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Nancy L. Pedersen

Nancy L. Pedersen

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Nancy L. Pedersen is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Their research contributions span primarily the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Within these broad areas, they have a significant focus on Genetics, Molecular Biology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Physiology.

Their published work covers a range of topics, including:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Health Disparities and Outcomes
  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging

Several papers authored by or involving Pedersen have appeared in notable journals. Some recent examples include:

  • "A genome-wide association study with 1,126,563 individuals identifies new risk loci for Alzheimer's disease," 2021, Nature Genetics
  • "Avoiding dynastic, assortative mating, and population stratification biases in Mendelian randomization through within-family analyses," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Longitudinal trajectories, correlations and mortality associations of nine biological ages across 20-years follow-up," 2020, eLife
  • "Within-sibship genome-wide association analyses decrease bias in estimates of direct genetic effects," 2022, Nature Genetics
  • "Common variants in Alzheimer's disease and risk stratification by polygenic risk scores," 2021, Nature Communications

The venues where Pedersen frequently publishes reflect a multidisciplinary approach, indicating a wide impact across several research domains. Frequent publication venues include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Twin Research and Human Genetics
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Nature Genetics

Collaboration appears to be a prominent aspect of Pedersen's work, as evidenced by frequent co-authors. These include:

  • Chandra A. Reynolds
  • Sara Hägg
  • Jaakko Kaprio
  • Ida Karlsson
  • Dorret I. Boomsma

Best Publications

  • Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

    Tanya M. Teslovich;Kiran Musunuru;Albert V. Smith;Andrew C. Edmondson

  • 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

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression

    Naomi R. Wray;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Manuel Mattheisen;MacIej Trzaskowski

  • 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

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies new loci and functional pathways influencing Alzheimer's disease risk.

    Iris E. Jansen;Jeanne E. Savage;Kyoko Watanabe;Julien Bryois

  • A comprehensive 1000 Genomes–based genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease

    M Nikpay;A Goel;Won H-H.;L M Hall

  • 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

  • Air pollution and lung cancer incidence in 17 European cohorts : Prospective analyses from the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects (ESCAPE)

    Ole Raaschou-Nielsen;Zorana Jovanovic Andersen;Rob Beelen;Evangelia Samoli

  • Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

    Andrew P Morris;Benjamin F Voight;Benjamin F Voight;Tanya M Teslovich;Teresa Ferreira

  • Role of Genes and Environments for Explaining Alzheimer Disease

    Margaret Gatz;Chandra A. Reynolds;Laura Fratiglioni;Boo Johansson

  • The body-mass index of twins who have been reared apart.

    Albert J. Stunkard;Jennifer R. Harris;Nancy L. Pedersen;Gerald E. McClearn

  • 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

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease

    Panos Deloukas;Stavroula Kanoni;Christina Willenborg;Martin Farrall

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

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

  • Effects of long-term exposure to air pollution on natural-cause mortality : An analysis of 22 European cohorts within the multicentre ESCAPE project

    Rob Beelen;Ole Raaschou-Nielsen;Massimo Stafoggia;Zorana Jovanovic Andersen

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

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

  • A mega-analysis of genome-wide association studies for major depressive disorder

    Stephan Ripke;Naomi R Wray;Cathryn M Lewis;Steven P Hamilton

  • A comprehensive 1000 Genomes-based genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease

    Majid Nikpay;Anuj Goel;Hong-Hee Won;Leanne M. Hall

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Margaret Gatz
Margaret Gatz University of Southern California
Patrik K. E. Magnusson
Patrik K. E. Magnusson Karolinska Institute
Jaakko Kaprio
Jaakko Kaprio University of Helsinki
Erik Ingelsson
Erik Ingelsson Stanford University
Chandra A. Reynolds
Chandra A. Reynolds University of California, Riverside
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Dorret I. Boomsma
Dorret I. Boomsma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Andres Metspalu
Andres Metspalu University of Tartu
Grant W. Montgomery
Grant W. Montgomery University of Queensland

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