Nicholas Rafaels

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

ORCID: 0000-0002-2024-629X

Also affiliated with University of Colorado Denver

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyMedicine

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Top 2%percentile

2.5Author DataRank

Indexed papers

3in pilot corpus

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The highest-impact dataset this researcher has shared, ranked by DataRank — the single contribution doing the most to lift their data-sharing standing.

Genetic determinants of telomere length from 109,122 ancestrally diverse whole-genome sequences in TOPMed

Cell Genomics(2022)10.1016/j.xgen.2021.100084

Top 10%

2.1DataRank

Top 10%82 citations

Matthew P. Conomos, Rebecca Keener, Kruthika Iyer, Joshua S. Weinstock, Lisa R. Yanek +95 more

Papers

Driven by 31 papers — median percentile 43. Top paper: “Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes”.

Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes

Nature(2020)10.1038/s41586-020-2819-2

N/A

11.6DataRank · unranked

748 citations

Joshua S. Weinstock, Satish K. Nandakumar, Charles P. Fulco, Erik L. Bao, Seyedeh M. Zekavat +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

Genetic determinants of telomere length from 109,122 ancestrally diverse whole-genome sequences in TOPMed

Cell Genomics(2022)10.1016/j.xgen.2021.100084

Top 10%

2.1DataRank

Top 10%82 citations

Matthew P. Conomos, Rebecca Keener, Kruthika Iyer, Joshua S. Weinstock, Lisa R. Yanek +95 more

Loss-of-function genomic variants highlight potential therapeutic targets for cardiovascular disease

Nature Communications(2020)10.1038/s41467-020-20086-3

N/A

1.6DataRank · unranked

91 citations

Oren Rom, Ida Surakka, Sarah E. Graham, Wei Zhou, Tanmoy Roychowdhury +95 more

Single-cell multi-cohort dissection of the schizophrenia transcriptome

Science(2024)10.1126/science.adg5136

N/A

1.3DataRank · unranked

125 citations

Shahin Mohammadi, José Dávila-Velderrain, Sivan Subburaju, Daniel Reed Tso, Makayla Hourihan +196 more

Massively parallel characterization of regulatory elements in the developing human cortex

Science(2024)10.1126/science.adh0559

N/A

1.2DataRank · unranked

61 citations

Sean Whalen, Marilyn Steyert, Ryan Ziffra, Pawel F. Przytycki, Fumitaka Inoue +197 more

Association of HLA-DRB1∗09:01 with tIgE levels among African-ancestry individuals with asthma

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology(2020)10.1016/j.jaci.2020.01.011

N/A

0.853DataRank · unranked

21 citations

Sophie Limou, Michelle Daya, Wataru Morii, Nicholas Rafaels, Estelle Geffard +26 more

Global Biobank analyses provide lessons for developing polygenic risk scores across diverse cohorts

Cell Genomics(2023)10.1016/j.xgen.2022.100241

N/A

0.710DataRank · unranked

113 citations

Shinichi Namba, Esteban A. Lopera-Maya, Sini Kerminen, Kristin Tsuo, Kristi Läll +83 more

Meta-analysis fine-mapping is often miscalibrated at single-variant resolution

Cell Genomics(2022)10.1016/j.xgen.2022.100210

N/A

0.670DataRank · unranked

86 citations

Roy Elzur, Wei Zhou, Kuan-Han Wu, Humaira Rasheed, Kristin Tsuo +91 more

Multi-ancestry transcriptome-wide association analyses yield insights into tobacco use biology and drug repurposing

Nature Genetics(2023)10.1038/s41588-022-01282-x

N/A

0.606DataRank · unranked

56 citations

Xingyan Wang, Seon-Kyeong Jang, Bryan C. Quach, J. Dylan Weissenkampen, Chachrit Khunsriraksakul +85 more

Building a vertically integrated genomic learning health system: The biobank at the Colorado Center for Personalized Medicine

The American Journal of Human Genetics(2024)10.1016/j.ajhg.2023.12.001

N/A

0.574DataRank · unranked

45 citations

Jonathan A. Shortt, Emily R. Roberts, Joe A. Lesny, Elizabeth Kudron, Meng Lin +49 more

Rare genetic variants explain missing heritability in smoking

Nature Human Behaviour(2022)10.1038/s41562-022-01408-5

N/A

0.520DataRank · unranked

31 citations

Luke M. Evans, Allison Fialkowski, Donna K. Arnett, Allison E. Ashley‐Koch, Kathleen C. Barnes +85 more

Novel ancestry-specific primary open-angle glaucoma loci and shared biology with vascular mechanisms and cell proliferation

Cell Reports Medicine(2024)10.1016/j.xcrm.2024.101430

N/A

0.510DataRank · unranked

29 citations

Arjun Bhattacharya, Wei Zhou, Dan Zhou, Ying Wang, Kristi Läll +31 more

Polygenic risk score for type 2 diabetes shows context-dependent effects across populations

