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Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Yan-Ran Wang
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
2
Man Yang
Taiwan Centers for Disease Control
3
Pacific Huynh
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
4
Alexia Blandin
Hôpitaux de Saint Maurice
5
Ebenezer K Aryee
Johns Hopkins University
6
Or Lazarescu
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
7
Ana Carolina do A. H. de Souza
Brigham and Women's Hospital
8
Huazhong Yang
Yangtze University
9
Natalia Eberhardt
Hinge Health
10
Hahn Nahmgoong
Seoul National University

Papers

1
Screening and diagnosis of cardiovascular disease using artificial intelligence-enabled cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
Nature Medicine|2024
160 cit.
2
Publication in Journal of the American Heart Association (2024) [99 citations, W4402846483]
Journal of the American Heart Association|2024
99 cit.
3
Publication in Nature (2024) [91 citations, W4403921869]
Nature|2024
91 cit.
4
Publication in European Heart Journal (2025) [46 citations, W4406595797]
European Heart Journal|2025
46 cit.
5
Human subcutaneous and visceral adipocyte atlases uncover classical and nonclassical adipocytes and depot-specific patterns
Nature Genetics|2025
38 cit.
6
Advancing presurgical non-invasive molecular subgroup prediction in medulloblastoma using artificial intelligence and MRI signatures
Cancer Cell|2024
24 cit.
7
Publication in PLoS ONE (2024) [11 citations, W4391808241]
PLoS ONE|2024
11 cit.
8
Publication in Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering (2024) [7 citations, W4390988262]
Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering|2024
7 cit.
9
Publication in BMC Public Health (2025) [3 citations, W4415614297]
BMC Public Health|2025
3 cit.
10
Publication in Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (2024) [1 citation, W4400952994]
Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology|2024
1 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Paul Cohen
Rockefeller University
2
Fabio Sanna
Churchill Hospital
3
Daniel I. Chasman
Brigham and Women's Hospital
4
Jana V. van Vliet‐Ostaptchouk
University of Groningen
5
Tsegaselassie Workalemahu
University of Utah Health Care
6
Sebastien Cadet
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
7
Charalambos Antoniades
University of Oxford
8
Faranak Fattahi
University of California, San Francisco
9
Peter Godsk Jørgensen
Copenhagen University Hospital
10
Pritisheel K. Banga
University of Miami

Papers

1
Deriving Schwann cells from hPSCs enables disease modeling and drug discovery for diabetic peripheral neuropathy
Cell stem cell|2023
47 cit.
2
LRG1 is an adipokine that promotes insulin sensitivity and suppresses inflammation
eLife|2022
37 cit.
3
Brown adipose tissue is not associated with cachexia or increased mortality in a retrospective study of patients with cancer
American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism|2022
24 cit.
4
Whole-genome sequencing analysis in families with recurrent pregnancy loss: A pilot study
PLoS ONE|2023
18 cit.
5
A Clearing Method for Three-Dimensional Imaging of Adipose Tissue
Methods in molecular biology|2022
11 cit.
6
Engrafted nitrergic neurons derived from hPSCs improve gut dysmotility in mice
Nature|2025
9 cit.
7
Copy number variants and fetal structural abnormalities in stillborn fetuses: A secondary analysis of the Stillbirth Collaborative Research Network study
BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology|2023
8 cit.
8
Familial aggregation of stillbirth: A pedigree analysis of a matched case–control study
BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology|2022
7 cit.
9
Diagnostic and prognostic value of the electrocardiogram in stable outpatients with type 2 diabetes
Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal|2022
6 cit.
10
Copy number variants and placental abnormalities in stillborn fetuses: A secondary analysis of the Stillbirth Collaborative Research Network study
BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology|2022
4 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Anthony W. Ferrante
Columbia University
2
Yūji Matsuzawa
Sumitomo Hospital
3
Karine Clément
Inserm
4
Charalambos Antoniades
University of Oxford
5
Jean‐Pierre Després
Université Laval
6
Damini Dey
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
7
Saverio Cinti
Marche Polytechnic University
8
Andrew S. Greenberg
Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging
9
Takashi Kadowaki
Toranomon Hospital
10
Samuel Klein
Columbia University

Papers

1
Obesity is associated with macrophage accumulation in adipose tissue
Journal of Clinical Investigation|2003
8.6k cit.
2
Obesity is associated with macrophage accumulation in adipose tissue
Journal of Clinical Investigation|2003
8.3k cit.
3
The fat-derived hormone adiponectin reverses insulin resistance associated with both lipoatrophy and obesity
Nature Medicine|2001
4.9k cit.
4
Paradoxical Decrease of an Adipose-Specific Protein, Adiponectin, in Obesity
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications|1999
4.9k cit.
5
Adiponectin stimulates glucose utilization and fatty-acid oxidation by activating AMP-activated protein kinase
Nature Medicine|2002
4.2k cit.
6
Cloning of adiponectin receptors that mediate antidiabetic metabolic effects
Nature|2003
3.2k cit.
7
Plasma Concentrations of a Novel, Adipose-Specific Protein, Adiponectin, in Type 2 Diabetic Patients
Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology|2000
3.1k cit.
8
Adipocyte death defines macrophage localization and function in adipose tissue of obese mice and humans
Journal of Lipid Research|2005
2.5k cit.
9
Novel Modulator for Endothelial Adhesion Molecules
Circulation|1999
2.1k cit.
10
Diet-induced insulin resistance in mice lacking adiponectin/ACRP30
Nature Medicine|2002
2.1k cit.

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