Publikationen

2024

Erren TC, Morfeld P. Circadian epidemiology: Structuring circadian causes of disease and practical implications. Chronobiol Int. 2024 Jan;41(1):38-52. doi: 10.1080/07420528.2023.2288219. Epub 2024 Jan 15. Circadian epidemiology: Structuring circadian causes of disease and practical implications - PubMed (nih.gov)

Erren TC. Patients, Doctors, and Chatbots. JMIR Med Educ. 2024 Jan 4;10:e50869. doi: 10.2196/50869. Patients, Doctors, and Chatbots - PubMed (nih.gov)

Hurst A, Morfeld P, Lewis P, Erren TC. Daylight Saving Time Transitions and Risk of Heart Attack—a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2024 Jul 26;(Forthcoming):arztebl.m2024.0078. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.m2024.0078. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38888468. Daylight Saving Time Transitions and Risk of Heart Attack—a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis - PubMed (nih.gov)

Lewis P, Gottlieb JF, Morfeld P, Hellmich M, Erren TC. Perinatal photoperiod associations with bipolar disorder and depression: A systematic literature review and cross-sectional analysis of the UK Biobank database. Psychiatry Res. 2024 May;335:115878. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2024.115878. Epub 2024 Mar 26. PMID: 38581863. Perinatal photoperiod associations with bipolar disorder and depression: A systematic literature review and cross-sectional analysis of the UK Biobank database - PubMed (nih.gov)

Lewis P, Wild U, Pillow JJ, Foster RG, Erren TC. A systematic review of chronobiology for neonatal care units: What we know and what we should consider. Sleep Med Rev. 2024 Feb;73:101872. doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2023.101872. A systematic review of chronobiology for neonatal care units: What we know and what we should consider - PubMed (nih.gov)

2023

Erren TC, Wallraff J, Wild U, Shaw DM, Lewis P. Rudolph, the kids' ward reindeer: a scoping review of the effects of support animals on the well-being of healthcare staff. J Occup Med Toxicol. 2023 Dec 12;18(1):28. doi: 10.1186/s12995-023-00395-1.

Lewis P, Wild U, Pillow JJ, Foster RG, Erren TC. A systematic review of chronobiology for neonatal care units: What we know and what we should consider. Sleep Med Rev. 2024 Feb;73:101872. doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2023.101872. Epub 2023 Nov 8.

Erren TC, Morfeld P. Occupational and circadian epidemiology. Occup Environ Med. 2023 Nov 22:oemed-2023-109215. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2023-109215. Epub ahead of print.

Erren TC, Wild U, Lewis P. Poster presentations and session organization: modern conferences. Trends Pharmacol Sci. 2023 Sep 15:5-8. doi: 10.1016/j.tips.2023.08.004. Epub ahead of print.

Erren TC, Lewis P, Shaw DM. Brave (in a) new world: an ethical perspective on chatbots for medical advice. Front Public Health. 2023 Aug 17;11:1254334. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1254334.

Shaw D, Morfeld P, Erren T. The (mis)use of ChatGPT in science and education: Turing, Djerassi, "athletics" & ethics. EMBO Rep. 2023 Jul 5;24(7):e57501. doi: 10.15252/embr.202357501. Epub 2023 Jun 1.

Morfeld P, Erren TC. Conceptual Misunderstanding. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2023 Mar 17;120(11):188. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.m2022.0332.

Morfeld P. In Reply. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2023 Jan 20;120(3):40. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.m2022.0349.

Lewis P, Erren TC. (2023) Feature Article for Physiology News – Is daylight worth saving or is time to change? The health controversies around daylight saving time.
https://www.physoc.org/magazine-articles/is-daylight-worth-saving-or-is-it-time-to-change/

Shaw D, Lewis P, Erren TC. (2023) Article published in The Conversation regarding ChatGPT and medical advice. “Chatbots for medical advice: three ways to avoid misleading information”
https://theconversation.com/chatbots-for-medical-advice-three-ways-to-avoid-misleading-information-213266

2022

Erren TC, Wild U, Lewis P. Christmas and New Year "Dietary Titbits" and Perspectives from Chronobiology. Nutrients. 2022 Aug 2;14(15):3177. doi: 10.3390/nu14153177.

