
William R. P. Denault
- Researcher (Statistician); PhD
Publications 2026
Effects of gestational weight gain and HbA1C on fetal growth and birthweight in women with obesity
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand (in press)
DOI 10.1111/aogs.70298, PubMed 42583737
Publications 2025
Covariate-moderated Empirical Bayes Matrix Factorization
Adv Neural Inf Process Syst, 38, 47219-47250
PubMed 42433297
Publications 2023
Nucleated red blood cells explain most of the association between DNA methylation and gestational age
Commun Biol, 6 (1), 224
DOI 10.1038/s42003-023-04584-w, PubMed 36849614
Stability selection enhances feature selection and enables accurate prediction of gestational age using only five DNA methylation sites
Clin Epigenetics, 15 (1), 114
DOI 10.1186/s13148-023-01528-3, PubMed 37443060
The X-factor in ART: does the use of assisted reproductive technologies influence DNA methylation on the X chromosome?
Hum Genomics, 17 (1), 35
DOI 10.1186/s40246-023-00484-6, PubMed 37085889
Publications 2022
Cross-fitted instrument: A blueprint for one-sample Mendelian randomization
PLoS Comput Biol, 18 (8), e1010268
DOI 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010268, PubMed 36037248
DNA methylation in newborns conceived by assisted reproductive technology
Nat Commun, 13 (1), 1896
DOI 10.1038/s41467-022-29540-w, PubMed 35393427
Publications 2021
Wavelet Screening: a novel approach to analyzing GWAS data
BMC Bioinformatics, 22 (1), 484
DOI 10.1186/s12859-021-04356-5, PubMed 34620077
Detecting differentially methylated regions using a fast wavelet-based approach to functional association analysis
BMC Bioinformatics, 22 (1), 61
DOI 10.1186/s12859-021-03979-y, PubMed 33568045
Correction to: Detecting differentially methylated regions using a fast wavelet-based approach to functional association analysis
BMC Bioinformatics, 22 (1), 276
DOI 10.1186/s12859-021-04160-1, PubMed 34039267
A fast wavelet-based functional association analysis replicates several susceptibility loci for birth weight in a Norwegian population
BMC Genomics, 22 (1), 321
DOI 10.1186/s12864-021-07582-6, PubMed 33932983
Wavelet Screening identifies regions highly enriched for differentially methylated loci for orofacial clefts
NAR Genom Bioinform, 3 (2), lqab035
DOI 10.1093/nargab/lqab035, PubMed 33987535
An EPIC predictor of gestational age and its application to newborns conceived by assisted reproductive technologies
Clin Epigenetics, 13 (1), 82
DOI 10.1186/s13148-021-01055-z, PubMed 33875015
Publications 2020
Blood-based epigenetic estimators of chronological age in human adults using DNA methylation data from the Illumina MethylationEPIC array
BMC Genomics, 21 (1), 747
DOI 10.1186/s12864-020-07168-8, PubMed 33109080
Exposure to Air Pollution during Pregnancy and Childhood, and White Matter Microstructure in Preadolescents
Environ Health Perspect, 128 (2), 27005
DOI 10.1289/EHP4709, PubMed 32074458