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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Australia Leader Award
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  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Australia Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science

Overview

Graeme J. Hankey is affiliated with the University of Western Australia in Australia. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with significant contributions in Epidemiology, Neurology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Rehabilitation, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

The scientist's work covers various topics, including:

  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
  • Hormonal and reproductive studies
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Graeme J. Hankey include:

  • Leon Flicker (44 publications)
  • Bu B. Yeap (41 publications)
  • Osvaldo P. Almeida (32 publications)
  • Maree L. Hackett (23 publications)
  • Jonathan Golledge (22 publications)

The scientist has published extensively in several journals, with the following venues being the most common:

  • Stroke (14 publications)
  • International Journal of Stroke (10 publications)
  • The Lancet Neurology (8 publications)
  • Cerebrovascular Diseases (7 publications)
  • Journal of the American Heart Association (6 publications)

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Graeme J. Hankey include:

  • Estimation of the global prevalence of dementia in 2019 and forecasted prevalence in 2050: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019, 2022, The Lancet Public Health
  • Colchicine in Patients with Chronic Coronary Disease, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Pragmatic solutions to reduce the global burden of stroke: a World Stroke Organization-Lancet Neurology Commission, 2023, The Lancet Neurology
  • Primary and Secondary Prevention of Ischemic Stroke and Cerebral Hemorrhage, 2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Mechanisms of Stroke in COVID-19, 2020, Cerebrovascular Diseases

Graeme J. Hankey was awarded the Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science in 2016.

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 burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Stephen S. Lim;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas

  • Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Marie Ng;Tom P Fleming;Margaret W. Robinson;Blake Thomson

  • Rivaroxaban versus Warfarin in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation

    Manesh R. Patel;Kenneth W. Mahaffey;Jyotsna Garg;Guohua Pan

  • 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

  • Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Prevention of cardiovascular events and death with pravastatin in patients with coronary heart disease and a broad range of initial cholesterol levels

    A. Tonkin;P. Alyward;D. Colquhoun;P. Glasziou

  • Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Valery L Feigin;Benjamin A Stark;Catherine Owens Johnson;Gregory A Roth

  • 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 incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Theo Vos;Ryan M. Barber;Brad Bell;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa

  • 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

  • Health effects of dietary risks in 195 countries, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Ashkan Afshin;Patrick John Sur;Kairsten A. Fay;Leslie Cornaby

  • 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 burden of neurological disorders, 1990-2016: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Valery L Feigin;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Foad Abd-Allah

  • 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

  • Risk factors for ischaemic and intracerebral haemorrhagic stroke in 22 countries (the INTERSTROKE study): a case-control study

    Martin J O'Donnell;Martin J O'Donnell;Denis Xavier;Lisheng Liu;Hongye Zhang

  • Global, regional, and national burden of cardiovascular diseases for 10 causes, 1990 to 2015

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

  • Clopidogrel and Aspirin versus Aspirin Alone for the Prevention of Atherothrombotic Events

    Deepak L. Bhatt;Keith A.A. Fox;Werner Hacke;Peter B. Berger

Frequent Co-Authors

Leon Flicker
Leon Flicker University of Western Australia
Osvaldo P. Almeida
Osvaldo P. Almeida University of Western Australia
Jonathan Golledge
Jonathan Golledge James Cook University
Keith A.A. Fox
Keith A.A. Fox University of Edinburgh
John W. Eikelboom
John W. Eikelboom Population Health Research Institute
Manesh R. Patel
Manesh R. Patel Duke University
Daniel E. Singer
Daniel E. Singer Harvard University
Kenneth W. Mahaffey
Kenneth W. Mahaffey Stanford University
Jonathan P. Piccini
Jonathan P. Piccini Duke University
Richard C. Becker
Richard C. Becker University of Cincinnati

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