Thomas W. Blackwell

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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9.0Author DataRank

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Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program

Nature(2021)10.1038/s41586-021-03205-y

Top 3%

7.0DataRank

Top 3%2322 citations

Daniel Harris, Michael D. Kessler, Jedidiah Carlson, Zachary A. Szpiech, Raúl Torres +95 more

Papers

Driven by 59 papers — median percentile 76. Top paper: “Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program”.

Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program

Nature(2021)10.1038/s41586-021-03205-y

Top 3%

7.0DataRank

Top 3%2322 citations

Daniel Harris, Michael D. Kessler, Jedidiah Carlson, Zachary A. Szpiech, Raúl Torres +95 more

Dynamic incorporation of multiple in silico functional annotations empowers rare variant association analysis of large whole-genome sequencing studies at scale

Nature Genetics(2020)10.1038/s41588-020-0676-4

N/A

5.3DataRank · unranked

295 citations

Zilin Li, Hufeng Zhou, Sheila M. Gaynor, Yaowu Liu, Han Chen +88 more

Clonal haematopoiesis and risk of chronic liver disease

Nature(2023)10.1038/s41586-023-05857-4

N/A

4.5DataRank · unranked

204 citations

Connor A. Emdin, Alexander G. Bick, Seyedeh M. Zekavat, Abhishek Niroula, James P. Pirruccello +95 more

A high-resolution HLA reference panel capturing global population diversity enables multi-ancestry fine-mapping in HIV host response

Nature Genetics(2021)10.1038/s41588-021-00935-7

N/A

4.0DataRank · unranked

191 citations

Masahiro Kanai, Wanson Choi, Xinyi Li, Saori Sakaue, Kenichi Yamamoto +95 more

Deep coverage whole genome sequences and plasma lipoprotein(a) in individuals of European and African ancestries

Nature Communications(2018)10.1038/s41467-018-04668-w

N/A

3.7DataRank · unranked

109 citations

Sanni Ruotsalainen, Robert E. Handsaker, Maris Alver, Jonathan M. Bloom, Timothy Poterba +442 more

Monogenic and Polygenic Contributions to QTc Prolongation in the Population

Circulation(2022)10.1161/circulationaha.121.057261

N/A

1.7DataRank · unranked

50 citations

Valerie N. Morrill, Sean J. Jurgens, Seung Hoan Choi, Amelia W. Hall, Lu-Chen Weng +34 more

Genome sequencing unveils a regulatory landscape of platelet reactivity

Nature Communications(2021)10.1038/s41467-021-23470-9

N/A

1.5DataRank · unranked

54 citations

Ming‐Huei Chen, Benjamin A.T. Rodriguez, Lisa R. Yanek, Arunoday Bhan, Brady Gaynor +94 more

Association of mitochondrial DNA copy number with cardiometabolic diseases

Cell Genomics(2021)10.1016/j.xgen.2021.100006

N/A

1.4DataRank · unranked

62 citations

Ryan J. Longchamps, Kerri L. Wiggins, Laura M. Raffield, Lawrence F. Bielak, Wei Zhao +33 more

Powerful, scalable and resource-efficient meta-analysis of rare variant associations in large whole genome sequencing studies

Nature Genetics(2022)10.1038/s41588-022-01225-6

N/A

1.2DataRank · unranked

63 citations

Corbin Quick, Hufeng Zhou, Sheila M. Gaynor, Yaowu Liu, Han Chen +95 more

Evaluating the contribution of rare variants to type 2 diabetes and related traits using pedigrees

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2017)10.1073/pnas.1705859115

N/A

1.2DataRank · unranked

36 citations

Alisa Manning, Marcio Almeida, Matthew Zawistowski, Katharina Domschke, Tanya M. Teslovich +82 more

Whole Genome Association Study of the Plasma Metabolome Identifies Metabolites Linked to Cardiometabolic Disease in Black Individuals

