EXHIBIT C

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Declaration of Laura Rasmussen-Torvik, PhD, MPH

1. My name is Laura Rasmussen-Torvik. I am the Chief of Epidemiology in the 

Department of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University. I have a PhD in 

Epidemiology and have held a faculty position at Northwestern for over 10 years. My 

CV is attached to this declaration.

2. I was asked by Plaintiffs’ counsel in Mays v. Dart to review daily counts of positive 

COVID-19 detainees in isolation and convalescent detainees in recovery at the Cook 

County jail to comment on COVID-19 transmission and trends at the Cook County jail. 

However, I am unable to comment on these topics based on these statistics alone.

3. We cannot truly understand trends only by looking at daily cumulative confirmed case 

counts—which are typically presented in aggregate and not broken down into those in 

isolation and recovery (or positive and "no longer positive" as presented on the Cook 

County Sheriff's office website https://www.cookcountysheriff.org/covid-19-cases-atccdoc/ ). In order to begin to understand trends in COVID-19 in a location, we need to 

understand how many tests are conducted each day, and how many of these tests are 

positive each day. The less testing you do on a given day, the fewer positive tests you 

will have; however, this does not necessarily indicate that there are fewer cases of disease 

presenting in the population on that day.

4. For the Cook County Jail, it is important to provide this information both for detainees 

and correctional officers. Per the Cook County Sheriff's website on April 18, it appears 

that cumulatively 445 detainees have been tested for COVID-19 and 350 have tested 

positive—a positive test result rate of over 78%. Per the Illinois Department of Health 

on April 18 in all of Illinois (https://www.dph.illinois.gov/covid19/covid19-statistics), 

137,404 COVID-19 tests had been performed with 29,160 results—a positive rate of 

21%.

5. At a press conference about COVID-19 on March 30th, Michael Ryan, executive director 

of the WHO Health Emergencies Program, stated that “If 80-90% of the people test 

positive, you are probably missing a lot of cases,” and “we would certainly like to see 

countries testing at the level of ten negative tests to one positive, as a general benchmark 

of a system that's doing enough testing to pick up all cases.”

6. To understand the trends at the Cook County Jail, it is also necessary to understand how

"no longer positive" detainees or “convalescent” detainees are classified. The CDC does 

not use the terms "no longer positive" or “convalescent”, but instead provides guidance 

about when people who have tested positive can discontinue isolation based on a) test 

based or b) symptom based strategy. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-

ncov/hcp/disposition-in-home-patients.html

7. Because of both widespread issues with access to testing and the lengthy clinical course 

of COVID-19 (particularly in more severe cases), in addition to daily tests and positive 

tests, health departments are tracking the number of COVID-19+ patients (as well as 

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COVID-19 “persons under investigation” or PUI) who are (1) hospitalized but not in the 

ICU and (2) who are hospitalized in the ICU, in order to understand disease trends.

8. On April 18, the Illinois Department of Health reported 3,148 total COVID + PUI in 

hospitals but not in the ICU, and 1,192 COVID + PUI patients in the ICU 

(https://www.dph.illinois.gov/covid19/hospitalization-utilization) across Illinois. To 

understand COVID-19 trends at the Cook County Jail it would be important to know 

daily counts of the number of detainees hospitalized (including in the hospital facilities 

on the premises of the Jail) and the number requiring ICU care.

9. Given recent evidence of spread of COVID-19 from people without any symptoms 

(https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6914e1.htm) it is critical 

that all Illinoisans continue to practice social distancing, remaining 6 feet apart, 

practicing appropriate hand hygiene, and utilizing cloth masks whenever possible in order 

to control the spread of this disease.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing information I have provided is true and 

correct to the best of my knowledge, information, memory, and belief.

April 19, 2020 /s/ Laura Rasmussen-Torvik

Evanston, Illinois Laura Rasmussen-Torvik

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1/2/20

Laura J. Rasmussen-Torvik, PhD, MPH, FAHA

Business Address: 680 N. Lake Shore Drive, Suite 1400, Chicago, IL, 60611

Business Phone: 312-503-3596

Email: ljrtorvik@northwestern.edu

EDUCATION

College

 AB, Dartmouth College, Biogenetics (History minor), 2000

TRAINING

 MPH, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Epidemiology, 2004

 PhD, University of Minnesota, Epidemiology (Genetics minor), 2007

 Post-Doctoral Fellowship, University of Minnesota, Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology, 2010

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

 Chief, Division of Epidemiology, Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School 

of Medicine, 2019-present

 Associate Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 

2019-present

o Division of Epidemiology (primary appointment)

o Division of Health and Biomedical Informatics (secondary appointment)

o Division of Public Health Practice (secondary appointment)

 Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 

2010-2019

o Division of Epidemiology (primary appointment)

o Division of Health and Biomedical Informatics (secondary appointment)

o Division of Public Health Practice (secondary appointment)

 Member, Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 2010-present

 MPH Concentration Director, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 2015-2017

 Member, Center for Education in the Health Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 

2015-present

HONORS AND AWARDS

A. Elected Society Memberships

 Phi Beta Kappa, Dartmouth College, 2000

 FAHA, American Heart Association, 2014

B. International/National/Regional

 US Public Health Service Traineeship, 2002-2003

C. University

 Center for Diabetes Research Travel Award, University of Minnesota, 2008

 Feinberg School of Medicine, Outstanding Teacher, 2017

 Program in Public Health, Teaching Excellence Award, 2017 and 2018

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INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE (Committees, Councils, Task Forces)

A. University

 KL2 Training Grant Executive Committee, Northwestern University, 2015-present

B. School

 NUgene Core Committee, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 2010-present

 Junior Faculty Research Advisory Council, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 2011-2015

 MSEB Evaluation and Examination Committee, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 2011-2017

(co-chair 2011-2014) 

 Research Cores Committee, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 2013-2016

 MPH Executive Committee, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 2014-present

C. Department

 Department Executive Committee, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of 

Preventive Medicine, 2019-present

COMMUNITY / PUBLIC SERVICE

 Northwestern Medicine Scholars Program at Westinghouse Prep, 2012

 Jump Rope for Heart (AHA), Evanston, IL, 2016

PARTICIPATION IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND EXTRAMURAL ORGANIZATIONS

A. Professional Society Memberships

 AHA, Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, 2005-present

 AHA, Council in Functional Genomics and Translational Biology, 2010-present

 Society for Epidemiologic Research, 2012-present

 International Genetic Epidemiology Society, 2016-present

B. Leadership and Service (leadership positions held, committee service, etc.)

 Member, Early Career Committee of the AHA Epidemiology and Prevention, 2012-2014

 Early Career Representative, AHA Epidemiology and Prevention Council Publications Committee, 2012-2014

 Member, Molecular Determinants of Cardiovascular Health Joint Committee of the Functional Genomics and 

Translational Biology and Epidemiology and Prevention Councils, 2015-present

 Member, AHA Epidemiology and Prevention Council Membership Committee, 2016-present

EDITORIAL AND MANUSCRIPT REVIEW RESPONSIBILITIES 

 Journal Statistics and Methods Reviewer: JAMA Open

 Journal Manuscript Reviewer: Circulation, Annals of Human Genetics, American Journal of Cardiology, Obesity, 

Arthritis and Rheumatism, Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental, Translational Research, Cancer Epidemiology, 

Biomarkers, and Prevention, JAMA, American Journal of Epidemiology, Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, 

Diabetes, Cardiology, Hypertension, International Journal of Obesity, PLOS Genetics, PLOS Medicine, PLOS One, 

BMC Medical Genomics, Diabetes Care

 Internal Manuscript Reviewer: ARIC, MESA, CARDIA, and CHS Studies

 Abstract Reviewer: American Heart Association, Society for Epidemiologic Research, American Diabetes 

Association, Association for Clinical and Translational Science

GRANT REVIEW RESPONSIBILITIES

 Early Career Reviewer, NIH CASE Study Section, February 2014

 Study Section Member, AHA GTOE Pop1 Study Section, 2016

 Study Section Member, AHA, Precision Medicine Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, 2019

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GRANT AWARDS AND CLINICAL TRIALS

A. Current

 Agency: American Heart Association

ID: 19SFRN34850101

Title: Integration of genomics into clinical care for SCD 

PI: Rasmussen-Torvik

Effort: 1.8 Calendar

Current Year Direct Cost: $181,890

Project Total Costs: $880,000

Project Period: 07/01/2019 - 06/30/2023

 Agency: National Center for Chronic Disease Prev. and Health Promotion 

ID: U18DP006120

Title: Effect of ACA Medicaid Expansion on Diabetes: Diagnosis, Treatment, Patient compliance, and Health Outcomes

PI: Black

Role: Co-I

Effort: 1.8 Calendar

Current Year Direct Cost: $376,223

Project Total Costs: $2,191,533

Project Period: 09/30/15 – 09/29/20

 Agency: National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences 

ID: 5UL1TR001422

Title: Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (NUCATS)

PI: Lloyd-Jones

Role: Co-Director RAMP

Effort: 0.9 Calendar

Current Year Direct Cost: $4,891,236

Project Period: 07/15/19 – 06/30/24

 Agency: National Human Genome Research Institute

ID: U01HG008673

Title: Genomic Medicine at Northwestern: Discovery and Implementation

PI: Chisholm

Role: Co-I

Effort: 1.2 Calendar

Current Year Direct Cost: $539,021

Project Total Costs: $3,403,555

Project Period: 09/01/15 – 05/31/20

 Agency: National Inst. of Child Health & Human Development 

ID: U54HD085601

Title: Optimizing Medication Management for Mothers with Depression during Pregnancy (OPTI-MOM)

PI: Wisner

Role: Co-I and Pilot PI

Effort: 2.1 Calendar

Current Year Direct Cost: $476,122

Project Total Costs: $3,772,069

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Project Period: 08/01/15 – 06/30/20

 Agency: National Heart Lung and Blood Institute 

ID: 2R01HL107577

Title: Determinants, Trajectories, and Consequences of Abnormal Cardiac Mechanics

