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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2001 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
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  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Linda P. Fried is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and health professions, with significant contributions spanning 30 publications in medicine and 25 in health professions. Their work further encompasses key subfields such as general health professions, health, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, physiology, and health, toxicology and mutagenesis.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics including health disparities and outcomes, global health care issues, frailty in older adults, public health policies and education, climate change and health impacts, health systems, economic evaluations, quality of life, and aging and gerontology research.

Linda P. Fried's recent publications include:

  • The physical frailty syndrome as a transition from homeostatic symphony to cacophony, 2021, Nature Aging
  • A unified approach to loneliness, 2020, The Lancet

Frequent coauthors in their work include John W. Rowe, Luigi Ferrucci, Alan A. Cohen, Karen Bandeen-Roche, and Véronique Legault.

Their research is frequently published in venues such as Nature Aging, The Journals of Gerontology Series A, Innovation in Aging, Diabetes Care, and American Journal of Public Health.

Linda P. Fried has been recognized with memberships in notable organizations including the National Academy of Medicine since 2001 and the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Frailty in Older Adults Evidence for a Phenotype

    Linda P. Fried;Catherine M. Tangen;Jeremy Walston;Anne B. Newman

  • Untangling the Concepts of Disability, Frailty, and Comorbidity: Implications for Improved Targeting and Care

    Linda P. Fried;Luigi Ferrucci;Jonathan Darer;Jeff D. Williamson

  • Frailty Consensus: A Call to Action

    John E. Morley;Bruno Vellas;G. Abellan van Kan;Stefan D. Anker

  • The cardiovascular health study: Design and rationale

    Linda P. Fried;Nemat O. Borhani;Paul Enright;Curt D. Furberg

  • Clinical practice guidelines and quality of care for older patients with multiple comorbid diseases: implications for pay for performance.

    Cynthia M. Boyd;Jonathan Darer;Chad Boult;Linda P. Fried

  • Frailty as a Predictor of Surgical Outcomes in Older Patients

    Martin A. Makary;Dorry L. Segev;Peter J. Pronovost;Dora Syin

  • Clinical Correlates of White Matter Findings on Cranial Magnetic Resonance Imaging of 3301 Elderly People: The Cardiovascular Health Study

    W.T. Longstreth;Teri A. Manolio;Alice Arnold;Gregory L. Burke

  • Frailty: implications for clinical practice and public health.

    Emiel O Hoogendijk;Jonathan Afilalo;Kristine E Ensrud;Paul Kowal

  • Research Agenda for Frailty in Older Adults: Toward a Better Understanding of Physiology and Etiology: Summary from the American Geriatrics Society/National Institute on Aging Research Conference on Frailty in Older Adults

    Jeremy Walston;Evan C. Hadley;Luigi Ferrucci;Jack M. Guralnik

  • Incidence of and Risk Factors for Atrial Fibrillation in Older Adults

    Bruce M. Psaty;Teri A. Manolio;Lewis H. Kuller;Richard A. Kronmal

  • Ankle-arm index as a marker of atherosclerosis in the Cardiovascular Health Study. Cardiovascular Heart Study (CHS) Collaborative Research Group.

    Anne B. Newman;David S. Siscovick;Teri A. Manolio;Joseph Polak

  • 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

  • Phenotype of Frailty: Characterization in the Women's Health and Aging Studies

    Karen Bandeen-Roche;Qian Li Xue;Luigi Ferrucci;Jeremy Walston

  • Falls and Fear of Falling: Which Comes First? A Longitudinal Prediction Model Suggests Strategies for Primary and Secondary Prevention

    Susan M. Friedman;Beatriz Munoz;Sheila K. West;Gary S. Rubin

  • Searching for an Operational Definition of Frailty: A Delphi Method Based Consensus Statement. The Frailty Operative Definition-Consensus Conference Project

    Leocadio Rodríguez-Mañas;Catherine Féart;Catherine Féart;Giovanni Mann;Jose Viña

  • Designing randomized, controlled trials aimed at preventing or delaying functional decline and disability in frail, older persons: a consensus report.

    Luigi Ferrucci;Jack M. Guralnik;Stephanie Studenski;Linda P. Fried

  • Disability in Older Adults: Evidence Regarding Significance, Etiology, and Risk

    Linda P. Fried;Jack M. Guralnik

  • Frailty and Activation of the Inflammation and Coagulation Systems With and Without Clinical Comorbidities Results From the Cardiovascular Health Study

    Jeremy Walston;Mary Ann McBurnie;Anne Newman;Russell P. Tracy

  • Thyroid status, cardiovascular risk, and mortality in older adults

    Anne R. Cappola;Linda P. Fried;Alice M. Arnold;Mark D. Danese

  • Associations of Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease With Frailty

    Anne B. Newman;John S. Gottdiener;Mary Ann McBurnie;Calvin H. Hirsch

Frequent Co-Authors

Jack M. Guralnik
Jack M. Guralnik University of Maryland, Baltimore
Luigi Ferrucci
Luigi Ferrucci National Institutes of Health
Jeremy D. Walston
Jeremy D. Walston Kyung Hee University
Richard D. Semba
Richard D. Semba Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Anne B. Newman
Anne B. Newman University of Pittsburgh
George W. Rebok
George W. Rebok Johns Hopkins University
Lewis H. Kuller
Lewis H. Kuller University of Pittsburgh
Eleanor M. Simonsick
Eleanor M. Simonsick National Institutes of Health
Teresa E. Seeman
Teresa E. Seeman University of California, Los Angeles
John A Robbins
John A Robbins University of California, Davis

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