Wild U, Shaw DM, Erren TC. Avoiding a crisis at Christmas: a systematic review of adverse health effects or 'Chrishaps' caused by traditional hazard sources and COVID-19. Aust N Z J Public Health. 2022 Feb;46(1):32-35. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13207.

Morfeld P, Timmermann B, Lewis P, Erren T. Increased Mortality in Germany and in the Individual German States During the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020 and 2021. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2022 Aug 22;119(33-34):560-561. doi: 10.53738/REVMED.2022.18.779.823.

Erren TC, Piekarski C, Reiter RJ. Chronodisruption: Origin, Roots, and Developments of an 18-Year-Old Concept. Comment on Desmet et al. Time-Restricted Feeding in Mice Prevents the Disruption of the Peripheral Circadian Clocks and Its Metabolic Impact during Chronic Jetlag. Nutrients 2021, 13, 3846. doi: 10.3390/nu14020315.

Lewis P. Book Review: The Gendered Brain: The new neuroscience that shatters the myth of the female brain (by Gina Rippon). Physiology News, Issue 125, 14-15. doi.org/10.36866/pn.125.14

Erren TC, Timmermann B, Lewis P, Morfeld P. Flying with High Visibility - Complex Mortality in Germany in Times of SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19. Rev Med Suisse. 2022 Apr 27;18(779):823-825. doi: 10.53738/REVMED.2022.18.779.823.

2021

Lewis P, Morfeld P, Mohren J, Hellmich M, Erren TC. Perinatal photoperiod associations with diabetes and chronotype prevalence in a cross-sectional study of the UK Biobank. Chronobiol Int. 2021;38(3):343-359. doi: 10.1080/07420528.2020.1849254. Epub 2021 Jul12.

Groß JV, Mohren J, Erren TC. COVID-19 and Health Care Workers: A rapid systematic review into risks and preventive measures. BMJ Open. 2021;11(1):e042270. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042270.

Erren TC, Morfeld P. Standardized Mortality Ratios. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2020;117(44):754. doi:10.3238/arztebl.2020.0754a.

Groß JV, Fritschi L, Mohren J, Wild U, Erren TC. Contribution of Occupational Health to multidisciplinary team work for COVID-19 prevention and management. La Medicina del Lavoro. 2021;112(2):171-176. Doi:10.23749/mdl.v112i2.11056.

Morfeld P, Timmermann B, Groß VJ, Lewis P, Erren TC. [COVID-19: How did mortality change? - Mortality of women and men in Germany and its federal states until October 2020]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2021;146(2):129-131. doi: 10.1055/a-1334-0586. Epub
2020 Dec 16.

Morfeld P, Timmermann B, Groß JV, DeMatteis S, Campagna M, Lewis P, Cocco P, Erren TC. COVID-19: Spatial resolution of excess mortality in Germany and Italy. J Infect. 2021;82(3):414-451. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.10.020. Epub 2020.

Morfeld P, Timmermann B, Groß JV, Lewis P, Cocco P, Erren TC. COVID-19: Heterogeneous Excess Mortality and “Burden of Disease” in Germany and Italy and Their States and Regions, January–June 2020. Frontiers in Public Health. 2021;9:663259. doi:
10.3389/fpubh.2021.663259.

Erren TC, Lewis P, Morfeld P. Factoring in a COVID-19 seasonality – Experiences from Germany. J Infect Dis. 2021;224(6):1096. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiab232.

Morfeld P. Moderne Krankheitslaststudien mit YLL: Referenzkollektive, Lebenserwartungen, Krankheiten und Expositionen. (zur Publikation angenommen; 2021).

