Emerita Brigino-Buenaventura

This study identifies genetic variants associated with bronchodilator drug response in African Americans with asthma, finding both population-specific and shared genetic factors across African American and Latino populations.

This study conducts the first genome-wide association study of telomere length in African American youth, finding a novel association and failing to replicate previous findings in adults and European children.

This study identifies pharmacogenetic variants associated with albuterol bronchodilator response in minority children with asthma using whole genome sequencing.

This study examines how ethnic self-identification and genetic ancestry influence DNA methylation patterns in individuals of Hispanic descent, finding that ancestry explains much of the variation, but environmental factors also play a significant role.

This paper examines how ancestry-assortative mating affects linkage disequilibrium in admixed populations and shows it can lead to errors in demographic inference.

This study identifies a novel genetic variant associated with asthma in African American children and finds limited replication of European population findings.