Adjunct Faculty

Layal Chaker

Adjunct Lecturer on Epidemiology

Epidemiology

lchaker@hsph.harvard.edu


Education and Training

MD
Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam

PhD, 2017, Epidemiology, Endocrinology
Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam


Bibliography

Epigenome-Wide Association Study Reveals CpG Sites Associated with Thyroid Function and Regulatory Effects on KLF9.

Weihs A, Chaker L, Martin TC, Braun KVE, Campbell PJ, Cox SR, Fornage M, Gieger C, Grabe HJ, Grallert H, Harris SE, Kühnel B, Marioni RE, Martin NG, McCartney DL, McRae AF, Meisinger C, van Meurs JBJ, Nano J, Nauck M, Peters A, Prokisch H, Roden M, Selvin E, Beekman M, van Heemst D, Slagboom EP, Swenson BR, Tin A, Tsai PC, Uitterlinden A, Visser WE, Völzke H, Waldenberger M, Walsh JP, Köttgen A, Wilson SG, Peeters RP, Bell JT, Medici M, Teumer A.

Thyroid. 2023 03. 33(3):301-311. PMID: 36719767

Four missense genetic variants in CUBN are associated with higher levels of eGFR in non-diabetes but not in diabetes mellitus or its subtypes: A genetic association study in Europeans.

Uglebjerg N, Ahmadizar F, Aly DM, Cañadas-Garre M, Hill C, Naber A, Oddsson A, Singh SS, Smyth L, Trégouët DA, Chaker L, Ghanbari M, Steinthorsdottir V, Ahlqvist E, Hadjadj S, Van Hoek M, Kavousi M, McKnight AJ, Sijbrands EJ, Stefansson K, Simons M, Rossing P, Ahluwalia TS.

Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2023. 14:1081741. PMID: 36926036

TSH and FT4 Reference Intervals in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis.

Osinga JAJ, Derakhshan A, Palomaki GE, Ashoor G, Männistö T, Maraka S, Chen L, Bliddal S, Lu X, Taylor PN, Vrijkotte TGM, Tao FB, Brown SJ, Ghafoor F, Poppe K, Veltri F, Chatzi L, Vaidya B, Broeren MAC, Shields BM, Itoh S, Mosso L, Popova PV, Anopova AD, Kishi R, Aminorroaya A, Kianpour M, López-Bermejo A, Oken E, Pirzada A, Vafeiadi M, Bramer WM, Suvanto E, Yoshinaga J, Huang K, Bassols J, Boucai L, Feldt-Rasmussen U, Grineva EN, Pearce EN, Alexander EK, Pop VJM, Nelson SM, Walsh JP, Peeters RP, Chaker L, Nicolaides KH, D'Alton ME, Korevaar TIM.

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022 09 28. 107(10):2925-2933. PMID: 35861700

Association of Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies and Thyroglobulin Antibodies with Thyroid Function in Pregnancy: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis.

Bliddal S, Derakhshan A, Xiao Y, Chen LM, Männistö T, Ashoor G, Tao F, Brown SJ, Vafeiadi M, Itoh S, Grineva EN, Taylor P, Ghafoor F, Vaidya B, Hattersley A, Mosso L, Oken E, Kishi R, Alexander EK, Maraka S, Huang K, Chaker L, Bassols J, Pirzada A, López-Bermejo A, Boucai L, Peeters RP, Pearce EN, Nelson SM, Chatzi L, Vrijkotte TG, Popova PV, Walsh JP, Nicolaides KH, Suvanto E, Lu X, Pop VJM, Forman JL, Korevaar TIM, Feldt-Rasmussen U.

Thyroid. 2022 07. 32(7):828-840. PMID: 35596568