Richa Saxena

Richa Saxena, Ph.D.

617-643-8758

Faculty Information
Publications

Harvard Title

Professor of Anaesthesia

Administrative and Hospital Titles

Associate Geneticist, Center for Genomic Medicine Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Director of Genetics of Sleep and Circadian Research Program in Sleep Epidemiology, Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Associate Member, Broad Institute

Address

Massachusetts General Hospital
Simches Research Ctr
185 Cambridge Street, CPZN 5.802
Boston, MA 02114

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Greater Cognitive Deficits with Sleep-disordered Breathing among Individuals with Genetic Susceptibility to Alzheimer Disease. The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.

Authors: Johnson DA, Lane J, Wang R, Reid M, Djonlagic I, Fitzpatrick AL, Rapp SR, Charles LE, O'Hara R, Saxena R, Redline S.
Ann Am Thorac Soc 2017-11-01
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A Loss-of-Function Splice Acceptor Variant in IGF2 Is Protective for Type 2 Diabetes.

Authors: Mercader JM, Liao RG, Bell AD, Dymek Z, Estrada K, Tukiainen T, Huerta-Chagoya A, Moreno-Macías H, Jablonski KA, Hanson RL, Walford GA, Moran I, Chen L, Agarwala V, Ordoñez-Sánchez ML, Rodríguez-Guillen R, Rodríguez-Torres M, Segura-Kato Y, García-Ortiz H, Centeno-Cruz F, Barajas-Olmos F, Caulkins L, Puppala S, Fontanillas P, Williams AL, Bonàs-Guarch S, Hartl C, Ripke S, Tooley K, Lane J, Zerrweck C, Martínez-Hernández A, Córdova EJ, Mendoza-Caamal E, Contreras-Cubas C, González-Villalpando ME, Cruz-Bautista I, Muñoz-Hernández L, Gómez-Velasco D, Alvirde U, Henderson BE, Wilkens LR, Le Marchand L, Arellano-Campos O, Riba L, Harden M, Gabriel S, Abboud HE, Cortes ML, Revilla-Monsalve C, Islas-Andrade S, Soberon X, Curran JE, Jenkinson CP, DeFronzo RA, Lehman DM, Hanis CL, Bell GI, Boehnke M, Blangero J, Duggirala R, Saxena R, MacArthur D, Ferrer J, McCarroll SA, Torrents D, Knowler WC, Baier LJ, Burtt N, González-Villalpando C, Haiman CA, Aguilar-Salinas CA, Tusié-Luna T, Flannick J, Jacobs SBR, Orozco L, Altshuler D, Florez JC.
Diabetes 2017-11-01
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Sleep and cognitive performance: cross-sectional associations in the UK Biobank.

Authors: Kyle SD, Sexton CE, Feige B, Luik AI, Lane J, Saxena R, Anderson SG, Bechtold DA, Dixon W, Little MA, Ray D, Riemann D, Espie CA, Rutter MK, Spiegelhalder K.
Sleep Med 2017-10-01
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Large Scale Metabolic Profiling identifies Novel Steroids linked to Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Authors: Yousri NA, Bayoumy K, Elhaq WG, Mohney RP, Emadi SA, Hammoudeh M, Halabi H, Masri B, Badsha H, Uthman I, Plenge R, Saxena R, Suhre K, Arayssi T.
Sci Rep 2017-08-22
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A Multinational Arab Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies New Genetic Associations for Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Authors: Saxena R, Plenge RM, Bjonnes AC, Dashti HS, Okada Y, Gad El Haq W, Hammoudeh M, Al Emadi S, Masri BK, Halabi H, Badsha H, Uthman IW, Margolin L, Gupta N, Mahfoud ZR, Kapiri M, Dargham SR, Aranki G, Kazkaz LA, Arayssi T.
Arthritis Rheumatol 2017-05-01
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Genetic predisposition to elevated levels of C-reactive protein is associated with a decreased risk for preeclampsia.

Authors: Spracklen CN, Smith CJ, Saftlas AF, Triche EW, Bjonnes A, Keating BJ, Saxena R, Breheny PJ, Dewan AT, Robinson JG, Hoh J, Ryckman KK.
Hypertens Pregnancy 2017-02-01
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Circadian Rhythms in Plasma Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor Differ in Men and Women.

Authors: Cain SW, Chang AM, Vlasac I, Tare A, Anderson C, Czeisler CA, Saxena R.
J Biol Rhythms 2017-02-01
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Genome-wide association analyses of sleep disturbance traits identify new loci and highlight shared genetics with neuropsychiatric and metabolic traits.

Authors: Lane JM, Liang J, Vlasac I, Anderson SG, Bechtold DA, Bowden J, Emsley R, Gill S, Little MA, Luik AI, Loudon A, Scheer FA, Purcell SM, Kyle SD, Lawlor DA, Zhu X, Redline S, Ray DW, Rutter MK, Saxena R.
Nat Genet 2017-02-01
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Phenotype and Tissue Expression as a Function of Genetic Risk in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.

Authors: Pau CT, Mosbruger T, Saxena R, Welt CK.
PLoS One 2017-01-01
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Relationship between polycystic ovary syndrome and ancestry in European Americans.

Authors: Bjonnes AC, Saxena R, Welt CK.
Fertil Steril 2016-12-01
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