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1989
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Overview

Bruce W. Hollis is affiliated with the Medical University of South Carolina in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with particular attention to pathology and forensic medicine, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, public health, occupational health, obstetrics, gynecology, and epidemiology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including Vitamin D research studies, birth, development, and health, breastfeeding practices and influences, pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, bone health and osteoporosis research, pregnancy and medication impact, as well as gestational diabetes research and management.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Bruce W. Hollis include Carol L. Wagner, Myla Ebeling, Judy R. Shary, John E. Baatz, and Bahareh Nikooyeh.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Hollis include:

  • "Six-Year Follow-up of a Trial of Antenatal Vitamin D for Asthma Reduction," 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Vitamin D deficiency and the COVID-19 pandemic," 2020, Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
  • "Vitamin D Synthesis Following a Single Bout of Sun Exposure in Older and Younger Men and Women," 2020, Nutrients
  • "Substantial Vitamin D Supplementation Is Required during the Prenatal Period to Improve Birth Outcomes," 2022, Nutrients
  • "Early-Life Effects of Vitamin D: A Focus on Pregnancy and Lactation," 2020, Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

The most frequent publication venues for Bruce W. Hollis include:

  • Nutrients
  • Breastfeeding Medicine
  • Pediatric Research
  • Antioxidants
  • The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Best Publications

  • Toll-Like Receptor Triggering of a Vitamin D-Mediated Human Antimicrobial Response

    Philip T. Liu;Steffen Stenger;Huiying Li;Linda Wenzel

  • Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and risk of multiple sclerosis

    Kassandra L. Munger;Lynn I. Levin;Bruce W. Hollis;Noel S. Howard

  • 25-hydroxyvitamin D and risk of myocardial infarction in men: a prospective study.

    Edward Giovannucci;Yan Liu;Bruce W. Hollis;Eric B. Rimm

  • Vitamin D2 Is Much Less Effective than Vitamin D3 in Humans

    Laura A. G. Armas;Bruce W. Hollis;Robert P. Heaney

  • Circulating 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels Indicative of Vitamin D Sufficiency: Implications for Establishing a New Effective Dietary Intake Recommendation for Vitamin D

    Bruce W. Hollis

  • Prospective Study of Predictors of Vitamin D Status and Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Men

    Edward Giovannucci;Yan Liu;Eric B. Rimm;Bruce W. Hollis

  • Hypovitaminosis D prevalence and determinants among African American and white women of reproductive age: third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988–1994

    Shanna Nesby-O'Dell;Kelley S Scanlon;Mary E Cogswell;Cathleen Gillespie

  • Vitamin D effects on musculoskeletal health, immunity, autoimmunity, cardiovascular disease, cancer, fertility, pregnancy, dementia and mortality—A review of recent evidence☆

    Pawel Pludowski;Michael F. Holick;Stefan Pilz;Stefan Pilz;Carol L. Wagner

  • Vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy: Double‐blind, randomized clinical trial of safety and effectiveness

    Bruce W Hollis;Donna Johnson;Thomas C Hulsey;Myla Ebeling

  • Serum Vitamin D Levels and Markers of Severity of Childhood Asthma in Costa Rica

    John M. Brehm;Juan C. Celedón;Manuel E. Soto-Quiros;Lydiana Avila

  • A Microassay for 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D Not Requiring High Performance Liquid Chromatography: Application to Clinical Studies*

    Timothy A. Reinhardt;Ronald L. Horst;John W. Orf;Bruce W. Hollis

  • Dietary soybean protein prevents bone loss in an ovariectomized rat model of osteoporosis

    Bahram H. Arjmandi;Lee Alekel;Bruce W. Hollis;Daxa Amin

  • The urgent need to recommend an intake of vitamin D that is effective

    Reinhold Vieth;Heike Bischoff-Ferrari;Heike Bischoff-Ferrari;Barbara J Boucher;Bess Dawson-Hughes

  • Vitamin D and musculoskeletal health, cardiovascular disease, autoimmunity and cancer: Recommendations for clinical practice.

    Jean Claude Souberbielle;Jean Jacques Body;Joan M. Lappe;Mario Plebani

  • Serum vitamin D levels and severe asthma exacerbations in the Childhood Asthma Management Program study

    John M. Brehm;John M. Brehm;Brooke Schuemann;Anne L. Fuhlbrigge;Bruce W. Hollis

  • Determination of vitamin D status by radioimmunoassay with an 125I-labeled tracer.

    B W Hollis;J Q Kamerud;S R Selvaag;J D Lorenz

  • Low Vitamin D Status despite Abundant Sun Exposure

    Neil Binkley;R. Novotny;D. Krueger;T. Kawahara

  • Vitamin D Deficiency in Homebound Elderly Persons

    F. Michael Gloth;Caren M. Gundberg;Bruce W. Hollis;John G. Haddad

  • Assessment of dietary vitamin D requirements during pregnancy and lactation.

    Bruce W Hollis;Carol L Wagner

  • Vitamin D Is Required for IFN-γ–Mediated Antimicrobial Activity of Human Macrophages

    Mario Fabri;Steffen Stenger;Dong Min Shin;Jae Min Yuk

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott T. Weiss
Scott T. Weiss Harvard University
Augusto A. Litonjua
Augusto A. Litonjua University of Rochester Medical Center
Andrew T. Chan
Andrew T. Chan Harvard University
Walter C. Willett
Walter C. Willett Harvard University
Vincent J. Carey
Vincent J. Carey Harvard Medical School
Jacobo Wortsman
Jacobo Wortsman Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Jeffrey A. Meyerhardt
Jeffrey A. Meyerhardt Harvard University
Michael F. Holick
Michael F. Holick Boston University
Robert S. Zeiger
Robert S. Zeiger Kaiser Permanente

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