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John Concato is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and focuses their research at the intersection of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their body of work covers a span of topics predominantly related to genetics and statistical methods applied to clinical research.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, key subfields of study for Concato's work are:

  • Genetics
  • Statistics and Probability
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health

Concato's research also centers around specific scientific topics such as:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials
  • Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment

The scientist has contributed to numerous scientific papers, with recent publications including:

  • Discovery of 318 new risk loci for type 2 diabetes and related vascular outcomes among 1.4 million participants in a multi-ancestry meta-analysis, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Bi-ancestral depression GWAS in the Million Veteran Program and meta-analysis in >1.2 million individuals highlight new therapeutic directions, 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • Reproducible Genetic Risk Loci for Anxiety: Results From ∼200,000 Participants in the Million Veteran Program, 2020, American Journal of Psychiatry
  • Genome-wide association analyses of post-traumatic stress disorder and its symptom subdomains in the Million Veteran Program, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Genotyping Array Design and Data Quality Control in the Million Veteran Program, 2020, The American Journal of Human Genetics

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Concato include:

  • Mihaela Aslan
  • Hongyu Zhao
  • Krishnan Radhakrishnan
  • Sumitra Muralidhar
  • J. Michael Gaziano

The scientist's research has been published repeatedly in several venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
  • Nature Genetics
  • Nature Communications
  • JAMA Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • A simulation study of the number of events per variable in logistic regression analysis.

    Peter Peduzzi;John Concato;John Concato;Elizabeth Kemper;Elizabeth Kemper;Theodore R. Holford

  • Randomized, controlled trials, observational studies, and the hierarchy of research designs.

    John Concato;Nirav Shah;Ralph I. Horwitz

  • Obstructive sleep apnea as a risk factor for stroke and death.

    H. Klar Yaggi;John Concato;Walter N. Kernan;Judith H. Lichtman

  • Importance of events per independent variable in proportional hazards regression analysis. II. Accuracy and precision of regression estimates

    Peter Peduzzi;John Concato;John Concato;Alvan R. Feinstein;Theodore R. Holford

  • The risk of determining risk with multivariable models.

    John Concato;Alvan R. Feinstein;Theodore R. Holford

  • Importance of Functional Measures in Predicting Mortality Among Older Hospitalized Patients

    Sharon K. Inouye;Peter N. Peduzzi;Julie T. Robison;John S. Hughes

  • Biomarkers for the diagnosis and risk stratification of acute kidney injury: a systematic review

    S.G. Coca;S.G. Coca;R. Yalavarthy;J. Concato;J. Concato;C.R. Parikh;C.R. Parikh

  • Million Veteran Program: A mega-biobank to study genetic influences on health and disease.

    John Michael Gaziano;John Michael Gaziano;John Concato;Mary Brophy;Mary Brophy;Louis Fiore;Louis Fiore

  • Importance of events per independent variable in proportional hazards analysis I. Background, goals, and general strategy

    John Concato;Peter Peduzzi;Peter Peduzzi;Theodore R. Holford;Alvan R. Feinstein

  • 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

  • Patterns of Weight Change Preceding Hospitalization for Heart Failure

    Sarwat I. Chaudhry;Yongfei Wang;John Concato;Thomas M. Gill

  • Obstructive sleep apnea as a risk factor for type 2 diabetes.

    Nader Botros;John Concato;John Concato;Vahid Mohsenin;Bernardo Selim

  • Effects of Marijuana Smoking on Pulmonary Function and Respiratory Complications: A Systematic Review

    Jeanette M. Tetrault;Kristina Crothers;Brent A. Moore;Reena Mehra

  • Resilience of community-dwelling older persons.

    Susan E. Hardy;John Concato;John Concato;Thomas M. Gill

  • Trans-ethnic association study of blood pressure determinants in over 750,000 individuals.

    A Giri;J N Hellwege;J M Keaton;J M Keaton;J Park

  • Long-term Glycemic Control and Postoperative Infectious Complications

    Annika S. Dronge;Melissa F. Perkal;Sue Kancir;John Concato

  • The prevalence and treatment of depression among patients starting dialysis

    Suzanne Watnick;Paul Kirwin;Paul Kirwin;Rex Mahnensmith;Rex Mahnensmith;John Concato;John Concato

  • Genome-wide association study of alcohol consumption and use disorder in 274,424 individuals from multiple populations

    Henry R. Kranzler;Henry R. Kranzler;Hang Zhou;Hang Zhou;Rachel L. Kember;Rachel L. Kember;Rachel Vickers Smith;Rachel Vickers Smith

  • Phenotypes in obstructive sleep apnea: A definition, examples and evolution of approaches.

    Andrey V. Zinchuk;Mark J. Gentry;John Concato;Henry K. Yaggi

  • Obstructive sleep apnea as a risk factor for coronary events or cardiovascular death.

    Neomi A. Shah;Henry Klar Yaggi;Henry Klar Yaggi;John Concato;John Concato;Vahid Mohsenin

Frequent Co-Authors

J. Michael Gaziano
J. Michael Gaziano Brigham and Women's Hospital
Joel Gelernter
Joel Gelernter Yale University
Philip S. Tsao
Philip S. Tsao Stanford University
Hongyu Zhao
Hongyu Zhao Yale University
Christopher J. O'Donnell
Christopher J. O'Donnell Harvard Medical School
Alvan R. Feinstein
Alvan R. Feinstein Yale University
Murray B. Stein
Murray B. Stein University of California, San Diego
Themistocles L. Assimes
Themistocles L. Assimes Stanford University
Thomas M. Gill
Thomas M. Gill Yale University
Kyong-Mi Chang
Kyong-Mi Chang University of Pennsylvania

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