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Yann Klimentidis

Associate Professor, Genetics - GIDP | Associate Professor, Public Health | Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute | Member of the Graduate Faculty

Epidemiology and Biostatistics
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60+ Collaborators
$2M / $4M Funding
8+ Grants
100+ Publications

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genetics, obesity, physical activity, type 2 diabetes, genomics, health, epidemiology, uk biobank, nutrition, ethnicity, mortality, women's health, mendelian randomization, public health, genetic, diabetes, exercise, intervention, risk, insulin resistance, risk assessment, weight loss, health disparities, genetic variants, interaction, sedentary behavior, age, biobank, dietary intake, genetic association

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    Genome-wide association study of a lipedema phenotype among women in the UK Biobank identifies multiple genetic risk factors

    2023
    genetics, lipedema, phenotype, uk biobank

    Metabolically favorable adiposity and bone mineral density: a Mendelian randomization analysis

    2023
    adiposity, bone, metabolism, genetics, mendelian randomization

    Examining genetic associations with hepatic steatosis in Mexican-origin adults

    2023
    genetic associations, hepatic steatosis, mexican-origin adults, genetics, liver health

    Elucidating symptoms of COVID-19 illness in the Arizona CoVHORT: a longitudinal cohort study

    2022
    covid-19, symptoms, arizona

    Exposure to air pollution and risk of incident dementia in the UK Biobank

    2022
    air pollution, dementia, uk biobank, risk, incident

    Cross-sectional associations between adipose tissue depots and areal bone mineral density in the UK Biobank imaging study

    2022
    adipose tissue, bone mineral density, cross-sectional associations, uk biobank

    Association of sedentary and physical activity behaviours with body composition: a genome-wide association and Mendelian randomisation study

    2022
    physical activity, body composition, genetic association, sedentary behavior, mendelian randomization

    Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Associated Risk Factors in a Community-Based Sample of Mexican-Origin Adults

    2022
    liver disease, risk factors, mexican-origin adults, nonalcoholic fatty liver

    Physical exercise is a risk factor for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Convergent evidence from Mendelian randomisation, transcriptomics and risk genotypes

    2021
    exercise, genetics, neurodegenerative disease, risk factors, transcriptomics

    Racial, ethnic, and gender differences in obesity and body fat distribution: An All of Us Research Program demonstration project

    2021
    obesity, body fat distribution, ethnic differences, gender differences, health disparities

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    • Analysis of Public Health Data

    • Health and Disease Across Time and the World

    • Principles of Genetic Association Studies

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