L. Adrienne Cupples
{{Short description|American epidemiologist (c. 1945 – 2022)}}
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| name = L. Adrienne Cupples
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| birth_name = Laura Adrienne Sherrill
| birth_date = 1944/1945
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| death_date = January 13, 2022 (aged 77)
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| citizenship = United States
| workplaces = Boston University
| alma_mater = {{ubl|Boston University|University of the Pacific (United States)}}
| spouse = The Rev. John Cupples{{cite web |title=MACUCC 50-year Ordinands Celebrated |url=https://www.sneucc.org/newsdetail/50-year-ordinands-celebrated-13001766 |access-date=August 21, 2022}}
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| father = Rev. Shirley Sherrill
| mother = Mary Lea Sherrill
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L. Adrienne Cupples (born Laura Adrienne Sherrill; 1944/1945 – January 13, 2022){{cite web |last1=Saunders |first1=Michael |last2=McKoy |first2=Jillian |title=L. Adrienne Cupples: In Memoriam |url=https://www.bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2022/l-adrienne-cupples-in-memoriam/ |website=Boston University School of Public Health|date=14 January 2022 }} was a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the Boston University School of Public Health.
Early life and education
Cupples was born to Rev. Shirley Sherrill and his wife, Mary Lea Sherrill.{{Cite web |publisher=California-Nevada Conference of The UMC|title=Mary Lea Sherrill |url=https://www.cnumc.org/obituaries/mary-lea-sherrill-3847407 |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=www.cnumc.org |language=en |date=December 21, 2015}} She studied history and American studies at Raymond College, part of the University of the Pacific (United States) in Stockton, California before earning a masters and doctorate in statistics from Boston University.
Academic career
Cupples worked as a researcher on the Framingham Heart Study for over 35 years, eventually becoming the Co-Principal Investigator and a highly-cited researchers according to webometrics.{{cite web |title=Highly Cited Researchers (h>100) according to their Google Scholar Citations public profiles {{!}} Ranking Web of Universities: Webometrics ranks 30000 institutions |url=https://www.webometrics.info/en/hlargerthan100 |website=webometrics.info| accessdate=October 11, 2022}}
Selected publications
- {{Cite journal |last1=Go |first1=Alan S. |last2=Mozaffarian |first2=Dariush |last3=Roger |first3=Véronique L. |last4=Benjamin |first4=Emelia J. |last5=Berry |first5=Jarett D. |last6=Blaha |first6=Michael J. |last7=Dai |first7=Shifan |last8=Ford |first8=Earl S. |last9=Fox |first9=Caroline S. |last10=Franco |first10=Sheila |last11=Fullerton |first11=Heather J. |last12=Gillespie |first12=Cathleen |last13=Hailpern |first13=Susan M. |last14=Heit |first14=John A. |last15=Howard |display-authors=8 |first15=Virginia J. |date=2014-01-21 |title=Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2014 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association |journal=Circulation |language=en |volume=129 |issue=3 |pages=e28–e292 |doi=10.1161/01.cir.0000441139.02102.80 |issn=0009-7322 |pmc=5408159 |pmid=24352519}}
- {{Cite journal |last1=Farrer |first1=Lindsay A. |last2=Cupples |first2=L Adrienne |last3=Haines |first3=Jonathan L. |last4=Hyman |first4=Bradley |display-authors=3 |date=1997-10-22 |title=Effects of Age, Sex, and Ethnicity on the Association Between Apolipoprotein E Genotype and Alzheimer Disease: A Meta-analysis |url=http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jama.1997.03550160069041 |journal=JAMA |language=en |volume=278 |issue=16 |pages=1349 |doi=10.1001/jama.1997.03550160069041 |issn=0098-7484}}
- {{Cite journal |last1=Locke |first1=Adam E. |last2=Kahali |first2=Bratati |last3=Berndt |first3=Sonja I. |last4=Justice |first4=Anne E. |last5=Pers |first5=Tune H. |last6=Day |first6=Felix R. |last7=Powell |first7=Corey |last8=Vedantam |first8=Sailaja |last9=Buchkovich |first9=Martin L. |last10=Yang |first10=Jian |last11=Croteau-Chonka |first11=Damien C. |last12=Esko |first12=Tonu |last13=Fall |first13=Tove |last14=Ferreira |first14=Teresa |last15=Gustafsson |first15=Stefan |date=February 2015 |display-authors=8 |title=Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology |journal=Nature |language=en |volume=518 |issue=7538 |pages=197–206 |doi=10.1038/nature14177 |issn=1476-4687 |pmc=4382211 |pmid=25673413|bibcode=2015Natur.518..197. }}
- {{Cite journal |last1=Teslovich |first1=Tanya M. |last2=Musunuru |first2=Kiran |last3=Smith |first3=Albert V. |last4=Edmondson |first4=Andrew C. |last5=Stylianou |first5=Ioannis M. |last6=Koseki |first6=Masahiro |last7=Pirruccello |first7=James P. |last8=Ripatti |first8=Samuli |last9=Chasman |first9=Daniel I. |last10=Willer |first10=Cristen J. |last11=Johansen |first11=Christopher T. |last12=Fouchier |first12=Sigrid W. |last13=Isaacs |first13=Aaron |last14=Peloso |first14=Gina M. |last15=Barbalic |first15=Maja |display-authors=8 |date=August 2010 |title=Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids |journal=Nature |language=en |volume=466 |issue=7307 |pages=707–713 |doi=10.1038/nature09270 |issn=1476-4687 |pmc=3039276 |pmid=20686565|bibcode=2010Natur.466..707T }}
- {{Cite journal |last1=Speliotes |first1=Elizabeth K. |last2=Willer |first2=Cristen J. |last3=Berndt |first3=Sonja I. |last4=Monda |first4=Keri L. |last5=Thorleifsson |first5=Gudmar |last6=Jackson |first6=Anne U. |last7=Allen |first7=Hana Lango |last8=Lindgren |first8=Cecilia M. |last9=Luan |first9=Jian'an |last10=Mägi |first10=Reedik |last11=Randall |first11=Joshua C. |last12=Vedantam |first12=Sailaja |last13=Winkler |first13=Thomas W. |last14=Qi |first14=Lu |last15=Workalemahu |first15=Tsegaselassie |display-authors=8 |date=November 2010 |title=Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index |journal=Nature Genetics |language=en |volume=42 |issue=11 |pages=937–948 |doi=10.1038/ng.686 |issn=1546-1718 |pmc=3014648 |pmid=20935630}}
References
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External links
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Category:American women epidemiologists
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