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Researchers List

This page introduces influential researchers worldwide based on the ranking of researchers in the field of medicine published on Research.com.

This ranking is based on the number of citations of papers, D-index, and other indices, and is one of the reference information to grasp the trend of research in the medical field.

In the drug discovery and biotechnology fields, it is considered important to understand what kind of research is being conducted in each field, since progress in basic research leads to the development of new treatments.

Please use this ranking as an aid in understanding research themes and gathering information.

This information is based on information published by Research.com and does not imply any relationship with each researcher. Please refer to Research.com for the latest information.

No. Name belong to home (i.e. hometown, home country)
1 Walter C. Willett Harvard University, United States
2 Ronald C. Kessler Harvard University, United States
3 Meir J. Stampfer Harvard University, United States
4 Eric S. Lander Broad Institute, United States
5 Albert Hofman Harvard University, United States
6 JoAnn E. Manson Harvard Medical School, United States
7 Graham A. Colditz Washington University in St. Louis, United States
8 Frank B. Hu Harvard University, United States
9 Gordon H. Guyatt McMaster University Canada
10 Bert Vogelstein Johns Hopkins University, United States
11 Eugene Braunwald Harvard Medical School, United States
12 Paul M. Ridker Brigham and Women's Hospital,United States
13 George Davey Smith University of Bristol United Kingdom
14 Salim Yusuf McMaster University Canada
15 Richard A. Flavell Yale University, United States
16 Nicholas J. Wareham University of Cambridge United Kingdom
17 Jaakko Tuomilehto University of Helsinki Finland
18 Christopher J. L. Murray University of Washington, United States
19 Hagop M. Kantarjian The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States
20 Peter Libby Brigham and Women's Hospital,United States
21 Tim D. Spector King's College London United Kingdom
22 Steven A. Rosenberg National Institutes of Health, United States
23 Luigi Ferrucci National Institutes of Health, United States
24 Fred H. Gage Salk Institute for Biological Studies, United States
25 Daniel Levy National Institutes of Health, United States
26 Cyrus Cooper University of Southampton United Kingdom
27 Kenneth W. Kinzler Johns Hopkins University, United States
28 Mark J. Daly Massachusetts General Hospital, United States
29 Carlo M. Croce The Ohio State University, United States
30 Eric J. Topol Scripps Research Institute, United States
31 Robert M. Califf Duke University, United States
32 Irving L. Weissman Stanford University, United States
33 Hans Clevers Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research Netherlands
34 David J. Hunter Harvard University, United States
35 Tamara B. Harris National Institutes of Health, United States
36 Eric B. Rimm Harvard University, United States
37 Dennis W. Dickson Mayo Clinic, United States
38 Harlan M. Krumholz Yale University, United States
39 Virginia M.-Y. Lee University of Pennsylvania, United States
40 André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands
41 Patrick W. Serruys National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland
42 Charles A. Dinarello University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, United States
43 Gordon B. Mills Oregon Health & Science University
44 Rudolf Jaenisch MIT, United States
45 John C. Reed Johnson & Johnson, United States
46 John C. Morris Washington University in St. Louis, United States
47 Ralph H. Hruban Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States
48 Mark I. McCarthy University of Oxford United Kingdom
49 Peter J. Barnes Imperial College London United Kingdom
50 Michael Marmot University College London United Kingdom
51 Bernard Rosner Harvard University, United States
52 Kenneth C. Anderson Harvard University, United States
53 John P. A. Ioannidis Stanford University, United States
54 Rakesh K. Jain Harvard University, United States
55 Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington, United States
56 Francis S. Collins National Institutes of Health, United States
57 John J. V. McMurray University of Glasgow United Kingdom
58 Valentin Fuster Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States
59 Dennis S. Charney Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States
60 Matthew Meyerson Harvard University, United States
61 Gregory Y. H. Lip University of Liverpool United Kingdom
62 Ronald C. Petersen University of Pennsylvania, United States
