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Sandro Galea

Researcher at Boston University

Publications -  1221
Citations -  70071

Sandro Galea is an academic researcher from Boston University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 115, co-authored 1129 publications receiving 58396 citations. Previous affiliations of Sandro Galea include University of California, Berkeley & Dartmouth College.

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Enhancing discovery of genetic variants for PTSD through integration of quantitative phenotypes and trauma exposure information

Adam X. Maihofer, +238 more
TL;DR: In this article, a quantitative approach to PTSD phenotype measurement and incorporation of lifetime trauma exposure (LTE) information could enhance the discovery power of PTSD genome-wide association studies (GWAS).
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Urbanicity, Urbanization, and the Urban Environment

TL;DR: Galea et al. as discussed by the authors provided a summary of the key issues that pertain to our understanding of the role urbanization and urbanicity play in shaping population health and referred the reader to other published work that discusses these issues in substantially more detail.
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Tuberculosis report among injection drug users and their partners in Kazakhstan

TL;DR: Older men with a history of incarceration and recent injection drug use were more likely to have positive TB test in Kazakhstan and social network support, while potentially positive for many aspects of population health, may increase risk of TB among IDUs in this context.
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Neighborhood environment, social cohesion, and epigenetic aging.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined associations between three neighborhood social environment measures (poverty, quality, and social cohesion) and three epigenetic clocks (Horvath, Hannum, and PhenoAge) using data from the Detroit Neighborhood Health Study (n=158).
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What is considered as global health scholarship? A meta-knowledge analysis of global health journals and definitions.

TL;DR: The analysis suggests that global health has not truly moved beyond its predecessor, international health, and there is a need to define the parameters of the discipline and investigate the disconnect between what is published in global health versus how the field is defined.