Lisa Kim Micklesfield

Participant engagement and feedback in microbiome projects: a case of AWI-Gen 2

This paper describes a study on participant engagement and feedback in microbiome projects in Africa, finding that culturally appropriate and timely feedback can improve trust and motivate health behaviors.

A Southern African Map of Blood Regulatory Variation Enables GWAS Interpretation

This paper presents a blood regulatory variation map from Southern African populations, showing increased utility for interpreting African genetic studies.

Genetic Association and Transferability for Urinary Albumin-Creatinine Ratio as a Marker of Kidney Disease in four Sub-Saharan African Populations and non-continental Individuals of African Ancestry

This study conducts a GWAS on urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio in Sub-Saharan African and non-resident African-ancestry populations, identifying two genome-wide significant loci and highlighting limited transferability of polygenic scores across populations.

Expanding the human gut microbiome atlas of Africa

This study expands the human gut microbiome atlas of Africa by analyzing 1,803 women from four countries, revealing geographic and lifestyle-associated taxa and novel microbial genomes.