Selected Publications
Below is a list of research published by the BRW Lab:
Weitzer J, Papantoniou K, Seidel S, Klösch G, Caniglia G, Laubichler M, Bertau M, Birmann BM, Jäger CC, Zenk L, Steiner G, Schernhammer E. Working from home, quality of life, and perceived productivity during the first 50-day COVID-19 mitigation measures in Austria: a cross-sectional study. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2021 Apr 20:1–15. doi: 10.1007/s00420-021-01692-0. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33877416; PMCID: PMC8056371.
Hermida RC, Smolensky MH, Balan H, Castriotta RJ, Crespo JJ, Dagan Y, El- Toukhy S, Fernández JR, FitzGerald GA, Fujimura A, Geng YJ, Hermida-Ayala RG, Machado AP, Menna-Barreto L, Mojón A, Otero A, Rudic RD, Schernhammer E, Skarke C, Steen TY, Young ME, Zhao X. Guidelines for the design and conduct of human clinical trials on ingestion-time differences - chronopharmacology and chronotherapy - of hypertension medications. Chronobiol Int. 2021 Jan;38(1):1-26. doi: 10.1080/07420528.2020.1850468. Epub 2020 Dec 20. PMID: 33342316; PMCID: PMC8112296.
Jørgensen JT, Schernhammer E, Papantoniou K, Hansen J, Westendorp RGJ, Stayner L, Simonsen MK, Andersen ZJ. Night work and incidence of Parkinson's disease in the Danish Nurse Cohort. Occup Environ Med. 2020 Dec 15:oemed-2020-107067. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2020-107067. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33323454.
Guseva Canu I, Marca SC, Dell'Oro F, Balázs Á, Bergamaschi E, Besse C, Bianchi R, Bislimovska J, Koscec Bjelajac A, Bugge M, Busneag CI, Çağlayan Ç, Cernițanu M, Costa Pereira C, Dernovšček Hafner N, Droz N, Eglite M, Godderis L, Gündel H, Hakanen JJ, Iordache RM, Khireddine-Medouni I, Kiran S, Larese-Filon F, Lazor-Blanchet C, Légeron P, Loney T, Majery N, Merisalu E, Mehlum IS, Michaud L, Mijakoski D, Minov J, Modenese A, Molan M, van der Molen H, Nena E, Nolimal D, Otelea M, Pletea E, Pranjic N, Rebergen D, Reste J, Schernhammer E, Wahlen A. Harmonized definition of occupational burnout: A systematic review, semantic analysis, and Delphi consensus in 29 countries. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2021 Mar 1;47(2):95-107. doi: 10.5271/sjweh.3935. Epub 2020 Dec 1. PMID: 33258478; PMCID: PMC8114565.
Weitzer J, Papantoniou K, Lázaro-Sebastià C, Seidel S, Klösch G, Schernhammer E. The contribution of dispositional optimism to understanding insomnia symptomatology: Findings from a cross-sectional population study in Austria. J Sleep Res. 2021 Feb;30(1):e13132. doi: 10.1111/jsr.13132. Epub 2020 Jul 8. PMID: 32638455; PMCID: PMC7900944.
Karlsen HR, Saksvik-Lehouillier I, Stone KL, Schernhammer E, Yaffe K, Langvik E. Anxiety as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease independent of depression: a prospective examination of community-dwelling men (the MrOS study). Psychol Health. 2021 Feb;36(2):148-163. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2020.1779273. Epub 2020 Jun 25. PMID: 32584189; PMCID: PMC7759580.
Zhang Y, Birmann BM, Papantoniou K, Zhou ES, Erber AC, Schernhammer ES. Rotating Nightshift Work and Hematopoietic Cancer Risk in US Female Nurses. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2020 Jan 8;4(2):pkz106. doi: 10.1093/jncics/pkz106. PMID: 32195452; PMCID: PMC7073913.
Baden MY, Hu FB, Vetter C, Schernhammer E, Redline S, Huang T. Sleep Duration Patterns in Early to Middle Adulthood and Subsequent Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Women. Diabetes Care. 2020 Jun;43(6):1219-1226. doi: 10.2337/dc19-2371. Epub 2020 Mar 24. PMID: 32209646; PMCID: PMC7245349.
