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History of Medicine and Tropical Health

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Savannah L. Williamson
Sul Ross State University
2
Pedro Jimenez Cantisano
Insper
3
Marie Kaniecki
University of California, Los Angeles
4
Jerry Dávila
University of Illinois System
5
Sanjeet Bagcchi
Unknown
6
Mariana Lenharo
Maria College
7
Kelly Urban
University of South Alabama
8
Diana Anunciação
Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administracao do Porto
9
Denis Guedes Jogas
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
10
Anna Greenwood
Sage Bionetworks

Rising Stars Papers

1
Hopes dashed for drug aimed at monkeypox virus spreading in Africa
Nature|2024
38 cit.
2
The consciousness wars: can scientists ever agree on how the mind works?
Nature|2024
31 cit.
3
A Miscarriage of Justice: Women's Reproductive Lives and the Law in Early Twentieth-Century Brazil
Hispanic American Historical Review|2024
20 cit.
4
Move over, CRISPR: RNA-editing therapies pick up steam
Nature|2024
19 cit.
5
ChatGPT turns two: how the AI chatbot has changed scientists’ lives
Nature|2024
19 cit.
6
Google AI has better bedside manner than human doctors — and makes better diagnoses
Nature|2024
17 cit.
7
Brazil’s record dengue surge: why a vaccine campaign is unlikely to stop it
Nature|2024
17 cit.
8
Obesity drugs have another superpower: taming inflammation
Nature|2024
12 cit.
9
What should we do if AI becomes conscious? These scientists say it’s time for a plan
Nature|2024
10 cit.
10
Hope for global pandemic treaty rises — despite missed deadline
Nature|2024
8 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Francisco Norberto Moreira da Silva
Universidade de Brasília
2
Diane Grosklaus Whitty
Unknown
3
Jessica Lynne Pearson
Macalester College
4
Lívia Angeli Silva
Universidade Federal da Bahia
5
Jonas Kreienbaum
Freie Universität Berlin
6
Maísa Faleiros da Cunha
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
7
Thiago Henrique dos Santos Silva
Universidade de São Paulo
8
Meghie Rodrigues
World Federation of Science Journalists
9
Luana Costa Pierre de Messias
Instituto Federal Fluminense
10
Ricardo Fernandes de Menezes
Secretaria da Saúde

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
The Amazon’s record-setting drought: how bad will it be?
Nature|2023
24 cit.
2
Bolsonaro’s troubled legacy for science, health and the environment
Nature|2022
17 cit.
3
How a Brazilian dinosaur sparked a movement to decolonize fossil science
Nature|2022
10 cit.
4
Oil from the Amazon? Proposal to drill at river’s mouth worries researchers
Nature|2023
10 cit.
5
Will Brazil’s President Lula keep his climate promises?
Nature|2023
9 cit.
6
How climate change could drive an increase in gender-based violence
Nature|2022
5 cit.
7
Estado da arte sobre Práticas Avançadas em Enfermagem: reflexões para a agenda no Brasil
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem|2022
5 cit.
8
What happened at COP30? 4 science take-homes from the climate summit
Nature|2025
5 cit.
9
Why 2023 was a bittersweet year for Brazilian science
Nature|2023
4 cit.
10
‘Who will protect us from seeing the world’s largest rainforest burn?’ The mental exhaustion faced by climate scientists
Nature|2024
4 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Sandra Crouse Quinn
Acrea (Czechia)
2
Allan M. Brandt
Harvard University
3
Megan Vaughan
London Cancer
4
Alexandra Minna Stern
Karolinska University Hospital
5
Sharon L. Snyder
University of Chicago
6
Edward J. Larson
Pepperdine University
7
Joseph C. Miller
Rochester Institute of Technology
8
Janet Golden
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
9
Magali Romero Sá
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
10
Paulo Dalgalarrondo
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Racism and Research: The Case of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study
The Hastings Center Report|1978
848 cit.
2
The Tuskegee Syphilis Study, 1932 to 1972: implications for HIV education and AIDS risk education programs in the black community.
American Journal of Public Health|1991
786 cit.
3
No Magic Bullet: A Social History of Venereal Disease in the United States since 1880
The American Historical Review|1986
711 cit.
4
Curing Their Ills: Colonial Power and African Illness
The International Journal of African Historical Studies|1992
573 cit.
5
Way of Death: Merchant Capitalism and the Angolan Slave Trade 1730-1830
African Economic History|1989
471 cit.
6
Cultural Locations of Disability
Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research|2007
327 cit.
7
Measuring vaccine hesitancy, confidence, trust and flu vaccine uptake: Results of a national survey of White and African American adults
Vaccine|2019
322 cit.
8
The History Of Vaccines And Immunization: Familiar Patterns, New Challenges
Health Affairs|2005
305 cit.
9
Racial Disparities in Exposure, Susceptibility, and Access to Health Care in the US H1N1 Influenza Pandemic
American Journal of Public Health|2010
292 cit.
10
Exchanging Our Country Marks: The Transformation of African Identities in the Colonial and Antebellum South.
The Journal of Southern History|1999
292 cit.

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