63 Paul G. Richardson Harvard University, United States
64 Frank E. Speizer Harvard University, United States
65 Ralph Weissleder Harvard University, United States
66 Aaron R. Folsom University of Minnesota, United States
67 Joel Schwartz Harvard University, United States
68 Peter W. F. Wilson Emory University, United States
69 Kay-Tee Khaw University of Cambridge United Kingdom
70 Richard Peto University of Oxford United Kingdom
71 Alberto Mantovani Humanitas University Italy
72 Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, United States
73 Kenneth S. Kendler Virginia Commonwealth University, United States
74 Eric D. Peterson The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States
75 Stuart H. Orkin Harvard University, United States
76 Charles H. Hennekens Florida Atlantic University, United States
77 John Hardy University College London United Kingdom
78 Julie E. Buring Brigham and Women's Hospital,United States
79 Ramachandran S. Vasan Boston University, United States
80 Kaj Blennow University of Gothenburg Sweden
81 Brenda W. J. H. Penninx Amsterdam UMC Netherlands
82 Mika Kivimäki University College London United Kingdom
83 Didier Raoult Aix-Marseille University France
84 Sidney C. Smith University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
85 Simon I. Hay University of Washington, United States
86 Masayuki Yamamoto Tohoku University Japan
87 Yusuke Nakamura Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research Japan
88 Alan C. Evans McGill University Canada
89 Tien Yin Wong Tsinghua University China
90 Stefan Schreiber Kiel University Germany
91 Zulfiqar A. Bhutta Aga Khan University Pakistan
92 Eliezer Masliah National Institutes of Health, United States
93 Douglas F. Easton University of Cambridge United Kingdom
94 Tadamitsu Kishimoto Osaka University Japan
95 C. Ronald Kahn Harvard University, United States
96 Frank J. Gonzalez National Institutes of Health, United States
97 Richard K. Wilson Nationwide Children's Hospital,United States
98 Richard A. Gibbs Baylor College of Medicine, United States
99 Gonçalo R. Abecasis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, United States
100 Giuseppe Remuzzi Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research Italy
101 George P. Chrousos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Greece
102 Robin M. Murray King's College London United Kingdom
103 Richard B. Lipton Albert Einstein College of Medicine, United States
104 Ian J. Deary University of Edinburgh United Kingdom
105 Kari Alitalo University of Helsinki Finland
106 Diederick E. Grobbee Utrecht University Netherlands
107 Bradley T. Hyman Harvard University, United States
108 David R. Holmes Mayo Clinic, United States
109 David R. Jacobs University of Minnesota, United States
110 George F. Koob National Institute on Drug Abuse, United States
111 Jeroen J. Bax Leiden University Medical Center Netherlands
112 Marc Ladanyi Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States
113 Martin B. Leon Columbia University Medical Center, United States
114 David A. Bennett Rush University Medical Center, United States
115 Daniel R. Weinberger Johns Hopkins University, United States
116 Eric J. Nestler Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States
117 Stephen B. Baylin Johns Hopkins University, United States
118 Marc A. Pfeffer Harvard Medical School, United States
119 Naveed Sattar University of Glasgow United Kingdom
120 William J. Sandborn University of California San Diego, United States
121 Gabriel N. Hortobagyi The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States
122 John D. Minna The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States
123 David M. Holtzman Washington University in St. Louis, United States
124 Stefan D. Anker Charité - University Medicine Berlin Germany
125 Markku Laakso University of Eastern Finland Finland
126 Steven R. Cummings University of California San Francisco, United States
127 Elio Riboli Imperial College London United Kingdom
128 Robert C. Gallo University of South Florida, United States
129 Dennis J. Selkoe Brigham and Women's Hospital,United States
130 Veikko Salomaa Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare Finland
131 Peter Carmeliet KU Leuven Belgium
132 Bruce L. Miller University of California San Francisco, United States
133 Lenore J. Launer National Institutes of Health, United States
134 Michael G. Rosenfeld University of California San Diego, United States
135 Carlo La Vecchia University of Milan Italy
136 Gregg C. Fonarow University of California Los Angeles, United States
137 Gregg L. Semenza Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States