Johnson CY, Tanz LJ, Lawson CC, Schernhammer ES, Vetter C, Rich-Edwards JW. Night shift work and cardiovascular disease biomarkers in female nurses. Am J Ind Med. 2020 Mar;63(3):240-248. doi: 10.1002/ajim.23079. Epub 2019 Dec 11. PMID: 31828843.
Shi Y, Liu L, Hamada T, Nowak JA, Giannakis M, Ma Y, Song M, Nevo D, Kosumi K, Gu M, Kim SA, Morikawa T, Wu K, Sui J, Papantoniou K, Wang M, Chan AT, Fuchs CS, Meyerhardt JA, Giovannucci E, Ogino S, Schernhammer ES, Nishihara R, Zhang X. Night-Shift Work Duration and Risk of Colorectal Cancer According to IRS1 and IRS2 Expression. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2020 Jan;29(1):133-140. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-19-0325. Epub 2019 Oct 30. PMID: 31666286; PMCID: PMC6954315.
Bethea TN, Zhou ES, Schernhammer ES, Castro-Webb N, Cozier YC, Rosenberg L. Perceived racial discrimination and risk of insomnia among middle-aged and elderly Black women. Sleep. 2020 Jan 13;43(1):zsz208. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsz208. PMID: 31555803; PMCID: PMC6955644.
Johnson CY, Tanz LJ, Lawson CC, Howards PP, Bertone-Johnson ER, Eliassen AH, Schernhammer ES, Rich-Edwards JW. Anti-Müllerian hormone levels in nurses working night shifts. Arch Environ Occup Health. 2020;75(3):136-143. doi: 10.1080/19338244.2019.1577210. Epub 2019 Apr 4. PMID: 30945620; PMCID: PMC6776712.
Weitzer J, Santonja I, Degenfellner J, Yang L, Jordakieva G, Crevenna R, Seidel S, Klösch G, Schernhammer E, Papantoniou K. Sleep complaints in former and current night shift workers: findings from two cross-sectional studies in Austria. Chronobiol Int. 2021 Jun;38(6):893-906. doi: 10.1080/07420528.2021.1895200. Epub 2021 Mar 23. PMID: 33757396.
Daghlas I, Richmond RC, Lane JM, Dashti HS, Ollila HM, Schernhammer ES, Smith GD, Rutter MK, Saxena R, Vetter C. Selection into shift work is influenced by educational attainment and body mass index: a Mendelian randomization study in the UK Biobank. Int J Epidemiol. 2021 Mar 13:dyab031. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyab031. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33712841.
Kronfeld-Schor N, Stevenson TJ, Nickbakhsh S, Schernhammer ES, Dopico XC, Dayan T, Martinez M, Helm B. Drivers of Infectious Disease Seasonality: Potential Implications for COVID-19. J Biol Rhythms. 2021 Feb;36(1):35-54. doi: 10.1177/0748730420987322. Epub 2021 Jan 24. PMID: 33491541; PMCID: PMC7924107.
Papantoniou K, Guinó E, Castaño-Vinyals G, Aragonés N, Martin Sanchez V, Gomez Acebo I, Jiménez Moleón JJ, Peiro R, Ardanaz E, Alguacil J, Altzibar JM, Tardón A, Chirlaque MD, Kogevinas M, Moreno V. Sleep duration and napping in relation to colorectal and gastric cancer risk (MCC-Spain study); Sci Rep. 2021 Jun 3;11(1):11822. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-91275-3.
Jordakieva G, Markovic L, Rinner W, Santonja I, Lee S, Pilger A, Perkman T, Igor Grabovac I, Crevenna R, Papantoniou K*, Jasminka Godnic-Cvar J*. Workability, Quality of Life and Cardiovascular Risk Markers in Ageing Nightshift Workers: A Pilot Study. Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2021 Sep 6. doi: 10.1007/s00508-021-01928-6. Online ahead of print.
