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60
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21161
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3113
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1359

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1973 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1966 - Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA)
  • 1965 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1964 - Crop Science Research Award, American Society of Agronomy
  • 1960 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1954 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

R. W. Allard was affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily focused on various aspects of medicine, with specific attention to clinical psychology, virology, infectious diseases, molecular biology, and health.

Allard's work covered a range of main topics that included:

  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Poxvirus research and outbreaks
  • Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research
  • Rabies epidemiology and control
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy

Among the recent papers authored by Allard were:

  • Breakthrough cases of mpox: One-dose vaccination is associated with milder clinical manifestations, 2024, Journal of Infection and Public Health
  • Prevalence, risk factors and clinical presentations of post-COVID-19 condition: a follow-up study of reported COVID-19 infections in Montreal, Canada, 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their frequent coauthors included:

  • Geneviève Cadieux
  • Pascale Leclerc
  • Geneviève Bergeron
  • Sarah-Amélie Mercure
  • Yohann Pilon

Allard published regularly in several academic venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Infection and Public Health
  • JAMA Network Open
  • Canada Communicable Disease Report
  • Relevé des maladies transmissibles au Canada

Over the course of their career, Allard had been recognized by various academic societies. They were named a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1973. Additional honors included fellowships with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1965, the American Society of Agronomy (ASA) in 1966, and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation twice, in 1954 and 1960. They also received the Crop Science Research Award from the American Society of Agronomy in 1964.

Best Publications

  • Ribosomal DNA spacer-length polymorphisms in barley: mendelian inheritance, chromosomal location, and population dynamics.

    M A Saghai-Maroof;K M Soliman;R A Jorgensen;R W Allard

  • Extraordinarily polymorphic microsatellite DNA in barley: species diversity, chromosomal locations, and population dynamics

    M A Saghai Maroof;R M Biyashev;G P Yang;Q Zhang

  • Chloroplast DNA polymorphisms in lodgepole and jack pines and their hybrids.

    D B Wagner;G R Furnier;M A Saghai-Maroof;S M Williams

  • The Genetics of Inbreeding Populations

    R.W. Allard;S.K. Jain;P.L. Workman

  • Microgeographical Variation in Allozyme Frequencies in Avena barbata

    J. L. Hamrick;R. W. Allard

  • Genetic Changes Associated with the Evolution of Adaptedness in Cultivated Plants and Their Wild Progenitors

    R. W. Allard

  • Estimation of the mating system in open-pollinated maize populations using isozyme polymorphisms.

    A. H. D. Brown;R. W. Allard

  • Patterns of Genetic Differentiation in the Slender Wild Oat Species Avena barbata

    M. T. Clegg;R. W. Allard

  • Evidence for Coadaptation in Avena barbata

    R. W. Allard;G. R. Babbel;M. T. Clegg;A. L. Kahler

  • A multilocus estimator of mating system parameters in plant populations

    D. V. Shaw;A. L. Kahler;R. W. Allard

  • Estimation of life cycle components of selection in an experimental plant population.

    M. T. Clegg;A. L. Kahler;R. W. Allard

  • Spatial autocorrelation analysis of the distribution of genotypes within populations of lodgepole pine.

    B K Epperson;R W Allard

  • Is the Gene the Unit of Selection? Evidence from Two Experimental Plant Populations

    M. T. Clegg;R. W. Allard;A. L. Kahler

  • The Detection and Measurement of the Effects of Individual Genes Involved in the Inheritance of a Quantitative Character in Wheat.

    Conrad Wehrhahn;R. W. Allard

  • POPULATION STUDIES IN PREDOMINANTLY SELF-POLLINATED SPECIES. VI. GENETIC VARIABILITY BETWEEN AND WITHIN NATURAL POPULATIONS OF WILD OATS FROM DIFFERING HABITATS IN CALIFORNIA

    A. G. Imam;R. W. Allard

  • Genetic basis of the evolution of adaptedness in plants

    R. W. Allard

  • Paternal inheritance of chloroplast DNA in Douglas-fir

    David B. Neale;Nicholas C. Wheeler;Robert W. Allard

  • Associations between isozyme phenotypes and environment in the slender wild oat (Avena barbata) in Israel.

    A. L. Kahler;R. W. Allard;M. Krzakowa;M. Krzakowa;C. F. Wehrhahn;C. F. Wehrhahn

  • Estimation of outcrossing rates in Duglas-fir using isozyme markers.

    D. V. Shaw;R. W. Allard

  • POPULATION STUDIES IN PREDOMINANTLY SELF-POLLINATED SPECIES, I. EVIDENCE FOR HETEROZYGOTE ADVANTAGE IN A CLOSED POPULATION OF BARLEY.

    S. K. Jain;R. W. Allard

Frequent Co-Authors

M. A. Saghai Maroof
M. A. Saghai Maroof Virginia Tech
Michael T. Clegg
Michael T. Clegg University of California, Irvine
Stephen B. Goodwin
Stephen B. Goodwin Purdue University West Lafayette
Bruce S. Weir
Bruce S. Weir University of Washington
Richard A. Jorgensen
Richard A. Jorgensen University of Arizona
David B. Neale
David B. Neale University of California, Davis
Scott M. Williams
Scott M. Williams Case Western Reserve University
Curtis Strobeck
Curtis Strobeck University of Alberta

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