Nancy L. Heard‐Costa
Boston University(US)National Heart Lung and Blood Institute(US)Framingham Heart Study(US)Boston Public Schools(US)
Publications by Year
Research Areas
Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Genomics and Rare Diseases
Most-Cited Works
- → Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index(2010)2,969 cited
- → Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program(2021)2,220 cited
- → Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height(2010)2,053 cited
- → New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution(2015)1,702 cited
- → Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution(2010)961 cited
- → The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study(2015)685 cited