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UK
2024

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Genetics

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121
Citations
91573
World Ranking
357
National Ranking
64

Medicine

D-Index
121
Citations
93489
World Ranking
3526
National Ranking
353

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Patricia B. Munroe is affiliated with Queen Mary University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on subfields such as Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

The scientist's main research topics include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmias, Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise, ECG Monitoring and Analysis, and Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity.

Patricia B. Munroe's publication record includes notable recent papers such as: Artificial intelligence and machine learning to fight COVID-19 (2020, Physiological Genomics); Greater risk of severe COVID-19 in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic populations is not explained by cardiometabolic, socioeconomic or behavioural factors, or by 25(OH)-vitamin D status: study of 1326 cases from the UK Biobank (2020, Journal of Public Health); Reaching the End-Game for GWAS: Machine Learning Approaches for the Prioritization of Complex Disease Loci (2020, Frontiers in Genetics); Prognostic Significance of Left Ventricular Noncompaction (2020, Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging); and Genome-wide association analysis and Mendelian randomization proteomics identify drug targets for heart failure (2023, Nature Communications).

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Computing in Cardiology, European Heart Journal, Heart Rhythm, and UNC Libraries.

Frequent co-authors in their work include Julia Ramírez, Steffen E. Petersen, Stefan van Duijvenboden, Nay Aung, and William J. Young, reflecting ongoing collaborations within cardiovascular genetics and related disciplines.

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

    Paul R. Burton;David G. Clayton;Lon R. Cardon;Nick Craddock

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

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

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

  • 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

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    Hana Lango Allen;Karol Estrada;Guillaume Lettre;Sonja I. Berndt

  • 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

  • Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation

    Cristen J. Willer;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Ruth J. F. Loos;Shengxu Li

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

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

  • 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

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure

    Christopher Newton-Cheh;Christopher Newton-Cheh;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Vesela Gateva;Martin D. Tobin

  • Association scan of 14,500 nonsynonymous SNPs in four diseases identifies autoimmunity variants

    Paul R Burton;David G Clayton;Lon R Cardon;Nick Craddock

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

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

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    E. K. Speliotes;C. J. Willer;S. I. Berndt;K. L. Monda

  • 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

  • Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

    Iris M. Heid;Anne U. Jackson;Joshua C. Randall;Tthomas W. Winkler

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

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

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies 20 loci that influence adult height

    M N Weedon;H Lango;C M Lindgren;C M Lindgren;C Wallace

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    H. Lango Allen;K. Estrada;G. Lettre;S. I. Berndt

  • 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

Mark J. Caulfield
Mark J. Caulfield Queen Mary University of London
Nilesh J. Samani
Nilesh J. Samani University of Leicester
Martin Farrall
Martin Farrall University of Oxford
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Markus Perola
Markus Perola Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Caroline Hayward
Caroline Hayward University of Edinburgh
Jaspal S. Kooner
Jaspal S. Kooner Imperial College London
Ruth J. F. Loos
Ruth J. F. Loos University of Copenhagen
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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