Faculty
Bruce M Psaty
Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology
Professor Emeritus, Medicine - General Internal Medicine
206-221-7775
psaty@uw.edu
Education
MD Indiana University, 1981
PhD English, Indiana University, 1979
Contact
206-221-7775
psaty@uw.edu
Cardiovascular Health Research Unit
1730 Minor Avenue, Suite 1360
Seattle , WA 98101
1730 Minor Avenue, Suite 1360
Seattle , WA 98101
Research Areas
Research Interests
- Cardiovascular epidemiology
- Myocardial infarction and stroke
- Venous thrombosis
- Atrial fibrillation
- Risk factors, including hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes
- Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety
- Genetics, genomics and pharmacogenetics
- Epidemiological methods
Recent Publications (PubMed)
Large-Scale Gene-Smoking Interactions and Fine Mapping Study Identifies Multiple Novel Blood Pressure Loci in over 1 Million Individuals.
(2025 Oct 7)
medRxiv
Zhang M, Brown MR, Bentley AR, Winkler TW, Noordam R, Nagarajan P, Guo B, Lee S, Schwander K, Wang W, Westerman K, O'Connell JR, Ammous F, Argoty-Pantoja AD, Bartz TM, Batini C, Boua PR, Cordell HJ, Díez-Ahijado L, Dimitrov L, Do AN, Du J, Feitosa MF, Giri A, Giulianini F, Gudmundsdottir V, Guo X, Harris SE, Hasbani NR, Herold JM, Hikino K, Hofer E, Hsu FC, Jackson AU, Kho M, Kraja AT, Lyytikäinen LP, Meirhaeghe A, Muntaner M, Nakatochi M, Nardone GG, Nutile T, Palmer ND, Pecori A, Rao VS, Rauramaa R, Sanghvi MM, Santin A, Shen B, Stringham HM, Takeuchi F, Tan YA, Tang J, Thériault S, Trofimova O, Trompet S, van der Most PJ, Wang YX, Wang Z, Wang Y, Ware EB, Weiss S, Wickremasinghe AR, Yu C, Zhu W, Ansari MAY, Anugu P, Banas B, Barr RG, Basnet TB, Boerwinkle E, Böger CA, Breyer M, Broeckel U, Bryant L, Cade B, Camarda S, Cennamo P, Checkley W, Chee ML, Chen G, Coley K, Collins SD, de Borst MH, de Las Fuentes L, Deary IJ, Dupont CT, Enzinger C, Faquih T, Faul JD, Silva LF, Gauthier V, Gepner AD, Gorski M, Grabe HJ, Graff M, Gu CC, He J, Heikkinen S, Hidalgo B, Highland HM, Hixson JE, Hood MM, Hunt SC, Irvin MR, Isono M, Kähönen M, Kardia SLR, Karvonen-Gutierrez CA, Kasturiratne A, Katsuya T, Kaufman JD, Koistinen HA, Komulainen P, Krämer BK, Launer LJ, Leonard H, Levy D, Study LC, Liu J, Marques-Vidal P, Martinez-Perez A, Matsuda K, McNeil JJ, Milaneschi Y, Miranda JJ, Morrison JL, Nalls M, Ng MC, Nolte IM, Norris JM, Oravilahti A, Patki A, Petty LE, Peyser PA, Pianigiani G, Raffield LM, Raitakari OT, Ramsay M, Rice KM, Ridker PM, Risch L, Risch M, Ruggiero D, Ruiz-Narvaez EA, Russ TC, Sabanayagam C, Vaitinadin NS, Schmidt R, Scott LJ, Singh S, Sitlani CM, Smit RAJ, Smith JA, Sun Q, Tai ES, Taylor KD, Tesolin P, Tham YC, Biobank Japan Project, Tinashe C, van Dam RM, Vaucher J, Völker U, Wang C, Wilson OD, Wong TY, Xu J, Yamamoto K, Yao J, Yokota M, Young KL, Zimmermann ME, Amouyel P, Below JE, Bergmann S, Bernabe-Ortiz A, Bierut L, Boehnke M, Bowden DW, Brandenburg JT, Chasman DI, Cheng CY, Ciullo M, Concas MP, Conen D, Cox SR, Dauchet L, de Silva HJ, Dörr M, Edwards TL, Fox ER, Franceschini N, Freedman BI, Girotto G, Gudnason V, Harlow SD, Heid IM, Hung AM, Ichihara S, Jaquish CE, John C, Jonas JB, Jukema JW, Kato N, Keavney BD, Kelly TN, Laakso M, Lacaze P, Lakka T, Lee S, Lehtimäki T, Liu CT, Loos RJF, North KE, Penninx B, Province MA, Psaty BM, Redline S, Rosendaal FR, Rotimi CN, Rotter JI, Sabater-Lleal M, Schmidt H, Sim X, Snieder H, Spedicati B, Stark KJ, Terao C, Wagenknecht LE, Weir DR, Zhao W, Zhu X, Munroe PB, Sun YV, Gauderman J, Manning AK, Fornage M, Aschard H, Wang H, de Vries PS, Wang G, Rao DC, Morrison AC, Chen H
