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60
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9953
World Ranking
3909
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1774

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  • 2020 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Amy K. Wagner is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their primary research is situated within the field of Medicine, contributing extensively to multiple subfields including Neurology, Epidemiology, Emergency Medicine, Molecular Biology, and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine.

Their work frequently appears in several publication venues, notably:

  • Neurocritical Care
  • Journal of Neurotrauma
  • Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation
  • Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Amy K. Wagner's research covers a range of topics, with a strong focus on:

  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
  • S100 Proteins and Annexins
  • Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
  • Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

Selected recent papers by Amy K. Wagner include:

  • "The Curing Coma Campaign: Framing Initial Scientific Challenges-Proceedings of the First Curing Coma Campaign Scientific Advisory Council Meeting" (2020), Neurocritical Care
  • "Therapies to Restore Consciousness in Patients with Severe Brain Injuries: A Gap Analysis and Future Directions" (2021), Neurocritical Care
  • "A Precision Medicine Framework for Classifying Patients with Disorders of Consciousness: Advanced Classification of Consciousness Endotypes (ACCESS)" (2021), Neurocritical Care
  • "Proceedings of the First Curing Coma Campaign NIH Symposium: Challenging the Future of Research for Coma and Disorders of Consciousness" (2021), Neurocritical Care
  • "Proceedings from the Consensus Conference on Trauma Patient-Reported Outcome Measures" (2020), Journal of the American College of Surgeons

The scientist collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Raj G. Kumar
  • Shannon B. Juengst
  • Richard Rubenstein
  • Kevin Wang
  • John B. Williamson

Amy K. Wagner was recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Concussion in sports: postconcussive activity levels, symptoms, and neurocognitive performance.

    Cynthia W. Majerske;Jason P. Mihalik;Dianxu Ren;Michael W. Collins

  • Persistent cognitive dysfunction after traumatic brain injury: A dopamine hypothesis

    James W. Bales;Amy K. Wagner;Anthony E. Kline;C. Edward Dixon

  • Biomarkers of primary and evolving damage in traumatic and ischemic brain injury: diagnosis, prognosis, probing mechanisms, and therapeutic decision making.

    Patrick M Kochanek;Rachel P Berger;Hülya Bayir;Amy K Wagner

  • S100b as a prognostic biomarker in outcome prediction for patients with severe traumatic brain injury.

    Akash Goyal;Michelle D. Failla;Christian Niyonkuru;Krutika Amin

  • Chronic Inflammation After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Characterization and Associations With Outcome at 6 and 12 Months Postinjury.

    Raj G. Kumar;Jennifer A. Boles;Amy K. Wagner

  • IL‐1β associations with posttraumatic epilepsy development: A genetics and biomarker cohort study

    Matthew L. Diamond;Anne C. Ritter;Michelle D. Failla;Jennifer A. Boles

  • Acute Serum Hormone Levels: Characterization and Prognosis after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

    Amy K. Wagner;Emily H. McCullough;Christian Niyonkuru;Haishin Ozawa

  • Acute CSF interleukin-6 trajectories after TBI: associations with neuroinflammation, polytrauma, and outcome.

    R.G. Kumar;M.L. Diamond;J.A. Boles;R.P. Berger

  • Evaluation of estrous cycle stage and gender on behavioral outcome after experimental traumatic brain injury

    Amy K. Wagner;Lauren A. Willard;Anthony E. Kline;Michael K. Wenger

  • Controlled cortical impact injury affects dopaminergic transmission in the rat striatum.

    A. K. Wagner;J. E. Sokoloski;D. Ren;X. Chen

  • Relationships between cerebrospinal fluid markers of excitotoxicity, ischemia, and oxidative damage after severe TBI: the impact of gender, age, and hypothermia

    Amy K. Wagner;Hülya Bayir;Dianxu Ren;Ava Puccio

  • Return to Productive Activity After Traumatic Brain Injury: Relationship With Measures of Disability, Handicap, and Community Integration

    Amy K. Wagner;Flora M. Hammond;Howell C. Sasser;David Wiercisiewski

  • Emerging therapies in traumatic brain injury.

    Patrick M. Kochanek;Travis C. Jackson;Nikki Miller Ferguson;Shaun W. Carlson

  • Incidence and risk factors of posttraumatic seizures following traumatic brain injury: A Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Study.

    Anne C. Ritter;Amy K. Wagner;Anthony Fabio;Mary Jo Pugh

  • Trajectory analysis of serum biomarker concentrations facilitates outcome prediction after pediatric traumatic and hypoxemic brain injury.

    Rachel Pardes Berger;Michael C. Bazaco;Amy K. Wagner;Patrick M. Kochanek

  • Intentional traumatic brain injury: epidemiology, risk factors, and associations with injury severity and mortality.

    Amy Kathleen Wagner;Howell Crawford Sasser;Flora Mc Connell Hammond;David Wiercisiewski

  • Group-based trajectory analysis applications for prognostic biomarker model development in severe TBI: a practical example.

    Christian Niyonkuru;Amy K. Wagner;Haishin Ozawa;Krutika Amin

  • Intervention with environmental enrichment after experimental brain trauma enhances cognitive recovery in male but not female rats.

    Amy K Wagner;Anthony E Kline;Joshua Sokoloski;Ross D Zafonte

  • The Curing Coma Campaign: Framing Initial Scientific Challenges-Proceedings of the First Curing Coma Campaign Scientific Advisory Council Meeting.

    J Javier Provencio;J Claude Hemphill;Jan Claassen;Brian L Edlow

  • Therapies to Restore Consciousness in Patients with Severe Brain Injuries: A Gap Analysis and Future Directions.

    Brian L Edlow;Leandro R D Sanz;Len Polizzotto;Nader Pouratian

  • Gender and environmental effects on regional brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression after experimental traumatic brain injury.

    X. Chen;Y. Li;A.E. Kline;C.E. Dixon

  • Acute treatment with the 5-HT1A receptor agonist 8-OH-DPAT and chronic environmental enrichment confer neurobehavioral benefit after experimental brain trauma

    Anthony E. Kline;Amy K. Wagner;Brian P. Westergom;Rebecca R. Malena

Frequent Co-Authors

C. Edward Dixon
C. Edward Dixon University of Pittsburgh
Anthony E. Kline
Anthony E. Kline University of Pittsburgh
Jerzy P. Szaflarski
Jerzy P. Szaflarski University of Alabama at Birmingham
Joseph T. Giacino
Joseph T. Giacino Massachusetts General Hospital
Robert E. Ferrell
Robert E. Ferrell University of Pittsburgh
Nicholas D. Schiff
Nicholas D. Schiff Cornell University
Martin M. Monti
Martin M. Monti University of California, Los Angeles
John Whyte
John Whyte Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience
Brian L. Edlow
Brian L. Edlow Harvard University
Jed A. Hartings
Jed A. Hartings University of Cincinnati

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