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Overview

Iris M. Heid is affiliated with the University of Regensburg in Germany. Their research contributions are primarily within the field of Medicine, with particular focus in subfields including Ophthalmology, Genetics, Infectious Diseases, Nephrology, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The scientist has published work across several topics, notably:

  • Retinal Diseases and Treatments
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Retinal Imaging and Analysis
  • Glaucoma and retinal disorders
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes

Recent publications include:

  • Discovery and prioritization of variants and genes for kidney function in >1.2 million individuals, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Framework and baseline examination of the German National Cohort (NAKO), 2022, European Journal of Epidemiology
  • Genome-wide association meta-analysis for early age-related macular degeneration highlights novel loci and insights for advanced disease, 2020, BMC Medical Genomics
  • Parents' intention to get vaccinated and to have their child vaccinated against COVID-19: cross-sectional analyses using data from the KUNO-Kids health study, 2021, European Journal of Pediatrics
  • Quantification of the overall contribution of gene-environment interaction for obesity-related traits, 2020, Nature Communications

The frequent coauthors who have collaborated extensively include:

  • Klaus Stark (36 publications)
  • Caroline Brandl (20 publications)
  • Martina E. Zimmermann (20 publications)
  • Thomas W. Winkler (18 publications)
  • Ralph Burkhardt (16 publications)

Publication venues with multiple works are:

  • UNC Libraries (14 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (9 publications)
  • Nature Communications (3 publications)
  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (3 publications)
  • Frontiers in Immunology (3 publications)

Best Publications

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

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

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    Hana Lango Allen;Karol Estrada;Guillaume Lettre;Sonja I. Berndt

  • Radon in homes and risk of lung cancer: collaborative analysis of individual data from 13 European case-control studies.

    S. Darby;D. Hill;A. Auvinen;J. M. Barros-Dios

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • 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

  • A large genome-wide association study of age-related macular degeneration highlights contributions of rare and common variants

    Lars G. Fritsche;Wilmar Igl;Jessica N.Cooke Bailey;Felix Grassmann

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    E. K. Speliotes;C. J. Willer;S. I. Berndt;K. L. Monda

  • Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

    Iris M. Heid;Anne U. Jackson;Joshua C. Randall;Tthomas W. Winkler

  • Loci influencing lipid levels and coronary heart disease risk in 16 European population cohorts

    Yurii S Aulchenko;Samuli Ripatti;Ida Lindqvist;Dorret Boomsma

  • A common genetic variant is associated with adult and childhood obesity.

    Alan Herbert;Norman P. Gerry;Matthew B. McQueen;Iris M. Heid

  • New loci associated with kidney function and chronic kidney disease

    Anna Köttgen;Anna Köttgen;Cristian Pattaro;Carsten A. Böger;Christian Fuchsberger

  • Seven new loci associated with age-related macular degeneration

    Lars G. Fritsche;Lars G. Fritsche;Wei Chen;Wei Chen;Matthew Schu;Brian L. Yaspan

  • 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

  • Identification of ten loci associated with height highlights new biological pathways in human growth.

    Guillaume Lettre;Guillaume Lettre;Anne U Jackson;Christian Gieger;Fredrick R Schumacher;Fredrick R Schumacher

  • 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

  • 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

  • Common genetic variants of the FADS1 FADS2 gene cluster and their reconstructed haplotypes are associated with the fatty acid composition in phospholipids

    Linda Schaeffer;Henning Gohlke;Martina Müller;Iris M. Heid

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    H. Lango Allen;K. Estrada;G. Lettre;S. I. Berndt

Frequent Co-Authors

Zoltán Kutalik
Zoltán Kutalik University of Lausanne
Joel N. Hirschhorn
Joel N. Hirschhorn Boston Children's Hospital
Thomas Illig
Thomas Illig Hannover Medical School
Caroline S. Fox
Caroline S. Fox MSD (United States)
Ruth J. F. Loos
Ruth J. F. Loos University of Copenhagen
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Markus Perola
Markus Perola Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Olli T. Raitakari
Olli T. Raitakari Turku University Hospital
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Daniel I. Chasman
Daniel I. Chasman Brigham and Women's Hospital

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