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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
  • 1986 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Robert K. Heaton is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Virology, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Emergency Medicine, and Oncology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • HIV-related health complications and treatments
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research

Heaton has contributed to numerous publications. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Clinical Neuropsychologist
  • Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Viruses
  • Journal of NeuroVirology

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Heaton include:

  • RETRACTED ARTICLE: Microbiome analyses of blood and tissues suggest cancerdiagnostic approach, 2020, Nature
  • The state of neuropsychological test norms for Spanish-speaking adults in the United States, 2020, The Clinical Neuropsychologist
  • Robustness of cancer microbiome signals over a broad range of methodological variation, 2024, Oncogene
  • Daily Activities Related to Mobile Cognitive Performance in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: An Ecological Momentary Cognitive Assessment Study, 2020, JMIR mhealth and uhealth
  • Demographically-adjusted norms for selected tests of verbal fluency: Results from the Neuropsychological Norms for the US-Mexico Border Region in Spanish (NP-NUMBRS) project, 2020, The Clinical Neuropsychologist

Frequent co-authors associated with their work are:

  • Ronald J. Ellis
  • Igor Grant
  • Scott Letendre
  • Mariana Cherner
  • Jennifer E. Iudicello

In 1986, Robert K. Heaton was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA).

Best Publications

  • Wisconsin Card Sorting Test manual

    Robert K. Heaton

  • Updated research nosology for HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders

    A. Antinori;G. Arendt;J. T. Becker;B. J. Brew

  • HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders persist in the era of potent antiretroviral therapy: CHARTER Study.

    R. K. Heaton;D. B. Clifford;D. R. Franklin;S. P. Woods

  • The MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery, Part 1: Test Selection, Reliability, and Validity

    Keith H. Nuechterlein;Michael F. Green;Robert S. Kern;Lyle E. Baade

  • Longitudinal studies of cognition and functional outcome in schizophrenia: implications for MATRICS.

    Michael F. Green;Robert S. Kern;Robert K. Heaton

  • HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders before and during the era of combination antiretroviral therapy: differences in rates, nature, and predictors

    Robert K. Heaton;Donald R. Franklin;Ronald J. Ellis;J. Allen McCutchan

  • Identification of separable cognitive factors in schizophrenia.

    Keith H. Nuechterlein;M Deanna;James M. Gold;Terry E. Goldberg

  • Cognition assessment using the NIH Toolbox

    Sandra Weintraub;Sureyya S. Dikmen;Robert K. Heaton;David S. Tulsky

  • Approaching a consensus cognitive battery for clinical trials in schizophrenia: The NIMH-MATRICS conference to select cognitive domains and test criteria

    Michael F. Green;Keith H. Nuechterlein;James M. Gold;M Deanna

  • Microbiome analyses of blood and tissues suggest cancer diagnostic approach

    Gregory D. Poore;Evguenia Kopylova;Qiyun Zhu;Carolina Carpenter

  • Determinants of real-world functional performance in schizophrenia subjects: correlations with cognition, functional capacity, and symptoms.

    Christopher R. Bowie;Abraham Reichenberg;Thomas L. Patterson;Robert K. Heaton

  • Stability and course of neuropsychological deficits in schizophrenia.

    Robert K. Heaton;Julie Akiko Gladsjo;Barton W. Palmer;Julia Kuck

  • The Impact of HIV-Associated Neuropsychological Impairment on Everyday Functioning

    Robert K Heaton;Thomas D Marcotte;Monica Rivera Mindt;Joseph Sadek

  • The HNRC 500-Neuropsychology of Hiv infection at different disease stages

    Robert K. Heaton;Igor Grant;Nelson Butters;Desirée A. White

  • Neurocognitive Effects of Methamphetamine: A Critical Review and Meta-analysis

    J. Cobb Scott;Steven Paul Woods;Steven Paul Woods;Georg E. Matt;Rachel A. Meyer

  • Life quality of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

    A. John McSweeny;A. John McSweeny;Igor Grant;Robert K. Heaton;Kenneth M. Adams

  • Predicting Schizophrenia Patients’ Real-World Behavior with Specific Neuropsychological and Functional Capacity Measures

    Christopher R. Bowie;Christopher R. Bowie;Winnie W. Leung;Winnie W. Leung;Winnie W. Leung;Abraham Reichenberg;Margaret M. McClure;Margaret M. McClure;Margaret M. McClure

  • The utility of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test in detecting and localizing frontal lobe lesions.

    Amy L. Robinson;Robert K. Heaton;Ralph A. Lehman;Donald W. Stilson

  • Norms for Letter and Category Fluency: Demographic Corrections for Age, Education, and Ethnicity:

    Julie Akiko Gladsjo;Catherine C. Schuman;Jovier D. Evans;Guerry M. Peavy

  • Is it possible to be schizophrenic yet neuropsychologically normal

    Barton W. Palmer;Robert K. Heaton;Jane S. Paulsen;Julie Kuck

  • Philip D. Harvey, Ph.D. Determinants of Real- World Functional Performance in Schizophrenia Subjects: Correlations With Cognition, Functional Capacity, and Symptoms

    Christopher R. Bowie;Thomas L. Patterson;Robert K. Heaton

Frequent Co-Authors

Igor Grant
Igor Grant University of California, San Diego
Ronald J. Ellis
Ronald J. Ellis University of California, San Diego
Scott Letendre
Scott Letendre University of California, San Diego
Donald Franklin
Donald Franklin University of California, San Diego
Thomas D. Marcotte
Thomas D. Marcotte University of California, San Diego
Mariana Cherner
Mariana Cherner University of California, San Diego
Steven Paul Woods
Steven Paul Woods University of Houston
David B. Clifford
David B. Clifford Washington University in St. Louis
Dilip V. Jeste
Dilip V. Jeste University of California, San Diego
J. Allen McCutchan
J. Allen McCutchan University of California, San Diego

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