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Overview

Juan R. González is affiliated with the Barcelona Institute for Global Health in Spain. Their research spans diverse areas within medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular focus on environmental health and epigenetics.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, their work further specializes in the subfields of:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Molecular Biology
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Genetics
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

The predominant research topics covered by Juan R. González involve:

  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Sports injuries and prevention
  • Sports Performance and Training

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on epigenetic mechanisms, environmental influences, and genomic associations with health outcomes. Notable publications include:

  • methylclock: a Bioconductor package to estimate DNA methylation age (2020), published in Bioinformatics
  • Multi-omics signatures of the human early life exposome (2022), published in Nature Communications
  • Genomic analysis of diet composition finds novel loci and associations with health and lifestyle (2020), published in Molecular Psychiatry
  • Association between DNA methylation and ADHD symptoms from birth to school age: a prospective meta-analysis (2020), published in Translational Psychiatry
  • Early-life environmental exposure determinants of child behavior in Europe: A longitudinal, population-based study (2021), published in Environment International

Frequent collaborators in Juan R. González's research include:

  • Martine Vrijheid
  • Regina Gražulevičienė
  • Mariona Bustamante
  • Léa Maître
  • Marina Vafeiadi

The scientist's work often appears in key publication venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Environment International
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • BMC Medicine
  • International Journal of Epidemiology

Best Publications

  • Global variation in copy number in the human genome

    Richard Redon;Shumpei Ishikawa;Karen R. Fitch;Lars Feuk

  • Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses

    Aysu Okbay;Bart M L Baselmans;Jan-Emmanuel De Neve;Patrick Turley

  • DNA Methylation in Newborns and Maternal Smoking in Pregnancy: Genome-wide Consortium Meta-analysis

    Bonnie R. Joubert;Janine F. Felix;Paul Yousefi;Kelly M. Bakulski

  • SNPassoc: an R package to perform whole genome association studies

    Juan R. González;Lluís Armengol;Xavier Solé;Elisabet Guinó

  • Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences

    Richard Karlsson Linnér;Richard Karlsson Linnér;Pietro Biroli;Edward Kong;S. Fleur W. Meddens;S. Fleur W. Meddens

  • Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of 21,000 cases and 95,000 controls identifies new risk loci for atopic dermatitis

    Lavinia Paternoster;Marie Standl;Johannes Waage;Hansjoerg Baurecht

  • Validation of a simplified medication adherence questionnaire in a large cohort of HIV-infected patients: the GEEMA Study.

    Hernando Knobel;Jordi Alonso;José L Casado;Julio Collazos

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer

    Kevin B. Jacobs;Kevin B. Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Meredith Yeager;Weiyin Zhou;Weiyin Zhou;Sholom Wacholder

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor Val66Met and psychiatric disorders: meta-analysis of case-control studies confirm association to substance-related disorders, eating disorders, and schizophrenia.

    Mònica Gratacòs;Juan R. González;Josep M. Mercader;Rafael de Cid

  • Neurodevelopmental delay, motor abnormalities and cognitive deficits in transgenic mice overexpressing Dyrk1A (minibrain), a murine model of Down’s syndrome

    Xavier Altafaj;Mara Dierssen;Carmela Baamonde;Eulàlia Martí

  • Airway inflammation and bronchial microbial patterns in patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    N Soler;S Ewig;A Torres;X Filella

  • Genomic and phenotypic insights from an atlas of genetic effects on DNA methylation

    J.L. Min;G. Hemani;E. Hannon;K.F. Dekkers

  • Clinical utility of HIV-1 genotyping and expert advice: the Havana trial.

    Cristina Tural;Lidia Ruiz;Christopher Holtzer;Jonathan Schapiro

  • The Human Early-Life Exposome (HELIX): Project Rationale and Design

    Martine Vrijheid;Rémy Slama;Oliver Robinson;Leda Chatzi

  • Bacterial colonisation in patients with bronchiectasis: microbiological pattern and risk factors.

    J Angrill;C Agustí;R de Celis;A Rañó

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies three new susceptibility loci for childhood body mass index.

    Janine F. Felix;Jonathan P. Bradfield;Claire Monnereau;Ralf J P Van Der Valk

  • Bacterial colonization of distal airways in healthy subjects and chronic lung disease: a bronchoscopic study

    H Cabello;A Torres;R Celis;M El-Ebiary

  • Genetic factors conferring an increased susceptibility to develop Crohn's disease also influence disease phenotype: results from the IBDchip European Project

    Isabelle Cleynen;Juan R González;Carolina Figueroa;Andre Franke

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer

    Kevin B. Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Weiyin Zhou;Sholom Wacholder

  • Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses

    Aysu Okbay;Bart M. L. Baselmans;Jan-Emmanuel De Neve;Patrick Turley

Frequent Co-Authors

Jordi Sunyer
Jordi Sunyer Pompeu Fabra University
Henning Tiemeier
Henning Tiemeier Harvard University
Martine Vrijheid
Martine Vrijheid Pompeu Fabra University
Xavier Basagaña
Xavier Basagaña Pompeu Fabra University
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen
Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen Barcelona Institute for Global Health
Jari Lahti
Jari Lahti University of Helsinki
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam

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