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Overview

Allan J. Collins is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research spans several fields, primarily focusing on Medicine and Psychology, with specific work conducted in subfields such as Nephrology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Surgery.

Collins' research addresses a variety of topics including:

  • Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
  • Multisensory perception and integration
  • Color perception and design
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Muscle and Compartmental Disorders
  • Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

The recent published papers by Collins cover diverse themes. In 2020, the paper titled "Optimizing serum total carbon dioxide concentration during short and nocturnal frequent hemodialysis using lactate as dialysate buffer base" appeared in Hemodialysis International. The same year, Collins co-authored "Trends in Fever and Respiratory Illness in Hemodialysis Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic" published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. More recently, in 2025, they contributed to "Visual Processing Within and Across Hemispheres: A Systems Factorial Technology Analysis" in Computational Brain & Behavior.

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Collins has worked with coauthors including Gaojie Fan, Robin D. Thomas, John K. Leypoldt, Michael A. Kraus, and Sheetal Chaudhuri. Their work has been published across several venues, primarily:

  • Computational Brain & Behavior
  • Hemodialysis International
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Best Publications

  • Excerpts from the US Renal Data System 2009 Annual Data Report.

    Allan J. Collins;Robert N. Foley;Charles Herzog;Blanche M. Chavers

  • K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for bone metabolism and disease in chronic kidney disease

    Shaul G. Massry;Jack W. Coburn;Glenn M. Chertow;Keith Hruska

  • Chronic kidney disease as a global public health problem: Approaches and initiatives – a position statement from Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes

    A.S. Levey;R. Atkins;J. Coresh;E.P. Cohen

  • Acute Kidney Injury Increases Risk of ESRD among Elderly

    Areef Ishani;Jay L. Xue;Jonathan Himmelfarb;Paul W. Eggers

  • Chronic Kidney Disease and the Risk for Cardiovascular Disease, Renal Replacement, and Death in the United States Medicare Population, 1998 to 1999

    Robert N. Foley;Anne M. Murray;Shuling Li;Charles A. Herzog

  • Lower estimated glomerular filtration rate and higher albuminuria are associated with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality.: A collaborative meta-analysis of high-risk population cohorts

    Marije van der Velde;Kunihiro Matsushita;Josef Coresh;Brad C. Astor

  • Poor Long-Term Survival after Acute Myocardial Infarction among Patients on Long-Term Dialysis

    Charles A. Herzog;Jennie Z. Ma;Allan J. Collins

  • K/DOQI Clinical Practice Guidelines on Hypertension and Antihypertensive Agents in Chronic Kidney Disease

    Andrew S. Levey;Michael V. Rocco;Sharon Anderson;Sharon P. Andreoli

  • Incidence and Mortality of Acute Renal Failure in Medicare Beneficiaries, 1992 to 2001

    Jay L. Xue;Frank Daniels;Robert A. Star;Paul L. Kimmel

  • 'United States Renal Data System 2011 Annual Data Report: Atlas of chronic kidney disease & end-stage renal disease in the United States

    Allan J. Collins;Robert N. Foley;Blanche Chavers;David Gilbertson

  • United States Renal Data System 2007 Annual Data Report Abstract

    Allan J. Collins;Robert Foley;Charles Herzog;Blanche Chavers

  • Fabry disease, an under-recognized multisystemic disorder: expert recommendations for diagnosis, management, and enzyme replacement therapy.

    Robert J. Desnick;Roscoe Brady;John Barranger;Allan J. Collins

  • Cognitive impairment in hemodialysis patients is common.

    Anne M Murray;David Tupper;David Tupper;D. S. Knopman;D. T. Gilbertson

  • Hematocrit Level and Associated Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients

    Jennie Z. Ma;Jim Ebben;Hong Xia;Allan J. Collins

  • Projecting the Number of Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease in the United States to the Year 2015

    David T. Gilbertson;Jiannong Liu;Jay L. Xue;Thomas A. Louis

  • The effect of a lower target blood pressure on the progression of kidney disease: long-term follow-up of the modification of diet in renal disease study.

    Mark J. Sarnak;Tom Greene;Xuelei Wang;Gerald J Beck

  • US Renal Data System 2012 Annual Data Report.

    Allan J. Collins;Robert N. Foley;Charles Herzog;Blanche Chavers

  • US Renal Data System 2013 Annual Data Report.

    Allan J Collins;Rob Foley;Blanche M Chavers;David T Gilbertson

  • Kidney Transplantation as Primary Therapy for End-Stage Renal Disease: A National Kidney Foundation/Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (NKF/KDOQI™) Conference

    Michael Abecassis;Stephen T. Bartlett;Allan J. Collins;Connie L. Davis

  • Excerpts from the United States Renal Data System 2004 annual data report: atlas of end-stage renal disease in the United States.

    Allan J Collins;Bert L Kasiske;Charles A Herzog;Blanche M Chavers

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert N. Foley
Robert N. Foley University of Minnesota
Charles A. Herzog
Charles A. Herzog University of Minnesota
Jon J. Snyder
Jon J. Snyder University of Minnesota
George L. Bakris
George L. Bakris University of Chicago
Paul W. Eggers
Paul W. Eggers National Institutes of Health
Keith C. Norris
Keith C. Norris University of California, Los Angeles
Lawrence Y. Agodoa
Lawrence Y. Agodoa National Institutes of Health
Bertram L. Kasiske
Bertram L. Kasiske Hennepin County Medical Center
Brian J.G. Pereira
Brian J.G. Pereira Tufts Medical Center
Andrew S. Levey
Andrew S. Levey Tufts Medical Center

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