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Majid Ezzati

Imperial College London · GB
Area of research
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis · Pollution
Research interest
Research interests include Air Quality and Health Impacts, Energy and Environment Impacts, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology, and Child Nutrition and Water Access.
h-index
144
citations
171,784
works
572
NIH funding
primary concept
Medicine
email

Recent publications

Obesity rise plateaus in developed nations and accelerates in developing nations
Nature 2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Prediction of incident heart failure in individuals without prior cardiovascular disease: the SCORE2-HF risk model
European Heart Journal 2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
The 2025 report of the Lancet Countdown to 2030 for women's, children's, and adolescents' health: tracking progress on health and nutrition
The Lancet 2025cited by 39position: middledoi
Characterizing air and noise pollution and their determinants in elementary schools in Accra, Ghana.
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Author Correction: Cardiometabolic and renal phenotypes and transitions in the United States population.
2024cited by 0position: contributordoi
Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in China, 2004-18: findings from six rounds of a national survey
BMJ 2023cited by 280position: middledoi
Global variation in diabetes diagnosis and prevalence based on fasting glucose and hemoglobin A1c.
2023cited by 65position: contributordoi
Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents' growth and development.
2023cited by 37position: contributordoi
Short-term excess mortality following tropical cyclones in the United States.
2023cited by 15position: contributordoi
Using deep transfer learning and satellite imagery to estimate urban air quality in data-poor regions
Environmental Pollution 2023cited by 13position: middledoi
Cardiometabolic and renal phenotypes and transitions in the United States population.
2023cited by 9position: contributordoi
Changes in life expectancy and house prices in London from 2002 to 2019: hyper-resolution spatiotemporal analysis of death registration and real estate data
The Lancet Regional Health - Europe 2023cited by 8position: contributordoi
Ultra-high-resolution mapping of ambient fine particulate matter to estimate human exposure in Beijing.
2023cited by 5position: contributordoi
Strangers in a strange land: Mapping household and neighbourhood associations with improved wellbeing outcomes in Accra, Ghana
Cities 2023cited by 4position: contributordoi
National, regional, and global estimates of anaemia by severity in women and children for 2000–19: a pooled analysis of population-representative data
The Lancet Global Health 2022cited by 466position: middledoi
Health and development from preconception to 20 years of age and human capital
The Lancet 2022cited by 106position: middledoi
Comparing human exposure to fine particulate matter in low and high-income countries: A systematic review of studies measuring personal PM2.5 exposure
The Science of The Total Environment 2022cited by 71position: middledoi
Lessons learned and lessons missed: impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on all-cause mortality in 40 industrialised countries and US states prior to mass vaccination
Wellcome Open Research 2022cited by 23position: lastdoi
Characterisation of urban environment and activity across space and time using street images and deep learning in Accra.
2022cited by 5position: contributordoi
Synthesizing the links between secure housing tenure and health for more equitable cities.
2022cited by 4position: contributordoi
Synthesizing the links between secure housing tenure and health for more equitable cities
Wellcome Open Research 2022cited by 3position: contributordoi
Global epidemiology, health burden and effective interventions for elevated blood pressure and hypertension
Nature Reviews Cardiology 2021cited by 1,459position: lastdoi
Global epidemiology, health burden and effective interventions for elevated blood pressure and hypertension.
2021cited by 1,004position: contributordoi
Body-mass index and obesity in urban and rural China: findings from consecutive nationally representative surveys during 2004–18
The Lancet 2021cited by 565position: middledoi
Burden of disease among the world’s poorest billion people: An expert-informed secondary analysis of Global Burden of Disease estimates
PLoS ONE 2021cited by 88position: middledoi
Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight.
2021cited by 68position: contributordoi
Community factors and excess mortality in first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in England.
2021cited by 46position: contributordoi
Nowhere to Play: Available Open and Green Space in Greater London Schools
Journal of Urban Health 2021cited by 31position: middledoi
Chemical Investigation of Household Solid Fuel Use and Outdoor Air Pollution Contributions to Personal PM<sub>2.5</sub> Exposures
Environmental Science & Technology 2021cited by 30position: middledoi
Lessons learned and lessons missed: impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on all-cause mortality in 40 industrialised countries and US states prior to mass vaccination.
2021cited by 21position: contributordoi

Grants

DRU: Energy, Air Pollution, and Health Inequalities in Accra, Ghana: Understanding the Technological, Social, and Behavioral Determinants
NSF0527536$746,2082006–2010PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

· 27 papers (2019–2025)Goodarz Danaei · Harvard University12 papers (2012–2020)James E. Bennett · University of Castilla-La Mancha9 papers (2015–2023)Christopher J L Murray · Western Sydney University8 papers (2012–2016)Colin Mathers · Ospedale Cristo Re8 papers (2016–2022)Dariush Mozaffarian · Tufts Medical Center7 papers (2013–2019)Jill Baumgartner · Institute for Work & Health7 papers (2019–2023)Wafaie Fawzi · World Vegetable Center7 papers (2013–2016)Mohsen Naghavi · National Heart Lung and Blood Institute7 papers (2012–2014)George A. Mensah · National Institutes of Health7 papers (2012–2021)Paul Elliott · Imperial College London7 papers (2015–2021)Robert E. Black · University of Manitoba6 papers (2013–2016)Christopher Paciorek · University of California, Berkeley6 papers (2012–2022)Mohammad H. Forouzanfar · University of Tehran6 papers (2012–2014)Shahab Khatibzadeh · Tufts University6 papers (2012–2015)Seth Flaxman · University of Oxford6 papers (2012–2022)Richard T. Burnett · Health Canada6 papers (2014–2020)Farshad Farzadfar · Myocarditis Foundation6 papers (2012–2020)Michael Bräuer · University of British Columbia5 papers (2014–2023)Gitanjali M Singh · Banaras Hindu University5 papers (2012–2020)