138 Bernard J. Gersh Mayo Clinic, United States
139 Elaine S. Jaffe National Institutes of Health, United States
140 Stephen R. Bloom Imperial College London United Kingdom
141 Jens J. Holst University of Copenhagen Denmark
142 Nicholas J. White Mahidol University Thailand
143 Nora D. Volkow National Institutes of Health, United States
144 James F. Sallis University of California San Diego, United States
145 Deborah J. Cook McMaster University Canada
146 Jan-Åke Gustafsson University of Houston, United States
147 Barry J. Maron Tufts Medical Center, United States
148 L. Joseph Melton Mayo Clinic, United States
149 Barbara E. K. Klein University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States
150 Murray F. Brennan Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States
151 Theo Vos Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, United States
152 Evan E. Eichler University of Washington, United States
153 Michael R. Stratton Welcome Sanger Institute United Kingdom
154 Rinaldo Bellomo Monash University Australia
155 Leroy Hood University of Washington, United States
156 David S. Siscovick University of Washington, United States
157 Stephen J. Chanock National Institutes of Health, United States
158 Jean-Frederic Colombel Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States
159 John E. Morley Saint Louis University, United States
160 Michael A. Matthay University of California San Francisco, United States
161 Robert A. Kyle Mayo Clinic, United States
162 Ronald G. Crystal Cornell University, United States
163 Dan J. Stein University of Cape Town South Africa
164 Anders M. Dale J. Craig Venter Institute, United States
165 Vilmundur Gudnason University of Iceland Iceland
166 Paul Emery University of Leeds United Kingdom
167 Christopher B. Granger Duke University, United States
168 Barry M. Popkin University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
169 Charles N. Serhan Brigham and Women's Hospital,United States
170 Robert M. Strieter University of Virginia, United States
171 George A. Wells University of Ottawa Canada
172 Lex M. Bouter Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Netherlands
173 Timothy J. Key University of Oxford United Kingdom
174 Grant W. Montgomery University of Queensland Australia
175 Ted M. Dawson Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States
176 Jacqueline C. M. Witteman Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands
177 Susan O'_#_Brien University of California Irvine, United States
178 Mark J. Smyth Independent Scientist / Consultant Australia
179 Michael P. Lisanti University of Salford United Kingdom
180 David T. Felson Boston University, United States
181 Marcus E. Raichle Washington University in St. Louis, United States
182 Scott D. Solomon Brigham and Women's Hospital,United States
183 Christopher P. Cannon Brigham and Women's Hospital,United States
184 Hakon Hakonarson Children's Hospital of Philadelphia,United States
185 Charles B. Nemeroff The University of Texas at Austin, United States
186 Charles M. Rice Rockefeller University, United States
187 Todd R. Golub Harvard University, United States
188 Eric Van Cutsem KU Leuven Belgium
189 Michael Boehm Saarland University Germany
190 Joseph J. Y. Sung Nanyang Technological University Singapore
191 Rainer Storb Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, United States
192 Donna Spiegelman Yale University, United States
193 Caroline S. Fox MSD, United States
194 Giuseppe Mancia University of Milano-Bicocca Italy
195 Johan G. Eriksson National University of Singapore Singapore
196 Maxime Dougados Cochin Hospital France
197 Marc Humbert University Paris-Saclay France
198 Christopher J. O'Donnell Harvard Medical School, United States
199 Paul Elliott Imperial College London United Kingdom
200 Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Imperial College London United Kingdom
201 Arul M. Chinnaiyan University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, United States
202 Lance A. Liotta George Mason University, United States
203 Wei Zheng Vanderbilt University Medical Center, United States
204 Philip A. Wolf Boston University, United States
205 Josef M. Penninger University of British Columbia Canada
206 Debbie A. Lawlor University of Bristol United Kingdom
207 Theo Vos Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, United States
208 Evan E. Eichler University of Washington, United States
209 Michael R. Stratton Welcome Sanger Institute United Kingdom
210 Rinaldo Bellomo Monash University Australia
211 Leroy Hood University of Washington, United States
212 David S. Siscovick University of Washington, United States
213 Stephen J. Chanock National Institutes of Health, United States