Nature Communications(2022)10.1038/s41467-022-32275-3

N/A

1.1DataRank · unranked

63 citations

Daniel H. Katz, Julián Ávila-Pacheco, Alexander G. Bick, Akhil Pampana, Jeremy Robbins +95 more

The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

Nature(2016)10.1038/nature18642

N/A

1.1DataRank · unranked

1106 citations

Menachem Fromer, Tanya M. Teslovich, Anubha Mahajan, Vineeta Agarwala, Kyle J. Gaulton +334 more

Whole-genome association analyses of sleep-disordered breathing phenotypes in the NHLBI TOPMed program

Genome Medicine(2021)10.1186/s13073-021-00917-8

Top 21%

0.976DataRank

Top 21%35 citations

Jiwon Lee, Tamar Sofer, Heming Wang, Man Zhang, Han Chen +94 more

Association Between Whole Blood–Derived Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number, Low‐Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Journal of the American Heart Association(2023)10.1161/jaha.122.029090

N/A

0.920DataRank · unranked

30 citations

Xianbang Sun, Yuankai Zhang, Wenqing Jiang, M M Lai, Kerri L. Wiggins +40 more

Pangenomics enables genotyping of known structural variants in 5202 diverse genomes

Science(2021)10.1126/science.abg8871

N/A

0.909DataRank · unranked

426 citations

Jean Monlong, Xian Chang, Adam M. Novak, Jordan M. Eizenga, Charles Markello +15 more

Variant-specific inflation factors for assessing population stratification at the phenotypic variance level

Nature Communications(2021)10.1038/s41467-021-23655-2

N/A

0.840DataRank · unranked

21 citations

Xiuwen Zheng, Cecelia Laurie, Stephanie M. Gogarten, Jennifer A. Brody, Matthew P. Conomos +91 more

Whole genome sequence analysis of platelet traits in the NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) initiative

Human Molecular Genetics(2021)10.1093/hmg/ddab252

Top 28%

0.724DataRank

Top 28%20 citations

Yao Hu, Quan Sun, Deepti Jain, Jai Broome, Ming‐Huei Chen +62 more

TOP-LD: A tool to explore linkage disequilibrium with TOPMed whole-genome sequence data

The American Journal of Human Genetics(2022)10.1016/j.ajhg.2022.04.006

N/A

0.701DataRank · unranked

106 citations

Jonathan D. Rosen, Quan Sun, Jiawen Chen, Marsha M. Wheeler, Ying Zhou +20 more

Interaction molecular QTL mapping discovers cellular and environmental modifiers of genetic regulatory effects

The American Journal of Human Genetics(2024)10.1016/j.ajhg.2023.11.013

N/A

0.679DataRank · unranked

21 citations

François Aguet, Sarah Kim-Hellmuth, Brielin C. Brown, Daniel Nachun, Russell P. Tracy +16 more

Sequencing in over 50,000 cases identifies coding and structural variation underlying atrial fibrillation risk

Nature Genetics(2025)10.1038/s41588-025-02074-9

N/A

0.628DataRank · unranked

28 citations

Sean J. Jurgens, Ling Xiao, Matthew C. Hill, Christopher M. Haggerty, Garðar Sveinbjörnsson +95 more

Presence and transmission of mitochondrial heteroplasmic mutations in human populations of European and African ancestry

Mitochondrion(2021)10.1016/j.mito.2021.07.004

N/A

0.624DataRank · unranked

23 citations

Jessica L. Fetterman, Yong Qian, Xianbang Sun, Thomas W. Blackwell, Achilleas Pitsillides +14 more

The functional impact of rare variation across the regulatory cascade

Cell Genomics(2023)10.1016/j.xgen.2023.100401

N/A

0.526DataRank · unranked

15 citations

Nicole M. Ferraro, Benjamin J. Strober, François Aguet, Silva Kasela, Marios Arvanitis +33 more

Genotyping common, large structural variations in 5,202 genomes using pangenomes, the Giraffe mapper, and the vg toolkit

