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Redford B. Williams

Redford B. Williams

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Psychology

D-Index
89
Citations
28770
World Ranking
1002
National Ranking
625

Medicine

D-Index
88
Citations
29045
World Ranking
13141
National Ranking
6706

Overview

Redford B. Williams is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions to cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, genetics, sociology and political science, molecular biology, and general health professions.

The scientist's work addresses a variety of topics including cardiac health and mental health, health disparities and outcomes, genetics and physical performance, intergenerational family dynamics and caregiving, family support in illness, tryptophan and brain disorders, and metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Redford B. Williams include Ilene C. Siegler, Beverly H. Brummett, Michael A. Babyak, Kathleen Mullan Harris, and Cynthia M. Kuhn.

They have published extensively in venues such as UNC Libraries, Metabolomics, Behavior Genetics, Biochemical Genetics, and SAGE Open Nursing.

Recent publications by Redford B. Williams include:

  • Sex and race differences of cerebrospinal fluid metabolites in healthy individuals, 2021, Metabolomics
  • Length Polymorphisms in the Angiotensin I-Converting Enzyme Gene and the Serotonin-Transporter-Linked Polymorphic Region Constitute a Risk Haplotype for Depression in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease, 2020, Biochemical Genetics
  • Relationship Between Psychosocial Stress and Blood Pressure: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Family Heart Study, 2022, SAGE Open Nursing
  • Evaluating the precision of EBF1 SNP x stress interaction association: sex, race, and age differences in a big harmonized data set of 28,026 participants, 2020, Translational Psychiatry
  • Correction to: Low Life Course Socioeconomic Status (SES) Is Associated with Negative NEO PI-R Personality Patterns, 2020, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Best Publications

  • Vulnerability genes or plasticity genes

    Jay Belsky;C. Jonassaint;Michael Pluess;M. Stanton

  • Hostility, CHD incidence, and total mortality: a 25-year follow-up study of 255 physicians.

    John C. Barefoot;W. Grant Dahlstrom;Redford B. Williams

  • The Cook-Medley hostility scale: item content and ability to predict survival.

    J C Barefoot;K A Dodge;B L Peterson;W G Dahlstrom

  • Type A behavior, hostility, and coronary atherosclerosis.

    Redford B Williams;Thomas L. Haney;Kerry L. Lee;Yi-Hong Kong

  • Depression and Long-Term Mortality Risk in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease *

    John C Barefoot;Michael J Helms;Daniel B Mark;James A Blumenthal

  • Social support, type A behavior, and coronary artery disease.

    James A. Blumenthal;Matthew M. Burg;John Barefoot;Redford B. Williams

  • Prognostic importance of social and economic resources among medically treated patients with angiographically documented coronary artery disease.

    Redford B. Williams;John C. Barefoot;Robert M. Califf;Thomas L. Haney

  • Components of Type A, Hostility, and Anger-In: Relationship to Angiographic Findings

    Theodore M Dembroski;James M. MacDougall;Redford B. Williams;Thomas L. Haney

  • Loss-of-function mutation in tryptophan hydroxylase-2 identified in unipolar major depression.

    Xiaodong Zhang;Raul R. Gainetdinov;Jean-Martin Beaulieu;Tatyana D. Sotnikova

  • Characteristics of socially isolated patients with coronary artery disease who are at elevated risk for mortality.

    Beverly H. Brummett;John C. Barefoot;Ilene C. Siegler;Nancy E. Clapp-Channing

  • Situational determinants of cardiovascular and emotional reactivity in high and low hostile men.

    Edward C. Suarez;Redford B. Williams

  • Type A behavior and elevated physiological and neuroendocrine responses to cognitive tasks.

    Redford B. Williams;James D. Lane;Cynthia M. Kuhn;William Melosh

  • Physiological and psychological variables predict compliance to prescribed exercise therapy in patients recovering from myocardial infarction.

    Blumenthal Ja;Williams Rs;Wallace Ag;Williams Rb

  • Neuroendocrine, cardiovascular, and emotional responses of hostile men: the role of interpersonal challenge.

    Edward C. Suarez;Cynthia M. Kuhn;Saul M. Schanberg;Redford B. Williams

  • Hostility during Late Adolescence Predicts Coronary Risk Factors at Mid-Life

    Siegler Ic;Peterson Bl;Barefoot Jc;Williams Rb

  • Depressive symptoms and survival of patients with coronary artery disease.

    John C. Barefoot;Beverly H. Brummett;Michael J. Helms;Daniel B. Mark

  • Effect of Race on Cultural Justifications for Caregiving

    Peggye Dilworth-Anderson;Beverly H. Brummett;Paula Goodwin;Sharon Wallace Williams

  • Hostility patterns and health implications: correlates of Cook-Medley Hostility Scale scores in a national survey.

    Barefoot Jc;Peterson Bl;Dahlstrom Wg;Siegler Ic

  • Serotonin-related gene polymorphisms and central nervous system serotonin function.

    Redford B Williams;Douglas A Marchuk;Kishore M Gadde;John C Barefoot

  • Type A behavior pattern and coronary atherosclerosis.

    J A Blumenthal;R B Williams;Y Kong;S M Schanberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Ilene C. Siegler
Ilene C. Siegler Duke University
John C. Barefoot
John C. Barefoot Duke University
Beverly H. Brummett
Beverly H. Brummett Duke University
Cynthia M. Kuhn
Cynthia M. Kuhn Duke University
Daniel B. Mark
Daniel B. Mark Duke University
James A. Blumenthal
James A. Blumenthal Duke University
Richard C. Becker
Richard C. Becker University of Cincinnati
Elizabeth R. Hauser
Elizabeth R. Hauser Duke University
Norman B. Anderson
Norman B. Anderson Florida State University
Allison E. Ashley-Koch
Allison E. Ashley-Koch Duke University

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