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Robert J. Glynn is affiliated with Harvard Medical School in the United States, contributing extensively to the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on subfields such as Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Statistics and Probability, Economics and Econometrics, and Surgery.

Their research covers a range of topics including Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Diabetes Treatment and Management, Advanced Causal Inference Techniques, Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health, Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials, Diabetes Management and Research, as well as Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer.

Notable recent publications include:

  • Inflammation and cholesterol as predictors of cardiovascular events among patients receiving statin therapy: a collaborative analysis of three randomised trials, 2023, The Lancet
  • The neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio and incident atherosclerotic events: analyses from five contemporary randomized trials, 2020, European Heart Journal
  • Emulation of Randomized Clinical Trials With Nonrandomized Database Analyses, 2023, JAMA
  • Emulating Randomized Clinical Trials With Nonrandomized Real-World Evidence Studies, 2020, Circulation
  • Effect of statin therapy on muscle symptoms: an individual participant data meta-analysis of large-scale, randomised, double-blind trials, 2022, The Lancet

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Sebastian Schneeweiß, Paul M. Ridker, Elisabetta Patorno, Deborah J. Wexler, and Brendan M. Everett.

Their work has been published across various venues, with multiple contributions to UNC Libraries, Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Annals of Internal Medicine, and Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics.

Best Publications

  • A short physical performance battery assessing lower extremity function: association with self-reported disability and prediction of mortality and nursing home admission.

    Jack M. Guralnik;Eleanor M. Simonsick;Luigi Ferrucci;Robert J. Glynn

  • Rosuvastatin to prevent vascular events in men and women with elevated C-reactive protein.

    Paul M Ridker;Eleanor Danielson;Jacques Genest;Antonio M. Gotto

  • Antiinflammatory Therapy with Canakinumab for Atherosclerotic Disease

    Paul M Ridker;Brendan M. Everett;Tom Thuren;Jean G. MacFadyen

  • Rosuvastatin to Prevent Vascular Events in Men and Women With Elevated C-Reactive Protein

    Paul M. Ridker;Eleanor Danielson;Francisco A. H. Fonseca;Jacques Genest

  • Variable Selection for Propensity Score Models

    M. Alan Brookhart;Sebastian Schneeweiss;Kenneth J. Rothman;Kenneth J. Rothman;Robert J. Glynn

  • Long-term persistence in use of statin therapy in elderly patients☆

    J.S. Benner;R.J. Glynn;H. Mogun;P.J. Neumann

  • Effect of interleukin-1β inhibition with canakinumab on incident lung cancer in patients with atherosclerosis: exploratory results from a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

    Paul M Ridker;Jean G MacFadyen;Tom Thuren;Brendan M Everett

  • C-Reactive Protein Adds to the Predictive Value of Total and HDL Cholesterol in Determining Risk of First Myocardial Infarction

    Paul M. Ridker;Robert J. Glynn;Charles H. Hennekens

  • Reduction in C-reactive protein and LDL cholesterol and cardiovascular event rates after initiation of rosuvastatin: a prospective study of the JUPITER trial.

    Paul M Ridker;Eleanor Danielson;Francisco Ah Fonseca;Jacques Genest

  • Long-Term, Low-Intensity Warfarin Therapy for the Prevention of Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism

    Paul M Ridker;Samuel Z. Goldhaber;Ellie Danielson;Yves Rosenberg

  • Vitamins E and C in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Men : The Physicians' Health Study II Randomized Controlled Trial

    Howard D. Sesso;Julie E. Buring;William G. Christen;Tobias Kurth

  • High-dimensional propensity score adjustment in studies of treatment effects using health care claims data

    Sebastian Schneeweiss;Jeremy A. Rassen;Robert J. Glynn;Jerry Avorn

  • Low-Dose Methotrexate for the Prevention of Atherosclerotic Events

    Paul M Ridker;Brendan M Everett;Aruna Pradhan;Jean G MacFadyen

  • Asymptomatic hyperuricemia. Risks and consequences in the Normative Aging Study.

    Edward W. Campion;Robert J. Glynn;Lorraine O. Delabry

  • Cardiovascular benefits and diabetes risks of statin therapy in primary prevention: an analysis from the JUPITER trial

    Paul M Ridker;Aruna Pradhan;Jean G MacFadyen;Peter Libby

  • Use of Pharmacogenetic and Clinical Factors to Predict the Therapeutic Dose of Warfarin

    BF Gage;C Eby;JA Johnson;E Deych

  • A combined comorbidity score predicted mortality in elderly patients better than existing scores

    Joshua J. Gagne;Robert J. Glynn;Jerry Avorn;Raisa Levin

  • A Randomized Trial of Rosuvastatin in the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism

    Robert J. Glynn;Eleanor Danielson;Francisco A.H. Fonseca;Jacques Genest

  • Reduction of bacteriuria and pyuria after ingestion of cranberry juice.

    Jerry Avorn;Mark Monane;Jerry H. Gurwitz;Robert J. Glynn

  • Relationship of C-reactive protein reduction to cardiovascular event reduction following treatment with canakinumab: a secondary analysis from the CANTOS randomised controlled trial

    Paul M Ridker;Jean G MacFadyen;Brendan M Everett;Peter Libby

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul M. Ridker
Paul M. Ridker Brigham and Women's Hospital
Sebastian Schneeweiss
Sebastian Schneeweiss Brigham and Women's Hospital
Julie E. Buring
Julie E. Buring Brigham and Women's Hospital
Jerry Avorn
Jerry Avorn Brigham and Women's Hospital
JoAnn E. Manson
JoAnn E. Manson Harvard Medical School
J. Michael Gaziano
J. Michael Gaziano Brigham and Women's Hospital
Til Stürmer
Til Stürmer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bernard Rosner
Bernard Rosner Harvard University
Daniel H. Solomon
Daniel H. Solomon Brigham and Women's Hospital
Howard D. Sesso
Howard D. Sesso Harvard Medical School

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