Ashkan Afshin

Ashkan Afshin

University of Washington

H-index: 69

North America-United States

About Ashkan Afshin

Ashkan Afshin, With an exceptional h-index of 69 and a recent h-index of 67 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Washington, specializes in the field of Health Metrics, NCD Prevention.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Landscaping of Urine Proteome: Unlocking Diagnostic Potential and Overcoming Unique Challenges

A novel proteomics-based plasma test for early detection of multiple cancers in the general population

Health effects associated with vegetable consumption: a Burden of Proof study

The Burden of Proof studies: assessing the evidence of risk

Health effects associated with consumption of unprocessed red meat: a Burden of Proof study

Burden of diabetes and hyperglycaemia in adults in the Americas, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

Life expectancy for White, Black, and Hispanic race/ethnicity in US states: trends and disparities, 1990 to 2019

Basis for changes in the disease burden estimates related to vitamin A and zinc deficiencies in the 2017 and 2019 Global Burden of Disease Studies

Ashkan Afshin Information

University

Position

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Citations(all)

138424

Citations(since 2020)

113735

Cited By

62819

hIndex(all)

69

hIndex(since 2020)

67

i10Index(all)

108

i10Index(since 2020)

103

Email

University Profile Page

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Ashkan Afshin Skills & Research Interests

Health Metrics

NCD Prevention

Top articles of Ashkan Afshin

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Landscaping of Urine Proteome: Unlocking Diagnostic Potential and Overcoming Unique Challenges

medRxiv

Bogdan Budnik

Hossein Amirkhani

Klaus Weinberger

Karine Sargsyan

Mohammad H Forouzanfar

...

2023

A novel proteomics-based plasma test for early detection of multiple cancers in the general population

medRxiv

Bogdan Budnik

Hossein Amirkhani

Mohammad H Forouzanfar

Ashkan Afshin

2023

Health effects associated with vegetable consumption: a Burden of Proof study

Nature medicine

Jeffrey D Stanaway

Ashkan Afshin

Charlie Ashbaugh

Catherine Bisignano

Michael Brauer

...

2022/10

The Burden of Proof studies: assessing the evidence of risk

Nature Medicine

Peng Zheng

Ashkan Afshin

Stan Biryukov

Catherine Bisignano

Michael Brauer

...

2022/10

Health effects associated with consumption of unprocessed red meat: a Burden of Proof study

Nature Medicine

Haley Lescinsky

Ashkan Afshin

Charlie Ashbaugh

Catherine Bisignano

Michael Brauer

...

2022/10

Burden of diabetes and hyperglycaemia in adults in the Americas, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

The lancet Diabetes & endocrinology

Ewerton Cousin

Maria Inês Schmidt

Kanyin Liane Ong

Rafael Lozano

Ashkan Afshin

...

2022/9/1

Life expectancy for White, Black, and Hispanic race/ethnicity in US states: trends and disparities, 1990 to 2019

Annals of internal medicine

Catherine O Johnson

Alexandra S Boon-Dooley

Nicole K DeCleene

Kiana F Henny

Brigette F Blacker

...

2022/8

Basis for changes in the disease burden estimates related to vitamin A and zinc deficiencies in the 2017 and 2019 Global Burden of Disease Studies

Public Health Nutrition

Sonja Y Hess

Alexander C McLain

Haley Lescinsky

Kenneth H Brown

Ashkan Afshin

...

2022/8

Use of multidimensional item response theory methods for dementia prevalence prediction: an example using the Health and Retirement Survey and the Aging, Demographics, and …

BMC medical informatics and decision making

2021/12

Trends in prevalence of blindness and distance and near vision impairment over 30 years: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study

The Lancet global health

Rupert Bourne

Jaimie D Steinmetz

Seth Flaxman

Paul Svitil Briant

Hugh R Taylor

...

2021/2/1

Challenges for estimating the global prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies and related disease burden: a case study of the global burden of disease study

Current Developments in Nutrition

Sonja Y Hess

Alexander C McLain

Edward A Frongillo

Ashkan Afshin

Nicholas J Kassebaum

...

2021/12/1

Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: the Right to Sight: an analysis …

The Lancet Global Health

Jaimie D Steinmetz

Rupert RA Bourne

Paul Svitil Briant

Seth R Flaxman

Hugh RB Taylor

...

2021/2/1

The estimated health impact of sodium reduction through food reformulation in Australia: A modeling study

PLoS medicine

Kathy Trieu

Daisy H Coyle

Ashkan Afshin

Bruce Neal

Matti Marklund

...

2021/10/26

Global, regional, and national age-sex specifc mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980-2016: a systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2016

A Afshin

KM Abbas

M Naghavi

AA Abajobir

O Adetokunboh

...

2021/10/8

Policy and technical considerations for implementing a risk-based approach to international travel in the context of COVID-19

The Lancet

Spencer L James

Degu Abate

Kalkidan Hassen Abate

Solomon M Abay

Cristiana Abbafati

...

2021

Dietary risk versus physical inactivity: a forced comparison with policy implications?–Authors' reply

The Lancet

Ashkan Afshin

Justin Lo

Christopher JL Murray

2021/5/8

Hearing loss prevalence and years lived with disability, 1990–2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

The Lancet

Lydia M Haile

Kaloyan Kamenov

Paul Svitil Briant

Aislyn U Orji

Jaimie D Steinmetz

...

2021/3/13

Approaches to defining healthy diets: a background paper for the international expert consultation on sustainable healthy diets

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Shiriki Kumanyika

Ashkan Afshin

Mary Arimond

Mark Lawrence

Sarah A McNaughton

...

2020/12

The global, regional, and national burden of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of …

The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology

M Ashworth Dirac

Saeid Safiri

Derrick Tsoi

Rufus Adesoji Adedoyin

Ashkan Afshin

...

2020/6/1

The benefits of the EAT-Lancet Commission's dietary recommendations are significant and robust

The Journal of Nutrition

Marco Springmann

Ashkan Afshin

Juan A Rivera

Daniel D Wang

Walter Willett

2020/10

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