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Overview

Lenore J. Launer is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of medicine, with specific contributions in psychiatry and mental health, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, molecular biology, physiology, and genetics.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to dementia and cognitive impairment research, genetic associations and epidemiology, nutritional studies and diet, cardiovascular health and disease prevention, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, functional brain connectivity studies, and blood pressure and hypertension studies.

Frequent publication venues for Lenore J. Launer include:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Circulation
  • Nature Communications

Recent papers authored or co-authored by the scientist cover a range of topics and have appeared in high-profile journals:

  • Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes, 2020, Nature
  • Cerebral microvascular complications of type 2 diabetes: stroke, cognitive dysfunction, and depression, 2020, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • Stroke genetics informs drug discovery and risk prediction across ancestries, 2022, Nature
  • World-Wide FINGERS Network: A global approach to risk reduction and prevention of dementia, 2020, Alzheimer's & Dementia

Co-authors frequently collaborating with Lenore J. Launer include:

  • Vilmundur Guðnason
  • Sudha Seshadri
  • Joshua C. Bis
  • Myriam Fornage
  • Bruce M. Psaty

Best Publications

  • Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease

    Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Carla A Ibrahim-Verbaas;Denise Harold;Adam C Naj

  • Vascular Contributions to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association

    Philip B. Gorelick;Angelo Scuteri;Sandra E. Black;Charles Decarli

  • 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

  • Common variants at ABCA7, MS4A6A/MS4A4E, EPHA1, CD33 and CD2AP are associated with Alzheimer's disease.

    Paul Hollingworth;Denise Harold;Rebecca Sims;Amy Gerrish

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

  • Cerebral microbleeds: a guide to detection and interpretation

    Steven M. Greenberg;Meike W. Vernooij;Charlotte Cordonnier;Anand Viswanathan

  • Prevalence of dementia and major subtypes in Europe : A collaborative study of population-based cohorts

    A. Lobo;L. J. Launer;L. Fratiglioni;K. Andersen

  • Genome-wide association study of blood pressure and hypertension

    Daniel Levy;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Kenneth Rice;Germaine C. Verwoert

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Type 2 diabetes, APOE gene, and the risk for dementia and related pathologies: The Honolulu-Asia Aging Study

    Rita Peila;Beatriz L. Rodriguez;Lenore J. Launer

  • Genome-wide analysis of genetic loci associated with Alzheimer disease.

    Sudha Seshadri;Annette L. Fitzpatrick;M Arfan Ikram;Anita L. DeStefano

  • Intensive vs Standard Blood Pressure Control and Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes in Adults Aged ≥75 Years: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Jeff D. Williamson;Mark A. Supiano;Mark A. Supiano;William B. Applegate;Dan R. Berlowitz;Dan R. Berlowitz

  • Gene-wide analysis detects two new susceptibility genes for Alzheimer's disease.

    Valentina Escott-Price;Céline Bellenguez;Li-San Wang;Seung-Hoan Choi

  • Migraine as a Risk Factor for Subclinical Brain Lesions

    Mark C. Kruit;Mark A. van Buchem;Paul A. M. Hofman;Jacobus T. N. Bakkers

  • Midlife blood pressure and dementia: the Honolulu–Asia aging study☆

    Lenore J Launer;G.Webster Ross;G.Webster Ross;Helen Petrovitch;Kamal Masaki

  • The Association Between Midlife Blood Pressure Levels and Late-Life Cognitive Function: The Honolulu-Asia Aging Study

    Lenore J. Launer;Kamal Masaki;Helen Petrovitch;Daniel Foley

  • Dietary fat intake and the risk of incident dementia in the Rotterdam study

    Sandra Kalmijn;Lenore J. Launer;Alewijn Ott;Jacqueline C. M. Witteman

  • 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

Vilmundur Gudnason
Vilmundur Gudnason University of Iceland
Tamara B. Harris
Tamara B. Harris National Institutes of Health
Albert V. Smith
Albert V. Smith University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Gudny Eiriksdottir
Gudny Eiriksdottir Icelandic Heart Association
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Thor Aspelund
Thor Aspelund University of Iceland
Jerome I. Rotter
Jerome I. Rotter UCLA Medical Center

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