PI: Shah

Role: Co-I 

Effort: 0.6 Calendar

Current Year Direct Cost: $482,548

Project Total Costs: $2,745,518

Project Period: 07/05/16 – 04/30/20

 Agency: National Institute of Child Health and Development

ID: 1R01HD089455-01-A1

Title: Molecular Basis of Altered Drug Metabolism During Pregnancy

PI: Wisner

Role: Co-I 

Effort: 0.6 Calendar

Current Year Direct Cost: $236,680

Project Total Costs: $1,495,316

Project Period: 08/10/17 – 06/30/22

 Agency: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

ID: U54NS108874

Title: Channelopathy-Associated Epilepsy Research Center

PI: George

Role: Co-I 

Effort: 0.6 Calendar

Current Year Direct Cost: $112,247

Project Total Costs: $2,542,337

Project Period: 09/30/18 – 05/31/19

 Agency: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

ID: 75N92020D00004

Title: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) - Field Center

PI: Allen

Role: Co-I 

Effort: 0.35 Calendar

Current Year Direct Cost: $441,894 

Project Period: 12/19/19 – 12/18/24 

 Agency: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

ID: 1U01HL146408-01

Title: The American Lung Association (ALA) Cohort

PI: Kalhan

Role: Co-I 

Effort: 0.6 Calendar

Current Year Direct Cost: $2,633,107

Project Total Costs: $ 24,800,693.00

Project Period: 06/15/2019 – 04/30/2020 

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B. Pending

 Agency: National Human Genome Research Institute

ID: U01HG011169

Title: Northwestern Genomic Risk Assessment and Management Program

MPI: Rasmussen-Torvik

Effort: 4.0 Calendar

 Current Year Direct Cost: $680,000

 Project Total Costs: $5,632,301

 Project Period: 04/01/2020-03/31/2025

C. Past

 Agency: NMH/Friends of Prentice Foundation

ID: Agmt 12/13/17

Title: Elucidating Neonatal Discontinuation Syndrome in Infants Exposed to Antidepressants 

PI: Rasmussen-Torvik

Effort: 0 Calendar

Project Total Costs: $50,000

Project Period: 09/01/17-08/31/19

Agency: PCORI via Chicago Community Trust

 Agency: PCORI

ID: PCORI-PFA-2015

Title: PCORnet Bariatric Surgery

PI: Arterburn

Role: Subcontract PI

Effort: 0.60 Calendar

Current Year Direct Cost: $16,344

Project Total Costs: $47,294

Project Period: 02/01/16-01/31/18

 Agency: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

ID: U54MD010723

Title: African American Cardiovascular pharmacogenetic CONsorTium (ACCOuNT): discovery and translation

PI: Perera

Role: Co-I 

Effort: 0.6 Calendar

Current Year Direct Cost: $1,178,917

Project Total Costs: $9,525,128

Project Period: 8/19/2016 – 5/31/2021 

 Agency: National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences 

ID: UL1TR000150

Title: NU Multidiciplinary Clinical and Translational Science Scholar Program (KL2) 

PI: Lloyd-Jones KL2: Scholar Rasmussen-Torvik

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Role: KL2 Scholar

Effort: 9.0 Calendar

Project Total Costs: $4,195,948

Project Period: 05/01/12-04/30/14

 Agency: National Human Genome Research Institute

ID: U01HG006388

Title: eMERGE2-PGx Supplement 

PI: Chisholm

Role: Co-I

Effort: 1.2 Calendar

Project Total Costs: $590,560

Project Period: 08/01/12 – 07/31/15 

 Agency: National Human Genome Research Institute

ID: U01HG006388

Title: A Personalized Genomic Medicine Pilot Program Using NUgene eMERGE Experience

PI: Chisholm

Role: Co-I

Effort: 0.6 Calendar

Project Total Costs: $3,528,143 

Project Period: 08/15/11 – 07/31/15

 Agency: PCORI via Chicago Community Trust

ID: CDRN-1306-04737

Title: Chicago Area Patient Centered Outcomes Research Network (CAPriCORN)

PI: Mazany

Role: Co-I 

Effort: 0.6 Calendar

Project Total Costs: $6,615,576

Project Period: 03/01/14 – 8/31/15 

 Agency: National Heart Lung and Blood Institute 

ID: 1R01HL107577

Title: Study of Cardiac Mechanics in Systemic Hypertension

PI: Shah

Role: Co-I 

Effort: 0.6 Calendar

Project Total Costs: $1,395,162

Project Period: 05/21/11 – 03/31/16

 Agency: American Heart Association 

ID: 15CVGPSD27260148

Title: Molecular Determinants of Hypertensive Heart Failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF): Genomics, 

Transcriptomics, and Proteomics

PI: Shah

Role: Co-I 

Effort: 0.6 Calendar

Project Total Costs: $159,990

Project Period: 12/01/15 – 11/30/16

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 Agency: National Human Genome Research Institute

ID: U01HG004609

Title: Genome-wide Studies from the NUgene Biorespository

PI: Chisholm

Role: Co-I

Effort: 2.4 Calendar

Project Total Costs: $4,239,880

Project Period: 9/27/07-7/31/11 

 Agency: Northwestern Memorial Foundation

ID: 2013 DGTRI

Title: The association of targeted exonic variants and post-surgical weight loss 

PI: Rasmussen-Torvik

Effort: 0.12 Calendar

Project Total Costs: $25,000

Project Period: 01/01/13 – 12/31/14

 Agency: National Heart Lung and Blood Institute 

ID: N01-HC-48049

Title: Longitudinal Studies of Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factor in Young Adults (CARDIA)

PI: Liu

Role: Co-I

Effort: 0.6 Calendar

Project Period: 12/30/83 – 06/30/13

 Agency: National Heart Lung and Blood Institute 

ID: N01-HC-95164 

Title: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA): Field Center

PI: Liu

Role: Co-I

Effort: 0.6 Calendar

Project Period: 01/15/99 – 08/14/15

INVITED LECTURES

A. International/National

 CVD Epidemiology and Electronic Health Records, Presented at Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, April 29th, 2014

 Moderator, Jeremiah and Rose Stamler Award for Young Investigators. Presented at American Heart Association 

2015 Epidemiology and Lifestyle Council Meeting. Baltimore, MD, March 5th 2015

 Outcomes in eMERGE PGx, Presented at Genomic Medicine Meeting X (Hosted by NHGRI Office of Population 

Genomics), Silver Spring, Maryland, May 3rd, 2017

 Clinical Translation of NGS, Panel Member: Front Line Genomics Special Interest Group, Boston, MA, 6/12/18

 The PCORnet Bariatric Study: Preliminary Results from a Large PCORnet Demonstration Project, presented at 

NIH/PCORnet Collaboratory Grand Rounds (webinar), August 17th, 2018.

 Pharmacoepidemiology and Implementation Science Studies: How Can they Guide my Prescribing Practice? 

Presented at Obstetric-Fetal Pharmacology: Practical Prescribing and Research Methods Update, Chicago, IL, 

November 2nd, 2018.

 MESA ROR: discussions to date in multi-center study. TOPMed Steering Committee Meeting. Tysons, VA, April 

24-25, 2019.

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B. Regional

 The eMERGE PGx project: The Northwestern Experience, Presented at the NorthShore Research Bioinformatics 

Seminar, Evanston, IL March 4th, 2014

 Northwestern EHR/Epidemiology Research, Presented at the Sinai Urban Health Institute Epidemiology Seminar, 

Chicago, IL, May 26th, 2016

C. Local

 GWAS resources in the Department of Preventive Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine Cardiovascular 

Epidemiology Seminar, July 13th, 2012

 Demographic predictors of weight loss after bariatric surgery, Department of Preventive Medicine 

Cardiovascular Epidemiology Seminar, June 14th, 2013

 eMERGE-PGx: The Northwestern Experience, Department of Preventive Medicine Cardiovascular Epidemiology 

Seminar March 13th, 2015

 Return of research WGS results to biobank participants: issues and challenges, Department of Preventive

Medicine Cardiovascular Epidemiology Seminar June 23rd, 2017

D. Multi-Center Study

 PGx update, eMERGE study steering committee meeting, February 26th, 2013

 PGx update, eMERGE study steering committee meeting, June 3rd, 2013

 PGx update, eMERGE study steering committee meeting, October 7th, 2013

 Clinical and research genotyping in eMERGE, eMERGE III planning meeting, NHGRI, January 22nd, 2014

 PGx update, eMERGE study steering committee meeting, January 23rd, 2014

 PGx update, eMERGE study steering committee meeting, June 23rd, 2014

 Overlap of Diastolic Dysfunction definitions in CARDIA, CARDIA steering committee meeting, Oct 16th, 2014

 PGx update, eMERGE study steering committee meeting, Dec 4th, 2014

 PGx update, eMERGE study steering committee meeting, March 30th, 2015

 PGx update, eMERGE study steering committee meeting, June 29th, 2015

 PGx update, eMERGE study steering committee meeting, September 16th, 2015

 OPTIMOM Pilot Design, OPRC Network steering committee meeting, October 5th, 2015

 PGx update, eMERGE study steering committee meeting, April 4th, 2016

 Sample selection for Northwestern ACA project, NEXT-D2 steering committee meeting, June 28th, 2016

 PGx update, eMERGE study steering committee meeting, October 6th, 2016

 OPTIMOM Pilot Modifications. OPRC Network steering committee meeting, October 20th, 2016

 PGx update, eMERGE study steering committee meeting, Feb 1st, 2017

 Challenges of Diabetes Definitions for Northwestern ACA project, NEXT-D2 steering committee meeting, Sept 

7th, 2017

 PGx update, eMERGE study steering committee meeting, Oct 10th, 2017

 PGx update, eMERGE study steering committee meeting, Jan 26th, 2018

 PGx update, eMERGE study steering committee meeting, Oct 26th, 2018

 PGx update, eMERGE study steering committee meeting, Jan 17th, 2019

 Expansion of OPTI-MOM Pilot Study, OPRC Network steering committee meeting, March 5th, 2019

PUBLICATIONS AND SCHOLARLY WORK

A. Peer-reviewed Original Investigations

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1. Day JW, Ricker K, Jacobsen JF, Rasmussen LJ, Dick KA, Kress W, Schneider C, Koch MC, Beilman GJ, Harrison AR, 

Dalton JC, Ranum LP. Myotonic dystrophy type 2: molecular, diagnostic and clinical spectrum. Neurology. 

2003;60(4):657-64. Epub 2003/02/26. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000054481.84978.f9. PubMed PMID: 12601109.

2. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, North KE, Gu CC, Lewis CE, Wilk JB, Chakravarti A, Chang YP, Miller MB, Li N, Devereux RB, 

Arnett DK. A population association study of angiotensinogen polymorphisms and haplotypes with left ventricular 

phenotypes. Hypertension. 2005;46(6):1294-9. Epub 2005/11/16. doi: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000192653.17209.84. PubMed 

PMID: 16286570.

3. Folsom AR, Cushman M, Heckbert SR, Ohira T, Rasmussen-Torvik L, Tsai MY. Factor VII coagulant activity, factor 

VII -670A/C and -402G/A polymorphisms, and risk of venous thromboembolism. J Thromb Haemost. 2007;5(8):1674-8. 

Epub 2007/08/01. doi: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2007.02620.x. PubMed PMID: 17663738.

4. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Cushman M, Tsai MY, Zhang Y, Heckbert SR, Rosamond WD, Folsom AR. The association of 

alpha-fibrinogen Thr312Ala polymorphism and venous thromboembolism in the LITE study. Thromb Res. 2007;121(1):1-

7. Epub 2007/04/17. doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2007.02.008. PubMed PMID: 17433418; PMCID: PMC2679171.

5. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, McAlpine DD. Genetic screening for SSRI drug response among those with major 

depression: great promise and unseen perils. Depress Anxiety. 2007;24(5):350-7. Epub 2006/11/11. doi: 

10.1002/da.20251. PubMed PMID: 17096399.

6. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Pankow JS, Jacobs DR, Steffen LM, Moran AM, Steinberger J, Sinaiko AR. Heritability and 

genetic correlations of insulin sensitivity measured by the euglycaemic clamp. Diabet Med. 2007;24(11):1286-9. Epub 

2007/10/25. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2007.02271.x. PubMed PMID: 17956454.

7. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Pankow JS, Jacobs DR, Jr., Sinaiko AR. Preliminary report: No association between TCF7L2 

rs7903146 and euglycemic-clamp-derived insulin sensitivity in a mixed-age cohort. Metabolism. 2009;58(10):1369-71. 

Epub 2009/07/04. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2009.04.023. PubMed PMID: 19573884; PMCID: PMC2748141.

8. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Pankow JS, Jacobs DR, Jr., Steinberger J, Moran A, Sinaiko AR. The association of SNPs in 

ADIPOQ, ADIPOR1, and ADIPOR2 with insulin sensitivity in a cohort of adolescents and their parents. Hum Genet. 

2009;125(1):21-8. Epub 2008/11/28. doi: 10.1007/s00439-008-0595-4. PubMed PMID: 19037660; PMCID: PMC2881545.

9. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Pankow JS, Jacobs DR, Jr., Steinberger J, Moran AM, Sinaiko AR. Influence of waist on 

adiponectin and insulin sensitivity in adolescence. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2009;17(1):156-61. Epub 2008/12/25. doi: 

10.1038/oby.2008.482. PubMed PMID: 19107128; PMCID: PMC2862502.

10. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Pankow JS, Peacock JM, Borecki IB, Hixson JE, Tsai MY, Kabagambe EK, Arnett DK. 

Suggestion for linkage of chromosome 1p35.2 and 3q28 to plasma adiponectin concentrations in the GOLDN Study. BMC 

Med Genet. 2009;10:39. Epub 2009/05/12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2350-10-39. PubMed PMID: 19426517; PMCID: 

PMC2691741.

11. Bi M, Kao WH, Boerwinkle E, Hoogeveen RC, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Astor BC, North KE, Coresh J, Kottgen A. 

Association of rs780094 in GCKR with metabolic traits and incident diabetes and cardiovascular disease: the ARIC Study. 

PLoS One. 2010;5(7):e11690. Epub 2010/07/28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011690. PubMed PMID: 20661421; PMCID: 

PMC2908550.

12. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Alonso A, Li M, Kao W, Kottgen A, Yan Y, Couper D, Boerwinkle E, Bielinski SJ, Pankow JS. 

Impact of repeated measures and sample selection on genome-wide association studies of fasting glucose. Genet 

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Epidemiol. 2010;34(7):665-73. Epub 2010/09/15. doi: 10.1002/gepi.20525. PubMed PMID: 20839289; PMCID: 

PMC2964401.

13. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Yatsuya H, Selvin E, Alonso A, Folsom AR. Demographic and cardiovascular risk factors 

modify association of fasting insulin with incident coronary heart disease and ischemic stroke (from the Atherosclerosis 

Risk In Communities Study). Am J Cardiol. 2010;105(10):1420-5. Epub 2010/05/11. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.12.065. 

PubMed PMID: 20451688; PMCID: PMC2883917.

14. Manning AK, LaValley M, Liu CT, Rice K, An P, Liu Y, Miljkovic I, Rasmussen-Torvik L, Harris TB, Province MA, 

Borecki IB, Florez JC, Meigs JB, Cupples LA, Dupuis J. Meta-analysis of gene-environment interaction: joint estimation of 

SNP and SNP x environment regression coefficients. Genet Epidemiol. 2011;35(1):11-8. Epub 2010/12/25. doi: 

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15. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Li M, Kao WH, Couper D, Boerwinkle E, Bielinski SJ, Folsom AR, Pankow JS. Association of a 

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Green ED, Rodriguez LL, Aronson S, Cavallari LH, Denny JC, Dressler LG, Johnson JA, Klein TE, Leeder JS, Piquette-Miller 

M, Perera M, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Rehm HL, Ritchie MD, Skaar TC, Wagle N, Weinshilboum R, Weitzel KW, Wildin R, 

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T, Shaffer CM, Mosley JD, Maeda S, Horikoshi M, Ritchie M, Williams MS, Larson EB, Crosslin DR, Bland ST, Pacheco JA, 

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A2. Peer-Reviewed Original Investigations (Consortium)

Some of my work as a genetic epidemiologist has involved participation in the large GWAS-meta analyses required to 

assemble sufficient sample size for detection of common genetic variants associated with common diseases. I have 

explained my role in each of these large consortium with an * after the citation.

1. Billings LK, Hsu YH, Ackerman RJ, Dupuis J, Voight BF, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Hercberg S, Lathrop M, Barnes D, 

Langenberg C, Hui J, Fu M, Bouatia-Naji N, Lecoeur C, An P, Magnusson PK, Surakka I, Ripatti S, Christiansen L, Dalgard C, 

Folkersen L, Grundberg E, Investigators M, Consortium D, Mu TC, Investigators A, Consortium G, Eriksson P, Kaprio J, 

Ohm Kyvik K, Pedersen NL, Borecki IB, Province MA, Balkau B, Froguel P, Shuldiner AR, Palmer LJ, Wareham N, Meneton 

P, Johnson T, Pankow JS, Karasik D, Meigs JB, Kiel DP, Florez JC. Impact of common variation in bone-related genes on 

type 2 diabetes and related traits. Diabetes. 2012;61(8):2176-86. doi: 10.2337/db11-1515. PubMed PMID: 22698912; 

PMCID: 3402303. *I performed the GWAS analyses in the ARIC study for this paper.

2. Dastani Z, Hivert MF, Timpson N, Perry JR, Yuan X, Scott RA, Henneman P, Heid IM, Kizer JR, Lyytikainen LP, 

Fuchsberger C, Tanaka T, Morris AP, Small K, Isaacs A, Beekman M, Coassin S, Lohman K, Qi L, Kanoni S, Pankow JS, Uh 

HW, Wu Y, Bidulescu A, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Greenwood CM, Ladouceur M, Grimsby J, Manning AK, Liu CT, Kooner J, 

Mooser VE, Vollenweider P, Kapur KA, Chambers J, Wareham NJ, Langenberg C, Frants R, Willems-Vandijk K, Oostra BA, 

Willems SM, Lamina C, Winkler TW, Psaty BM, Tracy RP, Brody J, Chen I, Viikari J, Kahonen M, Pramstaller PP, Evans DM, 

St Pourcain B, Sattar N, Wood AR, Bandinelli S, Carlson OD, Egan JM, Bohringer S, van Heemst D, Kedenko L, Kristiansson 

K, Nuotio ML, Loo BM, Harris T, Garcia M, Kanaya A, Haun M, Klopp N, Wichmann HE, Deloukas P, Katsareli E, Couper DJ, 

Duncan BB, Kloppenburg M, Adair LS, Borja JB, Consortium D, Consortium M, Investigators G, Mu TC, Wilson JG, Musani 

S, Guo X, Johnson T, Semple R, Teslovich TM, Allison MA, Redline S, Buxbaum SG, Mohlke KL, Meulenbelt I, Ballantyne 

CM, Dedoussis GV, Hu FB, Liu Y, Paulweber B, Spector TD, Slagboom PE, Ferrucci L, Jula A, Perola M, Raitakari O, Florez 

JC, Salomaa V, Eriksson JG, Frayling TM, Hicks AA, Lehtimaki T, Smith GD, Siscovick DS, Kronenberg F, van Duijn C, Loos 

RJ, Waterworth DM, Meigs JB, Dupuis J, Richards JB, Voight BF, Scott LJ, Steinthorsdottir V, Dina C, Welch RP, Zeggini E, 

Huth C, Aulchenko YS, Thorleifsson G, McCulloch LJ, Ferreira T, Grallert H, Amin N, Wu G, Willer CJ, Raychaudhuri S, 

McCarroll SA, Hofmann OM, Segre AV, van Hoek M, Navarro P, Ardlie K, Balkau B, Benediktsson R, Bennett AJ, Blagieva 

R, Boerwinkle E, Bonnycastle LL, Bostrom KB, Bravenboer B, Bumpstead S, Burtt NP, Charpentier G, Chines PS, Cornelis 

M, Crawford G, Doney AS, Elliott KS, Elliott AL, Erdos MR, Fox CS, Franklin CS, Ganser M, Gieger C, Grarup N, Green T, 

Griffin S, Groves CJ, Guiducci C, Hadjadj S, Hassanali N, Herder C, Isomaa B, Jackson AU, Johnson PR, Jorgensen T, Kao 

WH, Kong A, Kraft P, Kuusisto J, Lauritzen T, Li M, Lieverse A, Lindgren CM, Lyssenko V, Marre M, Meitinger T, Midthjell 

K, Morken MA, Narisu N, Nilsson P, Owen KR, Payne F, Petersen AK, Platou C, Proenca C, Prokopenko I, Rathmann W, 

