Gina Marie Peloso, PhD
Associate Professor, Biostatistics - Boston University School of Public Health
Biography
Gina Peloso, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics. Prior to joining BU, she was a post-doctoral fellow in Human Genetics at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Broad Institute. Her primary research focus is statistical genetics. She has contributed to the identification of common genetic variants through genome-wide association studies (GWAS) with complex cardiovascular traits, particularly with plasma lipid levels. She also investigates the role of rare genetic variation using both exome and whole genome sequencing. Her goals for studying genetic variation of blood lipid levels include, first, making insights into the biology behind the traits: What are the underlying causes of high/low lipid levels? Second, to use genetic variants to answer clinically meaningful questions: Can we use genetic variants to predict risk?: Does genetics point to potential therapeutic targets? Finally, to make connections between diseases by shared genetic contributions: What is the relationship between the genetics of blood lipid levels and Alzheimer’s disease (AD)? Gina is an active member in the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) consortium and TOPMed Program, and a lead investigator in the Global Lipid Genetic Consortium (http://www.lipidgenetics.org/).
Other Positions
- Investigator - Framingham Heart Study
- Member, Genome Science Institute - Boston University
Education
- Boston University, PhD Field of Study: Biostatistics
- Boston University, MA Field of Study: Biostatistics
- Boston University, BA Field of Study: Biology
Classes Taught
- SPHBS852
- SPHBS858
- SPHBS943
Publications
- Published on 7/16/2026
Orchard P, Blackwell TW, Kachuri L, Castaldi PJ, Cho MH, Christenson SA, Durda P, Gabriel S, Hersh CP, Huntsman S, Hwang S, Joehanes R, Johnson M, Li X, Lin H, Liu CT, Liu Y, Mak ACY, Manichaikul AW, Paik DT, Saferali A, Smith JD, Taylor KD, Tracy RP, Wang J, Wang M, Weinstock JS, Weiss J, Wheeler HE, Zhou Y, Zöllner S, Wu JC, Mestroni L, Graw S, Taylor MRG, Ortega VE, Johnson WC, Gan W, Abecasis G, Nickerson DA, Gupta N, Ardlie K, Woodruff PG, Bowler RP, Meyers DA, Reiner A, Kooperberg C, Ziv E, Vasan RS, Larson MG, Cupples LA, Silverman EK, Rich SS, Heard-Costa N, Tang H, Rotter JI, Smith AV, Levy D, Aguet F, Scott LJ, Raffield LM, Parker SCJ, Abe N, Almasy L, Ament S, Anugu P, Auer P, Avramopoulos D, Balasubramanian A, Barr RG, Barwick L, Beaty T, Becker D, Becker L, Beitelshees A, Benos T, Bezerra M, Bis J, Brody J, Broeckel U, Broome J, Bunting K, Buth E, Carey V, Carty C, Casaburi R, Chaffin M, Chang C, Chang YC, Chavan S, Chen BJ, Chen WM, Choi SH, Chuang LM, Chung RH, Conomos M, Cornell E, Crandall C, Crapo J, Curtis J, Damcott C, David S, de Las Fuentes L, de Vries P, Deka R, DeMeo D, Devine S, Dinh H, Doddapaneni H, Duan Q, Duggirala R, Eaton C, Ekunwe L, El Boueiz A, Emery L, Farber C, Farek J, Franceschini N, Frazar C, Fu M, Fullerton SM, Fulton L, Gao S, Gao Y, Gass M, Geiger H, Ghosh A, Gignoux C, Glahn D, Gogarten S, Gong