(2025 Oct 7)
medRxiv
Zhang M, Brown MR, Bentley AR, Winkler TW, Noordam R, Nagarajan P, Guo B, Lee S, Schwander K, Wang W, Westerman K, O'Connell JR, Ammous F, Argoty-Pantoja AD, Bartz TM, Batini C, Boua PR, Cordell HJ, Díez-Ahijado L, Dimitrov L, Do AN, Du J, Feitosa MF, Giri A, Giulianini F, Gudmundsdottir V, Guo X, Harris SE, Hasbani NR, Herold JM, Hikino K, Hofer E, Hsu FC, Jackson AU, Kho M, Kraja AT, Lyytikäinen LP, Meirhaeghe A, Muntaner M, Nakatochi M, Nardone GG, Nutile T, Palmer ND, Pecori A, Rao VS, Rauramaa R, Sanghvi MM, Santin A, Shen B, Stringham HM, Takeuchi F, Tan YA, Tang J, Thériault S, Trofimova O, Trompet S, van der Most PJ, Wang YX, Wang Z, Wang Y, Ware EB, Weiss S, Wickremasinghe AR, Yu C, Zhu W, Ansari MAY, Anugu P, Banas B, Barr RG, Basnet TB, Boerwinkle E, Böger CA, Breyer M, Broeckel U, Bryant L, Cade B, Camarda S, Cennamo P, Checkley W, Chee ML, Chen G, Coley K, Collins SD, de Borst MH, de Las Fuentes L, Deary IJ, Dupont CT, Enzinger C, Faquih T, Faul JD, Silva LF, Gauthier V, Gepner AD, Gorski M, Grabe HJ, Graff M, Gu CC, He J, Heikkinen S, Hidalgo B, Highland HM, Hixson JE, Hood MM, Hunt SC, Irvin MR, Isono M, Kähönen M, Kardia SLR, Karvonen-Gutierrez CA, Kasturiratne A, Katsuya T, Kaufman JD, Koistinen HA, Komulainen P, Krämer BK, Launer LJ, Leonard H, Levy D, Study LC, Liu J, Marques-Vidal P, Martinez-Perez A, Matsuda K, McNeil JJ, Milaneschi Y, Miranda JJ, Morrison JL, Nalls M, Ng MC, Nolte IM, Norris JM, Oravilahti A, Patki A, Petty LE, Peyser PA, Pianigiani G, Raffield LM, Raitakari OT, Ramsay M, Rice KM, Ridker PM, Risch L, Risch M, Ruggiero D, Ruiz-Narvaez EA, Russ TC, Sabanayagam C, Vaitinadin NS, Schmidt R, Scott LJ, Singh S, Sitlani CM, Smit RAJ, Smith JA, Sun Q, Tai ES, Taylor KD, Tesolin P, Tham YC, Biobank Japan Project, Tinashe C, van Dam RM, Vaucher J, Völker U, Wang C, Wilson OD, Wong TY, Xu J, Yamamoto K, Yao J, Yokota M, Young KL, Zimmermann ME, Amouyel P, Below JE, Bergmann S, Bernabe-Ortiz A, Bierut L, Boehnke M, Bowden DW, Brandenburg JT, Chasman DI, Cheng CY, Ciullo M, Concas MP, Conen D, Cox SR, Dauchet L, de Silva HJ, Dörr M, Edwards TL, Fox ER, Franceschini N, Freedman BI, Girotto G, Gudnason V, Harlow SD, Heid IM, Hung AM, Ichihara S, Jaquish CE, John C, Jonas JB, Jukema JW, Kato N, Keavney BD, Kelly TN, Laakso M, Lacaze P, Lakka T, Lee S, Lehtimäki T, Liu CT, Loos RJF, North KE, Penninx B, Province MA, Psaty BM, Redline S, Rosendaal FR, Rotimi CN, Rotter JI, Sabater-Lleal M, Schmidt H, Sim X, Snieder H, Spedicati B, Stark KJ, Terao C, Wagenknecht LE, Weir DR, Zhao W, Zhu X, Munroe PB, Sun YV, Gauderman J, Manning AK, Fornage M, Aschard H, Wang H, de Vries PS, Wang G, Rao DC, Morrison AC, Chen H
cellSTAAR: incorporating single-cell-sequencing-based functional data to boost power in rare variant association testing of noncoding regions.
(2025 Dec 31)
Nat Methods
Van Buren E, Zhang Y, Li X, Selvaraj MS, Li Z, Zhou H, Palmer ND, Arnett DK, Blangero J, Boerwinkle E, Cade BE, Carlson JC, Carson AP, Chen YI, Curran J, Duggirala R, Fornage M, Franceschini N, Graff M, Gu C, Guo X, He J, Heard-Cosa N, Hou L, Hung YJ, Kalyani RR, Kardia SLR, Kenny E, Kooperberg C, Kral BG, Lange L, Levy D, Li C, Liu S, Lloyd-Jones D, Loos RJF, Manichaikul AW, Martin LW, Mathias R, Minster RL, Mitchell BD, Mychaleckyj JC, Naseri T, North K, O'Connell J, Perry JA, Peyser PA, Psaty BM, Raffield LM, Vasan RS, Redline S, Reiner AP, Rich SS, Smith JA, Spitzer B, Tang H, Taylor KD, Tracy R, Viali S, Yanek L, Zhao W, NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium, Rotter JI, Peloso GM, Natarajan P, Lin X
(2025 Dec 31)
Nat Methods
Van Buren E, Zhang Y, Li X, Selvaraj MS, Li Z, Zhou H, Palmer ND, Arnett DK, Blangero J, Boerwinkle E, Cade BE, Carlson JC, Carson AP, Chen YI, Curran J, Duggirala R, Fornage M, Franceschini N, Graff M, Gu C, Guo X, He J, Heard-Cosa N, Hou L, Hung YJ, Kalyani RR, Kardia SLR, Kenny E, Kooperberg C, Kral BG, Lange L, Levy D, Li C, Liu S, Lloyd-Jones D, Loos RJF, Manichaikul AW, Martin LW, Mathias R, Minster RL, Mitchell BD, Mychaleckyj JC, Naseri T, North K, O'Connell J, Perry JA, Peyser PA, Psaty BM, Raffield LM, Vasan RS, Redline S, Reiner AP, Rich SS, Smith JA, Spitzer B, Tang H, Taylor KD, Tracy R, Viali S, Yanek L, Zhao W, NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium, Rotter JI, Peloso GM, Natarajan P, Lin X
Forecasting off-target drug toxicity using proteomic and genetic data: insights from Torcetrapib.
(2025 Dec 4)
medRxiv
Brody JA, Sitlani CM, Psaty BM, Ye T, Ganz P, Floyd JS, Davies NM
(2025 Dec 4)
medRxiv
Brody JA, Sitlani CM, Psaty BM, Ye T, Ganz P, Floyd JS, Davies NM
Proteomics Analysis of Plasma for Risk of Sepsis: Findings from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.
(2025 Dec 16)
J Appl Lab Med
Ishigami J, Hu X, Schlosser P, Austin TR, Chen J, Psaty BM, Dowdy D, Ballantyne CM, Grams ME, Coresh J, Floyd JS, Matsushita K
(2025 Dec 16)
J Appl Lab Med
Ishigami J, Hu X, Schlosser P, Austin TR, Chen J, Psaty BM, Dowdy D, Ballantyne CM, Grams ME, Coresh J, Floyd JS, Matsushita K
Electrocardiographic criteria for silent myocardial infarction: Impact of different definitions on detection rates and prognostic significance in the atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) study: A comparison with evolving bundle branch blocks.
(2025 Dec 6)
J Electrocardiol 94(): 154174
Stacey RB, Prineas RJ, Zhang ZM, Psaty BM, Rosamond W, Wagenknecht L, Soliman EZ
(2025 Dec 6)
J Electrocardiol 94(): 154174
Stacey RB, Prineas RJ, Zhang ZM, Psaty BM, Rosamond W, Wagenknecht L, Soliman EZ
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