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Healthcare Systems and Challenges

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Jacqui Wise
Transnational Press London
2
Clare Dyer
BMJ Group (United Kingdom)
3
Mohammad S Razai
University of Cambridge
4
Janice Hopkins Tanne
New York Proton Center
5
Clare Dyer
BMJ Group (United Kingdom)
6
Kate Bowie
BMJ Group (United Kingdom)
7
Adrian O’Dowd
Transnational Press London
8
Jennifer Abbasi
WinnMed
9
Malorie Perry
Public Health Wales
10
Elizabeth Gourd
Unknown

Rising Stars Papers

1
Implementation challenges of artificial intelligence (AI) in primary care: Perspectives of general practitioners in London UK
PLoS ONE|2024
25 cit.
2
Global life expectancy to increase by almost five years by 2050, study predicts
BMJ|2024
21 cit.
3
Guidelines on gender related treatment flouted standards and overlooked poor evidence, finds Cass review
BMJ|2024
18 cit.
4
Former GP is suspended for five months over protests to end fossil fuel extraction
BMJ|2024
14 cit.
5
Robert F Kennedy Jr pulls funding for mRNA vaccine research
BMJ|2025
14 cit.
6
Competition ratios: Hundreds of doctors compete for some specialty training posts, show “scandalous” NHS data
BMJ|2025
14 cit.
7
Some 11.8 million Americans projected to lose health insurance as Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act passes
BMJ|2025
13 cit.
8
Covid-19: Two rare vaccine side effects detected in large global study
BMJ|2024
12 cit.
9
Wegovy: FDA approves weight loss drug to cut cardiovascular risk
BMJ|2024
12 cit.
10
Antisemitism in medicine: As Wes Streeting vows sweeping changes, how did we get here?
BMJ|2025
12 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
André Peralta‐Santos
Direção Geral do Território
2
Michael Redisch
Unknown
3
Doris Pfabigan
Vienna University of Economics and Business
4
Jim Butler
Royal Oldham Hospital
5
Justin Koonin
Cancer Council Australia
6
Diana Montoya‐Williams
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
7
Dean Phelan
Victorian Clinical Genetics Services
8
Angela A. Shen
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
9
Ben Zaranko
Institute for Fiscal Studies
10
MontagutiCarlo
Unknown

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Nurse staffing and inpatient mortality in the English National Health Service: a retrospective longitudinal study
BMJ Quality & Safety|2022
50 cit.
2
Recommendations for Reporting Research About Racial Disparities in Medical and Scientific Journals
JAMA Pediatrics|2024
37 cit.
3
Preterm Birth Risk and Maternal Nativity, Ethnicity, and Race
JAMA Network Open|2024
36 cit.
4
The Complicated Inadequacy of Race and Ethnicity Data
JAMA Pediatrics|2022
30 cit.
5
Omicron (BA.1) SARS-CoV-2 Variant Is Associated With Reduced Risk of Hospitalization and Length of Stay Compared With Delta (B.1.617.2)
SSRN Electronic Journal|2022
19 cit.
6
Comparative Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccines in Preventing Infections and Disease Progression from SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.5 and BA.2, Portugal
Emerging infectious diseases|2023
15 cit.
7
Childhood Asthma Disparities—Race, Place, or Not Keeping Pace?
JAMA Pediatrics|2022
12 cit.
8
Best Practices for the Conduct of Antiracist Research
JAMA Pediatrics|2022
7 cit.
9
The neglected epidemic—Risk factors associated with road traffic injuries in Mozambique: Results of the 2016 INCOMAS study
PLOS Global Public Health|2022
7 cit.
10
Overcoming barriers to the recruitment of immigrant Hispanic people in perinatal research
Health Services Research|2023
7 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Lawrence H. Summers
Harvard University
2
Martin McKee
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
3
Richard Peto
University of Oxford
4
Laura Huang
Northeastern University
5
Azeem Majeed
Imperial College London
6
Reshma Jagsi
Emory University
7
Abe Fingerhut
Medical University of Graz
8
Justin Waring
University of Nottingham
9
Elizabeth J. King
University of Michigan
10
Atul A. Gawande
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Design and analysis of randomized clinical trials requiring prolonged observation of each patient. II. Analysis and examples
British Journal of Cancer|1977
8.4k cit.
2
A Surgical Safety Checklist to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality in a Global Population
New England Journal of Medicine|2009
5.6k cit.
3
The Causes of Cancer: Quantitative Estimates of Avoidable Risks of Cancer in the United States Today
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute|1981
3.9k cit.
4
The Causes of Cancer: Quantitative Estimates of Avoidable Risks of Cancer in the United States Today
Unknown Journal|1983
3.5k cit.
5
Asymptotically Efficient Rank Invariant Test Procedures
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General)|1972
3.4k cit.
6
An estimation of the global volume of surgery: a modelling strategy based on available data
The Lancet|2008
2.5k cit.
7
Lack of Effect of Long-Term Supplementation with Beta Carotene on the Incidence of Malignant Neoplasms and Cardiovascular Disease
New England Journal of Medicine|1996
2.4k cit.
8
Design and analysis of randomized clinical trials requiring prolonged observation of each patient. I. Introduction and design
British Journal of Cancer|1976
2.3k cit.
9
Mean reversion in stock prices
Journal of Financial Economics|1988
1.9k cit.
10
Central Bank Independence and Macroeconomic Performance: Some Comparative Evidence
Journal of money credit and banking|1993
1.8k cit.

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