About the Authors

Nadia M. Penrod

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Kwabena A. Poku

Affiliation Human Services Management and Public Administration, Business School, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Douglas E. Vaughn

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Folkert W. Asselbergs

Affiliation Division Heart and Lungs, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Nancy J. Brown

Affiliation Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Jason H. Moore

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Scott M. Williams

smwilliams@chgr.mc.vanderbilt.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMW JHM FWA. Performed the experiments: NMP SMW. Analyzed the data: NMP SMW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KAP DEV FWA NJB JHM. Wrote the paper: NMP. Other: NMP KAP DEV FWA NJB JHM SMW.