Rayner NW, Robertson NR, Rocheleau G, Roden M, Sampson MJ, Saxena R, Shields BM, Shrader P, Sigurdsson G, Sparso 

T, Strassburger K, Stringham HM, Sun Q, Swift AJ, Thorand B, Tichet J, Tuomi T, van Dam RM, van Haeften TW, van Herpt 

T, van Vliet-Ostaptchouk JV, Walters GB, Weedon MN, Wijmenga C, Witteman J, Bergman RN, Cauchi S, Collins FS, Gloyn 

AL, Gyllensten U, Hansen T, Hide WA, Hitman GA, Hofman A, Hunter DJ, Hveem K, Laakso M, Morris AD, Palmer CN, 

Rudan I, Sijbrands E, Stein LD, Tuomilehto J, Uitterlinden A, Walker M, Watanabe RM, Abecasis GR, Boehm BO, Campbell 

H, Daly MJ, Hattersley AT, Pedersen O, Barroso I, Groop L, Sladek R, Thorsteinsdottir U, Wilson JF, Illig T, Froguel P, van 

Duijn CM, Stefansson K, Altshuler D, Boehnke M, McCarthy MI, Soranzo N, Wheeler E, Glazer NL, Bouatia-Naji N, Magi R, 

Randall J, Elliott P, Rybin D, Dehghan A, Hottenga JJ, Song K, Goel A, Lajunen T, Doney A, Cavalcanti-Proenca C, Kumari 

M, Timpson NJ, Zabena C, Ingelsson E, An P, O'Connell J, Luan J, Elliott A, McCarroll SA, Roccasecca RM, Pattou F, 

Sethupathy P, Ariyurek Y, Barter P, Beilby JP, Ben-Shlomo Y, Bergmann S, Bochud M, Bonnefond A, Borch-Johnsen K, 

Bottcher Y, Brunner E, Bumpstead SJ, Chen YD, Chines P, Clarke R, Coin LJ, Cooper MN, Crisponi L, Day IN, de Geus EJ, 

Delplanque J, Fedson AC, Fischer-Rosinsky A, Forouhi NG, Franzosi MG, Galan P, Goodarzi MO, Graessler J, Grundy S, 

Gwilliam R, Hallmans G, Hammond N, Han X, Hartikainen AL, Hayward C, Heath SC, Hercberg S, Hillman DR, Hingorani 

AD, Hui J, Hung J, Kaakinen M, Kaprio J, Kesaniemi YA, Kivimaki M, Knight B, Koskinen S, Kovacs P, Kyvik KO, Lathrop GM, 

Lawlor DA, Le Bacquer O, Lecoeur C, Li Y, Mahley R, Mangino M, Martinez-Larrad MT, McAteer JB, McPherson R, 

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Meisinger C, Melzer D, Meyre D, Mitchell BD, Mukherjee S, Naitza S, Neville MJ, Orru M, Pakyz R, Paolisso G, Pattaro C, 

Pearson D, Peden JF, Pedersen NL, Pfeiffer AF, Pichler I, Polasek O, Posthuma D, Potter SC, Pouta A, Province MA, Rayner 

NW, Rice K, Ripatti S, Rivadeneira F, Rolandsson O, Sandbaek A, Sandhu M, Sanna S, Sayer AA, Scheet P, Seedorf U, 

Sharp SJ, Shields B, Sigurethsson G, Sijbrands EJ, Silveira A, Simpson L, Singleton A, Smith NL, Sovio U, Swift A, Syddall H, 

Syvanen AC, Tonjes A, Uitterlinden AG, van Dijk KW, Varma D, Visvikis-Siest S, Vitart V, Vogelzangs N, Waeber G, Wagner 

PJ, Walley A, Ward KL, Watkins H, Wild SH, Willemsen G, Witteman JC, Yarnell JW, Zelenika D, Zethelius B, Zhai G, Zhao 

JH, Zillikens MC, Consortium D, Consortium G, Global BPC, Borecki IB, Meneton P, Magnusson PK, Nathan DM, Williams 

GH, Silander K, Bornstein SR, Schwarz P, Spranger J, Karpe F, Shuldiner AR, Cooper C, Serrano-Rios M, Lind L, Palmer LJ, 

Hu FBs, Franks PW, Ebrahim S, Marmot M, Kao WH, Pramstaller PP, Wright AF, Stumvoll M, Hamsten A, Procardis C, 

Buchanan TA, Valle TT, Rotter JI, Penninx BW, Boomsma DI, Cao A, Scuteri A, Schlessinger D, Uda M, Ruokonen A, 

Jarvelin MR, Peltonen L, Mooser V, Sladek R, investigators M, Consortium G, Musunuru K, Smith AV, Edmondson AC, 

Stylianou IM, Koseki M, Pirruccello JP, Chasman DI, Johansen CT, Fouchier SW, Peloso GM, Barbalic M, Ricketts SL, Bis JC, 

Feitosa MF, Orho-Melander M, Melander O, Li X, Li M, Cho YS, Go MJ, Kim YJ, Lee JY, Park T, Kim K, Sim X, Ong RT, 

Croteau-Chonka DC, Lange LA, Smith JD, Ziegler A, Zhang W, Zee RY, Whitfield JB, Thompson JR, Surakka I, Spector TD, 

Smit JH, Sinisalo J, Scott J, Saharinen J, Sabatti C, Rose LM, Roberts R, Rieder M, Parker AN, Pare G, O'Donnell CJ, 

Nieminen MS, Nickerson DA, Montgomery GW, McArdle W, Masson D, Martin NG, Marroni F, Lucas G, Luben R, Lokki 

ML, Lettre G, Launer LJ, Lakatta EG, Laaksonen R, Kyvik KO, Konig IR, Khaw KT, Kaplan LM, Johansson A, Janssens AC, Igl 

W, Hovingh GK, Hengstenberg C, Havulinna AS, Hastie ND, Harris TB, Haritunians T, Hall AS, Groop LC, Gonzalez E, 

Freimer NB, Erdmann J, Ejebe KG, Doring A, Dominiczak AF, Demissie S, Deloukas P, de Faire U, Crawford G, Chen YD, 

Caulfield MJ, Boekholdt SM, Assimes TL, Quertermous T, Seielstad M, Wong TY, Tai ES, Feranil AB, Kuzawa CW, Taylor 

HA, Jr., Gabriel SB, Holm H, Gudnason V, Krauss RM, Ordovas JM, Munroe PB, Kooner JS, Tall AR, Hegele RA, Kastelein JJ, 

Schadt EE, Strachan DP, Reilly MP, Samani NJ, Schunkert H, Cupples LA, Sandhu MS, Ridker PM, Rader DJ, Kathiresan S. 

Novel loci for adiponectin levels and their influence on type 2 diabetes and metabolic traits: a multi-ethnic meta-analysis 

of 45,891 individuals. PLoS Genet. 2012;8(3):e1002607. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002607. PubMed PMID: 22479202; 

PMCID: 3315470. *I performed the GWAS analyses in the MESA study for this paper.

3. Liu CT, Ng MC, Rybin D, Adeyemo A, Bielinski SJ, Boerwinkle E, Borecki I, Cade B, Chen YD, Djousse L, Fornage M, 

Goodarzi MO, Grant SF, Guo X, Harris T, Kabagambe E, Kizer JR, Liu Y, Lunetta KL, Mukamal K, Nettleton JA, Pankow JS, 

Patel SR, Ramos E, Rasmussen-Torvik L, Rich SS, Rotimi CN, Sarpong D, Shriner D, Sims M, Zmuda JM, Redline S, Kao WH, 

Siscovick D, Florez JC, Rotter JI, Dupuis J, Wilson JG, Bowden DW, Meigs JB. Transferability and fine-mapping of glucose 

and insulin quantitative trait loci across populations: CARe, the Candidate Gene Association Resource. Diabetologia. 

2012;55(11):2970-84. doi: 10.1007/s00125-012-2656-4. PubMed PMID: 22893027; PMCID: 3804308. *I was the CARDIA 

representative for this paper.

4. Manning AK, Hivert MF, Scott RA, Grimsby JL, Bouatia-Naji N, Chen H, Rybin D, Liu CT, Bielak LF, Prokopenko I, 

Amin N, Barnes D, Cadby G, Hottenga JJ, Ingelsson E, Jackson AU, Johnson T, Kanoni S, Ladenvall C, Lagou V, Lahti J, 

Lecoeur C, Liu Y, Martinez-Larrad MT, Montasser ME, Navarro P, Perry JR, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Salo P, Sattar N, Shungin 

D, Strawbridge RJ, Tanaka T, van Duijn CM, An P, de Andrade M, Andrews JS, Aspelund T, Atalay M, Aulchenko Y, Balkau 

B, Bandinelli S, Beckmann JS, Beilby JP, Bellis C, Bergman RN, Blangero J, Boban M, Boehnke M, Boerwinkle E, 

Bonnycastle LL, Boomsma DI, Borecki IB, Bottcher Y, Bouchard C, Brunner E, Budimir D, Campbell H, Carlson O, Chines 

PS, Clarke R, Collins FS, Corbaton-Anchuelo A, Couper D, de Faire U, Dedoussis GV, Deloukas P, Dimitriou M, Egan JM, 

Eiriksdottir G, Erdos MR, Eriksson JG, Eury E, Ferrucci L, Ford I, Forouhi NG, Fox CS, Franzosi MG, Franks PW, Frayling TM, 

Froguel P, Galan P, de Geus E, Gigante B, Glazer NL, Goel A, Groop L, Gudnason V, Hallmans G, Hamsten A, Hansson O, 

Harris TB, Hayward C, Heath S, Hercberg S, Hicks AA, Hingorani A, Hofman A, Hui J, Hung J, Jarvelin MR, Jhun MA, 

Johnson PC, Jukema JW, Jula A, Kao WH, Kaprio J, Kardia SL, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi S, Kivimaki M, Kolcic I, Kovacs P, 

Kumari M, Kuusisto J, Kyvik KO, Laakso M, Lakka T, Lannfelt L, Lathrop GM, Launer LJ, Leander K, Li G, Lind L, Lindstrom J, 

Lobbens S, Loos RJ, Luan J, Lyssenko V, Magi R, Magnusson PK, Marmot M, Meneton P, Mohlke KL, Mooser V, Morken 