214 Jean-Frederic Colombel Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States
215 John E. Morley Saint Louis University, United States
216 Michael A. Matthay University of California San Francisco, United States
217 Robert A. Kyle Mayo Clinic, United States
218 Ronald G. Crystal Cornell University, United States
219 Dan J. Stein University of Cape Town South Africa
220 Anders M. Dale J. Craig Venter Institute, United States
221 Vilmundur Gudnason University of Iceland Iceland
222 Paul Emery University of Leeds United Kingdom
223 Christopher B. Granger Duke University, United States
224 Barry M. Popkin University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
225 Charles N. Serhan Brigham and Women's Hospital,United States
226 Robert M. Strieter University of Virginia, United States
227 George A. Wells University of Ottawa Canada
228 Lex M. Bouter Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Netherlands
229 Timothy J. Key University of Oxford United Kingdom
230 Grant W. Montgomery University of Queensland Australia
231 Ted M. Dawson Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States
232 Jacqueline C. M. Witteman Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands
233 Susan O'_#_Brien University of California Irvine, United States
234 Mark J. Smyth Independent Scientist / Consultant Australia
235 Michael P. Lisanti University of Salford United Kingdom
236 David T. Felson Boston University, United States
237 Marcus E. Raichle Washington University in St. Louis, United States
238 Scott D. Solomon Brigham and Women's Hospital,United States
239 Christopher P. Cannon Brigham and Women's Hospital,United States
240 Hakon Hakonarson Children's Hospital of Philadelphia,United States
241 Charles B. Nemeroff The University of Texas at Austin, United States
242 Charles M. Rice Rockefeller University, United States
243 Todd R. Golub Harvard University, United States
244 Eric Van Cutsem KU Leuven Belgium
245 Michael Boehm Saarland University Germany
246 Joseph J. Y. Sung Nanyang Technological University Singapore
247 Rainer Storb Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, United States
248 Donna Spiegelman Yale University, United States
249 Caroline S. Fox MSD, United States
250 Giuseppe Mancia University of Milano-Bicocca Italy
251 Johan G. Eriksson National University of Singapore Singapore
252 Maxime Dougados Cochin Hospital France
253 Marc Humbert University Paris-Saclay France
254 Christopher J. O'Donnell Harvard Medical School, United States
255 Paul Elliott Imperial College London United Kingdom
256 Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Imperial College London United Kingdom
257 Arul M. Chinnaiyan University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, United States
258 Lance A. Liotta George Mason University, United States
259 Wei Zheng Vanderbilt University Medical Center, United States
260 Philip A. Wolf Boston University, United States
261 Josef M. Penninger University of British Columbia Canada
262 Debbie A. Lawlor University of Bristol United Kingdom
263 William D. Travis Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States
264 Dan R. Littman New York University, United States
265 Martin J. Blaser Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, United States
266 Susan E. Hankinson University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States
267 Joseph F. Fraumeni National Institutes of Health, United States
268 Andrew Steptoe University College London United Kingdom
269 Stefanie Dimmeler Goethe University Frankfurt Germany
270 Yves Agid Brain Institute France
271 Scott T. Weiss Harvard University, United States
272 James M. Wilson University of Pennsylvania, United States
273 Charles M. Perou University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
274 Martin McKee London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine United Kingdom
275 Margaret A. Pericak-Vance University of Miami, United States
276 Jonathan G. Seidman Harvard University, United States
277 Robert J. Glynn Harvard Medical School, United States
278 Daniel S. Berman Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, United States
279 Jeffrey A. Lieberman Columbia University, United States
280 Jean-Laurent Casanova Rockefeller University, United States
281 Bernard Moss National Institutes of Health, United States
282 James B. Meigs Harvard University, United States
283 Tyler Jacks MIT, United States
284 Rudolf Kaaks German Cancer Research Center Germany
285 David Y. Graham Baylor College of Medicine, United States
286 Eric P. Winer Yale University, United States
287 Stephen J. O'Brien Nova Southeastern University, United States
