2026 Myriam Fornage: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Female Scientists	125	427	404	256	240	524	121045
Genetics	121	365	353	186	179	478	54104
Medicine	127	2750	2565	1537	1413	523	124631

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Myriam Fornage is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in the United States. Their research spans several areas within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. The scientist's work prominently features subfields including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Hematology.

The research topics covered by Myriam Fornage include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks, RNA modifications and cancer, Genomics and Rare Diseases, and Birth, Development, and Health.

The scientist has contributed to a number of recent papers that have been published in influential journals. Notable publications include:

Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2020 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association (2020, Circulation)
Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program (2021, Nature)
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)
Genetic diversity fuels gene discovery for tobacco and alcohol use (2022, Nature)

Frequent collaborators in the scientist's research include Eric Boerwinkle, Bruce M. Psaty, Stephen S. Rich, Jerome I. Rotter, and Joshua C. Bis. These coauthors have collectively worked on multiple studies alongside Fornage, signifying a network of ongoing collaborative research efforts.

Myriam Fornage's work has been published extensively in venues such as UNC Libraries, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Alzheimer's & Dementia, Nature Communications, and Circulation.

Best Publications

Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2019 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association

Emelia J. Benjamin;Paul Muntner;Alvaro Alonso;Marcio S. Bittencourt

20486
Citations
Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2017 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association

Emelia J. Benjamin;Michael J. Blaha;Stephanie E. Chiuve;Mary Cushman

18953
Citations
Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2018 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association.

Emelia J. Benjamin;Salim S. Virani;Clifton W. Callaway;Alanna M. Chamberlain

18121
Citations
Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2020 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association

Salim S. Virani;Alvaro Alonso;Emelia J. Benjamin;Marcio S. Bittencourt

8657
Citations
Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program.

Daniel Taliun;Daniel N. Harris;Michael D. Kessler;Jedidiah Carlson;Jedidiah Carlson

2185
Citations
Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition

Alexander Kurilshikov;Carolina Medina-Gomez;Rodrigo Bacigalupe;Djawad Radjabzadeh

1760
Citations
Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries

Mary F. Feitosa;Aldi T. Kraja;Daniel I. Chasman;Yun J. Sung

1170
Citations
DNA methylation-based measures of biological age: meta-analysis predicting time to death

Brian H. Chen;Riccardo E. Marioni;Riccardo E. Marioni;Elena Colicino;Marjolein J. Peters

1146
Citations
Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

Rebecca Sims;Sven J. Van Der Lee;Adam C. Naj;Céline Bellenguez;Céline Bellenguez

1090
Citations
Genetic analyses of diverse populations improves discovery for complex traits

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

1058
Citations
Epigenetic Signatures of Cigarette Smoking

Roby Joehanes;Allan C. Just;Riccardo E. Marioni;Luke C. Pilling

976
Citations
Genome-wide association analyses identify 18 new loci associated with serum urate concentrations

Anna Köttgen;Anna Köttgen;Eva Albrecht;Alexander Teumer;Veronique Vitart

952
Citations
Association between alcohol and cardiovascular disease:Mendelian randomisation analysis based on individual participant data

Michael V Holmes;Michael V Holmes;Caroline E Dale;Luisa Zuccolo;Richard J Silverwood

854
Citations
The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

Katrina L. Grasby;Neda Jahanshad;Jodie N. Painter;Lucía Colodro-Conde

838
Citations
HMG-coenzyme A reductase inhibition, type 2 diabetes, and bodyweight: evidence from genetic analysis and randomised trials.

Daniel I Swerdlow;David Preiss;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Michael Holmes

803
Citations
Mendelian randomization of blood lipids for coronary heart disease

Michael V. Holmes;Folkert W. Asselbergs;Tom M. Palmer;Fotios Drenos

748
Citations
The transcriptional landscape of age in human peripheral blood

Marjolein J. Peters;Roby Joehanes;Luke C. Pilling;Claudia Schurmann;Claudia Schurmann

746
Citations
Polygenic Prediction of Weight and Obesity Trajectories from Birth to Adulthood

Amit V. Khera;Mark Chaffin;Kaitlin H. Wade;Sohail Zahid

647
Citations
Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program

Daniel Taliun;Daniel N. Harris;Michael D. Kessler;Jedidiah Carlson;Jedidiah Carlson

513
Citations
Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Emelia J Benjamin;Michael J Blaha;Stephanie E Chiuve;Mary Cushman

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington

Sudha Seshadri The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Jerome I. Rotter UCLA Medical Center

Thomas H. Mosley University of Mississippi Medical Center

Albert V. Smith University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam

Joshua C. Bis University of Washington

Albert Hofman Harvard University

Lenore J. Launer National Institutes of Health

External Links

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