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Christopher A. Haiman

Researcher at University of Southern California

Publications -  783
Citations -  65352

Christopher A. Haiman is an academic researcher from University of Southern California. The author has contributed to research in topics: Breast cancer & Genome-wide association study. The author has an hindex of 106, co-authored 687 publications receiving 54813 citations. Previous affiliations of Christopher A. Haiman include University of California, San Francisco & National Institutes of Health.

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Age-Related Clonal Hematopoiesis Associated with Adverse Outcomes

TL;DR: Age-related clonal hematopoiesis is a common condition that is associated with increases in the risk of hematologic cancer and in all-cause mortality, with the latter possibly due to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.

Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

Adam E. Locke, +481 more
TL;DR: This paper conducted a genome-wide association study and meta-analysis of body mass index (BMI), a measure commonly used to define obesity and assess adiposity, in up to 339,224 individuals.
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Genome-wide association study identifies novel breast cancer susceptibility loci

Douglas F. Easton, +109 more
- 28 Jun 2007 - 
TL;DR: To identify further susceptibility alleles, a two-stage genome-wide association study in 4,398 breast cancer cases and 4,316 controls was conducted, followed by a third stage in which 30 single nucleotide polymorphisms were tested for confirmation.
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Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

Andrew R. Wood, +444 more
- 01 Nov 2014 - 
TL;DR: This article identified 697 variants at genome-wide significance that together explained one-fifth of the heritability for adult height, and all common variants together captured 60% of heritability.
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Risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers and the general community: a prospective cohort study.

Long H. Nguyen, +81 more
TL;DR: In the UK and the USA, risk of reporting a positive test for COVID-19 was increased among front-line health-care workers, and adequacy of PPE, clinical setting, and ethnic background were also important factors.