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David M. Evans

The University of Queensland · AU
Area of research
Genetics · Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Research interest
Research interests include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Birth, Development, and Health, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock.
h-index
119
citations
71,759
works
717
NIH funding
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Recent publications

Multi-omic insights from a multi-ancestry genome-wide meta-analysis of ankylosing spondylitis reveal novel pathways of disease susceptibility
Research Square 2025cited by 1position: middledoi
ABS0273 NEW PATHOGENIC PATHWAYS IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS IDENTIFIED THROUGH MULTI-ANCESTRY GENOMEWIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2025cited by 0position: middledoi
Serum proteomic profiling of physical activity reveals CD300LG as a novel exerkine with a potential causal link to glucose homeostasis
eLife 2024cited by 6position: middledoi
Educational attainment, health outcomes and mortality: a within-sibship Mendelian randomization study
International Journal of Epidemiology 2023cited by 38position: middledoi
Rare variant analyses across multiethnic cohorts identify novel genes for refractive error
Communications Biology 2023cited by 10position: middledoi
Limb development genes underlie variation in human fingerprint patterns
Figshare 2022cited by 54position: middledoi
Exploring the causal effect of maternal pregnancy adiposity on offspring adiposity: Mendelian randomisation using polygenic risk scores
BMC Medicine 2022cited by 51position: middledoi
<i>Dnmt3a</i> -mutated clonal hematopoiesis promotes osteoporosis
The Journal of Experimental Medicine 2021cited by 155position: middledoi
Osteocyte transcriptome mapping identifies a molecular landscape controlling skeletal homeostasis and susceptibility to skeletal disease
Nature Communications 2021cited by 121position: middledoi
Genome-wide association study in almost 195,000 individuals identifies 50 previously unidentified genetic loci for eye color
Science Advances 2021cited by 86position: middledoi
Genome-wide association study of circulating interleukin 6 levels identifies novel loci
Human Molecular Genetics 2021cited by 58position: middledoi
Direct and Indirect Effects of Maternal, Paternal, and Offspring Genotypes: Trio-GCTA
Behavior Genetics 2021cited by 49position: middledoi
Fetal alleles predisposing to metabolically favorable adiposity are associated with higher birth weight
Human Molecular Genetics 2021cited by 8position: middledoi
Avoiding dynastic, assortative mating, and population stratification biases in Mendelian randomization through within-family analyses
Nature Communications 2020cited by 415position: middledoi
Development of a polygenic risk score to improve screening for fracture risk: A genetic risk prediction study
PLoS Medicine 2020cited by 72position: middledoi
RSPO3 impacts body fat distribution and regulates adipose cell biology in vitro
Nature Communications 2020cited by 68position: middledoi
Genome-wide association meta-analysis of corneal curvature identifies novel loci and shared genetic influences across axial length and refractive error
Communications Biology 2020cited by 42position: middledoi
Low-frequency variation in TP53 has large effects on head circumference and intracranial volume
Nature Communications 2019cited by 40position: middledoi
Exploring the role of genetic confounding in the association between maternal and offspring body mass index: evidence from three birth cohorts
International Journal of Epidemiology 2019cited by 29position: middledoi
Publisher Correction: Novel pleiotropic risk loci for melanoma and nevus density implicate multiple biological pathways
Nature Communications 2019cited by 3position: middledoi
The MR-Base platform supports systematic causal inference across the human phenome
eLife 2018cited by 8,308position: middledoi
An atlas of genetic influences on osteoporosis in humans and mice
Nature Genetics 2018cited by 826position: middledoi
Life-Course Genome-wide Association Study Meta-analysis of Total Body BMD and Assessment of Age-Specific Effects
The American Journal of Human Genetics 2018cited by 359position: middledoi
Assessment of the genetic and clinical determinants of fracture risk: genome wide association and mendelian randomisation study
BMJ 2018cited by 281position: middledoi
Genome-wide association study of offspring birth weight in 86 577 women identifies five novel loci and highlights maternal genetic effects that are independent of fetal genetics
Human Molecular Genetics 2018cited by 196position: middledoi
Novel pleiotropic risk loci for melanoma and nevus density implicate multiple biological pathways
Nature Communications 2018cited by 119position: middledoi
Genome-wide association meta-analysis of individuals of European ancestry identifies new loci explaining a substantial fraction of hair color variation and heritability
Nature Genetics 2018cited by 111position: middledoi
Formalising recall by genotype as an efficient approach to detailed phenotyping and causal inference
Nature Communications 2018cited by 69position: middledoi
Identification of Novel Loci Associated With Hip Shape: A Meta-Analysis of Genomewide Association Studies
Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 2018cited by 67position: middledoi
Genome-wide association study identifies nine novel loci for 2D:4D finger ratio, a putative retrospective biomarker of testosterone exposure in utero
Human Molecular Genetics 2018cited by 48position: lastdoi

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Frequent collaborators

George Davey Smith · Laboratoire d’immunologie intégrative du cancer5 papers (2012–2018)Gibran Hemani · University of Edinburgh3 papers (2016–2020)Beaté St Pourcain · Radboud University Nijmegen3 papers (2014–2016)Jie Zheng · Ruijin Hospital3 papers (2016–2018)George McMahon · University of Queensland2 papers (2014–2014)Sylvain Sebért · University of Oulu2 papers (2019–2022)Verneri Anttila · Broad Institute2 papers (2016–2016)John Morris · University of Toronto2 papers (2017–2018)Charles Laurin · University of Notre Dame2 papers (2016–2018)Douglas P. Kiel · Harvard University2 papers (2017–2018)Nicole M. Warrington · Creighton University2 papers (2016–2021)Benjamin M. Neale · Broad Institute2 papers (2016–2016)Fernando Rivadeneira · Erasmus MC2 papers (2017–2018)Paul F. O’Reilly · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai2 papers (2019–2022)Laurence J Howe · Age UK2 papers (2016–2020)John P. Kemp · Translational Research Institute2 papers (2016–2020)J. Brent Richards · University of London2 papers (2017–2018)Tom R. Gaunt · University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust2 papers (2016–2018)Dan Mason · US Forest Service2 papers (2021–2022)Alexandra Havdahl · Norwegian Institute of Public Health2 papers (2020–2021)