Eimear E. Kenny

48.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
62 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Eimear E. Kenny is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Eimear E. Kenny has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Genetics, 21 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Eimear E. Kenny's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (30 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (12 papers) and Genomics and Rare Diseases (11 papers). Eimear E. Kenny is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (30 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (12 papers) and Genomics and Rare Diseases (11 papers). Eimear E. Kenny collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Eimear E. Kenny's co-authors include Carlos D. Bustamante, Simon Gravel, Paul W. Sternberg, Hans‐Michael Müller, Christopher R. Gignoux, Noura S. Abul‐Husn, Brian K. Maples, Genevieve L. Wojcik, Mark J. Daly and Benjamin M. Neale and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Eimear E. Kenny

60 papers receiving 3.8k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Human Demographic History Impacts Genetic Risk Prediction across Diverse Populations

2017 784 citations Alicia R. Martin, Christopher R. Gignoux et al. The American Journal of Human Genetics profile →
A brief history of human disease genetics

2020 349 citations Judy H. Cho, Eimear E. Kenny et al. profile →
Getting genetic ancestry right for science and society

2022 105 citations Eimear E. Kenny et al. profile →
Principles and methods for transferring polygenic risk scores across global populations

2023 103 citations Linda Kachuri, Nilanjan Chatterjee et al. Nature Reviews Genetics profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	MUSSEL: Enhanced Bayesian polygenic risk prediction leveraging information across multiple ancestry groups 2024 ·UNC Libraries ·Nilanjan Chatterjee, (unknown), Yunxuan Jiang, Jin Jin, Steven Buyske, Haoyu Zhang, Jared O’Connell, Jianan Zhan, Eimear E. Kenny, Christopher A. Haiman, Bertram L. Koelsch, (unknown), Jingning Zhang, Christopher R. Gignoux, Kari E. North, Genevieve L. Wojcik, Charles Kooperberg	1
2	Evolving knowledge of red flag clinical features associated with TTR p.(Val142Ile) in a diverse electronic health-record-linked biobank 2024 ·Genetics in Medicine ·Amy Kontorovich, (unknown), (unknown), Gillian M. Belbin, Eimear E. Kenny, Noura S. Abul‐Husn	0
3	TOPORS as a novel causal gene for Joubert syndrome 2023 ·American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A ·Alanna Strong, Hui‐Qi Qu, Sinéad Cullina, (unknown), Elaine H. Zackai, Joseph Glessner, Eimear E. Kenny, Håkon Håkonarson	2
4	Principles and methods for transferring polygenic risk scores across global populations breakdown → 2023 ·Nature Reviews Genetics ·Linda Kachuri, Nilanjan Chatterjee, Jibril Hirbo, Daniel J. Schaid, Iman K. Martin, Iftikhar J. Kullo, Eimear E. Kenny, Bogdan Paşaniuc, Paul L. Auer, Matthew P. Conomos, David V. Conti, Yi Ding, Ying Wang, Haoyu Zhang, Yuji Zhang, John S. Witte, Tian Ge	103
5	Poison exon annotations improve the yield of clinically relevant variants in genomic diagnostic testing 2023 ·Genetics in Medicine ·(unknown), James M.J. Lawlor, Susan M. Hiatt, Michelle L. Thompson, Donald R. Latner, Candice R. Finnila, Kevin M. Bowling, (unknown), (unknown), Nicole Kelly, Whitley V. Kelley, (unknown), (unknown), Melissa Kelly, Ghunwa Nakouzi, Laura G. Hendon, E. Martina Bebin, Eimear E. Kenny, Gregory M. Cooper	8
6	Extent to which array genotyping and imputation with large reference panels approximate deep whole-genome sequencing 2022 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·(unknown), Lukas Forer, Sebastian Schönherr, Jonathon LeFaive, (unknown), Ryan Welch, Sarah A. Gagliano Taliun, David Braff, Jill M. Johnsen, Eimear E. Kenny, Barbara A. Konkle, Markku Laakso, (unknown), Steven A. McCarroll, Carlos N. Pato, Michele T. Pato, Albert V. Smith, Michael Boehnke, Laura J. Scott, Christian Fuchsberger	15
7	Rapid detection of identity-by-descent tracts for mega-scale datasets 2021 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Gillian M. Belbin, Christy L. Avery, Eimear E. Kenny, Christopher R. Gignoux, José Luis Ambite	21
