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2026

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  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in South Africa Leader Award
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Overview

Charles D. H. Parry is affiliated with the South African Medical Research Council in South Africa. Their research spans a broad range of topics within the field of medicine, with a particular focus on epidemiology, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, general health professions, obstetrics and gynecology, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The scientist's scholarly output includes contributions to several main topics, such as:

  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions

They have published extensively, with significant numbers of papers appearing in venues such as:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Drug and Alcohol Review
  • South African Medical Journal
  • Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Among the scientist's recent works are several papers published between 2020 and 2022, including:

  • National, regional, and global burdens of disease from 2000 to 2016 attributable to alcohol use: a comparative risk assessment study, 2020, The Lancet Public Health
  • Alcohol use in times of the COVID 19: Implications for monitoring and policy, 2020, Drug and Alcohol Review
  • Hazardous drinking and alcohol use disorders, 2022, Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • The impact of alcohol use on tuberculosis treatment outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
  • Alcohol consumption, harms and policy developments in sub-Saharan Africa: The case for stronger national and regional responses, 2021, Drug and Alcohol Review

Charles D. H. Parry collaborates frequently with other researchers, including Bronwyn Myers, Soraya Seedat, Philip A. May, Julie M. Hasken, and Anna-Susan Marais. These partnerships have resulted in numerous coauthored publications, reflecting a collaborative approach to research in their fields of interest.

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Theo Vos;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Stephen S. Lim;Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Goodarz Danaei

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Gregory A Roth;Gregory A Roth;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Solomon M Abay

  • Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Theo Vos;Ryan M. Barber;Brad Bell;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa

  • Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Haidong Wang;Mohsen Naghavi;Christine Allen;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Jeffrey D. Stanaway;Ashkan Afshin;Emmanuela Gakidou;Stephen S. Lim

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Simon I Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Max G Griswold;Nancy Fullman;Caitlin Hawley;Nicholas Arian

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013

    Mohammad H. Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H. Ross Anderson;Victoria F. Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016

    Simon I. Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • THE RELATION BETWEEN DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND BURDEN OF DISEASE - AN OVERVIEW

    Juergen Rehm;Juergen Rehm;Juergen Rehm;Dolly Baliunas;Dolly Baliunas;Guilherme L. G. Borges;Kathryn Graham;Kathryn Graham;Kathryn Graham

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Daniel Dicker;Grant Nguyen;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate

  • Global, regional, and national burden of suicide mortality 1990 to 2016: systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Heather M. Orpana;Heather M. Orpana;Laurie B. Marczak;Megha Arora;Nooshin Abbasi

  • Measuring the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: a baseline analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Stephen S Lim;Kate Allen;Zulfiqar A Bhutta;Zulfiqar A Bhutta;Lalit Dandona;Lalit Dandona

  • Chronic diseases and conditions related to alcohol use.

    Kevin D. Shield;Charles Parry;Jürgen Rehm

  • The association between alcohol use, alcohol use disorders and tuberculosis (TB). A systematic review

    Jürgen Rehm;Andriy V Samokhvalov;Manuela G Neuman;Robin Room;Robin Room

  • Measuring progress from 1990 to 2017 and projecting attainment to 2030 of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals for 195 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Rafael Lozano;Nancy Fullman;Degu Abate;Solomon M. Abay

Frequent Co-Authors

Bronwyn Myers
Bronwyn Myers South African Medical Research Council
Jürgen Rehm
Jürgen Rehm University of Toronto
Soraya Seedat
Soraya Seedat Stellenbosch University
Dan J. Stein
Dan J. Stein University of Cape Town
Alan D. Lopez
Alan D. Lopez University of Melbourne
Simon I. Hay
Simon I. Hay University of Washington
Harvey Whiteford
Harvey Whiteford University of Queensland
Theo Vos
Theo Vos Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Arvin Bhana
Arvin Bhana University of KwaZulu-Natal
Bach Xuan Tran
Bach Xuan Tran Vietnam National University, Hanoi

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