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Overview

Kimberly F. Doheny is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a specialized emphasis on genetics and cancer research. They have contributed extensively to topics including cancer genomics and diagnostics, genetic associations and epidemiology, genomics and rare diseases, and prostate cancer treatment and research.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these fields, their notable subfields of research cover:

  • Genetics
  • Cancer Research
  • Molecular Biology
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Themes frequently addressed in their work include:

  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer

Doheny has published in a range of scientific venues. Frequent publication platforms include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Human Mutation
  • npj Genomic Medicine
  • Genetics in Medicine Open

Collaboration is a feature of Doheny's research activities. Notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Ada Hamosh
  • Richard A. Gibbs
  • Sean Griffith
  • Graham G. Giles
  • Jennifer E. Posey

The following papers represent a selection of recent publications, highlighting Doheny's engagement with genomic and cancer research topics:

  • "Genomic data in the All of Us Research Program," 2024, Nature
  • "Germline Sequencing DNA Repair Genes in 5545 Men With Aggressive and Nonaggressive Prostate Cancer," 2020, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • "Centers for Mendelian Genomics: A decade of facilitating gene discovery," 2022, Genetics in Medicine
  • "Whole-genome sequencing as an investigational device for return of hereditary disease risk and pharmacogenomic results as part of the All of Us Research Program," 2022, Genome Medicine
  • "Germline Sequencing Analysis to Inform Clinical Gene Panel Testing for Aggressive Prostate Cancer," 2023, JAMA Oncology

Best Publications

  • A genome-wide association study of type 2 diabetes in Finns detects multiple susceptibility variants.

    Laura J. Scott;Karen L. Mohlke;Lori L. Bonnycastle;Cristen J. Willer

  • 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

  • Genome-wide association scan of tag SNPs identifies a susceptibility locus for lung cancer at 15q25.1

    Christopher I. Amos;Xifeng Wu;Peter Broderick;Ivan P. Gorlov

  • Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Sara Lindström;Sara Lindström;Joe Dennis;Jonathan Beesley

  • Genetic analyses of diverse populations improves discovery for complex traits

    Genevieve L. Wojcik;Mariaelisa Graff;Katherine K. Nishimura;Ran Tao

  • Common genetic variation in the HLA region is associated with late-onset sporadic Parkinson's disease

    Taye H. Hamza;Cyrus P. Zabetian;Cyrus P. Zabetian;Albert Tenesa;Alain Laederach

  • The Genetic Basis of Mendelian Phenotypes: Discoveries, Challenges, and Opportunities

    Jessica X. Chong;Kati J. Buckingham;Shalini N. Jhangiani;Corinne Boehm

  • A genome-wide association study of cleft lip with and without cleft palate identifies risk variants near MAFB and ABCA4

    Terri H. Beaty;Jeffrey C. Murray;Mary L. Marazita;Ronald G. Munger

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

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

  • A Genome-wide Association Study of Lung Cancer Identifies a Region of Chromosome 5p15 Associated with Risk for Adenocarcinoma.

    Maria Teresa Landi;Nilanjan Chatterjee;Kai Yu;Lynn R. Goldin

  • Genetic variants near TIMP3 and high-density lipoprotein–associated loci influence susceptibility to age-related macular degeneration

    Wei Chen;Dwight Stambolian;Albert O. Edwards;Kari E. Branham

  • Quality control and quality assurance in genotypic data for genome-wide association studies.

    Cathy C. Laurie;Kimberly F. Doheny;Daniel B. Mirel;Elizabeth W. Pugh

  • Detecting and Estimating Contamination of Human DNA Samples in Sequencing and Array-Based Genotype Data

    Goo Jun;Matthew Flickinger;Kurt N. Hetrick;Jane M. Romm

  • Genomewide association study for susceptibility genes contributing to familial Parkinson disease.

    Nathan Pankratz;Jemma B. Wilk;Jeanne C. Latourelle;Anita L. DeStefano

  • A genome-wide association study of alcohol dependence

    Laura J. Bierut;Arpana Agrawal;Kathleen K. Bucholz;Kimberly F. Doheny

  • Discovery of common and rare genetic risk variants for colorectal cancer

    Jeroen R. Huyghe;Stephanie A. Bien;Tabitha A. Harrison;Hyun Min Kang

  • Common variants in the GDF5-UQCC region are associated with variation in human height

    Serena Sanna;Anne U. Jackson;Ramaiah Nagaraja;Cristen J. Willer

  • Identification of 12 new susceptibility loci for different histotypes of epithelial ovarian cancer

    Catherine M Phelan;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Jonathan P Tyrer;Siddhartha P Kar

  • Quality control procedures for genome-wide association studies.

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

  • Discovery of common and rare genetic risk variants for colorectal cancer

    Jeroen R. Huyghe;Stephanie A. Bien;Tabitha A. Harrison;Hyun Min Kang

Frequent Co-Authors

Cathy C. Laurie
Cathy C. Laurie University of Washington
Marylyn D. Ritchie
Marylyn D. Ritchie University of Pennsylvania
Jaakko Tuomilehto
Jaakko Tuomilehto University of Helsinki
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
David Valle
David Valle Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
John P. Rice
John P. Rice Washington University in St. Louis
Mary L. Marazita
Mary L. Marazita University of Pittsburgh
Laura J. Bierut
Laura J. Bierut Washington University in St. Louis
Teri A. Manolio
Teri A. Manolio National Institutes of Health
Gonçalo R. Abecasis
Gonçalo R. Abecasis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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