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  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
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Overview

Elisabete Weiderpass is affiliated with the International Agency for Research on Cancer in France. Their work spans extensive research in medicine, particularly within the subfields of public health, environmental and occupational health, oncology, molecular biology, genetics, and physiology.

Their research topics primarily cover nutritional studies and diet, cancer risks and factors, global cancer incidence and screening, colorectal cancer screening and detection, diet and metabolism studies, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, and consumer attitudes and food labeling.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • International Journal of Cancer
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • BMC Medicine
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • European Journal of Epidemiology

Some recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Weiderpass are:

  • The ever-increasing importance of cancer as a leading cause of premature death worldwide, 2021, Cancer
  • Is early-onset cancer an emerging global epidemic? Current evidence and future implications, 2022, Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology
  • Lifestyle factors and risk of multimorbidity of cancer and cardiometabolic diseases: a multinational cohort study, 2020, BMC Medicine
  • Priorities for cancer research in low- and middle-income countries: a global perspective, 2022, Nature Medicine
  • The Global Breast Cancer Initiative: a strategic collaboration to strengthen health care for non-communicable diseases, 2021, The Lancet Oncology

Elisabete Weiderpass has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Anne Tjønneland, Matthias B. Schulze, Rosario Tumino, Marc J. Gunter, and Giovanna Masala.

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

  • Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Marie Ng;Tom P Fleming;Margaret W. Robinson;Blake Thomson

  • 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, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2016: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study.

    Christina Fitzmaurice;Christina Fitzmaurice;Christina Fitzmaurice;Tomi F. Akinyemiju;Faris Hasan Al Lami;Tahiya Alam

  • Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity in 195 Countries over 25 Years.

    Ashkan Afshin;Mohammad Forouzanfar;Marissa Reitsma;Patrick Sur

  • 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 age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohsen Naghavi;Haidong Wang;Rafael Lozano;Adrian Davis

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Theo Vos;Christine Allen;Megha Arora;Ryan M Barber

  • 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

  • Health effects of dietary risks in 195 countries, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Ashkan Afshin;Patrick John Sur;Kairsten A. Fay;Leslie Cornaby

  • 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 burden of neurological disorders, 1990-2016: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Valery L Feigin;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Foad Abd-Allah

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Mohsen Naghavi;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;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: 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

  • Estimates of Incidence and Mortality of Cervical Cancer in 2018: A Worldwide Analysis

    Marc Arbyn;Elisabete Weiderpass;Laia Bruni;Silvia de Sanjosé

  • Global, regional, and national burden of stroke, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Catherine Owens Johnson;Minh Nguyen;Gregory A. Roth;Emma Nichols

  • 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

  • Body-Mass Index and Mortality among 1.46 Million White Adults

    Amy Berrington De Gonzalez;Patricia Hartge;James R. Cerhan;Alan J. Flint

Frequent Co-Authors

Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault
Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault University of Paris-Saclay
Antonia Trichopoulou
Antonia Trichopoulou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Anne Tjønneland
Anne Tjønneland University of Copenhagen
Petra H.M. Peeters
Petra H.M. Peeters Utrecht University
Elio Riboli
Elio Riboli Imperial College London
Kim Overvad
Kim Overvad Aarhus University
Rosario Tumino
Rosario Tumino Provincial Health Authority of Syracuse
Pagona Lagiou
Pagona Lagiou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Heiner Boeing
Heiner Boeing German Institute of Human Nutrition
Hans-Olov Adami
Hans-Olov Adami Karolinska Institute

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