Tamar Sofer

Tamar Sofer, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

617-735-4128

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Assistant Professor of Medicine

Administrative and Hospital Titles

Assistant Professor in the Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Lead Investigator, Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital

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Sleep and Circadian Disorders, room 225C
221 Longwood Ave
Boston MA 02115

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Genome-wide association study of heart rate and its variability in Hispanic/Latino cohorts.

Authors: Kerr KF, Avery CL, Lin HJ, Raffield LM, Zhang QS, Browning BL, Browning SR, Conomos MP, Gogarten SM, Laurie CC, Sofer T, Thornton TA, Hohensee C, Jackson RD, Kooperberg C, Li Y, Méndez-Giráldez R, Perez MV, Peters U, Reiner AP, Zhang ZM, Yao J, Sotoodehnia N, Taylor KD, Guo X, Lange LA, Soliman EZ, Wilson JG, Rotter JI, Heckbert SR, Jain D, Whitsel EA.
Heart Rhythm 2017-11-01
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Genetic architecture of lipid traits in the Hispanic community health study/study of Latinos.

Authors: Graff M, Emery LS, Justice AE, Parra E, Below JE, Palmer ND, Gao C, Duan Q, Valladares-Salgado A, Cruz M, Morrison AC, Boerwinkle E, Whitsel EA, Kooperberg C, Reiner A, Li Y, Rodriguez CJ, Talavera GA, Langefeld CD, Wagenknecht LE, Norris JM, Taylor KD, Papanicolaou G, Kenny E, Loos RJF, Chen YI, Laurie C, Sofer T, North KE.
Lipids Health Dis 2017-10-12
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Confidence intervals for heritability via Haseman-Elston regression.

Authors: Sofer T.
Stat Appl Genet Mol Biol 2017-09-26
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Trans-ethnic meta-regression of genome-wide association studies accounting for ancestry increases power for discovery and improves fine-mapping resolution.

Authors: Mägi R, Horikoshi M, Sofer T, Mahajan A, Kitajima H, Franceschini N, McCarthy MI, Morris AP.
Hum Mol Genet 2017-09-15
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Genome-Wide Association Study of Blood Pressure Traits by Hispanic/Latino Background: the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.

Authors: Sofer T, Wong Q, Hartwig FP, Taylor K, Warren HR, Evangelou E, Cabrera CP, Levy D, Kramer H, Lange LA, Horta BL, Kerr KF, Reiner AP, Franceschini N.
Sci Rep 2017-09-04
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Erratum: Genetic loci associated with heart rate variability and their effects on cardiac disease risk.

Authors: Nolte IM, Munoz ML, Tragante V, Amare AT, Jansen R, Vaez A, von der Heyde B, Avery CL, Bis JC, Dierckx B, van Dongen J, Gogarten SM, Goyette P, Hernesniemi J, Huikari V, Hwang SJ, Jaju D, Kerr KF, Kluttig A, Krijthe BP, Kumar J, van der Laan SW, Lyytikäinen LP, Maihofer AX, Minassian A, van der Most PJ, Müller-Nurasyid M, Nivard M, Salvi E, Stewart JD, Thayer JF, Verweij N, Wong A, Zabaneh D, Zafarmand MH, Abdellaoui A, Albarwani S, Albert C, Alonso A, Ashar F, Auvinen J, Axelsson T, Baker DG, de Bakker PIW, Barcella M, Bayoumi R, Bieringa RJ, Boomsma D, Boucher G, Britton AR, Christophersen I, Dietrich A, Ehret GB, Ellinor PT, Eskola M, Felix JF, Floras JS, Franco OH, Friberg P, Gademan MGJ, Geyer MA, Giedraitis V, Hartman CA, Hemerich D, Hofman A, Hottenga JJ, Huikuri H, Hutri-Kähönen N, Jouven X, Junttila J, Juonala M, Kiviniemi AM, Kors JA, Kumari M, Kuznetsova T, Laurie CC, Lefrandt JD, Li Y, Li Y, Liao D, Limacher MC, Lin HJ, Lindgren CM, Lubitz SA, Mahajan A, McKnight B, Zu Schwabedissen HM, Milaneschi Y, Mononen N, Morris AP, Nalls MA, Navis G, Neijts M, Nikus K, North KE, O'Connor DT, Ormel J, Perz S, Peters A, Psaty BM, Raitakari OT, Risbrough VB, Sinner MF, Siscovick D, Smit JH, Smith NL, Soliman EZ, Sotoodehnia N, Staessen JA, Stein PK, Stilp AM, Stolarz-Skrzypek K, Strauch K, Sundström J, Swenne CA, Syvänen AC, Tardif JC, Taylor KD, Teumer A, Thornton TA, Tinker LE, Uitterlinden AG, van Setten J, Voss A, Waldenberger M, Wilhelmsen KC, Willemsen G, Wong Q, Zhang ZM, Zonderman AB, Cusi D, Evans MK, Greiser HK, van der Harst P, Hassan M, Ingelsson E, Järvelin MR, Kääb S, Kähönen M, Kivimaki M, Kooperberg C, Kuh D, Lehtimäki T, Lind L, Nievergelt CM, O'Donnell CJ, Oldehinkel AJ, Penninx B, Reiner AP, Riese H, van Roon AM, Rioux JD, Rotter JI, Sofer T, Stricker BH, Tiemeier H, Vrijkotte TGM, Asselbergs FW, Brundel BJJM, Heckbert SR, Whitsel EA, den Hoed M, Snieder H, de Geus EJC.
Nat Commun 2017-08-02
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Admixture Mapping Identifies an Amerindian Ancestry Locus Associated with Albuminuria in Hispanics in the United States.

Authors: Brown LA, Sofer T, Stilp AM, Baier LJ, Kramer HJ, Masindova I, Levy D, Hanson RL, Moncrieft AE, Redline S, Rosas SE, Lash JP, Cai J, Laurie CC, Browning S, Thornton T, Franceschini N.
J Am Soc Nephrol 2017-07-01
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BinomiRare: A robust test of the association of a rare variant with a disease for pooled analysis and meta-analysis, with application to the HCHS/SOL.

Authors: Sofer T.
Genet Epidemiol 2017-07-01
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Genetic loci associated with heart rate variability and their effects on cardiac disease risk.

Genome-wide association study of iron traits and relation to diabetes in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL): potential genomic intersection of iron and glucose regulation?

Authors: Raffield LM, Louie T, Sofer T, Jain D, Ipp E, Taylor KD, Papanicolaou GJ, Avilés-Santa L, Lange LA, Laurie CC, Conomos MP, Thornton TA, Chen YI, Qi Q, Cotler S, Thyagarajan B, Schneiderman N, Rotter JI, Reiner AP, Lin HJ.
Hum Mol Genet 2017-05-15
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