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Richard J. Wassersug

Richard J. Wassersug

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
11755
World Ranking
13203
National Ranking
449

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1990 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Richard J. Wassersug is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research predominantly falls within the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Psychiatry and Mental Health, General Health Professions, Social Psychology, and Oncology.

Their work covers a range of topics, notably:

  • Sexual function and dysfunction studies
  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Hormonal and reproductive studies
  • Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • Sexual Differentiation and Disorders

Recent papers by Richard J. Wassersug include:

  • Patient Engagement in Health Research: Perspectives from Patient Participants (2023, Current Oncology)
  • Prostate Cancer From a Sex and Gender Perspective: A Review (2021, Sexual Medicine Reviews)
  • An Educational Program to Help Patients Manage Androgen Deprivation Therapy Side Effects: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Outcomes (2020, American Journal of Men's Health)
  • Moving forwards, sideways and up in the air: observations on the locomotion of semiterrestrial tadpoles (Cycloramphidae) (2022, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society)
  • Establishing best practices in cancer online support groups: protocol for a realist review (2021, BMJ Open)

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Erik Wibowo
  • Thomas W. Johnson
  • Lauren M. Walker
  • Smita Mukherjee
  • Krista Genoway

Richard J. Wassersug often publishes in the following venues:

  • Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • Sexual Medicine
  • Current Oncology
  • Sexual Medicine Reviews
  • BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care

In 1990, Richard J. Wassersug was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Environmental physiology of the amphibians

    Richard Wassersug;M. E. Feder;W. W. Burggren

  • A Procedure for Differential Staining of Cartilage and Bone in Whole Formalin-Fixed Vertebrates

    Richard J. Wassersug

  • Differential Predation on Metamorphic Anurans by Garter Snakes (Thamnophis): Social Behavior as a Possible Defense

    Stevan J. Arnold;Richard J. Wassersug

  • The Adaptive Significance of the Tadpole Stage with Comments on the Maintenance of Complex Life Cycles in Anurans

    Richard J. Wassersug

  • Environmental factors influencing calling in sympatric anurans.

    Kerri L. Oseen;Richard J. Wassersug

  • The Relationships of Locomotion to Differential Predation on Pseudacris Triseriata (Anura: Hylidae)

    Richard J. Wassersug;David G. Sperry

  • A computational fluid dynamics study of tadpole swimming

    Hao Liu;Richard J. Wassersug;Keiji Kawachi

  • A proposed function for microridges on epithelial cells

    David G. Sperry;Richard J. Wassersug

  • The three-dimensional hydrodynamics of tadpole locomotion.

    Hao Liu;Richard Wassersug;Keiji Kawachi

  • A survey of internal oral features of Leptodactyloid Larvae (Amphibia, Anura)

    Richard J. Wassersug;W. Ronald Heyer

  • Locomotion in Amphibian Larvae (or “Why Aren't Tadpoles Built Like Fishes?”)

    Richard J. Wassersug

  • The anuran Bauplan: a review of the adaptive, developmental, and genetic underpinnings of frog and tadpole morphology.

    Gregory R. Handrigan;Richard J. Wassersug

  • Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Prostate Cancer: Recommendations to Improve Patient and Partner Quality of Life

    Stacy Elliott;David M. Latini;David M. Latini;Lauren M. Walker;Richard Wassersug

  • THE KINEMATICS OF SWIMMING IN ANURAN LARVAE

    Richard J. Wassersug;Karin Von Sechendorf Hoff

  • A comparative study of the buccal pumping mechanism of tadpoles

    Richard J. Wassersug;Karin Hoff

  • Amphibian development in the virtual absence of gravity

    Kenneth A. Souza;Steven D. Black;Richard J. Wassersug

  • Tadpole Locomotion: Axial Movement and Tail Functions in a Largely Vertebraeless Vertebrate1

    Karin vS. Hoff;Richard J. Wassersug

  • Larval life in the leaves: arboreal tadpole types, with special attention to the morphology, ecology, and behavior of the Oophagous Osteopilus brunneus (Hylidae) larva

    Michael J. Lannoo;Daniel S. Townsend;Richard J. Wassersug

  • Patterns and consequences of behavioural responses to predators and parasites in Rana tadpoles

    Gregory W. Thiemann;Richard J. Wassersug

  • Suspension feeding dynamics of anuran larvae related to their functional morphology.

    D. B. Seale;R. J. Wassersug

Frequent Co-Authors

Celestia S. Higano
Celestia S. Higano University of Washington
Martin E. Feder
Martin E. Feder University of Chicago
Denise de Cerqueira Rossa-Feres
Denise de Cerqueira Rossa-Feres Sao Paulo State University
Karen M. Warkentin
Karen M. Warkentin Boston University
Robert F. Inger
Robert F. Inger Field Museum of Natural History
Harvey B. Lillywhite
Harvey B. Lillywhite University of Florida
Neil Fleshner
Neil Fleshner Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
John L. Oliffe
John L. Oliffe University of British Columbia
Alan Kingstone
Alan Kingstone University of British Columbia
Lori A. Brotto
Lori A. Brotto University of British Columbia

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