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Best Female Scientists

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155
Citations
101888
World Ranking
124
National Ranking
73

Medicine

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Citations
109808
World Ranking
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National Ranking
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  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Stefania Bandinelli is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these areas, notable subfields of study include Physiology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist's main topics of work focus on Nutrition and Health in Aging, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, and Frailty in Older Adults. Additional areas include Nutritional Studies and Diet, Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, and GDF15 and Related Biomarkers.

Bandinelli's recent publications reflect a strong emphasis on genetic and molecular mechanisms related to aging and epigenetics. Selected recent papers include:

  • A computational solution for bolstering reliability of epigenetic clocks: implications for clinical trials and longitudinal tracking, 2022, Nature Aging
  • Genetic insights into biological mechanisms governing human ovarian ageing, 2021, Nature
  • Genome-wide association studies identify 137 genetic loci for DNA methylation biomarkers of aging, 2021, Genome Biology
  • DNA methylation GrimAge version 2, 2022, Aging
  • Genome-wide meta-analysis of muscle weakness identifies 15 susceptibility loci in older men and women, 2021, Nature Communications

The scientist has frequently published in several venues, including:

  • UNC Libraries
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • GeroScience
  • Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors with whom Bandinelli has collaborated include Luigi Ferrucci, Toshiko Tanaka, Ann Zenobia Moore, André G. Uitterlinden, and Angelo Di Iorio. The extent of collaboration varies, with the strongest partnership being with Luigi Ferrucci.

Best Publications

  • Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

    Tanya M. Teslovich;Kiran Musunuru;Albert V. Smith;Andrew C. Edmondson

  • Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

    Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso

  • Age-associated changes in skeletal muscles and their effect on mobility: an operational diagnosis of sarcopenia

    Fulvio Lauretani;Cosimo Roberto Russo;Stefania Bandinelli;Benedetta Bartali

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • An epigenetic biomarker of aging for lifespan and healthspan

    Morgan E. Levine;Ake T. Lu;Austin Quach;Brian H. Chen

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure

    Christopher Newton-Cheh;Christopher Newton-Cheh;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Vesela Gateva;Martin D. Tobin

  • DNA methylation-based measures of biological age: meta-analysis predicting time to death

    Brian H. Chen;Riccardo E. Marioni;Riccardo E. Marioni;Elena Colicino;Marjolein J. Peters

  • Genome-wide meta-analyses identify multiple loci associated with smoking behavior

    Helena Furberg;Yunjung Kim;Jennifer Dackor;Eric Boerwinkle

  • Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease

    Ron Do;Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta

  • Subsystems contributing to the decline in ability to walk: bridging the gap between epidemiology and geriatric practice in the InCHIANTI study.

    Luigi Ferrucci;Stefania Bandinelli;Enrico Benvenuti;Angelo Di Iorio

  • The origins of age-related proinflammatory state

    Luigi Ferrucci;Annamaria Corsi;Annamaria Corsi;Fulvio Lauretani;Fulvio Lauretani;Stefania Bandinelli;Stefania Bandinelli

  • GWAS of 126,559 Individuals Identifies Genetic Variants Associated with Educational Attainment

    Cornelius A. Rietveld;Sarah E. Medland;Jaime Lane Derringer;Jian Yang

  • Epigenetic Signatures of Cigarette Smoking

    Roby Joehanes;Allan C. Just;Riccardo E. Marioni;Luke C. Pilling

  • A genome-wide approach accounting for body mass index identifies genetic variants influencing fasting glycemic traits and insulin resistance.

    Alisa K. Manning;Alisa K. Manning;Alisa K. Manning;Robert A. Scott;Jonna L. Grimsby

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 18 new loci associated with serum urate concentrations

    Anna Köttgen;Anna Köttgen;Eva Albrecht;Alexander Teumer;Veronique Vitart

  • Large-scale association analyses identify new loci influencing glycemic traits and provide insight into the underlying biological pathways

    Robert A Scott;Vasiliki Lagou;Ryan P Welch;Eleanor Wheeler

  • Relationship of plasma polyunsaturated fatty acids to circulating inflammatory markers.

    Luigi Ferrucci;Antonio Cherubini;Stefania Bandinelli;Benedetta Bartali

  • Uric acid and inflammatory markers

    Carmelinda Ruggiero;Antonio Cherubini;Alessandro Ble;Angelo J.G. Bos

Frequent Co-Authors

Luigi Ferrucci
Luigi Ferrucci National Institutes of Health
Toshiko Tanaka
Toshiko Tanaka National Institutes of Health
Jack M. Guralnik
Jack M. Guralnik University of Maryland, Baltimore
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Dena G. Hernandez
Dena G. Hernandez National Institutes of Health
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Imperial College London
Igor Rudan
Igor Rudan University of Edinburgh
Tim D. Spector
Tim D. Spector King's College London

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