Publications
Genome-wide association of body fat distribution in African ancestry populations suggests new loci..
PLoS Genet. 9(8), e1003681.
(2013). Association of Obesity with DNA Methylation Age Acceleration in African American Mothers from the InterGEN Study.
International Journal of Molecular Science.
(2019). X chromosome-wide analysis identifies DNA methylation sites influenced by cigarette smoking..
Clin Epigenetics. 8, 20.
(2016). The relationship between diastolic blood pressure and coronary artery calcification is dependent on single nucleotide polymorphisms on chromosome 9p21.3..
BMC Med Genet. 15, 89.
(2014). Understanding the ecology and development of children and families experiencing homelessness: implications for practice, supportive services, and policy..
Am J Orthopsychiatry. 82(3), 389-401.
(2012). Why are Young Black Women at Greatest Risk for CVD? .
Circulation; 139:00–00,
(2019). Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk..
Nature. 478(7367), 103-9.
(2011). Association analysis of whole genome sequencing data accounting for longitudinal and family designs..
BMC Proc. 8(Suppl 1 Genetic Analysis Workshop 18Vanessa Olmo), S89.
(2014). Scalar Equivalence in Self-Rated Depressive Symptomatology as Measured by the Beck Depression Inventory-II: Do Racial and Gender Differences in College Students Exist?.
Psychology. 03(29), 762 - 774.
(2012). Cardiac genetic testing: a single-center pilot study of a Dominican population..
Hisp Health Care Int. 12(4), 183-8.
(2014). Nursing genetics and genomics: the international scoiety of nurses in genetics (ISONG) survey.
Nurse Education Today.
(2018). Genomics of Reproductive Traits and Cardiometabolic Disease Risk in African American Women.
Nursing Research. Mar/Apr; 68(2):135–144,
(2019). Genome-wide association analysis of blood-pressure traits in African-ancestry individuals reveals common associated genes in African and non-African populations..
Am J Hum Genet. 93(3), 545-54.
(2013). Genome-wide association study of cardiac structure and systolic function in African Americans: the Candidate Gene Association Resource (CARe) study..
Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 6(1), 37-46.
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Perceived racial discrimination and DNA methylation among African American women in the InterGEN study.
Biological Research for Nursing.
(2018). Effects of acculturation on prenatal anxiety among Latina women..
Arch Womens Ment Health.
(2016). Acculturation and Intention to Breastfeed among a Population of Predominantly Puerto Rican Women..
Birth.
(2015). A Systematic Review of DNAm and PTB in African American Women.
Biological Research for Nursing. 19(3):308-317,
(2016). Acculturation and Adverse Birth Outcomes in a Predominantly Puerto Rican Population..
Matern Child Health J.
(2015). Childbirth and consequent atopic disease: emerging evidence on epigenetic effects based on the hygiene and EPIIC hypotheses..
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 16, 4.
(2016). The EPIIC hypothesis: intrapartum effects on the neonatal epigenome and consequent health outcomes..
Med Hypotheses. 80(5), 656-62.
(2013). Evaluation of wraparound services for children exposed to violence.
Best Practices in Mental Health: An International Journal. 4(1),
(2008). Evaluation of a Mental Health Consultation Intervention in Preschool Settings.
Best Practices in Mental Health. 9(2),
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