About the Authors

Delphine Fradin

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Center for Epigenetics, Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Keely Cheslack-Postava

Affiliation Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Christine Ladd-Acosta

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Center for Epigenetics, Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Craig Newschaffer

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Aravinda Chakravarti

Affiliation Center for Complex Disease Genomics, McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Dan E. Arking

Affiliation Center for Complex Disease Genomics, McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Andrew Feinberg

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Center for Epigenetics, Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

M. Daniele Fallin

dfallin@jhsph.edu

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CN AF MDF. Performed the experiments: AC DEA. Analyzed the data: DF KCP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CLA AC MDF. Wrote the paper: DF KCP CLA CN AF MDF.