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.12.04.412486

N/A

0.515DataRank · unranked

30 citations

Jean Monlong, Xian Chang, Adam M. Novak, Jordan M. Eizenga, Charles Markello +15 more

Whole-genome sequencing in diverse subjects identifies genetic correlates of leukocyte traits: The NHLBI TOPMed program

The American Journal of Human Genetics(2021)10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.08.007

N/A

0.494DataRank · unranked

26 citations

Caitlin McHugh, Linda M. Polfus, Laura M. Raffield, Meher Preethi Boorgula, Thomas W. Blackwell +88 more

Robust, flexible, and scalable tests for Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium across diverse ancestries

Genetics(2021)10.1093/genetics/iyab044

N/A

0.489DataRank · unranked

25 citations

Thomas W. Blackwell, Jonathon LeFaive, Mariza de Andrade, John Barnard, Kathleen C. Barnes +42 more

Whole genome sequencing identifies structural variants contributing to hematologic traits in the NHLBI TOPMed program

Nature Communications(2022)10.1038/s41467-022-35354-7

N/A

0.442DataRank · unranked

18 citations

Adrienne M. Stilp, Shuquan Rao, Bjarni V. Halldórsson, Doruk Beyter, Jia Wen +54 more

Epigenetic and proteomic signatures associate with clonal hematopoiesis expansion rate

Nature Aging(2024)10.1038/s43587-024-00647-7

N/A

0.406DataRank · unranked

14 citations

Michael A. Raddatz, Yash Pershad, Daniel Nachun, Kent D. Taylor, Xiuqing Guo +40 more

The genetic determinants of recurrent somatic mutations in 43,693 blood genomes

Science Advances(2023)10.1126/sciadv.abm4945

N/A

0.396DataRank · unranked

13 citations

Cecelia Laurie, Jai Broome, Kent D. Taylor, Xiuqing Guo, Alan R. Shuldiner +82 more

Clonal hematopoiesis is driven by aberrant activation of TCL1A

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.12.10.471810

N/A

0.360DataRank · unranked

10 citations

Jayakrishnan Gopakumar, Bala Bharathi Burugula, Md Mesbah Uddin, Nikolaus Jahn, Julia A. Belk +95 more

Whole genome sequencing association analysis of quantitative red blood cell phenotypes: the NHLBI TOPMed program

medRxiv(2020)10.1101/2020.12.09.20246736

N/A

0.360DataRank · unranked

10 citations

Adrienne M. Stilp, Caitlin McHugh, Shuquan Rao, Deepti Jain, Xiuwen Zheng +74 more

Structural variation across 138,134 samples in the TOPMed consortium

Research Square(2023)10.21203/rs.3.rs-2515453/v1

N/A

0.345DataRank · unranked

9 citations

Adam C. English, Ginger Metcalf, Jianzhi Yang, Mark J. P. Chaisson, Nathan Pankratz +82 more

Validation of human telomere length multi-ancestry meta-analysis association signals identifies POP5 and KBTBD6 as human telomere length regulation genes

Nature Communications(2024)10.1038/s41467-024-48394-y

N/A

0.330DataRank · unranked

8 citations

Surya B. Chhetri, Carla J. Connelly, Margaret A. Taub, Matthew P. Conomos, Joshua S. Weinstock +95 more

Monogenic and Polygenic Contributions to QTc Prolongation in the Population

medRxiv(2021)10.1101/2021.06.18.21258578

N/A

0.320DataRank · unranked

5 citations

Valerie N. Morrill, Sean J. Jurgens, Seung Hoan Choi, Amelia Weber Hall, Lu‐Chen Weng +33 more

Whole genome sequencing identifies common and rare structural variants contributing to hematologic traits in the NHLBI TOPMed program

medRxiv(2021)10.1101/2021.12.16.21267871

N/A

0.292DataRank · unranked

6 citations

Adrienne M. Stilp, Shuquan Rao, Bjarni V. Halldórsson, Doruk Beyter, Jia Wen +54 more

