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Christian Schindler

Christian Schindler

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Medicine
Switzerland
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
123
Citations
56558
World Ranking
3354
National Ranking
1844

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Christian Schindler is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Medicine and Environmental Science, with a particular focus on public health and environmental impacts on health.

The scientist has contributed to a wide range of topics, notably:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Tree-ring climate responses

Schindler's work covers diverse subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, General Health Professions, Plant Science, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Frequent publication venues include:

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • BMC Public Health
  • Swiss Medical Weekly
  • International Journal of Public Health

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including Nicole Probst-Hensch, Medea Imboden, Simon Tresch, Janine Wichmann, and Florian Kronenberg.

Some notable recent papers featuring Schindler's contributions include:

  • Genome-Wide DNA Methylation in Peripheral Blood and Long-Term Exposure to Source-Specific Transportation Noise and Air Pollution: The SAPALDIA Study (2020), published in Environmental Health Perspectives
  • Effects of a Partially Supervised Conditioning Program in Cystic Fibrosis: An International Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial (ACTIVATE-CF) (2021), published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Nutritional and health status of children 15 months after integrated school garden, nutrition, and water, sanitation and hygiene interventions: a cluster-randomised controlled trial in Nepal (2020), published in BMC Public Health
  • Comparison of real-time PCR and the Kato-Katz method for the diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminthiasis and assessment of cure in a randomized controlled trial (2020), published in BMC Microbiology
  • 37 Years of Forest Monitoring in Switzerland: Drought Effects on Fagus sylvatica (2021), published in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change

These publications reflect a consistent engagement with interdisciplinary research addressing both human health and environmental factors, with applications ranging from molecular epidemiology to community health interventions and ecological monitoring.

Best Publications

  • Signaling through the JAK/STAT pathway, recent advances and future challenges.

    T Kisseleva;S Bhattacharya;J Braunstein;C.W Schindler

  • JAK-STAT Signaling: From Interferons to Cytokines

    Christian Schindler;David E. Levy;Thomas Decker

  • Effects of long-term exposure to air pollution on natural-cause mortality : An analysis of 22 European cohorts within the multicentre ESCAPE project

    Rob Beelen;Ole Raaschou-Nielsen;Massimo Stafoggia;Zorana Jovanovic Andersen

  • Confounding and effect modification in the short-term effects of ambient particles on total mortality: Results from 29 European cities within the APHEA2 project

    Klea Katsouyanni;Giota Touloumi;Evangelia Samoli;Alexandros Gryparis

  • Development of Land Use Regression Models for PM2.5, PM2.5 Absorbance, PM10 and PMcoarse in 20 European Study Areas; Results of the ESCAPE Project

    Marloes Eeftens;Rob Beelen;Kees de Hoogh;Tom Bellander

  • Use of B-type natriuretic peptide in the evaluation and management of acute dyspnea.

    Christian Mueller;André Scholer;Kirsten Laule-Kilian;Benedict Martina

  • N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in coronary heart disease: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

    Heiner C Bucher;Peter Hengstler;Christian Schindler;Gabriela Meier

  • IFN-gamma potentiates atherosclerosis in ApoE knock-out mice.

    S Gupta;A M Pablo;X c Jiang;N Wang

  • Response, Survival, and Long-Term Toxicity After Therapy With the Radiolabeled Somatostatin Analogue [90Y-DOTA]-TOC in Metastasized Neuroendocrine Cancers

    Anna Imhof;Philippe Brunner;Nicolas Marincek;Matthias Briel

  • High Temperature and Hospitalizations for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Causes in 12 European Cities

    Paola Michelozzi;Gabriele Accetta;Manuela De Sario;Daniela D'Ippoliti

  • Effect of school based physical activity programme (KISS) on fitness and adiposity in primary schoolchildren: cluster randomised controlled trial.

    Susi Kriemler;Lukas Zahner;Christian Schindler;Ursina Meyer

  • One-Hour Rule-out and Rule-in of Acute Myocardial Infarction Using High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T

    Tobias Reichlin;Christian Schindler;Beatrice Drexler;Raphael Twerenbold

  • Association between Ambient Air Pollution and Diabetes Mellitus in Europe and North America: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Ikenna Collins Eze;Lars G. Hemkens;Heiner C. Bucher;Barbara Hoffmann

  • Lung function and long term exposure to air pollutants in Switzerland. Study on Air Pollution and Lung Diseases in Adults (SAPALDIA) Team.

    U Ackermann-Liebrich;P Leuenberger;J Schwartz;C Schindler

  • Short-term vs Conventional Glucocorticoid Therapy in Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: The REDUCE Randomized Clinical Trial

    Jörg D. Leuppi;Philipp Schuetz;Roland Bingisser;Michael Bodmer

  • Immune response in Stat2 knockout mice.

    Christopher Park;Suzanne Li;Edward Cha;Christian Schindler

  • Reduced exposure to PM10 and attenuated age-related decline in lung function.

    Sara H Downs;Christian Schindler;L-J Sally Liu;Dirk Keidel

  • Ras-independent growth factor signaling by transcription factor tyrosine phosphorylation

    Olli Silvennoinen;Christian Schindler;Joseph Schlessinger;David E. Levy

  • Prevalence of Atopy and Pollinosis in the Adult Population of Switzerland (SAPALDIA Study)

    B Wüthrich;C Schindler;P Leuenberger;U Ackermann-Liebrich

  • Use of B-type natriuretic peptide in the evaluation and management of acute dyspnea

    C Mueller;A Scholer;K Laule-Kilian

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicole Probst-Hensch
Nicole Probst-Hensch Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Nino Künzli
Nino Künzli University of Basel
Ming-Yi Tsai
Ming-Yi Tsai University of Washington
Jürg Utzinger
Jürg Utzinger University of Basel
Joel Schwartz
Joel Schwartz Harvard University
Harish C. Phuleria
Harish C. Phuleria Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Peter Fuhr
Peter Fuhr University Hospital of Basel
Martin Röösli
Martin Röösli Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Danielle Vienneau
Danielle Vienneau Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Marloes Eeftens
Marloes Eeftens Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute

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