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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2017 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2015 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Barbara Franke is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands. Their research covers multiple domains in medicine and neuroscience with a strong focus on attention-related disorders and genetic influences.

Franke has contributed extensively to several main fields of study including:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Their work also spans several relevant subfields such as:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Genetics
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Molecular Biology

Several main topics dominate Franke's research portfolio:

  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Franke has published numerous papers in frequently targeted venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Human Brain Mapping

Among their recent scientific papers are:

  • "The World Federation of ADHD International Consensus Statement: 208 Evidence-based conclusions about the disorder" (2021, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews)
  • "Genome-wide analyses of ADHD identify 27 risk loci, refine the genetic architecture and implicate several cognitive domains" (2023, Nature Genetics)
  • "Cortical thickness across the lifespan: Data from 17,075 healthy individuals aged 3-90 years" (2021, Human Brain Mapping)
  • "Large-scale targeted sequencing identifies risk genes for neurodevelopmental disorders" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "Regional, circuit and network heterogeneity of brain abnormalities in psychiatric disorders" (2023, Nature Neuroscience)

Barbara Franke has collaborated with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Jan K. Buitelaar
  • Martine Hoogman
  • Nina Roth Mota
  • Marieke Klein
  • Tobias Banaschewski

In addition to journal articles, Franke has contributed to book publications, notably:

  • "Die Rolle des sozialen Umfeldes bei der Studienentscheidung" (2021), published by Higher education research and science studies

Recognition of Franke's work includes membership in:

  • Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (2017)
  • Academia Europaea (2015)

Best Publications

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

  • Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    Ditte Demontis;Ditte Demontis;Raymond K Walters;Raymond K Walters;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Manuel Mattheisen

  • Large recurrent microdeletions associated with schizophrenia

    Hreinn Stefansson;Dan Rujescu;Sven Cichon;Olli P. H. Pietilainen

  • 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

  • Common variants conferring risk of schizophrenia

    Hreinn Stefansson;Hreinn Stefansson;Roel A. Ophoff;Roel A. Ophoff;Roel A. Ophoff;Stacy Steinberg;Stacy Steinberg;Ole A. Andreassen

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • The World Federation of ADHD International Consensus Statement: 208 Evidence-based Conclusions about the Disorder

    Stephen V. Faraone;Tobias Banaschewski;David Coghill;Yi Zheng

  • Subcortical brain volume differences in participants with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adults: a cross-sectional mega-analysis

    Martine Hoogman;Janita Bralten;Derrek P. Hibar;Maarten Mennes

  • Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures.

    Derrek P. Hibar;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein;Miguel E. Renteria;Alejandro Arias-Vasquez

  • The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

    Katrina L. Grasby;Neda Jahanshad;Jodie N. Painter;Lucía Colodro-Conde

  • The ENIGMA Consortium: large-scale collaborative analyses of neuroimaging and genetic data

    Paul M. Thompson;Jason L. Stein;Sarah E. Medland;Derrek P. Hibar

  • Many sequence variants affecting diversity of adult human height

    Daniel F Gudbjartsson;G Bragi Walters;Gudmar Thorleifsson;Hreinn Stefansson

  • Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways

    Colm O'Dushlaine;Lizzy Rossin;Phil H. Lee;Laramie Duncan;Laramie Duncan

  • Identification of common variants associated with human hippocampal and intracranial volumes

    Jason L Stein;Sarah E Medland;Sarah E Medland;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Derrek P Hibar

  • Shared heritability of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder

    Nanda N. J. Rommelse;Barbara Franke;Hilde M. Geurts;Catharina A. Hartman

  • The analysis of 51 genes in DSM-IV combined type attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: association signals in DRD4, DAT1 and 16 other genes.

    K. Brookes;X. Xu;W. Chen;K. Zhou

  • Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies of Attention- Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

    Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Sarah E. Medland;Sarah E. Medland;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Philip Asherson

  • Meta-analysis of brain-derived neurotrophic factor p.Val66Met in adult ADHD in four European populations†‡

    C. Sanchez-Mora;M. Ribases;J. A. Ramos-Quiroga;M. Casas

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan K. Buitelaar
Jan K. Buitelaar Radboud University
Pieter J. Hoekstra
Pieter J. Hoekstra University Medical Center Groningen
Jaap Oosterlaan
Jaap Oosterlaan University of Amsterdam
Catharina A. Hartman
Catharina A. Hartman University Medical Center Groningen
Martine Hoogman
Martine Hoogman Radboud University
Dirk J. Heslenfeld
Dirk J. Heslenfeld Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Marcel P. Zwiers
Marcel P. Zwiers Radboud University
Nanda Rommelse
Nanda Rommelse Radboud University
Guillén Fernández
Guillén Fernández Radboud University
Simon E. Fisher
Simon E. Fisher Max Planck Society

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