Cristen J. Willer
General / Preventive / Lipids
deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
About
Cristen J. Willer works in General / Preventive / Lipids affiliated with deCODE Genetics (Iceland).
Cristen J. Willer, PhD, is Professor of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) at the University of Michigan Medical School. She also serves as Executive Director of Genomics and Health at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals. Her work centers on genetic discoveries and mechanisms underlying cardiovascular disease and related traits.
Research focus
Genetic epidemiology of cardiovascular diseaseLipid genetics and GWASPolygenic risk scores for coronary artery diseaseLarge-scale biobank meta-analyses for heart traitsFunctional genomics of cardiovascular loci
Impact
432 pubs · 93,377 cites · h-index 114
Training
PhD Human/Medical Genetics
University of Oxford
2003
BSc
McMaster University
1998
Affiliations
Work Experience
Professor of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
University of Michigan · 2011 - Present
Executive Director of Genomics and Health
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals · 2022 - Present
Senior Director, Regeneron Genetics Center
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals