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A. Heather Eliassen

A. Heather Eliassen

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Medicine

D-Index
84
Citations
33444
World Ranking
14909
National Ranking
7536

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - International Balzan Prize
  • 1991 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

A. Heather Eliassen is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines with a strong emphasis on Medicine as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist has contributed substantially to several subfields of study including Oncology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Physiology.

Eliassen's main topics of research cover diverse areas such as Nutritional Studies and Diet, Cancer Risks and Factors, Diet and Metabolism Studies, Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies, BRCA Gene Mutations in Cancer, Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease, and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.

They are frequently published in the following venues:

  • Cancer Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • UNC Libraries

Eliassen has collaborated most often with:

  • Walter C. Willett
  • Rulla M. Tamimi
  • Bernard Rosner
  • Oana A. Zeleznik
  • Clary B. Clish

Some of the recent papers associated with Eliassen's research include:

  • Risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers and the general community: a prospective cohort study, 2020, The Lancet Public Health
  • Risk of COVID-19 among frontline healthcare workers and the general community: a prospective cohort study, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Rapid implementation of mobile technology for real-time epidemiology of COVID-19, 2020, Science
  • The Mediterranean diet, plasma metabolome, and cardiovascular disease risk, 2020, European Heart Journal
  • Optimal dietary patterns for prevention of chronic disease, 2023, Nature Medicine

Their work has been recognized with awards such as the International Balzan Prize in 1996 and election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1991.

Best Publications

  • Risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers and the general community: a prospective cohort study.

    Long H. Nguyen;David A. Drew;Mark S. Graham;Amit D. Joshi

  • Modeling Linkage Disequilibrium Increases Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores

    Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson;Jian Yang;Hilary K. Finucane;Alexander Gusev

  • Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Sara Lindström;Sara Lindström;Joe Dennis;Jonathan Beesley

  • Menarche, menopause, and breast cancer risk: Individual participant meta-analysis, including 118 964 women with breast cancer from 117 epidemiological studies

    N. Hamajima;K. Hirose;K. Tajima;T. Rohan

  • Polygenic Risk Scores for Prediction of Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Subtypes

    Nasim Mavaddat;Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Joe Dennis;Michael Lush

  • Adult weight change and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer

    A. Heather Eliassen;Graham A. Colditz;Bernard Rosner;Walter C. Willett

  • Endogenous Estrogen, Androgen, and Progesterone Concentrations and Breast Cancer Risk Among Postmenopausal Women

    Stacey A. Missmer;A. Heather Eliassen;Robert L. Barbieri;Susan E. Hankinson

  • A Population-Based Study of Genes Previously Implicated in Breast Cancer

    Chunling Hu;Steven N Hart;Rohan Gnanaolivu;Hongyan Huang

  • Type and timing of menopausal hormone therapy and breast cancer risk: individual participant meta-analysis of the worldwide epidemiological evidence

    N. Hamajima;K. Hirose;K. Tajima;T. Rohan

  • High anthocyanin intake is associated with a reduced risk of myocardial infarction in young and middle-aged women

    Aedín Cassidy;Kenneth J. Mukamal;Lydia Liu;Mary Franz

  • Endogenous Steroid Hormone Concentrations and Risk of Breast Cancer Among Premenopausal Women

    A. Heather Eliassen;Stacey A. Missmer;Shelley S. Tworoger;Donna Spiegelman

  • Identification of ten variants associated with risk of estrogen-receptor-negative breast cancer.

    Roger L Milne;Roger L Milne;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Beesley

  • Plasma adiponectin concentrations and risk of incident breast cancer.

    Shelley S. Tworoger;Shelley S. Tworoger;A. Heather Eliassen;A. Heather Eliassen;Theodoros Kelesidis;Graham A. Colditz;Graham A. Colditz

  • Circulating Carotenoids and Risk of Breast Cancer: Pooled Analysis of Eight Prospective Studies

    A. Heather Eliassen;Sara J. Hendrickson;Louise A. Brinton;Julie E. Buring

  • Association of urinary concentrations of bisphenol A and phthalate metabolites with risk of type 2 diabetes: a prospective investigation in the Nurses' Health Study (NHS) and NHSII cohorts.

    Qi Sun;Marilyn C. Cornelis;Mary K. Townsend;Deirdre K. Tobias

  • Migraine and risk of cardiovascular disease in women: prospective cohort study.

    Tobias Kurth;Tobias Kurth;Tobias Kurth;Anke C Winter;A Heather Eliassen;A Heather Eliassen;Rimma Dushkes

  • Circulating Vitamin D and Colorectal Cancer Risk: An International Pooling Project of 17 Cohorts.

    Marjorie L McCullough;Emilie S Zoltick;Emilie S Zoltick;Stephanie J Weinstein;Veronika Fedirko

  • Healthy lifestyle in the primordial prevention of cardiovascular disease among young women.

    Andrea K. Chomistek;Stephanie E. Chiuve;Stephanie E. Chiuve;A. Heather Eliassen;Kenneth J. Mukamal

  • Associations between red meat intake and biomarkers of inflammation and glucose metabolism in women

    Sylvia H Ley;Qi Sun;Walter C Willett;A Heather Eliassen

  • Association of Body Mass Index and Age With Subsequent Breast Cancer Risk in Premenopausal Women.

    Minouk J. Schoemaker;Hazel B. Nichols;Lauren B. Wright;Mark N. Brook

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan E. Hankinson
Susan E. Hankinson University of Massachusetts Amherst
Rulla M. Tamimi
Rulla M. Tamimi Cornell University
Walter C. Willett
Walter C. Willett Harvard University
Bernard Rosner
Bernard Rosner Harvard University
Shelley S. Tworoger
Shelley S. Tworoger Harvard University
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Roger L. Milne
Roger L. Milne Cancer Council Victoria
Peter Kraft
Peter Kraft Harvard University
David J. Hunter
David J. Hunter Harvard University
Alicja Wolk
Alicja Wolk Karolinska Institute

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