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Meena Kumari is affiliated with the University of Essex in the United Kingdom. Their research spans primarily the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on Molecular Biology, Genetics, General Health Professions, Health, and Plant Science as subfields.

The scientist's work covers key topics such as Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Health disparities and outcomes, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Birth, Development, and Health, Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting, Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging, and Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health.

Meena Kumari has contributed to numerous publications across various venues. Frequent publication platforms include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), UNC Libraries, Cureus, International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Scientific Reports.

Among their recent papers are:

  • The mental health impact of COVID-19 and lockdown-related stressors among adults in the UK, 2020, Psychological Medicine
  • Recalibrating the epigenetic clock: implications for assessing biological age in the human cortex, 2020, Brain
  • Sex-dimorphic genetic effects and novel loci for fasting glucose and insulin variability, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Plant probiotics - Endophytes pivotal to plant health, 2022, Microbiological Research
  • Characterising sex differences of autosomal DNA methylation in whole blood using the Illumina EPIC array, 2022, Clinical Epigenetics

Meena Kumari frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable co-authors include Mika Kivimäki, Aroon D. Hingorani, Michaela Benzeval, Leonard C. Schalkwyk, and Eilís Hannon.

Best Publications

  • Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

    Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso

  • Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

    James J. Lee;Robbee Wedow;Aysu Okbay;Edward Kong

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

    Josée Dupuis;Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • Inflammation, obesity, stress and coronary heart disease: is interleukin-6 the link?

    John S Yudkin;Meena Kumari;Steve E Humphries;Vidya Mohamed-Ali

  • 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

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (vol 42, pg 105, 2010)

    J Dupuis;C Langenberg;I Prokopenko;R Saxena

  • A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans.

    N D Palmer;C W McDonough;P J Hicks;B H Roh

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • Job strain as a risk factor for coronary heart disease: a collaborative meta-analysis of individual participant data.

    Mika Kivimäki;Mika Kivimäki;Mika Kivimäki;Solja T. Nyberg;G. David Batty;G. David Batty;Eleonor I. Fransson;Eleonor I. Fransson;Eleonor I. Fransson

  • 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

  • The interleukin-6 receptor as a target for prevention of coronary heart disease: a mendelian randomisation analysis.

    D I Swerdlow;M V Holmes;K B Kuchenbaecker

  • Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease

    Ron Do;Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta

  • Assessing salivary cortisol in large-scale, epidemiological research.

    Emma K. Adam;Meena Kumari

  • A genome-wide approach accounting for body mass index identifies genetic variants influencing fasting glycemic traits and insulin resistance.

    Alisa K. Manning;Alisa K. Manning;Alisa K. Manning;Robert A. Scott;Jonna L. Grimsby

  • Work stress and coronary heart disease: what are the mechanisms?

    Tarani Chandola;Annie Britton;Eric Brunner;Harry Hemingway

  • Large-scale association analyses identify new loci influencing glycemic traits and provide insight into the underlying biological pathways

    Robert A Scott;Vasiliki Lagou;Ryan P Welch;Eleanor Wheeler

  • Erratum: New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (Nature Genetics (2010) 42 (105-116))

    Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena

  • Job strain as a risk factor for coronary heart disease

    Mika Kivimäki;Solja T Nyberg;G David Batty;Eleonor I Fransson

  • 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

Mika Kivimäki
Mika Kivimäki University College London
Aroon D. Hingorani
Aroon D. Hingorani University College London
Steve E. Humphries
Steve E. Humphries University College London
Nicholas J. Wareham
Nicholas J. Wareham University of Cambridge
Diana Kuh
Diana Kuh University College London
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
Erik Ingelsson
Erik Ingelsson Stanford University
Michael Marmot
Michael Marmot University College London
Claudia Langenberg
Claudia Langenberg Queen Mary University of London
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam

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