
Yvonne Golightly
Assistant Dean for Research and Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Allied Health Professions · University of North Carolina Hospitals
Credentials: · · ·
History
PresentUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center Hospital · University of North Carolina Hospitals


Research
The power of genetic diversity in genome-wide association studies of lipids
Systematic review or meta-analysis · Nature · 2021 · 795 citations
A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height
Nature · 2022 · 662 citations
Epidemiology of osteoarthritis
Review · Osteoarthritis and Cartilage · 2022 · Last of 3 authors · 658 citations

79 papers

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23 papers
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6 papers
Grants
- 2024–2026
STepped Exercise Program for Knee Osteoarthritis: The STEP-KOA Study
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · R34
PI · $407.4K · Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
- 2015–2020
Joint Hypermobility and Lower Body Osteoarthritis
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $1.6M · Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
- 2017–2019
High Intensity Interval Training for Knee Osteoarthritis
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · R21
Contact PI · $427.6K · Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Clinical trials
- 2017–2018
Feasibility of High Intensity Interval Training in Knee Osteoarthritis
Principal investigator · Completed
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- 2015–2016
Falls Prevention Program for Adults With Osteoarthritis
Principal investigator · Completed
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- 2013–2015
Shoe Lifts for Leg Length Inequality in Adults With Knee or Hip Symptoms
Principal investigator · Completed
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

