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Michael Bruce Zimmermann
Professor of Human Nutrition
I received my M.D. from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, and did postgraduate medical training at the University of California in San Francisco and Berkeley. From 2012-2022, I was Professor of Human Nutrition at the ETH Zurich in Switzerland. From 2006-2011, I was Professor of Micronutrients and International Health at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. I am a Guest Professor in the Endocrinology and Diabetes Section at the Hospital of the University of Zurich, current Chair of the Iodine Global Network, an international NGO, and was a Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher (Top 1%) 2017-2024. My research interests include iron metabolism, biomarkers and interventions, nanotechnology, and iron stable isotopes as tracers in human studies.
Key publications
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Nutritional iron deficiency.
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Zimmermann MB. and Hurrell RF., (2007), Lancet, 370, 511 - 520
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Iron absorption from oral iron supplements given on consecutive versus alternate days and as single morning doses versus twice-daily split dosing in iron-depleted women: two open-label, randomised controlled trials.
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Stoffel NU. et al, (2017), Lancet Haematol, 4, e524 - e533
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Iron fortification adversely affects the gut microbiome, increases pathogen abundance and induces intestinal inflammation in Kenyan infants.
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Jaeggi T. et al, (2015), Gut, 64, 731 - 742
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Iron from nanocompounds containing iron and zinc is highly bioavailable in rats without tissue accumulation.
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Hilty FM. et al, (2010), Nat Nanotechnol, 5, 374 - 380
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Iodine deficiency and thyroid disorders.
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Zimmermann MB. and Boelaert K., (2015), Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol, 3, 286 - 295
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Direct iodine supplementation of infants versus supplementation of their breastfeeding mothers: a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial.
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Bouhouch RR. et al, (2014), Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol, 2, 197 - 209
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A heat-stable microparticle platform for oral micronutrient delivery.
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Anselmo AC. et al, (2019), Sci Transl Med, 11
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An intensified training schedule in recreational male runners is associated with increases in erythropoiesis and inflammation and a net reduction in plasma hepcidin.
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Moretti D. et al, (2018), Am J Clin Nutr, 108, 1324 - 1333
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Afebrile Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia decreases absorption of fortification iron but does not affect systemic iron utilization: a double stable-isotope study in young Beninese women.
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Cercamondi CI. et al, (2010), Am J Clin Nutr, 92, 1385 - 1392
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Iron Deficiency Anemia at Time of Vaccination Predicts Decreased Vaccine Response and Iron Supplementation at Time of Vaccination Increases Humoral Vaccine Response: A Birth Cohort Study and a Randomized Trial Follow-Up Study in Kenyan Infants.
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Stoffel NU. et al, (2020), Front Immunol, 11