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2025

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Best Female Scientists

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143
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96181
World Ranking
203
National Ranking
128

Medicine

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Citations
103780
World Ranking
1185
National Ranking
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  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Cora E. Lewis is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States and specializes primarily in medicine, with a significant focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, rheumatology, surgery, public health, environmental and occupational health, and physiology. Their research encompasses a range of topics within these fields, addressing clinical and public health challenges.

The main topics of research covered by Cora E. Lewis include:

  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
  • Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
  • Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Pelvic floor disorders treatments
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research

Among their recent publications, the following papers stand out:

  • Final Report of a Trial of Intensive versus Standard Blood-Pressure Control, 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Cerebral small vessel disease genomics and its implications across the lifespan, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Steps per Day and All-Cause Mortality in Middle-aged Adults in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study, 2021, JAMA Network Open
  • Associations of Late Adolescent or Young Adult Cardiovascular Health With Premature Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality, 2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Longitudinal Association of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease With Changes in Myocardial Structure and Function: The CARDIA Study, 2020, Journal of the American Heart Association

Cora E. Lewis collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Pamela J. Schreiner
  • Michael C. Nevitt
  • David T. Felson
  • David R. Jacobs
  • Tuhina Neogi

Their work has been published in prominent venues, with the most frequent outlets being:

  • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
  • UNC Libraries
  • Circulation
  • Obesity
  • Arthritis Care & Research

Best Publications

  • A Randomized Trial of Intensive versus Standard Blood-Pressure Control

    Jackson T. Wright;Jeff D. Williamson;Paul K. Whelton;Joni K. Snyder

  • Effects of conjugated equine estrogen in postmenopausal women with hysterectomy: the Women's Health Initiative randomized controlled trial

    Garnet L. Anderson;Marian C. Limacher;Annlouise R. Assaf;Tamsen Bassford

  • Cardiovascular effects of intensive lifestyle intervention in type 2 diabetes

    R. R. Wing;P. Bolin;F. L. Brancati;G. A. Bray

  • Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and the risk of fractures.

    Rebecca D. Jackson;Andrea Z. LaCroix;Margery Gass;Robert B. Wallace

  • Menopausal hormone therapy and health outcomes during the intervention and extended poststopping phases of the women's health initiative randomized trials

    Jo Ann E. Manson;Rowan T. Chlebowski;Marcia L. Stefanick;Aaron K. Aragaki

  • Long-term effects of a lifestyle intervention on weight and cardiovascular risk factors in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus: four-year results of the Look AHEAD trial.

    Rena R. Wing;Judy L. Bahnson;George A. Bray;Jeanne M. Clark

  • Low-fat dietary pattern and risk of cardiovascular disease : The women's health initiative randomized controlled dietary modification trial

    Barbara V. Howard;Barbara V. Howard;Linda Van Horn;Judith Hsia;JoAnn E. Manson

  • Treatment of Mild Hypertension Study: Final Results

    J D Neaton;R H Grimm;R J Prineas;J Stamler

  • Conjugated equine estrogens and incidence of probable dementia and mild cognitive impairment in postmenopausal women: Women's Health Initiative Memory Study

    Sally A. Shumaker;Claudine Legault;Lewis Kuller;Stephen R. Rapp

  • Reduction in Weight and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes: One-Year Results of the Look AHEAD Trial

    Mark Espeland;Xavier Pi-Sunyer;George Blackburn;Frederick L. Brancati

  • Effects of estrogen plus progestin on risk of fracture and bone mineral density: the Women's Health Initiative randomized trial.

    Jane A. Cauley;John Robbins;Zhao Chen;Steven R. Cummings

  • Calcium plus Vitamin D Supplementation and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer

    Jean Wactawski-Wende;Jane Morley Kotchen;Garnet L. Anderson;Annlouise R. Assaf;Annlouise R. Assaf

  • Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries

    Mary F. Feitosa;Aldi T. Kraja;Daniel I. Chasman;Yun J. Sung

  • Effect of Intensive vs Standard Blood Pressure Control on Probable Dementia: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Jeff D. Williamson;Nicholas M. Pajewski;Alexander P. Auchus

  • Smoking and mortality--beyond established causes.

    Brian D. Carter;Christian C. Abnet;Diane Feskanich;Neal D. Freedman

  • Effects of Testosterone Treatment in Older Men

    P. J. Snyder;S. Bhasin;G. R. Cunningham;A. M. Matsumoto

  • Population-Based Prevention of Obesity : The Need for Comprehensive Promotion of Healthful Eating, Physical Activity, and Energy Balance A Scientific Statement From American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, Interdisciplinary Committee for Prevention (Formerly the Expert Panel on Population and Prevention Science)

    Shiriki K. Kumanyika;Eva Obarzanek;Nicolas Stettler;Ronny Bell

  • Design and baseline characteristics of the osteoporotic fractures in men (MrOS) study — A large observational study of the determinants of fracture in older men

    Eric Orwoll;Janet Babich Blank;Elizabeth Barrett-Connor;Jane Cauley

  • Health outcomes after stopping conjugated equine estrogens among postmenopausal women with prior hysterectomy: a randomized controlled trial.

    Andrea Z. LaCroix;Rowan T. Chlebowski;JoAnn E. Manson;Aaron K. Aragaki

  • 3 years of liraglutide versus placebo for type 2 diabetes risk reduction and weight management in individuals with prediabetes: a randomised, double-blind trial

    Carel W le Roux;Carel W le Roux;Arne Astrup;Ken Fujioka;Frank Greenway

Frequent Co-Authors

David R. Jacobs
David R. Jacobs University of Minnesota
Michael C. Nevitt
Michael C. Nevitt University of California, San Francisco
David T. Felson
David T. Felson Boston University
Stephen Sidney
Stephen Sidney Kaiser Permanente
Pamela J. Schreiner
Pamela J. Schreiner University of Minnesota
Frank W. Roemer
Frank W. Roemer University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Donald M. Lloyd-Jones
Donald M. Lloyd-Jones Northwestern University
Kiang Liu
Kiang Liu Northwestern University
Mercedes R. Carnethon
Mercedes R. Carnethon Northwestern University
James C. Torner
James C. Torner University of Iowa

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