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Howard J. Hoffman is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and neuroscience, contributing extensively to these fields through numerous published works. Key subfields include sensory systems, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, cognitive neuroscience, speech and hearing, as well as nutrition and dietetics.

The main topics covered in their work include hearing loss and rehabilitation, the genetics and physiology of hearing, cochlea and tinnitus studies, noise effects and management, olfactory and sensory function studies, neonatal and fetal brain pathology, neuroscience of respiration and sleep, and the effects of prenatal substance exposure.

Selected recent publications by Howard J. Hoffman include:

  • Hearing loss prevalence and years lived with disability, 1990-2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019, 2021, The Lancet
  • Concurrent prenatal drinking and smoking increases risk for SIDS: Safe Passage Study report, 2020, EClinicalMedicine
  • Genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies 48 risk variants and highlights the role of the stria vascularis in hearing loss, 2022, The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Association of Prenatal Exposure to Maternal Drinking and Smoking With the Risk of Stillbirth, 2021, JAMA Network Open
  • Associations between chronic cigarette smoking and taste function: Results from the 2013-2014 national health and nutrition examination survey, 2021, Physiology & Behavior

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Howard J. Hoffman include:

  • Peter Torre
  • Amy Elliott
  • William P. Fifer
  • Jyoti Angal
  • Hein J. Odendaal

Their work has appeared predominantly in venues such as UNC Libraries, The Lancet, EClinicalMedicine, The American Journal of Human Genetics, and Physiology & Behavior. The largest number of publications are associated with UNC Libraries, followed by contributions to these other journals.

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

  • Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Theo Vos;Rafael Lozano;Mohsen Naghavi

  • Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Mohsen Naghavi;Rafael Lozano

  • 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 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 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

  • The State of US Health, 1990-2010: Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors

    Christopher J. L. Murray;Jerry Abraham;Mohammed K. Ali;Miriam Alvarado

  • 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

    Mohammad H. Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H. Ross Anderson;Victoria F. Bachman

  • 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

  • Global, regional, and national burden of traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of disease Study 2016

    Spencer L James;Alice Theadom;Richard G Ellenbogen;Marlena S Bannick

  • Hearing loss prevalence and years lived with disability, 1990–2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Lydia M Haile;Kaloyan Kamenov;Paul Svitil Briant;Aislyn U Orji

  • Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility–Reykjavik Study: Multidisciplinary Applied Phenomics

    Tamara B. Harris;Lenore J. Launer;Gudny Eiriksdottir;Olafur Kjartansson

  • Valid across-group comparisons with labeled scales: the gLMS versus magnitude matching.

    L.M Bartoshuk;V.B Duffy;V.B Duffy;B.G Green;H.J Hoffman

  • Risk Factors for SIDS.

    Howard J. Hoffman;Karla Damus;Laura Hillman;Ehud Krongrad

  • Diabetes and Hearing Impairment in the United States: Audiometric Evidence from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999 to 2004

    Kathleen E. Bainbridge;Howard J. Hoffman;Catherine C. Cowie

  • Hearing impairment associated with depression in US adults, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005-2010.

    Chuan-Ming Li;Xinzhi Zhang;Howard J. Hoffman;Mary Frances Cotch

  • Medical, psychosocial, and behavioral risk factors do not explain the increased risk for low birth weight among black women

    Robert L. Goldenberg;Suzanne P. Cliver;Francis X. Mulvihill;Carol A. Hickey

  • Common values in assessing health outcomes from disease and injury: Disability weights measurement study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    J.A. Salomon;T. Vos;D.R. Hogan;M. Gagnon

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert L. Goldenberg
Robert L. Goldenberg Columbia University
Gary Cutter
Gary Cutter University of Alabama at Birmingham
Ted R. Miller
Ted R. Miller Pacific Institute
Theo Vos
Theo Vos Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Alan D. Lopez
Alan D. Lopez University of Melbourne
Christopher J L Murray
Christopher J L Murray University of Washington
Robert G. Weintraub
Robert G. Weintraub Royal Children's Hospital
Mohsen Naghavi
Mohsen Naghavi Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
David C. Schwebel
David C. Schwebel University of Alabama at Birmingham
Louisa Degenhardt
Louisa Degenhardt University of New South Wales

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