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Roland von Känel

Roland von Känel

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Medicine

D-Index
82
Citations
22836
World Ranking
16210
National Ranking
240

Overview

Roland von Känel is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and has a research portfolio spanning medicine and psychology, with notable contributions in both primary fields. Their publication record encompasses 304 works in Medicine and 150 works in Psychology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach.

Their subfields of study include:

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Clinical Psychology
  • General Health Professions
  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

The main topics of Roland von Känel's work include:

  • Cardiac Health and Mental Health
  • Healthcare professionals' stress and burnout
  • Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Health, psychology, and well-being
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control

Frequent publication venues for their research are:

  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Journal of Psychosomatic Research
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Palliative & Supportive Care
  • Scientific Reports

Prominent co-authors collaborating with Roland von Känel include:

  • Mary Princip
  • Claudia Zuccarella-Hackl
  • Aju P. Pazhenkottil
  • Jutta Ernst
  • Sebastian Euler

Selected recent papers highlight a focus on mental health and well-being related to clinical and societal challenges:

  • Short-term metreleptin treatment of patients with anorexia nervosa: rapid on-set of beneficial cognitive, emotional, and behavioral effects (2020, Translational Psychiatry)
  • Physical and mental health impact of COVID-19 on children, adolescents, and their families: The Collaborative Outcomes study on Health and Functioning during Infection Times - Children and Adolescents (COH-FIT-C&A) (2021, Journal of Affective Disorders)
  • Health Care Workers' Mental Health During the First Weeks of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic in Switzerland-A Cross-Sectional Study (2021, Frontiers in Psychiatry)
  • Burnout, depression and anxiety among Swiss medical students - A network analysis (2021, Journal of Psychiatric Research)
  • The Psychobiology of Bereavement and Health: A Conceptual Review From the Perspective of Social Signal Transduction Theory of Depression (2020, Frontiers in Psychiatry)

Best Publications

  • Lack of social support in the etiology and the prognosis of coronary heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Jürgen Barth;Sarah Schneider;Roland von Känel

  • Effects of psychological stress and psychiatric disorders on blood coagulation and fibrinolysis: A biobehavioral pathway to coronary artery disease?

    Roland von Känel;Paul J. Mills;Claudia Fainman;Joel E. Dimsdale

  • Inflammation as a psychophysiological biomarker in chronic psychosocial stress.

    Alexander Hänsel;Suzi Hong;Rafael J.A. Cámara;Roland von Känel

  • Evidence for low-grade systemic proinflammatory activity in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder

    Roland von Känel;Urs Hepp;Bernd Kraemer;Rafael Traber

  • Psychological Stress, Inflammation, and Coronary Heart Disease.

    Petra H. Wirtz;Roland von Känel

  • Microbial network disturbances in relapsing refractory Crohn's disease.

    Bahtiyar Yilmaz;Pascal Juillerat;Ove Øyås;Charlotte Ramon

  • Effects of sympathetic activation by adrenergic infusions on hemostasis in vivo

    Roland Von Känel;Joel E. Dimsdale

  • Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety Are Independently Associated With Clinical Recurrence of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

    Antonina Mikocka-Walus;Antonina Mikocka-Walus;Valerie Pittet;Jean-Benoît Rossel;Roland von Känel

  • Post-traumatic stress disorder and cardiovascular disease.

    Donald Edmondson;Roland von Känel

  • Psychosocial aspects in cardiac rehabilitation: From theory to practice. A position paper from the Cardiac Rehabilitation Section of the European Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation of the European Society of Cardiology

    Nana Pogosova;Hugo Saner;Susanne S Pedersen;Margaret E Cupples

  • Hemostatic Alterations in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea and the Implications for Cardiovascular Disease

    Roland von Kanel;Joel E. Dimsdale

  • Effect of Alzheimer Caregiving Stress and Age on Frailty Markers Interleukin-6, C-Reactive Protein, and D-Dimer

    Roland von Känel;Joel E. Dimsdale;Paul J. Mills;Sonia Ancoli-Israel

  • Psychosocial stress and cardiovascular risk : current opinion

    Roland von Känel

  • Psychosocial perspectives in cardiovascular disease.

    Susanne S Pedersen;Susanne S Pedersen;Roland von Känel;Phillip J Tully;Phillip J Tully;Johan Denollet

  • Increased Framingham Coronary Heart Disease Risk Score in Dementia Caregivers Relative to Non-Caregiving Controls

    Roland von Känel;Brent T. Mausbach;Thomas L. Patterson;Joel E. Dimsdale

  • Myocardial infarction and post-traumatic stress disorder: frequency, outcome, and atherosclerotic mechanisms.

    Marie-Louise Gander;Roland von Känel

  • Poor sleep is associated with higher plasma proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-6 and procoagulant marker fibrin D-dimer in older caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease.

    Roland von Känel;Joel E Dimsdale;Sonia Ancoli-Israel;Paul J Mills

  • Association between polysomnographic measures of disrupted sleep and prothrombotic factors

    Roland von Känel;José S. Loredo;Sonia Ancoli-Israel;Paul J. Mills

  • Delayed response and lack of habituation in plasma interleukin-6 to acute mental stress in men

    Roland von Känel;Brigitte M. Kudielka;Daniel Preckel;Dirk Hanebuth

  • The ventro-medial prefrontal cortex: a major link between the autonomic nervous system, regulation of emotion, and stress reactivity?

    Alexander Hänsel;Roland von Känel

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul J. Mills
Paul J. Mills University of California, San Diego
Joel E. Dimsdale
Joel E. Dimsdale University of California, San Diego
Sonia Ancoli-Israel
Sonia Ancoli-Israel University of California, San Diego
Thomas L. Patterson
Thomas L. Patterson University of California, San Diego
Igor Grant
Igor Grant University of California, San Diego
Brent T. Mausbach
Brent T. Mausbach University of California, San Diego
Michael G. Ziegler
Michael G. Ziegler University of California, San Diego
Ulrich Schnyder
Ulrich Schnyder University of Zurich
Brigitte M. Kudielka
Brigitte M. Kudielka University of Regensburg
Ulrike Ehlert
Ulrike Ehlert University of Zurich

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