Morfeld P, Erren TC. Countdown on health and climate change: Too important to allow methodological errors. Lancet. 2021;398(10294):26.

Lewis P, Erren TC. Avoiding the Traveller’s Blues: Understanding the physiology of jet lag. (2021).

Morfeld P, Timmermann B, Groß VG, Lewis P, Erren TC. Before, during, and after the first wave of COVID-19: Mortality analyses reveal relevant trends in Germany and its states until June 2020. Das Gesundheitswesen. 2021;83:e41-e48. doi: 10.1055/a-1531-5507.
Epub 2021 Sep 8.

Renner RA, Groß VJ, Ernst A, Hellmich M, Erren TC. Epidemiological studies on the association between chronic exposure to road traffic noise and blood pressure: a systematic review with meta-analyses. Das Gesundheitswesen. 2021;83(5):384-397.

Morfeld P, Timmermann B, Groß JV, Erren TC. COVID-19: Mortality in Germany 2020 – Reply to the letter. Dtsch med Wochenschr. 2021;146(6):427.

2020

Lewis P, Oster H, Korf HW, Foster RG, Erren TC. Food as a circadian time cue - evidence from human studies. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2020 Apr;16(4):213-223.

Erren TC, Schmiedehausen S, Groß JV, Lewis P. What if … the Moon provides zeitgeber signals to humans? Mol Psychiatry. 2020;25(11):2646-2647. Doi: 10.1038/s41380-018-0216-0.

Morfeld P, Erren TC. An „old“ methodological pitfall: Numbers of deaths due to reducing air pollution cannot be identified from epidemiological data. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2020 Apr;17(4):527-528.

Morfeld P, Erren TC. Schwellenwerte und Maßzahlen zur Krankheitslast. Kommentar zu Schulz H, Karrasch S, Bölke G et al. Atmen: Luftschadstoffe und Gesundheit - Teil I. Pneumologie. 2020;74(1):54-56. doi:10.1055/a-1069-0338.

Lewis P, Shaw DM, Wild U, Erren TC. (Side) effects of the rule of the road and neurophysiology on traffic safety: a hypothesis. Environ Res. 2020 Feb 12;183:109246. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2020.109246.

Erren TC, Mohren J, Lewis P. Studying birth month and mortality: what about the perinatal photoperiod? Rapid Response to „Zhang Y, Devore EE, Strohmaier S, et al. Birth month, birth season, and overall and cardiovascular disease mortality in US women:
prospective cohort study“. BMJ. 2020;368:m863. www.bmj.com/content/367/bmj.l6058/rr-0

Lewis P, Hellmich M, Fritschi L, Tikellis G, Morfeld P, Groß JV, Foster RG, Paltiel O, Klebanoff MA, Golding J, Olsen S, Magnus P, Ponsonby AL, Linet MS, Ward MH, Caporaso N, Dwyer T, Erren TC. Perinatal photoperiod and childhood cancer: pooled results from 182,856 individuals in the international childhood cancer cohort consortium (I4C). Chronobiol Int. 2020;37(7):1034-1047.

Erren TC, Mohren J, Lewis P. Studying birth month and mortality: what about the perinatal photoperiod? BMJ. 2020 Mar 6;368:m863.

Erren TC, Lewis P, Morfeld P. The riddle of shiftwork and disturbed chronobiology: A case study of landmark smoking data demonstrates fallacies of not considering the ubiquity of an exposure. 2020;15:10. doi: 10.1186/s12995-020-00263-2.

Morfeld P, Erren TC. Estimates of burden from air pollution may be severely biased: A methodological request. Cardiovasc Res. 2020;116(8):e101. doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvaa129.

