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Distinguished Figures

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Distinguished Figures

Rob D. Knight

Rob D. Knight has 2,103 works and 450,843 citations. Last known institutional associations: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; University of California System; University of California San Diego. Research topics include Gut microbiota and health, …

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Simon Iain Hay

Simon Iain Hay has 987 works and 454,277 citations. Last known institutional associations: University of Washington; Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. Research topics include Malaria Research and Control, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Global …

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Mark J. Daly

Mark J. Daly has 1,467 works and 454,284 citations. Last known institutional associations: Broad Institute; University of Helsinki; Harvard University; Massachusetts General Hospital; Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland; HiLIFE – Elämäntieteiden Instituut…

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Gregory Y.H. Lip

Gregory Y.H. Lip has 7,472 works and 462,686 citations. Last known institutional associations: Seoul National University; Medical University of Białystok; University of Liverpool; Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; University of Białystok; Fudan Universit…

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Stacey Gabriel

Stacey Gabriel has 924 works and 466,177 citations. Last known institutional associations: Broad Institute; Mass General Brigham. Research topics include Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Genomics and Rare Diseases, Chroma…

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Michaël Grätzel

Michaël Grätzel has 2,980 works and 466,794 citations. Last known institutional associations: Nankai University; Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research; École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne; Sungkyunkwan University. Research topics include TiO2 Phot…

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Theo Vos

Theo Vos has 903 works and 471,403 citations. Last known institutional associations: University of Washington; Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. Research topics include Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Global Health and Epidemi…

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Jacques Ferlay

Jacques Ferlay has 224 works and 474,674 citations. Last known institutional associations: Centre international de recherche sur le cancer. Research topics include Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection, Advances in On…

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Walter Churchill Willett

Walter Churchill Willett has 3,565 works and 479,658 citations. Last known institutional associations: Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard University. Research topics include Nutritional Studies and Diet, Cancer Risks and Factors, Fatty Acid Research and Hea…

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Zhong Lin Wang

Zhong Lin Wang has 4,038 works and 491,006 citations. Last known institutional associations: Georgia Institute of Technology; Anhui University; Hengyang Normal University; Guangxi University; Chongqing University; Yonsei University; Chinese Academy of Sciences…

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Jennifer Tetzlaff

Jennifer Tetzlaff has 90 works and 498,036 citations. Research topics include Meta-analysis and systematic reviews, Clinical practice guidelines implementation, Delphi Technique in Research, Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials, scientometrics and bibliometr…

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Victor Aboyans

Victor Aboyans has 1,036 works and 500,779 citations. Research topics include Peripheral Artery Disease Management, Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention, Vascular Procedures and Complications, Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies, Diabetes, Cardiova…

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Geoffrey E. Hinton

Geoffrey E. Hinton has 562 works and 530,050 citations. Last known institutional associations: Microsoft (United States); University of Toronto. Research topics include Neural Networks and Applications, Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference, Advanced Neural N…

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Freddie Bray

Freddie Bray has 691 works and 536,806 citations. Last known institutional associations: World Health Organization; Centre international de recherche sur le cancer. Research topics include Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, Colorectal Cancer Screening and …

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Rebecca L. Siegel

Rebecca L. Siegel has 281 works and 565,687 citations. Last known institutional associations: American Cancer Society. Research topics include Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection, Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatmen…

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Christopher J L Murray

Christopher J L Murray has 930 works and 572,865 citations. Last known institutional associations: University of Washington; Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. Research topics include Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management, Global Health a…

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Yoshua Bengio

Yoshua Bengio has 1,579 works and 577,836 citations. Research topics include Neural Networks and Applications, Topic Modeling, Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning, Advanced Neural Network Applications, Machine Learning and Algorithms. …

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Kaiming He

Kaiming He has 125 works and 591,105 citations. Last known institutional associations: Google DeepMind (United Kingdom); Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research topics include Advanced Neural Network Applications, Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learnin…

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Eric S. Lander

Eric S. Lander has 1,110 works and 668,036 citations. Last known institutional associations: Broad Institute; Harvard University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research topics include Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Genetic Associations and Epidemiol…

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Ahmedin Jemal

Ahmedin Jemal has 1,112 works and 742,047 citations. Last known institutional associations: American Cancer Society. Research topics include Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection, Health disparities and outcomes, Canc…

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David Moher

David Moher has 1,594 works and 909,406 citations. Last known institutional associations: St. Michael's Hospital; University of Ottawa; University of Toronto; Ottawa Hospital; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; Unity Health Toronto. Research topics include Me…

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Douglas G. Altman

Douglas G. Altman has 1,634 works and 1,101,958 citations. Research topics include Meta-analysis and systematic reviews, Statistical Methods in Epidemiology, Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials, Academic Publishing and Open Access, Clinical practice guideli…

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