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Overview

Nora Franceschini is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Genetics and Molecular Biology within these domains. Subfields of study include Genetics, Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Nephrology, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The scientist's work addresses key topics such as Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Birth, Development, and Health, Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease, Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies, and Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors.

Frequent publication venues for their research include UNC Libraries, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Circulation, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, and Kidney International.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by them include:

  • Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program (2021), published in Nature
  • Genetic insights into biological mechanisms governing human ovarian ageing (2021), published in Nature
  • Association Between Immune Dysfunction and COVID-19 Breakthrough Infection After SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination in the US (2021), published in JAMA Internal Medicine
  • Discovery of rare variants associated with blood pressure regulation through meta-analysis of 1.3 million individuals (2020), published in Nature Genetics
  • Genetics in chronic kidney disease: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference (2022), published in Kidney International

They have collaborated frequently with the following coauthors:

  • Kari E. North
  • Eric Boerwinkle
  • Jerome I. Rotter
  • Bruce M. Psaty
  • Charles Kooperberg

Best Publications

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

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

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

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

  • 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

  • Genome-wide meta-analyses identify multiple loci associated with smoking behavior

    Helena Furberg;Yunjung Kim;Jennifer Dackor;Eric Boerwinkle

  • Loss-of-function mutations in APOC3, triglycerides, and coronary disease

    Jacy Crosby;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Paul L. Auer;David R. Crosslin

  • Guidelines for the Management of Chronic Kidney Disease in HIV-Infected Patients: Recommendations of the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

    Samir K. Gupta;Joseph A. Eustace;Jonathan A. Winston;Ivy I. Boydstun

  • Meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies identify multiple loci associated with pulmonary function

    Dana B. Hancock;Mark Eijgelsheim;Jemma B. Wilk;Sina A. Gharib

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

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

  • Parent-of-origin-specific allelic associations among 106 genomic loci for age at menarche

    John R.B. Perry;Felix Day;Cathy E. Elks;Patrick Sulem

  • Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk

    Felix R. Day;Deborah J. Thompson;Hannes Helgason;Hannes Helgason;Daniel I. Chasman

  • Thirty new loci for age at menarche identified by a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

    Cathy E. Elks;John R B Perry;Patrick Sulem;Daniel I. Chasman

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

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

  • Genome-wide association and large-scale follow up identifies 16 new loci influencing lung function

    María Soler Artigas;Daan W. Loth;Louise V. Wain;Sina A. Gharib

  • Large-scale genomic analyses link reproductive aging to hypothalamic signaling, breast cancer susceptibility and BRCA1-mediated DNA repair

    Felix R. Day;Katherine S. Ruth;Deborah J Thompson;Kathryn L. Lunetta

  • The genetics of blood pressure regulation and its target organs from association studies in 342,415 individuals

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Teresa Ferreira;Daniel I. Chasman;Anne U. Jackson

  • Genetic loci associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap with loci for lung function and pulmonary fibrosis

    Brian D. Hobbs;Kim De Jong;Maxime Lamontagne;Yohan Bossé

  • Meta-analyses identify 13 loci associated with age at menopause and highlight DNA repair and immune pathways

    Lisette Stolk;John R B Perry;John R B Perry;Daniel I. Chasman;Chunyan He

  • Meta-analysis of Correlated Traits via Summary Statistics from GWASs with an Application in Hypertension

    Xiaofeng Zhu;Tao Feng;Tao Feng;Bamidele O. Tayo;Jingjing Liang

  • Change in Estimated GFR Associates with Coronary Heart Disease and Mortality

    Kunihiro Matsushita;Elizabeth Selvin;Lori D. Bash;Nora Franceschini

  • Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk

    Day Fr;Thompson Dj;elgason H;Chasman Di

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Kari E. North
Kari E. North University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Jerome I. Rotter
Jerome I. Rotter UCLA Medical Center
Albert V. Smith
Albert V. Smith University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Alexander P. Reiner
Alexander P. Reiner University of Washington
Vilmundur Gudnason
Vilmundur Gudnason University of Iceland
Tamara B. Harris
Tamara B. Harris National Institutes of Health
Daniel I. Chasman
Daniel I. Chasman Brigham and Women's Hospital

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