Richard Lifton
Professor (Adjunct) of Genetics · Yale-New Haven Hospital
Credentials: · · ·
History
- Present
Internal Medicine
University
- 1978–1982
Research
Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology
Systematic review or meta-analysis · Nature · 2015 · 3,482 citations
Autoantibodies against type I IFNs in patients with life-threatening COVID-19
Science · 2020 · 2,224 citations
Inborn errors of type I IFN immunity in patients with life-threatening COVID-19
Science · 2020 · 1,856 citations
- MG
55 papers · 5 as a resident
50 papers · 11 as a resident
- FH
45 papers
28 papers
- WD
28 papers · 1 as a resident
27 papers
24 papers
23 papers · 3 as a resident
Grants
- 2009–2025
Congenital Heart Disease Genetics and Clinical Outcomes
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · U01
PI · $5.9M · Yale University
- 2011–2021
Yale Center for Mendelian Genomics
National Human Genome Research Institute · UM1
Contact PI · $14.8M · Yale University
- 2009–2020
Genetics and Genomics of Congenital Heart Disease and Associated Neurodevelopmental Abnormalities
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · UM1
PI · $2.2M · Yale University
- 2006–2018
Clinical trials
- 1995–2000
Diagnosis/Pathophysiology of Glucocorticoid Remediable Aldosteronism Hypertension
Completed
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)