
Alaitz Poveda
Postdoctoral fellow
Key interests
- Genetic epidemiology of obesity.
- Genetic epidemiology
- Gene-environment interactions in cardiometabolic traits
Background/biography
Alaitz obtained her MSc in Molecular Biology and Biomedicine (2008) and a PhD (2013) at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Spain. The topic of her doctoral thesis was the analysis of the genetic and environmental factors contributing to obesity and hypertension in Roma population focusing on the genetic inheritance of these diseases on extended families. After completing her PhD, Alaitz undertook a lecturer position on Human Physiology at UPV/EHU. In 2014, she obtained a 3-year postdoctoral fellowship from the Basque Country Government (Spain) and started working at the Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology (GAME) Unit. Currently, Alaitz is working as an Assistant professor in the GAME unit and her research is primarily focused in family based studies and genetic epidemiology on cardiometabolic diseases. Her research interests involve different areas including human genetics, physical anthropology, physiology, quantitative genetics and epidemiology.
Publications
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Exposome-wide ranking of modifiable risk factors for cardiometabolic disease traits
Alaitz Poveda, Hugo Pomares-Millan, Yan Chen, Azra Kurbasic, Chirag J. Patel, et al.
(2022) Scientific Reports, 12
Journal articleGene-educational attainment interactions in a multi-ancestry genome-wide meta-analysis identify novel blood pressure loci
Lisa de las Fuentes, Alaitz Poveda, Paul Franks, Myriam Fornage
(2021) Molecular Psychiatry, 26 p.2111-2125
Journal articleEnvironment-wide association study (EWAS) on cardiometabolic traits: A systematic assessment of the association of lifestyle variables on a longitudinal setting
Alaitz Poveda, Yan Chen, Hugo Pomares-Millan, Azra Kurbasic, Chirag J. Patel, et al.
(2021) , p.1-4
PreprintPredicting sensitivity and resilience to modifiable risk factors for cardiometabolic morbidity and mortality
Hugo Pomares-Millan, Naemieh Atabaki Pasdar, Ingegerd Johansson, Alaitz Poveda, Paul W. Franks
(2021) , p.1-28
PreprintThe power of genetic diversity in genome-wide association studies of lipids
Sarah E. Graham, Alaitz Poveda, Azra Kurbasic, Valeriya Lyssenko, Paul Franks, et al.
(2021) Nature, 600 p.675-679
Journal articleIdeal body image for the opposite sex and its association with body mass index
María Eugenia Ibáñez-Zamacona, Alaitz Poveda, Esther Rebato
(2021) Journal of Biosocial Science
Journal articleBody image in relation to nutritional status in adults from the Basque Country, Spain
María Eugenia Ibáñez-Zamacona, Alaitz Poveda, Esther Rebato
(2020) Journal of Biosocial Science, 52 p.272-285
Journal articleDiscovery of rare variants associated with blood pressure regulation through meta-analysis of 1.3 million individuals
Praveen Surendran, Cristiano Fava, Olle Melander, Marju Orho-Melander, Alaitz Poveda, et al.
(2020) Nature Genetics, 52 p.1314-1332
Journal articleBlood pressure and bladder cancer risk in men by use of survival analysis and in interaction with NAT2 genotype, and by Mendelian randomization analysis
Stanley Teleka, George Hindy, Isabel Drake, Alaitz Poveda, Olle Melander, et al.
(2020) PLoS ONE, 15
Journal articleAssociation of Established Blood Pressure Loci With 10-Year Change in Blood Pressure and Their Ability to Predict Incident Hypertension
Alaitz Poveda, Naeimeh Atabaki-Pasdar, Shafqat Ahmad, Göran Hallmans, Frida Renström, et al.
(2020) Journal of the American Heart Association, 9 p.014513-014513
Journal articleThe combined effects of FADS gene variation and dietary fats in obesity-related traits in a population from the far north of Sweden : the GLACIER Study
Yan Chen, Angela C. Estampador, Maria Keller, Alaitz Poveda, Jonathan Dalla-Riva, et al.
