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  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Medicine
  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Medicine

Overview

Lars Jacob Stovner is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. Their primary field of study is Medicine, with a significant focus on subfields such as Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Physiology, Neurology, and Surgery. Their research broadly covers topics related to migraine and headache studies, ophthalmology and eye disorders, sympathectomy and hyperhidrosis treatments, trigeminal neuralgia and treatments, olfactory and sensory function studies, neurological complications and syndromes, and neuroscience of respiration and sleep.

They have published prominently in several scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • The Journal of Headache and Pain
  • Cephalalgia
  • Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening
  • JAMA Neurology
  • Nature Reviews Neurology

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Lars Jacob Stovner are:

  • "Migraine remains second among the world's causes of disability, and first among young women: findings from GBD2019" (2020), The Journal of Headache and Pain
  • "The global prevalence of headache: an update, with analysis of the influences of methodological factors on prevalence estimates" (2022), The Journal of Headache and Pain
  • "Burden of Neurological Disorders Across the US From 1990-2017" (2020), JAMA Neurology
  • "Global epidemiology of migraine and its implications for public health and health policy" (2023), Nature Reviews Neurology
  • "Structured headache services as the solution to the ill-health burden of headache: 1. Rationale and description" (2021), The Journal of Headache and Pain

Lars Jacob Stovner frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Timothy J. Steiner
  • Erling Tronvik
  • Zaza Katsarava
  • Knut Hagen
  • Andreas Husøy

The scientist has been recognized as a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters within the category of Medicine.

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Theo Vos;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • 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

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, andyears lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematicanalysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Gbd Disease;Injury Incidence;Lorenzo Monasta

  • 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

  • A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Stephen S. Lim;Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Goodarz Danaei

  • 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, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Theo Vos;Ryan M. Barber;Brad Bell;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Theo Vos;Christine Allen;Megha Arora;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national burden of neurological disorders, 1990-2016: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Valery L Feigin;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Foad Abd-Allah

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Simon I Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • The Global Burden of Headache: A Documentation of Headache Prevalence and Disability Worldwide:

    L. J. Stovner;K. Hagen;R. Jensen;Z. Katsarava

  • Cost of disorders of the brain in Europe 2010

    Anders Gustavsson;Mikael Svensson;Frank Jacobi;Christer Allgulander

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016

    Simon I. Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990-2015 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Nicholas J. Kassebaum;Megha Arora;Ryan M. Barber;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta

  • Global, regional, and national burden of neurological disorders during 1990-2015

    Valery L. Feigin;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Foad Abd-Allah

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013 : quantifying the epidemiological transition

    Christopher J. L. Murray;Ryan M. Barber;Kyle J. Foreman;Ayse Abbasoglu Ozgoren

  • 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

  • Global, regional, and national burden of migraine and tension-type headache, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Lars Jacob Stovner;Emma Nichols;Timothy J. Steiner;Foad Abd-Allah

  • Epidemiology and comorbidity of headache

    Rigmor Jensen;Lars J Stovner

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

    J.A. Salomon;T. Vos;D.R. Hogan;M. Gagnon

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy J. Steiner
Timothy J. Steiner Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Theo Vos
Theo Vos Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Valery L. Feigin
Valery L. Feigin Auckland University of Technology
Christopher J L Murray
Christopher J L Murray University of Washington
Rigmor Jensen
Rigmor Jensen University of Copenhagen
Ted R. Miller
Ted R. Miller Pacific Institute
Maziar Moradi-Lakeh
Maziar Moradi-Lakeh Iran University of Medical Sciences
Mohsen Naghavi
Mohsen Naghavi Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Robert G. Weintraub
Robert G. Weintraub Royal Children's Hospital
Samath D Dharmaratne
Samath D Dharmaratne University of Peradeniya

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