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Frank A.J.L. Scheer is affiliated with Brigham and Women's Hospital in the United States. Their research focuses extensively on circadian rhythms, sleep, and metabolic health, contributing to a broad range of publications in medicine, neuroscience, and psychology.

Their work spans multiple fields of study including:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology

Subfields where their research is concentrated include:

  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
  • Physiology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Frank A.J.L. Scheer's main research topics encompass:

  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Dietary Effects on Health
  • Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Diet and metabolism studies

The scientist has published frequently in the following academic venues:

  • SLEEP
  • Obesity
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Diabetes Care

Notable recent papers include:

  • Impact of circadian disruption on glucose metabolism: implications for type 2 diabetes, 2020, Diabetologia
  • Genetics of circadian rhythms and sleep in human health and disease, 2022, Nature Reviews Genetics
  • Melatonin Effects on Glucose Metabolism: Time To Unlock the Controversy, 2020, Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • Late eating is associated with cardiometabolic risk traits, obesogenic behaviors, and impaired weight loss, 2020, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • Late isocaloric eating increases hunger, decreases energy expenditure, and modifies metabolic pathways in adults with overweight and obesity, 2022, Cell Metabolism

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Frank A.J.L. Scheer include:

  • Marta Garaulet
  • Richa Saxena
  • Jingyi Qian
  • Kun Hu
  • Elizabeth B. Klerman

Best Publications

  • Adverse metabolic and cardiovascular consequences of circadian misalignment

    Frank A. J. L. Scheer;Michael F. Hilton;Michael F. Hilton;Christos S. Mantzoros;Steven A. Shea

  • National Sleep Foundation's sleep quality recommendations: first report.

    Maurice Ohayon;Emerson M. Wickwire;Max Hirshkowitz;Max Hirshkowitz;Steven M. Albert

  • Short-wavelength sensitivity for the direct effects of light on alertness, vigilance, and the waking electroencephalogram in humans

    Steven W Lockley;Steven W Lockley;Erin E Evans;Frank A J L Scheer;Frank A J L Scheer;George C Brainard

  • Timing of food intake predicts weight loss effectiveness

    Marta Garaulet;Purificación Gómez-Abellán;Juan J Alburquerque-Béjar;Yu-Chi Lee

  • Circadian clocks and insulin resistance

    Dirk Jan Stenvers;Frank A J L Scheer;Frank A J L Scheer;Patrick Schrauwen;Susanne E la Fleur;Susanne E la Fleur

  • Daily Nighttime Melatonin Reduces Blood Pressure in Male Patients With Essential Hypertension

    Frank A.J.L. Scheer;Gert A. Van Montfrans;Eus J.W. van Someren;Gideon Mairuhu

  • Meal frequency and timing in health and disease

    Mark M.P. Mattson;Mark M.P. Mattson;David D.B. Allison;Luigi Fontana;Michelle Harvie

  • Genome-wide association study identifies genetic loci for self-reported habitual sleep duration supported by accelerometer-derived estimates

    Hassan S. Dashti;Hassan S. Dashti;Samuel E. Jones;Andrew R. Wood;Jacqueline M. Lane;Jacqueline M. Lane

  • SCN outputs and the hypothalamic balance of life.

    A. Kalsbeek;I. F. Palm;S. E. La Fleur;F. A. J. L. Scheer

  • Circadian misalignment increases cardiovascular disease risk factors in humans

    Christopher J. Morris;Christopher J. Morris;Taylor E. Purvis;Kun Hu;Frank A. J. L. Scheer;Frank A. J. L. Scheer

  • Endogenous circadian system and circadian misalignment impact glucose tolerance via separate mechanisms in humans

    Christopher J. Morris;Christopher J. Morris;Jessica N. Yang;Joanna I. Garcia;Samantha Myers

  • Short sleep duration and dietary intake: epidemiologic evidence, mechanisms, and health implications.

    Hassan S. Dashti;Frank A.J.L. Scheer;Paul F. Jacques;Stefania Lamon-Fava

  • Circadian system, sleep and endocrinology

    Christopher J. Morris;Daniel Aeschbach;Daniel Aeschbach;Frank A.J.L. Scheer;Frank A.J.L. Scheer

  • Later circadian timing of food intake is associated with increased body fat.

    Andrew W. McHill;Andrew J.K. Phillips;Charles A. Czeisler;Leigh Keating

  • Genome-wide association analyses of sleep disturbance traits identify new loci and highlight shared genetics with neuropsychiatric and metabolic traits

    Jacqueline M Lane;Jingjing Liang;Irma Vlasac;Irma Vlasac;Simon G Anderson;Simon G Anderson

  • Impact of the human circadian system, exercise, and their interaction on cardiovascular function

    Frank A. J. L. Scheer;Kun Hu;Heather Evoniuk;Erin E. Kelly

  • Light Affects Morning Salivary Cortisol in Humans

    Frank A. J. L. Scheer;Ruud M. Buijs

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies novel loci for chronotype in 100,420 individuals from the UK Biobank

    Jacqueline M. Lane;Irma Vlasac;Irma Vlasac;Simon G. Anderson;Simon D. Kyle

  • Circadian System and Glucose Metabolism: Implications for Physiology and Disease

    Jingyi Qian;Jingyi Qian;Frank A.J.L. Scheer;Frank A.J.L. Scheer

  • Biological and clinical insights from genetics of insomnia symptoms

    Jacqueline M Lane;Jacqueline M Lane;Samuel E Jones;Hassan S Dashti;Hassan S Dashti;Andrew R Wood

Frequent Co-Authors

Richa Saxena
Richa Saxena Harvard University
Steven Shea
Steven Shea Columbia University
Charles A. Czeisler
Charles A. Czeisler Brigham and Women's Hospital
Susan Redline
Susan Redline Brigham and Women's Hospital
Daniel J. Gottlieb
Daniel J. Gottlieb Brigham and Women's Hospital
Max A. Little
Max A. Little University of Birmingham
Jose M. Ordovas
Jose M. Ordovas Tufts University
Elizabeth B. Klerman
Elizabeth B. Klerman Harvard University
Sarah Laxhmi Chellappa
Sarah Laxhmi Chellappa University of Southampton
Shaun Purcell
Shaun Purcell Harvard Medical School

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