Area of research
Physiology · Genetics
Research interest
Research interests include Asthma and respiratory diseases, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, and Ethics in Clinical Research.
Association study in African-admixed populations across the Americas recapitulates asthma risk loci in non-African populations
Assembly of a pan-genome from deep sequencing of 910 humans of African descent
A genome-wide association and admixture mapping study of bronchodilator drug response in African Americans with asthma
Identifying tagging SNPs for African specific genetic variation from the African Diaspora Genome
A continuum of admixture in the Western Hemisphere revealed by the African Diaspora genome
Challenges and disparities in the application of personalized genomic medicine to populations with African ancestry
The genetics of Mexico recapitulates Native American substructure and affects biomedical traits
Genetic ancestry influences asthma susceptibility and lung function among Latinos
Genome-wide interaction studies reveal sex-specific asthma risk alleles
State‐of‐the‐science of patient navigation as a strategy for enhancing minority clinical trial accrual
Genome-wide association study and admixture mapping reveal new loci associated with total IgE levels in Latinos
Five National Cancer Institute–designated cancer centers' data collection on racial/ethnic minority participation in therapeutic trials
Epidemiology of Lung Cancer
A genome-wide association study of bronchodilator response in Latinos implicates rare variants
Development of a Panel of Genome-Wide Ancestry Informative Markers to Study Admixture Throughout the Americas
Fast and accurate inference of local ancestry in Latino populations
Effect of secondhand smoke on asthma control among black and Latino children
African Ancestry Is Associated with Asthma Risk in African Americans
Case-control admixture mapping in Latino populations enriches for known asthma-associated genes
Contribution of higher risk genes and European admixture to Crohnʼs disease in African Americans
Genome-wide ancestry association testing identifies a common European variant on 6q14.1 as a risk factor for asthma in African American subjects