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2023

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  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Switzerland Leader Award

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Marcel Tanner is affiliated with the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with a strong emphasis on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Infectious Diseases, Economics and Econometrics, and Parasitology. This multidisciplinary approach supports an extensive body of work in fields related to disease control and public health.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Travel-related health issues
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Employment and Welfare Studies

Marcel Tanner has contributed to numerous publications across various reputable venues. Frequent publication outlets for their work include:

  • Malaria Journal
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Journal of Global Health Reports

Among recent papers, notable examples are:

  • History of malaria control in Rwanda: implications for future elimination in Rwanda and other malaria-endemic countries (2020, Malaria Journal)
  • Patterns of pesticide usage in agriculture in rural Tanzania call for integrating agricultural and public health practices in managing insecticide-resistance in malaria vectors (2020, Malaria Journal)
  • Immunogenicity and Protective Efficacy of Radiation-Attenuated and Chemo-Attenuated PfSPZ Vaccines in Equatoguinean Adults (2020, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
  • Strategies supporting the prevention and control of neglected tropical diseases during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic (2020, Infectious Diseases of Poverty)
  • Reboot biomedical R&D in the global public interest (2022, Nature)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Claudia Daubenberger
  • Salim Abdulla
  • Tobias Schindler
  • Maxmillian Mpina
  • Janet Michel

In addition to journal articles, Marcel Tanner has published a book titled One Health, une seule santé in 2020 through éditions Quae eBooks, addressing integrated health approaches.

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • 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 age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohsen Naghavi;Haidong Wang;Rafael Lozano;Adrian Davis

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013

    Mohammad H. Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H. Ross Anderson;Victoria F. Bachman

  • Schistosomiasis and water resources development: systematic review, meta-analysis, and estimates of people at risk

    Peter Steinmann;Jennifer Keiser;Robert Bos;Marcel Tanner

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas

  • 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

  • First results of phase 3 trial of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in African children.

    Selidji Todagbe Agnandji;Bertrand Lell;Bertrand Lell;Solange Solmeheim Soulanoudjingar;Solange Solmeheim Soulanoudjingar

  • From 'one medicine' to 'one health' and systemic approaches to health and well-being

    J. Zinsstag;E. Schelling;D. Waltner-Toews;M. Tanner

  • A research agenda to underpin malaria eradication.

    Pedro L. Alonso;Graham Brown;Myriam Arévalo-Herrera;Fred Binka

  • A phase 3 trial of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in African infants.

    Selidji Todagbe Agnandji;Selidji Todagbe Agnandji;Bertrand Lell;Bertrand Lell;José Francisco Fernandes;José Francisco Fernandes

  • Will Ebola change the game? Ten essential reforms before the next pandemic. the report of the Harvard-LSHTM Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola

    Suerie Moon;Devi Sridhar;Muhammad A Pate;Ashish K Jha

  • Schistosomiasis and neglected tropical diseases: towards integrated and sustainable control and a word of caution

    J. Utzinger;G. Raso;S. Brooker;D. De Savigny

  • Genetic Diversity and Protective Efficacy of the RTS,S/AS01 Malaria Vaccine

    Daniel E Neafsey;Michal Juraska;Trevor Bedford;David Benkeser

  • Randomised placebo-controlled trial of iron supplementation and malaria chemoprophylaxis for prevention of severe anaemia and malaria in Tanzanian infants

    Clara Menendez;Elizeus Kahigwa;Rosmarie Hirt;Penelope Vounatsou

  • Factors affecting home delivery in rural Tanzania

    Mwifadhi Mrisho;Joanna A. Schellenberg;Adiel K. Mushi;Adiel K. Mushi;Brigit Obrist

  • Randomised trial of efficacy of SPf66 vaccine against Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children in southern Tanzania.

    P.L Alonso;T Smith;J.R.M Armstrong Schellenberg;H Masanja

  • Brucellosis and Q-fever seroprevalences of nomadic pastoralists and their livestock in Chad.

    E Schelling;C Diguimbaye;S Daoud;J Nicolet

  • URBANIZATION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA AND IMPLICATION FOR MALARIA CONTROL

    Jennifer Keiser;Jürg Utzinger;Marcia Caldas De Castro;Thomas A. Smith

  • Iconographies supplémentaires de l'article : Schistosomiasis and water resources development: systematic review, meta-analysis, and estimates of people at risk

    Peter Steinmann;Jennifer Keiser;Robert Bos;Marcel Tanner

Frequent Co-Authors

Jürg Utzinger
Jürg Utzinger University of Basel
Thomas J. Smith
Thomas J. Smith Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Jakob Zinsstag
Jakob Zinsstag Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Pedro L. Alonso
Pedro L. Alonso University of Barcelona
Esther Schelling
Esther Schelling University of Basel
Penelope Vounatsou
Penelope Vounatsou University of Basel
Eliézer K. N’Goran
Eliézer K. N’Goran Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Manuel Battegay
Manuel Battegay University Hospital of Basel
Fabrizio Tediosi
Fabrizio Tediosi Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Jennifer Keiser
Jennifer Keiser Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute

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