Laura Jarmila Rasmussen-Torvik — Northwestern Scholars

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Research Interests

Dr. Rasmussen-Torvik is a genetic epidemiologist interested in the identification of genetic risk factors for common chronic diseases as well as the translation of genetic discoveries into clinical care using genetic testing for variants associated with treatment response. She is also interested in the use of electronic health records in clinical and epidemiologic research.

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, University of Minnesota

… → 2007

MPH, University of Minnesota

… → 2004

Keywords

Cardiovascular Diseases
Diabetes
Electronic Health Records
Epidemiology
Genetic Testing/Counseling
Genetics
Pharmacology

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Grants 2011 2023

10 Finished
11 Active

Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study - Chicago Field Center

Allen, N. B., Carnethon, M. R., Feinstein, M. J., Greenland, P., Hou, L., Kershaw, K. N., Liu, K., Lloyd-Jones, D. M. & Rasmussen-Torvik, L. J.

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

7/1/18 → 6/30/23

Project: Research project

Young Adult

Coronary Vessels

Contracts

Research Personnel

Cardiovascular Diseases

Elucidating Neonatal Discontinuation Syndrome in Infants Exposed to Antidepressants

Rasmussen-Torvik, L. J.

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

9/1/17 → 8/31/19

Project: Research project

Antidepressive Agents

Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors

Fetal Research

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.)

Parturition

Molecular Basis of Altered Drug Metabolism During Pregnancy

Ciolino, J. D., Grobman, W. A., Rasmussen-Torvik, L. J., Stika, C. S. & Wisner, K. L.

University of Illinois at Chicago, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

8/10/17 → 6/30/22

Project: Research project

Pregnancy

Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6

Pharmaceutical Preparations

Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A

Pregnant Women

Project 1: African American Cardiovascular pharmacogenetic CONsorTium (ACCOuNT): discovery and translation

Kho, A. N., O'Leary, K. J., Perera, M., Rasmussen-Torvik, L. J. & Smith, M. E.

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

8/19/16 → 5/31/21

Project: Research project

Pharmacogenetics

African Americans

Precision Medicine

clopidogrel

Medicine

Project 2: African American Cardiovascular pharmacogenetic CONsorTium (ACCOuNT): discovery and translation

Kho, A. N., O'Leary, K. J., Perera, M., Rasmussen-Torvik, L. J. & Smith, M. E.

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

8/19/16 → 5/31/21

Project: Research project

Pharmacogenetics

African Americans

Precision Medicine

clopidogrel

Medicine

Research Output 2003 2019

3314 Citations
92 Article
4 Review article
3 Comment/debate
1 Chapter
2 More
- 1 Conference contribution
- 1 Letter

Clinical correlates and heritability of cardiac mechanics: The HyperGEN study

Khan, S. S., Kim, K-Y. A., Peng, J., Aguilar, F. G., Selvaraj, S., Martinez, E. E., Baldridge, A. S., Sha, J., Irvin, M. R., Broeckel, U., Arnett, D. K., Rasmussen-Torvik, L. J. & Shah, S. J., Jan 1 2019, In : International Journal of Cardiology. 274, p. 208-213 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Molecular Epidemiology

Mechanics

Hypertension

African Americans

Social Adjustment

16 Citations

Association of Bariatric Surgery Using Laparoscopic Banding, Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, or Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy vs Usual Care Obesity Management With All-Cause Mortality

Reges, O., Greenland, P., Dicker, D., Leibowitz, M., Hoshen, M., Gofer, I., Rasmussen-Torvik, L. J. & Balicer, R. D., Jan 16 2018, In : JAMA. 319, 3, p. 279-290 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Bariatric Surgery

Gastric Bypass

Gastrectomy

Obesity

Mortality

2 Citations

Deep-coverage whole genome sequences and blood lipids among 16,324 individuals

NHLBI TOPMed Lipids Working Group, Dec 1 2018, In : Nature communications. 9, 1, 3391.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

sequencing

genome

cholesterol

lipoproteins

blood

1 Citations

Deep coverage whole genome sequences and plasma lipoprotein(a) in individuals of European and African ancestries

