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Anne M. Molloy is affiliated with Trinity College Dublin in Ireland and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on genetics, rheumatology, public health, environmental and occupational health, psychiatry and mental health, and physiology.

Their research topics primarily cover folate and B vitamins research, nutritional studies and diet, nutrition and health in aging, vitamin D research studies, dementia and cognitive impairment research, bone health and osteoporosis research, and metabolism and genetic disorders.

Anne M. Molloy has co-authored frequently with several researchers, including Helene McNulty, Mary Ward, Catherine Hughes, Éamon Laird, and Kevin McCarroll.

They have published notable papers such as:

  • Knowledge gaps in understanding the metabolic and clinical effects of excess folates/folic acid: a summary, and perspectives, from an NIH workshop (2020) in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • The importance of vitamin B12 for individuals choosing plant-based diets (2022) in European Journal of Nutrition
  • Effects of maternal folic acid supplementation during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy on neurocognitive development in the child: an 11-year follow-up from a randomised controlled trial (2021) in BMC Medicine
  • Associations of atrophic gastritis and proton-pump inhibitor drug use with vitamin B-12 status, and the impact of fortified foods, in older adults (2021) in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • Scientific opinion on the tolerable upper intake level for folate (2023) in EFSA Journal

Their work has appeared most frequently in the following publication venues:

  • Age and Ageing (20 publications)
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (6 publications)
  • Proceedings of The Nutrition Society (5 publications)
  • BMC Medicine (3 publications)
  • British Journal Of Nutrition (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Vitamin B12 Deficiency

    Ralph Green;Lindsay H. Allen;Anne Lise Bjørke-Monsen;Alex Brito

  • Folate levels and neural tube defects. Implications for prevention.

    Leslie E. Daly;Peadar N. Kirke;Anne Molloy;Donald G. Weir

  • Biomarkers of Nutrition for Development (BOND)-Iron Review.

    Sean Lynch;Christine M Pfeiffer;Michael K Georgieff;Gary Brittenham

  • Maternal plasma folate and vitamin B12 are independent risk factors for neural tube defects.

    P. N. Kirke;A. M. Molloy;L. E. Daly;H. Burke

  • A genome-wide association study of cleft lip with and without cleft palate identifies risk variants near MAFB and ABCA4

    Terri H. Beaty;Jeffrey C. Murray;Mary L. Marazita;Ronald G. Munger

  • Microbiological assay for serum, plasma, and red cell folate using cryopreserved, microtiter plate method.

    Anne M. Molloy;John M. Scott

  • Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of cobalamin and folate disorders

    Vinod Devalia;Malcolm S. Hamilton;Anne M. Molloy

  • Genome-wide mega-analysis identifies 16 loci and highlights diverse biological mechanisms in the common epilepsies

    Bassel Abou-Khalil;Pauls Auce;Andreja Avbersek;Melanie Bahlo

  • Thermolabile variant of 5, 10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductaseassociated with low red-cell folates: implications for folate intake recommendations

    Anne M Molloy;Sean Daly;James L Mills;Peadar N Kirke

  • Effects of Folate and Vitamin B12 Deficiencies During Pregnancy on Fetal, Infant, and Child Development

    Anne M. Molloy;Peadar N. Kirke;Lawrence C. Brody;John M. Scott

  • A genetic defect in 5,10 methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase in neural tube defects

    A S Whitehead;P Gallagher;J L Mills;P N Kirke

  • Minimum effective dose of folic acid for food fortification to prevent neural-tube defects

    Sean Daly;James L Mills;Anne M Molloy;Mary Conley

  • Maternal Vitamin B12 Status and Risk of Neural Tube Defects in a Population With High Neural Tube Defect Prevalence and No Folic Acid Fortification

    Anne M. Molloy;Peadar N. Kirke;James F. Troendle;Helen Burke

  • The "thermolabile" variant of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase and neural tube defects: An evaluation of genetic risk and the relative importance of the genotypes of the embryo and the mother

    Denis C. Shields;Peadar N. Kirke;James L. Mills;Dorothy Ramsbottom

  • A Polymorphism, R653Q, in the Trifunctional Enzyme Methylenetetrahydrofolate Dehydrogenase/Methenyltetrahydrofolate Cyclohydrolase/Formyltetrahydrofolate Synthetase Is a Maternal Genetic Risk Factor for Neural Tube Defects: Report of the Birth Defects Research Group

    Lawrence C. Brody;Mary Conley;Christopher Cox;Peadar N. Kirke

  • Low vitamin B-12 status and risk of cognitive decline in older adults

    Robert Clarke;Jacqueline Birks;Ebba Nexo;Per M Ueland

  • Genetic determinants of common epilepsies: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

    Richard Anney;A. Avbersek;D. Balding;L. Baum

  • MTRR and MTHFR polymorphism: link to Down syndrome?

    Valerie B. O'Leary;Anne Parle-McDermott;Anne M. Molloy;Peadar N. Kirke

  • Betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase: organ distribution in man, pig and rat and subcellular distribution in the rat.

    M. P. McKeever;D. G. Weir;A. Molloy;J. M. Scott

Frequent Co-Authors

John M. Scott
John M. Scott Trinity College Dublin
James L. Mills
James L. Mills National Institutes of Health
Lawrence C. Brody
Lawrence C. Brody National Institutes of Health
Per Magne Ueland
Per Magne Ueland University of Bergen
Barry Shane
Barry Shane University of California, Berkeley
Rose Anne Kenny
Rose Anne Kenny Trinity College Dublin
Ebba Nexo
Ebba Nexo Aarhus University Hospital
Alexander S. Whitehead
Alexander S. Whitehead University of Pennsylvania
John D. Scott
John D. Scott University of Washington
Gianpiero L. Cavalleri
Gianpiero L. Cavalleri Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

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