Marylyn D. Ritchie
Marylyn D. Ritchie University of Pennsylvania
Catherine A. McCarty
Catherine A. McCarty University of Minnesota
Andrew P. Morris
Andrew P. Morris University of Liverpool
Ingrid A. Holm
Ingrid A. Holm Boston Children's Hospital
Dana C. Crawford
Dana C. Crawford Case Western Reserve University

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