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
Harvard Catalyst Profile
Harvard Title

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

Address

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

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Single-trait and multi-trait genome-wide association analyses identify novel loci for blood pressure in African-ancestry populations.
Authors: Liang J, Le TH, Edwards DRV, Tayo BO, Gaulton KJ, Smith JA, Lu Y, Jensen RA, Chen G, Yanek LR, Schwander K, Tajuddin SM, Sofer T, Kim W, Kayima J, McKenzie CA, Fox E, Nalls MA, Young JH, Sun YV, Lane JM, Cechova S, Zhou J, Tang H, Fornage M, Musani SK, Wang H, Lee J, Adeyemo A, Dreisbach AW, Forrester T, Chu PL, Cappola A, Evans MK, Morrison AC, Martin LW, Wiggins KL, Hui Q, Zhao W, Jackson RD, Ware EB, Faul JD, Reiner AP, Bray M, Denny JC, Mosley TH, Palmas W, Guo X, Papanicolaou GJ, Penman AD, Polak JF, Rice K, Taylor KD, Boerwinkle E, Bottinger EP, Liu K, Risch N, Hunt SC, Kooperberg C, Zonderman AB, Laurie CC, Becker DM, Cai J, Loos RJF, Psaty BM, Weir DR, Kardia SLR, Arnett DK, Won S, Edwards TL, Redline S, Cooper RS, Rao DC, Rotter JI, Rotimi C, Levy D, Chakravarti A, Zhu X, Franceschini N.
PLoS Genet
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Genetics of Type 2 Diabetes in U.S. Hispanic/Latino Individuals: Results From the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL).
Authors: Qi Q, Stilp AM, Sofer T, Moon JY, Hidalgo B, Szpiro AA, Wang T, Ng MCY, Guo X, Chen YI, Taylor KD, Aviles-Santa ML, Papanicolaou G, Pankow JS, Schneiderman N, Laurie CC, Rotter JI, Kaplan RC.
Diabetes
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A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of asthma in Puerto Ricans.
Authors: Yan Q, Brehm J, Pino-Yanes M, Forno E, Lin J, Oh SS, Acosta-Perez E, Laurie CC, Cloutier MM, Raby BA, Stilp AM, Sofer T, Hu D, Huntsman S, Eng CS, Conomos MP, Rastogi D, Rice K, Canino G, Chen W, Barr RG, Burchard EG, Celedón JC.
Eur Respir J
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A powerful statistical framework for generalization testing in GWAS, with application to the HCHS/SOL.
Authors: Sofer T, Heller R, Bogomolov M, Avery CL, Graff M, North KE, Reiner AP, Thornton TA, Rice K, Benjamini Y, Laurie CC, Kerr KF.
Genet Epidemiol
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CONTROL FUNCTION ASSISTED IPW ESTIMATION WITH A SECONDARY OUTCOME IN CASE-CONTROL STUDIES.
Authors: Sofer T, Cornelis MC, Kraft P, Tchetgen Tchetgen EJ.
Stat Sin
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Genome-wide association study of red blood cell traits in Hispanics/Latinos: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.
Authors: Hodonsky CJ, Jain D, Schick UM, Morrison JV, Brown L, McHugh CP, Schurmann C, Chen DD, Liu YM, Auer PL, Laurie CA, Taylor KD, Browning BL, Li Y, Papanicolaou G, Rotter JI, Kurita R, Nakamura Y, Browning SR, Loos RJF, North KE, Laurie CC, Thornton TA, Pankratz N, Bauer DE, Sofer T, Reiner AP.
PLoS Genet
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Genome-wide association of white blood cell counts in Hispanic/Latino Americans: the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.
Authors: Jain D, Hodonsky CJ, Schick UM, Morrison JV, Minnerath S, Brown L, Schurmann C, Liu Y, Auer PL, Laurie CA, Taylor KD, Browning BL, Papanicolaou G, Browning SR, Loos RJF, North KE, Thyagarajan B, Laurie CC, Thornton TA, Sofer T, Reiner AP.
Hum Mol Genet
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GWAS Identifies New Loci for Painful Temporomandibular Disorder: Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.
Authors: Sanders AE, Jain D, Sofer T, Kerr KF, Laurie CC, Shaffer JR, Marazita ML, Kaste LM, Slade GD, Fillingim RB, Ohrbach R, Maixner W, Kocher T, Bernhardt O, Teumer A, Schwahn C, Sipilä K, Lähdesmäki R, Männikkö M, Pesonen P, Järvelin M, Rizzatti-Barbosa CM, Meloto CB, Ribeiro-Dasilva M, Diatchenko L, Serrano P, Smith SB.
J Dent Res
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Genome-wide association study of generalized anxiety symptoms in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.
Authors: Dunn EC, Sofer T, Gallo LC, Gogarten SM, Kerr KF, Chen CY, Stein MB, Ursano RJ, Guo X, Jia Y, Qi Q, Rotter JI, Argos M, Cai J, Penedo FJ, Perreira K, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Smoller JW.
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet
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Chronic Periodontitis Genome-wide Association Study in the Hispanic Community Health Study / Study of Latinos.
Authors: Sanders AE, Sofer T, Wong Q, Kerr KF, Agler C, Shaffer JR, Beck JD, Offenbacher S, Salazar CR, North KE, Marazita ML, Laurie CC, Singer RH, Cai J, Finlayson TL, Divaris K.
J Dent Res
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