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John A Robbins is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their primary field of research is Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, Surgery, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

Their research portfolio covers a range of topics, notably:

  • Bone health and osteoporosis research
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Hip and Femur Fractures
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Petra Bůžková
  • Howard A Fink
  • Joshua I. Barzilay
  • Jane A. Cauley
  • Laura Carbone

John A Robbins has published multiple papers in reputable venues, with a strong presence particularly in the following journals:

  • Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society
  • Archives of Osteoporosis
  • JAMA Internal Medicine
  • The American Journal of Medicine
  • Nature Aging

Recent significant publications include:

  • Effect of dietary sources of calcium and protein on hip fractures and falls in older adults in residential care: cluster randomised controlled trial, 2021, BMJ
  • Risk of Subsequent Fractures in Postmenopausal Women After Nontraumatic vs Traumatic Fractures, 2021, JAMA Internal Medicine
  • Association of skeletal muscle mass, kidney disease and mortality in older men and women: the cardiovascular health study, 2020, Aging
  • Dietary inflammatory index and cardiovascular disease risk in Hispanic women from the Women's Health Initiative, 2023, Nutrition Journal
  • Race and Ethnicity and Fracture Prediction Among Younger Postmenopausal Women in the Women's Health Initiative Study, 2023, JAMA Internal Medicine

Best Publications

  • Effects of conjugated equine estrogen in postmenopausal women with hysterectomy: the Women's Health Initiative randomized controlled trial

    Garnet L. Anderson;Marian C. Limacher;Annlouise R. Assaf;Tamsen Bassford

  • Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and the risk of fractures.

    Rebecca D. Jackson;Andrea Z. LaCroix;Margery Gass;Robert B. Wallace

  • Gender differences in the utilization of health care services.

    Klea D Bertakis;Rahman Azari;L. Jays Helms;Edward J Callahan

  • Sleep-disordered breathing and mortality: A prospective cohort study

    Naresh M. Punjabi;Brian S. Caffo;James L. Goodwin;Daniel J. Gottlieb

  • Low-fat dietary pattern and risk of cardiovascular disease : The women's health initiative randomized controlled dietary modification trial

    Barbara V. Howard;Barbara V. Howard;Linda Van Horn;Judith Hsia;JoAnn E. Manson

  • Risk Factors for 5-Year Mortality in Older Adults The Cardiovascular Health Study

    Linda P. Fried;Richard A. Kronmal;Anne B. Newman;Diane E. Bild

  • Effects of estrogen plus progestin on risk of fracture and bone mineral density: the Women's Health Initiative randomized trial.

    Jane A. Cauley;John Robbins;Zhao Chen;Steven R. Cummings

  • Calcium plus Vitamin D Supplementation and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer

    Jean Wactawski-Wende;Jane Morley Kotchen;Garnet L. Anderson;Annlouise R. Assaf;Annlouise R. Assaf

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture

    Karol Estrada;Unnur Styrkarsdottir;Evangelos Evangelou;Yi-Hsiang Hsu

  • The Sleep Heart Health Study: design, rationale, and methods.

    Stuart F. Quan;Barbara V. Howard;Conrad Iber;Conrad Iber;James P. Kiley

  • Exemestane for Breast-Cancer Prevention in Postmenopausal Women

    Paul E. Goss;James N. Ingle;José E. Alés-Martínez;Angela M. Cheung

  • Low-Fat dietary pattern and risk of invasive breast cancer: The women's health initiative randomized controlled dietary modification trial

    Ross L. Prentice;Bette Caan;Rowan T. Chlebowski;Ruth Patterson

  • Ginkgo biloba for prevention of dementia: a randomized controlled trial.

    Steven T. DeKosky;Steven T. DeKosky;Jeff D. Williamson;Annette L. Fitzpatrick;Richard A. Kronmal

  • Estrogen therapy and coronary-artery calcification.

    Jo Ann E. Manson;Matthew A. Allison;Jacques E. Rossouw;J. Jeffrey Carr

  • Risk of Fracture in Women with Type 2 Diabetes: the Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study

    Denise E. Bonds;Joseph C. Larson;Ann V. Schwartz;Elsa S. Strotmeyer

  • Low-Fat Dietary Pattern and Risk of Colorectal Cancer: The Women's Health Initiative Randomized Controlled Dietary Modification Trial

    Shirley A. A. Beresford;Karen C. Johnson;Cheryl Ritenbaugh;Norman L. Lasser

  • Daytime Sleepiness Predicts Mortality and Cardiovascular Disease in Older Adults

    Anne B. Newman;Charles F. Spiekerman;Paul Enright;David Lefkowitz

  • Patient level pooled analysis of 68 500 patients from seven major vitamin D fracture trials in US and Europe

    B Abrahamsen;T Masud;A Avenell;F Anderson

  • Depression and cardiovascular sequelae in postmenopausal women. The Women's Health Initiative (WHI)

    Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller;Sally A. Shumaker;Judith K. Ockene;Greg A. Talavera

  • Progression and remission of pelvic organ prolapse: A longitudinal study of menopausal women

    Victoria L. Handa;Elizabeth Garrett;Susan Hendrix;Ellen B Gold

Frequent Co-Authors

Jane A. Cauley
Jane A. Cauley University of Pittsburgh
Rebecca D. Jackson
Rebecca D. Jackson The Ohio State University
Jean Wactawski-Wende
Jean Wactawski-Wende University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Anne B. Newman
Anne B. Newman University of Pittsburgh
Karen C. Johnson
Karen C. Johnson University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Andrea Z. LaCroix
Andrea Z. LaCroix University of California, San Diego
Marcia L. Stefanick
Marcia L. Stefanick Stanford University
JoAnn E. Manson
JoAnn E. Manson Harvard Medical School
Tamara B. Harris
Tamara B. Harris National Institutes of Health

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