Zekavat, S. M., Ruotsalainen, S., Handsaker, R. E., Alver, M., Bloom, J., Poterba, T., Seed, C., Ernst, J., Chaffin, M., Engreitz, J., Peloso, G. M., Manichaikul, A., Yang, C., Ryan, K. A., Fu, M., Johnson, W. C., Tsai, M., Budoff, M., Ramachandran, V. S., Cupples, L. A. & 323 othersRotter, J. I., Rich, S. S., Post, W., Mitchell, B. D., Correa, A., Metspalu, A., Wilson, J. G., Salomaa, V., Kellis, M., Daly, M. J., Neale, B. M., McCarroll, S., Surakka, I., Esko, T., Ganna, A., Ripatti, S., Kathiresan, S., Natarajan, P., Abe, N., Abecasis, G., Albert, C., Allred, N. P., Almasy, L., Alonso, A., Ament, S., Anderson, P., Anugu, P., Applebaum-Bowden, D., Arking, D., Arnett, D. K., Ashley-Koch, A., Aslibekyan, S., Assimes, T., Auer, P., Avramopoulos, D., Barnard, J., Barnes, K., Barr, R. G., Barron-Casella, E., Beaty, T., Becker, D., Becker, L., Beer, R., Begum, F., Beitelshees, A., Benjamin, E., Bezerra, M., Bielak, L., Bis, J., Blackwell, T., Blangero, J., Boerwinkle, E., Borecki, I., Bowler, R., Brody, J., Broeckel, U., Broome, J., Bunting, K., Burchard, E., Cardwell, J., Carty, C., Casaburi, R., Casella, J., Chang, C., Chasman, D., Chavan, S., Chen, B. J., Chen, W. M., Chen, Y. D. I., Cho, M., Choi, S. H., Chuang, L. M., Chung, M., Cornell, E., Crandall, C., Crapo, J., Curran, J., Curtis, J., Custer, B., Damcott, C., Darbar, D., Das, S., David, S., Davis, C., Daya, M., Andrade, M. D., Debaun, M., Deka, R., Demeo, D., Devine, S., Do, R., Duan, Q., Duggirala, R., Durda, P., Dutcher, S., Eaton, C., Ekunwe, L., Ellinor, P., Emery, L., Farber, C., Farnam, L., Fingerlin, T., Flickinger, M., Fornage, M., Franceschini, N., Fullerton, S. M., Fulton, L., Gabriel, S., Gan, W., Gao, Y., Gass, M., Gelb, B., Geng, X., Germer, S., Gignoux, C., Gladwin, M., Glahn, D., Gogarten, S., Gong, D. W., Goring, H., Gu, C. C., Guan, Y., Guo, X., Haessler, J., Hall, M., Harris, D., Hawley, N., He, J., Heavner, B., Heckbert, S., Hernandez, R., Herrington, D., Hersh, C., Hidalgo, B., Hixson, J., Hokanson, J., Hong, E., Hoth, K., Hsiung, C., Huston, H., Hwu, C. M., Irvin, M. R., Jackson, R., Jain, D., Jaquish, C., Jhun, M. A., Johnsen, J., Johnson, A., Johnston, R., Jones, K., Kang, H. M., Kaplan, R., Kardia, S., Kaufman, L., Kelly, S., Kenny, E., Kessler, M., Khan, A., Kinney, G., Konkle, B., Kooperberg, C., Kramer, H., Krauter, S., Lange, C., Lange, E., Lange, L., Laurie, C., Laurie, C., Leboff, M., Lee, S. S., Lee, W. J., Lefaive, J., Levine, D., Levy, D., Lewis, J., Li, Y., Lin, H., Lin, K. H., Liu, S., Liu, Y., Loos, R., Lubitz, S., Lunetta, K., Luo, J., Mahaney, M., Make, B., Manson, J. A., Margolin, L., Martin, L., Mathai, S., Mathias, R., McArdle, P., McDonald, M. L., McFarland, S., McGarvey, S., Mei, H., Meyers, D. A., Mikulla, J., Min, N., Minear, M., Minster, R. L., Montasser, M. E., Musani, S., Mwasongwe, S., Mychaleckyj, J. C., Nadkarni, G., Naik, R., Nekhai, S., Nickerson, D., North, K., O'connell, J., O'connor, T., Ochs-Balcom, H., Pankow, J., Papanicolaou, G., Parker, M., Parsa, A., Penchev, S., Peralta, J. M., Perez, M., Perry, J., Peters, U., Peyser, P., Phillips, L., Phillips, S., Pollin, T., Becker, J. P., Boorgula, M. P., Preuss, M., Prokopenko, D., Psaty, B., Qasba, P., Qiao, D., Qin, Z., Rafaels, N., Raffield, L., Rao, D. C., Rasmussen-Torvik, L. J., Ratan, A., Redline, S., Reed, R., Regan, E., Reiner, A., Rice, K., Roden, D., Roselli, C., Ruczinski, I., Russell, P., Ruuska, S., Sakornsakolpat, P., Salimi, S., Salzberg, S., Sandow, K., Sankaran, V., Scheller, C., Schmidt, E., Schwander, K., Schwartz, D., Sciurba, F., Seidman, C., Sheehan, V., Shetty, A., Shetty, A., Sheu, W. H. H., Shoemaker, M. B., Silver, B., Silverman, E., Smith, J., Smith, J., Smith, N., Smith, T., Smoller, S., Snively, B., Sofer, T., Sotoodehnia, N., Stilp, A., Streeten, E., Sung, Y. J., Sylvia, J., Szpiro, A., Sztalryd, C., Taliun, D., Tang, H., Taub, M., Taylor, K., Taylor, S., Telen, M., Thornton, T. A., Tinker, L., Tirschwell, D., Tiwari, H., Tracy, R., Vaidya, D., Vandehaar, P., Vrieze, S., Walker, T., Wallace, R., Walts, A., Wan, E., Wang, F. F., Watson, K., Weeks, D. E., Weir, B., Weiss, S., Weng, L. C., Willer, C., Williams, K., Williams, L. K., Wilson, C., Wong, Q., Xu, H., Yanek, L., Yang, I., Yang, R., Zaghloul, N., Zhang, Y., Zhao, S. X., Zhao, W., Zheng, X., Zhi, D., Zhou, X., Zody, M. & Zoellner, S., Dec 1 2018, In : Nature communications. 9, 1, 2606.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

lipoproteins

Lipoprotein(a)

genome

Cardiovascular Diseases

Genes

Erratum: Polygenic type 2 diabetes prediction at the limit of common variant detection (Diabetes (2014) 63 (2172–2182) DOI: 10.2337/db13-1663)

Vassy, J. L., Hivert, M. F., Porneala, B., Dauriz, M., Florez, J. C., Dupuis, J., Siscovick, D. S., Fornage, M., Rasmussen-Torvik, L. J., Bouchard, C. & Meigs, J. B., Jun 1 2018, In : Diabetes. 67, 6, 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus