Lars Fritsche
Associate Research Scientist
Biostatistics
Public Health
Diploma in Biology [MSc] and Dr. rer. nat. [PhD], University of Regensburg
Lars Fritsche is Assistant Research Scientist in the Department of Biostatistics working with Drs. Bhramar Mukherjee and Cristen Willer focussing on analyses that combine genetic information obtained from sequencing and genotyping arrays with extensive phenotypic data collected using electronic health records and other population scale approaches.
Projects:
Development of an Open Repository of Polygenic Risk Scores (PRS) with an Interactive Visual Catalog
Community and Professional Affiliation(s)
American Society of Human Genetics | German Society of Human Genetics
Research Area(s)
Genetics / Genomics / other OMICS | Population Health
Publications
- Exome-wide association study of plasma lipids in >300,000 individuals
- Genome-wide Study of Atrial Fibrillation Identifies Seven Risk Loci and Highlights Biological Pathways and Regulatory Elements Involved in Cardiac Development
- Improving power of association tests using multiple sets of imputed genotypes from distributed reference panels