Victoria L. Magnuson, PhD  

Title
Investigator, Children's Research Institute; assistant professor, Medical College of Wisconsin.

Division
Endocrinology/Diabetes

Research interests
Diabetes/obesity, genetic diseases/genomics

Study interests
Molecular genetics of complex diseases, type 1 diabetes.

Education
Doctorate, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 1992; post-doctoral fellowship, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., 1992-1998.     

Representative publications

• Silander K, Scott LJ, Valle TT, Mohlke KL, Stringham HM, Wiles KR, Duren WL, Doheny KF, Pugh EW, Chines P, Narisu N, White PP, Fingerlin TE, Jackson AU, Li C, Ghosh S, Magnuson VL, Colby K, Erdos MR, Hill JE, Hollstein P, Humphreys KM, Kasad RA, Lambert J, Lazaridis KN, Lin G, Morales-Mena A, Patzkowski K, Pfahl C, Porter R, Rha D, Segal S, Suh YD, Tovar J, Unni A, Welch C, Douglas JA, Epstein MP, Hauser ER, Hagopian W, Buchanan TA, Watanabe RM, Bergman RN, Tuomilehto J, Collins FS, Boehnke M. A Large Set of Finnish Affected Sibling Pair Families with Type 2 Diabetes Suggests Susceptibility. Loci on Chromosomes 6, 11 and 14. Diabetes. 2004; 53:821-829.
• Mohlke K, Lange E, Valle T, Ghosh S, Magnuson VL, Silander K, Watanabe R, Chines P, Bergman R, Tuomilehto J, Collins F, Boehnke M. Linkage Disequilibrium Between Microsatellite Markers Extends Beyond 1 cM on chromosome 20 in Finns. Genome Research. 2001; 11:1221-1226.
• Ghosh S, Watanabe RM, Valle T, Hauser ER, Magnuson VL, Langefeld CD, Ally DS, Mohlke K, Silander K, Kohtamaki K, Chines P, Balow Jr J, Birznieks G, Chang J, Eldridge W, Erdos MR, Karanjawala ZE, Knapp JI, Kudelko K, Martin C, Morales-Mena A, Musick A, Musick T, Pfahl C, Porter R, Rayman JB, Rha D, Segal L, Shapiro S, Sharaf R, Shurtleff B, So A, Tannenbaum J, Te C, Tovar J, Unni A, Welch C, Whiten R, Witt A, Blaschak-Harvan J, Douglas JA, Duren WL, Epstein MP, Fingerlin TE, Kaleta HS, Lange EM, Li C, McEachin RC, Stringham HM, Trager E, White PP, Eriksson J, Toivananen L, Vidgren G, Nylund SJ, Tuomilehto-Wolf E, Ross EH, Demirchyan E, Hagopian WA, Buchanan TA, Tuomilehto J, Bergman RN, Collins FS, Boehnke M. The Finland-US Investigation of Non-insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (FUSION) Genetic Study: I. An Autosomal Genome Scan for Genes that Predispose to Type 2 Diabetes. American Journal of Human Genetics. 2000; 67:1174-1185.
• Watanabe RM, Ghosh S, Langefeld CD, Valle T, Hauser ER, Magnuson VL, Mohlke K, Silander K, Ally DS, Blaschak-Harvan J, Douglas JA, Duren WL, Epstein MP, Fingerlin TE, Kaleta HS, Lange EM, Li C, McEachin RC, Stringham HM, Trager E, White PP, Balow Jr J, Birznieks G, Chang J, Chines P, Eldridge W, Erdos MR, Karanjawala ZE, Knapp JI, Kudelko K, Martin C, Morales-Mena A, Musick A, Musick T, Pfahl C, Porter R, Rayman JB, Rha D, Segal L, Shapiro S, Sharaf R, Shurtleff B, So A, Tannenbaum J, Te C, Tovar J, Unni A, Welch C, Whiten R, Witt A, Kohtamaki K, Eriksson J, Toivananen L, Vidgren G, Nylund SJ, Tuomilehto-Wolf E, Ross EH, Demirchyan E, Hagopian WA, Buchanan TA, Tuomilehto J, Bergman RN, Collins FS, Boehnke M. The Finland-US Investigation of Non-insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (FUSION) Genetic Study: II. An Autosomal Genome Scan for Quantitative Trait Loci. American Journal of Human Genetics. 2000; 67:1186-1200.
• Ghosh S, Watanabe R, Hauser E, Valle T, Magnuson V, Erdos M, Langefeld C, Balow Jr J, Ally D, Kohtamaki K, Chines P, Birznieks G, Kaleta H-S, Musick A, Te C, Tannenbaum J, Eldridge W, Shapiro S, Martin C, Witt A, So A, Chang J, Shurtleff B, Porter R, Kudelko K, Unni A, Segal L, Sharaf R, Blaschak-Harvan J, Eriksson J, Tenkula T, Vidgren G, Ehnholm C, Tuomilehto-Wolf E, Hagopian W, Buchanan T, Tuomilehto J, Bergman R, Collins F, Boehnke M. Type 2 Diabetes: Evidence for Linkage on Chromosome 20 in 716 Finnish Affected Sib Pairs. Proclamation of the National Academy of Sciences. USA. 1999; 96:2198-2203.
• Valle T, Tuomilehto J, Bergman R, Ghosh S, Hauser E, Eriksson J, Nylund S, Kohtamaki K, Toivanen L, Vidgren G, Tuomilehto-Wolf E, Ehnholm C, Blaschak J, Langefeld C, Watanabe R, Magnuson VL, Ally D, Hagopian W, Ross E, Buchanan T, Collins F, Boehnke M. Mapping Genes for NIDDM: Design of the Finland-United States Investigation of NIDDM Genetics (FUSION) Study. Diabetes Care. 1998; 21:949-958.

Grants          

• Genetics of Non-HLA Genes in Post-adolescent Onset Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation #09-2001-1012 10/01/02 -9/30/07, co-investigator.

Contact
Children's Research Institute
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Phone: (414) 456-5661
Fax: (414) 456-6663
E-mail: vmagnuso@mcw.edu