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josh bis is an epidemiologist at the univeristy of washington. [brief bio]

contact information:
Cardiovascular Health Research Unit
1730 Minor Avenue
Suite 1360
Seattle, WA 98101

phone: 206.287.2777
email: joshbis (at) uw . edu

recently: [pubmed]

josh bis : unfamous epidemiologist

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In Barçelona to give a talk at the BCN-PITT conference.

In Barçelona to give a talk at the BCN-PITT conference.

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So excited to be in Iceland for the CHARGE Consortium’s Reykjavik investigator meeting. Lots of working groups, moderating a session on biostatistics, claiming a golden tiger award, and seeing so many great colleagues.

So excited to be in Iceland for the CHARGE Consortium’s Reykjavik investigator meeting. Lots of working groups, moderating a session on biostatistics, claiming a golden tiger award, and seeing so many great colleagues.

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Our paper about genetic predictors of hippocampal volume in the CHARGE consortium appeared [#] alongside another paper on the genetics of brain structure from our colleagues in the ENIGMA consortium [#] last week in Nature Genetics. This turned out to be a great learning experience, since I confess that before taking on this project, I had to do a quick wikipedia refresher on the brain’s little seahorse of memory [#].

Our paper about genetic predictors of hippocampal volume in the CHARGE consortium appeared [#] alongside another paper on the genetics of brain structure from our colleagues in the ENIGMA consortium [#] last week in Nature Genetics. This turned out to be a great learning experience, since I confess that before taking on this project, I had to do a quick wikipedia refresher on the brain’s little seahorse of memory [#].

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Visiting Bethesda for an NHLBI Exome Sequencing Project meeting.

Visiting Bethesda for an NHLBI Exome Sequencing Project meeting.

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In San Diego for the American Heart Association EPI/NPAM scientific sessions, where I’ll be moderating a concurrent session on genetics.

In San Diego for the American Heart Association EPI/NPAM scientific sessions, where I’ll be moderating a concurrent session on genetics.

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“Eight genetic loci associated with variation in lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 mass and activity and coronary heart disease: meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies from five community-based studies.” — a long-simmering project from the CHARGE inflammation working group made it into print this year in the European Heart Journal. Among the results is the finding that although Lp-PLA2 levels are reliably associated with coronary heart disease, the variant most strongly predictive of these levels (the PLA2G7 gene, which encodes the protein) was not associated with coronary artery disease in a large independent sample.

“Eight genetic loci associated with variation in lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 mass and activity and coronary heart disease: meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies from five community-based studies.” — a long-simmering project from the CHARGE inflammation working group made it into print this year in the European Heart Journal.

Among the results is the finding that although Lp-PLA2 levels are reliably associated with coronary heart disease, the variant most strongly predictive of these levels (the PLA2G7 gene, which encodes the protein) was not associated with coronary artery disease in a large independent sample.

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“New gene functions in megakaryopoiesis and platelet formation” [nature] A very minor role in this massive hematology genetics project.

“New gene functions in megakaryopoiesis and platelet formation” [nature]

A very minor role in this massive hematology genetics project.

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“Genome-Wide Association Study for Coronary Artery Calcification With Follow-Up in Myocardial Infarction”: Publication in Circulation from the CHARGE subclinical atherosclerosis group in collaboration with some case-control studies of heart attack (including one based in Group Health in Seattle). 

“Genome-Wide Association Study for Coronary Artery Calcification With Follow-Up in Myocardial Infarction”: Publication in Circulation from the CHARGE subclinical atherosclerosis group in collaboration with some case-control studies of heart attack (including one based in Group Health in Seattle). 

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In Los Angeles for the CHARGE investigator meeting at Redondo Beach. I’m co-moderating a morning session on “selected approaches to the evaluation of function”.

In Los Angeles for the CHARGE investigator meeting at Redondo Beach. I’m co-moderating a morning session on “selected approaches to the evaluation of function”.

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In Montreal for the ICHG/ASHG meeting.

In Montreal for the ICHG/ASHG meeting.