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Mauricio Hernández-Avila

Mauricio Hernández-Avila

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Medicine

D-Index
91
Citations
31919
World Ranking
11718
National Ranking
6011

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Mauricio Hernández-Avila is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a focus on infectious diseases, health toxicology, epidemiology, endocrinology, diabetes, metabolism, and economics.

The scientist's recent publications demonstrate engagement with public health challenges, infectious diseases, and environmental health. Notable papers include:

  • Leading causes of excess mortality in Mexico during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020-2021: A death certificates study in a middle-income country (2022, The Lancet Regional Health - Americas)
  • Dyslipidemia prevalence, awareness, treatment and control in Mexico: results of the Ensanut 2012 (2020, Salud Pública de México)
  • Opioids, stimulants, and depressant drugs in fifteen Mexican Cities: A wastewater-based epidemiological study (2020, International Journal of Drug Policy)
  • Domain-specific effects of prenatal fluoride exposure on child IQ at 4, 5, and 6-12 years in the ELEMENT cohort (2022, Environmental Research)
  • Association between cumulative childhood blood lead exposure and hepatic steatosis in young Mexican adults (2021, Environmental Research)

The scientist has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including Juan Eugenio Hernández-Ávila, Marcela Tamayo-Ortiz, Lina Sofia Palacio-Mejía, Ruy López-Ridaura, and César Hernández-Alcaraz.

Key publication venues where this scientist has published multiple works include:

  • Salud Pública de México (13 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (3 publications)
  • The Lancet Regional Health - Americas (2 publications)
  • Environmental Research (2 publications)
  • Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (2 publications)

The scientist's main fields of study encompass Medicine with subfields including:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Epidemiology
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Economics and Econometrics

Main topics addressed by Mauricio Hernández-Avila include:

  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions

The scientist was recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Quadrivalent vaccine against human papillomavirus to prevent high-grade cervical lesions

    Luisa L. Villa;Gonzalo Perez;Susanne K. Kjaer;Jorma Paavonen

  • Quadrivalent vaccine against human papillomavirus to prevent anogenital diseases.

    Suzanne M. Garland;Suzanne M. Garland;Mauricio Hernandez-Avila;Cosette M. Wheeler;Gonzalo Perez

  • Efficacy of a quadrivalent prophylactic human papillomavirus (types 6, 11, 16, and 18) L1 virus-like-particle vaccine against high-grade vulval and vaginal lesions: a combined analysis of three randomised clinical trials

    Elmar A Joura;Sepp Leodolter;Mauricio Hernandez-Avila;Cosette M Wheeler

  • The quest for universal health coverage: achieving social protection for all in Mexico

    Felicia Marie Knaul;Eduardo González-Pier;Octavio Gómez-Dantés;David García-Junco

  • The Impact of Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus (HPV; Types 6, 11, 16, and 18) L1 Virus-Like Particle Vaccine on Infection and Disease Due to Oncogenic Nonvaccine HPV Types in Generally HPV-Naive Women Aged 16–26 Years

    Darron R. Brown;Susanne K. Kjaer;Kristján Sigurdsson;Ole-Erik Iversen

  • Validity and reproducibility of a food frequency questionnaire to assess dietary intake of women living in Mexico City

    Mauricio Hernández-Avila;Isabelle Romieu;Socorro Parra;Juan Hernández-Avila

  • Diabetes mellitus en México: El estado de la epidemia

    Mauricio Hernández-Ávila;Juan Pablo Gutiérrez;Nancy Reynoso-Noverón

  • Impact of Human Papillomavirus (HPV)-6/11/16/18 Vaccine on All HPV-Associated Genital Diseases in Young Women

    Nubia Munoz;Susanne K. Kjaer;Kristján Sigurdsson;Ole Erik Iversen

  • Slower heterosexual spread of HIV-2 than HIV-1.

    P.J. Kanki;K.U. Travers;R.G. Marlink;M.E. Essex

  • Fetal Lead Exposure at Each Stage of Pregnancy as a Predictor of Infant Mental Development

    Howard Hu;Howard Hu;Martha María Téllez-Rojo;David Bellinger;Donald Smith

  • Diseño de estudios epidemiológicos

    Mauricio Hernández-Avila

  • A Pooled Analysis of Continued Prophylactic Efficacy of Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus (Types 6/11/16/18) Vaccine against High-grade Cervical and External Genital Lesions

    Susanne K. Kjaer;Kristján Sigurdsson;Ole-Erik Iversen;Mauricio Hernandez-Avila

  • Four year efficacy of prophylactic human papillomavirus quadrivalent vaccine against low grade cervical, vulvar, and vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia and anogenital warts: randomised controlled trial.

    Joakim Dillner;Joakim Dillner;Susanne K. Kjaer;Cosette M. Wheeler;Kristján Sigurdsson

  • Las enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles en México: sinopsis epidemiológica y prevención integral

    José Ángel Córdova-Villalobos;Jorge Armando Barriguete-Meléndez;Agustín Lara-Esqueda;Simón Barquera

  • Antioxidant supplementation and lung functions among children with asthma exposed to high levels of air pollutants.

    Isabelle Romieu;Juan José Sienra-Monge;Matiana Ramírez-Aguilar;Martha María Téllez-Rojo

  • Longitudinal Associations Between Blood Lead Concentrations Lower Than 10 μg/dL and Neurobehavioral Development in Environmentally Exposed Children in Mexico City

    Martha M Téllez-Rojo;David C Bellinger;David C Bellinger;Carmen Arroyo-Quiroz;Héctor Lamadrid-Figueroa

  • Urinary phthalate metabolites in relation to preterm birth in Mexico city.

    John D. Meeker;Howard Hu;David E. Cantonwine;Hector Lamadrid-Figueroa

  • Anogenital distance in human male and female newborns: A descriptive, cross-sectional study

    Eduardo Salazar-Martinez;Patricia Romano-Riquer;Edith Yanez-Marquez;Matthew P Longnecker

  • Evaluation of quadrivalent HPV 6/11/16/18 vaccine efficacy against cervical and anogenital disease in subjects with serological evidence of prior vaccine type HPV infection.

    Sven Eric Olsson;Susanne K. Kjaer;Kristján Sigurdsson;Ole Erik Iversen

  • Early postnatal blood manganese levels and children's neurodevelopment.

    Birgit Claus Henn;Adrienne S. Ettinger;Adrienne S. Ettinger;Joel Schwartz;Martha María Téllez-Rojo

Frequent Co-Authors

Howard Hu
Howard Hu University of Southern California
Robert O. Wright
Robert O. Wright Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Karen E. Peterson
Karen E. Peterson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Isabelle Romieu
Isabelle Romieu Emory University
David C. Bellinger
David C. Bellinger Boston Children's Hospital
Joel Schwartz
Joel Schwartz Harvard University
Nubia Muñoz
Nubia Muñoz International Agency For Research On Cancer
Suzanne M. Garland
Suzanne M. Garland University of Melbourne
Niladri Basu
Niladri Basu McGill University
Laura A. Koutsky
Laura A. Koutsky University of Washington

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