David Westergaard

David Westergaard

Assistant Professor


  1. Published

    Comorbidity landscape of the Danish patient population affected by chromosomal abnormalities

    Russo, F., Jørgensen, Isabella Friis, Westergaard, David, Jensen, A. B., Hjaltelin, Jessica Xin, Belling, K. & Brunak, Søren, 2018, In: European Journal of Human Genetics. 26, p. 697-698

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  2. Published

    A genome-wide association study of social trust in 33,882 Danish blood donors

    Sequeros, C. B., Hansen, T. F., Westergaard, D., Louloudis, I., Kalamajski, S., Röder, T., Rohde, P. D., Schwinn, M., Clemmensen, L. H., Didriksen, M., Nyegaard, M., Hjalgrim, H., Nielsen, K. R., Bruun, M. T., Ostrowski, S. R., Erikstrup, C., Mikkelsen, S., Sørensen, E., Pedersen, O. B. V., Brunak, S. & 3 others, Banasik, Karina, Giordano, G. N. & DBDS Genomic Consortium, D. G. C., 2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 12 p., 1402.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Deep integrative models for large-scale human genomics

    Sigurdsson, Arnór Ingi, Louloudis, Ioannis, Banasik, Karina, Westergaard, David, Winther, Ole, Lund, O., Ostrowski, Sisse Rye, Erikstrup, C., Pedersen, Ole Birger Vesterager, Nyegaard, Mette, Brunak, Søren, Vilhjálmsson, B. & Rasmussen, Simon, 2023, In: Nucleic Acids Symposium Series. 51, 12, 16 p.

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  4. Published

    Genome-wide association study of febrile seizures implicates fever response and neuronal excitability genes

    Skotte, L., Fadista, J., Bybjerg-Grauholm, J., Appadurai, V., Hildebrand, M. S., Hansen, T. F., Banasik, K., Grove, J., Albiñana, C., Geller, F., Bjurström, C. F., Vilhjálmsson, B. J., Coleman, M., Damiano, J. A., Burgess, R., Scheffer, I. E., Pedersen, O. B. V., Erikstrup, C., Westergaard, D., Nielsen, K. R. & 19 others, Sørensen, E., Bruun, M. T., Liu, X., Hjalgrim, Henrik, Pers, Tune H, Mortensen, P. B., Mors, O., Nordentoft, Merete, Dreier, J. W., Børglum, A. D., Christensen, J., Hougaard, D. M., Buil, A., Hviid, Anders Peter, Melbye, M., Ullum, H., Berkovic, S. F., Werge, Thomas & Feenstra, B., 2022, In: Brain. 145, 2, p. 555–568

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  5. Published

    Genetic effects on the timing of parturition and links to fetal birth weight: [Inkl. Correction]

    Solé-Navais, P., Flatley, C., Steinthorsdottir, V., Vaudel, M., Juodakis, J., Chen, J., Laisk, T., LaBella, A. L., Westergaard, D., Bacelis, J., Brumpton, B., Skotte, L., Borges, M. C., Helgeland, Ø., Mahajan, A., Wielscher, M., Lin, F., Briggs, C., Wang, C. A., Moen, G. H. & 33 others, Beaumont, R. N., Bradfield, J. P., Abraham, A., Thorleifsson, G., Gabrielsen, M. E., Ostrowski, Sisse Rye, Modzelewska, D., Nohr, E. A., Hypponen, E., Srivastava, A., Talbot, O., Allard, C., Williams, S. M., Menon, R., Shields, B. M., Sveinbjornsson, G., Xu, H., Melbye, M., Lowe, W., Bouchard, L., Oken, E., Pedersen, Ole Birger Vesterager, Gudbjartsson, D. F., Erikstrup, C., Sørensen, E., McCarthy, M. I., Lie, R. T., Ullum, H., Nyegaard, Mette, Nielsen, Henriette Svarre, Early Growth Genetics Consortium, E. G. G. C., Estonian Biobank Research Team, E. B. R. T. & Danish Blood Donor Study Genomic Consortium, D. B. D. S. G. C., 2023, In: Nature Genetics. 55, p. 559–567

