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Overview

Tobias Kurth is affiliated with Charité - University Medicine Berlin in Germany. The primary field of their research is Medicine, with a focus on several subfields that include Psychiatry and Mental Health, Epidemiology, Neurology, Infectious Diseases, and Clinical Psychology.

The scientist's publication record demonstrates particular attention to topics such as Migraine and Headache Studies, Health Systems including Economic Evaluations and Quality of Life, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, the intersection of COVID-19 and Mental Health, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, and the Neuroscience of respiration and sleep.

Notable recent papers authored include:

  • "Migraine," 2022, published in Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • "Genome-wide analysis of 102,084 migraine cases identifies 123 risk loci and subtype-specific risk alleles," 2022, published in Nature Genetics
  • "Migraine and risk of stroke," 2020, published in Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • "Target trial emulation: applying principles of randomised trials to observational studies," 2022, published in BMJ
  • "COVID-19 Vaccine-Associated Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in Germany," 2021, published in Annals of Neurology

Kurth frequently collaborates with other researchers. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Marco Piccininni
  • Jessica L. Rohmann
  • Joachim Seybold
  • Frank P. Mockenhaupt
  • Stefanie Theuring

The scientist has published extensively in various academic venues. Frequent publication venues for Kurth include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neurology
  • PLoS ONE
  • The Journal of Headache and Pain
  • BMC Health Services Research

Best Publications

  • Cost of disorders of the brain in Europe 2010

    Anders Gustavsson;Mikael Svensson;Frank Jacobi;Christer Allgulander

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Vitamins E and C in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Men : The Physicians' Health Study II Randomized Controlled Trial

    Howard D. Sesso;Julie E. Buring;William G. Christen;Tobias Kurth

  • Migraine and cardiovascular disease: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Markus Schürks;Pamela M Rist;Marcelo E Bigal;Marcelo E Bigal;Julie E Buring

  • Body mass index and the risk of stroke in men.

    Tobias Kurth;J. Michael Gaziano;Klaus Berger;Carlos S. Kase

  • Results of Multivariable Logistic Regression, Propensity Matching, Propensity Adjustment, and Propensity-based Weighting under Conditions of Nonuniform Effect

    Tobias Kurth;Alexander M. Walker;Robert J. Glynn;K. Arnold Chan

  • Meta-analysis of 375,000 individuals identifies 38 susceptibility loci for migraine

    Padhraig Gormley;Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Bendik S. Winsvold;Bendik S. Winsvold;Priit Palta

  • Early, goal-directed mobilisation in the surgical intensive care unit: a randomised controlled trial

    Stefan J Schaller;Matthew Anstey;Manfred Blobner;Thomas Edrich

  • Benzodiazepine use and risk of Alzheimer’s disease: case-control study

    Sophie Billioti de Gage;Yola Moride;Thierry Ducruet;Tobias Kurth;Tobias Kurth

  • Vitamins E and C in the prevention of prostate and total cancer in men: the Physicians' Health Study II randomized controlled trial.

    J. Michael Gaziano;Robert J. Glynn;William G. Christen;Tobias Kurth

  • Migraine and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Women

    Tobias Kurth;J. Michael Gaziano;Nancy R. Cook;Giancarlo Logroscino

  • Cholesterol and the risk of renal dysfunction in apparently healthy men

    Elke S. Schaeffner;Tobias Kurth;Gary C. Curhan;Robert J. Glynn

  • Association between body mass index and CKD in apparently healthy men.

    Rebecca P. Gelber;Tobias Kurth;Annamaria T. Kausz;JoAnn E. Manson

  • Benzodiazepine use and risk of dementia: prospective population based study

    Hélène Verdoux;Hélène Verdoux;Jean-François Dartigues;Jean-François Dartigues

  • Genome-wide association study reveals three susceptibility loci for common migraine in the general population.

    Daniel I Chasman;Markus Schürks;Markus Schürks;Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Boukje de Vries

  • Inverse association between cancer and Alzheimer's disease: results from the Framingham Heart Study

    Jane A Driver;Alexa Beiser;Rhoda Au;Bernard E Kreger

  • Incidence and predictors for chronicity of headache in patients with episodic migraine

    Z. Katsarava;S. Schneeweiss;T. Kurth;U. Kroener

  • Mesenchymal stem cells: a perspective from in vitro cultures to in vivo migration and niches

    Andrea Augello;Tobias B Kurth;Cosimo De Bari

  • Complications of endotracheal intubation in the critically ill.

    Donald E. G. Griesdale;Donald E. G. Griesdale;T. Laine Bosma;Tobias Kurth;George Isac;George Isac

  • Measures of Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk Among Men and Women

    Rebecca P. Gelber;J. Michael Gaziano;J. Michael Gaziano;E. John Orav;E. John Orav;JoAnn E. Manson;JoAnn E. Manson

Frequent Co-Authors

Julie E. Buring
Julie E. Buring Brigham and Women's Hospital
J. Michael Gaziano
J. Michael Gaziano Brigham and Women's Hospital
Daniel I. Chasman
Daniel I. Chasman Brigham and Women's Hospital
Paul M. Ridker
Paul M. Ridker Brigham and Women's Hospital
Hans-Christoph Diener
Hans-Christoph Diener University of Duisburg-Essen
Aarno Palotie
Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki
Meir J. Stampfer
Meir J. Stampfer Harvard University
Christophe Tzourio
Christophe Tzourio University of Bordeaux
Dale R. Nyholt
Dale R. Nyholt Queensland University of Technology
Giancarlo Logroscino
Giancarlo Logroscino University of Bari Aldo Moro

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