288 Ernest E. Moore University of Colorado Denver, United States
289 Matthias Egger University of Bern Switzerland
290 Jedd D. Wolchok Cornell University, United States
291 Richard B. Devereux Cornell University, United States
292 Terho Lehtimäki Tampere University Finland
293 Christopher K. Glass University of California San Diego, United States
294 Andrew T. Hattersley University of Exeter United Kingdom
295 Manel Esteller Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute Spain
296 Ben A. Oostra Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands
297 Peter Jones University of Cambridge United Kingdom
298 David J. Brooks Newcastle University United Kingdom
299 George Perry The University of Texas at San Antonio, United States
300 Bruce D. Walker Harvard University, United States
301 Richard J. Johnson University of Colorado Denver, United States
302 Mark M. Davis Stanford University, United States
303 William D. Travis Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States
304 Dan R. Littman New York University, United States
305 Martin J. Blaser Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, United States
306 Susan E. Hankinson University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States
307 Joseph F. Fraumeni National Institutes of Health, United States
308 Andrew Steptoe University College London United Kingdom
309 Stefanie Dimmeler Goethe University Frankfurt Germany
310 Yves Agid Brain Institute France
311 Scott T. Weiss Harvard University, United States
312 James M. Wilson University of Pennsylvania, United States
313 Charles M. Perou University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
314 Martin McKee London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine United Kingdom
315 Margaret A. Pericak-Vance University of Miami, United States
316 Jonathan G. Seidman Harvard University, United States
317 Robert J. Glynn Harvard Medical School, United States
318 Daniel S. Berman Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, United States
319 Jeffrey A. Lieberman Columbia University, United States
320 Jean-Laurent Casanova Rockefeller University, United States
321 Bernard Moss National Institutes of Health, United States
322 James B. Meigs Harvard University, United States
323 Tyler Jacks MIT, United States
324 Rudolf Kaaks German Cancer Research Center Germany
325 David Y. Graham Baylor College of Medicine, United States
326 Eric P. Winer Yale University, United States
327 Stephen J. O'Brien Nova Southeastern University, United States
328 Ernest E. Moore University of Colorado Denver, United States
329 Matthias Egger University of Bern Switzerland
330 Jedd D. Wolchok Cornell University, United States
331 Richard B. Devereux Cornell University, United States
332 Terho Lehtimäki Tampere University Finland
333 Christopher K. Glass University of California San Diego, United States
334 Andrew T. Hattersley University of Exeter United Kingdom
335 Manel Esteller Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute Spain
336 Ben A. Oostra Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands
337 Peter Jones University of Cambridge United Kingdom
338 David J. Brooks Newcastle University United Kingdom
339 George Perry The University of Texas at San Antonio, United States
340 Bruce D. Walker Harvard University, United States
341 Richard J. Johnson University of Colorado Denver, United States
342 Mark M. Davis Stanford University, United States
343 Michael Weller University of Zurich Switzerland
344 Andrew J. Lees University College London United Kingdom
345 Paolo Vineis Imperial College London United Kingdom
346 Takashi Kadowaki University of Tokyo Japan
347 Bruce R. Rosen Harvard University, United States
348 Michael J. Keating The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States
349 Mohsen Naghavi Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, United States
350 Stephan Windecker University of Bern Switzerland
351 Russell P. Tracy University of Vermont, United States
352 Yuji Matsuzawa Sumitomo Hospital Japan
353 Josef S. Smolen Medical University of Vienna Austria
354 Mark Woodward Imperial College London United Kingdom
355 Olli T. Raitakari Turku University Hospital Finland
356 Nilesh J. Samani University of Leicester United Kingdom
357 Antonia Trichopoulou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Greece
358 Desiree van der Heijde Leiden University Medical Center Netherlands
359 Hartmut Döhner University of Ulm Germany
360 Cisca Wijmenga University Medical Center Groningen Netherlands
361 Yaakov Stern Columbia University, United States
362 Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne Australia
