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COVID-19 and healthcare impacts

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Waqaar Shah
Department of Health and Social Care
2
Rosaline de Koning
University of Oxford
3
Sebastian Romano
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
4
Claire McGroder
Pulmonary and Allergy Associates
5
Todd Burus
University of Kentucky
6
Hanna B. Demeke
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
7
Laura Semenzato
Laboratoire Cognitions Humaine et Artificielle
8
Erin Webb
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
9
Benedict Lünsmann
University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus
10
Aviva S. Mattingly
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Papers

1
Publication in JAMA Oncology (2024) [50 citations, W4392034612]
JAMA Oncology|2024
50 cit.
2
Publication in JAMA (2024) [48 citations, W4401876982]
JAMA|2024
48 cit.
3
COVID-19 and Rates of Cancer Diagnosis in the US
JAMA Network Open|2024
34 cit.
4
Publication in JAMA Network Open (2024) [23 citations, W4396988607]
JAMA Network Open|2024
23 cit.
5
Publication in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery (2024) [21 citations, W4393931485]
JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery|2024
21 cit.
6
Publication in JAMA Network Open (2025) [18 citations, W4416999172]
JAMA Network Open|2025
18 cit.
7
Publication in Cancer Causes & Control (2024) [13 citations, W4399130359]
Cancer Causes & Control|2024
13 cit.
8
Improved pulmonary function and exercise tolerance despite persistent pulmonary fibrosis over 1 year after severe COVID-19 infection
Thorax|2024
11 cit.
9
Publication in International Journal of Cancer (2024) [4 citations, W4404622302]
International Journal of Cancer|2024
4 cit.
10
Publication in Journal of the American College of Surgeons (2025) [4 citations, W4407203662]
Journal of the American College of Surgeons|2025
4 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
A Ghani
Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology
2
Hong Shan
Sun Yat-sen University
3
Jack West
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
4
Miao Liu
Brigham and Women's Hospital
5
Ming‐Yen Ng
University of Hong Kong
6
Emily N. Ussery
Visual Health Information
7
Gianluca Trobia
Ospedale Cannizzaro
8
Anna Stachel
Pfizer (United States)
9
Cheng-liang Zhu
Wuhan University
10
Cécile Tran Kiem
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Papers

1
CpG Island Methylation of Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling-1 Gene Induced by HCV Is Associated With HCV-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Frontiers in Microbiology|2022
40 cit.
2
RNA Helicase DDX24 Stabilizes LAMB1 to Promote Hepatocellular Carcinoma Progression
Cancer Research|2022
37 cit.
3
A cyclic peptide-based PROTAC induces intracellular degradation of palmitoyltransferase and potently decreases PD-L1 expression in human cervical cancer cells
Frontiers in Immunology|2023
34 cit.
4
Solvent Exchange Induced In Situ Formed Hydrogel as Liquid Embolic Agents
Advanced Functional Materials|2023
27 cit.
5
Estimating the reproduction number and transmission heterogeneity from the size distribution of clusters of identical pathogen sequences
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2024
26 cit.
6
Using the Indocyanine Green (ICG) Lymphography to Screen Breast Cancer Patients at High Risk for Lymphedema
Diagnostics|2022
17 cit.
7
Structural and biofunctional evaluation of decellularized jellyfish matrices
Journal of Materials Chemistry B|2023
15 cit.
8
Dual‐Targeted Engineered Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Immunotherapy
Advanced Functional Materials|2024
15 cit.
9
Prognostic Utility of Cardiac MRI Myocardial Strain Parameters in Patients With Ischemic and Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy: A Multicenter Study
American Journal of Roentgenology|2022
14 cit.
10
Diagnostic accuracy of cardiovascular magnetic resonance strain analysis and atrial size to identify heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
European Heart Journal Open|2023
14 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Nanshan Zhong
State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease
2
Ahmedin Jemal
American Cancer Society
3
Freddie Bray
Centre international de recherche sur le cancer
4
Ben Goldacre
Angkor Hospital for Children
5
Satish K. Pillai
University of California, San Francisco
6
Jianxin Song
Tongji Hospital
7
Christopher J L Murray
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
8
Jianxing He
First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
9
Silvio Brusaferro
University of Udine
10
Jerrold H. Levy
Duke University

Papers

1
Global Cancer Statistics 2020: GLOBOCAN Estimates of Incidence and Mortality Worldwide for 36 Cancers in 185 Countries
CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians|2021
112.5k cit.
2
Global cancer statistics 2018: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries
CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians|2018
87.7k cit.
3
Global cancer statistics
CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians|2011
55k cit.
4
Clinical Characteristics of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in China
New England Journal of Medicine|2020
31.2k cit.
5
Cancer incidence and mortality worldwide: Sources, methods and major patterns in GLOBOCAN 2012
International Journal of Cancer|2014
29k cit.
6
Global cancer statistics, 2012
CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians|2015
27.4k cit.
7
Global cancer statistics 2022: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries
CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians|2024
23.1k cit.
8
Cancer statistics, 2020
CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians|2020
21.4k cit.
9
Cancer statistics, 2019
CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians|2019
21k cit.
10
Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
The Lancet|2020
19.2k cit.

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