Nadia N. Hansel

Prediction and Characterization of Genetically Regulated Expression of Target Tissues in Asthma

The paper develops gene expression prediction models for asthma-related tissues in African-ancestry populations and identifies 17 candidate causal asthma genes using transcriptome-wide association study.

The protective effect of club cell secretory protein (CC-16) on COPD risk and progression: a Mendelian randomisation study

This study uses Mendelian randomisation to show that higher serum CC-16 levels protect against COPD risk and progression, with genetic variants linked to CC-16 expression in lung tissue.

Identifying tagging SNPs for African specific genetic variation from the African Diaspora Genome

The paper designs a genotyping array (ADPC) for African-specific genetic variation using whole genome sequences from the CAAPA consortium, improving GWAS for African ancestry populations.

Genome-wide association study of asthma in individuals of African ancestry reveals novel asthma susceptibility loci

This study identifies novel asthma susceptibility loci in individuals of African ancestry through genome-wide association analysis and admixture mapping.