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Teresa Ferreira

Open Data Institute · PT
Area of research
Genetics · Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Research interest
Research interests include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, and Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders.
h-index
54
citations
51,425
works
266
NIH funding
primary concept
Medicine
email

Recent publications

Polygenic prediction of body mass index and obesity through the life course and across ancestries
Nature Medicine 2025cited by 22position: middledoi
A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height
Nature 2022cited by 880position: middledoi
Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of gestational diabetes mellitus highlights genetic links with type 2 diabetes
Human Molecular Genetics 2022cited by 121position: middledoi
A Saturated Map of Common Genetic Variants Associated with Human Height from 5.4 Million Individuals of Diverse Ancestries
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2022cited by 18position: middledoi
A regulatory variant at 3q21.1 confers an increased pleiotropic risk for hyperglycemia and altered bone mineral density
Cell Metabolism 2021cited by 52position: middledoi
Publisher Correction: Discovery of rare variants associated with blood pressure regulation through meta-analysis of 1.3 million individuals
Nature Genetics 2021cited by 3position: middledoi
Discovery of rare variants associated with blood pressure regulation through meta-analysis of 1.3 million individuals
Nature Genetics 2020cited by 236position: middledoi
Evaluating the cardiovascular safety of sclerostin inhibition using evidence from meta-analysis of clinical trials and human genetics
Science Translational Medicine 2020cited by 111position: middledoi
Management of dyslipidaemia in patients with coronary heart disease: Results from the ESC-EORP EUROASPIRE V survey in 27 countries
Atherosclerosis 2019cited by 363position: middledoi
Genome-wide association and epidemiological analyses reveal common genetic origins between uterine leiomyomata and endometriosis
Nature Communications 2019cited by 163position: middledoi
Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for body fat distribution in 694 649 individuals of European ancestry
Human Molecular Genetics 2018cited by 1,254position: middledoi
GWAS Identifies Risk Locus for Erectile Dysfunction and Implicates Hypothalamic Neurobiology and Diabetes in Etiology
The American Journal of Human Genetics 2018cited by 116position: middledoi
Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for body fat distribution in 694,649 individuals of European ancestry
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2018cited by 114position: middledoi
An Expanded Genome-Wide Association Study of Type 2 Diabetes in Europeans
Diabetes 2017cited by 807position: middledoi
Novel Blood Pressure Locus and Gene Discovery Using Genome-Wide Association Study and Expression Data Sets From Blood and the Kidney
Hypertension 2017cited by 169position: middledoi
Sequence data and association statistics from 12,940 type 2 diabetes cases and controls
Scientific Data 2017cited by 43position: middledoi
The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes
Nature 2016cited by 1,107position: middledoi
Rare variant in scavenger receptor BI raises HDL cholesterol and increases risk of coronary heart disease
Science 2016cited by 543position: middledoi
The genetics of blood pressure regulation and its target organs from association studies in 342,415 individuals
Nature Genetics 2016cited by 437position: middledoi
Trans-ancestry meta-analyses identify rare and common variants associated with blood pressure and hypertension
Nature Genetics 2016cited by 329position: middledoi
New loci for body fat percentage reveal link between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease risk
Nature Communications 2016cited by 314position: middledoi
A principal component meta-analysis on multiple anthropometric traits identifies novel loci for body shape
Nature Communications 2016cited by 92position: middledoi
Transancestral fine-mapping of four type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci highlights potential causal regulatory mechanisms
Human Molecular Genetics 2016cited by 22position: middledoi
Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology
Nature 2015cited by 4,881position: middledoi
New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution
Nature 2015cited by 1,705position: middledoi
The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study
PLoS Genetics 2015cited by 688position: middledoi
Genetic fine mapping and genomic annotation defines causal mechanisms at type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci
Nature Genetics 2015cited by 422position: middledoi
The impact of low-frequency and rare variants on lipid levels
Nature Genetics 2015cited by 408position: middledoi
Discovery and Fine-Mapping of Glycaemic and Obesity-Related Trait Loci Using High-Density Imputation
PLoS Genetics 2015cited by 90position: middledoi
Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height
Nature Genetics 2014cited by 2,093position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Cecilia M. Lindgren · Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre5 papers (2018–2021)Andrew P. Morris · Manchester Academic Health Science Centre4 papers (2012–2018)Craig A. Glastonbury · Human Technopole4 papers (2018–2020)Sara L. Pulit · BioMarin (United States)4 papers (2018–2020)Joel N. Hirschhorn · Harvard University3 papers (2012–2018)Samuel E. Jones · Brigham and Women's Hospital3 papers (2018–2018)Ruth J. F. Loos · Baylor Genetics3 papers (2012–2018)Peter M. Visscher · University Medical Center Groningen3 papers (2012–2018)Samantha Laber · Broad Institute3 papers (2018–2021)Timothy M. Frayling · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill3 papers (2012–2018)Andrew R. Wood · University of Exeter3 papers (2018–2018)Jessica Tyrrell · University of Exeter3 papers (2018–2018)Robin N. Beaumont · University of Exeter3 papers (2018–2018)Jian Yang · Nanyang Technological University3 papers (2012–2018)Michael N. Weedon · University of Exeter2 papers (2012–2018)Charli Stoneman · University of Exeter2 papers (2018–2018)Thomas W. Winkler · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill2 papers (2018–2018)Benjamin M. Neale · Broad Institute2 papers (2018–2020)Jonas Bovijn · Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis2 papers (2018–2020)Loïc Yengo · The University of Queensland2 papers (2018–2018)