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Roger Bouillon

Roger Bouillon

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Medicine
Belgium
2026

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Medicine

D-Index
155
Citations
101307
World Ranking
949
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Roger Bouillon is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, authoring 115 publications.

The scientist's research predominantly centers on several key subfields within Medicine, including:

  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Neurology

Key topics of Roger Bouillon's work encompass a variety of areas, notably:

  • Vitamin D Research Studies
  • Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research
  • Bone health and osteoporosis research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies

Several frequent co-authors have collaborated with Bouillon, including:

  • José Manuel Quesada-Gómez
  • Peter R. Ebeling
  • John P. Bilezikian
  • Neil Binkley
  • Andrea Giustina

Publications by Roger Bouillon have appeared most frequently in the following journals:

  • Nutrients
  • The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
  • Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders
  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Roger Bouillon include:

  • "Effect of calcifediol treatment and best available therapy versus best available therapy on intensive care unit admission and mortality among patients hospitalized for COVID-19: A pilot randomized clinical study," 2020, The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • The health effects of vitamin D supplementation: evidence from human studies, 2021, Nature Reviews Endocrinology
  • Vitamin D Binding Protein: A Historic Overview, 2020, Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Consensus statement from 2nd International Conference on Controversies in Vitamin D, 2020, Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders
  • Consensus Statement on Vitamin D Status Assessment and Supplementation: Whys, Whens, and Hows, 2024, Endocrine Reviews

Best Publications

  • Intensive Insulin Therapy in Critically Ill Patients

    Greet Van den Berghe;Pieter Wouters;Frank Weekers;Charles Verwaest

  • Intensive insulin therapy in the medical ICU.

    Greet Van den Berghe;Alexander Wilmer;Greet Hermans;Wouter Meersseman

  • Vitamin D and Human Health: Lessons from Vitamin D Receptor Null Mice

    Roger Bouillon;Geert Carmeliet;Lieve Verlinden;Evelyne van Etten

  • An overview of real-time quantitative PCR: applications to quantify cytokine gene expression.

    Annapaula Giulietti;Lutgart Overbergh;Dirk Valckx;Brigitte Decallonne

  • Structure-Function Relationships in the Vitamin D Endocrine System*

    Roger Bouillon;William H. Okamura;Anthony W. Norman

  • Outcome benefit of intensive insulin therapy in the critically ill: Insulin dose versus glycemic control.

    Greet Van den Berghe;Pieter J. Wouters;Roger Bouillon;Frank Weekers

  • Primer on the metabolic bone diseases and disorders of mineral metabolism

    John P. Bilezikian;Roger Bouillon;Thomas Clemens;Juliet Compston

  • Improvement of gastric emptying in diabetic gastroparesis by erythromycin : preliminary studies

    J Janssens;T L Peeters;G Vantrappen;J Tack

  • Vitamin D and diabetes.

    Chantal Mathieu;Conny Gysemans;Annapaula Giulietti;Roger Bouillon

  • Skeletal and Extraskeletal Actions of Vitamin D: Current Evidence and Outstanding Questions.

    Roger Bouillon;Claudio Marcocci;Geert Carmeliet;Daniel Bikle

  • Androgens and bone

    Dirk Vanderschueren;Liesbeth Vandenput;Steven Boonen;Marie K. Lindberg

  • Vitamin D and Diabetes

    Tatiana Takiishi;Conny Gysemans;Roger Bouillon;Chantal Mathieu

  • Intensive Insulin Therapy in Mixed Medical/Surgical Intensive Care Units Benefit Versus Harm

    Greet Van den Berghe;Alexander Wilmer;Ilse Milants;Pieter J. Wouters

  • Duodenal calcium absorption in vitamin D receptor-knockout mice: functional and molecular aspects.

    Sophie J. Van Cromphaut;Mieke Dewerchin;Joost G. J. Hoenderop;Ingrid Stockmans

  • Need for additional calcium to reduce the risk of hip fracture with vitamin D supplementation: Evidence from a comparative metaanalysis of randomized controlled trials

    Steven Boonen;Paul Lips;Roger Bouillon;Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari

  • "Effect of calcifediol treatment and best available therapy versus best available therapy on intensive care unit admission and mortality among patients hospitalized for COVID-19: A pilot randomized clinical study".

    Marta Entrenas Castillo;Luis Manuel Entrenas Costa;José Manuel Vaquero Barrios;Juan Francisco Alcalá Díaz

  • Influence of the Vitamin D-binding Protein on the Serum Concentration of 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3: SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FREE 1,25-DIHYDROXYVITAMIN D3 CONCENTRATION

    Roger Bouillon;Frans Andre Van Assche;Hugo Van Baelen;Walter Heyns

  • Estrogens and Androgens in Skeletal Physiology and Pathophysiology.

    Maria Almeida;Michaël R. Laurent;Vanessa Dubois;Frank Claessens

  • Consensus development conference: Prophylaxis and treatment of osteoporosis

    Roger Bouillon;P Burckhardt;C Christiansen;HA Fleisch

  • Vitamin D deficiency.

    Roger Bouillon;Anthony W Norman;Paul Lips

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven Boonen
Steven Boonen KU Leuven
Guy Eelen
Guy Eelen KU Leuven
Johan Auwerx
Johan Auwerx École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Felipe F. Casanueva
Felipe F. Casanueva University of Santiago de Compostela
Marc Decramer
Marc Decramer KU Leuven

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