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Gerald McGwin is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a focus on Surgery, Epidemiology, Ophthalmology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The scientist's research spans several critical areas, including retinal diseases and treatments, hip and femur fractures, bone fractures and treatments, retinal imaging and analysis, pelvic and acetabular injuries, orthopedic surgery and rehabilitation, as well as glaucoma and retinal disorders.

Gerald McGwin has published research in various venues, including:

  • Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
  • Gynecologic Oncology
  • The Journal of Arthroplasty
  • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • UNC Libraries

Frequent co-authors working alongside McGwin include:

  • Cynthia Owsley
  • Thomas A. Swain
  • Brent A. Ponce
  • Kyle H. Cichos
  • Clay A. Spitler

Recent papers involving Gerald McGwin include:

  • "Measuring the Contributions of Basal Laminar Deposit and Bruch's Membrane in Age-Related Macular Degeneration", 2020, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • "Factors affecting the outcomes of tibiotalocalcaneal fusion", 2020, The Bone & Joint Journal
  • "Functionally validated imaging endpoints in the Alabama study on early age-related macular degeneration 2 (ALSTAR2): design and methods", 2020, BMC Ophthalmology
  • "Hyperreflective Foci and Specks Are Associated with Delayed Rod-Mediated Dark Adaptation in Nonneovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration", 2020, Ophthalmology Retina
  • "Development of Conceptual Models to Guide Public Health Research, Practice, and Policy: Synthesizing Traditional and Contemporary Paradigms", 2020, Health Promotion Practice

Best Publications

  • Derivation and validation of the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Michelle Petri;Ana Maria Orbai;Graciela S. Alarcõn;Caroline Gordon

  • Visual Processing Impairment and Risk of Motor Vehicle Crash Among Older Adults

    C. Owsley;Kathleen Ball;Gerald McGwin;M. E. Sloane

  • A large-scale replication study identifies TNIP1, PRDM1, JAZF1, UHRF1BP1 and IL10 as risk loci for systemic lupus erythematosus

    Vesela Gateva;Johanna K. Sandling;Geoff Hom;Kimberly E. Taylor

  • Characteristics of traffic crashes among young, middle-aged, and older drivers.

    Gerald McGwin;David B. Brown

  • Effect of hydroxychloroquine on the survival of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: data from LUMINA, a multiethnic US cohort (LUMINA L)

    Graciela S Alarcón;Gerald McGwin;Ana M Bertoli;Barri J Fessler

  • Can High-Risk Older Drivers Be Identified Through Performance-Based Measures in a Department of Motor Vehicles Setting?

    Karlene K. Ball;Daniel L. Roenker;Virginia G. Wadley;Jerri D. Edwards

  • Visual risk factors for crash involvement in older drivers with cataract.

    Cynthia Owsley;Beth T. Stalvey;Jennifer Wells;Michael E. Sloane

  • Vision and Driving

    Cynthia Owsley;Gerald McGwin

  • The Posterolateral Corner of the Knee Repair Versus Reconstruction

    James P. Stannard;Stephen L. Brown;Rory C. Farris;Gerald McGwin

  • The relationship of blood product ratio to mortality: survival benefit or survival bias?

    Christopher W. Snyder;Jordan A. Weinberg;Gerald McGwin;Sherry M. Melton

  • Adolescent onset of lupus results in more aggressive disease and worse outcomes: results of a nested matched case-control study within LUMINA, a multiethnic US cohort (LUMINA LVII).

    L. B. Tucker;A. G. Uribe;M. Fernández;L. M. Vilá

  • Vision Impairment and Driving

    Cynthia Owsley;Gerald McGwin

  • Systemic lupus erythematosus in three ethnic groups: XVI. Association of hydroxychloroquine use with reduced risk of damage accrual.

    Barri J. Fessler;Graciela S. Alarcón;Gerald McGwin;Jeffrey Roseman

  • Systemic lupus erythematosus in three ethnic groups. XII. Risk factors for lupus nephritis after diagnosis

    H M Bastian;J M Roseman;G Mcgwin;G S Alarcón

  • Relations among Chronic Medical Conditions, Medications, and Automobile Crashes in the Elderly: A Population-based Case-Control Study

    Gerald McGwin;Richard V. Sims;LeaVonne Pulley;Jeffrey M. Roseman

  • Systemic lupus erythematosus in a multiethnic US cohort (LUMINA). XXIII. Baseline predictors of vascular events.

    Sergio M. A. Toloza;América G. Uribe;Gerald McGwin;Graciela S. Alarcón

  • Negative pressure wound therapy to treat hematomas and surgical incisions following high-energy trauma.

    James P. Stannard;James T. Robinson;E. Ratcliffe Anderson;Gerald Mcgwin

  • Aging and dark adaptation.

    Gregory R. Jackson;Cynthia Owsley;Gerald McGwin

  • Formaldehyde exposure and asthma in children: a systematic review.

    Gerald McGwin;Jeffrey Lienert;John I. Kennedy

  • Incisional negative pressure wound therapy after high-risk lower extremity fractures.

    James P Stannard;David A Volgas;Gerald McGwin;Rena L Stewart

Frequent Co-Authors

Cynthia Owsley
Cynthia Owsley University of Alabama at Birmingham
Graciela S. Alarcón
Graciela S. Alarcón University of Alabama at Birmingham
John D. Reveille
John D. Reveille The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Luis M. Vilá
Luis M. Vilá University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus
Christine A. Curcio
Christine A. Curcio University of Alabama at Birmingham
Joanne M. Wood
Joanne M. Wood Queensland University of Technology
Paul P. Lee
Paul P. Lee University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Michelle Petri
Michelle Petri Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman
Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman Northwestern University
Robert P. Kimberly
Robert P. Kimberly University of Alabama at Birmingham

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