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Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Esteban A. Lopera-Maya
University Medical Center Groningen
2
Pasquale Marino
Centro di Riferimento Oncologico della Basilicata
3
Maya Maroto
Unknown
4
Jacob M. Keaton
National Institutes of Health
5
Sébastien Fromentin
Université Paris-Saclay
6
Fani‐Niki Varra
Democritus University of Thrace
7
Kate Bermingham
King's College London
8
Richard J. Abdill
University of Chicago
9
Ephrem Sedeta
Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center
10
Benjamin H. Parmenter
Edith Cowan University

Papers

1
Healthy Lifestyle and Cancer Risk: Modifiable Risk Factors to Prevent Cancer
Nutrients|2024
215 cit.
2
Genome-wide analysis in over 1 million individuals of European ancestry yields improved polygenic risk scores for blood pressure traits
Nature Genetics|2024
182 cit.
3
Molecular and pathophysiological relationship between obesity and chronic inflammation in the manifestation of metabolic dysfunctions and their inflammation‑mediating treatment options (Review)
Molecular Medicine Reports|2024
139 cit.
4
Effects of a personalized nutrition program on cardiometabolic health: a randomized controlled trial
Nature Medicine|2024
124 cit.
5
Integration of 168,000 samples reveals global patterns of the human gut microbiome
Cell|2025
99 cit.
6
Publication in Nature Food (2025) [51 citations, W4410967112]
Nature Food|2025
51 cit.
7
Survival difference between secondary and de novo acute myeloid leukemia by age, antecedent cancer types, and chemotherapy receipt
Cancer|2024
3 cit.
8
Is Obesity a Modifiable Risk Factor in Multiple Sclerosis? Mechanistic Insights into Neuroinflammation and Oxidative Damage
Pathophysiology|2026
2 cit.
9
Mechanistic Insights into Antioxidant Interventions Targeting Obesity-Induced Oxidative Stress in the Pathogenesis and Complications of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Current Issues in Molecular Biology|2025
1 cit.
10
Publication (2024) [W4390816484]
Unknown Journal|2024
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Holly M. Mortensen
University of Maryland, College Park
2
Eve Stoody
Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
3
Natalie Telis
Helix (United States)
4
Evan A. Boyle
University of California San Diego
5
R.M. Weggemans
The Health Council of the Netherlands
6
Scott M. Damrauer
Philadelphia VA Medical Center
7
Molei Liu
New York University
8
Jennifer E. Huffman
Harvard University
9
Kelly Cho
VA Boston Healthcare System
10
Mitchell Conery
Argonne National Laboratory

Papers

1
Multi-ancestry fine mapping implicates OAS1 splicing in risk of severe COVID-19
Nature Genetics|2022
128 cit.
2
Genome-wide association study of thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection in the Million Veteran Program
Nature Genetics|2023
62 cit.
3
Major Depressive Disorder Impacts Peripheral Artery Disease Risk Through Intermediary Risk Factors
Journal of the American Heart Association|2024
62 cit.
4
Skipper analysis of eCLIP datasets enables sensitive detection of constrained translation factor binding sites
Cell Genomics|2023
41 cit.
5
Common-variant and rare-variant genetic architecture of heart failure across the allele-frequency spectrum
Nature Genetics|2025
29 cit.
6
Framework of the Centralized Interactive Phenomics Resource (CIPHER) standard for electronic health data-based phenomics knowledgebase
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association|2023
28 cit.
7
Dietary Patterns and Health: Insights From NESR Systematic Reviews to Inform the Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior|2024
26 cit.
8
The AOP-DB RDF: Applying FAIR Principles to the Semantic Integration of AOP Data Using the Research Description Framework
Frontiers in Toxicology|2022
19 cit.
9
Genetic Loci Associated With COVID-19 Positivity and Hospitalization in White, Black, and Hispanic Veterans of the VA Million Veteran Program
Frontiers in Genetics|2022
17 cit.
10
Whole-genome analysis of plasma fibrinogen reveals population-differentiated genetic regulators with putative liver roles
Blood|2024
15 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Rory Collins
University of Oxford
2
Jeffrey M. Friedman
Rockefeller University
3
Jun Wang
Wuhan Pulmonary Hospital
4
Jian Wang
Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital
5
George Davey Smith
University of Bristol
6
Nicholas J. Timpson
University of Bristol
7
Mark I. McCarthy
Centre for Human Genetics
8
Eleftheria Zeggini
TUM Klinikum
9
Michael N. Weedon
University of Exeter
10
Andrew T. Hattersley
University of Exeter

Papers

1
Positional cloning of the mouse obese gene and its human homologue
Nature|1994
13.4k cit.
2
UK Biobank: An Open Access Resource for Identifying the Causes of a Wide Range of Complex Diseases of Middle and Old Age
PLoS Medicine|2015
13.3k cit.
3
A metagenome-wide association study of gut microbiota in type 2 diabetes
Nature|2012
7k cit.
4
‘Mendelian randomization’: can genetic epidemiology contribute to understanding environmental determinants of disease?*
International Journal of Epidemiology|2003
6.4k cit.
5
SOAPdenovo2: an empirically improved memory-efficient short-read <i>de novo</i> assembler
GigaScience|2012
5.6k cit.
6
Mendelian randomization: Using genes as instruments for making causal inferences in epidemiology
Statistics in Medicine|2007
5k cit.
7
Reading Mendelian randomisation studies: a guide, glossary, and checklist for clinicians
BMJ|2018
4.7k cit.
8
A Common Variant in the <i>FTO</i> Gene Is Associated with Body Mass Index and Predisposes to Childhood and Adult Obesity
Science|2007
4.5k cit.
9
Weight-Reducing Effects of the Plasma Protein Encoded by the <i>obese</i> Gene
Science|1995
4.5k cit.
10
SOAP2: an improved ultrafast tool for short read alignment
Bioinformatics|2009
3.9k cit.

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