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John J. McGrath

John J. McGrath

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Medicine
Australia
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
157
Citations
287197
World Ranking
867
National Ranking
13

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Australia Leader Award
  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

John J. McGrath is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and psychology. Their research primarily addresses mental health treatment and access, health disparities and outcomes, genetic associations and epidemiology, vitamin D research studies, schizophrenia research and treatment, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, and chronic disease management strategies.

The researcher has published broadly in several subject areas, with a significant number of publications centered in genetics, social psychology, clinical psychology, psychiatry, and mental health, as well as health. Their main fields of study are medicine, with 129 publications, and psychology, with 93 publications.

John J. McGrath's work appears frequently in notable publication venues including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • JAMA Psychiatry
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • Nature Communications
  • Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by the researcher include:

  • Age of onset and cumulative risk of mental disorders: a cross-national analysis of population surveys from 29 countries, 2023, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Association between Mental Disorders and Subsequent Medical Conditions, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Genome-wide association study identifies 143 loci associated with 25 hydroxyvitamin D concentration, 2020, Nature Communications
  • From Basic Science to Clinical Application of Polygenic Risk Scores, 2020, JAMA Psychiatry
  • The burden of mental disorders, substance use disorders and self-harm among young people in Europe, 1990-2019: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019, 2022, The Lancet Regional Health - Europe

Frequent collaborators in the research include:

  • Oleguer Plana-Ripoll
  • Esben Agerbo
  • Preben Bo Mortensen
  • Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson
  • Natalie C. Momen

John J. McGrath's contributions also include an award as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, received in 1992.

Best Publications

  • Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Rafael Lozano;Mohsen Naghavi;Kyle Foreman;Stephen Lim

  • Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Stephen S. Lim;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas

  • 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 burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Mohsen Naghavi;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M Abbas

  • Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia

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  • Schizophrenia: A Concise Overview of Incidence, Prevalence, and Mortality

    John Joseph McGrath;John Joseph McGrath;Sukanta Saha;David Chant;David Chant;Joy Welham

  • A systematic review of the prevalence of schizophrenia.

    Sukanta Saha;David Chant;David Chant;Joy Welham;John McGrath;John McGrath

  • A systematic review of mortality in schizophrenia: is the differential mortality gap worsening over time?

    Sukanta Saha;David Chant;John McGrath

  • Genome-wide association study identifies five new schizophrenia loci

    Stephan Ripke;Alan R. Sanders;Kenneth S. Kendler;Douglas F. Levinson

  • Distribution of the Vitamin D receptor and 1α-hydroxylase in human brain

    Darryl W. Eyles;Steven Smith;Robert Kinobe;Martin Hewison

  • Mental disorders among college students in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys.

    R. P. Auerbach;J. Alonso;W. G. Axinn;P. Cuijpers

  • Global Epidemiology and Burden of Schizophrenia: Findings From the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016.

    Fiona J Charlson;Fiona J Charlson;Fiona J Charlson;Alize J Ferrari;Alize J Ferrari;Alize J Ferrari;Damian F Santomauro;Damian F Santomauro;Damian F Santomauro;Sandra Diminic;Sandra Diminic

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

    Joshua A. Salomon;Theo Vos;Daniel R. Hogan;Michael Gagnon

  • A systematic review of the incidence of schizophrenia: the distribution of rates and the influence of sex, urbanicity, migrant status and methodology.

    John Joseph McGrath;John Joseph McGrath;Sukanta Saha;Joy Welham;Ossama El Saadi

  • The global burden of disease attributable to alcohol and drug use in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Louisa Degenhardt;Fiona Charlson;Alize Ferrari;Damian Santomauro

  • Years of potential life lost and life expectancy in schizophrenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Carsten Hjorthøj;Carsten Hjorthøj;Anne Emilie Stürup;John J McGrath;John J McGrath;John J McGrath;Merete Nordentoft;Merete Nordentoft

  • A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Recovery in Schizophrenia

    Erika Jääskeläinen;Pauliina Juola;Noora Hirvonen;Noora Hirvonen;John J. McGrath;John J. McGrath

  • Lifetime prevalence of psychotic and bipolar I disorders in a general population. Commentary

    John J. Mcgrath;Jonna Perälä;Jaana Suvisaari;Samuli I. Saarni

Frequent Co-Authors

Darryl W. Eyles
Darryl W. Eyles University of Queensland
James G. Scott
James G. Scott QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Preben Bo Mortensen
Preben Bo Mortensen Aarhus University
Harvey Whiteford
Harvey Whiteford University of Queensland
David Chant
David Chant University of Queensland
Alan Mackay-Sim
Alan Mackay-Sim Griffith University
Louisa Degenhardt
Louisa Degenhardt University of New South Wales
Carsten Bøcker Pedersen
Carsten Bøcker Pedersen Aarhus University
Theo Vos
Theo Vos Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Esben Agerbo
Esben Agerbo Aarhus University

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