MA, Miljkovic I, Narisu N, O'Connell J, Ong KK, Oostra BA, Palmer LJ, Palotie A, Pankow JS, Peden JF, Pedersen NL, Pehlic 

M, Peltonen L, Penninx B, Pericic M, Perola M, Perusse L, Peyser PA, Polasek O, Pramstaller PP, Province MA, Raikkonen 

K, Rauramaa R, Rehnberg E, Rice K, Rotter JI, Rudan I, Ruokonen A, Saaristo T, Sabater-Lleal M, Salomaa V, Savage DB, 

Saxena R, Schwarz P, Seedorf U, Sennblad B, Serrano-Rios M, Shuldiner AR, Sijbrands EJ, Siscovick DS, Smit JH, Small KS, 

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Smith NL, Smith AV, Stancakova A, Stirrups K, Stumvoll M, Sun YV, Swift AJ, Tonjes A, Tuomilehto J, Trompet S, 

Uitterlinden AG, Uusitupa M, Vikstrom M, Vitart V, Vohl MC, Voight BF, Vollenweider P, Waeber G, Waterworth DM, 

Watkins H, Wheeler E, Widen E, Wild SH, Willems SM, Willemsen G, Wilson JF, Witteman JC, Wright AF, Yaghootkar H, 

Zelenika D, Zemunik T, Zgaga L, Replication DIG, Meta-analysis C, Multiple Tissue Human Expression Resource C, 

Wareham NJ, McCarthy MI, Barroso I, Watanabe RM, Florez JC, Dupuis J, Meigs JB, Langenberg C. A genome-wide 

approach accounting for body mass index identifies genetic variants influencing fasting glycemic traits and insulin 

resistance. Nat Genet. 2012;44(6):659-69. doi: 10.1038/ng.2274. PubMed PMID: 22581228; PMCID: 3613127. *I 

performed the GWAS analyses in the ARIC study for this paper and was part of the primary writing group.

5. Scott RA, Chu AY, Grarup N, Manning AK, Hivert MF, Shungin D, Tonjes A, Yesupriya A, Barnes D, Bouatia-Naji N, 

Glazer NL, Jackson AU, Kutalik Z, Lagou V, Marek D, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Stringham HM, Tanaka T, Aadahl M, Arking DE, 

Bergmann S, Boerwinkle E, Bonnycastle LL, Bornstein SR, Brunner E, Bumpstead SJ, Brage S, Carlson OD, Chen H, Chen 

YD, Chines PS, Collins FS, Couper DJ, Dennison EM, Dowling NF, Egan JS, Ekelund U, Erdos MR, Forouhi NG, Fox CS, 

Goodarzi MO, Grassler J, Gustafsson S, Hallmans G, Hansen T, Hingorani A, Holloway JW, Hu FB, Isomaa B, Jameson KA, 

Johansson I, Jonsson A, Jorgensen T, Kivimaki M, Kovacs P, Kumari M, Kuusisto J, Laakso M, Lecoeur C, Levy-Marchal C, Li 

G, Loos RJ, Lyssenko V, Marmot M, Marques-Vidal P, Morken MA, Muller G, North KE, Pankow JS, Payne F, Prokopenko I, 

Psaty BM, Renstrom F, Rice K, Rotter JI, Rybin D, Sandholt CH, Sayer AA, Shrader P, Schwarz PE, Siscovick DS, Stancakova 

A, Stumvoll M, Teslovich TM, Waeber G, Williams GH, Witte DR, Wood AR, Xie W, Boehnke M, Cooper C, Ferrucci L, 

Froguel P, Groop L, Kao WH, Vollenweider P, Walker M, Watanabe RM, Pedersen O, Meigs JB, Ingelsson E, Barroso I, 

Florez JC, Franks PW, Dupuis J, Wareham NJ, Langenberg C. No interactions between previously associated 2-hour 

glucose gene variants and physical activity or BMI on 2-hour glucose levels. Diabetes. 2012;61(5):1291-6. doi: 

10.2337/db11-0973. PubMed PMID: 22415877; PMCID: 3331745. *I performed the GWAS analyses in the ARIC study for 

this paper.

6. Scott RA, Lagou V, Welch RP, Wheeler E, Montasser ME, Luan J, Magi R, Strawbridge RJ, Rehnberg E, Gustafsson 

S, Kanoni S, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Yengo L, Lecoeur C, Shungin D, Sanna S, Sidore C, Johnson PC, Jukema JW, Johnson T, 

Mahajan A, Verweij N, Thorleifsson G, Hottenga JJ, Shah S, Smith AV, Sennblad B, Gieger C, Salo P, Perola M, Timpson NJ, 

Evans DM, Pourcain BS, Wu Y, Andrews JS, Hui J, Bielak LF, Zhao W, Horikoshi M, Navarro P, Isaacs A, O'Connell JR, 

Stirrups K, Vitart V, Hayward C, Esko T, Mihailov E, Fraser RM, Fall T, Voight BF, Raychaudhuri S, Chen H, Lindgren CM, 

Morris AP, Rayner NW, Robertson N, Rybin D, Liu CT, Beckmann JS, Willems SM, Chines PS, Jackson AU, Kang HM, 

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Raitakari OT, Rankinen T, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Rawal R, Ridker PM, Rose LM, Rudan I, Sarti C, Sarzynski MA, Savonen K, 

Scott WR, Sanna S, Shuldiner AR, Sidney S, Silbernagel G, Smith BH, Smith JA, Snieder H, Stancakova A, Sternfeld B, Swift 

AJ, Tammelin T, Tan ST, Thorand B, Thuillier D, Vandenput L, Vestergaard H, van Vliet-Ostaptchouk JV, Vohl MC, Volker 

U, Waeber G, Walker M, Wild S, Wong A, Wright AF, Zillikens MC, Zubair N, Haiman CA, Lemarchand L, Gyllensten U, 

Ohlsson C, Hofman A, Rivadeneira F, Uitterlinden AG, Perusse L, Wilson JF, Hayward C, Polasek O, Cucca F, Hveem K, 

Hartman CA, Tonjes A, Bandinelli S, Palmer LJ, Kardia SLR, Rauramaa R, Sorensen TIA, Tuomilehto J, Salomaa V, Penninx 

B, de Geus EJC, Boomsma DI, Lehtimaki T, Mangino M, Laakso M, Bouchard C, Martin NG, Kuh D, Liu Y, Linneberg A, 

Marz W, Strauch K, Kivimaki M, Harris TB, Gudnason V, Volzke H, Qi L, Jarvelin MR, Chambers JC, Kooner JS, Froguel P, 

Kooperberg C, Vollenweider P, Hallmans G, Hansen T, Pedersen O, Metspalu A, Wareham NJ, Langenberg C, Weir DR, 

Porteous DJ, Boerwinkle E, Chasman DI, Consortium C, Consortium EP-I, Consortium P, Abecasis GR, Barroso I, McCarthy 

MI, Frayling TM, O'Connell JR, van Duijn CM, Boehnke M, Heid IM, Mohlke KL, Strachan DP, Fox CS, Liu CT, Hirschhorn 

JN, Klein RJ, Johnson AD, Borecki IB, Franks PW, North KE, Cupples LA, Loos RJF, Kilpelainen TO. Genome-wide physical 

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10.1371/journal.pgen.1006528. PubMed PMID: 28448500; PMCID: PMC5407576. * I directed MESA GWAS analysis for 

this paper.

19. Holzinger ER, Verma SS, Moore CB, Hall M, De R, Gilbert-Diamond D, Lanktree MB, Pankratz N, Amuzu A, Burt A, 

Dale C, Dudek S, Furlong CE, Gaunt TR, Kim DS, Riess H, Sivapalaratnam S, Tragante V, van Iperen EPA, Brautbar A, Carrell 

DS, Crosslin DR, Jarvik GP, Kuivaniemi H, Kullo IJ, Larson EB, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Tromp G, Baumert J, Cruickshanks KJ, 

Farrall M, Hingorani AD, Hovingh GK, Kleber ME, Klein BE, Klein R, Koenig W, Lange LA, Mrz W, North KE, Charlotte 

Onland-Moret N, Reiner AP, Talmud PJ, van der Schouw YT, Wilson JG, Kivimaki M, Kumari M, Moore JH, Drenos F, 

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over 60,000 individuals. BioData Min. 2017;10:25. Epub 2017/08/05. doi: 10.1186/s13040-017-0145-5. PubMed PMID: 

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Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Borthwick KM, Smelser DT, Crosslin DR, de Andrade M, Ryer EJ, McCarty CA, Bottinger EP, Pacheco 

JA, Crawford DC, Carrell DS, Gerhard GS, Franklin DP, Carey DJ, Phillips VL, Williams MJ, Wei W, Blair R, Hill AA, 

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MR, van Sterkenburg SM, de Vries JP, Stefansson K, Thompson JR, de Bakker PI, Deloukas P, Sayers RD, Harrison SC, van 

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JS, Ahluwalia TS, Chu AY, Heard-Costa NL, Lim E, Perez J, Eicher JD, Kutalik Z, Xue L, Mahajan A, Renstrom F, Wu J, Qi Q, 

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Middelberg RPS, Muller-Nurasyid M, Navarro P, Perusse L, Pervjakova N, Sarti C, Smith AV, Smith JA, Stancakova A, 

Strawbridge RJ, Stringham HM, Sung YJ, Tanaka T, Teumer A, Trompet S, van der Laan SW, van der Most PJ, Van VlietOstaptchouk JV, Vedantam SL, Verweij N, Vink JM, Vitart V, Wu Y, Yengo L, Zhang W, Hua Zhao J, Zimmermann ME, 

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FS, Curran JE, de Borst GJ, de Craen AJM, de Geus EJC, Dedoussis G, Delgado GE, den Ruijter HM, Eiriksdottir G, Eriksson 

AL, Esko T, Faul JD, Ford I, Forrester T, Gertow K, Gigante B, Glorioso N, Gong J, Grallert H, Grammer TB, Grarup N, 

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HA, Kolcic I, Kolovou G, Kooperberg C, Kramer BK, Kuusisto J, Kvaloy K, Lakka TA, Langenberg C, Launer LJ, Leander K, Lee 

NR, Lind L, Lindgren CM, Linneberg A, Lobbens S, Loh M, Lorentzon M, Luben R, Lubke G, Ludolph-Donislawski A, Lupoli 