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  6. E-pub ahead of print

    Variant in the synaptonemal complex protein SYCE2 associates with pregnancy loss through effect on recombination

    Steinthorsdottir, V., Halldorsson, B. V., Jonsson, H., Palsson, G., Oddsson, A., Westergaard, D., Arnadottir, G. A., Stefansdottir, L., Banasik, K., Esplin, M. S., Hansen, T. F., Brunak, S., Nyegaard, M., Ostrowski, S. R., Pedersen, O. B. V., Erikstrup, C., Thorleifsson, G., Nadauld, L. D., Haraldsson, A., Steingrimsdottir, T. & 8 others, Tryggvadottir, L., Jonsdottir, I., Gudbjartsson, D. F., Hoffmann, Eva, Sulem, P., Holm, H., Nielsen, Henriette Svarre & Stefansson, K., 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature Structural and Molecular Biology. 17 p.

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  7. Published

    Sequencing and de novo assembly of 150 genomes from Denmark as a population reference

    Sørensen, L. M., Jensen, J. M., Petersen, B., Sibbesen, J. A., Liu, S., Villesen, P., Skov, L., Belling, K. G., Have, C. T., Izarzugaza, J. M. G., Grosjean, M., Bork-Jensen, J., Grove, J., Als, T. D., Huang, S., Chang, Y., Xu, R., Ye, W., Rao, J., Guo, X. & 39 others, Sun, J., Cao, H., Ye, C., van Beusekom, J., Espeseth, T., Flindt, E., Friborg, R. M., Halager, A. E., Le Hellard, S., Hultman, C. M., Lescai, F., Li, S., Lund, O., Løngren, P., Mailund, T., Matey-Hernandez, M. L., Mors, O., Pedersen, C. N. S., Sicheritz-Pontén, T., Sullivan, P., Syed, A., Westergaard, David, Yadav, R., Li, N., Xu, X., Hansen, Torben, Krogh, Anders, Bolund, L., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Pedersen, Oluf Borbye, Gupta, R., Rasmussen, Simon, Besenbacher, S., Børglum, A. D., Wang, J., Eiberg, Hans Rudolf Lytchoff, Kristiansen, Karsten, Brunak, Søren & Schierup, M. H., 2017, In: Nature. 548, 7665, p. 87-91 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Sex differences in text-mined possible adverse drug events associated with drugs for psychosis

    Sørup, Freja Karuna Hemmingsen, Eriksson, R., Westergaard, David, Hallas, J., Brunak, Søren & Andersen, Stig Ejdrup, 2020, In: Journal of Psychopharmacology. 34, 5, p. 532-539 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Genetic insight into sick sinus syndrome

    Thorolfsdottir, R. B., Sveinbjornsson, G., Aegisdottir, H. M., Benonisdottir, S., Stefansdottir, L., Ivarsdottir, E. V., Halldorsson, G. H., Sigurdsson, J. K., Torp-Pedersen, C., Weeke, P. E., Brunak, S., Westergaard, D., Pedersen, O. B., Sørensen, E., Nielsen, K. R., Burgdorf, K. S., Banasik, K., Brumpton, B., Zhou, W., Oddsson, A. & 25 others, Tragante, V., Hjorleifsson, K. E., Davidsson, O. B., Rajamani, S., Jonsson, S., Torfason, B., Valgardsson, A. S., Thorgeirsson, G., Frigge, M. L., Thorleifsson, G., Norddahl, G. L., Helgadottir, A., Gretarsdottir, S., Sulem, P., Jonsdottir, I., Willer, C. J., Hveem, K., Bundgård, Henning, Ullum, H., Arnar, D. O., Thorsteinsdottir, U., Gudbjartsson, D. F., Holm, H., Stefansson, K. & DBDS Genomic Consortium, D. G. C., 2021, In: European Heart Journal. 42, 13 p.

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  10. Published

    Asthma Is Associated With Pregnancy Loss and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss: A Nationwide Cohort Study

    Tidemandsen, C., Egerup, P., Ulrik, Charlotte Suppli, Backer, Vibeke, Westergaard, David, Mikkelsen, A. P., Lidegaard, Øjvind & Nielsen, Henriette Svarre, 2022, In: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. 10, 9, p. 2326-2332.e3

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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