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Göran Hallmans

Göran Hallmans

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Medicine
Sweden
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
159
Citations
106943
World Ranking
809
National Ranking
18

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Göran Hallmans is affiliated with Umeå University in Sweden, where they engage in research intersecting genetics, molecular biology, and public health. Their work spans multiple subfields including genetics, molecular biology, artificial intelligence, epidemiology, and environmental and occupational health.

Their recent publications indicate a focus on genetic associations and epidemiology as well as nutrition and disease, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to understanding health risks and molecular markers. Key research topics they have contributed to include genetic associations and epidemiology, gene expression and cancer classification, algorithms and data compression, nutrition, genetics, and disease, nutritional studies and diet, metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies, and liver disease diagnosis and treatment.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Göran Hallmans include:

  • Large-scale exome array summary statistics resources for glycemic traits to aid effector gene prioritization, 2023, Wellcome Open Research
  • Genome-wide meta-analysis of observational studies shows common genetic variants associated with macronutrient intake, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Additional file 6 of Identification of metabolites associated with prostate cancer risk: a nested case-control study with long follow-up in the Northern Sweden Health and Disease Study, 2020, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Correction: An Ig γ Marker Genotype Is a Strong Risk Factor for Alzheimer Disease, Independent of Apolipoprotein E ε4 Genotype, 2020, The Journal of Immunology
  • Major types of dietary fat and risk of coronary heart disease: a pooled analysis of 11 cohort studies, 2020, UNC Libraries

Göran Hallmans frequently collaborates with a cohort of researchers including Audrey Y. Chu, Stavroula Kanoni, Paul W. Franks, Berit L. Heitmann, and Mark A. Pereira. These collaborations have resulted in multiple publications highlighting genetics, nutrition, and epidemiology.

The venues in which Göran Hallmans most often publishes include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Wellcome Open Research
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • The Journal of Immunology

The combination of Göran Hallmans's research contributions indicates a multidisciplinary approach, addressing complex issues at the intersection of genetics, nutrition, and disease mechanisms. Their work contributes data and analyses relevant to genetic risk factors, dietary intake, metabolomic profiling, and disease outcomes across diverse populations.

Best Publications

  • Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

    Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso

  • General and abdominal adiposity and risk of death in Europe.

    T. Pischon;H. Boeing;K. Hoffmann;M. Bergmann

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

    Josée Dupuis;Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • Antibodies against cyclic citrullinated peptide and IgA rheumatoid factor predict the development of rheumatoid arthritis.

    Solbritt Rantapää-Dahlqvist;Ben A. W. de Jong;Ewa Berglin;Göran Hallmans

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (vol 42, pg 105, 2010)

    J Dupuis;C Langenberg;I Prokopenko;R Saxena

  • European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC): study populations and data collection

    E. Riboli;K. J. Hunt;N. Slimani;P. Ferrari

  • A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans.

    N D Palmer;C W McDonough;P J Hicks;B H Roh

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease

    Panos Deloukas;Stavroula Kanoni;Christina Willenborg;Martin Farrall

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • Dietary fibre in food and protection against colorectal cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC): an observational study

    Sheila A Bingham;Nicholas E Day;Robert Luben;Pietro Ferrari

  • Major types of dietary fat and risk of coronary heart disease: a pooled analysis of 11 cohort studies

    Marianne U. Jakobsen;Eilis J. O'Reilly;Berit L. Heitmann;Mark A. Pereira

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture

    Karol Estrada;Unnur Styrkarsdottir;Evangelos Evangelou;Yi-Hsiang Hsu

  • Meat, Fish, and Colorectal Cancer Risk: The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

    Teresa Norat;Sheila Bingham;Pietro Ferrari;Nadia Slimani

  • Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries

    Mary F. Feitosa;Aldi T. Kraja;Daniel I. Chasman;Yun J. Sung

  • Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease

    Ron Do;Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta

  • A genome-wide approach accounting for body mass index identifies genetic variants influencing fasting glycemic traits and insulin resistance.

    Alisa K. Manning;Alisa K. Manning;Alisa K. Manning;Robert A. Scott;Jonna L. Grimsby

  • Large-scale association analyses identify new loci influencing glycemic traits and provide insight into the underlying biological pathways

    Robert A Scott;Vasiliki Lagou;Ryan P Welch;Eleanor Wheeler

  • Dietary fiber and risk of coronary heart disease: a pooled analysis of cohort studies.

    Mark A. Pereira;Eilis O'Reilly;Katarina Augustsson;Gary E. Fraser

  • Erratum: New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (Nature Genetics (2010) 42 (105-116))

    Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena

Frequent Co-Authors

Elio Riboli
Elio Riboli Imperial College London
Kim Overvad
Kim Overvad Aarhus University
Rudolf Kaaks
Rudolf Kaaks German Cancer Research Center
Anne Tjønneland
Anne Tjønneland University of Copenhagen
Heiner Boeing
Heiner Boeing German Institute of Human Nutrition
Petra H.M. Peeters
Petra H.M. Peeters Utrecht University
Kay-Tee Khaw
Kay-Tee Khaw University of Cambridge
Antonia Trichopoulou
Antonia Trichopoulou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Rosario Tumino
Rosario Tumino Provincial Health Authority of Syracuse
Paolo Vineis
Paolo Vineis Imperial College London

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