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George C. Patton is affiliated with the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in Australia. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and health professions, with a notable focus on adolescent and maternal health.

Their recent publications reflect a diverse engagement with topics relevant to child and adolescent development, public health, and global health trends. Key recent papers include:

  • "A Lancet Commission on 70 years of women's reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health in China" (2021) published in The Lancet
  • "Nutrition in adolescent growth and development" (2021) published in The Lancet
  • "Adolescent Well-Being: A Definition and Conceptual Framework" (2020) published in the Journal of Adolescent Health
  • "Global, regional, and national time trends in mortality for congenital heart disease, 1990-2019: An age-period-cohort analysis for the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study" (2022) published in EClinicalMedicine
  • "Towards a youth mental health paradigm: a perspective and roadmap" (2023) published in Molecular Psychiatry

George C. Patton frequently collaborates with a number of researchers, including:

  • Susan M. Sawyer
  • Craig A. Olsson
  • Elizabeth Spry
  • Margarita Moreno-Betancur
  • Lisa Mundy

Their work has been published extensively in the following venues:

  • Journal of Adolescent Health (11 publications)
  • The Lancet (9 publications)
  • The Lancet Public Health (6 publications)
  • BMJ Open (5 publications)
  • BMJ (3 publications)

George C. Patton's primary fields of study include Medicine and Health Professions. Within these broader areas, their subfields of study focus on General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Health.

The main topics covered by their research are:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Global Maternal and Child Health

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 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

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

    Ashkan Afshin;Mohammad Forouzanfar;Marissa Reitsma;Patrick Sur

  • Mild therapeutic hypothermia to improve the neurologic outcome after cardiac arrest

    Michael Holzer;Fritz Sterz;J. M. Darby;S. A. Padosch

  • 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 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

  • 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 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 burden of cardiovascular diseases for 10 causes, 1990 to 2015

    Gregory A. Roth;Catherine Johnson;Amanuel Abajobir;Foad Abd-Allah

  • Our future: a Lancet commission on adolescent health and wellbeing

    George C Patton;George C Patton;Susan M Sawyer;Susan M Sawyer;Susan M Sawyer;John S Santelli;David A Ross;David A Ross

  • Suicide prevention strategies: a systematic review.

    John J Mann;Alan Apter;Jose Bertolote;Annette Beautrais

  • 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

  • Adolescence: a foundation for future health

    Susan M. Sawyer;Susan M. Sawyer;Rima A. Afifi;Linda H. Bearinger;Sarah Jayne Blakemore

  • The age of adolescence

    Susan M Sawyer;Susan M Sawyer;Peter S Azzopardi;Dakshitha Wickremarathne;George C Patton;George C Patton

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas

  • Global burden of disease in young people aged 10–24 years: a systematic analysis

    Fiona M. Gore;Paul J. N. Bloem;George C. Patton;George C. Patton;Jane Ferguson

  • 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

    Simon I. Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan M Sawyer
Susan M Sawyer University of Melbourne
Craig A. Olsson
Craig A. Olsson Deakin University
Louisa Degenhardt
Louisa Degenhardt University of New South Wales
John B. Carlin
John B. Carlin University of Melbourne
Ali H. Mokdad
Ali H. Mokdad University of Washington
John W. Toumbourou
John W. Toumbourou Deakin University
Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Zulfiqar A Bhutta Aga Khan University
Theo Vos
Theo Vos Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Simon I. Hay
Simon I. Hay University of Washington
Benn Sartorius
Benn Sartorius University of Oxford

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