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Paul E. O'Brien

Paul E. O'Brien

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Medicine

D-Index
89
Citations
31435
World Ranking
12623
National Ranking
409

Overview

Paul E. O'Brien is affiliated with Monash University in Australia and specializes in research primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including Infectious Diseases, Surgery, Molecular Biology, Ecology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's research focuses on several main topics:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
  • Obesity and Health Practices
  • Vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Annals of Oncology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • European Journal of Immunology
  • Obesity Surgery

Paul E. O'Brien has contributed to a number of research papers, notable publications include:

  • Design and proof of concept for targeted phage-based COVID-19 vaccination strategies with a streamlined cold-free supply chain, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Inoculum size and traits of the infecting clinical strain define the protection level against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a rabbit model, 2020, European Journal of Immunology
  • Pre-operative Restraint and Post-operative Hunger, Disinhibition and Emotional Eating Predict Weight Loss at 2 Years Post-laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding, 2020, Obesity Surgery
  • Phase II Trial of CDX-3379 and Cetuximab in Recurrent/Metastatic, HPV-Negative, Cetuximab-Resistant Head and Neck Cancer, 2022, Cancers
  • Long-term impact of weight loss for people with overweight but not obesity, and with type 2 diabetes: 10-year outcomes of a randomized trial of gastric band surgery, 2023, Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a set of co-authors including Daniela I. Staquicini, Fenny H. F. Tang, Christopher Markosian, Virginia J. Yao, and Fernanda I. Staquicini. Each of these individuals has worked alongside Paul E. O'Brien on multiple occasions.

Best Publications

  • Adjustable gastric banding and conventional therapy for type 2 diabetes: A randomized controlled trial

    John B. Dixon;Paul E. O'Brien;Julie Playfair;Leon Chapman

  • Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Predictors of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis and Liver Fibrosis in the Severely Obese

    John B. Dixon;Prithi S. Bhathal;Paul E. O'Brien

  • Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Improvement in liver histological analysis with weight loss.

    John B. Dixon;Prithi S. Bhathal;Norman R. Hughes;Paul E. O'Brien

  • Depression in association with severe obesity: changes with weight loss.

    John B Dixon;Maureen Elizabeth Dixon;Paul E O'Brien

  • Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding in the treatment of obesity: a systematic literature review.

    Andrew E Chapman;George Kiroff;Philip Game;Bruce Foster

  • Pro-Inflammatory CD11c+CD206+ Adipose Tissue Macrophages Are Associated With Insulin Resistance in Human Obesity

    John M Wentworth;Gaetano Naselli;Wendy A Brown;Lisa Doyle

  • Long-Term Outcomes After Bariatric Surgery: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Weight Loss at 10 or More Years for All Bariatric Procedures and a Single-Centre Review of 20-Year Outcomes After Adjustable Gastric Banding

    Paul E. O'Brien;Annemarie Hindle;Leah Brennan;Stewart Skinner

  • Treatment of Mild to Moderate Obesity with Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding or an Intensive Medical Program: A Randomized Trial

    Paul Edmond O'Brien;John B Dixon;Cheryl F Laurie;Stewart Andrew Skinner

  • Long-term outcomes after bariatric surgery: fifteen-year follow-up of adjustable gastric banding and a systematic review of the bariatric surgical literature.

    Paul Edmond O'Brien;Leah Macdonald;Margaret Louise Anderson;Leah Brennan

  • Systematic review of medium-term weight loss after bariatric operations.

    Paul Edmond O'Brien;Tracey Therese McPhail;Timothy Bede Chaston;John Dixon

  • Predictors of dropout in weight loss interventions: A systematic review of the literature

    Irina Moroshko;Leah Brennan;Paul Edmond O'Brien

  • Preoxygenation Is More Effective in the 25° Head-up Position Than in the Supine Position in Severely Obese Patients

    Benjamin J Dixon;John B Dixon;Jennifer R Carden;Anthony J Burn

  • Changes in fat-free mass during significant weight loss: a systematic review

    Timothy Bede Chaston;John Dixon;Paul Edmond O'Brien

  • Grazing and Loss of Control Related to Eating: Two High‐risk Factors Following Bariatric Surgery

    Susan Leigh Colles;John Bernard Dixon;Paul Edmond O'Brien

  • The laparoscopic adjustable gastric band (Lap-Band): a prospective study of medium-term effects on weight, health and quality of life.

    Paul Edmond O'Brien;John Dixon;Wendy Ann Brown;Linda M Schachter

  • Prospective study of a laparoscopically placed, adjustable gastric band in the treatment of morbid obesity.

    Paul E O'Brien;Wendy A Brown;A Smith;Paul J McMurrick

  • Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding in severely obese adolescents: a randomized trial.

    Paul Edmond O'Brien;Susan M Sawyer;Cheryl Laurie;Wendy Ann Brown

  • Preoperative weight loss with a very-low-energy diet: quantitation of changes in liver and abdominal fat by serial imaging

    Susan Colles;John Dixon;Paul Marks;Boyd Josef Gimnicher Strauss

  • Gastric surgery for morbid obesity. The Adelaide Study.

    J C Hall;J M Watts;P E O'Brien;R E Dunstan

  • Night eating syndrome and nocturnal snacking: association with obesity, binge eating and psychological distress

    Susan Colles;John Dixon;Paul Edmond O'Brien

Frequent Co-Authors

Leah Brennan
Leah Brennan Australian Catholic University
David Cameron-Smith
David Cameron-Smith Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Bruce E. Kemp
Bruce E. Kemp Australian Catholic University
Matthew E. Ritchie
Matthew E. Ritchie Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Gordon K. Smyth
Gordon K. Smyth Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Matthew J. Watt
Matthew J. Watt University of Melbourne
Michael Bailey
Michael Bailey Monash University
Leonard C. Harrison
Leonard C. Harrison University of Melbourne
John J McNeil
John J McNeil Monash University
Gregory R. Steinberg
Gregory R. Steinberg McMaster University

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