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Scott T. Weiss is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields of study, with a primary focus on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers various subfields including Molecular Biology, Physiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Genetics, and Immunology. Their research topics notably include asthma and respiratory diseases, gut microbiota and health, neonatal respiratory health research, vitamin D research studies, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) research, genetic associations and epidemiology, and IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Scott T. Weiss include:

  • Jessica Lasky-Su
  • Augusto A. Litonjua
  • Rachel S. Kelly
  • Edwin K. Silverman
  • Kelan G. Tantisira

The scientist has published extensively in several leading venues. Frequent publication outlets are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Nature Communications
  • UNC Libraries
  • Scientific Reports

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers and the general community: a prospective cohort study (2020) - The Lancet Public Health
  • Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes (2020) - Nature
  • Hematopoietic mosaic chromosomal alterations increase the risk for diverse types of infection (2021) - Nature Medicine
  • Six-Year Follow-up of a Trial of Antenatal Vitamin D for Asthma Reduction (2020) - New England Journal of Medicine
  • Development and validation of a trans-ancestry polygenic risk score for type 2 diabetes in diverse populations (2022) - Genome Medicine

Best Publications

  • Risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers and the general community: a prospective cohort study.

    Long H. Nguyen;David A. Drew;Mark S. Graham;Amit D. Joshi

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

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

  • Long-term effects of budesonide or nedocromil in children with asthma.

    Stanley Szefler;Scott Weiss;James Tonascia

  • The Salmeterol Multicenter Asthma Research Trial: A Comparison of Usual Pharmacotherapy for Asthma or Usual Pharmacotherapy Plus Salmeterol

    Harold S. Nelson;Scott T. Weiss;Eugene R. Bleecker;Steven W. Yancey

  • WORLDWIDE SEVERITY AND CONTROL OF ASTHMA IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS : THE GLOBAL ASTHMA INSIGHTS AND REALITY SURVEYS

    Klaus F Rabe;Mitsuru Adachi;Christopher K.W Lai;Joan B Soriano

  • Prospective study of body mass index, weight change, and risk of adult-onset asthma in women.

    Carlos A. Camargo;Scott T. Weiss;Shumin Zhang;Walter C. Willett

  • Symptoms of anxiety and risk of coronary heart disease. The Normative Aging Study.

    I Kawachi;D Sparrow;P S Vokonas;S T Weiss

  • Maternal intake of vitamin D during pregnancy and risk of recurrent wheeze in children at 3 y of age

    Carlos A Camargo;Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman;Augusto A Litonjua;Janet W Rich-Edwards

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of asthma in ethnically diverse North American populations

    Dara G. Torgerson;Dara G. Torgerson;Elizabeth J. Ampleford;Grace Y. Chiu;W. James Gauderman

  • Serum Vitamin D Levels and Markers of Severity of Childhood Asthma in Costa Rica

    John M. Brehm;Juan C. Celedón;Manuel E. Soto-Quiros;Lydiana Avila

  • Maternal vitamin d intake during pregnancy and early childhood wheezing

    Graham Devereux;Augusto A. Litonjua;Stephen W. Turner;Leone C. A. Craig

  • The Effect of Polymorphisms of the β2-Adrenergic Receptor on the Response to Regular Use of Albuterol in Asthma

    Elliot Israel;Jeffrey M. Drazen;Stephen B. Liggett;Homer A. Boushey

  • Obesity and Asthma

    David A. Beuther;Scott T. Weiss;E. Rand Sutherland

  • Serum vitamin D levels and severe asthma exacerbations in the Childhood Asthma Management Program study

    John M. Brehm;John M. Brehm;Brooke Schuemann;Anne L. Fuhlbrigge;Bruce W. Hollis

  • Use of regularly scheduled albuterol treatment in asthma: genotype-stratified, randomised, placebo-controlled cross-over trial

    Elliot Israel;Vernon M. Chinchilli;Jean G. Ford;Homer A. Boushey

  • The effect of maternal smoking during pregnancy on early infant lung function.

    John P. Hanrahan;Ira B. Tager;Mark R. Segal;Tor D. Tosteson

  • Analysis of dose-response curves to methacholine. An approach suitable for population studies.

    O'Connor G;Sparrow D;Taylor D;Segal M

  • Inhaled Steroids and the Risk of Hospitalization for Asthma

    James G. Donahue;Scott T. Weiss;James M. Livingston;Marcia A. Goetsch

  • Is vitamin D deficiency to blame for the asthma epidemic

    Augusto A. Litonjua;Scott T. Weiss;Scott T. Weiss

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Augusto A. Litonjua
Augusto A. Litonjua University of Rochester Medical Center
Kelan G. Tantisira
Kelan G. Tantisira University of California, San Diego
Benjamin A. Raby
Benjamin A. Raby Brigham and Women's Hospital
Edwin K. Silverman
Edwin K. Silverman Brigham and Women's Hospital
Jessica Lasky-Su
Jessica Lasky-Su Brigham and Women's Hospital
David Sparrow
David Sparrow Boston University
Juan C. Celedón
Juan C. Celedón University of Pittsburgh
Diane R. Gold
Diane R. Gold Harvard University
Christoph Lange
Christoph Lange University of Lübeck
George T. O'Connor
George T. O'Connor Boston University

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