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2025

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Best Female Scientists

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108
Citations
61908
World Ranking
958
National Ranking
584

Medicine

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110
Citations
65063
World Ranking
5431
National Ranking
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Overview

Sheila K. West is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a significant focus on subfields such as Epidemiology, Microbiology, Ophthalmology, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, and Physiology.

The scientist has produced a substantial body of work across key topics including:

  • Reproductive tract infections research
  • Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
  • Glaucoma and retinal disorders
  • Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
  • Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies
  • Retinal Diseases and Treatments

Sheila K. West's frequent publication venues include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • JAMA Ophthalmology
  • Ophthalmology
  • American Journal of Ophthalmology

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by the scientist are:

  • The Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health: vision beyond 2020 (2021, The Lancet Global Health)
  • Global Trends in Blindness and Vision Impairment Resulting from Corneal Opacity 1984-2020 (2023, Ophthalmology)
  • The simplified trachoma grading system, amended (2020, Bulletin of the World Health Organization)
  • Cause-specific mortality of children younger than 5 years in communities receiving biannual mass azithromycin treatment in Niger: verbal autopsy results from a cluster-randomised controlled trial (2020, The Lancet Global Health)
  • Grand Challenges in global eye health: a global prioritisation process using Delphi method (2022, The Lancet Healthy Longevity)

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Beatriz Muñoz
  • Pradeep Y. Ramulu
  • Harran Mkocha
  • David S. Friedman
  • Aleksandra Mihailović

Best Publications

  • Global Prevalence and Major Risk Factors of Diabetic Retinopathy

    Joanne W.Y. Yau;Sophie L. Rogers;Ryo Kawasaki;Ecosse L. Lamoureux;Ecosse L. Lamoureux

  • Global Causes of Blindness and Distance Vision Impairment 1990-2020: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Seth R Flaxman;Rupert R A Bourne;Serge Resnikoff;Serge Resnikoff;Peter Ackland

  • Magnitude, temporal trends, and projections of the global prevalence of blindness and distance and near vision impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Rupert R A Bourne;Seth R Flaxman;Tasanee Braithwaite;Maria V Cicinelli

  • The prevalence of diabetic retinopathy among adults in the United States.

    Kempen Jh;O'Colmain Bj;Leske Mc;Haffner Sm

  • Falls and Fear of Falling: Which Comes First? A Longitudinal Prediction Model Suggests Strategies for Primary and Secondary Prevention

    Susan M. Friedman;Beatriz Munoz;Sheila K. West;Gary S. Rubin

  • The Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health: vision beyond 2020.

    Matthew J Burton;Matthew J Burton;Jacqueline Ramke;Jacqueline Ramke;Ana Patricia Marques;Rupert R A Bourne;Rupert R A Bourne

  • Prevalence of Dry Eye Among the Elderly

    Oliver D. Schein;Beatriz MUÑOz;James M. Tielsch;Karen BANDEEN-Roche

  • Effect of Ultraviolet Radiation on Cataract Formation

    Hugh R. Taylor;Sheila K. West;Frank S. Rosenthal;Beatriz Muñoz

  • A simple system for the assessment of trachoma and its complications

    B. Thylefors;C. R. Dawson;B. R. Jones;S. K. West

  • Racial variations in causes of vision loss in nursing homes: The Salisbury Eye Evaluation in Nursing Home Groups (SEEING) Study.

    David S. Friedman;Sheila K. West;Beatriz Munoz;William Park

  • The long-term effects of visible light on the eye

    Hugh R. Taylor;Sheila West;Beatriz Muñoz;Frank S. Rosenthal

  • The prevalence of glaucoma in a population-based study of Hispanic subjects: Proyecto VER.

    Harry A. Quigley;Sheila K. West;Jorge Rodriguez;Beatriz Munoz

  • Prevalence of cataract and pseudophakia/aphakia among adults in the United States.

    Congdon N;Vingerling;Klein Be;West S

  • Causes of blindness and visual impairment in a population of older Americans: The salisbury eye evaluation study

    Beatriz Muñoz;Sheila K. West;Gary S. Rubin;Oliver D. Schein

  • Relation between Signs and Symptoms of Dry Eye in the Elderly: A Population-based Perspective

    Oliver D. Schein;James M. Tielsch;Beatriz Muñoz;Karen Bandeen-Roche

  • How does visual impairment affect performance on tasks of everyday life? The SEE Project

    Sheila K. West;Gary S. Rubin;Aimee T. Broman;Beatriz Muñoz

  • Function and visual impairment in a population-based study of older adults. The SEE project. Salisbury Eye Evaluation.

    S K West;B Munoz;G S Rubin;O D Schein

  • Epidemiology of risk factors for age-related cataract

    Johanna Seddon;Donald Fong;Sheila K. West;Charles T. Valmadrid

  • Epidemiology of age-related macular degeneration

    Barbara S. Hawkins;Alan Bird;Ronald Klein;Sheila K. West

  • Global prevalence and major risk factors of diabetic retinopathy.

    Olubukola Ajala;Patrick English;Jonathan Pinkney;Joanne W Y Yau

Frequent Co-Authors

Beatriz Munoz
Beatriz Munoz Johns Hopkins University
Robin L. Bailey
Robin L. Bailey London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
David S. Friedman
David S. Friedman Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Thomas C. Quinn
Thomas C. Quinn Johns Hopkins University
Hugh R. Taylor
Hugh R. Taylor University of Melbourne
Thomas M. Lietman
Thomas M. Lietman University of California, San Francisco
Gary S. Rubin
Gary S. Rubin University College London
Charlotte A. Gaydos
Charlotte A. Gaydos Johns Hopkins University
David Mabey
David Mabey London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Martin J. Holland
Martin J. Holland London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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