Education
B.A. Vassar College 2017
Ph.D./ Masters University of Michigan Currently
Publications and Presentations
- Ventresca C, Martschenko DO, Wedow R, Civelek M, Tabery J, Carlson J, Parker SCJ, and Ramos P. The methodological and ethical concerns of genetic studies of same sex sexual behavior. AJHG. 2024:111(10)2107-2116. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2024.08.007
- Varshney A, Manickam N, Orchard P, Tovar A, Zhang Z, Feng F, Erdos MR, Narisu N, Ventresca C, Nishino K, Rai V, Stringham HM, Jackson AU, Tamsen T, Gao C, Yang M, Koues OI, Welch JD, Burant CF, Williams LK, Jenkison C, DeFronzo RA, Norton L, Saramies J, Lakka T, Laakso M, Tuomilheto J, Mohlke KL, Kitzman JO, Koistinen HA, Liu J, Boehnke M, Collins S, Scott LJ, and Parker SCJ. Population-scale skeletal muscle single-nucleus multi-omic profiling reveals extensive context specific genetic regulation. bioRxiv; 2023:2023.12.15.571696. doi: 10.1101/2023.12.15.571696 (in review at Cell)
- Walker JT, Saunders DC, Rai V, Chen H, Orchard P, Dai C, Pettway YD, Hopkirk AL, Reihsmann CV, Tao Y, Fan S, Shrestha S, Varshney A, Petty LE, Wright JJ, Ventresca C, Agarwala S, Aramandla R, Poffenberger G, Jenkins R, Mei S, Hart NJ, Phillipe S, Kang H, Greiner DL, Shultz LD, Bottino R, Human Pancreas Analysis Program, Liu J, Below JE, Parker SCJ, Powers AC, and Brissova M. Genetic risk converges on regulatory networks mediating early type 2 diabetes. Nature; 2023. doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06693-2
- Ace Community Survey Team, Baba A, Hermann L, Khan S, Montagner D, Nguyen H, Parker R, Smiga J, Tomaskovic-Moore S, van der Biezen T, Ventresca C, Volvoredra, Walfrand A, Bauer C, and Miller TL. 2021 ace community survey summary report. 2023. https://acecommunitysurvey.org/2023/10/23/2021-ace-community-survey-summaryreport/
- Hermann L, Baba A, Montagner D, Parker R, Smiga JA, Tomaskovic-Moore S, Walfrand A, Miller TL, Weis R, Bauer C, Campos A, Jackson E, Johnston M, Khan S, Lutz G, Nguyen H, Niederhoff T, van der Biezen T, Ventresca C, and Volvoredra. 2020 ace community survey summary report. The Ace Community Survey Team. 2022. https://acecommunitysurvey.org/2022/10/27/2020-ace-community-survey/summary-report/
- Walker JT, Saunders DC, Rai V, Dai C, Orchard P, Hopkirk A, Reihsmann C, Tao Y, Fan S, Shrestha S, Varshney A, Wright J, Pettway Y, Ventresca C, Agarwala S, Aramandla R, Poffenberger G, Jenkins R, Hart N, Greiner D, Shultz L, Bottino R, Human Pancreas Analysis Program, Liu J, Parker S, Powers A, and Brissova M. RFX6-Mediated Dysregulation Defines Human β Cell Dysfunction in Early Type 2 Diabetes. bioArxiv; 2021:2021.12.16.466282. doi:10.1101/2021.12.16.466282
- Orchard P*, Manickam N*, Ventresca C*, Vadlamudi S, Varshney A, Rai V, Kaplan J, Lalancette C, Mohlke K, Gallagher K, Burant C, and Parker, S. Human and rat skeletal muscle single-nuclei multi-omic integrative analyses nominate causal cell types, regulatory elements, and SNPs for complex traits. Genome Res. 2021;31(12):2258-2275. doi:10.1101/gr.268482.120* co-first authors