Heather M. Alger

22.4k citations

35 papers · 1.7k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 20

Co-authors: David L. Williams Maricel V. Maffini Thomas G. Neltner Rebecca B. Costello Dariush Mozaffarian Jason Wu Terry A. Jacobson Mary B. Engler
Topics: COVID-19 and healthcare impacts (5 papers)Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (5 papers)COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (4 papers)
Cited by: Biochemistry Nutrition and Dietetics Parasitology
Journals: Journal of Biological Chemistry Circulation Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Partner nations: United States Italy Canada

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Heather M. Alger

34 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid (Fish Oil) Supplementation and the Prevention of Clinical Cardiovascular Disease

2017 467 citations David S. Siscovick, T. A. Barringer et al. Circulation profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Predicting Heart Failure From 12-Lead ECGs Using AI 2025 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Akshay S. Desai,Ambarish Pandey,(unknown),Faraz S. Ahmad,Heather M. Alger,(unknown),(unknown),Francisco López-Jiménez,Jae K. Oh,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),M. A. Ciga,Samir Awasthi,Javed Butler,Svati Shah,Sanjiv J. Shah	1
2	Risk stratification of coronary artery disease using the artificial intelligence-enabled electrocardiogram 2023 ·European Heart Journal ·Samir Awasthi,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Heather M. Alger,José R. Medina‐Inojosa,Robert B. McCully,Amir Lerman,Paul A. Friedman,Zachi I. Attia,V. Soundararajan,(unknown)	0
3	Target Aortic Stenosis: A National Initiative to Improve Quality of Care and Outcomes for Patients With Aortic Stenosis 2023 ·Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes ·Brian R. Lindman,Gregg C. Fonarow,(unknown),Heather M. Alger,Christine Rutan,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Mariell Jessup,Suzanne V. Arnold,Pinak Shah,Wilson Y. Szeto,Clyde W. Yancy,Catherine M Otto	12
4	Functional status at 30 and 90 days after mild ischaemic stroke 2022 ·Stroke and Vascular Neurology ·Hannah Gardener,(unknown),Eric E. Smith,Iszet Campo‐Bustillo,Yosef Khan,(unknown),(unknown),Ralph L. Sacco,Pooja Khatri,Heather M. Alger,Brian Mac Grory,Deepak Gulati,Navdeep Sangha,Karin Olds,Curtis Benesch,Adam G. Kelly,(unknown),(unknown),Lee H. Schwamm,José G. Romano	14
5	Research Goes Red: Early Experience With a Participant-Centric Registry 2022 ·Circulation Research ·Susan C. Gilchrist,Jennifer L. Hall,Abha Khandelwal,Bertha Hidalgo,Brooke Aggarwal,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Laura Stevens,Heather M. Alger,Laxmi S. Mehta,Laura Wexler,Jessica L. Mega,Adrian F. Hernandez,Sharonne N. Hayes,Jennifer H. Mieres,Mariell Jessup,Véronique L. Roger	9
6	Acute Ischemic Stroke in Patients With COVID-19 2021 ·Stroke ·Pratyaksh K. Srivastava,Shuaiqi Zhang,Ying Xian,Hanzhang Xu,Christine Rutan,Heather M. Alger,Jason Walchok,Joseph Williams,James A. de Lemos,(unknown),Brooke Alhanti,Mitchell S.V. Elkind,(unknown),Eric E. Smith,Lee H. Schwamm,Gregg C. Fonarow	34
7	Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid (Fish Oil) Supplementation and the Prevention of Clinical Cardiovascular Diseasebreakdown → 2017 ·Circulation ·David S. Siscovick,T. A. Barringer,Amanda M. Fretts,Jason Wu,Alice H. Lichtenstein,Rebecca B. Costello,Penny M. Kris‐Etherton,Terry A. Jacobson,Mary B. Engler,Heather M. Alger,Lawrence J. Appel,Dariush Mozaffarian	467
8	Conflicts of Interest in Approvals of Additives to Food Determined to Be Generally Recognized as Safe 2013 ·JAMA Internal Medicine ·Thomas G. Neltner,Heather M. Alger,(unknown),Sheldon Krimsky,Lisa Bero,Maricel V. Maffini	43
9	Data gaps in toxicity testing of chemicals allowed in food in the United States 2013 ·Reproductive Toxicology ·Thomas G. Neltner,Heather M. Alger,Jack E. Leonard,Maricel V. Maffini	73
