Mohamad Saad

Identification of a Novel SLC2A9 Gene Association with LDL-C levels and Evaluation of Polygenic Scores in a Multi-Ancestry Genome Wide Association Study

This study identifies a novel SLC2A9 variant associated with LDL-C levels in Qatar's Middle Eastern population and evaluates polygenic scores across ancestries.

Epigenetic Age Acceleration in Surviving versus Deceased COVID-19 Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome following Hospitalization

This study examines epigenetic age acceleration and telomere attrition in severe COVID-19 patients with ARDS, finding higher epigenetic age acceleration in deceased patients compared to recovered ones.

GIGI2: A Fast Approach for Parallel Genotype Imputation in Large Pedigrees

GIGI2 improves genotype imputation in large pedigrees with faster computation and reduced memory usage.

Quality Control and Integration of Genotypes from Two Calling Pipelines for Whole Genome Sequence Data in the Alzheimer’s Disease Sequencing Project

The paper describes the quality control and integration of genotype calls from two pipelines for whole genome sequencing data in the Alzheimer’s Disease Sequencing Project, resulting in a high-quality consensus dataset.