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D-Index
64
Citations
19734
World Ranking
2930
National Ranking
141

Overview

Brian Kelly is affiliated with the University of Newcastle Australia. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology, Molecular Biology, and Genetics.

Their recent contributions to academic literature include papers published in notable venues such as Biological Psychiatry, JAMA Psychiatry, Journal of Rural Studies, Nature Genetics, and ASAIO Journal. Some of these publications are:

  • Sex-Dependent Shared and Nonshared Genetic Architecture Across Mood and Psychotic Disorders, 2021, Biological Psychiatry
  • Interaction Testing and Polygenic Risk Scoring to Estimate the Association of Common Genetic Variants With Treatment Resistance in Schizophrenia, 2022, JAMA Psychiatry
  • Concerns about climate change among rural residents in Australia, 2020, Journal of Rural Studies
  • Schizophrenia risk conferred by rare protein-truncating variants is conserved across diverse human populations, 2023, Nature Genetics
  • Bivalirudin May Reduce the Need for Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Pediatric Cardiac Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, 2020, ASAIO Journal

Frequent co-authors contributing alongside Brian Kelly include Joanne Shaw, Haryana M. Dhillon, Phyllis Butow, Jessica Cuddy, and Jane Rich.

The scientist regularly publishes in several venues, reflecting their research interests and collaborations. The venues with the highest number of publications are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuro-Oncology Practice
  • Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice
  • Palliative & Supportive Care
  • BMC Psychiatry

The main topics covered in their work encompass Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Cancer survivorship and care, Employment and Welfare Studies, Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life, Workplace Health and Well-being, Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare, and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology.

Best Publications

  • Solastalgia: The Distress Caused by Environmental Change

    Glenn Albrecht;Gina Maree Sartore;Linda Connor;Nick Higginbotham

  • Modeling Linkage Disequilibrium Increases Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores

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

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

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

  • Contribution of copy number variants to schizophrenia from a genome-wide study of 41,321 subjects

    Christian R Marshall;Daniel P Howrigan;Daniel P Howrigan;Daniele Merico;Bhooma Thiruvahindrapuram

  • An improved brief measure of cannabis misuse: The Cannabis Use Disorders Identification Test-Revised (CUDIT-R)

    Simon J. Adamson;Frances J. Kay-Lambkin;Amanda L. Baker;Terry J. Lewin

  • Genomic Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia, Including 28 Subphenotypes

    Douglas M. Ruderfer;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Andrew McQuillin;James Boocock

  • Emotional dimensions of chronic disease

    Jane Turner;Brian Kelly

  • Patient and health professional's perceived barriers to the delivery of psychosocial care to adults with cancer: a systematic review.

    Sophie Dilworth;Isabel Higgins;Vicki Parker;Vicki Parker;Brian Kelly;Brian Kelly

  • Reducing the psychological distress of family caregivers of home-based palliative care patients: short-term effects from a randomised controlled trial

    Peter Hudson;Tom Trauer;Tom Trauer;Tom Trauer;Brian Kelly;Moira O'Connor;Moira O'Connor

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder in response to HIV infection.

    Brian Kelly;Beverley Raphael;Fiona Judd;Michael Perdices

  • Do Couple-Based Interventions Make a Difference for Couples Affected by Cancer?: A Systematic Review

    Tim W Regan;Sylvie D Lambert;Afaf Girgis;Brian Kelly

  • Desire for hastened death in patients with advanced disease and the evidence base of clinical guidelines: a systematic review

    Peter L Hudson;Linda Kristjanson;Michael Ashby;Brian Kelly

  • Psychosocial impact of newly diagnosed advanced breast cancer.

    Jane Turner;Brian Kelly;Cheryl Swanson;Roger Allison

  • Control, uncertainty, and expectations for the future: a qualitative study of the impact of drought on a rural Australian community

    Gina-Maree Sartore;Brian Kelly;Helen Stain;Glenn Albrecht

  • Factors associated with the wish to hasten death: a study of patients with terminal illness.

    Brian Kelly;Paul Burnett;Dan Pelusi;Shirlene Badger

  • The health and wellbeing of Australian farmers: a longitudinal cohort study.

    Bronwyn Brew;Bronwyn Brew;Bronwyn Brew;Kerry J Inder;Joanne Allen;Joanne Allen;Matthew Thomas

  • Suicidal Ideation, Suicide Attempts, and HIV Infection

    Brian Kelly;Beverley Raphael;Fiona Judd;Michael Perdices

  • Clinician-assisted computerised versus therapist-delivered treatment for depressive and addictive disorders: a randomised controlled trial

    Frances J Kay-Lambkin;Amanda L Baker;Brian Kelly;Terry J Lewin

  • Reasons for substance use among people with mental disorders

    Louise K. Thornton;Amanda L. Baker;Terry J. Lewin;Frances J. Kay-Lambkin;Frances J. Kay-Lambkin

  • Measurement of psychological distress in palliative care.

    Brian Kelly;Susan McClement;Harvey Max Chochinov

  • Cisplatin-based therapy: a neurological and neuropsychological review

    L. Troy;K. McFarland;S. Littman-Power;B.J. Kelly

  • Post-traumatic stress disorder in response to HIV infection

    Brian Kelly;Beverley Raphael;Fiona Judd;Michael Perdices

Frequent Co-Authors

Terry J. Lewin
Terry J. Lewin University of Newcastle Australia
Frances Kay-Lambkin
Frances Kay-Lambkin University of Newcastle Australia
Amanda L. Baker
Amanda L. Baker University of Newcastle Australia
Jane Turner
Jane Turner University of Queensland
Vaughan J. Carr
Vaughan J. Carr University of New South Wales
Afaf Girgis
Afaf Girgis University of New South Wales
Aarno Palotie
Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki
Carmel M. Loughland
Carmel M. Loughland University of Newcastle Australia
Alan R. Sanders
Alan R. Sanders NorthShore University HealthSystem
Pablo V. Gejman
Pablo V. Gejman NorthShore University HealthSystem

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