363 Eugene H. Blackstone Cleveland Clinic, United States
364 Fernando Rivadeneira Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands
365 Michael E. Phelps University of California Los Angeles, United States
366 Robert N. Hoover National Institutes of Health, United States
367 Robert H. Purcell National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, United States
368 Michael Conlon O'Donovan Cardiff University United Kingdom
369 Aldo P. Maggioni Heart Care Foundation, ANMCO Research Center Italy
370 Murray B. Stein University of California San Diego, United States
371 Antonio Colombo Vita-Salute San Raffaele University Italy
372 Thomas J. Walsh Weill Cornell Medicine, United States
373 Pier Paolo Pandolfi Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, United States
374 Kjell Fuxe Karolinska Institute Sweden
375 Seth M. Steinberg National Institutes of Health, United States
376 Jeffrey A. Bluestone University of California San Francisco, United States
377 Tomas Ganz University of California Los Angeles, United States
378 Alicja Wolk Karolinska Institute Sweden
379 Dariush Mozaffarian Tufts University, United States
380 Michael Boehnke University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, United States
381 Michael F. Holick Boston University, United States
382 Michael C. Nevitt University of California San Francisco, United States
383 Elias Field University of Barcelona Spain
384 Nick C. Fox University College London United Kingdom
385 Ian Ford University of Glasgow United Kingdom
386 Joseph Lau The Chinese University of Hong Kong China
387 Meletios A. Dimopoulos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Greece
388 Clifford J. Woolf Boston Children's Hospital,United States
389 David Sidransky Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States
390 Desiree van der Heijde Leiden University Medical Center Netherlands
391 Hartmut Döhner University of Ulm Germany
392 Cisca Wijmenga University Medical Center Groningen Netherlands
393 Yaakov Stern Columbia University, United States
394 Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne Australia
395 Eugene H. Blackstone Cleveland Clinic, United States
396 Fernando Rivadeneira Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands
397 Michael E. Phelps University of California Los Angeles, United States
398 Robert N. Hoover National Institutes of Health, United States
399 Robert H. Purcell National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, United States
400 Michael Conlon O'Donovan Cardiff University United Kingdom
401 Aldo P. Maggioni Heart Care Foundation, ANMCO Research Center Italy
402 Murray B. Stein University of California San Diego, United States
403 Antonio Colombo Vita-Salute San Raffaele University Italy
404 Thomas J. Walsh Weill Cornell Medicine, United States
405 Pier Paolo Pandolfi Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, United States
406 Kjell Fuxe Karolinska Institute Sweden
407 Seth M. Steinberg National Institutes of Health, United States
408 Jeffrey A. Bluestone University of California San Francisco, United States
409 Tomas Ganz University of California Los Angeles, United States
410 Alicja Wolk Karolinska Institute Sweden
411 Dariush Mozaffarian Tufts University, United States
412 Michael Boehnke University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, United States
413 Michael F. Holick Boston University, United States
414 Michael C. Nevitt University of California San Francisco, United States
415 Elias Field University of Barcelona Spain
416 Nick C. Fox University College London United Kingdom
417 Ian Ford University of Glasgow United Kingdom
418 Joseph Lau The Chinese University of Hong Kong China
419 Meletios A. Dimopoulos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Greece
420 Clifford J. Woolf Boston Children's Hospital,United States
421 David Sidransky Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States
422 J. Wouter Jukema Leiden University Medical Center Netherlands
423 Domenico Palli Institute for the Study and Prevention of Cancer Italy
424 Severine Vermeire KU Leuven Belgium
425 Joseph L. Witztum University of California San Diego, United States
426 Michael W. Weiner University of California San Francisco, United States
427 Patrick D. McGorry University of Melbourne Australia
428 Arthur A. M. Wilde University of Amsterdam Netherlands
429 Leslie L. Robison St. Jude Children's Research Hospital,United States
430 Peter T. Scardino Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States
431 Michael H. Criqui University of California San Diego, United States
432 Drew M. Pardoll Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States
433 Philippe Gabriel Steg University of Paris Cité France
