Tamar Sofer

Research interests

Publications

• Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of major depression aids locus discovery, fine mapping, gene prioritization and causal inference

  Nature Genetics · 2024 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-023-01596-4

• Genetic drivers of heterogeneity in type 2 diabetes pathophysiology

  Nature · 2024 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07019-6

• Multi-ancestry genome-wide association analyses improve resolution of genes and pathways influencing lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease risk

  Nature Genetics · 2023 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-023-01314-0

• Multi-ancestry genetic study of type 2 diabetes highlights the power of diverse populations for discovery and translation

  Nature Genetics · 2022 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-022-01058-3

• The Sleep Apnea–Specific Pulse-Rate Response Predicts Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality

  American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.202010-3900oc

• The Sleep Apnea-Specific Hypoxic Burden Predicts Incident Heart Failure

  CHEST Journal · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2020.03.053

• Multiancestry Genome-Wide Association Study of Lipid Levels Incorporating Gene-Alcohol Interactions

  American Journal of Epidemiology · 2019 · 10.1093/aje/kwz005

• Genetic association testing using the GENESIS R/Bioconductor package

  Bioinformatics · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btz567

• Genome-wide analysis of dental caries and periodontitis combining clinical and self-reported data

  Nature Communications · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10630-1

• Genome-wide association analysis of self-reported daytime sleepiness identifies 42 loci that suggest biological subtypes

  Nature Communications · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11456-7

• Sex differences in obstructive sleep apnea phenotypes, the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

  SLEEP · 2019 · 10.1093/sleep/zsz274

• Multi-ancestry genome-wide gene–smoking interaction study of 387,272 individuals identifies new loci associated with serum lipids

  Nature Genetics · 2019 · 10.1038/s41588-019-0378-y

• Associations of Mitochondrial and Nuclear Mitochondrial Variants and Genes with Seven Metabolic Traits

  The American Journal of Human Genetics · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2018.12.001

• A Large-Scale Multi-ancestry Genome-wide Study Accounting for Smoking Behavior Identifies Multiple Significant Loci for Blood Pressure

  The American Journal of Human Genetics · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2018.01.015

• Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries

  PLoS ONE · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198166

• Trans-ethnic meta-regression of genome-wide association studies accounting for ancestry increases power for discovery and improves fine-mapping resolution

  Human Molecular Genetics · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddx280

• Genetic Diversity and Association Studies in US Hispanic/Latino Populations: Applications in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos

  The American Journal of Human Genetics · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2015.12.001

• Control for Population Structure and Relatedness for Binary Traits in Genetic Association Studies via Logistic Mixed Models

  The American Journal of Human Genetics · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2016.02.012

• Relationship between margin distance and local recurrence among patients undergoing wedge resection for small (≤2 cm) non–small cell lung cancer

  Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.11.056

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