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Leslie J. Raffel

University of California, Irvine

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Genetics· 2 Genetic & Genomic Medicine· 1

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Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 3 Assay:GWAS summary statistics· 3 Organism:human· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:fine-mapping· 1

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Ancestral diversity improves discovery and fine-mapping of genetic loci for anthropometric traits - the Hispanic/Latino Anthropometry Consortium

Lindsay Fernández‐Rhodes, Mariaelisa Graff, Victoria L. Buchanan, Anne E. Justice, Heather M. Highland, Xiuqing Guo, Wanying Zhu, Hung‐Hsin Chen, Kristin L. Young, Kaustubh Adhikari, Nicholette D. Palmer, Jennifer Elizabeth Below, Jonathan P. Bradfield, Alexandre C. Pereira, LáShauntá M. Glover, , Craig L. Hanis

This study identifies novel genetic loci for BMI, height, and WHRadjBMI in Hispanic/Latino populations and shows the benefits of ancestral diversity in GWAS.

Human Genetics and Genomics Advances · Mar 11, 2022Peer-reviewedGenetics

Genome-wide association study of body fat distribution traits in Hispanics/Latinos from the HCHS/SOL Study

Anne E. Justice, Kristin L. Young, Stephanie M. Gogarten, Tamar Sofer, Mariaelisa Graff, Shelly Ann Love, Yujie Wang, Yann C. Klimentidis, Miguel Cruz, Xiuqing Guo, Fernando Pires Hartwig, Lauren E. Petty, Jie Yao, Matthew Allison, Jennifer Elizabeth Below, , Kari E. North

This study identifies genetic variants associated with body fat distribution traits in Hispanics/Latinos and finds ancestry-specific associations.

Human Molecular Genetics · Jun 18, 2021Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine

Trans-ethnic genome-wide association study provides insight into effector genes and molecular mechanisms for kidney function and highlights a causal effect on kidney-specific disease aetiologies

Andrew P. Morris, Thu H Le, Hao Wu, Artur Akbarov, Peter J. van der Most, Gibran Hemani, George Davey Smith, Anubha Mahajan, Kyle J. Gaulton, Girish N. Nadkarni, Adán Valladares‐Salgado, Niels H. Wacher, Josyf C. Mychaleckyj, Nicole Dueker, Xiuqing Guo, , Nora Franceschini

This study identifies 93 genetic loci associated with kidney function across four ancestry groups and highlights causal effects on kidney-related diseases.

Nature Communications · Dec 28, 2018Peer-reviewedGenetics