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55
Citations
23113
World Ranking
14749
National Ranking
6165

Overview

M. Michael Barmada was affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research focused primarily on the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with contributions spanning areas such as Surgery, Genetics, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's work covered a range of topics, including:

  • Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Nuclear Receptors and Signaling
  • Congenital Heart Disease Studies

Among their recent publications were the following papers:

  • "Acute pancreatitis precedes chronic pancreatitis in the majority of patients: Results from the NAPS2 consortium," published in 2022 in Pancreatology
  • "A Rare Duplication on Chromosome 16p11.2 Is Identified in Patients with Psychosis in Alzheimer's Disease," published in 2020 at UNC Libraries
  • "High Prevalence of Respiratory Ciliary Dysfunction in Congenital Heart Disease Patients With Heterotaxy," published in 2020 at UNC Libraries

Barmada frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including Vikesh K. Singh, David C. Whitcomb, Peter A. Banks, Samer Alkaade, and Michelle A. Anderson. Each of these collaborators had multiple joint publications with Barmada.

The primary venues for Barmada's output included UNC Libraries and Pancreatology.

Best Publications

  • A Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies IL23R as an Inflammatory Bowel Disease Gene

    Richard H. Duerr;Kent D. Taylor;Steven R. Brant;Steven R. Brant;John D. Rioux;John D. Rioux

  • Genome-wide association defines more than 30 distinct susceptibility loci for Crohn's disease

    Jeffrey C. Barrett;Sarah Hansoul;Dan L. Nicolae;Judy H. Cho

  • Common variants at MS4A4/MS4A6E, CD2AP, CD33 and EPHA1 are associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease.

    Adam C. Naj;Gyungah Jun;Gary W. Beecham;Li-San Wang

  • Genome-wide association study identifies new susceptibility loci for Crohn disease and implicates autophagy in disease pathogenesis

    John D. Rioux;John D. Rioux;Ramnik J. Xavier;Kent D. Taylor;Mark S. Silverberg

  • SPINK1/PSTI polymorphisms act as disease modifiers in familial and idiopathic chronic pancreatitis.

    Roland H. Pfützer;M.Michael Barmada;Andrew P.J. Brunskill;Robert Finch

  • Mutations of the UMOD gene are responsible for medullary cystic kidney disease 2 and familial juvenile hyperuricaemic nephropathy

    T C Hart;M C Gorry;P S Hart;A S Woodard

  • Alcohol Consumption, Cigarette Smoking, and the Risk of Recurrent Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis

    Dhiraj Yadav;Robert H. Hawes;Randall E. Brand;Michelle A. Anderson

  • Ulcerative colitis–risk loci on chromosomes 1p36 and 12q15 found by genome-wide association study

    Mark S. Silverberg;Judy H. Cho;John D. Rioux;Dermot P B McGovern

  • Common genetic variants in the CLDN2 and PRSS1-PRSS2 loci alter risk for alcohol-related and sporadic pancreatitis

    David C. Whitcomb;Jessica LaRusch;Alyssa M. Krasinskas;Lambertus Klei

  • Type of pain, pain-associated complications, quality of life, disability and resource utilisation in chronic pancreatitis: a prospective cohort study

    Daniel K. Mullady;Dhiraj Yadav;Stephen T. Amann;Michael R. O'Connell

  • Clinical and Molecular Heterogeneity in the Brugada Syndrome. A Novel Gene Locus on Chromosome 3

    Raul Weiss;M. Michael Barmada;Tuduy Nguyen;Jolene S. Seibel

  • Increasing incidence of acute pancreatitis at an American pediatric tertiary care center: is greater awareness among physicians responsible?

    Veronique D. Morinville;M. Michael Barmada;Mark E. Lowe

  • Hereditary Lymphedema: Evidence for Linkage and Genetic Heterogeneity

    Robert E. Ferrell;Kara L. Levinson;Judith H. Esman;Mark A. Kimak

  • Vitamin D insufficiency and severe asthma exacerbations in Puerto Rican children.

    John M. Brehm;Edna Acosta-Pérez;Lambertus Klei;Kathryn Roeder

  • Genome-wide association study of Alzheimer's disease

    M. I. Kamboh;F. Y. Demirci;X. Wang;R. L. Minster

  • Multicenter approach to recurrent acute and chronic pancreatitis in the United States: The North American Pancreatitis Study 2 (NAPS2)

    David C. Whitcomb;Dhiraj Yadav;Slivka Adam;Robert H. Hawes

  • High-Density Genome Scan in Crohn Disease Shows Confirmed Linkage to Chromosome 14q11-12

    Richard H. Duerr;M. Michael Barmada;Leilei Zhang;Roland Pfützer

  • Evidence for a role of the rare p.A152T variant in MAPT in increasing the risk for FTD-spectrum and Alzheimer's diseases

    Giovanni Coppola;Subashchandrabose Chinnathambi;Jason Ji Yong Lee;Beth A. Dombroski

  • A new locus for hemiplegic migraine maps to chromosome 1q31

    Kathy Gardner;M. Michael Barmada;Louis J. Ptacek;Eric P. Hoffman

  • Mechanisms of CFTR functional variants that impair regulated bicarbonate permeation and increase risk for pancreatitis but not for cystic fibrosis.

    Jessica LaRusch;Jinsei Jung;Ignacio J. General;Michele D. Lewis

Frequent Co-Authors

David C. Whitcomb
David C. Whitcomb University of Pittsburgh
M. Ilyas Kamboh
M. Ilyas Kamboh University of Pittsburgh
Richard H. Duerr
Richard H. Duerr University of Pittsburgh
Oscar L. Lopez
Oscar L. Lopez University of Pittsburgh
Randall E. Brand
Randall E. Brand University of Pittsburgh
Steven R. Brant
Steven R. Brant Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Eleanor Feingold
Eleanor Feingold University of Pittsburgh
Robert E. Ferrell
Robert E. Ferrell University of Pittsburgh
Steven T. DeKosky
Steven T. DeKosky University of Florida
Daniel E. Weeks
Daniel E. Weeks University of Pittsburgh

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