Publisher Correction: Deep coverage whole genome sequences and plasma lipoprotein(a) in individuals of European and African ancestries

Nature Communications(2020)10.1038/s41467-020-15236-6

Top 57%

0.275DataRank

Top 57%2 citations

Sanni Ruotsalainen, Robert E. Handsaker, Maris Alver, Jonathan M. Bloom, Timothy Poterba +442 more

Robust, flexible, and scalable tests for Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium across diverse ancestries

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.06.23.167759

N/A

0.269DataRank · unranked

5 citations

Thomas W. Blackwell, Jonathon LeFaive, Mariza de Andrade, John Barnard, Kathleen C. Barnes +42 more

Author Correction: A high-resolution HLA reference panel capturing global population diversity enables multi-ancestry fine-mapping in HIV host response

Nature Genetics(2021)10.1038/s41588-021-00979-9

N/A

0.246DataRank · unranked

4 citations

Masahiro Kanai, Wanson Choi, Xinyi Li, Saori Sakaue, Kenichi Yamamoto +95 more

Multi-ancestry epigenome-wide analyses identify methylated sites associated with aortic augmentation index in TOPMed MESA

Scientific Reports(2023)10.1038/s41598-023-44806-z

N/A

0.241DataRank · unranked

4 citations

Jeongok G. Logan, Younghoon Kwon, João A.C. Lima, DAVID R. JACOBS, Daniel Duprez +19 more

Genetic architecture and analysis practices of circulating metabolites in the NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine Program

The American Journal of Human Genetics(2025)10.1016/j.ajhg.2025.08.022

N/A

0.217DataRank · unranked

3 citations

Franklin P Ockerman, Laura Y. Zhou, Megan L. Grove, Taryn Alkis, J. A. Barnard +31 more

Proteome-Wide Association Studies for Blood Lipids and Comparison with Transcriptome-Wide Association Studies

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.08.17.553749

N/A

0.208DataRank · unranked

3 citations

Boran Gao, Qidi Feng, Ani Manichaikul, Gina M. Peloso, Russell P. Tracy +17 more

Genetic determinants and genomic consequences of non-leukemogenic somatic point mutations

Nature Communications(2025)10.1038/s41467-025-64236-x

N/A

0.165DataRank · unranked

2 citations

Sharjeel A. Chaudhry, Μαρία Ιωάννου, Maria Viskadourou, Paula Reventún, Yasminka A. Jakubek +49 more

Proteome-wide association studies for blood lipids and comparison with transcriptome-wide association studies

Human Genetics and Genomics Advances(2024)10.1016/j.xhgg.2024.100383

N/A

0.128DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Boran Gao, Qidi Feng, Ani Manichaikul, Gina M. Peloso, Russell P. Tracy +17 more

Validation of human telomere length trans-ancestry meta-analysis association signals identifies POP5 and KBTBD6 as novel human telomere length regulation genes

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.07.12.548702

N/A

0.104DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Surya B. Chhetri, Carla J. Connelly, Margaret A. Taub, Matthew P. Conomos, Joshua S. Weinstock +93 more

Epigenome-wide association study of nuclear DNA methylation in relation to mitochondrial heteroplasmy

Nature Communications(2025)10.1038/s41467-025-65845-2

N/A

0.104DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Kyeezu Kim, Yinan Zheng, Christina A. Castellani, Scott M. Ratliff, Mengyao Wang +41 more

The association between mitochondrial DNA copy number, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and cardiovascular disease risk

medRxiv(2022)10.1101/2022.10.23.22281418

N/A

0.104DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Xianbang Sun, Yuankai Zhang, Wenqing Jiang, Lai Meng, Kerri L. Wiggins +40 more

Harnessing molecular mechanism for precision medicine in dilated cardiomyopathy caused by a mutation in troponin T

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2024)10.1101/2024.04.05.588306

