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Amanda Elliott

Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Verified email at broadinstitute.org
Cited by 18783

New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

…, R Mägi, AP Morris, J Randall, T Johnson, P Elliott… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Levels of circulating glucose are tightly regulated. To identify new loci influencing glycemic
traits, we performed meta-analyses of 21 genome-wide association studies informative for …

Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis

…, G Crawford, ASF Doney, KS Elliott, AL Elliott… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
By combining genome-wide association data from 8,130 individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D)
and 38,987 controls of European descent and following up previously unidentified meta-…

The effects of neighborhood disadvantage on adolescent development

DS Elliott, WJ Wilson, D Huizinga… - Journal of research …, 1996 - journals.sagepub.com
A conceptual framework for studying emerging neighborhood effects on individual development
is presented, identifying specific mechanisms and processes by which neighborhood …

Integrated detection and population-genetic analysis of SNPs and copy number variation

…, PIW de Bakker, JB Maller, A Kirby, AL Elliott… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
Dissecting the genetic basis of disease risk requires measuring all forms of genetic variation,
including SNPs and copy number variants (CNVs), and is enabled by accurate maps of …

Enhancing caregiver health: findings from the resources for enhancing Alzheimer's caregiver health II intervention

AF Elliott, LD Burgio, J DeCoster - Journal of the American …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
… Author Contributions: Amanda F. Elliott and Louis D. Burgio: study concept and design;
interpretation of data, preparation of manuscript. Jamie DeCoster: study concept and design, …

[BOOK][B] Good kids from bad neighborhoods: Successful development in social context

DS Elliott, S Menard, B Rankin, A Elliott, WJ Wilson… - 2006 - books.google.com
This is a study of successful youth development in poor, disadvantaged neighborhoods in
Denver and Chicago-a study of how children living in the worst neighborhoods develop or fail …

[HTML][HTML] Exome sequencing of 20,791 cases of type 2 diabetes and 24,440 controls

…, M Cortes, RA DeFronzo, L Dolan, KL Drews, A Elliott… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Protein-coding genetic variants that strongly affect disease risk can yield relevant clues to
disease pathogenesis. Here we report exome-sequencing analyses of 20,791 individuals with …

Vision health disparities in the United States by race/ethnicity, education, and economic status: findings from two nationally representative surveys

…, P Nair, CF Chou, LS Geiss, LE Barker, AF Elliott… - American journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Purpose To assess vision health disparities in the United States by race/ethnicity, education,
and economic status. Design Cross-sectional, nationally representative samples. Methods …

Pain assessment in persons with dementia: Relationship between self‐report and behavioral observation

AL Horgas, AF Elliott, M Marsiske - Journal of the American …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the relationship between self‐report and behavioral indicators
of pain in cognitively impaired and intact older adults. DESIGN: Quasi‐experimental, …

[HTML][HTML] Leveraging cross-species transcription factor binding site patterns: from diabetes risk loci to disease mechanisms

…, G Crawford, ASF Doney, KS Elliott, AL Elliott… - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
Genome-wide association studies have revealed numerous risk loci associated with diverse
diseases. However, identification of disease-causing variants within association loci …