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Kathleen F. Kerr

University of WashingtonORCID 0000-0002-6438-9583Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 3 Assay:GWAS summary statistics· 3 Organism:human· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Approach:Bayesian inference· 1 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:fine-mapping· 1

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Mapping the canine microbiome: Insights from the Dog Aging Project

Tal Bamberger, Efrat Muller, Yadid M. Algavi, Ashlee Greenier, Christine Adjangba, Beth Slikas, Layla Brassington, Blaise L. Mariner, Brianah M. McCoy, Benjamin R. Harrison, Maria Partida‐Aguilar, Abbey Marye, Adam Harris, Emily D. Rout, Joshua M. Akey, , Anne Avery

The paper analyzes the canine gut microbiome across 900 dogs to identify factors influencing microbiome composition and develops a metagenomics-based aging clock.

Nature Communications · May 19, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

GWAS of QRS Duration Identifies New Loci Specific to Hispanic/Latino Populations

Brenton R. Swenson, Tin Louie, Henry J. Lin, Raúl Méndez-Giráldez, Jennifer Elizabeth Below, Cathy C. Laurie, Kathleen F. Kerr, Heather M. Highland, Timothy A. Thornton, Kelli K. Ryckman, Charles L Kooperberg, Elsayed Z. Soliman, Amanda A. Seyerle, Xiuqing Guo, Kent D. Taylor, , Nona Sotoodehnia

This study conducts a GWAS on QRS duration in Hispanic/Latino populations, identifying two new loci and confirming most previously known SNPs.

PLoS ONE · Jun 28, 2019Peer-reviewedGenetics

Discovering patterns of pleiotropy in genome-wide association studies

Jianan Zhana, CHARGE ECG Working Group, Jessica van Setten, Jennifer A. Brody, Brenton R. Swenson, Anne M. Butler, Harry Campbell, Fabiola Del Greco M, Daniel S. Evans, Quince Gibson, Daniel Fannar Gudbjartsson, Kathleen F. Kerr, Bouwe P. Krijthe, Leo‐Pekka Lyytikäinen, Christian Müller, , Steven Ron Cummings

This paper introduces SAPPHO methods to detect pleiotropy in GWAS by modeling shared patterns of genetic associations, finding 16 additional and 124 novel loci in meta-analysis.

bioRxiv · Feb 28, 2018 · PreprintGenetics

Genome-wide association meta-analysis of PR interval identifies 47 novel loci associated with atrial and atrioventricular electrical activity

Jessica van Setten, Jennifer A. Brody, Yalda Jamshidi, Brenton R. Swenson, Anne M. Butler, Harry Campbell, M. Fabiola Del Greco, Daniel S. Evans, Quince Gibson, Daniel Fannar Gudbjartsson, Kathleen F. Kerr, Bouwe P. Krijthe, Leo‐Pekka Lyytikäinen, Christian Müller, Martina Müller‐Nurasyid, , Paolo Gasparini

This study identifies 47 novel genetic loci associated with PR interval through genome-wide association meta-analysis across multiple populations.

bioRxiv · Jan 17, 2018 · PreprintGenetics