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

5 citations

W. Tom Stump, Zongtao Lin, Andrea Bredemeyer, Thomas W. Blackwell, Xian Han +5 more

Validation of human telomere length multi-ancestry meta-analysis association signals identifies POP5 and KBTBD6 as human telomere length regulation genes

UNC Libraries(2024)10.17615/vs68-ca81

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Ryan L. Minster, Fernando D. Martínez, Dawood Darbar, Juan M. Peralta, Barbara A. Konkle +93 more

Computational Tool for Ensemble Averaging of Single-Molecule Data

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.08.10.241752

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

W. Tom Stump, Sarah R. Clippinger, Michael J. Greenberg, Thomas W. Blackwell

cellSTAAR: incorporating single-cell-sequencing-based functional data to boost power in rare variant association testing of noncoding regions

Nature Methods(2025)10.1038/s41592-025-02919-5

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Yi Zhang, Xihao Li, Margaret Sunitha Selvaraj, Zilin Li, Hufeng Zhou +544 more

Aberrant activation of TCL1A promotes stem cell expansion in clonal haematopoiesis

UNC Libraries(2025)10.17615/cdn0-cm52

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Russell P. Tracy, Jill M. Johnsen, Hind Bouzid, Nicholas L. Smith, Katherine P. Prothro +95 more

Epigenome-wide DNA methylation association study of circulating IgE levels identifies novel targets for asthma

EBioMedicine(2023)10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104758

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

19 citations

Priyadarshini Kachroo, Tianxiao Huan, David Van Den Berg, Gha Young Lee, Helena Bui +95 more

Multiset correlation and factor analysis enables exploration of multi-omics data

Cell Genomics(2023)10.1016/j.xgen.2023.100359

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

18 citations

Collin Wang, Silva Kasela, François Aguet, Daniel Nachun, Kent D. Taylor +20 more

Lymphocyte activation gene-3-associated protein networks are associated with HDL-cholesterol and mortality in the Trans-omics for Precision Medicine program

Communications Biology(2022)10.1038/s42003-022-03304-0

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

9 citations

Honghuang Lin, Chansuk Kang, Chaojie Yang, Stephen S. Rich, Kent D. Taylor +17 more

Single-molecule mechanics and kinetics of cardiac myosin interacting with regulated thin filaments

Biophysical Journal(2023)10.1016/j.bpj.2023.05.008

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

6 citations

Brent Scott, Samantha K. Barrick, W. Tom Stump, Thomas W. Blackwell, Michael J. Greenberg +1 more

Interaction molecular QTL mapping discovers cellular and environmental modifiers of genetic regulatory effects

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.06.26.546528

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

7 citations

François Aguet, Sarah Kim-Hellmuth, Brielin C. Brown, Daniel Nachun, Russell P. Tracy +16 more

Single Molecule Mechanics and Kinetics of Cardiac Myosin Interacting with Regulated Thin Filaments

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.01.09.522880

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Brent Scott, Samantha K. Barrick, W. Tom Stump, Thomas W. Blackwell, Michael J. Greenberg +1 more

Multi-ancestry epigenome-wide analyses identify methylated sites associated with aortic augmentation index in TOPMed MESA

Research Square(2023)10.21203/rs.3.rs-3125948/v1

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Xiaowei Hu, Jeongok G. Logan, Younghoon Kwon, João A.C. Lima, DAVID R. JACOBS +19 more

A framework for detecting noncoding rare-variant associations of large-scale whole-genome sequencing studies

Nature Methods(2022)10.1038/s41592-022-01640-x

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

109 citations

Xihao Li, Hufeng Zhou, Sheila M. Gaynor, Margaret Sunitha Selvaraj, Theodore Arapoglou +95 more

Presence and Transmission of Mitochondrial Heteroplasmic Mutations in Human Populations of European and African Ancestry

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.10.13.337071

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

2 citations

Jessica L. Fetterman, Yong Qian, Xianbang Sun, Kaiyu Yan, Thomas W. Blackwell +15 more

Thomas W. Blackwell

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