(2019) International Journal of Obesity, 43 p.808-820
Journal articleMulti-ancestry study of blood lipid levels identifies four loci interacting with physical activity
Tuomas O Kilpeläinen, Tibor V. Varga, Alaitz Poveda, Paul Franks, Dabeeru C. Rao, et al.
(2019) Nature Communications, 10
Journal articleContribution of obesity associated genetic variants to anthropometric somatotype components
María Eugenia Ibáñez-Zamacona, Alaitz Poveda, Esther Rebato
(2019) Anthropologischer Anzeiger, 76 p.101-111
Journal articleInterplay between genetic predisposition, macronutrient intake and type 2 diabetes incidence : analysis within EPIC-InterAct across eight European countries
Sherly X. Li, Fumiaki Imamura, Matthias B. Schulze, Jusheng Zheng, Zheng Ye, et al.
(2018) Diabetologia, 61 p.1325-1332
Journal articleTau haplotypes support the Asian ancestry of the Roma population settled in the Basque Country
Miguel A. Alfonso-Sánchez, Ibone Espinosa, Luis Gómez-Pérez, Alaitz Poveda, Esther Rebato, et al.
(2018) Heredity, 120 p.91-99
Journal articleNew Blood Pressure-Associated Loci Identified in Meta-Analyses of 475 000 Individuals
Aldi T. Kraja, James P. Cook, Helen R. Warren, Praveen Surendran, Chunyu Liu, et al.
(2017) Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, 10
Journal articleLifestyle and precision diabetes medicine : will genomics help optimise the prediction, prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes through lifestyle therapy?
Paul W. Franks, Alaitz Poveda
(2017) Diabetologia, 60 p.784-792
Journal article reviewThe heritable basis of gene–environment interactions in cardiometabolic traits
Alaitz Poveda, Yan Chen, Anders Brändström, Elisabeth Engberg, Göran Hallmans, et al.
(2017) Diabetologia, 60 p.442-452
Journal articleTrans-ancestry meta-analyses identify rare and common variants associated with blood pressure and hypertension
Praveen Surendran, Fotios Drenos, Robin Young, Helen Warren, James P. Cook, et al.
(2016) Nature Genetics, 48 p.1151-1161
Journal articleDo Genetic Factors Modify the Relationship Between Obesity and Hypertriglyceridemia? : Findings From the GLACIER and the MDC Studies
Ashfaq Ali, Tibor V Varga, Ivana Stojkovic, Christina-Alexandra Schulz, Göran Hallmans, et al.
(2016) Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, 9 p.162-171
Journal articleInnate biology versus lifestyle behaviour in the aetiology of obesity and type 2 diabetes: the GLACIER Study.
Alaitz Poveda, Robert Koivula, Shafqat Ahmad, Inês Barroso, Göran Hallmans, et al.
(2016) Diabetologia, 59 p.462-471
Journal articleEstablished BMI-associated genetic variants and their prospective associations with BMI and other cardiometabolic traits : the GLACIER Study
S. Ahmad, A. Poveda, D. Shungin, I. Barroso, G. Hallmans, et al.
(2016) International Journal of Obesity, 40 p.1346-1352
Journal articleGene-Lifestyle Interactions in Complex Diseases: Design and Description of the GLACIER and VIKING Studies.
Azra Kurbasic, Alaitz Poveda, Yan Chen, Asa Agren, Elisabeth Engberg, et al.
(2014) Current Nutrition Reports, 3 p.400-411
Journal articleGene-Lifestyle and Gene-Pharmacotherpy Interactions in Obesity and Its Cardiovascular Consequences.
Paul Franks, Alaitz Poveda
(2011) Current Vascular Pharmacology, 9 p.401-456
Journal article2004 consensus statements on the management of ovarian cancer : final document of the 3rd International Gynecologic Cancer Intergroup Ovarian Cancer Consensus Conference (GCIG OCCC 2004)
A du Bois, M Quinn, T Thigpen, J Vermorken, E Avall-Lundqvist, et al.
(2005) Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology, 16 Suppl 8 p.7-12
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