Weitzer J, Santonja I, Degenfeller J, Yang L, Seidel, Kloesch G, Schernhammer E, Papantoniou K. Night shift work and sleep complaints in the Austrian general population and among hospital workers. Chronobiol Int. 2021 Mar 23:1-14. Online ahead of print.
Papantoniou K, Massa J, Devore E, Munger K, Chitnis T, Ascherio A, Schernhammer E. Rotating night shift work and multiple sclerosis in the Nurses’ Health Studies. Occup Environ Med. 2019 Oct;76 (10):733-738. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2019-106016. Epub 2019 Aug 12.
Papantoniou K, Devore E, Massa J, Strohmaier S, Vetter C, Yang L, Yan S, Giovanucci E, Speizer F, Schernhammer E. Rotating night shift work and colorectal cancer risk in the Nurses’ Health Studies with 24 years of follow-up. Int J Cancer. 2018 Dec 1;143 (11):2709-2717.
Papantoniou K, Castaño-Vinyals G, Espinosa A, Turner MC, Alonso-Aguado MH, Vicente M, Nuria Aragonés N, Pérez-Gómez B, Pozo BM, Gómez-Acebo I, Ardanaz E, Altzibar JM, Peiro R, Tardon A, Lorca JA, Chirlaque MD, García-Palomo A, Jimenez-Moleon JJ, Dierssen T, Ederra M, Amiano P, Marina Pollan M, Moreno V, Kogevinas M. Shift work and colorectal cancer risk in the MCC-Spain case-control study. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2017 May 1;43(3):250-259
Papantoniou K, Castaño-Vinyals G, Altzibar JM, Aragonés N, Ardanaz E, Martin Sanchez V, Moreno V, Pollán M, Tardón A, Kogevinas M. Breast cancer risk and night shift work in a case-control study in a Spanish population. European Journal of Epidemiology, Eur J Epidemiol. 2016 Sep;31(9):867-78
Papantoniou K, Pozo OJ, Espinosa A, Marcos J, Castaño-Vinyals G, Basagaña X, Pagès EJ, Mirabent J, Martín J, Such Faro P, Gascó Aparici A, Middleton B, Skene DJ, Kogevinas M. Increased and Mistimed Sex Hormone Production in Night Shift Workers. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2015 May;24(5):854-63
Papantoniou K, Castaño-Vinyals G, Espinosa A, Aragonés N, Pérez-Gómez B, Burgos J, Gómez-Acebo I, Llorca J, Peiró R, Jimenez-Moleón JJ, Arredondo F, Tardón A, et al. Night shift work, chronotype and prostate cancer risk in the MCC-Spain case-control study. Int J Cancer. 2015 Sep 1;137(5):1147-57
Papantoniou K, Pozo OJ, Espinosa A, Marcos J, Castaño-Vinyals G, Basagaña X, Calduch-Ribas F, Mirabent J, Martin J, Carenys G, Reyes-Martin C, Middleton B, Skene DJ, Kogevinas M. Circadian variation of melatonin, light exposure and diurnal preference in day and night shift workers of both sexes. Cancer Epidemiol Biomark & Prev. 2014; 23(7):1176-86.
Papantoniou K, Fıto M, Covas MI, Muñoz D, Schröder H. trans Fatty acid consumption, lifestyle and type 2 diabetes prevalence in a Spanish population. Eur J Nutr. 2010 Sep; 49 (6):357-64
Molcan L, Maier A, Zemančíková A, Gelles K, Török J, Zeman M, Ellinger I. Expression of Melatonin Receptor 1 in Rat Mesenteric Artery and Perivascular Adipose Tissue and Vasoactive Action of Melatonin.
Cell Mol Neurobiol. 2021 Oct;41(7):1589-1598. doi: 10.1007/s10571-020-00928-w. Epub 2020 Jul 30. PMID: 32734322; PMCID: PMC8408066.
Schepelmann M, Molcan L, Uhrova H, Zeman M, Ellinger I. The presence and localization of melatonin receptors in the rat aorta. Cell Mol Neurobiol. 2011Nov;31(8):1257-65. doi: 10.1007/s10571-011-9727-9. Epub 2011 Jun 22. PubMed PMID: 21695478.
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Effects of melatonin on human mood and performance.
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