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D-Index
156
Citations
114819
World Ranking
904
National Ranking
44

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Henry Völzke is affiliated with Greifswald University Hospital in Germany and has a substantial body of research contributions in the field of medicine. Their work spans a wide range of subfields including physiology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, molecular biology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

Their research topics cover diverse areas such as thyroid disorders and treatments, functional brain connectivity studies, oral microbiology and periodontitis research, genetic associations and epidemiology, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, dental health and care utilization, as well as health, environment, and cognitive aging.

Significant frequent coauthors in their work include:

  • Hans J. Grabe
  • Till Ittermann
  • Marcus Dörr
  • Matthias Nauck
  • Robin Bülow

The venues where this researcher frequently publishes include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • UNC Libraries
  • Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Henry Völzke include:

  • Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • The Polygenic and Monogenic Basis of Blood Traits and Diseases, 2020, Cell
  • Trans-ethnic and Ancestry-Specific Blood-Cell Genetics in 746,667 Individuals from 5 Global Populations, 2020, Cell
  • ENIGMA and global neuroscience: A decade of large-scale studies of the brain in health and disease across more than 40 countries, 2020, Translational Psychiatry
  • MRI signatures of brain age and disease over the lifespan based on a deep brain network and 14,468 individuals worldwide, 2020, Brain

Best Publications

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression

    Naomi R. Wray;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Manuel Mattheisen;MacIej Trzaskowski

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    Hana Lango Allen;Karol Estrada;Guillaume Lettre;Sonja I. Berndt

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

  • 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

  • Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition

    Alexander Kurilshikov;Carolina Medina-Gomez;Rodrigo Bacigalupe;Djawad Radjabzadeh

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure

    Christopher Newton-Cheh;Christopher Newton-Cheh;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Vesela Gateva;Martin D. Tobin

  • Cortical abnormalities in adults and adolescents with major depression based on brain scans from 20 cohorts worldwide in the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder Working Group.

    L Schmaal;D P Hibar;P G Sämann;G B Hall

  • A mega-analysis of genome-wide association studies for major depressive disorder

    Stephan Ripke;Naomi R Wray;Cathryn M Lewis;Steven P Hamilton

  • Subcortical brain alterations in major depressive disorder : findings from the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder working group

    Tiffany C. Ho;Boris Gutman;Elena Pozzi;Hans J. Grabe

  • Cohort Profile: The Study of Health in Pomerania

    Henry Völzke;Dietrich Alte;Carsten Oliver Schmidt;Dörte Radke

  • Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

    Iris M. Heid;Anne U. Jackson;Joshua C. Randall;Tthomas W. Winkler

  • GWAS of 126,559 Individuals Identifies Genetic Variants Associated with Educational Attainment

    Cornelius A. Rietveld;Sarah E. Medland;Jaime Lane Derringer;Jian Yang

  • Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption: combined analysis of individual-participant data for 599 912 current drinkers in 83 prospective studies

    Angela M. Wood;Stephen Kaptoge;Adam S. Butterworth;Peter Willeit

  • SCORE2 risk prediction algorithms: new models to estimate 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease in Europe

    Steven Hageman;Lisa Pennells

  • Subcortical brain alterations in major depressive disorder: findings from the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder working group

    L. Schmaal;D.J. Veltman;T.G.M. van Erp;P.G. Sämann

  • A mega-analysis of genome-wide association studies for major depressive disorder

    S. Ripke;N. R. Wray;C. M. Lewis;S. P. Hamilton

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    H. Lango Allen;K. Estrada;G. Lettre;S. I. Berndt

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthias Nauck
Matthias Nauck Greifswald University Hospital
Henri Wallaschofski
Henri Wallaschofski Greifswald University Hospital
Hans J. Grabe
Hans J. Grabe Greifswald University Hospital
Alexander Teumer
Alexander Teumer Greifswald University Hospital
Georg Homuth
Georg Homuth Greifswald University Hospital
Uwe Völker
Uwe Völker University of Greifswald
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
Ulrich John
Ulrich John Greifswald University Hospital
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Markus M. Lerch
Markus M. Lerch Greifswald University Hospital

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