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Paolo Gasparini

Paolo Gasparini

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Genetics
Italy
2026
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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Italy
2024

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
114
Citations
52902
World Ranking
467
National Ranking
4

Medicine

D-Index
115
Citations
54383
World Ranking
4505
National Ranking
136

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Italy Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Italy Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Paolo Gasparini is affiliated with the University of Trieste in Italy. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the broader fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as medicine. These main fields include 65 publications in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, and 61 in medicine.

Their subfields of study notably cover genetics, molecular biology, sensory systems, nutrition and dietetics, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Specifically, Gasparini's work includes 39 publications in genetics, 25 in molecular biology, 17 in sensory systems, 14 in nutrition and dietetics, and 11 in cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Gasparini's research topics focus on biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, olfactory and sensory function studies, genomics and rare diseases, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, genetic associations and epidemiology, hearing, cochlea, tinnitus, and genetics, as well as cardiomyopathy and myosin studies. The topical distribution includes 28 publications on biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, 20 on olfactory and sensory function studies, 16 on genomics and rare diseases, 16 on genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, 14 on genetic associations and epidemiology, 14 related to hearing and cochlea genetics, and 10 on cardiomyopathy and myosin studies.

The scientist has published regularly in a range of journals and venues. Frequent publication outlets include Genes, with five publications; Food Quality and Preference, with four; bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), with four; Foods, with three; and Biomedicines, also with three.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Gasparini include the following:

  • Multi-ancestry GWAS of the electrocardiographic PR interval identifies 202 loci underlying cardiac conduction (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Relationship between clone metrics and clinical outcome in clonal cytopenia (2021, Blood)
  • Large-scale GWAS of food liking reveals genetic determinants and genetic correlations with distinct neurophysiological traits (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Prognostic Prediction of Genotype vs Phenotype in Genetic Cardiomyopathies (2022, Journal of the American College of Cardiology)
  • Genome-wide association study in almost 195,000 individuals identifies 50 previously unidentified genetic loci for eye color (2021, Science Advances)

Gasparini frequently collaborates with several coauthors, with many joint publications including Giorgia Girotto (31), Maria Pina Concas (26), Anna Morgan (18), Beatrice Spedicati (14), and Massimiliano Cocca (12).

Best Publications

  • A reference panel of 64,976 haplotypes for genotype imputation

    Shane McCarthy;Sayantan Das;Warren Kretzschmar;Olivier Delaneau

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

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

  • Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits.

    Evangelos Evangelou;Evangelos Evangelou;Helen R. Warren;Helen R. Warren;David Mosen-Ansorena;Borbala Mifsud

  • Modulation of genetic associations with serum urate levels by body-mass-index in humans

    Jennifer E. Huffman;Eva Albrecht;Alexander Teumer;Massimo Mangino

  • 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

  • The putative forkhead transcription factor FOXL2 is mutated in blepharophimosis/ptosis/epicanthus inversus syndrome.

    Crisponi L;Deiana M;Loi A;Chiappe F

  • The gene TFR2 is mutated in a new type of haemochromatosis mapping to 7q22

    Camaschella C;Roetto A;Calì A;De Gobbi M

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

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

  • Connexin26 Mutations Associated with the Most Common Form of Non-Syndromic Neurosensory Autosomal Recessive Deafness (DFNB1) in Mediterraneans

    Leopoldo Zelante;Paolo Gasparini;Xavier Estivill;Salvatore Melchionda

  • Connexin-26 mutations in sporadic and inherited sensorineural deafness

    Xavier Estivill;Paolo Fortina;Saul Surrey;Raquel Rabionet

  • Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences

    Richard Karlsson Linnér;Richard Karlsson Linnér;Pietro Biroli;Edward Kong;S. Fleur W. Meddens;S. Fleur W. Meddens

  • Dating the Origin of the CCR5-Δ32 AIDS-Resistance Allele by the Coalescence of Haplotypes

    J. Claiborne Stephens;David E. Reich;David B. Goldstein;Hyoung Doo Shin

  • 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

  • Autosomal-dominant hemochrom-atosis is associated with a mutation in the ferroportin (SLC11A3) gene

    Giuliana Montosi;Adriana Donovan;Angela Totaro;Cinzia Garuti

  • A General Approach for Haplotype Phasing across the Full Spectrum of Relatedness

    Jared O'Connell;Deepti Gurdasani;Olivier Delaneau;Nicola Pirastu

  • Mutations of SURF-1 in Leigh Disease Associated with Cytochrome c Oxidase Deficiency

    Valeria Tiranti;Konstanze Hoertnagel;Rosalba Carrozzo;Claudia Galimberti

  • 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

  • The UK10K project identifies rare variants in health and disease

    Klaudia Walter;Josine L. Min;Jie Huang;Lucy Crooks

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

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

  • Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits

    Evangelos Evangelou;Helen R. Warren;David Mosen-Ansorena;Borbala Mifsu

Frequent Co-Authors

Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Ozren Polasek
Ozren Polasek University of Split
Caroline Hayward
Caroline Hayward University of Edinburgh
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Igor Rudan
Igor Rudan University of Edinburgh
Albert V. Smith
Albert V. Smith University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Olli T. Raitakari
Olli T. Raitakari Turku University Hospital
Nilesh J. Samani
Nilesh J. Samani University of Leicester
Daniela Toniolo
Daniela Toniolo Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Vilmundur Gudnason
Vilmundur Gudnason University of Iceland

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