Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar

The paper finds a higher polygenic score for PAD is linked to younger age at surgery, replicated in UK Biobank.

This study identifies PAD-associated SNPs with stronger associations with surgical intervention than premature onset using UK Biobank data.

This paper identifies multi-omic pleiotropy factors for peripheral artery disease by analyzing genetic, transcriptomic, and proteomic data across PAD, T2D, and CAD.

The paper describes how the Yale Generations Project adapted its recruitment, consent, and DNA sample acquisition processes to remote methods during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in continued enrollment and sample collection.