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François Herrmann

François Herrmann

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Medicine
Switzerland
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
98
Citations
32908
World Ranking
8965
National Ranking
124

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

François Herrmann is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a total of 175 publications. Within this broad field, Herrmann has contributed extensively to several subfields including Neurology, Clinical Psychology, Physiology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The main topics covered in Herrmann's work reflect a diverse yet interconnected range of health-related themes. These topics include:

  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Health Disparities and Outcomes
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Herrmann has published frequently in venues such as Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, Innovation in Aging, Frontiers in Psychiatry, Research Square, and the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. The number of publications in these venues range from nine in Clinical Nutrition ESPEN to four in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.

Their recent papers highlight a focus on mortality linked to environmental and infectious factors as well as neurological and gerontological topics. These include:

  • "Heat-related mortality in Europe during the summer of 2022" (2023), published in Nature Medicine
  • "Predictors of In-Hospital Mortality in Older Patients With COVID-19: The COVIDAge Study" (2020), published in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
  • "Projections of temperature-attributable mortality in Europe: a time series analysis of 147 contiguous regions in 16 countries" (2021), published in The Lancet Planetary Health
  • "Delirium in Older Patients With COVID-19: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Clinical Relevance" (2021), published in The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • "COVID-19 encephalopathy: Clinical and neurobiological features" (2021), published in the Journal of Medical Virology

Herrmann frequently collaborates with a group of coauthors who have contributed to numerous joint publications. These include Pantéleimon Giannakopoulos, Dina Zekry, Laurence Genton, Cristelle Rodriguez, and Marie-Louise Montandon, with collaboration counts ranging from 16 to 29 joint works.

Best Publications

  • Death toll exceeded 70,000 in Europe during the summer of 2003

    Jean-Marie Robine;Siu Lan K. Cheung;Sophie Le Roy;Herman Van Oyen

  • Tangle and neuron numbers, but not amyloid load, predict cognitive status in Alzheimer's disease.

    Panteleimon Giannakopoulos;François Herrmann;T. Bussiere;T. Bussiere;Constantin Bouras;Constantin Bouras

  • Serum albumin level on admission as a predictor of death, length of stay, and readmission.

    FranÇois R. Herrmann;Charles Safran;Sue E. Levkoff;Kenneth L. Minaker

  • Physical Activity Reduces Systemic Blood Pressure and Improves Early Markers of Atherosclerosis in Pre-Pubertal Obese Children

    Nathalie J. Farpour-Lambert;Yacine Aggoun;Laetitia M. Marchand;Xavier E. Martin

  • Stops walking when talking: a predictor of falls in older adults?

    Olivier Beauchet;C. Annweiler;V. Dubost;Gilles Allali

  • Age-associated declines in muscle mass, strength, power, and physical performance: impact on fear of falling and quality of life

    Andrea Trombetti;Andrea Trombetti;K. F. Reid;Melany Hars;François Herrmann

  • Decreased blood pressure in NOX1-deficient mice.

    Gaetan Gavazzi;Botond Banfi;Christine Deffert;Laurence Fiette

  • Effect of music-based multitask training on gait, balance, and fall risk in elderly people: a randomized controlled trial.

    Andrea Trombetti;Melany Hars;François Herrmann;Reto Kressig

  • Prostate‐specific membrane antigen (PSMA) protein expression in normal and neoplastic tissues and its sensitivity and specificity in prostate adenocarcinoma: an immunohistochemical study using mutiple tumour tissue microarray technique

    Paulette Mhawech-fauceglia;S. Zhang;L. Terracciano;G. Sauter

  • Neuronal expression of the NADPH oxidase NOX4, and its regulation in mouse experimental brain ischemia.

    P. Vallet;Yves Charnay;K. Steger;E. Ogier-Denis

  • Relationships between dual-task related changes in stride velocity and stride time variability in healthy older adults

    Veronique Dubost;Reto W. Kressig;Regis Gonthier;Franãçois R. Herrmann

  • Survival and potential years of life lost after hip fracture in men and age-matched women.

    Andrea Trombetti;François Herrmann;Pierre Hoffmeyer;M. A. Schurch

  • Lewy body densities in the entorhinal and anterior cingulate cortex predict cognitive deficits in Parkinson's disease

    Eniko Veronika Kovari;Gabriel Gold;François Herrmann;Alessandra Canuto

  • Association of vitamin D deficiency with cognitive impairment in older women: cross-sectional study.

    C. Annweiler;A. M. Schott;Gilles Allali;S. A. Bridenbaugh

  • Clinicopathological validation study of four sets of clinical criteria for vascular dementia.

    Gabriel Gold;Constantin Bouras;Alessandra Canuto;Maria Fernanda Bergallo

  • Acute pancreatitis and normoamylasemia. Not an uncommon combination.

    Pierre-Alain Clavien;John Robert;Pierre Meyer;François Borst

  • Cognitive Consequences of Thalamic, Basal Ganglia, and Deep White Matter Lacunes in Brain Aging and Dementia

    Gabriel Gold;Eniko Veronika Kovari;François Herrmann;Alessandra Canuto

  • Stride-to-stride variability while backward counting among healthy young adults.

    Olivier Beauchet;Véronique Dubost;François R Herrmann;Reto W Kressig

  • Higher Vitamin D Dietary Intake Is Associated With Lower Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease: A 7-Year Follow-up

    Cédric Annweiler;Yves Rolland;Anne M Schott;Hubert Blain

  • Risk factors for visual loss in giant cell (temporal) arteritis: a prospective study of 174 patients.

    Eric Liozon;François Herrmann;Kim Ly;Pierre-Yves Robert

Frequent Co-Authors

Panteleimon Giannakopoulos
Panteleimon Giannakopoulos University of Geneva
Gilles Allali
Gilles Allali University of Lausanne

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