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Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar

Yale UniversityORCID 0000-0002-2872-0769Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:human· 4 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 3 Assay:GWAS summary statistics· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1

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A higher polygenic score for peripheral artery disease is associated with younger age at surgery among patients undergoing revascularization

Jiaqi Hu, Dana Alameddine, Shreef Said, He Wang, Miao Yu, Michael Murray, Andrew Thomas DeWan, Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar

The paper finds a higher polygenic score for PAD is linked to younger age at surgery, replicated in UK Biobank.

medRxiv · Jul 9, 2026 · PreprintGenetic & Genomic Medicine

PAD-associated genetic variants are more strongly associated with surgical intervention than premature onset

Jiaqi Hu, Dana Alameddine, He Wang, Arya Mani, Curt Scharfe, Yong-Hui Jiang, Michael F. Murray, Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar, Andrew Thomas DeWan

This study identifies PAD-associated SNPs with stronger associations with surgical intervention than premature onset using UK Biobank data.

Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research · Feb 5, 2026Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine

Identification of multi-omic pleiotropy factors for peripheral artery disease

Jiaqi Hu, Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar, Hongyu Zhao, Andrew Thomas DeWan

This paper identifies multi-omic pleiotropy factors for peripheral artery disease by analyzing genetic, transcriptomic, and proteomic data across PAD, T2D, and CAD.

Human Molecular Genetics · Jan 1, 2026Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine

Recruitment, Consent and DNA Sample Acquisition in a U.S. Precision Health Cohort During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Allyson Derry, Yvette Strong, Davia Schioppo, Joni Cotter, Geisa Wilkins, Laura Siqueiros, Andrea Ouyang, Kathleen Hulseman, Joseph F. Petrosino, Lorrin Liang, Megan Stevenson, Tiffany Elianne Aguilera, Alexandria L. Soto, Katherine Meurer, Alison L. Herman, , Michael F. Murray

The paper describes how the Yale Generations Project adapted its recruitment, consent, and DNA sample acquisition processes to remote methods during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in continued enrollment and sample collection.

medRxiv · Sep 25, 2023 · PreprintGenetic & Genomic Medicine