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Lawrence S. Phillips

Lawrence S. Phillips

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Medicine

D-Index
90
Citations
39816
World Ranking
12030
National Ranking
6167

Overview

Lawrence S. Phillips is affiliated with Emory University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular emphasis on endocrinology, diabetes, metabolism, genetics, cardiology, molecular biology, and epidemiology.

The scientist's research spans multiple interconnected disciplines, including:

  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Genetics
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Molecular Biology
  • Epidemiology

Key topics addressed in their work comprise:

  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Diabetes and associated disorders

Recent publications by Lawrence S. Phillips include:

  • Discovery of 318 new risk loci for type 2 diabetes and related vascular outcomes among 1.4 million participants in a multi-ancestry meta-analysis (2020, Nature Genetics)
  • Adult-Onset Type 1 Diabetes: Current Understanding and Challenges (2021, Diabetes Care)
  • Review of methods for detecting glycemic disorders (2020, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice)
  • A multiancestry genome-wide association study of unexplained chronic ALT elevation as a proxy for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with histological and radiological validation (2022, Nature Genetics)
  • Genomics and phenomics of body mass index reveals a complex disease network (2022, Nature Communications)

The scientist frequently collaborates with the following co-authors:

  • Peter W.F. Wilson
  • Yan V. Sun
  • Ranee Chatterjee
  • Susan Hassler
  • Jean Kumagai

Lawrence S. Phillips has published extensively in several key venues within the field, such as:

  • IEEE Spectrum
  • Diabetes Care
  • Diabetes
  • Circulation
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

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

  • Physiologic evaluation of factors controlling glucose tolerance in man: measurement of insulin sensitivity and beta-cell glucose sensitivity from the response to intravenous glucose.

    R. N. Bergman;L. S. Phillips;Claudio Cobelli

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

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

  • Albiglutide and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (Harmony Outcomes): a double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial

    Adrian F Hernandez;Jennifer B Green;Salim Janmohamed;Ralph B D'Agostino

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Treatment of acromegaly with the growth hormone-receptor antagonist pegvisomant.

    Trainer Pj;Drake Wm;Katznelson L;Freda Pu

  • Relationship of depression to diabetes types 1 and 2: Epidemiology, biology, and treatment

    Dominique L Musselman;Ephi Betan;Hannah Larsen;Lawrence S Phillips

  • Long-term treatment of acromegaly with pegvisomant, a growth hormone receptor antagonist

    Aart Jan van der Lely;R Kent Hutson;Peter J Trainer;G Michael Besser

  • Effect of oestrogen plus progestin on the incidence of diabetes in postmenopausal women: results from the Women's Health Initiative Hormone Trial.

    K. L. Margolis;D. E. Bonds;R. J. Rodabough;L. Tinker

  • 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

  • Vitamin D Supplementation and Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes

    Anastassios G Pittas;Bess Dawson-Hughes;Patricia Sheehan;James H Ware

  • Patient adherence improves glycemic control.

    Mary K. Rhee;Wrenn Slocum;David C. Ziemer;Steven D. Culler

  • Hypoglycemia in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

    Christopher D. Miller;Lawrence S. Phillips;David C. Ziemer;Daniel L. Gallina

  • Glucose-Independent, Black–White Differences in Hemoglobin A1c Levels: A Cross-sectional Analysis of 2 Studies

    David C Ziemer;Paul Kolm;William S Weintraub;Viola Vaccarino

  • Minimal model analysis of intravenous glucose tolerance test-derived insulin sensitivity in diabetic subjects.

    S. Welch;S. S. P. Gebhart;R. N. Bergman;L. S. Phillips

  • Once- and Twice-Daily Dosing With Rosiglitazone Improves Glycemic Control in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

    Lawrence S. Phillips;George Grunberger;Elizabeth Miller;Rita Patwardhan

  • Diabetes Mellitus–Related All‐Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in a National Cohort of Adults

    Sridharan Raghavan;Sridharan Raghavan;Sridharan Raghavan;Jason L. Vassy;Jason L. Vassy;Yuk‐Lam Ho;Rebecca J. Song

  • Validity of diabetes self-reports in the Women's Health Initiative: comparison with medication inventories and fasting glucose measurements.

    Karen L Margolis;Lihong Qi;Robert Brzyski;Denise E Bonds

Frequent Co-Authors

JoAnn E. Manson
JoAnn E. Manson Harvard Medical School
Karen L. Margolis
Karen L. Margolis HealthPartners
Barbara V. Howard
Barbara V. Howard MedStar Health
Marcia L. Stefanick
Marcia L. Stefanick Stanford University
Peter W.F. Wilson
Peter W.F. Wilson Emory University
Rebecca D. Jackson
Rebecca D. Jackson The Ohio State University
Jean Wactawski-Wende
Jean Wactawski-Wende University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Judith K. Ockene
Judith K. Ockene University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Karen C. Johnson
Karen C. Johnson University of Tennessee Health Science Center

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