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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)
  • 1971 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Kenneth J. Ryan was affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research centered predominantly on medical and statistical fields, with a particular focus on infection control, immunology, and pulmonary medicine.

The scientist contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine, including subfields such as Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Immunology, and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. Their work spanned several main topics:

  • Infection Control and Ventilation
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Immune responses and vaccinations
  • Infection Control in Healthcare
  • Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference
  • Reliability and Maintenance Optimization
  • Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications

Their notable publications appeared in journals including:

  • Quality Engineering
  • Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Special Matrices
  • American Journal of Infection Control

Kenneth J. Ryan co-authored work primarily with the following researchers:

  • Weihua Yang
  • Warren R. Myers
  • Edward M. Fisher
  • Ziqing Zhuang
  • Michael S. Hamada

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Total outward leakage of half-mask respirators and surgical masks used for source control, 2023, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
  • IL-27 alters inflammatory cytokine expression and limits protective immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a neonatal BCG vaccination model, 2024, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Legendre pairs of lengthsℓ≡ 0 (mod 5), 2023, Special Matrices
  • Total outward leakage of face-worn products used by the general public for source control, 2024, American Journal of Infection Control
  • Evaluating source control efficacy against exhaled submicron particles: Total outward leakage of surgical masks and half facepiece respirators across a spectrum of particle sizes, 2024, Aerosol Science and Technology

Kenneth J. Ryan was recognized with distinctions including being named a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2020 and being a member of the National Academy of Medicine since 1971.

Best Publications

  • The formation of estrogens by central neuroendocrine tissues

    F Naftolin;K J Ryan;I J Davies;V V Reddy

  • Biological aromatization of steroids

    Kenneth J. Ryan

  • Insulin Stimulates Androgen Accumulation in Incubations of Ovarian Stroma Obtained from Women with Hyperandrogenism

    Robert L. Barbieri;Anastasia Makris;Rebecca W. Randall;Gilbert Daniels

  • The Microenvironment of the Human Antral Follicle: Interrelationships among the Steroid Levels in Antral Fluid, the Population of Granulosa Cells, and the Status of the Oocyte in Vivo and in Vitro

    Kenneth P. McNATTY;Dianne Moore Smith;Anastasia Makris;Rapin Osathanondh

  • The role of hyperinsulinemia in the pathogenesis of ovarian hyperandrogenism

    Edward E. Wallach;Robert L. Barbieri;Samuel Smith;Kenneth J. Ryan

  • Aromatization of Androstenedione by the Anterior Hypothalamus of Adult Male and Female Rats

    F. Naftolin;K. J. Ryan;Z. Petro

  • The production of progesterone, androgens, and estrogens by granulosa cells, thecal tissue, and stromal tissue from human ovaries in vitro.

    Kenneth P. McNATTY;Anastasia Makris;Camillo Degrazia;Osathanondh Rapin

  • AROMATIZATION OF ANDROSTENEDIONE BY THE DIENCEPHALON

    F. Naftolin;K. J. Ryan;Z. Petro

  • Hyperandrogenism, insulin resistance, and acanthosis nigricans syndrome: A common endocrinopathy with distinct pathophysiologic features

    Robert L. Barbieri;Robert L. Barbieri;Kenneth J. Ryan;Kenneth J. Ryan

  • Aromatization of androgens by human abdominal and breast fat tissue.

    A. Nimrod;K. J. Ryan

  • Determinants of Ovarian Cancer Risk. I. Reproductive Experiences and Family History

    Daniel W. Cramer;George B. Hutchison;William R. Welch;Robert E. Scully

  • HYDROXYLATION OF STEROIDS AT CARBON 21

    Kenneth J. Ryan;Lewis L. Engel

  • Phylogenetic distribution of aromatase and other androgen-converting enzymes in the central nervous system.

    Gloria V. Callard;Zoltan Petro;Kenneth J. Ryan

  • Risk Factors Accounting for Racial Differences in the Rate of Premature Birth

    Ellice Lieberman;Kenneth J. Ryan;Richard R. Monson;Stephen C. Schoenbaum

  • No association between coffee consumption and adverse outcomes of pregnancy.

    Shai Linn;Stephen C. Schoenbaum;Richard R. Monson;Bernard Rosner

  • Conversion of androstenedione to estrone by neural tissues from fetal and neonatal rats.

    V. V. R. Reddy;F. Naftolin;K. J. Ryan

  • Tihe Concentrations of Progesterone, Estrone and Estradiol-17β in the Plasma of Pregnant Rabbits

    John R. G. Challis;I. John Davies;Kenneth J. Ryan

  • Danazol: Endocrine pharmacology and therapeutic applications

    Robert L. Barbieri;Kenneth J. Ryan

  • Nicotine, cotinine, and anabasine inhibit aromatase in human trophoblast in vitro

    RL Barbieri;J Gochberg;KJ Ryan

  • Effects of Estrogens on Sleep and Psychological State of Hypogonadal Women

    Isaac Schiff;Quentin Regestein;Dan Tulchinsky;Kenneth J. Ryan

Frequent Co-Authors

Frederick Naftolin
Frederick Naftolin New York University
Robert L. Barbieri
Robert L. Barbieri Brigham and Women's Hospital
Richard R. Monson
Richard R. Monson Harvard University
John R. G. Challis
John R. G. Challis University of Toronto
Kurt Benirschke
Kurt Benirschke University of California, San Diego
Ellice Lieberman
Ellice Lieberman Brigham and Women's Hospital
Bernard Rosner
Bernard Rosner Harvard University
Susan E. Leeman
Susan E. Leeman Boston University
Lawrence Levine
Lawrence Levine Brandeis University
Samuel B. Formal
Samuel B. Formal Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

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