DW, Goring H, Grine D, Gu CC, Guan Y, Hall M, Han Y, Harris D, Heavner B, Herrington D, Hobbs B, Hong E, Hoth K, Hsiung CA, Hu J, Hung YJ, Huston H, Hwu CM, Jackson R, Jain D, Johnsen J, Johnston R, Jones K, Kessler M, Khan A, Khan Z, Kim W, Kimoff J, Kinney G, Kramer H, Lange C, Lange E, Laurie C, Laurie C, LeBoff M, Lee S, Lee WJ, Levine D, Lewis J, Li Y, Lin X, Liu S, Liu Y, Make B, Manning A, Manson J, Martin L, Marton M, Mathai S, May S, McArdle P, McDonald ML, McFarland S, McGoldrick D, McHugh C, Mei H, Meigs J, Menon V, Min N, Moll M, Momin Z, Montasser M, Mychaleckyj JC, Naik R, Naseri T, Natarajan P, Nelson SC, Neltner B, Nessner C, Nkechinyere O, O'Connell J, O'Connor T, Ochs-Balcom H, Okwuonu G, Pankow J, Parker C, Peloso G, Peralta JM, Perez M, Perry J, Peters U, Phillips LS, Pollin T, Becker JP, Boorgula MP, Psaty B, Qiao D, Rafaels N, Rajendran M, Rasmussen-Torvik L, Ratan A, Reed R, Regan E, Reupena MS, Robillard R, Roselli C, Ruczinski I, Runnels A, Russell P, Ryan K, Sabino EC, Salimi S, Salvi S, Salzberg S, Sandow K, Santibanez J, Schwander K, Sciurba F, Sériès F, Shetty A, Shetty A, Silver B, Skomro R, Smith T, Smoller S, Snively B, Stilp AM, Storm G, Streeten E, Su JL, Sung YJ, Sylvia J, Szpiro A, Taub M, Taylor S, Thornton TA, Threlkeld M, Tinker L, Tirschwell D, Tiwari H, Tong C, Tsai M, Vaidya D, Walker T, Wallace R, Walts A, Wang FF, Wang H, Watson K, Watt J, Weng LC, Wessel J, Williams K, Wilson C, Wilson J, Winterkorn L, Wong Q, Wu B, Xu H, Yanek L, Yang I, Zekavat SM, Zhao SX, Zhao W, Zhu X. Cross-cohort analysis of expression and splicing quantitative trait loci in TOPMed. Science. 2026 Jul 16; 393(6808):eadx2989. PMID: 42462027.
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- Published on 7/16/2026
Ferolito BR, Horimoto ARVR, Gravel-Pucillo K, Golden DJ, Dashti H, Giambartolomei C, Rasooly D, Matty R, Gaziano L, Tsepilov Y, Costa L, Kosik N, Ioannidis H, Karim M, Winicki G, Hunter F, Langenberg C, Whittaker JC, Cai T, Peloso GM, Zdrazil B, Ghoussaini M, Leach AR, Muralidhar S, Smit IA, Casas JP, Gaziano JM, Cho K, Pereira AC. A genomic-led strategy to anticipate drug safety effects. PLoS Genet. 2026 Jul; 22(7):e1012211. PMID: 42461796.
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- Published on 6/1/2026
Palatsides EL, Yiallourou S, Himali D, Cavuoto MG, Baril AA, Yang Q, Peloso GM, Ryan J, El Fakhri G, Ghosh S, Thibault E, DeCarli CS, Johnson KA, Beiser AS, Seshadri S, Himali JJ, Pase MP. Influence of an AQP4 haplotype and sleep duration on early Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Dement. 2026 Jun; 22(6):e71540. PMID: 42222915.
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- Published on 5/25/2026
Koyama S, Yu Z, Choi SH, Jurgens SJ, Selvaraj MS, Klarin D, Huffman JE, Clarke SL, Zhang SK, Trinh MN, Ravi A, Dron JS, Spinks C, Surakka I, Bhatnagar A, Lannery K, Hornsby W, Damrauer SM, Chang KM, Lynch JA, Assimes TL, Tsao PS, Rader DJ, Cho K, Peloso GM, Ellinor PT, Sun YV, Wilson PWF, Natarajan P. Exome-wide association study of blood lipids in 1,158,017 individuals from diverse populations. Nat Genet. 2026 May 25. PMID: 42185625.
