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Overview

Rebecca D. Jackson is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States and has contributed extensively to medical research. Their work mainly spans the field of Medicine, with significant focus on Genetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Surgery, General Health Professions, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist has addressed several important topics in their research, including:

  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Bone health and osteoporosis research

Their recent publications illustrate their engagement in both genetic epidemiology and public health domains. Notable papers include:

  • Assessing the contribution of rare variants to complex trait heritability from whole-genome sequence data, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • The HEALing (Helping to End Addiction Long-term SM) Communities Study: Protocol for a cluster randomized trial at the community level to reduce opioid overdose deaths through implementation of an integrated set of evidence-based practices, 2020, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Loss-of-function genomic variants highlight potential therapeutic targets for cardiovascular disease, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Cross-Ancestry Investigation of Venous Thromboembolism Genomic Predictors, 2022, Circulation
  • A System for Phenotype Harmonization in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Program, 2021, American Journal of Epidemiology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Rebecca D. Jackson include:

  • Charles Kooperberg
  • Stephen S. Rich
  • Kari E. North
  • Marc C. Hochberg
  • Sharon Walsh

The scientist's publications have appeared in a variety of venues with a concentration in:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • American Journal of Epidemiology
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Risks and benefits of estrogen plus progestin in healthy postmenopausal women: Principal results from the Women's Health Initiative randomized controlled trial

    Jacques E. Rossouw;Garnet L. Anderson;Ross L. Prentice;Andrea Z. LaCroix

  • Effects of conjugated equine estrogen in postmenopausal women with hysterectomy: the Women's Health Initiative randomized controlled trial

    Garnet L. Anderson;Marian C. Limacher;Annlouise R. Assaf;Tamsen Bassford

  • Estrogen plus progestin and the incidence of dementia and mild cognitive impairment in postmenopausal women: the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study: a randomized controlled trial.

    Sally A. Shumaker;Claudine Legault;Stephen R. Rapp;Leon Thal

  • Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and the risk of fractures.

    Rebecca D. Jackson;Andrea Z. LaCroix;Margery Gass;Robert B. Wallace

  • Menopausal hormone therapy and health outcomes during the intervention and extended poststopping phases of the women's health initiative randomized trials

    Jo Ann E. Manson;Rowan T. Chlebowski;Marcia L. Stefanick;Aaron K. Aragaki

  • Effects of estrogen plus progestin on risk of fracture and bone mineral density: the Women's Health Initiative randomized trial.

    Jane A. Cauley;John Robbins;Zhao Chen;Steven R. Cummings

  • Intermittent cyclical etidronate treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis.

    N B Watts;S T Harris;H K Genant;R D Wasnich

  • Calcium plus Vitamin D Supplementation and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer

    Jean Wactawski-Wende;Jane Morley Kotchen;Garnet L. Anderson;Annlouise R. Assaf;Annlouise R. Assaf

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture

    Karol Estrada;Unnur Styrkarsdottir;Evangelos Evangelou;Yi-Hsiang Hsu

  • Low-Fat dietary pattern and risk of invasive breast cancer: The women's health initiative randomized controlled dietary modification trial

    Ross L. Prentice;Bette Caan;Rowan T. Chlebowski;Ruth Patterson

  • Genetic analyses of diverse populations improves discovery for complex traits

    Genevieve L. Wojcik;Mariaelisa Graff;Katherine K. Nishimura;Ran Tao

  • A Pooled Analysis of Vitamin D Dose Requirements for Fracture Prevention

    Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari;Walter C. Willett;Endel J. Orav;Paul Lips

  • Inflammatory Biomarkers, Hormone Replacement Therapy, and Incident Coronary Heart Disease: Prospective Analysis From the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study

    Aruna D. Pradhan;JoAnn E. Manson;Jacques E. Rossouw;David S. Siscovick

  • Genome-wide association study identifies variants in the ABO locus associated with susceptibility to pancreatic cancer

    Laufey Amundadottir;Peter Kraft;Rachael Z. Stolzenberg-Solomon;Charles S. Fuchs

  • Exome sequencing identifies rare LDLR and APOA5 alleles conferring risk for myocardial infarction

    Ron Do;Ron Do;Nathan O. Stitziel;Hong Hee Won;Hong Hee Won;Anders Berg Jørgensen

  • A multistage genome-wide association study in breast cancer identifies two new risk alleles at 1p11.2 and 14q24.1 (RAD51L1).

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

  • Low-Fat Dietary Pattern and Risk of Colorectal Cancer: The Women's Health Initiative Randomized Controlled Dietary Modification Trial

    Shirley A. A. Beresford;Karen C. Johnson;Cheryl Ritenbaugh;Norman L. Lasser

  • Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Long-Term All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality: The Women's Health Initiative Randomized Trials

    Joann E. Manson;Aaron K. Aragaki;Jacques E. Rossouw;Garnet L. Anderson

  • Intermittent Cyclical Etidronate Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis

    Nelson B. Watts;Steven T. Harris;Harry K. Genant;Edward D. Wasnich

  • A pooled analysis of Vitamin D dose requirements for fracture prevention

    Bo Abrahamsen;Alison Avenell;Mark Bolland;Lars Rejnmark

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles Kooperberg
Charles Kooperberg Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Alexander P. Reiner
Alexander P. Reiner University of Washington
Charles B. Eaton
Charles B. Eaton Brown University
Jean Wactawski-Wende
Jean Wactawski-Wende University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Jane A. Cauley
Jane A. Cauley University of Pittsburgh
JoAnn E. Manson
JoAnn E. Manson Harvard Medical School
Marc C. Hochberg
Marc C. Hochberg University of Maryland, Baltimore
Andrea Z. LaCroix
Andrea Z. LaCroix University of California, San Diego
Ross L. Prentice
Ross L. Prentice Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
John A Robbins
John A Robbins University of California, Davis

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