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Peter K. Gregersen

Northwell Health

Peter K. Gregersen is a geneticist who heads the Robert S. Boas Center for Genomics and Human Genetics at Northwell's Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research in Manhasset, New York, and is a professor of molecular medicine at Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine. He received his MD from Columbia University in 1976.

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Publications572Total indexed works
Citations73,068Source-reported citations
h-index135Source-reported h-index
i10-index373Source-reported i10-index

Biography, research & contributions

Peter K. Gregersen is a geneticist who heads the Robert S. Boas Center for Genomics and Human Genetics at Northwell's Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research in Manhasset, New York, and is a professor of molecular medicine at Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine. He received his MD from Columbia University in 1976.

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Northwell Health

Top Publications

  • A Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies IL23R as an Inflammatory Bowel Disease Gene (2006) - 3,073 citations
  • Autoantibodies against type I IFNs in patients with life-threatening COVID-19 (2020) - 2,882 citations
  • Strong Association of De Novo Copy Number Mutations with Autism (2007) - 2,869 citations
  • Genetics of rheumatoid arthritis contributes to biology and drug discovery (2013) - 2,504 citations
  • Inborn errors of type I IFN immunity in patients with life-threatening COVID-19 (2020) - 2,421 citations

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Full name
Peter K. Gregersen
ORCID
0000-0003-1613-1518
OpenAlex ID
https://openalex.org/A5082248535

Research interests

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases

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