Co-Investigator, Health and Retirement Study
Contact Information
1827 SPH I
1415 Washington Heights
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2029
Email: [email protected]
Education
University of Michigan, Ph.D. Human Genetics, 1991
University of Michigan, M.A. Statistics, 1990
Carnegie-Mellon University, B.S. Biological Sciences, 1985
Research and Projects
Dr. Kardia's main research interests are in the genetic epidemiology of common chronic diseases and their risk factors. She is particularly interested in gene-environment and gene-gene interactions and in developing novel analytical strategies to understand the complex relationship between genetic variation, environmental variation, and risk of common chronic diseases. Her research utilizes genomic, epigenomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic measures on large epidemiological cohorts.
Selected Recent Publications
Graff M, Justice AE, Young KL, et al. Discovery and fine-mapping of height loci via high-density imputation of GWASs in individuals of African ancestry. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 2021;108(4):564-582. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.02.011
C Y Ng M, Graff M, Lu Y, et al. Discovery and fine-mapping of adiposity loci using high density imputation of genome-wide association studies in individuals of African ancestry: African Ancestry Anthropometry Genetics Consortium. PLoS Genetics. 2017;13(4):e1006719. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1006719