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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Sleep patterns of patients receiving home parenteral nutrition: A home-based observational study.

Authors: Dashti HS, Godbole M, Chen A, Mogensen KM, Leong A, Burns DL, Winkler MF, Saxena R, Compher C.
JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2022-02-11
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How Accurately Can We Recall the Timing of Food Intake? A Comparison of Food Times from Recall-Based Survey Questions and Daily Food Records.

Authors: Gioia SC, Guirette M, Chen A, Tucker C, Gray BE, Vetter C, Garaulet M, Scheer FAJL, Saxena R, Dashti HS.
Curr Dev Nutr 2022-02-01
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Upregulated heme biosynthesis increases obstructive sleep apnea severity: a pathway-based Mendelian randomization study.

Authors: Wang H, Kurniansyah N, Cade BE, Goodman MO, Chen H, Gottlieb DJ, Gharib SA, Purcell SM, Lin X, Saxena R, Zhu X, Durda P, Tracy R, Liu Y, Taylor KD, Johnson WC, Gabriel S, Smith JD, Aguet F, Ardlie K, Blackwell T, Reiner AP, Rotter JI, Rich SS, Redline S, Sofer T.
Sci Rep 2022-01-27
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Interaction of obesity polygenic score with lifestyle risk factors in an electronic health record biobank.

Authors: Dashti HS, Miranda N, Cade BE, Huang T, Redline S, Karlson EW, Saxena R.
BMC Med 2022-01-12
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Genetic risk for obesity and the effectiveness of the ChooseWell 365 workplace intervention to prevent weight gain and improve dietary choices.

Authors: Dashti HS, Levy DE, Hivert MF, Alimenti K, McCurley JL, Saxena R, Thorndike AN.
Am J Clin Nutr 2022-01-11
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Genetic analysis of dietary intake identifies new loci and functional links with metabolic traits.

Authors: Merino J, Dashti HS, Sarnowski C, Lane JM, Todorov PV, Udler MS, Song Y, Wang H, Kim J, Tucker C, Campbell J, Tanaka T, Chu AY, Tsai L, Pers TH, Chasman DI, Rutter MK, Dupuis J, Florez JC, Saxena R.
Nat Hum Behav 2022-01-01
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Heart rate response and recovery during exercise predict future delirium risk-A prospective cohort study in middle- to older-aged adults.

Authors: Gao L, Gaba A, Li P, Saxena R, Scheer FAJL, Akeju O, Rutter MK, Hu K.
J Sport Health Sci 2021-12-13
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Objective assessment of sleep regularity in 60 000 UK Biobank participants using an open-source package.

Authors: Windred DP, Jones SE, Russell A, Burns AC, Chan P, Weedon MN, Rutter MK, Olivier P, Vetter C, Saxena R, Lane JM, Cain SW, Phillips AJK.
Sleep 2021-12-10
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Time spent in outdoor light is associated with mood, sleep, and circadian rhythm-related outcomes: A cross-sectional and longitudinal study in over 400,000 UK Biobank participants.

Authors: Burns AC, Saxena R, Vetter C, Phillips AJK, Lane JM, Cain SW.
J Affect Disord 2021-12-01
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Selection into shift work is influenced by educational attainment and body mass index: a Mendelian randomization study in the UK Biobank.

Authors: Daghlas I, Richmond RC, Lane JM, Dashti HS, Ollila HM, Schernhammer ES, Smith GD, Rutter MK, Saxena R, Vetter C.
Int J Epidemiol 2021-08-30
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