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Iftikhar J. Kullo

Medical College of Wisconsin · US
Area of research
Genetics · Surgery
Research interest
Research interests include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health, Genomics and Rare Diseases, and BRCA gene mutations in cancer.
h-index
83
citations
25,945
works
585
NIH funding
primary concept
Medicine
email

Recent publications

Common-variant and rare-variant genetic architecture of heart failure across the allele-frequency spectrum
Nature Genetics 2025cited by 23position: middledoi
Covering medical care costs for participants in the eMERGE Network: Challenges for equity and implementation
Genetics in Medicine 2025cited by 3position: middledoi
Abstract 4369684: Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number (mtDNA-CN): Associations with Mortality and Gene Expression in the International Study of Comparative Health Effectiveness with Medical and Invasive Approaches (ISCHEMIA) Biorepository
Circulation 2025cited by 0position: middledoi
Abstract 4366483: Multi-omic Characterization of Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential (CHIP) in the ISCHEMIA (International Study of Comparative Health Effectiveness with Medical and Invasive Approaches) Trials Biorepository
Circulation 2025cited by 0position: middledoi
Selection, optimization and validation of ten chronic disease polygenic risk scores for clinical implementation in diverse US populations
Nature Medicine 2024cited by 182position: middledoi
Atrial Fibrillation and Clonal Hematopoiesis in <i>TET2</i> and <i>ASXL1</i>
JAMA Cardiology 2024cited by 37position: middledoi
Multi-Ancestry Polygenic Risk Score for Coronary Heart Disease Based on an Ancestrally Diverse Genome-Wide Association Study and Population-Specific Optimization
Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine 2024cited by 32position: lastdoi
Abstract 4124065: Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential (CHIP) in Chronic Coronary Artery Disease: A Report from the ISCHEMIA Trials Biorepository
Circulation 2024cited by 1position: middledoi
Principles and methods for transferring polygenic risk scores across global populations
Nature Reviews Genetics 2023cited by 305position: middledoi
Returning integrated genomic risk and clinical recommendations: The eMERGE study
Genetics in Medicine 2023cited by 113position: middledoi
Global distributions of age- and sex-related arterial stiffness: systematic review and meta-analysis of 167 studies with 509,743 participants
EBioMedicine 2023cited by 96position: middledoi
Genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies risk loci for abdominal aortic aneurysm and highlights PCSK9 as a therapeutic target
Nature Genetics 2023cited by 90position: middledoi
Strong protective effect of the APOL1 p.N264K variant against G2-associated focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and kidney disease
Nature Communications 2023cited by 65position: middledoi
Projecting genetic associations through gene expression patterns highlights disease etiology and drug mechanisms
Nature Communications 2023cited by 24position: middledoi
A Multi-Ancestry Polygenic Risk Score for Coronary Heart Disease Based on an Ancestrally Diverse Genome-Wide Association Study and Population-Specific Optimization
medRxiv 2023cited by 8position: lastdoi
Risk factors affecting polygenic score performance across diverse cohorts
eLife 2023cited by 4position: middledoi
Discovery and systematic characterization of risk variants and genes for coronary artery disease in over a million participants
Nature Genetics 2022cited by 674position: middledoi
Large-scale genome-wide association study of coronary artery disease in genetically diverse populations
Nature Medicine 2022cited by 339position: middledoi
Polygenic scores in biomedical research
Nature Reviews Genetics 2022cited by 182position: firstdoi
Development and validation of a trans-ancestry polygenic risk score for type 2 diabetes in diverse populations
Genome Medicine 2022cited by 168position: middledoi
Genome-wide polygenic score to predict chronic kidney disease across ancestries
Nature Medicine 2022cited by 160position: middledoi
Genome-wide association and multi-trait analyses characterize the common genetic architecture of heart failure
Nature Communications 2022cited by 142position: middledoi
A multi-layer functional genomic analysis to understand noncoding genetic variation in lipids
The American Journal of Human Genetics 2022cited by 63position: middledoi
Implicating genes, pleiotropy, and sexual dimorphism at blood lipid loci through multi-ancestry meta-analysis
Genome biology 2022cited by 62position: middledoi
Improving reporting standards for polygenic scores in risk prediction studies
Nature 2021cited by 486position: middledoi
Genetic investigation of fibromuscular dysplasia identifies risk loci and shared genetics with common cardiovascular diseases
Nature Communications 2021cited by 73position: middledoi
Clinical Applications Measuring Arterial Stiffness: An Expert Consensus for the Application of Cardio-Ankle Vascular Index
American Journal of Hypertension 2021cited by 60position: middledoi
A unified framework identifies new links between plasma lipids and diseases from electronic medical records across large-scale cohorts
Nature Genetics 2021cited by 51position: middledoi
Implicating genes, pleiotropy and sexual dimorphism at blood lipid loci through multi-ancestry meta-analysis
medRxiv 2021cited by 9position: middledoi
A multi-layer functional genomic analysis to understand noncoding genetic variation in lipids
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2021cited by 4position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Ozan Dikilitas · Mayo Clinic in Arizona6 papers (2020–2024)Daniel J. Schaid · Medical College of Wisconsin6 papers (2016–2024)QiPing Feng · Vanderbilt University5 papers (2020–2023)Wei‐Qi Wei · Concord Consortium5 papers (2020–2023)Themistocles L. Assimes · Stanford University4 papers (2020–2024)Marylyn D. Ritchie · Medical University of South Carolina3 papers (2021–2023)Claes Held · Uppsala University3 papers (2024–2025)Judith S. Hochman · Job Performance Systems (United States)3 papers (2024–2025)Johanna L. Smith · Texas A&M University3 papers (2023–2024) · 3 papers (2024–2025)Marc S. Williams · Genomic Health (United States)3 papers (2013–2020)Kelly V. Ruggles · NYU Langone Health3 papers (2024–2025)Matthew Kosel · University of Alabama at Birmingham3 papers (2020–2024)Catherine Tcheandjieu · Kaiser Permanente3 papers (2020–2024)L. Kristin Newby · Duke University3 papers (2024–2025)Harmony R. Reynolds · Anna Needs Neuroblastoma Answers3 papers (2024–2025)Julie A. Lynch · University of Utah3 papers (2020–2024)David J. Maron · Stanford University3 papers (2024–2025)Sripal Bangalore · Hinge Health3 papers (2024–2025)Philip S. Tsao · Stanford University3 papers (2020–2024)