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Peter Vollenweider

Peter Vollenweider

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Medicine
Switzerland
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
144
Citations
114658
World Ranking
1406
National Ranking
18

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Peter Vollenweider is affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Physiology, Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Their research topics encompass various health-related areas, including:

  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies

Peter Vollenweider has published in several frequent venues that include:

  • Revue Médicale Suisse
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Forum Médical Suisse - Swiss Medical Forum
  • Swiss Medical Forum - Schweizerisches Medizin-Forum
  • UNC Libraries

Among recent papers featuring their work or collaboration are:

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 48 common genetic variants associated with handedness (2020, Nature Human Behaviour)
  • Genome-wide analysis in over 1 million individuals of European ancestry yields improved polygenic risk scores for blood pressure traits (2024, Nature Genetics)
  • The cytokines HGF and CXCL13 predict the severity and the mortality in COVID-19 patients (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Association Between Physical Activity Levels in the Hospital Setting and Hospital-Acquired Functional Decline in Elderly Patients (2020, JAMA Network Open)
  • Converging patterns of aging-associated brain volume loss and tissue microstructure differences (2020, Neurobiology of Aging)

Frequent co-authors in their research network include:

  • Pedro Marques-Vidal
  • Martin Preisig
  • Julien Vaucher
  • Gérard Waeber
  • Marie-Pierre F. Strippoli

Best Publications

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

    Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;James Bentham;Gretchen A Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4.4 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Yuan Lu;Kaveh Hajifathalian;James Bentham

  • Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

    Tanya M. Teslovich;Kiran Musunuru;Albert V. Smith;Andrew C. Edmondson

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

    Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso

  • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

    Bin Zhou;James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Honor Bixby

  • Prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing in the general population: the HypnoLaus study

    R Heinzer;S Vat;P Marques-Vidal;H Marti-Soler

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

    Josée Dupuis;Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

  • Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation

    Cristen J. Willer;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Ruth J. F. Loos;Shengxu Li

  • A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans.

    N D Palmer;C W McDonough;P J Hicks;B H Roh

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits.

    Evangelos Evangelou;Evangelos Evangelou;Helen R. Warren;Helen R. Warren;David Mosen-Ansorena;Borbala Mifsud

  • Socioeconomic status and the 25 × 25 risk factors as determinants of premature mortality: a multicohort study and meta-analysis of 1·7 million men and women

    Silvia Stringhini;Cristian Carmeli;Markus Jokela;Mauricio Avendaño;Mauricio Avendaño

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure

    Christopher Newton-Cheh;Christopher Newton-Cheh;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Vesela Gateva;Martin D. Tobin

  • A century of trends in adult human height

    James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Gretchen A. Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Modulation of genetic associations with serum urate levels by body-mass-index in humans

    Jennifer E. Huffman;Eva Albrecht;Alexander Teumer;Massimo Mangino

  • Erratum: New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (Nature Genetics (2010) 42 (105-116))

    Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Gérard Waeber
Gérard Waeber University of Lausanne
Pedro Marques-Vidal
Pedro Marques-Vidal University of Lausanne
Zoltán Kutalik
Zoltán Kutalik University of Lausanne
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
Olli T. Raitakari
Olli T. Raitakari Turku University Hospital
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Nicholas J. Wareham
Nicholas J. Wareham University of Cambridge
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Imperial College London
Ruth J. F. Loos
Ruth J. F. Loos University of Copenhagen
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu

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