2026 M. Alan Brookhart: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	84	15021	14142	7596	7034	321	28028

Overview

M. Alan Brookhart is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Medicine, with a focus on several specialized subfields including Statistics and Probability, Economics and Econometrics, Infectious Diseases, Clinical Psychology, and General Health Professions.

Their recent publications reflect a range of topics, often emphasizing healthcare data analysis, infectious disease transmission, and clinical epidemiology. Notable papers include:

Incidence and Secondary Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Schools (2021, PEDIATRICS)
Comparative effectiveness of ZUMA-5 (axi-cel) vs SCHOLAR-5 external control in relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma (2022, Blood)
School Masking Policies and Secondary SARS-CoV-2 Transmission (2022, PEDIATRICS)
Mortality in US Hemodialysis Patients Following Exposure to Wildfire Smoke (2020, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology)
Confounding Control in Healthcare Database Research: Challenges and Potential Approaches (2020, UNC Libraries)

The researcher frequently collaborates with colleagues including Til Stürmer, David J. Weber, Daniel K. Benjamin, Kanecia O. Zimmerman, and Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer.

Their work is regularly published in several venues with multiple contributions, notably:

UNC Libraries
PEDIATRICS
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
Epidemiology
Clinical Epidemiology

M. Alan Brookhart's research covers several main topics, with a considerable number of publications addressing:

Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
COVID-19 and Mental Health
Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials
Respiratory viral infections research
Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
Medication Adherence and Compliance

Best Publications

Variable Selection for Propensity Score Models

M. Alan Brookhart;Sebastian Schneeweiss;Kenneth J. Rothman;Kenneth J. Rothman;Robert J. Glynn

2392
Citations
Doubly Robust Estimation of Causal Effects

Michele Jonsson Funk;Daniel Westreich;Chris Wiesen;Til Stürmer

1201
Citations
Risk of Death in Elderly Users of Conventional vs. Atypical Antipsychotic Medications

Philip S. Wang;Sebastian Schneeweiss;Jerry Avorn;Michael A. Fischer

1197
Citations
High-dimensional propensity score adjustment in studies of treatment effects using health care claims data

Sebastian Schneeweiss;Jeremy A. Rassen;Robert J. Glynn;Jerry Avorn

1118
Citations
Primary Medication Non-Adherence: Analysis of 195,930 Electronic Prescriptions

Michael A. Fischer;Margaret R. Stedman;Joyce Lii;Christine Vogeli

745
Citations
Clinical Equivalence of Generic and Brand-Name Drugs Used in Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Aaron S. Kesselheim;Alexander S. Misono;Joy L. Lee;Margaret R. Stedman

674
Citations
Propensity Score Methods for Confounding Control in Nonexperimental Research

M. Alan Brookhart;Richard Wyss;J. Bradley Layton;Til Stürmer

551
Citations
Healthy User and Related Biases in Observational Studies of Preventive Interventions: A Primer for Physicians

William H. Shrank;Amanda R. Patrick;M. Alan Brookhart;M. Alan Brookhart

549
Citations
Primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases with statin therapy: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan;Akshay Bagai;M. Alan Brookhart;Niteesh K. Choudhry

506
Citations
Adherence to Lipid-lowering Therapy and the Use of Preventive Health Services: An Investigation of the Healthy User Effect

M. Alan Brookhart;Amanda R. Patrick;Colin Dormuth;Jerry Avorn

434
Citations
Confounding control in healthcare database research: challenges and potential approaches

M. Alan Brookhart;Til Stürmer;Robert J. Glynn;Robert J. Glynn;Jeremy Rassen;Jeremy Rassen

426
Citations
Compliance with osteoporosis medications.

Daniel H. Solomon;Jerry Avorn;Jeffrey N. Katz;Joel S. Finkelstein

396
Citations
Evaluating short-term drug effects using a physician-specific prescribing preference as an instrumental variable.

M Alan Brookhart;Philip S Wang;Daniel H Solomon;Sebastian Schneeweiss

390
Citations
Instrumental variable methods in comparative safety and effectiveness research.

M. Alan Brookhart;M. Alan Brookhart;Jeremy A. Rassen;Sebastian Schneeweiss

380
Citations
Measuring Concurrent Adherence to Multiple Related Medications

Niteesh K. Choudhry;William H. Shrank;Raisa L. Levin;Joy L. Lee

370
Citations
Evaluating uses of data mining techniques in propensity score estimation: a simulation study†

Soko Setoguchi;Sebastian Schneeweiss;M. Alan Brookhart;Robert J. Glynn

313
Citations
The Increasing Prevalence of Atrial Fibrillation among Hemodialysis Patients

Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer;Amanda R. Patrick;Jun Liu;M. Alan Brookhart;M. Alan Brookhart

292
Citations
Propensity scores for confounder adjustment when assessing the effects of medical interventions using nonexperimental study designs

Til Stürmer;R. Wyss;Robert J. Glynn;M. A. Brookhart

287
Citations
Statin adherence and risk of accidents: a cautionary tale.

Colin R. Dormuth;Amanda R. Patrick;William H. Shrank;James M. Wright

279
Citations
Increasing levels of restriction in pharmacoepidemiologic database studies of elderly and comparison with randomized trial results.

Sebastian Schneeweiss;Amanda R. Patrick;Til Stürmer;M. Alan Brookhart

277
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Til Stürmer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Daniel H. Solomon Brigham and Women's Hospital

Sebastian Schneeweiss Brigham and Women's Hospital

Jerry Avorn Brigham and Women's Hospital

Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer Baylor College of Medicine

Robert J. Glynn Harvard Medical School

Kenneth J. Rothman Boston University

William H. Shrank Humana (United States)

Niteesh K. Choudhry Brigham and Women's Hospital

Stephen R. Cole University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

External Links

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