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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Admixture mapping in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos reveals regions of genetic associations with blood pressure traits.
Authors: Sofer T, Baier LJ, Browning SR, Thornton TA, Talavera GA, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Daviglus ML, Hanson R, Kobes S, Cooper RS, Cai J, Levy D, Reiner AP, Franceschini N.
PLoS One
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A genome-wide association study meta-analysis of clinical fracture in 10,012 African American women.
Authors: Taylor KC, Evans DS, Edwards DRV, Edwards TL, Sofer T, Li G, Liu Y, Franceschini N, Jackson RD, Giri A, Donneyong M, Psaty B, Rotter JI, LaCroix AZ, Jordan JM, Robbins JA, Lewis B, Stefanick ML, Liu Y, Garcia M, Harris T, Cauley JA, North KE.
Bone Rep
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Genetic Associations with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Traits in Hispanic/Latino Americans.
Authors: Cade BE, Chen H, Stilp AM, Gleason KJ, Sofer T, Ancoli-Israel S, Arens R, Bell GI, Below JE, Bjonnes AC, Chun S, Conomos MP, Evans DS, Johnson WC, Frazier-Wood AC, Lane JM, Larkin EK, Loredo JS, Post WS, Ramos AR, Rice K, Rotter JI, Shah NA, Stone KL, Taylor KD, Thornton TA, Tranah GJ, Wang C, Zee PC, Hanis CL, Sunyaev SR, Patel SR, Laurie CC, Zhu X, Saxena R, Lin X, Redline S.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
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Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies with Correlated Individuals: Application to the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL).
Authors: Sofer T, Shaffer JR, Graff M, Qi Q, Stilp AM, Gogarten SM, North KE, Isasi CR, Laurie CC, Szpiro AA.
Genet Epidemiol
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Trans-ethnic Fine Mapping Highlights Kidney-Function Genes Linked to Salt Sensitivity.
Authors: Mahajan A, Rodan AR, Le TH, Gaulton KJ, Haessler J, Stilp AM, Kamatani Y, Zhu G, Sofer T, Puri S, Schellinger JN, Chu PL, Cechova S, van Zuydam N, Arnlov J, Flessner MF, Giedraitis V, Heath AC, Kubo M, Larsson A, Lindgren CM, Madden PAF, Montgomery GW, Papanicolaou GJ, Reiner AP, Sundström J, Thornton TA, Lind L, Ingelsson E, Cai J, Martin NG, Kooperberg C, Matsuda K, Whitfield JB, Okada Y, Laurie CC, Morris AP, Franceschini N.
Am J Hum Genet
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Long-Term Weight Change after Initiating Second-Generation Antidepressants.
Authors: Arterburn D, Sofer T, Boudreau DM, Bogart A, Westbrook EO, Theis MK, Simon G, Haneuse S.
J Clin Med
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Control for Population Structure and Relatedness for Binary Traits in Genetic Association Studies via Logistic Mixed Models.
Authors: Chen H, Wang C, Conomos MP, Stilp AM, Li Z, Sofer T, Szpiro AA, Chen W, Brehm JM, Celedón JC, Redline S, Papanicolaou GJ, Thornton TA, Laurie CC, Rice K, Lin X.
Am J Hum Genet
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GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY (GWAS) AND GENOME-WIDE BY ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION STUDY (GWEIS) OF DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN AND HISPANIC/LATINA WOMEN.
Authors: Dunn EC, Wiste A, Radmanesh F, Almli LM, Gogarten SM, Sofer T, Faul JD, Kardia SL, Smith JA, Weir DR, Zhao W, Soare TW, Mirza SS, Hek K, Tiemeier H, Goveas JS, Sarto GE, Snively BM, Cornelis M, Koenen KC, Kraft P, Purcell S, Ressler KJ, Rosand J, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Smoller JW.
Depress Anxiety
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Genome-wide Association Study of Platelet Count Identifies Ancestry-Specific Loci in Hispanic/Latino Americans.
Authors: Schick UM, Jain D, Hodonsky CJ, Morrison JV, Davis JP, Brown L, Sofer T, Conomos MP, Schurmann C, McHugh CP, Nelson SC, Vadlamudi S, Stilp A, Plantinga A, Baier L, Bien SA, Gogarten SM, Laurie CA, Taylor KD, Liu Y, Auer PL, Franceschini N, Szpiro A, Rice K, Kerr KF, Rotter JI, Hanson RL, Papanicolaou G, Rich SS, Loos RJ, Browning BL, Browning SR, Weir BS, Laurie CC, Mohlke KL, North KE, Thornton TA, Reiner AP.
Am J Hum Genet
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Genetic Diversity and Association Studies in US Hispanic/Latino Populations: Applications in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.
Authors: Conomos MP, Laurie CA, Stilp AM, Gogarten SM, McHugh CP, Nelson SC, Sofer T, Fernández-Rhodes L, Justice AE, Graff M, Young KL, Seyerle AA, Avery CL, Taylor KD, Rotter JI, Talavera GA, Daviglus ML, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Schneiderman N, Heiss G, Kaplan RC, Franceschini N, Reiner AP, Shaffer JR, Barr RG, Kerr KF, Browning SR, Browning BL, Weir BS, Avilés-Santa ML, Papanicolaou GJ, Lumley T, Szpiro AA, North KE, Rice K, Thornton TA, Laurie CC.
Am J Hum Genet
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