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Sheila M. Williams

Sheila M. Williams

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Medicine
New Zealand
2023

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Best Female Scientists

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107
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37473
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1027
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2

Medicine

D-Index
107
Citations
37931
World Ranking
6311
National Ranking
15

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in New Zealand Leader Award

Overview

Sheila M. Williams is affiliated with the University of Otago in New Zealand and works primarily in the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Physiology.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad range of areas including obesity, physical activity and diet, sleep and related disorders, heart failure treatment and management, heart rate variability and autonomic control, cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) research, and asthma and respiratory diseases.

The recent scholarly works by Sheila M. Williams include the following papers:

  • Non-Wear Time and Presentation of Compositional 24-Hour Time-Use Analyses Influence Conclusions About Sleep and Body Mass Index in Children, 2020, Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour
  • Quantity versus quality of objectively measured sleep in relation to body mass index in children: cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses, 2020, International Journal of Obesity
  • Dual versus single long-acting bronchodilator use could raise acute coronary syndrome risk by over 50%: A population-based nested case-control study, 2021, Journal of Internal Medicine
  • Childhood disadvantage and adolescent socioemotional wellbeing as predictors of future parenting behaviour, 2020, Journal of Adolescence
  • Is the use of two versus one long-acting bronchodilator by patients with COPD associated with a higher risk of acute coronary syndrome in real-world clinical practice?, 2021, BMJ Open Respiratory Research

The frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Sheila M. Williams are:

  • Lianne Parkin
  • Katrina Sharples
  • David Barson
  • Simon Horsburgh
  • Rod Jackson

Williams's publications frequently appear in several journals, including:

  • Journal of Internal Medicine
  • Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour
  • International Journal of Obesity
  • Journal of Adolescence
  • BMJ Open Respiratory Research

Best Publications

  • Evaluation of waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, and the conicity index as screening tools for high trunk fat mass, as measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, in children aged 3–19 y

    Rachael W Taylor;Ianthe E Jones;Sheila M Williams;Ailsa Goulding

  • Diagnosing Insulin Resistance in the General Population

    Kirsten A. McAuley;Sheila M. Williams;Jim I. Mann;Robert J. Walker

  • DSM-III Disorders in a Large Sample of Adolescents

    Rob McGEE;Michael Feehan;Sheila Williams;Fiona Partridge

  • Bone mineral density and body composition in boys with distal forearm fractures: A dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry study☆☆☆

    Ailsa Goulding;Ianthe E. Jones;Rachael W. Taylor;Sheila M. Williams

  • Psychometric properties of the Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) in a sample of women in middle life.

    Robert G. Knight;Sheila Williams;Rob McGee;Susan Olaman

  • Bone mineral density in girls with forearm fractures.

    A. Goulding;R. Cannan;S. M. Williams;E. J. Gold

  • A controlled trial of homocysteine lowering and cognitive performance.

    Jennifer A. McMahon;Timothy J. Green;C. Murray Skeaff;Robert G. Knight

  • The Xerostomia Inventory: a multi-item approach to measuring dry mouth.

    W M Thomson;J M Chalmers;A J Spencer;S M Williams

  • More Broken Bones: A 4‐Year Double Cohort Study of Young Girls With and Without Distal Forearm Fractures

    A. Goulding;I. E. Jones;R. W. Taylor;P. J. Manning

  • Overweight and obese children have low bone mass and area for their weight.

    A Goulding;RW Taylor;IE Jones;KA McAuley

  • Children who avoid drinking cow milk have low dietary calcium intakes and poor bone health

    Ruth E Black;Sheila M Williams;Ianthe E Jones;Ailsa Goulding

  • DSM-III disorders from age 11 to age 15 years.

    Rob McGEE;Michael Feehan;Sheila Williams;Jessie Anderson

  • A Longitudinal Study Of Children With Developmental Language Delay At Age Three: Later Intelligence, Reading And Behaviour Problems

    Phil A. Silva;Sheila Williams;Rob McGee

  • A longitudinal study of cannabis use and mental health from adolescence to early adulthood.

    Rob McGee;Sheila Williams;Richie Poulton;Terrie Moffitt

  • Does low self-esteem predict health compromising behaviours among adolescents?

    Rob Mcgee;Sheila Williams

  • Body mass index, waist girth, and waist-to-hip ratio as indexes of total and regional adiposity in women: evaluation using receiver operating characteristic curves.

    R W Taylor;D Keil;E J Gold;S M Williams

  • Bone and Body Composition of Children and Adolescents With Repeated Forearm Fractures

    Ailsa Goulding;Andrea M Grant;Sheila M Williams

  • Health outcomes in adolescence: associations with family, friends and school engagement

    Melissa Carter;Rob McGee;Barry Taylor;Sheila Williams

  • An estimation of selenium requirements for New Zealanders

    Anna J Duffield;Christine D Thomson;Kristina E Hill;Sheila Williams

  • Audiometric notch as a sign of noise induced hearing loss.

    D I McBride;S Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

Rob McGee
Rob McGee University of Otago
Jim Mann
Jim Mann University of Otago
Phil A. Silva
Phil A. Silva University of Otago
Richie Poulton
Richie Poulton University of Otago
Rosalind S. Gibson
Rosalind S. Gibson University of Otago
Margaret R. E. McCredie
Margaret R. E. McCredie University of Otago
Robert Scragg
Robert Scragg University of Auckland
Robert G. Knight
Robert G. Knight University of Otago
Stephen P. McDonald
Stephen P. McDonald University of Adelaide
Terrie E. Moffitt
Terrie E. Moffitt Duke University

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