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10779
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5544

Howard N. Hodis publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Howard N. Hodis sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 398 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Howard N. Hodis D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Howard N. Hodis sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 93 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Howard N. Hodis is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States and has contributed extensively to medical research, particularly in areas related to menopause, cardiovascular health, and hormone therapy. Their research output demonstrates a focus on the intersections of endocrinology, cardiology, molecular biology, and genetics.

Their notable recent publications include:

  • Menopause Transition and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: Implications for Timing of Early Prevention: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association (2020, Circulation)
  • The 2022 hormone therapy position statement of The North American Menopause Society (2022, Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society)
  • Menopausal Hormone Replacement Therapy and Reduction of All-Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Disease (2022, The Cancer Journal)
  • Brain delivery of supplemental docosahexaenoic acid (DHA): A randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial (2020, EBioMedicine)
  • Single cell transcriptomics and TCR reconstruction reveal CD4 T cell response to MHC-II-restricted APOB epitope in human cardiovascular disease (2022, Nature Cardiovascular Research)

Frequent co-authors working with Howard N. Hodis include Wendy J. Mack, David B. Hanna, Jason Lazar, Roksana Karim, and Alan Landay.

The primary publication venues for their work are:

  • Circulation
  • Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society
  • Climacteric
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of the American Heart Association

Their body of research spans several fields of study including Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular emphasis on the subfields of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Genetics, Emergency Medicine, and Molecular Biology.

Howard N. Hodis's main topics of research cover:

  • Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments
  • Estrogen and related hormone effects
  • HIV-related health complications and treatments
  • Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
  • Phytoestrogen effects and research
  • Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases

As a recognition of their scientific contributions, Howard N. Hodis holds membership in the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Preservation of Pancreatic Beta-Cell Function and Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes by Pharmacological Treatment of Insulin Resistance in High-Risk Hispanic Women

    Thomas A. Buchanan;Anny H. Xiang;Ruth K. Peters;Siri L. Kjos

  • The Role of Carotid Arterial Intima-Media Thickness in Predicting Clinical Coronary Events

    Howard N. Hodis;Wendy J. Mack;Laurie LaBree;Robert H. Selzer

  • Testosterone Therapy in Men With Hypogonadism: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline

    Shalender Bhasin;Juan P Brito;Glenn R Cunningham;Frances J Hayes

  • The 2017 hormone therapy position statement of The North American Menopause Society.

    Jo Ann V. Pinkerton;Fernando Sánchez Aguirre;Jennifer Blake;Felicia Cosman

  • Ambient air pollution and atherosclerosis in Los Angeles.

    Nino Künzli;Michael Jerrett;Wendy J. Mack;Bernardo Beckerman

  • Pioglitazone for Diabetes Prevention in Impaired Glucose Tolerance

    Ralph A. DeFronzo;Devjit Tripathy;Dawn C. Schwenke;Dawn C. Schwenke;Mary Ann Banerji

  • Coronary angiographic changes with lovastatin therapy. The Monitored Atherosclerosis Regression Study (MARS).

    D H Blankenhorn;S P Azen;D M Kramsch;W J Mack

  • Estrogen in the Prevention of Atherosclerosis: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

    Howard N. Hodis;Wendy J. Mack;Roger A. Lobo;Donna Shoupe

  • Vascular Effects of Early versus Late Postmenopausal Treatment with Estradiol

    Howard N Hodis;Wendy J Mack;Victor W Henderson;Donna Shoupe

  • Menopause Transition and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: Implications for Timing of Early Prevention: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    Samar R. El Khoudary;Brooke Aggarwal;Theresa M. Beckie;Howard N. Hodis

  • Estrogen and progestogen use in postmenopausal women: July 2008 position statement of The North American Menopause Society.

    Utian Wh;Archer Df;Bachmann Ga;Gallagher C

  • Effects of Hormone Therapy on Cognition and Mood in Recently Postmenopausal Women: Findings from the Randomized, Controlled KEEPS–Cognitive and Affective Study

    Carey E. Gleason;N. Maritza Dowling;Whitney Wharton;JoAnn A E Manson

  • Serial Coronary Angiographic Evidence That Antioxidant Vitamin Intake Reduces Progression of Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis

    Howard N. Hodis;Wendy J. Mack;Laurie LaBree;Linda Cashin-Hemphill

  • Triglyceride- and cholesterol-rich lipoproteins have a differential effect on mild/moderate and severe lesion progression as assessed by quantitative coronary angiography in a controlled trial of lovastatin.

    H N Hodis;W J Mack;S P Azen;P Alaupovic

  • Reduction in Carotid Arterial Wall Thickness Using Lovastatin and Dietary Therapy: A Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial

    H N Hodis;W J Mack;L LaBree;R H Selzer

  • Evaluation of computerized edge tracking for quantifying intima-media thickness of the common carotid artery from B-mode ultrasound images

    Robert H. Selzer;Howard N. Hodis;Helenann Kwong-Fu;Wendy J. Mack

  • Alpha-tocopherol supplementation in healthy individuals reduces low-density lipoprotein oxidation but not atherosclerosis: the Vitamin E Atherosclerosis Prevention Study (VEAPS).

    Howard N. Hodis;Wendy J. Mack;Laurie LaBree;Peter R. Mahrer

  • Biochemical and cytotoxic characteristics of an in vivo circulating oxidized low density lipoprotein (LDL

    H N Hodis;D M Kramsch;P Avogaro;G Bittolo-Bon

  • Improved common carotid elasticity and intima-media thickness measurements from computer analysis of sequential ultrasound frames

    Robert H Selzer;Wendy J Mack;Paul L Lee;Helen Kwong-Fu

  • Estrogen in the Prevention of Atherosclerosis

    Howard N. Hodis;Wendy J. Mack;Roger A. Lobo;Donna Shoupe

Frequent Co-Authors

Wendy J. Mack
Wendy J. Mack University of Southern California
Robert C. Kaplan
Robert C. Kaplan Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Alex Sevanian
Alex Sevanian University of Southern California
Stanley P. Azen
Stanley P. Azen University of Southern California
Frank Z. Stanczyk
Frank Z. Stanczyk University of Southern California
Kathryn Anastos
Kathryn Anastos Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phyllis C. Tien
Phyllis C. Tien University of California, San Francisco
Victor W. Henderson
Victor W. Henderson Stanford University
Matthew J. Budoff
Matthew J. Budoff UCLA Medical Center
Alan L. Landay
Alan L. Landay The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

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