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Robert L. Hanson is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research spans a broad range of topics primarily related to medicine, with a focus on genetics, endocrinology, diabetes, metabolism, and molecular biology.

Their recent publications include the following:

  • Mechanisms of weight loss-induced remission in people with prediabetes: a post-hoc analysis of the randomised, controlled, multicentre Prediabetes Lifestyle Intervention Study (PLIS) (2023) published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • DNA methylation markers for kidney function and progression of diabetic kidney disease (2023) published in Nature Communications
  • Whole genome sequence analyses of eGFR in 23,732 people representing multiple ancestries in the NHLBI trans-omics for precision medicine (TOPMed) consortium (2021) published in EBioMedicine
  • Further evidence supporting a potential role for ADH1B in obesity (2021) published in Scientific Reports
  • Characterization of Exome Variants and Their Metabolic Impact in 6,716 American Indians from the Southwest US (2020) published in The American Journal of Human Genetics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hanson include:

  • Leslie J. Baier
  • William C. Knowler
  • Sayuko Kobes
  • Clifton Bogardus
  • Elsa Vazquez Arreola

The scientist publishes regularly in venues that include:

  • Diabetes
  • Diabetologia
  • UNC Libraries
  • Obesity
  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Robert L. Hanson's work encompasses the following main fields of study:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Their research is further specialized within several subfields, including:

  • Genetics
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Molecular Biology
  • Physiology
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

The primary topics of Hanson's research cover:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
  • Diet and metabolism studies

Best Publications

  • Childhood obesity, other cardiovascular risk factors, and premature death.

    Paul W. Franks;Robert L. Hanson;William C. Knowler;Maurice L. Sievers

  • Adiponectin and development of type 2 diabetes in the Pima Indian population

    Robert S Lindsay;Tohru Funahashi;Robert L Hanson;Yuji Matsuzawa

  • Intrauterine exposure to diabetes conveys risks for type 2 diabetes and obesity: a study of discordant sibships.

    Dana Dabelea;Robert L. Hanson;Robert S. Lindsay;David J. Pettitt

  • Birth weight and non-insulin dependent diabetes: thrifty genotype, thrifty phenotype, or surviving small baby genotype?

    D R McCance;D J Pettitt;R L Hanson;L T H Jacobsson

  • Components of the “Metabolic Syndrome” and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes

    Robert L. Hanson;Giuseppina Imperatore;Peter H. Bennett;William C. Knowler

  • The 1997 American Diabetes Association and 1999 World Health Organization criteria for hyperglycemia in the diagnosis and prediction of diabetes.

    M M Gabir;R L Hanson;D Dabelea;G Imperatore

  • The transcriptional landscape of age in human peripheral blood

    Marjolein J. Peters;Roby Joehanes;Luke C. Pilling;Claudia Schurmann;Claudia Schurmann

  • Comparison of tests for glycated haemoglobin and fasting and two hour plasma glucose concentrations as diagnostic methods for diabetes

    D. R. Mccance;R. L. Hanson;M.-A. Charles;L. T. H. Jacobsson

  • Periodontal Disease and Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes

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

  • Evaluation of Simple Indices of Insulin Sensitivity and Insulin Secretion for Use in Epidemioiogic Studies

    Robert L. Hanson;Richard E. Pratley;Clifton Bogardus;K. M. Narayan

  • An autosomal genomic scan for loci linked to type II diabetes mellitus and body-mass index in Pima Indians.

    Robert L. Hanson;Margaret G. Ehm;David J. Pettitt;Michal Prochazka

  • Type and timing of menopausal hormone therapy and breast cancer risk: individual participant meta-analysis of the worldwide epidemiological evidence

    N. Hamajima;K. Hirose;K. Tajima;T. Rohan

  • Increasing prevalence of Type II diabetes in American Indian children

    D. Dabelea;R. L. Hanson;P. H. Bennett;J. Roumain

  • Evidence for Genetic Linkage to Alcohol Dependence on Chromosomes 4 and 11 From an Autosome-Wide Scan in an American Indian Population

    Jeffrey C. Long;William C. Knowler;Robert L. Hanson;Robert W. Robin

  • Inflammatory Markers, Adiponectin, and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in the Pima Indian

    Jonathan Krakoff;Tohru Funahashi;Coen D.A. Stehouwer;Casper G. Schalkwijk

  • Breastfeeding and incidence of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in Pima Indians

    David J Pettitt;Michele R Forman;Robert L Hanson;William C Knowler

  • Sib-pair linkage analysis for susceptibility genes for microvascular complications among Pima Indians with type 2 diabetes. Pima Diabetes Genes Group.

    G Imperatore;R L Hanson;D J Pettitt;S Kobes

  • A calpain-10 gene polymorphism is associated with reduced muscle mRNA levels and insulin resistance

    Leslie J. Baier;Paskasari A. Permana;Xiaolin Yang;Richard E. Pratley

  • Association between uncoupling protein polymorphisms (UCP2-UCP3) and energy metabolism/obesity in Pima indians

    Ken Walder;Rod A. Norman;Robert L. Hanson;Patrick Schrauwen

  • A high fasting plasma insulin concentration predicts type 2 diabetes independent of insulin resistance: evidence for a pathogenic role of relative hyperinsulinemia.

    C Weyer;R L Hanson;P A Tataranni;C Bogardus

Frequent Co-Authors

William C. Knowler
William C. Knowler National Institutes of Health
Robert G. Nelson
Robert G. Nelson National Institutes of Health
Clifton Bogardus
Clifton Bogardus National Institutes of Health
Peter H. Bennett
Peter H. Bennett National Institutes of Health
David J. Pettitt
David J. Pettitt Kaiser Permanente
Alan R. Shuldiner
Alan R. Shuldiner University of Maryland, Baltimore
Robert Lindsay
Robert Lindsay University of Glasgow
Paul W. Franks
Paul W. Franks Lund University
Braxton D. Mitchell
Braxton D. Mitchell University of Maryland, Baltimore

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