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Biology and Biochemistry
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2026

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  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award

Overview

Peter Kraft is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and is active in research primarily focused on genetics and molecular biology within the fields of medicine and biochemistry. Their work encompasses various subfields including genetics, molecular biology, oncology, cancer research, and pathology and forensic medicine.

The main topics of Peter Kraft's research include genetic associations and epidemiology, BRCA gene mutations in cancer, nutrition, genetics and disease, epigenetics and DNA methylation, cancer risks and factors, cancer genomics and diagnostics, and pancreatic and hepatic oncology research.

Peter Kraft has contributed extensively to the academic literature, with notable papers published in 2021 and 2020 such as:

  • A Population-Based Study of Genes Previously Implicated in Breast Cancer (2021) published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • Trans-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of prostate cancer identifies new susceptibility loci and informs genetic risk prediction (2021) published in Nature Genetics
  • Improving reporting standards for polygenic scores in risk prediction studies (2021) published in Nature
  • Deciphering osteoarthritis genetics across 826,690 individuals from 9 populations (2021) published in Cell
  • The NLRP3 inflammasome drives inflammation in ischemia/reperfusion injury after transient middle cerebral artery occlusion in mice (2020) published in Brain Behavior and Immunity

Frequent collaborators in their research include Graham G. Giles, A. Heather Eliassen, Christopher A. Haiman, Fergus J. Couch, and Stephen J. Chanock. These collaborations have facilitated work across different aspects of genetic epidemiology and cancer research.

Peter Kraft has published frequently in academic venues such as UNC Libraries, Cancer Research, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, and JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. These venues reflect a consistent focus on cancer and genetic epidemiology research.

Best Publications

  • 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

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

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

  • Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis

    Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Laura J. Scott;Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir;Andrew P. Morris

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • A genome-wide association study identifies alleles in FGFR2 associated with risk of sporadic postmenopausal breast cancer

    David J Hunter;David J Hunter;Peter Kraft;Kevin B Jacobs;David G Cox

  • Modeling Linkage Disequilibrium Increases Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores

    Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson;Jian Yang;Hilary K. Finucane;Alexander Gusev

  • Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Sara Lindström;Sara Lindström;Joe Dennis;Jonathan Beesley

  • Genome-wide association study of prostate cancer identifies a second risk locus at 8q24

    Meredith Yeager;Nick Orr;Richard B Hayes;Kevin B Jacobs

  • 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

  • Causal relationship between obesity and vitamin D status: bi-directional Mendelian randomization analysis of multiple cohorts.

    Karani S. Vimaleswaran;Diane J. Berry;Emmi Tikkanen;Emmi Tikkanen;Stefan Pilz;Stefan Pilz

  • Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses

    Aysu Okbay;Bart M L Baselmans;Jan-Emmanuel De Neve;Patrick Turley

  • Multiple loci identified in a genome-wide association study of prostate cancer

    Gilles Thomas;Kevin B Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Meredith Yeager;Peter Kraft

  • 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

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

    Helena Furberg;Yunjung Kim;Jennifer Dackor;Eric Boerwinkle

  • Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility.

    Anubha Mahajan;Min Jin Go;Weihua Zhang;Jennifer E. Below

  • Polygenic Risk Scores for Prediction of Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Subtypes

    Nasim Mavaddat;Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Joe Dennis;Michael Lush

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

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

  • Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility

    Anubha Mahajan;Min Jin Go;Weihua Zhang;Jennifer E. Below

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. Hunter
David J. Hunter Harvard University
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Stephen J. Chanock
Stephen J. Chanock National Institutes of Health
Christopher A. Haiman
Christopher A. Haiman University of Southern California
Sara Lindström
Sara Lindström University of Washington
Roger L. Milne
Roger L. Milne Cancer Council Victoria
Susan E. Hankinson
Susan E. Hankinson University of Massachusetts Amherst
Fredrick R. Schumacher
Fredrick R. Schumacher Case Western Reserve University
Douglas F. Easton
Douglas F. Easton University of Cambridge
Julie E. Buring
Julie E. Buring Brigham and Women's Hospital

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