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  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Singapore Leader Award
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  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Finland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Finland Leader Award

Overview

Johan G. Eriksson is affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a concentrated focus on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, and Molecular Biology.

Their work covers several main topics including Birth, Development, and Health; Gestational Diabetes Research and Management; Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies; Obesity, Physical Activity, and Diet; Genetic Associations and Epidemiology; Nutritional Studies and Diet; and Diet and metabolism studies.

The scientist has contributed to numerous publication venues, notably:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Scientific Reports
  • Nature Communications
  • International Journal of Obesity
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Johan G. Eriksson are:

  • Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia (2022, Nature)
  • Novel loci for childhood body mass index and shared heritability with adult cardiometabolic traits (2020, PLoS Genetics)
  • Deciphering colorectal cancer genetics through multi-omic analysis of 100,204 cases and 154,587 controls of European and east Asian ancestries (2022, Nature Genetics)
  • A Comparison of Ten Polygenic Score Methods for Psychiatric Disorders Applied Across Multiple Cohorts (2021, Biological Psychiatry)
  • Multivariate genome-wide association meta-analysis of over 1 million subjects identifies loci underlying multiple substance use disorders (2023, Nature Mental Health)

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Yap Seng Chong
  • Kok Hian Tan
  • Keith M. Godfrey
  • Fabian Yap
  • Yung Seng Lee

Best Publications

  • Prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus by changes in lifestyle among subjects with impaired glucose tolerance.

    Tuomilehto J;Lindström J;Eriksson Jg;Valle Tt

  • 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

  • Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci

    Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Aiden Corvin;James T. R. Walters

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • Fetal origins of adult disease: strength of effects and biological basis

    D. J. P. Barker;J. G. Eriksson;T. Forsen;C. Osmond

  • Sustained reduction in the incidence of type 2 diabetes by lifestyle intervention: follow-up of the Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study

    Jaana Lindström;Pirjo Ilanne-Parikka;Markku Peltonen;Sirkka Aunola

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

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

  • 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

  • The Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study (DPS) Lifestyle intervention and 3-year results on diet and physical activity

    Jaana Lindström;Anne Louheranta;Marjo Mannelin;Merja Rastas

  • Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

    Andrew P Morris;Benjamin F Voight;Benjamin F Voight;Tanya M Teslovich;Teresa Ferreira

  • Glucose tolerance and mortality: comparison of WHO and American Diabetes Association diagnostic criteria

    K Borch-Johnsen;A Neil;B Balkau;S Larsen

  • Trajectories of growth among children who have coronary events as adults.

    David J P Barker;Clive Osmond;Tom J Forsén;Eero Kajantie

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

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

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

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

  • Glucose tolerance and cardiovascular mortality - Comparison of fasting and 2-hour diagnostic criteria

    K. Borch-Johnsen;A. Neil;B. Balkau;S. Larsen

  • Modeling Linkage Disequilibrium Increases Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores

    Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson;Jian Yang;Hilary K. Finucane;Alexander Gusev

  • Catch-up growth in childhood and death from coronary heart disease: longitudinal study

    J G Eriksson;T Forsén;J Tuomilehto;P D Winter

  • Early growth and coronary heart disease in later life: longitudinal study

    Johan G Eriksson;Tom Johan Forsen;Jaakko Tuomilehto;Clive Osmond

  • 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

Eero Kajantie
Eero Kajantie Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Katri Räikkönen
Katri Räikkönen University of Helsinki
Aarno Palotie
Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki
Jari Lahti
Jari Lahti University of Helsinki
Clive Osmond
Clive Osmond University of Southampton
Olli T. Raitakari
Olli T. Raitakari Turku University Hospital
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Imperial College London
Terho Lehtimäki
Terho Lehtimäki Tampere University
Jaakko Kaprio
Jaakko Kaprio University of Helsinki
David J. P. Barker
David J. P. Barker University of Southampton

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