Morfeld P, Erren TC. SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19: Poor quality research by not considering ‚epidemiology 101‘. Rapid Response to „Glasziou PP, Sanders S, Hoffmann T. Waste in covid-19 research. BMJ 2020;369:m1847“. www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m1847/rapid-responses

Morfeld P, Erren TC. Mortality and attributable fraction in Covid-19 analysis: avoiding research waste and negligence. AJPH. 2020;110(11):1644-1645. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305887.

Erren TC, Morfeld P. Todesfälle in neun Regionen Italiens im Februar/März 2020: „Mortalitäts-Exzess-Lupe“ für SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19-Epidemiologie in Deutschland. [Deaths in nine regions of Italy in February/March 2020: "Mortality Excess Loupe" for SARSCoV-2/COVID-19-Epidemiology in Germany]. Gesundheitswesen. 2020 May;82(5):400-406. doi: 10.1055/a-1160-5859.

Erren TC, Lewis P, Shaw DM. (2020) The COVID-19 pandemic: Ethical and scientific imperatives for “natural” experiments. Circulation. 2020;142(4):309-311. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.048671 www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.048671

Erren TC, Lewis P, Shaw DM. COVID-19 and ‘natural’ experiments arising from physical distancing: A hypothetical case study from chronobiology. Chronobiol Int. 2020;37(7):1115-1117. doi: 10.1080/07420528.2020.1779993. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07420528.2020.1779993

Lewis P, Wild U, Erren TC. Working from home during and after COVID-19: watch out for erythema ab igne when using laptops. Brit J of General Practice. 2020;70(697):404. doi:10.3399/bjgp20X712037. bjgplife.com/2020/06/29/working-at-home-with-laptops-watch-out-forerythema-ab-igne/

Erren TC, Lewis P. (2020) SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 and physical distancing: Risk for circadian rhythm dysregulation, advice to alleviate it, and natural experiment research opportunities. Chronobiology International. Chronobiol Int. 2020;37(7):1106-1109. doi:10.1080/07420528.2020.1772811.

Lewis P, Erren TC. (2020) COVID-19: science must not be the boy who cried wolf. J Epidemiol Community Health.2020;74(8):676. doi: 10.1136/jech-2020-214448. jech.bmj.com/content/early/2020/05/19/jech-2020-214448

Erren TC, Morfeld P. (2020) COVID-19-Mortalität: Mit viel Sicht fliegen. Dtsch Ärztebl. 117(19): A-1010 / B-850. www.aerzteblatt.de/archiv/213856/COVID-19-Mortalitaet-Mit-viel-Sichtfliegen

Erren TC, Morfeld P. Standardisierte Mortalitätsratios, Standardized mortality ratios. Deutsches Ärzteblatt. 2020;117(4):754. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2020.0754a

Groß JV, Fritschi L, Mohren J, Erren TC. “Occupational Medicine in the time of COVID-19” – chances beyond workplace settings. Medicina del lavoro. 2020;111(2):83-86. doi:10.23749/mdl.v111i2.9546.).

Morfeld P, Timmermann B, Groß JV, DeMatteis S, Campagna M, Lewis P, Cocco P, Erren TC. COVID-19: Spatial resolution of excess mortality in Germany and Italy. J Infect. 2020; 25;S0163-4453(20)30678-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.10.020. www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0163445320306782

Morfeld P, Timmermann B, Groß JV, Lewis P, Erren TC. COVID-19: Wie änderte sich die Sterblichkeit? - Mortalität von Frauen und Männern in Deutschland und seinen Bundesländern bis Oktober 2020; COVID-19: How did mortality change? - Mortality of women and men in Germany and its federal states until October 2020. Dtsch Med Wochenschr.(2020) Dec 16; doi: 10.1055/a-1334-0586.

Hammitt JK, Morfeld P, Tuomisto JT, Erren TC. Premature Deaths, Statistical Lives, and Years of Life Lost: Identification, Quantification, and Valuation of Mortality Risks. Risk Anal. 2020; 40(4):674-695. doi: 10.1111/risa.13427