8	Leveraging health systems data to characterize a large effect variant conferring risk for liver disease in Puerto Ricans 2021 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Gillian M. Belbin, Stephanie Rutledge, Tetyana Dodatko, Sinéad Cullina, Michael C. Turchin, (unknown), Denis Torre, Muh‐Ching Yee, Christopher R. Gignoux, Noura S. Abul‐Husn, Sander M. Houten, Eimear E. Kenny	4
9	Hope versus reality: Parent expectations of genomic testing 2021 ·Patient Education and Counseling ·(unknown), Siobhan M. Dolan, Dana Watnick, Katie M. Gallagher, Jacqueline A. Odgis, Sabrina A. Suckiel, (unknown), Bruce D. Gelb, Eimear E. Kenny, Melissa Wasserstein, Carol R. Horowitz, Laurie J. Bauman	15
10	CDH1 pathogenic variants and cancer risk in an unselected patient population 2021 ·Familial Cancer ·(unknown), Emily R. Soper, Sinéad Cullina, Gillian M. Belbin, Eimear E. Kenny, Aimee L. Lucas, Noura S. Abul‐Husn	6
11	Rapid response to the alpha-1 adrenergic agent phenylephrine in the perioperative period is impacted by genomics and ancestry 2020 ·The Pharmacogenomics Journal ·Stéphane Wenric, Janina M. Jeff, Thomas T. Joseph, Muh‐Ching Yee, Gillian M. Belbin, Aniwaa Owusu Obeng, Stephen B. Ellis, Erwin P. Böttinger, Omri Gottesman, Matthew A. Levin, Eimear E. Kenny	1
12	Boricua Founder Variant in FRRS1L Causes Epileptic Encephalopathy With Hyperkinetic Movements 2020 ·Journal of Child Neurology ·(unknown), (unknown), Ignacio Valencia, Joseph J. Melvin, Agustín Legido, (unknown), Christopher Griffith, Lauren Massingham, (unknown), (unknown), Rhonda E. Schnur, Laurence E. Walsh, Ana G. Cristancho, Christina A Bergqvist, Kirsty McWalter, Iain Mathieson, Gillian M. Belbin, Eimear E. Kenny, Xilma R. Ortiz‐González, Michael Schneider	2
13	Lynch Syndrome–Associated Variants and Cancer Rates in an Ancestrally Diverse Biobank 2020 ·JCO Precision Oncology ·(unknown), Celina Ang, Sabrina A. Suckiel, Emily R. Soper, (unknown), Sinéad Cullina, Gillian M. Belbin, Aimee L. Lucas, Eimear E. Kenny, Noura S. Abul‐Husn	13
14	COVID-19 outcomes and the human genome 2020 ·Genetics in Medicine ·Michael F. Murray, Eimear E. Kenny, Marylyn D. Ritchie, Daniel J. Rader, A. Bale, Monica A. Giovanni, Noura S. Abul‐Husn	36
15	Exome sequencing reveals a high prevalence of BRCA1 and BRCA2 founder variants in a diverse population-based biobank 2019 ·Genome Medicine ·(unknown), Noura S. Abul‐Husn, Emily R. Soper, Jacqueline A. Odgis, Sinéad Cullina, Dean Bobo, Arden Moscati, Jessica Rodriguez, Ruth J. F. Loos, Judy H. Cho, Gillian M. Belbin, Sabrina A. Suckiel, Eimear E. Kenny	70
16	Personalized Medicine and the Power of Electronic Health Records 2019 ·Cell ·Noura S. Abul‐Husn, Eimear E. Kenny	192
17	Imputation-Aware Tag SNP Selection To Improve Power for Large-Scale, Multi-ethnic Association Studies 2018 ·G3 Genes Genomes Genetics ·Genevieve L. Wojcik, Christian Fuchsberger, Daniel Taliun, Ryan Welch, Alicia R. Martin, Suyash Shringarpure, Christopher S. Carlson, Gonçalo R. Abecasis, Hyun Min Kang, Michael Boehnke, Carlos D. Bustamante, Christopher R. Gignoux, Eimear E. Kenny	21
18	Genetic diversity in populations across Latin America: implications for population and medical genetic studies 2018 ·Current Opinion in Genetics & Development ·Gillian M. Belbin, María A. Nieves-Colón, Eimear E. Kenny, Andrés Moreno‐Estrada, Christopher R. Gignoux	28
19	Mapping the Human Reference Genome’s Missing Sequence by Three-Way Admixture in Latino Genomes 2013 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Giulio Genovese, Robert E. Handsaker, Heng Li, Eimear E. Kenny, Steven A. McCarroll	23
20	Increased power of mixed models facilitates association mapping of 10 loci for metabolic traits in an isolated population 2010 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·Eimear E. Kenny, (unknown), Alexander Gusev, Jennifer K. Lowe, Jacqueline Salit, J. G. Smith, (unknown), Hyun Min Kang, Christopher Newton‐Cheh, Mark J. Daly, Markus Stoffel, David Altshuler, Jeffrey M. Friedman, Eleazar Eskin, Jan L. Breslow, Itsik Pe’er	19

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