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Multilevel Risk Factors for Sleep-Disordered Breathing-Related Symptom Burden in an Urban Pediatric Community-Based Sample.

Publication: Journal Article

Gueye-Ndiaye, Seyni, Marissa Hauptman, Xinting Yu, Le Li, Michael Rueschman, Cecilia Castro-Diehl, Tamar Sofer, et al. 2023. “Multilevel Risk Factors for Sleep-Disordered Breathing-Related Symptom Burden in an Urban Pediatric Community-Based Sample.”. CHEST Pulmonary 1 (3).

Causal Association Between Subtypes of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness and Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases.

Publication: Journal Article

Goodman, Matthew O, Hassan S Dashti, Jacqueline M Lane, Daniel P Windred, Angus Burns, Samuel E Jones, Tamar Sofer, et al. 2023. “Causal Association Between Subtypes of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness and Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases.”. Journal of the American Heart Association 12 (24): e030568.

A parametric bootstrap approach for computing confidence intervals for genetic correlations with application to genetically-determined protein-protein networks.

Publication: Journal Article

Tsai, Yi-Ting, Yana Hrytsenko, Michael Elgart, Usman Tahir, Zsu-Zsu Chen, James G Wilson, Robert Gerszten, and Tamar Sofer. 2023. “A Parametric Bootstrap Approach for Computing Confidence Intervals for Genetic Correlations With Application to Genetically-Determined Protein-Protein Networks.”. MedRxiv : The Preprint Server for Health Sciences.

A polygenic risk score for Alzheimer's disease constructed using APOE-region variants has stronger association than APOE alleles with mild cognitive impairment in Hispanic/Latino adults in the U.S.

Publication: Journal Article

Sofer, Tamar, Nuzulul Kurniansyah, Einat Granot-Hershkovitz, Matthew O Goodman, Wassim Tarraf, Iris Broce, Richard B Lipton, et al. 2023. “A Polygenic Risk Score for Alzheimer’s Disease Constructed Using APOE-Region Variants Has Stronger Association Than APOE Alleles With Mild Cognitive Impairment in Hispanic/Latino Adults in the U.S.”. Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy 15 (1): 146.

Yuan Zhang

Person: Postdoctoral Fellow

Currently: Physician and associate investigator in Xiangya Hospital, Central South University in China. Dr. Zhang worked in the lab during her postdoctoral fellow through ISRTP of World Sleep Society, and was selected to present her work at APSS SLEEP conference. Yuan has a strong interest in...

AFA: Ancestry-specific allele frequency estimation in admixed populations: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.

Publication: Journal Article

Granot-Hershkovitz, Einat, Quan Sun, Maria Argos, Hufeng Zhou, Xihong Lin, Sharon R Browning, and Tamar Sofer. 2022. “AFA: Ancestry-Specific Allele Frequency Estimation in Admixed Populations: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.”. HGG Advances 3 (2): 100096.

Control for Population Structure and Relatedness for Binary Traits in Genetic Association Studies via Logistic Mixed Models.

Publication: Journal Article

Chen, Han, Chaolong Wang, Matthew P Conomos, Adrienne M Stilp, Zilin Li, Tamar Sofer, Adam A Szpiro, et al. 2016. “Control for Population Structure and Relatedness for Binary Traits in Genetic Association Studies via Logistic Mixed Models.”. American Journal of Human Genetics 98 (4): 653-66.

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Xinye Qiu

Person: Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Dr. Xinye Qiu is a postdoctoral researcher working with Dr. Tamar Sofer. She received her Ph.D. degree in Population Health Sciences from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with a focus on environmental epidemiology. Her research is interdisciplinary and combines knowledge/skills across the...

Mengran Zhang

Person: Biostatistician/Master's student

I worked as a statistical analyst and bioinformatician in Dr. Sofer’s lab at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and I concentrated on a genetic survey project while working in the lab. I received my bachelor degree in Mathematics and Economics from Syracuse University and the master degree of Statistics &...