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Johannes Hebebrand is affiliated with the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of medicine and psychology, with significant contributions in clinical psychology, genetics, public health, environmental and occupational health, psychiatry, mental health, and endocrine and autonomic systems.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders

Hebebrand has authored numerous papers in well-established journals. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Genetic identification of cell types underlying brain complex traits yields insights into the etiology of Parkinson's disease," 2020, Nature Genetics
  • "Impact of war and forced displacement on children's mental health-multilevel, needs-oriented, and trauma-informed approaches," 2022, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • "Potential effects of "social" distancing measures and school lockdown on child and adolescent mental health," 2020, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • "Perceived impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child and adolescent psychiatric services after 1 year (February/March 2021): ESCAP CovCAP survey," 2021, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • "Short-term metreleptin treatment of patients with anorexia nervosa: rapid on-set of beneficial cognitive, emotional, and behavioral effects," 2020, Translational Psychiatry

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie
  • Adipositas - Ursachen Folgeerkrankungen Therapie
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Translational Psychiatry

Hebebrand collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Anke Hinney
  • Triinu Peters
  • Manuel Föcker
  • Jochen Antel
  • Lars Libuda

Their publication record illustrates a multi-disciplinary approach combining genetics, psychiatry, clinical psychology, and public health perspectives, focusing particularly on the regulation of appetite, obesity, and various mental health issues in children and adolescents.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Perzentile für den Body-mass-Index für das Kindes- und Jugendalter unter Heranziehung verschiedener deutscher Stichproben

    Katrin Kromeyer-Hauschild;M. Wabitsch;D. Kunze;F. Geller

  • Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    Ditte Demontis;Ditte Demontis;Raymond K Walters;Raymond K Walters;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Manuel Mattheisen

  • Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation

    Cristen J. Willer;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Ruth J. F. Loos;Shengxu Li

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

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

    E. K. Speliotes;C. J. Willer;S. I. Berndt;K. L. Monda

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

    Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Zeynep Yilmaz;Laura M. Thornton;Christopher Hübel;Christopher Hübel

  • A common genetic variant is associated with adult and childhood obesity.

    Alan Herbert;Norman P. Gerry;Matthew B. McQueen;Iris M. Heid

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

    Sonja I Berndt;Stefan Gustafsson;Stefan Gustafsson;Reedik Mägi;Reedik Mägi;Andrea Ganna

  • Dysfunction of lipid sensor GPR120 leads to obesity in both mouse and human

    Atsuhiko Ichimura;Akira Hirasawa;Odile Poulain-Godefroy;Odile Poulain-Godefroy;Amélie Bonnefond;Amélie Bonnefond

  • Genome wide association (GWA) study for early onset extreme obesity supports the role of fat mass and obesity associated gene (FTO) variants.

    Anke Hinney;Thuy Trang Nguyen;André Scherag;Susann Friedel

  • Refining the impact of TCF7L2 gene variants on type 2 diabetes and adaptive evolution

    Agnar Helgason;Snæbjörn Pálsson;Snæbjörn Pálsson;Gudmar Thorleifsson;Struan F A Grant;Struan F A Grant

  • “Eating addiction”, rather than “food addiction”, better captures addictive-like eating behavior

    Johannes Hebebrand;Özgür Albayrak;Roger Adan;Jochen Antel

  • Several Mutations in the Melanocortin-4 Receptor Gene Including a Nonsense and a Frameshift Mutation Associated with Dominantly Inherited Obesity in Humans

    A. Hinney;A. Schmidt;K. Nottebom;O. Heibült

  • Social cognition in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

    J. Uekermann;M. Kraemer;M. Abdel-Hamid;B.G. Schimmelmann

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

    H. J. Watson;Z. Yilmaz;L. M. Thornton;C. Hubel

  • Rates of psychiatric disorders in a clinical study group of adolescents with extreme obesity and in obese adolescents ascertained via a population based study

    B Britz;W Siegfried;A Ziegler;C Lamertz

  • A genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies new childhood obesity loci

    JP Bradfield;HR Taal;NJ Timpson;A Scherag

  • Genome wide meta-analysis identifies genomic relationships, novel loci, and pleiotropic mechanisms across eight psychiatric disorders

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

    Sonja I. Berndt;Stefan Gustafsson;Reedik Maegi;Andrea Ganna

Frequent Co-Authors

Anke Hinney
Anke Hinney University of Duisburg-Essen
Helmut Remschmidt
Helmut Remschmidt Philipp University of Marburg
Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann
Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann RWTH Aachen University
Andreas Ziegler
Andreas Ziegler University of Ulm
Philippe Froguel
Philippe Froguel Imperial College London
Frank Geller
Frank Geller Statens Serum Institut
David Meyre
David Meyre University of Lorraine
Thomas Reinehr
Thomas Reinehr Boston Children's Hospital
Thomas Illig
Thomas Illig Hannover Medical School
Werner F. Blum
Werner F. Blum University of Giessen

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