# David Altshuler

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/david-altshuler/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 200,805 |
| Field | Genetic Associations and Epidemiology |
| h-index | 151 |
| i10-index | 284 |
| Last Known Institution | Vertex Pharmaceuticals (United States) |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5100340817 |
| ORCID iD | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7250-4107 |
| Works | 415 |

## Researcher papers

Showing 12 of 14.

- [An integrated map of genetic variation from 1,092 human genomes](https://scholariq.org/papers/an-integrated-map-of-genetic-variation-from-1-092-human-genomes/)
- [Genome-Wide Association Analysis Identifies Loci for Type 2 Diabetes and Triglyceride Levels](https://scholariq.org/papers/genome-wide-association-analysis-identifies-loci-for-type-2-diabetes-and/)
- [Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation](https://scholariq.org/papers/six-new-loci-associated-with-body-mass-index-highlight-a-neuronal-influence-on/)
- [Association between Microdeletion and Microduplication at 16p11.2 and Autism](https://scholariq.org/papers/association-between-microdeletion-and-microduplication-at-16p11-2-and-autism/)
- [Assessing the impact of population stratification on genetic association studies](https://scholariq.org/papers/assessing-the-impact-of-population-stratification-on-genetic-association-studies/)
- [Multiple regions within 8q24 independently affect risk for prostate cancer](https://scholariq.org/papers/multiple-regions-within-8q24-independently-affect-risk-for-prostate-cancer/)
- [Admixture mapping identifies 8q24 as a prostate cancer risk locus in African-American men](https://scholariq.org/papers/admixture-mapping-identifies-8q24-as-a-prostate-cancer-risk-locus-in-african/)
- [Common variants at CD40 and other loci confer risk of rheumatoid arthritis](https://scholariq.org/papers/common-variants-at-cd40-and-other-loci-confer-risk-of-rheumatoid-arthritis/)
- [Integrated allelic, transcriptional, and phenomic dissection of the cardiac effects of titin truncations in health and disease](https://scholariq.org/papers/integrated-allelic-transcriptional-and-phenomic-dissection-of-the-cardiac/)
- [New susceptibility locus for coronary artery disease on chromosome 3q22.3](https://scholariq.org/papers/new-susceptibility-locus-for-coronary-artery-disease-on-chromosome-3q22-3/)
- [Three functional variants of IFN regulatory factor 5 ( <i>IRF5</i> ) define risk and protective haplotypes for human lupus](https://scholariq.org/papers/three-functional-variants-of-ifn-regulatory-factor-5-i-irf5-i-define-risk-and/)
- [Demonstrating stratification in a European American population](https://scholariq.org/papers/demonstrating-stratification-in-a-european-american-population/)

## Researcher topics

- [Genetic Associations and Epidemiology](https://scholariq.org/topics/genetic-associations-and-epidemiology/)
- [Genomics and Rare Diseases](https://scholariq.org/topics/genomics-and-rare-diseases/)
- [Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals](https://scholariq.org/topics/genetic-mapping-and-diversity-in-plants-and-animals/)
- [Pancreatic function and diabetes](https://scholariq.org/topics/pancreatic-function-and-diabetes/)
- [Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease](https://scholariq.org/topics/nutrition-genetics-and-disease/)

## Researcher university

- [Vertex Pharmaceuticals (United States)](https://scholariq.org/institutions/vertex-pharmaceuticals-united-states/)

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