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Robert B. Wallace

Robert B. Wallace

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Medicine

D-Index
157
Citations
121273
World Ranking
874
National Ranking
497

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Walsh McDermott Medal, National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2001 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Robert B. Wallace is affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States. Their main field of study is Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Physiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's research encompasses a wide range of topics. Prominent areas of work include Nutritional Studies and Diet, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Diet and Metabolism Studies, Musculoskeletal Pain and Rehabilitation, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors, and Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling.

Robert B. Wallace has contributed to numerous publications in various venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • American Journal of Preventive Medicine
  • UNC Libraries
  • Current Developments in Nutrition
  • Journal of Nutrition
  • Journal of the American Heart Association

Notable recent papers authored by or involving Robert B. Wallace include:

  • "Association Between Depressive Symptoms and Incident Cardiovascular Diseases" (2020), published in JAMA
  • "Trends in obesity and adiposity measures by race or ethnicity among adults in the United States 2011-18: population based study" (2021), published in BMJ
  • "A Randomized Trial of a Multifactorial Strategy to Prevent Serious Fall Injuries" (2020), published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Food Insecurity Is Associated With Cardiovascular and All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in the United States" (2020), published in Journal of the American Heart Association
  • "Association of Major Dietary Protein Sources With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality: Prospective Cohort Study" (2021), published in Journal of the American Heart Association

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • JoAnn E. Manson
  • Patrick Remington
  • Matthew L. Boulton
  • Jillian Morgan
  • Ann Arbor

Robert B. Wallace has been recognized with awards such as the Walsh McDermott Medal from the National Academy of Medicine in 2011 and was inducted as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2001.

Best Publications

  • A short physical performance battery assessing lower extremity function: association with self-reported disability and prediction of mortality and nursing home admission.

    Jack M. Guralnik;Eleanor M. Simonsick;Luigi Ferrucci;Robert J. Glynn

  • Effects of conjugated equine estrogen in postmenopausal women with hysterectomy: the Women's Health Initiative randomized controlled trial

    Garnet L. Anderson;Marian C. Limacher;Annlouise R. Assaf;Tamsen Bassford

  • Lower-Extremity Function in Persons over the Age of 70 Years as a Predictor of Subsequent Disability

    Jack M. Guralnik;Luigi Ferrucci;Eleanor M. Simonsick;Marcel E. Salive

  • Lower Extremity Function and Subsequent Disability Consistency Across Studies, Predictive Models, and Value of Gait Speed Alone Compared With the Short Physical Performance Battery

    Jack M. Guralnik;Luigi Ferrucci;Carl F. Pieper;Suzanne G. Leveille

  • Estrogen plus progestin and the incidence of dementia and mild cognitive impairment in postmenopausal women: the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study: a randomized controlled trial.

    Sally A. Shumaker;Claudine Legault;Stephen R. Rapp;Leon Thal

  • Effect of alendronate on risk of fracture in women with low bone density but without vertebral fractures: results from the Fracture Intervention Trial.

    Steven R. Cummings;Dennis M. Black;Desmond E. Thompson;William B. Applegate

  • Prevalence of dementia in the United States: the aging, demographics, and memory study.

    Brenda L Plassman;Kenneth M Langa;Gwenith G Fisher;Steven G Heeringa

  • Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and the risk of fractures.

    Rebecca D. Jackson;Andrea Z. LaCroix;Margery Gass;Robert B. Wallace

  • Associations of elevated interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein levels with mortality in the elderly

    Tamara B Harris;Luigi Ferrucci;Russell P Tracy;M.Chiara Corti

  • Cardiovascular mortality and noncontraceptive use of estrogen in women: Results from the lipid research clinics program follow-up study

    Trudy L. Bush;Elizabeth Barrett-Connor;Linda D. Cowan;Michael H. Criqui

  • Effects of Continuing or Stopping Alendronate After 5 Years of Treatment The Fracture Intervention Trial Long-term Extension (FLEX): A Randomized Trial

    Dennis M. Black;Ann V. Schwartz;Kristine E. Ensrud;Jane A. Cauley

  • Association of Urinary Bisphenol A Concentration With Medical Disorders and Laboratory Abnormalities in Adults

    Iain A. Lang;Tamara S. Galloway;Alan Scarlett;William E. Henley

  • Menopausal hormone therapy and health outcomes during the intervention and extended poststopping phases of the women's health initiative randomized trials

    Jo Ann E. Manson;Rowan T. Chlebowski;Marcia L. Stefanick;Aaron K. Aragaki

  • Calcium plus Vitamin D Supplementation and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer

    Jean Wactawski-Wende;Jane Morley Kotchen;Garnet L. Anderson;Annlouise R. Assaf;Annlouise R. Assaf

  • Prevalence of cognitive impairment without dementia in the United States.

    Brenda L. Plassman;Kenneth M. Langa;Gwenith G. Fisher;Steven G. Heeringa

  • Depressive symptoms and physical decline in community-dwelling older persons.

    Brenda W. J. H. Penninx;Jack M. Guralnik;Luigi Ferrucci;Eleanor M. Simonsick

  • Inflammatory Biomarkers, Hormone Replacement Therapy, and Incident Coronary Heart Disease: Prospective Analysis From the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study

    Aruna D. Pradhan;JoAnn E. Manson;Jacques E. Rossouw;David S. Siscovick

  • Serum IL-6 level and the development of disability in older persons.

    Luigi Ferrucci;Tamara B. Harris;Jack M. Guralnik;Russell P. Tracy

  • Conjugated equine estrogens and global cognitive function in postmenopausal women: Women's Health Initiative Memory Study.

    Mark A. Espeland;Stephen R. Rapp;Sally A. Shumaker;Robert Brunner

  • Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption: combined analysis of individual-participant data for 599 912 current drinkers in 83 prospective studies

    Angela M. Wood;Stephen Kaptoge;Adam S. Butterworth;Peter Willeit

Frequent Co-Authors

JoAnn E. Manson
JoAnn E. Manson Harvard Medical School
Jack M. Guralnik
Jack M. Guralnik University of Maryland, Baltimore
Rebecca D. Jackson
Rebecca D. Jackson The Ohio State University
Jean Wactawski-Wende
Jean Wactawski-Wende University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Jennifer G. Robinson
Jennifer G. Robinson University of Iowa
Marcia L. Stefanick
Marcia L. Stefanick Stanford University
Rowan T. Chlebowski
Rowan T. Chlebowski UCLA Medical Center
Gerardo Heiss
Gerardo Heiss University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kenneth M. Langa
Kenneth M. Langa University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Fredric D. Wolinsky
Fredric D. Wolinsky University of Iowa

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