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2023

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157
Citations
221100
World Ranking
868
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Australia Leader Award
  • 1991 - Kelly West Award, American Diabetes Association
  • Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, UK
  • Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine
  • Miembro de Honor, Spanish Royal Academy of Medicine
  • Fellow of the American College of Nutrition
  • Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
  • Fellow of American College of Epidemiology
  • Fellow of the American College of Nutrition
  • Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, UK
  • Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine
  • Miembro de Honor, Spanish Royal Academy of Medicine
  • Fellow of the American College of Nutrition
  • Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
  • Fellow of American College of Epidemiology
  • Fellow of the American College of Nutrition

Overview

Paul Zimmet is affiliated with Monash University in Australia, with a primary focus on medicine, particularly within the fields of endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. Their work spans multiple intersecting disciplines including infectious diseases, obstetrics and gynecology, physiology, and endocrine and autonomic systems.

Their research topics cover a range of areas, including:

  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes

Paul Zimmet has contributed extensively to academic literature, with a number of notable recent papers published in well-known venues. These include:

  • Practical recommendations for the management of diabetes in patients with COVID-19, 2020, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • New-Onset Diabetes in Covid-19, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Young-onset type 2 diabetes mellitus - implications for morbidity and mortality, 2020, Nature Reviews Endocrinology
  • Proportion of newly diagnosed diabetes in COVID-19 patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism
  • COVID-19 and metabolic disease: mechanisms and clinical management, 2021, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

The venues where Paul Zimmet publishes frequently include:

  • Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
  • The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Diabetologia
  • Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Throughout their career, Paul Zimmet has collaborated closely with several frequent coauthors, such as:

  • Jonathan E. Shaw
  • Alex Brown
  • Louise Maple-Brown
  • Noga Kronfeld-Schor
  • Carmel Bilu

The scientist holds multiple fellowships, including membership of the American College of Epidemiology, Royal Australasian College of Physicians, American College of Nutrition, Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine, Royal College of Physicians (UK), and the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. Additionally, they have been recognized as Miembro de Honor of the Spanish Royal Academy of Medicine.

Among their awards, Paul Zimmet received the Kelly West Award from the American Diabetes Association in 1991.

Best Publications

  • Harmonizing the Metabolic Syndrome A Joint Interim Statement of the International Diabetes Federation Task Force on Epidemiology and Prevention; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; American Heart Association; World Heart Federation; International Atherosclerosis Society; and International Association for the Study of Obesity

    K. G M M Alberti;Robert H. Eckel;Scott M Grundy;Paul Z. Zimmet

  • Obesity : Preventing and managing the global epidemic

    D. S. Akram;A. V. Astrup;T. Atinmo;J. L. Boissin

  • Definition, diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus and its complications. Part 1: diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus provisional report of a WHO consultation.

    K.G.M.M. Alberti;P.Z. Zimmet

  • The metabolic syndrome—a new worldwide definition

    K. George M. M. Alberti;Paul Zimmet;Jonathan Shaw

  • Global estimates of the prevalence of diabetes for 2010 and 2030.

    J.E. Shaw;R.A. Sicree;P.Z. Zimmet

  • The metabolic syndrome

    Robert H. Eckel;Kgmm G M M Alberti;Scott M. Grundy;Paul Z. Zimmet

  • Global and societal implications of the diabetes epidemic

    Paul Zimmet;K. G. M. M. Alberti;Jonathan Shaw

  • Metabolic syndrome--a new world-wide definition. A Consensus Statement from the International Diabetes Federation.

    K. G. M. M. Alberti;P. Zimmet;J. Shaw

  • Follow-up report on the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus.

    Saul Genuth;K. G M M Alberti;Peter Bennett;John Buse

  • The Rising Global Burden of Diabetes and its Complications: Estimates and Projections to the Year 2010

    A.F. Amos;D.J. McCarty;P. Zimmet

  • The metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents - an IDF consensus report.

    Paul Zimmet;K George Mm Alberti;Francine Kaufman;Naoko Tajima

  • The worldwide epidemiology of type 2 diabetes mellitus--present and future perspectives

    Lei Chen;Dianna J. Magliano;Paul Z. Zimmet

  • Breaks in Sedentary Time: Beneficial associations with metabolic risk

    Genevieve N. Healy;David W. Dunstan;Jo Salmon;Ester Cerin

  • The Metabolic Syndrome

    Robert H Eckel;Scott M Grundy;Paul Z Zimmet

  • Metabolic Surgery in the Treatment Algorithm for Type 2 Diabetes: a Joint Statement by International Diabetes Organizations.

    Francesco Rubino;David M Nathan;Robert H Eckel;Philip R Schauer

  • Epidemic obesity and type 2 diabetes in Asia

    Kun Ho Yoon;Jin Hee Lee;Ji Won Kim;Jae Hyoung Cho

  • Impaired glucose tolerance and impaired fasting glycaemia: the current status on definition and intervention

    N. Unwin;J. Shaw;P. Zimmet;K. G. M. M. Alberti

  • The metabolic syndrome: prevalence in worldwide populations

    Adrian J Cameron;Jonathan E Shaw;Paul Z Zimmet

  • Breaking Up Prolonged Sitting Reduces Postprandial Glucose and Insulin Responses

    David W Dunstan;Bronwyn A Kingwell;Robyn Larsen;Genevive N Healy;Genevive N Healy

  • Objectively Measured Sedentary Time, Physical Activity, and Metabolic Risk: The Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab)

    Genevieve N. Healy;Katrien Wijndaele;David W. Dunstan;Jonathan E. Shaw

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan E. Shaw
Jonathan E. Shaw Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
Dianna J. Magliano
Dianna J. Magliano Monash University
Jaakko Tuomilehto
Jaakko Tuomilehto University of Helsinki
David W. Dunstan
David W. Dunstan Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
Ian R. Mackay
Ian R. Mackay Monash University
Stefan Söderberg
Stefan Söderberg Umeå University
Neville Owen
Neville Owen Swinburne University of Technology
Kerin O'Dea
Kerin O'Dea University of South Australia
Tien Yin Wong
Tien Yin Wong Tsinghua University

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