434 Fernando J. Martinez University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States
435 Aziz Sheikh University of Oxford United Kingdom
436 Thomas J. Smith Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States
437 Ele Ferrannini University of Pisa Italy
438 Jacques Banchereau Immunai, United States
439 James P. Allison The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States
440 Anders Hamsten Karolinska Institute Sweden
441 Steven B. Heymsfield Pennington Biomedical Research Center, United States
442 Jeremy K. Nicholson Murdoch University Australia
443 Patrick O. Brown Stanford University, United States
444 Jürgen Rehm University of Toronto Canada
445 Harvey D. White Auckland City Hospital New Zealand
446 Peter Tugwell University of Ottawa Canada
447 Markus M. Nöthen University Hospital Bonn Germany
448 Mitch Dowsett Breast Cancer Research Foundation, United States
449 Torben Jørgensen University of Copenhagen Denmark
450 Michael Camilleri Mayo Clinic, United States
451 Kim A. Eagle University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, United States
452 Arlene H. Sharpe Harvard University, United States
453 Ron D. Hays University of California Los Angeles, United States
454 Andrew J. McMichael University of Oxford United Kingdom
455 Stephen O'Rahilly University of Cambridge United Kingdom
456 Carlos A. Camargo Harvard University, United States
457 Joseph Loscalzo Harvard Medical School, United States
458 Alberto Ascherio Harvard University, United States
459 Nikhil C. Munshi Harvard University, United States
460 Hideo Yagita Juntendo University Japan
461 Hector F. DeLuca University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States
462 Raquel E. Gur University of Pennsylvania, United States
463 Robert J. Kurman Johns Hopkins University, United States
464 Steven L. Kunkel University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, United States
465 Samuel F. Berkovic University of Melbourne Australia
466 Dirk Schadendorf University of Duisburg-Essen Germany
467 Jim van Os University Medical Center Utrecht Netherlands
468 Linda P. Fried Columbia University, United States
469 Jack Cuzick Queen Mary University of London United Kingdom
470 Kevin J. Tracey Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, United States
471 Valina L. Dawson Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States
472 Richard A. Deyo Oregon Health & Science University
473 A. John Rush Duke University, United States
474 Patrick C. Walsh Johns Hopkins University, United States
475 Bente Klarlund Pedersen University of Copenhagen Denmark
476 Peter Kraft Harvard University, United States
477 Charles J. Yeo Thomas Jefferson University, United States
478 Paul Brennan International Agency for Research on Cancer France
479 Dan M. Roden Vanderbilt University Medical Center, United States
480 Coen D. A. Stehouwer Maastricht University Netherlands
481 Eva Negri University of Bologna Italy
482 Carol Brayne University of Cambridge United Kingdom
483 Hans-Christoph Diener University of Duisburg-Essen Germany
484 Antoni Ribas University of California Los Angeles, United States
485 Stephen R. Daniels University of Colorado Denver, United States
486 Timothy M. Frayling University of Geneva Switzerland
487 Cesar G. Victora Federal University of Pelotas Brazil
488 James Chih-Hsin Yang National Taiwan University Taiwan
489 Raimund Erbel University of Duisburg-Essen Germany
490 Aldonis J. Lusis University of California Los Angeles, United States
491 Peter J. Goadsby King's College London United Kingdom
492 Curtis C. Harris National Institutes of Health, United States
493 Leslee J. Shaw Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States
494 William J. Jagust University of California Berkeley, United States
495 Philipp E. Scherer The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States
496 Patrick O. Brown Stanford University, United States
497 Jürgen Rehm University of Toronto Canada
498 Harvey D. White Auckland City Hospital New Zealand
499 Peter Tugwell University of Ottawa Canada
500 Markus M. Nöthen University Hospital Bonn Germany
3 Recommended Contract Research Organizations for Non-Clinical Studies
— by Target goal and Expertise

In drug discovery, the quality and efficiency of non-clinical studies have a direct impact on clinical success rates, development costs, and overall length of time required in R&D. In recent years, there has been more demand for clinically relevant data, globally accepted reliability, and accurate early-stage screening. Thus, it is more important than ever to select the right CRO (Contract Research Organization) for strategic approach.