10	Phytosterol Feeding Causes Toxicity in ABCG5/G8 Knockout Mice 2013 ·American Journal Of Pathology ·Allison L. McDaniel,Heather M. Alger,Janet K. Sawyer,Kathryn L. Kelley,Nancy D. Kock,J. Mark Brown,Ryan E. Temel,Lawrence L. Rudel	35
11	Head Bobber: An Insertional Mutation Causes Inner Ear Defects, Hyperactive Circling, and Deafness 2012 ·Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology ·(unknown),Heather M. Alger,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Svetlana A. Yatsenko,Paweł Stankiewicz,Wilbur R. Harrison,(unknown),Antonio Bergamaschi,John S. Oghalai,Antonios G. Mikos,Paul A. Overbeek,Fred A. Pereira	8
12	Measurement of Activation of the Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Response in Autoimmune Myositis 2011 ·Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Heather M. Alger,Sree Rayavarapu,Kanneboyina Nagaraju	5
13	The role of TRAIL in mediating autophagy in myositis skeletal muscle: A potential nonimmune mechanism of muscle damage 2011 ·Arthritis & Rheumatism ·Heather M. Alger,Nina Raben,Emidio E. Pistilli,(unknown),Rashmi Rawat,Derese Getnet,Svetlana Ghimbovschi,Yiwen Chen,Ingrid E. Lundberg,Kanneboyina Nagaraju	24
14	Navigating the U.S. Food Additive Regulatory Program 2011 ·Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety ·Thomas G. Neltner,(unknown),Heather M. Alger,Maricel V. Maffini,(unknown),(unknown),Erik D. Olson	60
15	Inhibition of Acyl-Coenzyme A:Cholesterol Acyltransferase 2 (ACAT2) Prevents Dietary Cholesterol-associated Steatosis by Enhancing Hepatic Triglyceride Mobilization 2010 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Heather M. Alger,J. Mark Brown,Janet K. Sawyer,Kathryn L. Kelley,Ramesh Shah,Martha D. Wilson,Mark C. Willingham,Lawrence L. Rudel	67
16	CGI-58 knockdown in mice causes hepatic steatosis but prevents diet-induced obesity and glucose intolerance 2010 ·Journal of Lipid Research ·J. Mark Brown,Jenna L. Betters,Caleb C. Lord,Yinyan Ma,Xianlin Han,Kui Yang,Heather M. Alger,John Melchior,Janet K. Sawyer,Ramesh Shah,Martha D. Wilson,Xiuli Liu,Mark J. Graham,Richard Lee,Rosanne M. Crooke,Gerald I. Shulman,Bingzhong Xue,Hang Shi,Liqing Yu	125
17	Targeted Depletion of Hepatic ACAT2-driven Cholesterol Esterification Reveals a Non-biliary Route for Fecal Neutral Sterol Loss 2008 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·J. Mark Brown,Thomas A. Bell,Heather M. Alger,Janet K. Sawyer,Thomas L. Smith,Kathryn L. Kelley,Ramesh Shah,Martha D. Wilson,Matthew A. Davis,Richard Lee,Mark J. Graham,Rosanne M. Crooke,Lawrence L. Rudel	93
18	COUP-TFI controls Notch regulation of hair cell and support cell differentiation 2006 ·Development ·Louisa S. Tang,Heather M. Alger,Fred A. Pereira	41
19	Dynamic expression of COUP-TFI and COUP-TFII during development and functional maturation of the mouse inner ear 2005 ·Gene Expression Patterns ·Louisa S. Tang,Heather M. Alger,Feng Lin,Fred A. Pereira	19
20	Molecular and enzymatic characterisation of Schistosoma mansoni thioredoxin 2002 ·International Journal for Parasitology ·Heather M. Alger,Ahmed A. Sayed,Miguel J. Stadecker,David L. Williams	65

About Heather M. Alger

Heather M. Alger is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Nutrition and Dietetics, having authored 35 papers that have together received 1.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include COVID-19 and healthcare impacts (5 papers), Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (5 papers) and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biochemistry (288 citations), Nutrition and Dietetics (453 citations) and Parasitology (130 citations). Heather M. Alger has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Italy and Canada. Frequent co-authors include David L. Williams, Maricel V. Maffini, Thomas G. Neltner, Rebecca B. Costello, Dariush Mozaffarian, Jason Wu, Terry A. Jacobson, Mary B. Engler, Alice H. Lichtenstein and T. A. Barringer. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Circulation and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

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