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Robert G. Nelson is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research predominantly spans the field of medicine, with a significant focus on nephrology. This includes specialized work in related subfields such as cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, molecular biology, and genetics.

Their work covers key topics including chronic kidney disease and diabetes, dialysis and renal disease management, blood pressure and hypertension studies, various aspects of diabetes and associated disorders, diabetes treatment and management, pancreatic function related to diabetes, and diabetes management and research.

Frequent publication venues for Robert G. Nelson's research include:

  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Diabetes
  • American Journal of Kidney Diseases
  • Kidney International
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Notable recent papers include:

  • Conversion of Urine Protein-Creatinine Ratio or Urine Dipstick Protein to Urine Albumin-Creatinine Ratio for Use in Chronic Kidney Disease Screening and Prognosis, 2020, Annals of Internal Medicine
  • Albuminuria Testing in Hypertension and Diabetes: An Individual-Participant Data Meta-Analysis in a Global Consortium, 2021, Hypertension
  • Mobile Health (mHealth) Technology: Assessment of Availability, Acceptability, and Use in CKD, 2020, American Journal of Kidney Diseases
  • Annexin A1 alleviates kidney injury by promoting the resolution of inflammation in diabetic nephropathy, 2021, Kidney International
  • Youth-onset type 2 diabetes mellitus: an urgent challenge, 2022, Nature Reviews Nephrology

Robert G. Nelson has collaborated often with coauthors including:

  • Vallabh O. Shah
  • Helen C. Looker
  • Petter Bjornstad
  • Harold I. Feldman
  • Panduranga S. Rao

Best Publications

  • Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Theo Vos;Rafael Lozano;Mohsen Naghavi

  • Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Mohsen Naghavi;Rafael Lozano

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohsen Naghavi;Haidong Wang;Rafael Lozano;Adrian Davis

  • The State of US Health, 1990-2010: Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors

    Christopher J. L. Murray;Jerry Abraham;Mohammed K. Ali;Miriam Alvarado

  • Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Nicholas J. Kassebaum;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa;Megan S. Coggeshall;Katya A. Shackelford

  • KDOQI Clinical Practice Guideline for Diabetes and CKD: 2012 Update

    RW Bilous;JM Gonzalez-Campoy;JE Fradkin;M Mauer

  • Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during 1990???2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Katrina F. Ortblad;Caterina Guinovart;Stephen S. Lim

  • Podocyte loss and progressive glomerular injury in type II diabetes.

    Maria Enrica Pagtalunan;Peter L. Miller;Sara Jumping-Eagle;Sara Jumping-Eagle;Robert G. Nelson

  • Associations of kidney disease measures with mortality and end-stage renal disease in individuals with and without diabetes: a meta-analysis

    Caroline S. Fox;Kunihiro Matsushita;Mark Woodward;Mark Woodward;Henk J.G. Bilo

  • Lower estimated glomerular filtration rate and higher albuminuria are associated with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality.: A collaborative meta-analysis of high-risk population cohorts

    Marije van der Velde;Kunihiro Matsushita;Josef Coresh;Brad C. Astor

  • New Creatinine- and Cystatin C-Based Equations to Estimate GFR without Race.

    Lesley A Inker;Nwamaka D Eneanya;Josef Coresh;Hocine Tighiouart

  • Global kidney health 2017 and beyond: a roadmap for closing gaps in care, research, and policy

    Adeera Levin;Marcello Tonelli;Joseph Bonventre;Josef Coresh

  • Update on Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Light of Recent Evidence: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association.

    Caroline S. Fox;Sherita Hill Golden;Cheryl Anderson;George A. Bray

  • Evaluation of the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Study Equation in a Large Diverse Population

    Lesley A Stevens;Josef Coresh;Harold I Feldman;Tom Greene

  • Periodontal Disease and Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes

    Aramesh Saremi;Robert G. Nelson;Marshall Tulloch-Reid;Robert L. Hanson

  • Podocyte number predicts long-term urinary albumin excretion in Pima Indians with Type II diabetes and microalbuminuria.

    T. W. Meyer;P. H. Bennett;R. G. Nelson

  • Development and Progression of Renal Disease in Pima Indians with Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

    Robert G. Nelson;Peter H. Bennett;Gerald J. Beck;Ming Tan

  • The Natural History of Impaired Glucose Tolerance in the Pima Indians

    Mohammed F. Saad;William C. Knowler;David J. Pettitt;Robert G. Nelson

  • Role of mTOR in podocyte function and diabetic nephropathy in humans and mice

    Markus Gödel;Björn Hartleben;Nadja Herbach;Shuya Liu

  • Evaluation of the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration equation for estimating the glomerular filtration rate in multiple ethnicities

    Lesley A Stevens;Marcie A Claybon;Christopher H Schmid;Jing Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

William C. Knowler
William C. Knowler National Institutes of Health
Robert L. Hanson
Robert L. Hanson National Institutes of Health
Peter H. Bennett
Peter H. Bennett National Institutes of Health
David J. Pettitt
David J. Pettitt Kaiser Permanente
Josef Coresh
Josef Coresh New York University
Harold I. Feldman
Harold I. Feldman University of Pennsylvania
Matthias Kretzler
Matthias Kretzler University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Chi-yuan Hsu
Chi-yuan Hsu University of California, San Francisco
Mohammed F. Saad
Mohammed F. Saad Stony Brook University
Ramachandran S. Vasan
Ramachandran S. Vasan The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

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