In this article, we highlight three CROs with proven technical capabilities, expertise, and long standing track records. These are our TOP 3 choices based on their capabilities and the specific target goals of the researchers for their non-clinical studies.

Pharmacology (Efficacy) Studies
Replicate unknown pathological models and
Discovery to clinically oriented drug evaluation
SMC Laboratories, Inc.
SMC Laboratories, Inc.
Reference: SMC Laboratories official website (https://www.smccro-lab.com/jp/)
  • SMC Laboratories has established a disease models using patented mouse technologies. The company has established proprietary pathological models—particularly in liver disease and fibrosis—and continues to expand their approach across a wide range of models in cancer, inflammation, and metabolic diseases.
  • From exploratory research to clinically oriented efficacy evaluation, SMC offers customized study designs, dosing strategies, and evaluation analysis tailored to each project. Their collaborative approachallows researchers to discuss and refine study plans together with SMC’s expert scientists.

  • With flexible small-scale study options and strong technical support, SMC Laboratories is an ideal partner for start-ups, biotech ventures, and academic institutions alike.
Safety Studies
Comprehensive Safety Evaluation for FIH Applications
labcorp
(Labcorp Drug Development)
labcorp
Reference: labcorp official website (https://jp.labcorp.com/)
  • labcorp provides a fully integrated GLP testing system aligned with international regulatory standards, including FDA, EMA, and PMDA requirements. All studies are conducted under ICH-compliant quality assurance, making it ready for data submission.
  • The company has extensive expertise in long-term toxicity studies such as Segment I–III reproductive and carcinogenicity studies, as well as 2-year chronic toxicity assessments.
  • labcorp’s comprehensive approach enables sponsors to efficiently outsource the entire preclinical package from toxicology, toxicokinetic (TK), and safety pharmacology study design to execution. This accelerates a path to First-in-Human (FIH) trials. For most of the global drug developers, this all-in-one service structure minimizes cost, risk, and expedite the time before advancing to clinical phase.
Pharmacokinetic (PK/PD) Studies
High-Precision Bioanalysis for Clinically Predictive PK/PD Evaluation
PhoenixBio
PhoenixBio
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  • PhoenixBio offers pharmacokinetic and hepatic metabolism studies using their proprietary PXB-mouse®, a humanized-liver chimeric mouse model. This platform enables the acquisition of data with high clinical correlation in ADME, drug–to-drug interaction studies, bridging the gap between preclinical and clinical stages.
  • With advanced LC-MS/MS-based bioanalysis, PhoenixBio provides aseamless workflow from plasma concentration measurement and metabolite identification to quantitative validation.

  • The company offersan integrated evaluation analysiscovering pharmacokinetics, hepatotoxicity, and safety with flexibility to accommodate complex modalities such as oligonucleotide and middle-molecule therapeutics. For compounds where hepatic metabolism is a development bottleneck—or where quantitative, reproducible exposure data are critical—PhoenixBio delivers unmatched analytical precision and consistency.

Consult Phoenix Bio for PK/PD analysis with a clinical focus