S, Madden PAF, Mannikko R, Marques-Vidal P, Martin NG, McKenzie CA, McKnight B, Mellstrom D, Menni C, 

Montgomery GW, Musk AB, Narisu N, Nauck M, Nolte IM, Oldehinkel AJ, Olden M, Ong KK, Padmanabhan S, Peyser PA, 

Pisinger C, Porteous DJ, Raitakari OT, Rankinen T, Rao DC, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Rawal R, Rice T, Ridker PM, Rose LM, 

Bien SA, Rudan I, Sanna S, Sarzynski MA, Sattar N, Savonen K, Schlessinger D, Scholtens S, Schurmann C, Scott RA, 

Sennblad B, Siemelink MA, Silbernagel G, Slagboom PE, Snieder H, Staessen JA, Stott DJ, Swertz MA, Swift AJ, Taylor KD, 

Tayo BO, Thorand B, Thuillier D, Tuomilehto J, Uitterlinden AG, Vandenput L, Vohl MC, Volzke H, Vonk JM, Waeber G, 

Waldenberger M, Westendorp RGJ, Wild S, Willemsen G, Wolffenbuttel BHR, Wong A, Wright AF, Zhao W, Zillikens MC, 

Baldassarre D, Balkau B, Bandinelli S, Boger CA, Boomsma DI, Bouchard C, Bruinenberg M, Chasman DI, Chen YD, Chines 

PS, Cooper RS, Cucca F, Cusi D, Faire U, Ferrucci L, Franks PW, Froguel P, Gordon-Larsen P, Grabe HJ, Gudnason V, 

Haiman CA, Hayward C, Hveem K, Johnson AD, Wouter Jukema J, Kardia SLR, Kivimaki M, Kooner JS, Kuh D, Laakso M, 

Lehtimaki T, Marchand LL, Marz W, McCarthy MI, Metspalu A, Morris AP, Ohlsson C, Palmer LJ, Pasterkamp G, Pedersen 

O, Peters A, Peters U, Polasek O, Psaty BM, Qi L, Rauramaa R, Smith BH, Sorensen TIA, Strauch K, Tiemeier H, Tremoli E, 

van der Harst P, Vestergaard H, Vollenweider P, Wareham NJ, Weir DR, Whitfield JB, Wilson JF, Tyrrell J, Frayling TM, 

Barroso I, Boehnke M, Deloukas P, Fox CS, Hirschhorn JN, Hunter DJ, Spector TD, Strachan DP, van Duijn CM, Heid IM,

Mohlke KL, Marchini J, Loos RJF, Kilpelainen TO, Liu CT, Borecki IB, North KE, Cupples LA. Genome-wide meta-analysis of 

241,258 adults accounting for smoking behaviour identifies novel loci for obesity traits. Nat Commun. 2017;8:14977. doi: 

10.1038/ncomms14977. PubMed PMID: 28443625; PMCID: PMC5414044. * I directed MESA GWAS analysis for this 

paper.

22. Wheeler E, Leong A, Liu CT, Hivert MF, Strawbridge RJ, Podmore C, Li M, Yao J, Sim X, Hong J, Chu AY, Zhang W, 

Wang X, Chen P, Maruthur NM, Porneala BC, Sharp SJ, Jia Y, Kabagambe EK, Chang LC, Chen WM, Elks CE, Evans DS, Fan 

Q, Giulianini F, Go MJ, Hottenga JJ, Hu Y, Jackson AU, Kanoni S, Kim YJ, Kleber ME, Ladenvall C, Lecoeur C, Lim SH, Lu Y, 

Mahajan A, Marzi C, Nalls MA, Navarro P, Nolte IM, Rose LM, Rybin DV, Sanna S, Shi Y, Stram DO, Takeuchi F, Tan SP, van 

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T, van Iperen EPA, Abecasis G, Afaq S, Alizadeh BZ, Bertoni AG, Bonnefond A, Bottcher Y, Bottinger EP, Campbell H, 

Carlson OD, Chen CH, Cho YS, Garvey WT, Gieger C, Goodarzi MO, Grallert H, Hamsten A, Hartman CA, Herder C, Hsiung 

CA, Huang J, Igase M, Isono M, Katsuya T, Khor CC, Kiess W, Kohara K, Kovacs P, Lee J, Lee WJ, Lehne B, Li H, Liu J, 

Lobbens S, Luan J, Lyssenko V, Meitinger T, Miki T, Miljkovic I, Moon S, Mulas A, Muller G, Muller-Nurasyid M, Nagaraja 

R, Nauck M, Pankow JS, Polasek O, Prokopenko I, Ramos PS, Rasmussen-Torvik L, Rathmann W, Rich SS, Robertson NR, 

Roden M, Roussel R, Rudan I, Scott RA, Scott WR, Sennblad B, Siscovick DS, Strauch K, Sun L, Swertz M, Tajuddin SM, 

Taylor KD, Teo YY, Tham YC, Tonjes A, Wareham NJ, Willemsen G, Wilsgaard T, Hingorani AD, Consortium E-C, 

Consortium EP-I, Lifelines Cohort S, Egan J, Ferrucci L, Hovingh GK, Jula A, Kivimaki M, Kumari M, Njolstad I, Palmer CNA, 

Serrano Rios M, Stumvoll M, Watkins H, Aung T, Bluher M, Boehnke M, Boomsma DI, Bornstein SR, Chambers JC, 

Chasman DI, Chen YI, Chen YT, Cheng CY, Cucca F, de Geus EJC, Deloukas P, Evans MK, Fornage M, Friedlander Y, Froguel 

P, Groop L, Gross MD, Harris TB, Hayward C, Heng CK, Ingelsson E, Kato N, Kim BJ, Koh WP, Kooner JS, Korner A, Kuh D, 

Kuusisto J, Laakso M, Lin X, Liu Y, Loos RJF, Magnusson PKE, Marz W, McCarthy MI, Oldehinkel AJ, Ong KK, Pedersen NL, 

Pereira MA, Peters A, Ridker PM, Sabanayagam C, Sale M, Saleheen D, Saltevo J, Schwarz PE, Sheu WHH, Snieder H, 

Spector TD, Tabara Y, Tuomilehto J, van Dam RM, Wilson JG, Wilson JF, Wolffenbuttel BHR, Wong TY, Wu JY, Yuan JM, 

Zonderman AB, Soranzo N, Guo X, Roberts DJ, Florez JC, Sladek R, Dupuis J, Morris AP, Tai ES, Selvin E, Rotter JI, 

Langenberg C, Barroso I, Meigs JB. Impact of common genetic determinants of Hemoglobin A1c on type 2 diabetes risk 

and diagnosis in ancestrally diverse populations: A transethnic genome-wide meta-analysis. PLoS Med. 

2017;14(9):e1002383. Epub 2017/09/13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002383. PubMed PMID: 28898252; PMCID: 

PMC5595282. *I was the CARDIA representative for this paper.

23. Do AN, Zhao W, Baldridge AS, Raffield LM, Wiggins KL, Shah SJ, Aslibekyan S, Tiwari HK, Limdi N, Zhi D, Sitlani 

CM, Taylor KD, Psaty BM, Sotoodehnia N, Brody JA, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Lloyd-Jones D, Lange LA, Wilson JG, Smith JA, 

Kardia SLR, Mosley TH, Vasan RS, Arnett DK, Irvin MR. Genome-wide meta-analysis of SNP and antihypertensive 

medication interactions on left ventricular traits in African Americans. Mol Genet Genomic Med. 2019;7(10):e00788. 

Epub 2019/08/14. doi: 10.1002/mgg3.788. PubMed PMID: 31407531; PMCID: PMC6785453. * I was the CARDIA 

representative for this paper.

24. Guan M, Keaton JM, Dimitrov L, Hicks PJ, Xu J, Palmer ND, Ma L, Das SK, Chen YI, Coresh J, Fornage M, 

Franceschini N, Kramer H, Langefeld CD, Mychaleckyj JC, Parekh RS, Post WS, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Rich SS, Rotter JI, 

Sedor JR, Thornley-Brown D, Tin A, Wilson JG, Freedman BI, Bowden DW, Ng MCY, Consortium F. Genome-wide 

association study identifies novel loci for type 2 diabetes-attributed end-stage kidney disease in African Americans. Hum 

Genomics. 2019;13(1):21. Epub 2019/05/17. doi: 10.1186/s40246-019-0205-7. PubMed PMID: 31092297; PMCID: 

PMC6521376. * I was the MESA represtative for this paper.

25. Liu CT, Merino J, Rybin D, DiCorpo D, Benke KS, Bragg-Gresham JL, Canouil M, Corre T, Grallert H, Isaacs A, 

Kutalik Z, Lahti J, Marullo L, Marzi C, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Rocheleau G, Rueedi R, Scapoli C, Verweij N, Vogelzangs N, 

Willems SM, Yengo L, Bakker SJL, Beilby J, Hui J, Kajantie E, Muller-Nurasyid M, Rathmann W, Balkau B, Bergmann S, 

Eriksson JG, Florez JC, Froguel P, Harris T, Hung J, James AL, Kavousi M, Miljkovic I, Musk AW, Palmer LJ, Peters A, 

Roussel R, van der Harst P, van Duijn CM, Vollenweider P, Barroso I, Prokopenko I, Dupuis J, Meigs JB, Bouatia-Naji N. 

Genome-wide Association Study of Change in Fasting Glucose over time in 13,807 non-diabetic European Ancestry 

Individuals. Sci Rep. 2019;9(1):9439. Epub 2019/07/03. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-45823-7. PubMed PMID: 31263163; 

PMCID: PMC6602949. * I performed the ARIC analyses for this paper.

B. Invited Reviews and Commentaries

1. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Harlow BL. The association between depression and diabetes in the perinatal period. Curr 

Diab Rep. 2010;10(3):217-23. doi: 10.1007/s11892-010-0108-4. PubMed PMID: 20425585.

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2. Carnethon MR, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Palaniappan L. The obesity paradox in diabetes. Curr Cardiol Rep. 

2014;16(2):446. doi: 10.1007/s11886-013-0446-3. PubMed PMID: 24408674.

3. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Colangelo LA, Lima JAC, Jacobs DR, Jr., Rodriguez CJ, Gidding SS, Lloyd-Jones DM, Shah SJ. 

