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147
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166993
World Ranking
33
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Michael Brauer is a researcher affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada, specializing in Environmental Science. Their body of work primarily addresses the intersection of environmental factors and public health, with an emphasis on pollution, air quality, and global health impacts.

The scientist's research covers various subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Pollution, and Speech and Hearing. Their work spans key topics such as Air Quality and Health Impacts, Climate Change and Health Impacts, Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting, Energy and Environment Impacts, Noise Effects and Management, Urban Transport and Accessibility, and Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols.

Michael Brauer has contributed to publications in several venues, frequently publishing in the following:

  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Lancet Planetary Health
  • Environmental Health Perspectives
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their recent papers include:

  • Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990-2019 (2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology)
  • Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 (2021, The Lancet Neurology)
  • Prevalence and attributable health burden of chronic respiratory diseases, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (2020, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine)
  • Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 (2024, The Lancet)
  • Pollution and health: a progress update (2022, The Lancet Planetary Health)

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Michael Brauer's work. Frequent co-authors include Majid Ezzati, Randall V. Martin, Raphael E. Arku, Sierra Clark, and Aaron van Donkelaar, indicating a broad network of research partnerships within the environmental and health sciences.

Best Publications

  • Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Stephen S. Lim;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas

  • A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Stephen S. Lim;Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Goodarz Danaei

  • Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019: Update From the GBD 2019 Study

    Gregory A. Roth;George A. Mensah;Catherine O. Johnson;Giovanni Addolorato

  • Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati

  • 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

  • Estimates and 25-year trends of the global burden of disease attributable to ambient air pollution: an analysis of data from the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2015

    Aaron J Cohen;Michael Brauer;Richard Burnett;H Ross Anderson

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Jeffrey D. Stanaway;Ashkan Afshin;Emmanuela Gakidou;Stephen S. Lim

  • 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

  • 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

  • Exploring pathways linking greenspace to health: Theoretical and methodological guidance.

    Iana Markevych;Julia Schoierer;Terry Hartig;Alexandra Chudnovsky

  • Global estimates of mortality associated with long-term exposure to outdoor fine particulate matter

    Richard Burnett;Hong Chen;Mieczysław Szyszkowicz;Neal Fann

  • Pollution and health: a progress update.

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  • Estimates of the global, regional, and national morbidity, mortality, and aetiologies of lower respiratory infections in 195 countries, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Christopher Troeger;Brigette Blacker;Ibrahim A Khalil;Puja C Rao

  • Prevalence and attributable health burden of chronic respiratory diseases, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Joan B Soriano;Parkes J Kendrick;Katherine R Paulson;Vinay Gupta

  • An Integrated Risk Function for Estimating the Global Burden of Disease Attributable to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter Exposure

    Richard T. Burnett;C. Arden Pope;Majid Ezzati;Casey Olives

  • Global, regional, and national deaths, prevalence, disability-adjusted life years, and years lived with disability for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Joan B Soriano;Joan B Soriano;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Semaw Ferede Abera

  • Global age-sex-specific fertility, mortality, healthy life expectancy (HALE), and population estimates in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2019: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Haidong Wang;Kaja M. Abbas;Mitra Abbasifard;Mohsen Abbasi-Kangevari

  • Modifiable risk factors, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in 155 722 individuals from 21 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study

    Salim Yusuf;Philip Joseph;Sumathy Rangarajan;Shofiqul Islam

  • Global Estimates of Ambient Fine Particulate Matter Concentrations from Satellite-Based Aerosol Optical Depth: Development and Application

    Aaron van Donkelaar;Randall V. Martin;Michael Brauer;Ralph Kahn

  • Woodsmoke Health Effects: A Review

    Luke P. Naeher;Michael Brauer;Michael Lipsett;Judith T. Zelikoff

  • Ambient Air Pollution Exposure Estimation for the Global Burden of Disease 2013

    Michael Brauer;Greg Freedman;Joseph Frostad;Aaron Van Donkelaar

Frequent Co-Authors

Randall V. Martin
Randall V. Martin Washington University in St. Louis
Sarah B. Henderson
Sarah B. Henderson University of British Columbia
Aaron van Donkelaar
Aaron van Donkelaar Washington University in St. Louis
Ryan W. Allen
Ryan W. Allen Simon Fraser University
Perry Hystad
Perry Hystad Oregon State University
Bert Brunekreef
Bert Brunekreef Utrecht University
Theo Vos
Theo Vos Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Christopher J L Murray
Christopher J L Murray University of Washington
Julian D. Marshall
Julian D. Marshall University of Washington
Richard T. Burnett
Richard T. Burnett Health Canada

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