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2025

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Best Female Scientists

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111
Citations
44739
World Ranking
852
National Ranking
514

Medicine

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114
Citations
46409
World Ranking
4755
National Ranking
2577

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  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Francine Grodstein is affiliated with Rush University Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with significant contributions in several subfields including Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Molecular Biology, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's work encompasses a range of topics, prominently featuring Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Nutritional Studies and Diet, Diet and Metabolism Studies, Health Disparities and Outcomes, Pelvic Floor Disorders Treatments, Optimism, Hope, and Well-being, and Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments.

Francine Grodstein has published extensively, with frequent appearances in notable venues. Among the primary publication venues are Alzheimer's & Dementia with 21 publications, The Journals of Gerontology Series A with 7, Neurology with 5, followed by Scientific Reports and The Journals of Gerontology Series B both with 4 publications each.

The scientist's recent papers include:

  • Trial of the MIND Diet for Prevention of Cognitive Decline in Older Persons, 2023, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Brief Preoperative Screening for Frailty and Cognitive Impairment Predicts Delirium after Spine Surgery, 2020, Anesthesiology
  • Identification of Dementia in Recent Medicare Claims Data, Compared With Rigorous Clinical Assessments, 2021, The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • Nutrition state of science and dementia prevention: recommendations of the Nutrition for Dementia Prevention Working Group, 2022, The Lancet Healthy Longevity
  • The association of epigenetic clocks in brain tissue with brain pathologies and common aging phenotypes, 2021, Neurobiology of Disease

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including David A. Bennett, Ana W. Capuano, Laura D. Kubzansky, Maude Wagner, and Lisa L. Barnes. These collaborations span multiple publications and areas of study.

Best Publications

  • Postmenopausal estrogen and progestin use and the risk of cardiovascular disease

    F. Grodstein;M.J. Stampfer;J.E. Manson;G.A. Colditz

  • Physical Activity, Including Walking, And Cognitive Function In Older Women

    J Weuve;J H Kang;J E Manson;M Breteler

  • Postmenopausal hormone therapy and mortality.

    Francine Grodstein;Meir J. Stampfer;Graham A. Colditz;Walter C. Willett

  • A prospective, observational study of postmenopausal hormone therapy and primary prevention of cardiovascular disease.

    Francine Grodstein;JoAnn E. Manson;Graham A. Colditz;Walter C. Willett

  • A Prospective Evaluation of an Angiotensin-Converting-Enzyme Gene Polymorphism and the Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease

    Klaus Lindpaintner;Marc A. Pfeffer;Reinhold Kreutz;Meir J. Stampfer

  • Observational studies analyzed like randomized experiments: an application to postmenopausal hormone therapy and coronary heart disease

    Miguel A. Hernán;Alvaro Alonso;Roger Logan;Francine Grodstein

  • Prospective study of exogenous hormones and risk of pulmonary embolism in women.

    Francine Grodstein;Meir J Stampfer;Meir J Stampfer;Samuel Z Goldhaber;JoAnn E Manson;JoAnn E Manson

  • Postmenopausal hormone therapy and the risk of Colorectal cancer : A review and meta-analysis

    Francine Grodstein;Francine Grodstein;Polly A Newcomb;Meir J Stampfer;Meir J Stampfer

  • A prospective study of risk factors for pulmonary embolism in women

    Samuel Z. Goldhaber;Francine Grodstein;Meir J. Stampfer;Jo Ann E. Manson

  • Hormone Therapy and Coronary Heart Disease: The Role of Time since Menopause and Age at Hormone Initiation

    Francine Grodstein;Joann E. Manson;Meir J. Stampfer

  • Trends in the Incidence of Coronary Heart Disease and Changes in Diet and Lifestyle in Women

    Frank B. Hu;Meir J. Stampfer;JoAnn E. Manson;Francine Grodstein

  • Exposure to particulate air pollution and cognitive decline in older women.

    Jennifer Weuve;Robin C. Puett;Joel Schwartz;Jeff D. Yanosky

  • Prospective Study of Sudden Cardiac Death Among Women in the United States

    Christine M. Albert;Claudia U. Chae;Francine Grodstein;Lynda M. Rose

  • Age at natural menopause and risk of cardiovascular disease.

    Frank B. Hu;Francine Grodstein;Charles H. Hennekens;Graham A. Colditz

  • The epidemiology of coronary heart disease and estrogen replacement in postmenopausal women

    Francine Grodstein;Meir Stampfer

  • Effects of moderate alcohol consumption on cognitive function in women

    Meir J. Stampfer;Jae Hee Kang;Jennifer Chen;Rebecca Cherry

  • Postmenopausal Hormone Use and Secondary Prevention of Coronary Events in the Nurses' Health Study: A Prospective, Observational Study

    Francine Grodstein;JoAnn E. Manson;Meir J. Stampfer

  • Risk factors for urinary incontinence among middle-aged women

    Kim N. Danforth;Kim N. Danforth;Mary K. Townsend;Karen Lifford;Karen Lifford;Gary C. Curhan;Gary C. Curhan

  • Dietary intakes of berries and flavonoids in relation to cognitive decline.

    Elizabeth E. Devore;Jae Hee Kang;Monique M. B. Breteler;Francine Grodstein

  • PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF EXOGENOUS HORMONES AND RISK OF PULMONARY EMBOLISM IN WOMEN

    Francine Grodstein;Meir J. Stampfer;Samuel Z. Goldhaber;JoAnn E. Manson

Frequent Co-Authors

Meir J. Stampfer
Meir J. Stampfer Harvard University
JoAnn E. Manson
JoAnn E. Manson Harvard Medical School
Walter C. Willett
Walter C. Willett Harvard University
Bernard Rosner
Bernard Rosner Harvard University
Gary C. Curhan
Gary C. Curhan Brigham and Women's Hospital
Graham A. Colditz
Graham A. Colditz Washington University in St. Louis
Frank B. Hu
Frank B. Hu Harvard University
Julie E. Buring
Julie E. Buring Brigham and Women's Hospital
Nancy R. Cook
Nancy R. Cook Brigham and Women's Hospital
Qi Sun
Qi Sun Harvard University

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