Nature Communications(2025)10.1038/s41467-025-63546-4

N/A

0.345DataRank · unranked

9 citations

Yanwei Cai, Daeeun Kim, Roelof A. J. Smit, Zhe Wang, Kruthika R. Iyer +169 more

Type 2 diabetes polygenic risk score demonstrates context-dependent effects and associations with type 2 diabetes-related risk factors and complications across diverse populations

medRxiv(2025)10.1101/2025.02.15.25322341

N/A

0.342DataRank · unranked

4 citations

Yanwei Cai, Daeeun Kim, Roelof A. J. Smit, Zhe Wang, Kruthika Iyer +68 more

Building a Vertically-Integrated Genomic Learning Health System: The Colorado Center for Personalized Medicine Biobank

medRxiv(2022)10.1101/2022.06.09.22276222

N/A

0.330DataRank · unranked

8 citations

Jonathan A. Shortt, Emily R. Roberts, Joe A. Lesny, Elizabeth Kudron, Meng Lin +50 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

Global multi-ancestry genetic study elucidates genes and biological pathways associated with thyroid cancer and benign thyroid diseases

medRxiv(2025)10.1101/2025.05.15.25327513

Top 70%

0.165DataRank

Top 70%2 citations

Maizy S. Brasher, Jack Pattee, Wei Zhou, Sinéad B. Chapman, Yon Ho Jee +79 more

Prediction and characterization of genetically regulated expression of asthma tissues from African-ancestry populations

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology(2025)10.1016/j.jaci.2025.07.035

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Erika Esquinca, Christopher H. Arehart, Meher P. Boorgula, Brooke Szczesny, Alex Romero +22 more

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

A continuum of admixture in the Western Hemisphere revealed by the African Diaspora genome

UNC Libraries(2020)10.17615/svad-an83

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Albert M. Levin, James Graham Wilson, Tina V. Hartert, Christopher O. Olopade, H. Richard Johnston +57 more

Genome-wide association study of asthma, total IgE, and lung function in a cohort of Peruvian children

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology(2021)10.1016/j.jaci.2021.02.035

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

34 citations

Tonya M. Brunetti, Karina Romero, Michelle Daya, Kanika Kanchan, Gautam Shankar +20 more

Polygenic prediction of atopic dermatitis improves with atopic training and filaggrin factors

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology(2021)10.1016/j.jaci.2021.05.034

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

30 citations

Michelle Daya, Monica Campbell, Meher Preethi Boorgula, Nicholas Rafaels, Sameer Chavan +16 more

Variants in mycophenolate and CMV antiviral drug pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic genes and leukopenia in heart transplant recipients

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation(2021)10.1016/j.healun.2021.05.020

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

15 citations

Laura Saba, Nicholas Rafaels, Amrut V. Ambardekar, Kimberly M. Deininger, RobertL. PageII +3 more

Association Between Variants in Calcineurin Inhibitor Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Genes and Renal Dysfunction in Adult Heart Transplant Recipients

Frontiers in Genetics(2021)10.3389/fgene.2021.658983

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

5 citations

Laura Saba, Nicholas Rafaels, Amrut V. Ambardekar, Kimberly M. Deininger, Robert L. Page +3 more

Xanthine oxidoreductase gene polymorphisms are associated with high risk of sepsis and organ failure

Respiratory Research(2023)10.1186/s12931-023-02481-8

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

9 citations

Nicholas Rafaels, Tanda M. Dudenkov, Mahendra Damarla, Rachel L. Damico, James P. Maloney +14 more

A polygenic risk score for the QT interval is an independent predictor of drug-induced QT prolongation

PLoS ONE(2024)10.1371/journal.pone.0303261

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

8 citations

Meng Lin, Katy E. Trinkley, Ryan G. Aleong, Nicholas Rafaels, Kristy Crooks +4 more

Multi-ancestry transcriptome-wide association analyses yield insights into tobacco use biology and drug repurposing

UNC Libraries(2024)10.17615/twaa-ms70

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

B.M. Psaty, Juan M. Peralta, R. Graham Barr, B.D. Hobbs, Daniel Levy +85 more

Enabling reproducible type 1 diabetes polygenic risk scoring for clinical and translational applications

medRxiv(2025)10.1101/2025.07.15.25331523

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Matthew J. Fisher, C. Wild, Jonathan A. Shortt, Krista Miller, Randi K. Johnson +13 more

Prediction and Characterization of Genetically Regulated Expression of Target Tissues in Asthma

medRxiv(2025)10.1101/2025.02.06.25321273

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Erika Esquinca, Christopher H. Arehart, Meher P. Boorgula, Brooke Szczesny, Alex Romero +22 more

Chromosome 21 variants tied to severe asthma exacerbations: A genome-wide association study in a Brazilian population

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Global(2025)10.1016/j.jacig.2025.100507

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Álvaro A. Cruz, Helena Mariana Pitangueira Teixeira, Hatilla dos S. Silva, Mahmoud I. Abdel‐Aziz, Simone Hashimoto +17 more

Nicholas Rafaels

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