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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Janey L. Wiggs is affiliated with the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medical science, with a strong emphasis on ophthalmology.

The scientist's work spans multiple subfields, including:

  • Ophthalmology
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Glaucoma and retinal disorders
  • Retinal Diseases and Treatments
  • Retinal Imaging and Analysis
  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Corneal surgery and disorders

Janey L. Wiggs has contributed to a range of scientific publications. Some of their recent papers are:

  • Multitrait analysis of glaucoma identifies new risk loci and enables polygenic prediction of disease susceptibility and progression, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Deep Learning of the Retina Enables Phenome- and Genome-Wide Analyses of the Microvasculature, 2021, Circulation
  • Genetic variation affects morphological retinal phenotypes extracted from UK Biobank optical coherence tomography images, 2021, PLoS Genetics
  • Large-scale multitrait genome-wide association analyses identify hundreds of glaucoma risk loci, 2023, Nature Genetics
  • Intraocular Pressure, Glaucoma, and Dietary Caffeine Consumption, 2020, Ophthalmology

The frequent co-authors with whom Janey L. Wiggs has collaborated include:

  • Louis R. Pasquale
  • Jae H. Kang
  • Anthony P. Khawaja
  • Ayellet V. Segrè
  • Nazlee Zebardast

The scientist publishes regularly in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ophthalmology
  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • JAMA Ophthalmology
  • UNC Libraries

Janey L. Wiggs was recognized as a member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism from birth to old age and its relationship to cancer.

    Cathy C. Laurie;Cecelia A Laurie;Kenneth Rice;Kimberly F. Doheny

  • Mutations in genes encoding melanosomal proteins cause pigmentary glaucoma in DBA/2J mice.

    Michael G Anderson;Richard S Smith;Norman L Hawes;Adriana Zabaleta

  • Genetics of glaucoma.

    Janey L. Wiggs;Louis R. Pasquale;Louis R. Pasquale

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify multiple loci associated with central corneal thickness and keratoconus.

    Yi Lu;Veronique Vitart;Kathryn P. Burdon;Chiea Chuen Khor

  • A simple procedure for resolution of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase holoenzyme from core polymerase.

    Nelida Gonzalez;Janey Wiggs;Michael J. Chamberlin

  • Common Variants at 9p21 and 8q22 Are Associated with Increased Susceptibility to Optic Nerve Degeneration in Glaucoma

    Janey L. Wiggs;Brian L. Yaspan;Michael A. Hauser;Jae H. Kang

  • Fried food consumption, genetic risk, and body mass index: gene-diet interaction analysis in three US cohort studies

    Qibin Qi;Audrey Y Chu;Jae H Kang;Jinyan Huang

  • Genetic Etiologies of Glaucoma

    Janey L. Wiggs

  • Prediction of the risk of hereditary retinoblastoma, using DNA polymorphisms within the retinoblastoma gene.

    Janey Wiggs;Magnus Nordenskjöld;David Yandell;Joyce Rapaport

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies TXNRD2 , ATXN2 and FOXC1 as susceptibility loci for primary open-angle glaucoma

    Jessica N.Cooke Bailey;Stephanie J. Loomis;Jae H. Kang;R. Rand Allingham

  • Genome-wide analyses identify 68 new loci associated with intraocular pressure and improve risk prediction for primary open-angle glaucoma.

    Anthony P Khawaja;Anthony P Khawaja;Jessica N Cooke Bailey;Nicholas J Wareham;Robert A Scott

  • Prevalence of Mutations in TIGR/Myocilin in Patients with Adult and Juvenile Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma

    J L Wiggs;R R Allingham;D Vollrath;K H Jones

  • Multitrait analysis of glaucoma identifies new risk loci and enables polygenic prediction of disease susceptibility and progression

    Jamie E. Craig;Xikun Han;Xikun Han;Ayub Qassim;Mark Hassall

  • A quantitative assay for bacterial RNA polymerases.

    M J Chamberlin;W C Nierman;J Wiggs;N Neff

  • Genome-wide analysis of multi-ancestry cohorts identifies new loci influencing intraocular pressure and susceptibility to glaucoma

    Pirro G Hysi;Ching-Yu Cheng;Henriët Springelkamp;Stuart Macgregor

  • Panel-based genetic diagnostic testing for inherited eye diseases is highly accurate and reproducible, and more sensitive for variant detection, than exome sequencing

    Mark B. Consugar;Daniel Navarro-Gomez;Emily M. Place;Kinga M. Bujakowska

  • A second locus for Rieger syndrome maps to chromosome 13q14

    Phillips Jc;del Bono Ea;Haines Jl;Pralea Am

  • Common variants near ABCA1, AFAP1 and GMDS confer risk of primary open-angle glaucoma

    Puya Gharahkhani;Kathryn P. Burdon;Kathryn P. Burdon;Rhys Fogarty;Shiwani Sharma

  • Angiopoietin receptor TEK mutations underlie primary congenital glaucoma with variable expressivity

    Tomokazu Souma;Stuart W. Tompson;Benjamin R. Thomson;Owen M. Siggs

  • Role of genetic factors in the etiology of juvenile-onset myopia based on a longitudinal study of refractive error.

    R Pacella;J McLellan;K Grice;E A Del Bono

Frequent Co-Authors

Louis R. Pasquale
Louis R. Pasquale Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Jonathan L. Haines
Jonathan L. Haines Case Western Reserve University
Michael A. Hauser
Michael A. Hauser Duke University
Margaret A. Pericak-Vance
Margaret A. Pericak-Vance University of Miami
Yutao Liu
Yutao Liu Augusta University
David A. Mackey
David A. Mackey University of Western Australia
Alex W. Hewitt
Alex W. Hewitt University of Tasmania
Julia E. Richards
Julia E. Richards University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jamie E. Craig
Jamie E. Craig Flinders University
Chiea Chuen Khor
Chiea Chuen Khor Agency for Science, Technology and Research

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