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- Published on 5/24/2026
Palmer DS, Hill B, Hodgson S, Jõeloo M, Kalantzis G, Kousathanas A, Koyama S, Lu W, Namba S, Rodriguez ZB, Shortt JA, Sonehara K, Vartanian N, Vy HMT, Wade IA, White SL, Baya NA, Chami N, Do R, Estrada K, Finer S, Genovese G, Guez J, Itan Y, Kanai M, Lassen FH, Matsuda K, Moutsianas L, Peloso GM, Palta P, Rader DJ, Rendon A, Rocheleau G, Sadeghi-Alavijeh O, Selvaraj MS, Smit RA, Wang D, Wigdor EM, Yu Z, Gignoux CR, Heyne H, Loos RJ, Martin HC, Milani L, Natarajan P, Okada Y, Pozdeyev N, van Heel DA, Verma A, Zhou W, Karczewski KJ, Lindgren CM, Neale BM. The Biobank Rare Variant consortium powers the discovery of rare genetic associations through global collaboration. medRxiv. 2026 May 24. PMID: 42238450.
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- Published on 5/9/2026
Li L, Alaa A, Tan Y, Demirel I, Friedman S, Zha Q, Tracy R, Taylor KD, Yu B, Ballantyne CM, Deo R, Dubin R, Tsai MY, Peloso GM, Brody J, Austin T, Psaty BM, Nicholas J, Raffield LM, Tahir U, Coresh J, Hornsby W, Chan A, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Ganz P, Gerszten R, Philippakis A, Natarajan P, Yu Z. Machine learning cross-platform proteomic imputation enables protein quality scoring and replication of epidemiological associations. bioRxiv. 2026 May 09. PMID: 42146637.
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- Published on 4/30/2026
Huang YJ, Kurniansyah N, Goodman MO, Spitzer BW, Wang J, Stilp A, Laurie C, de Vries PS, Chen H, Min YI, Sims M, Peloso GM, Guo X, Bis JC, Brody JA, Raffield LM, Smith JA, Zhao W, Rotter JI, Rich SS, Redline S, Fornage M, Kaplan R, Franceschini N, Levy D, Morrison AC, Boerwinkle E, Smith NL, Kooperberg C, Psaty BM, Zöllner S, Sofer T. Admixture-informed polygenic risk reporting using the ePRS framework. Nat Commun. 2026 Apr 30; 17(1). PMID: 42062286.
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- Published on 4/23/2026
Peloso GM, Wang D, Abbruzzese SM, Bis JC, Choi SH, Beiser A, Bressler J, Dupuis J, Fohner AE, Ghanbari M, Gibbs RA, Heard-Costa N, Ikram MA, Lacaze P, Le Grand Q, Lopez OL, Mosley TH, Riaz M, Soumaré A, Yaqub A, Boerwinkle E, Psaty BM, Fornage M, Seshadri S, DeStefano AL. Whole genome sequencing analysis of over 3500 individuals dementia-free over 85 years old. J Alzheimers Dis. 2026 Jun; 111(4):1772-1782. PMID: 42024100.
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- Published on 4/22/2026
Peloso GM, Adhikari N, Young MM, Cho K, Kinlay S. Genome-Wide Association Study of Chronic Venous Insufficiency and Lymphedema in the Million Veteran Program. Circ Genom Precis Med. 2026 Jun; 19(3):e005442. PMID: 42017216.
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- Published on 4/1/2026
Spinks C, Selvaraj MS, Robinson C, Peloso GM, Gwynne C, Urbut S, Truong B, Paruchuri K, Hornsby W, Natarajan P. Management and Consequences of Genotype-Positive Familial Hypercholesterolemia. JAMA Cardiol. 2026 Apr 01; 11(4):378-382. PMID: 41779414.
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