Rasmussen-Torvik et al. Respond to "The Perfect Measure of Diastolic Dysfunction". Am J Epidemiol. 2017:1-2. doi: 

10.1093/aje/kww216. PubMed PMID: 28453663.

C. Books and Book Chapters

1. Katz, DH, Rasmussen-Torvik, LJ. Genome-Wide Association Studies. In: Shah, SJ, Arnett, DK, editors. 

Cardiovascular Genetics and Genomics in Clinical Practice. New York: Demos Medical Publishing, LLC; 2015. P. 23-33.

D. Peer-Reviewed Educational Materials

E. Case Reports, Letters, Editorials

1. Folsom AR, Cushman M, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Heckbert SR, Tsai MY. Prospective study of polymorphisms of the 

protein Z-dependent protease inhibitor and risk of venous thromboembolism. Thromb Haemost. 2007;97(3):493-4. 

PubMed PMID: 17334519.

F. Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements

G. Public Policy and Legislative Testimony

H. Patents

I. Database Deposition

J. Software

K. Abstracts (*denotes presenting author) 

a. Oral Abstract Presentations

1. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ*, North KE, Gu CC, Lewis CE, Wilk JB, Chakravarti A, Chang YP, Miller MB, Li N, Devereux 

RB, Arnett DK. A population association study of angiotensinogen polymorphisms and haplotypes with left ventricular 

phenotypes. American Heart Association 45th Annual Convention on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and 

Prevention (NHLBI Trainee Presentation Session), March 2005.

2. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ*, Pankow JS, Jacobs Jr. DR, Steffen LM, Moran AM, Steinberger S, Leiendecker-Foster C, 

Sinaiko AR. Waist is Associated Longitudinally with Adiponectin but not with Clamp-derived Insulin Sensitivity in a Cohort 

of Adolescents. American Heart Association 47th Annual Convention on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and 

Prevention (NHLBI Trainee Presentation Session), February 28-March 3, 2007.

3. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ*, Li M, Kao WH, Couper D, Boerwinkle E, Bielinski SJ, Folsom AR, Pankow JS. Association of 

a fasting glucose genetic risk score with subclinical atherosclerosis: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) 

study. American Heart Association 50th Annual Convention on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention 

March 2010.

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4. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Shay CM*, Abramson JG, Friedrich CA, Nettleton JA, Prizment AE, Folsom AR. Ideal 

cardiovascular health is inversely associated with incident cancer: the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities study. 

American Heart Association Scientific Sessions. Orlando, FL, November 2011.

5. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ*, Colangelo L, Lima J, Jacobs D, Rodrigez C, Lloyd-Jones D, Shah S. Issues with

echocardiographic definitions of diastolic dysfunction in the CARDIA Study. American Heart Association Scientific 

Sessions. Chicago, IL, November 2014.

b. Poster Presentations

1. Liquori CL*, Ricker K, Jacobsen JF, Rasmussen LJ, Dick KA, Dalton JC, Day JW, Ranum LPW. Multiple Haplotypes 

in DM2 Indicate Multiple Founder Mutations. American Society of Human Genetics 51st Annual Meeting, October 12-16, 

2001.

2. Moseley ML*, Rasmussen LJ, Pryor J, Roberts K, Day JW, Ranum LPW. SCA8 Repeat Contractions in the Male 

Germline Occur Before Meiosis. American Society of Human Genetics 51st Annual Meeting, October 12-16, 2001.

3. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ*, Pankow JS, Miller MB, Evans GW, Heiss G, Sholinsky P. Familial Aggregation Analysis and 

Genome Scan of Carotid Artery Plaque in the NHLBI Family Heart Study. American Heart Association 44th Annual 

Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, March 3-7, 2004.

4. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ*, Pankow JS, Jacobs Jr. DR, Steffen LM, Moran AM, Steinberger S, Leiendecker-Foster C, 

Sinaiko AR. Heritability, Genetic Correlations, and Genetic Associations of Insulin Sensitivity and Fasting Insulin 

Measured by the Euglycemic Hyperinsulinemic Clamp. American Heart Association 46th Annual Convention on 

Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, March 2-5, 2006.

5. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ*, Cushman M, Tsai M, Heckbert S, Rosamond W, Folsom A. Positive Association of the αFibrinogen Thr312Ala Polymorphism with Venous Thromboembolism in the Longitudinal Investigation of Venous 

Thromboembolism (LITE) Study. Second North American Congress of Epidemiology, June 21-24, 2006.

6. Wassel Fyr CL*, Pankow JS, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Li N, Taylor KD, Guo X, Goodarzi MO, Palmas W, Post W. 

Adiponectin gene (ADIPOQ) polymorphisms are associated with subclinical cardiovascular disease (CVD) phenotypes in 

the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). American Heart Association 48th Annual Convention on Cardiovascular 

Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, March 13-15, 2008.

7. Kottgen A*, Bi M, Boerwinkle W, North K, Hoogeveen R, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Coresh J, Kao W. rs780094 of 

Glucokinase Regulator Gene is Associated with Multiple Metabolic Traits: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities 

Study. American Heart Association 49th Annual Convention on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, 

March 11-14, 2009.

8. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ*, Pankow JS, Wassel CL, Goodarzi MO, Guo X, Shea SJ, Hsu F-C, Bowden DW. Association 

of ADIPOQ, TNFA, and TNFRSF1A Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms with Insulin Resistance; The Multi Ethnic Study of 

Atherosclerosis (MESA). American Heart Association 49th Annual Convention on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology 

and Prevention, March 11-14, 2009.

9. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ*, Alonso A, Li M, Kao W, Kottgen A, Yan Y, Couper D, Boerwinkle E, Bielinski S, Pankow J. 

Genome-Wide Association Study of Repeated Fasting Glucose Measures; The ARIC Study. American Diabetes 

Association 69th Scientific Sessions, June 5-9, 2009.

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10. Dreyfus J*, Steffen L, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Steinberger J, Moran A, Jacobs D, Hong CP, Sinaiko A. The 

Association of the PPARgamma Pro 12A1a Polymorphism with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors among Adolescents. 

Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research 23rd Annual Meeting, June 22-23, 2010. 

11. Lutsey P*, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Pankow JS, Tang W, Coresh J, Volcik KA, Ballantyne CM, Boerwinkle E, Folsom 

AR. Relation of lipid gene scores to longitudinal trends in lipid levels and incidence of abnormal lipid levels among 

Caucasians: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC). American Heart Association. 2011 Scientific Sessions. 

March 22 – 25, 2011.

12. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ*, Wassel CL, Ding J, Jenny N, Allison M. Correlations among the Leptin to Adiponectin 

Ratio, Adiposity, and Insulin Resistance across Ethnic Groups: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). 

American Heart Association. 2011 Scientific Sessions. March 22 – 25, 2011.

13. Bielinski SJ*, Pankow JS, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Bailey K, Li M, Selvin E, Couper D, Vazquez G, Brancati F. Strength 

of Association for Incident Diabetes Risk Factors differ by Diabetes Case Definitions: The Atherosclerosis Risk in 

Communities (ARIC). American Heart Association. 2011 Scientific Sessions. March 22 – 25, 2011.

14. Hivert MF*, Manning A, Scott R, Chen H, Bouatia-Naji N, Bielak L, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Florez JC, Prokopenko I, 

Langenberg C, Watanabe R, Dupuis J, Meigs JB. Accounting for the Interaction between Body Mass Index and Genes 

helps reveal new loci associated with fasting insulin: A Genome-Wide Association Study Meta-Analysis of 29 Cohorts. 

American Heart Association. 2011 Scientific Sessions. March 22 – 25, 2011.

15. Liu C*, Adeyemo A, Bielinski S, Boerwinkle E, Borecki I, Bowden DW, Chen YD I, Djousse L, Fornage M, Goodarzi 

MO, Grant S FA, Grimsby J, Guo X, Harris T, Jensen R, Kao L, Kabagambe E, Kizer J, Liu Y, Mukamal K, Nettleton J, Ng M, 

Pankow J, Parekh R, Patel S, Ramos E, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Redline S, Rich SS, Rotimi C, Rotter JI, Rybin D, Sarpong D, 

Shriner D, Sims M, Siscovick D, Wilson JG, Zmuda J, Dupuis J, Florez JC, Meigs JB. Transferability and Fine-Mapping of 

Fasting Glucose Quantitative Trait Loci across Populations: CARe, the Candidate Gene Association Resource. American 

Diabetes Association 201. San Diego, California. June 24-28, 2011.

16. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ*, Guo X, Bowden D, Bertoni A, Sale M, Rotter J, Bluemke D, Goodarzi M, Chen Y-D, Vaidya 

D, Raffel L, Pankow J. Association of GWAS Candidate SNPs with Fasting Glucose Across Ethnic Groups in MESA. 

American Diabetes Association conference. San Diego, CA. June 24-28, 2011. 

17. Scott RA*, Manning AK, Hivert M-F, Bouatia-Naji N, Grimsby J, Liu C-T, Chen H, Bielak LF, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, 

Wareham NJ, Watanbe RM, Florez JC, Langenberg C, Dupuis J, Meigs JB. Gernome-wide joint meta-analysis of SNP by 

BMI interaction on fasting insulin: A MAGIC study. 47th European Association for the Study of Diabetes Annual Meeting. 

Lisbon, Portugal. September 12-16, 2011. 

18. Hayes MG*, Kho A, Armstrong LL, Ritchie MD, Pacheco JA, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Just EM, Denny J, Crawford DC, 

Peissig P, Rasmussen LV, Wei W, de Andrade M, Kullo IJ, Crosslin DR, Mirel D, Crenshaw A, Doheny KF, PughE , Wolf WA, 

Lowe WL, Roden DM, Chisholm RL. Use of Diverse Electronic Medical Record Systems for a Genome-wide Association 

Study of Type 2 Diabetes in European- and African-ancestry populations. Presented at American Society for Human 

Genetics. 2011. Montreal, Canada. October 11-15, 2011

19. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ*, Pacheco JA, Hayes MG, Kho AN, Muthalagu A, Armstrong LL, Scheftner DA, Wilkins JT, 

Crosslin D, Ritchie M, Wilke R, Li R, Manolio T, Chisholm R. African American LDL-C GWAS reveals a strong protective SNP 

Association in APOE: the eMERGE study. American Heart Association 2012 EPI NPAM Scientific Sessions. San Diego, CA. 

