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Daniel E. Lieberman

Daniel E. Lieberman

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
83
Citations
25391
World Ranking
3488
National Ranking
1751

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1966 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Daniel E. Lieberman is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a significant focus on physiology, orthopedics and sports medicine, biomedical engineering, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, as well as public health, environmental and occupational health.

The researcher's work spans several key topics, reflecting a diverse interest within biomedical and health sciences. These include:

  • Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies
  • Foot and Ankle Surgery
  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Diet and Metabolism Studies
  • Sports Injuries and Prevention
  • Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

Daniel E. Lieberman has published in various scientific journals with some venues appearing more frequently in their bibliography. These frequent publication venues include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • American Journal of Human Biology

Recent papers illustrate the breadth of topics Lieberman has engaged with. Notable works include:

  • "Obesity and the risk of cardiometabolic diseases," (2023) published in Nature Reviews Cardiology
  • "A Pandemic within the Pandemic? Physical Activity Levels Substantially Decreased in Countries Affected by COVID-19," (2021) published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "The carbohydrate-insulin model: a physiological perspective on the obesity pandemic," (2021) published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • "Interleukin 6 as an energy allocator in muscle tissue," (2022) published in Nature Metabolism
  • "WEIRD bodies: mismatch, medicine and missing diversity," (2020) published in Evolution and Human Behavior

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several colleagues, including:

  • Nicholas B. Holowka
  • Timothy M. Kistner
  • Benjamin E. Sibson
  • Steven Worthington
  • Andrew K. Yegian

Daniel E. Lieberman's contributions to scientific research have been recognized through awards such as Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences awarded in 2020 and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) awarded in 1966.

Best Publications

  • Endurance running and the evolution of homo

    Dennis M. Bramble;Daniel E. Lieberman

  • The Aging of Wolff’s “Law”: Ontogeny and Responses to Mechanical Loading in Cortical Bone

    Osbjorn M. Pearson;Daniel Eric Lieberman

  • The Evolution of the Human Head

    Daniel E. Lieberman

  • The evolution and development of cranial form in Homo sapiens

    Daniel E. Lieberman;Brandeis M. McBratney;Gail Krovitz

  • The primate cranial base: ontogeny, function, and integration.

    Daniel E. Lieberman;Callum F. Ross;Matthew J. Ravosa

  • Basicranial influence on overall cranial shape.

    Daniel E. Lieberman;Daniel E. Lieberman;Osbjorn M. Pearson;Kenneth M. Mowbray

  • Predicting long bone loading from cross-sectional geometry.

    Daniel E. Lieberman;John D. Polk;Brigitte Demes

  • Elastic energy storage in the shoulder and the evolution of high-speed throwing in Homo

    Neil T. Roach;Madhusudhan Venkadesan;Michael J. Rainbow;Daniel E. Lieberman

  • What We Can Learn About Running from Barefoot Running: An Evolutionary Medical Perspective

    Daniel E. Lieberman

  • Fetal load and the evolution of lumbar lordosis in bipedal hominins

    Katherine Kay Whitcome;Liza J. Shapiro;Daniel Eric Lieberman

  • Effects of food processing on masticatory strain and craniofacial growth in a retrognathic face.

    Daniel E Lieberman;Gail E Krovitz;Franklin W Yates;Maureen Devlin

  • Articular area responses to mechanical loading: effects of exercise, age, and skeletal location

    Daniel E. Lieberman;Maureen J. Devlin;Osbjorn M. Pearson

  • Control and function of arm swing in human walking and running

    Herman Pontzer;John H. Holloway;David A. Raichlen;Daniel Eric Lieberman

  • Modeling recent human evolution in mice by expression of a selected EDAR variant

    Yana George Kamberov;Sijia Wang;Sijia Wang;Jingze Tan;Pascale Gerbault

  • Ontogeny of postnatal hyoid and larynx descent in humans.

    D.E. Lieberman;R.C. McCarthy;K.M. Hiiemae;J.B. Palmer

  • How and Why Humans Grow Thin Skulls: Experimental Evidence for Systemic Cortical Robusticity

    Daniel E. Lieberman

  • A Wolff in sheep's clothing: trabecular bone adaptation in response to changes in joint loading orientation.

    Meir M. Barak;Daniel E. Lieberman;Jean-Jacques Hublin

  • The ontogeny of cranial base angulation in humans and chimpanzees and its implications for reconstructing pharyngeal dimensions

    Daniel E. Lieberman;Robert C. McCarthy

  • The development of sex differences in digital formula from infancy in the Fels Longitudinal Study.

    Matthew H. McIntyre;Peter T. Ellison;Daniel Eric Lieberman;Ellen Demerath

  • The primate cranial base: Ontogeny, function, and integration: Primate Cranial Base

    Daniel E. Lieberman;Callum F. Ross;Matthew J. Ravosa

Frequent Co-Authors

Benedikt Hallgrímsson
Benedikt Hallgrímsson Alberta Children's Hospital
David Pilbeam
David Pilbeam Harvard University
Aaron L. Baggish
Aaron L. Baggish Harvard University
David T. Felson
David T. Felson Boston University
Pardis C. Sabeti
Pardis C. Sabeti Harvard University
John J. McGrath
John J. McGrath Aarhus University
John J. Shea
John J. Shea Stony Brook University
Michel Brunet
Michel Brunet University of Poitiers
Bruce A. Morgan
Bruce A. Morgan Saarland University
Clifford J. Tabin
Clifford J. Tabin Harvard University

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