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Bess Dawson-Hughes

Bess Dawson-Hughes

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Best Female Scientists
2025

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Best Female Scientists

D-Index
142
Citations
91232
World Ranking
219
National Ranking
138

Medicine

D-Index
142
Citations
93289
World Ranking
1544
National Ranking
897

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  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Bess Dawson-Hughes is affiliated with Tufts University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research within the field of medicine. Their work encompasses a variety of subfields including physiology, orthopedics and sports medicine, pathology and forensic medicine, nutrition and dietetics, and surgery. These areas highlight a multidisciplinary approach focused primarily on health and disease mechanisms.

The scientist's research predominantly targets topics such as Vitamin D research studies, bone health and osteoporosis research, diet and metabolism studies, nutrition and health in aging, vitamin C and antioxidants research, hip and femur fractures, and nutritional studies and diet. This concentrated focus reflects a consistent interest in the intersections of nutrition, aging, and musculoskeletal health.

Some of the notable recent papers authored or coauthored by the scientist include:

  • Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation, Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation, or a Strength-Training Exercise Program on Clinical Outcomes in Older Adults (2020), published in JAMA
  • Consensus statement from 2nd International Conference on Controversies in Vitamin D (2020), published in Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders
  • Intratrial Exposure to Vitamin D and New-Onset Diabetes Among Adults With Prediabetes: A Secondary Analysis From the Vitamin D and Type 2 Diabetes (D2d) Study (2020), published in Diabetes Care
  • Controversies in Vitamin D: A Statement From the Third International Conference (2020), published in JBMR Plus
  • Vitamin D in the older population: a consensus statement (2022), published in Endocrine

Bess Dawson-Hughes collaborates frequently with several other researchers, including Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari, René Rizzoli, John А. Kanis, Nicholas C. Harvey, and Cyrus Cooper. These frequent coauthors indicate a strong network in vitamin D and bone health research communities.

The publication venues where this scientist has been most active include Osteoporosis International, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, JBMR Plus, and The Journal of Nutrition Health & Aging. These journals reflect a consistent contribution to specialized fields relating to endocrinology, bone metabolism, aging, and clinical nutrition.

Best Publications

  • Incidence and economic burden of osteoporosis-related fractures in the United States, 2005-2025.

    Russel Burge;Russel Burge;Bess Dawson-Hughes;Daniel H Solomon;John B Wong

  • Estimation of optimal serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D for multiple health outcomes

    Heike A Bischoff-Ferrari;Edward Giovannucci;Walter C Willett;Thomas Dietrich

  • Effect of Calcium and Vitamin D Supplementation on Bone Density in Men and Women 65 Years of Age or Older

    Bess Dawson-Hughes;Susan S. Harris;Elizabeth A. Krall;Gerard E. Dallal

  • The Role of Vitamin D and Calcium in Type 2 Diabetes. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Anastassios G. Pittas;Joseph Lau;Frank B. Hu;Bess Dawson-Hughes;Bess Dawson-Hughes

  • Estimates of optimal vitamin D status

    Bess Dawson-Hughes;Robert P. Heaney;Michael F. Holick;Paul Lips

  • Fracture Prevention With Vitamin D Supplementation: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

    Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari;Walter C. Willett;John B. Wong;Edward Giovannucci

  • Global vitamin D status and determinants of hypovitaminosis D.

    A. Mithal;D. A. Wahl;Jean-Philippe Bonjour;P. Burckhardt

  • Effect of Vitamin D on falls: a meta-analysis

    Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari;Bess Dawson-Hughes;Walter C. Willett;Hannes B. Staehelin

  • Fall prevention with supplemental and active forms of vitamin D: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

    Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari;B. Dawson-Hughes;Hannes B. Staehelin;John E. Orav

  • The recent prevalence of osteoporosis and low bone mass in the United States based on bone mineral density at the femoral neck or lumbar spine.

    Nicole C Wright;Anne C Looker;Kenneth G Saag;Jeffrey R Curtis

  • Peak bone mass

    R. P. Heaney;Steven Abrams;B. Dawson-Hughes;A. Looker

  • A controlled trial of the effect of calcium supplementation on bone density in postmenopausal women

    Bess Dawson-Hughes;Gerald E. Dallal;Elizabeth A. Krall;Laura Sadowski

  • Higher 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations are associated with better lower-extremity function in both active and inactive persons aged ≥60 y

    Heike A Bischoff-Ferrari;Thomas Dietrich;E John Orav;Frank B Hu

  • Vitamin D and Calcium Intake in Relation to Type 2 Diabetes in Women

    Anastassios G. Pittas;Bess Dawson-Hughes;Tricia Li;Rob M. Van Dam

  • Interim Report and Recommendations of the World Health Organization Task-Force for Osteoporosis

    H K Genant;C Cooper;G Poor;I Reid

  • IOF position statement: vitamin D recommendations for older adults

    B. Dawson-Hughes;A. Mithal;J.P. Bonjour;S. Boonen

  • A Pooled Analysis of Vitamin D Dose Requirements for Fracture Prevention

    Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari;Walter C. Willett;Endel J. Orav;Paul Lips

  • Positive association between 25-hydroxy vitamin D levels and bone mineral density: a population-based study of younger and older adults.

    Heike A Bischoff-Ferrari;Thomas Dietrich;E.John Orav;Bess Dawson-Hughes

  • Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D status of adolescents and adults in two seasonal subpopulations from NHANES III.

    Anne C Looker;B Dawson-Hughes;M S Calvo;E W Gunter

  • Risk factors for longitudinal bone loss in elderly men and women: the Framingham Osteoporosis Study.

    Marian T. Hannan;Marian T. Hannan;David T. Felson;Bess Dawson-Hughes;Katherine L. Tucker

Frequent Co-Authors

Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari
Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari University of Zurich
René Rizzoli
René Rizzoli Geneva College
Gerard E. Dallal
Gerard E. Dallal Tufts University
Cyrus Cooper
Cyrus Cooper University of Southampton
John A. Kanis
John A. Kanis Australian Catholic University
Walter C. Willett
Walter C. Willett Harvard University
Katherine L. Tucker
Katherine L. Tucker University of Massachusetts Lowell
Robert P. Heaney
Robert P. Heaney Creighton University
Sarah L. Booth
Sarah L. Booth Tufts University
Jean-Yves Reginster
Jean-Yves Reginster University of Liège

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