March 2012. 

20. Wassel CL*, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Callas PW, Deneberg JO, Durda JP, Reiner AP, Smith NL, Allison MA, Criqui 

MH, Cushman M. Genetic Risk Scores are Associated with Chronic Venous Disease Prevalence and Severity in a MultiEthnic Cohort: The San Diego Population Study. American Heart Association 2012 EPI NPAM Scientific Sessions. San 

Diego, CA. March 2012. 

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21. Vassy J*, Durant NH, Kabagambe EK, Carnethon MR, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Fornage M, Lewis CE, Siscovick DS, 

Meigs JM. A Genotype Risk Score Predicts Type 2 Diabetes from Young Adulthood: the CARDIA Study. American 

Diabetes Association. 2012 Scientific Sessions. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. June 8-12, 2012.

22. LJ Rasmussen-Torvik*, J Denny, MS Williams, B Keating, A Brautbar, C Prows, S Manzi , SJ Bielinski, S Scott, J 

Ralston S Volpi, A Gordo, J Haines, D Roden. The PGx project: design and implementation. IGES meeting, Chicago, IL, 

September 2012.

23. Selvaraj S*, Aguilar FG, Martinez E, Kim KYA, Peng J, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Sha J, Irvin R, Arnett DK, Shah SJ. 

Diastolic Wall Strain: A Simple Marker of Abnormal Cardiac Mechanics. American Heart Association 2012 Scientific

Sessions. Los Angeles, CA. November 5, 2012.

24. Shah SJ*, Aguilar FG, Selvaraj S, Martinez EE, Kim KYA, Peng J, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Sha J, Irvin R, Budinger S, 

Mutlu GM, Arnett DK. Adverse Effects of Obesity, Hyperglycemia, and Insulin Resistance on Cardiac Mechanics. 

American Heart Association 2012 Scientific Sessions. Los Angeles, CA. November 7, 2012. 

25. Vardeny O*, Gupta D, Claggett B, Burke SL, Shah A, Loehr LR, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Selvin E, Chang PP, Aguilar A, 

Solomon SD. The Association between Insulin Resistance and Incident Heart Failure in the Aric Study. American Heart 

Association 2012 Scientific Sessions. Los Angeles, CA. November 7, 2012.

26. Aguilar FG*, Selvaraj A, Martinez EE, Kim CYA, Peng J, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Sha J, Irvin R, Arnett DK, Shah SJ. 

Serum Uric Acid is an Independent Risk Factor for Subclinical Cardiac Dysfunction: A Speckle-Tracking Analysis of the 

HyperGE. American Heart Association 2012 Scientific Sessions. Los Angeles, CA. November 7, 2012. 

27. Allen N, Rasmussen-Torvik L*, Arguelles LM, Hwang S, Fornage M, Morrison A, Daviglus M, Levy D, Cupples LA, 

Fox C, Rotter J, Palmas W, Allison M, Pankow J, Lloyd-Jones D, O’Donnell C. Genetic Loci Associated with Ideal 

Cardiovascular Health: A Meta-Analysis of Genome-wide Association Studies. Presented as a moderated poster (MP55) 

at American Heart Association Cardiovascular Epidemiology Conference, New Orleans, LA. March 20, 2013

28. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ*, de Chavez P, Bertoni A, Bowden D, Dyer A, Golden SH, Meigs J, Pankow J, Liu K, Vassy J, 

Carnethon MR. Association of SNP rs7903146 in TCF7L2 with incident type 2 diabetes in normal weight and 

overweight/obese individuals; a pooled analysis. New Orleans, LA. March 20, 2013.

29. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ*, Pacheco JA, Aufox SA, Kim KYA, Hungness E, Smith ME. Demographic Predictors of Longterm Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery, ACRT meeting, Washington, DC, June 2013

30. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ*, Denny J, Williams MS, Keating B, Brautbar A, Prows C, Manzi S, Bielinski SJ, Scott S, 

Ralston J, Volpi S, Gordo A, Haines J, Roden D. The PGx project: design and implementation. IGES meeting, Chicago, IL, 

September 2013.

31. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ*, Pacheco JA, Aufox SA, Kim KYA, Hungness E, Smith ME, Carnethon MR, Greenland 

P. Association of a variant at 15q26.1 with long-term weight regain after bariatric surgery. Obesity Week, Atlanta GA, 

November 2013.

32. Carnethon MR*, De Chavez PJD, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Womack V, Kershaw K. Trends in Diabetes by 

Socioeconomic Status between 1999-2010: National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys. American Heart 

Association 2014 Scientific Sessions. San Francisco, CA. 19 March 2014. 

33. Allen NB*, Hallman DM, Gooding H, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Shay C, Steffen L, Labarthe DR, MD. Heterogeneity in 

Blood Pressure and Lipid Trajectories throughout Childhood: Project HeartBeat! American Heart Association 2014 

Scientific Sessions. San Francisco, CA. March 2014. 

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34. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ*, Baldridge A, Pacheco J, Aufox S, Kim K, Silverstein J, Denham E, Hungness E, Smith M, 

Greenland P. Demographic Predictors of Long-term Weight Loss Beginning One-Year After Bariatric Surgery at Two 

Medical Centers. American Heart Association 2014 Scientific Sessions. San Francisco, CA. March 2014. 

35. Van Driest SL*, Stallings S, Bush WS, Gordon A, Crosslin DR, Jarvik GP, Carrell DS, Bielinski SJ, Olson JE, Ye Z, Kullo 

IJ, Abul-Husn NS, Scott SA, Castillo BA, Connolly J, Hakonarson H, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Persell S, Smith M, Kitchner T, 

Wallace JR, Doheny KF, Li R, Manolio TA, Callis TE, Macaya D, Ackerman MJ, Ritchie MD, Denny JC, Roden DM. Rare 

potentially pathogenic variants in the congenital arrhythmia syndrome disease genes SCN5A and KCNH2 are detected 

frequently but rarely associated with arrhythmia phenotypes in electronic health records. Peer reviewed poster 

presentation. American Society for Human Genetics. San Diego, CA. October 2014

36. Kullo IJ*, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ et al. Association of rare variants in LDL. Peer reviewed poster presentation. 

American Society for Human Genetics. San Diego, CA. October 2014.

37. Stallings S*, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, et al. The Electronic Medical Records and Genomics NetworkPharmacogenomics (eMERGE-PGx) Project. American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics Annual Clinical 

Genetics Meeting. Bethesda, MD. March 2015

38. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ*, Colangelo L, Lima J, Jacobs D, Rodrigez C, Lloyd-Jones D, Shah S. Overlap of 

echocardiographic definitions of diastolic dysfunction in the CARDIA Study. American Heart Association 2015 

Epidemiology and Lifestyle Council Meeting. Baltimore, MD. March 2015.

39. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ*, de Chavez PJ , Kershaw KN, Knutson KL, Kim KY, Zee P, Carnethon MR. Mediation of 

racial differences in hypertension by sleep characteristic: The Chicago Area Sleep Study. American Heart Association 

2016 Epidemiology and Lifestyle Council Meeting. Phoenix, AZ. March 2016.

40. Wassel Christina L*, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Frazier-Wood Alexis, Allison Matthew A., McDermott Mary M., 

Folsom Aaron R., Lloyd-Jones Donald M., Allen Norrina B., Burke Gregory L., Szklo Moyses, Criqui Michael H., Cushman 

Mary. American Heart Association (AHA)’s Life’s 2 Simple 7 and Risk of Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD): 

The Multi Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). American Heart Association 2016 Epidemiology and Lifestyle Council 

Meeting. Phoenix, AZ. March 2016.

41. Safarova MS*, Fan X, Jarvik GP, Leppig KA, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Pendergrass S, Sturm A, Namjou B, Shah 

A, Carroll R, Chung WK, Wei WQ, Stein M, Williams MA, Roden DM, Denny JC, Kullo IJ. A Phenome-wide Association 

Study to Assess Pleiotropic Effects of LPA. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2017, Anaheim, California.

42. Wei WQ*, Li X, Feng Q, Kubo M, Kullo IJ, Peissig PL, Karlson EL, Jarvik GP, Lee MT, Shang N, Larson EA, Edwards 

T, Shaffer C, Mosley JD, Maeda S, Horikoshi M, Ritchie MS, Williams MS, Larson EB, Crosslin DR, Bland ST, Pacheco JA, 

Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Cronkite D, Hripcsak G, Cox NJ, Wilke RA, Stein CM, Rotter JI, Momozawa Y, Roden DM, Krauss 

RM, Denny JC. LPA variants are associated with residual cardiovascular risk in patients receiving statins. American Heart 

Association Scientific Sessions 2017, Anaheim, California.

43. Pottinger TD*, Puckelwartz M, Dellafave-Castillo L, Pesce L, Robinson A, Pacheco J, Hoell C, Aufox S, RasmussenTorvik LJ, Smith M, Chisholm R, McNally E. Higher genetic variability in genes linked to inherited cardiac disorders in 

subjects of African descent. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2018, Chicago, IL.

44. Bavishi A*, Ning H, Glynn P, Ahmad F, Yancy Y, Shah S, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Lloyd-Jones D, Kahn S. Validation 

of a heart failure risk assessment tool in a large contemporary electronic health record population. American College of 

Cardiology 2019, New Orleans, LA.

MEDIA COVERAGE AND APPEARANCES

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There article below attracted considerable popular press attention:

Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Shay CM, Abramson JG, Friedrich CA, Nettleton JA, Prizment AE, Folsom AR. Ideal cardiovascular 

health is inversely associated with incident cancer: the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities study. Circulation. 

2013;127(12):1270-5. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.001183. PubMed PMID: 23509058; PMCID: 3685848. 

I was interviewed by CBS radio, CTV news, and the Chicago Tribune. Some links to this coverage are pasted below.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/health-headlines/how-a-healthy-heart-can-keep-cancer-at-bay-1.1201616

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health-navigator/being-heart-healthy-can-help-preventcancer-study/article9927902/

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/key-to-cancer-prevention-may-be-keeping-your-heart-healthy/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2295568/The-seven-point-plan-healthy-life-Simple-lifestyle-steps-helpprevent-cancer-heart-disease-new-study-finds.html

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2013/03/18/7-steps-to-cut-cancer-risk-in-half/

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2013/03/18/whats-good-for-the-heart-may-also-prevent-cancer

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