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Sharon L.R. Kardia is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant work in the field of medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including genetics, molecular biology, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, public health, environmental and occupational health, and psychiatry and mental health.

Their research focuses on topics related to genetic associations and epidemiology, epigenetics and DNA methylation, birth, development, and health, bioinformatics and genomic networks, genomics and rare diseases, dementia and cognitive impairment research, and ethics in clinical research.

Recent notable papers authored by Kardia include:

  • Genetic Architecture of Gene Expression in European and African Americans: An eQTL Mapping Study in GENOA (2020, The American Journal of Human Genetics)
  • Novel DNA methylation signatures of tobacco smoking with trans-ethnic effects (2021, Clinical Epigenetics)
  • Epigenetic loci for blood pressure are associated with hypertensive target organ damage in older African Americans from the genetic epidemiology network of Arteriopathy (GENOA) study (2020, BMC Medical Genomics)
  • Accelerated DNA methylation age and medication use among African Americans (2021, Aging)
  • 50,000 years of Evolutionary History of India: Insights from ~2,700 Whole Genome Sequences (2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))

Frequent publication venues where Kardia's research appears include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Genes
  • Clinical Epigenetics
  • BMC Medical Genomics

Kardia has collaborated often with several coauthors, including:

  • Jennifer A. Smith
  • Xiang Zhou
  • Jinkook Lee
  • Wei Zhao
  • Scott M. Ratliff

Their body of work demonstrates a consistent engagement with complex genetic and epigenetic factors influencing health and disease, involving diverse populations and integrating genomic data analysis.

Best Publications

  • Gene-expression profiles predict survival of patients with lung adenocarcinoma

    David G. Beer;Sharon L.R. Kardia;Chiang Ching Huang;Thomas J. Giordano

  • 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

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

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

  • Fine-mapping type 2 diabetes loci to single-variant resolution using high-density imputation and islet-specific epigenome maps.

    Anubha Mahajan;Daniel Taliun;Matthias Thurner;Neil R. Robertson

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

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

  • Discordant Protein and mRNA Expression in Lung Adenocarcinomas

    Guoan Chen;Tarek G. Gharib;Chiang Ching Huang;Jeremy M.G. Taylor

  • 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

  • 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

  • GWAS of 126,559 Individuals Identifies Genetic Variants Associated with Educational Attainment

    Cornelius A. Rietveld;Sarah E. Medland;Jaime Lane Derringer;Jian Yang

  • Epigenetic Signatures of Cigarette Smoking

    Roby Joehanes;Allan C. Just;Riccardo E. Marioni;Luke C. Pilling

  • A genome-wide approach accounting for body mass index identifies genetic variants influencing fasting glycemic traits and insulin resistance.

    Alisa K. Manning;Alisa K. Manning;Alisa K. Manning;Robert A. Scott;Jonna L. Grimsby

  • New loci associated with kidney function and chronic kidney disease

    Anna Köttgen;Anna Köttgen;Cristian Pattaro;Carsten A. Böger;Christian Fuchsberger

  • Study of 300,486 individuals identifies 148 independent genetic loci influencing general cognitive function

    Gail Davies;Max Lam;Sarah E. Harris;Joey W. Trampush

  • The transcriptional landscape of age in human peripheral blood

    Marjolein J. Peters;Roby Joehanes;Luke C. Pilling;Claudia Schurmann;Claudia Schurmann

  • Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes.

    Alexander G Bick;Joshua S Weinstock;Satish K Nandakumar;Satish K Nandakumar;Charles P Fulco;Charles P Fulco

  • Synergistic polymorphisms of beta1- and alpha2C-adrenergic receptors and the risk of congestive heart failure.

    Kersten M. Small;Lynne E. Wagoner;Albert M. Levin;Sharon L R Kardia

  • Genetic Structure, Self-Identified Race/Ethnicity, and Confounding in Case-Control Association Studies

    Hua Tang;Tom Quertermous;Beatriz Rodriguez;Sharon L.R. Kardia

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

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

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

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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Patricia A. Peyser
Patricia A. Peyser University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Albert V. Smith
Albert V. Smith University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Jerome I. Rotter
Jerome I. Rotter UCLA Medical Center
Daniel I. Chasman
Daniel I. Chasman Brigham and Women's Hospital
Xiuqing Guo
Xiuqing Guo Lundquist Institute
Caroline Hayward
Caroline Hayward University of Edinburgh

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