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David A. Solomon is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine, particularly at the intersection of genetics, molecular biology, and neurology. They have a substantial body of work totaling 240 publications in Medicine, with significant contributions in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's subfield expertise includes Genetics, Molecular Biology, Neurology, Epidemiology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Their main research topics focus on glioma diagnosis and treatment, meningioma and schwannoma management, neuroblastoma research and treatments, neurofibromatosis and schwannoma cases, epigenetics and DNA methylation, cancer genomics and diagnostics, and chromatin remodeling and cancer.

Frequent coauthors of David A. Solomon include:

  • Arie Perry
  • Mitchel S. Berger
  • Joanna J. Phillips
  • Calixto-Hope G. Lucas
  • Nancy Ann Oberheim Bush

Key publication venues where they have contributed most often are:

  • Neuro-Oncology (37 publications)
  • Acta Neuropathologica (18 publications)
  • Neuro-Oncology Advances (7 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (5 publications)
  • Brain Pathology (4 publications)

Their notable recent papers include:

  • "cIMPACT-NOW update 6: new entity and diagnostic principle recommendations of the cIMPACT-Utrecht meeting on future CNS tumor classification and grading" (2020, Brain Pathology)
  • "Infant High-Grade Gliomas Comprise Multiple Subgroups Characterized by Novel Targetable Gene Fusions and Favorable Outcomes" (2020, Cancer Discovery)
  • "Meningioma DNA methylation groups identify biological drivers and therapeutic vulnerabilities" (2022, Nature Genetics)
  • "A single-cell atlas of glioblastoma evolution under therapy reveals cell-intrinsic and cell-extrinsic therapeutic targets" (2022, Nature Cancer)
  • "Glioblastoma evolution and heterogeneity from a 3D whole-tumor perspective" (2024, Cell)

Best Publications

  • The long-term natural history of the weekly symptomatic status of bipolar I disorder.

    Lewis L. Judd;Hagop S. Akiskal;Pamela J. Schettler;Jean Endicott

  • A prospective investigation of the natural history of the long-term weekly symptomatic status of bipolar II disorder.

    Lewis L. Judd;Hagop S. Akiskal;Pamela J. Schettler;William Coryell

  • Does incomplete recovery from first lifetime major depressive episode herald a chronic course of illness

    Lewis L. Judd;Martin J. Paulus;Pamela J. Schettler;Hagop S. Akiskal

  • Longitudinal Study of Human Papillomavirus Persistence and Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia Grade 2/3: Critical Role of Duration of Infection

    Ana Cecilia Rodríguez;Mark Schiffman;Rolando Herrero;Allan Hildesheim

  • Mutational Inactivation of STAG2 Causes Aneuploidy in Human Cancer

    David A. Solomon;Taeyeon Kim;Laura A. Diaz-Martinez;Joshlean Fair

  • Long-term symptomatic status of bipolar I vs. bipolar II disorders.

    Lewis L. Judd;Pamela J. Schettler;Hagop S. Akiskal;Hagop S. Akiskal;Jack Maser;Jack Maser

  • Pharmacologic inhibition of histone demethylation as a therapy for pediatric brainstem glioma

    Rintaro Hashizume;Noemi Andor;Yuichiro Ihara;Robin Lerner

  • The comparative clinical phenotype and long term longitudinal episode course of bipolar I and II: a clinical spectrum or distinct disorders?

    Lewis L. Judd;Hagop S. Akiskal;Pamela J. Schettler;William Coryell

  • cIMPACT-NOW update 6: new entity and diagnostic principle recommendations of the cIMPACT-Utrecht meeting on future CNS tumor classification and grading.

    David N. Louis;Pieter Wesseling;Kenneth Aldape;Daniel J. Brat

  • The genomic landscape of the Ewing Sarcoma family of tumors reveals recurrent STAG2 mutation

    Andrew S. Brohl;David A. Solomon;Wendy Chang;Jianjun Wang

  • Spectrum and prevalence of genetic predisposition in medulloblastoma: a retrospective genetic study and prospective validation in a clinical trial cohort

    Sebastian M. Waszak;Paul A. Northcott;Paul A. Northcott;Ivo Buchhalter;Giles W. Robinson

  • Diffuse Midline Gliomas with Histone H3-K27M Mutation: A Series of 47 Cases Assessing the Spectrum of Morphologic Variation and Associated Genetic Alterations

    David A. Solomon;Matthew D. Wood;Tarik Tihan;Andrew W. Bollen

  • Increases in manic symptoms after life events involving goal attainment.

    Sheri L. Johnson;David Sandrow;Björn Meyer;Ray Winters

  • The long-term course of rapid-cycling bipolar disorder

    William Coryell;David Solomon;Carolyn Turvey;Martin Keller

  • Pharmacologic inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinases 4 and 6 arrests the growth of glioblastoma multiforme intracranial xenografts

    Karine Michaud;David A. Solomon;Eric Oermann;Jung Sik Kim

  • Can Temperament Identify Affectively Ill Patients Who Engage in Lethal or Near-Lethal Suicidal Behavior? A 14-Year Prospective Study

    Jack D. Maser;Hagop S. Akiskal;Pamela Schettler;William A. Scheftner

  • Residual Symptom Recovery From Major Affective Episodes in Bipolar Disorders and Rapid Episode Relapse/Recurrence

    Lewis L. Judd;Pamela J. Schettler;Hagop S. Akiskal;William Coryell

  • The Range of Impaired Functioning Tool (LIFE-RIFT): a brief measure of functional impairment.

    A. C. Leon;D. A. Solomon;T. I. Mueller;C. L. Turvey

  • Cognitive behavioral therapy for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures.

    W. Curt LaFrance;Ivan W. Miller;Christine E. Ryan;Andrew S. Blum

  • Targeted next-generation sequencing of pediatric neuro-oncology patients improves diagnosis, identifies pathogenic germline mutations, and directs targeted therapy

    Cassie N. Kline;Nancy M. Joseph;James P. Grenert;Jessica van Ziffle

Frequent Co-Authors

Arie Perry
Arie Perry University of California, San Francisco
Joanna J. Phillips
Joanna J. Phillips University of California, San Francisco
Tarik Tihan
Tarik Tihan University of California, San Francisco
Mitchel S. Berger
Mitchel S. Berger University of California, San Francisco
Susan M. Chang
Susan M. Chang University of California, San Francisco
Nalin Gupta
Nalin Gupta University of California, San Francisco
Boris C. Bastian
Boris C. Bastian University of California, San Francisco
Michael W. McDermott
Michael W. McDermott University of California, San Francisco
Andreas von Deimling
Andreas von Deimling Heidelberg University
Stefan M. Pfister
Stefan M. Pfister German Cancer Research Center

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