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Lisa R. Yanek

Researcher at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Publications -  280
Citations -  15896

Lisa R. Yanek is an academic researcher from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The author has contributed to research in topics: Genome-wide association study & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 57, co-authored 227 publications receiving 12897 citations. Previous affiliations of Lisa R. Yanek include Johns Hopkins University.

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Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries

Mary F. Feitosa, +299 more
- 18 Jun 2018 - 
TL;DR: In insights into the role of alcohol consumption in the genetic architecture of hypertension, a large two-stage investigation incorporating joint testing of main genetic effects and single nucleotide variant (SNV)-alcohol consumption interactions is conducted.
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Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures.

Derrek P. Hibar, +344 more
- 09 Apr 2015 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conduct genome-wide association studies of the volumes of seven subcortical regions and the intracranial volume derived from magnetic resonance images of 30,717 individuals from 50 cohorts.
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Project Joy: faith based cardiovascular health promotion for African American women.

TL;DR: Church-based interventions can significantly benefit the cardiovascular health of African American women, and intervention participants achieved clinically important improvements in cardiovascular disease risk profiles one year after program initiation, which did not occur in the self-help group.