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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1992 - Sedgwick Memorial Medal, American Public Health Association
  • 1992 - Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's, and Related Diseases, American Academy of Neurology
  • 1989 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1984 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Robert Katzman was affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Throughout their career, Katzman engaged in scientific research primarily related to the fields of neuroscience and public health, as indicated by the awards they received.

Katzman did not have recent papers listed in the available data, nor were there specific co-authors, publication venues, or book publications associated with their name in the source information provided.

Their work was recognized with several prestigious honors. In 1992, Katzman was awarded the Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's, and Related Diseases by the American Academy of Neurology. The same year, they received the Sedgwick Memorial Medal from the American Public Health Association. Earlier, in 1989, Katzman was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and in 1984 they became a Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM).

These awards suggest a career focused on research into neurodegenerative diseases, especially Alzheimer's disease and related disorders, as well as contributions to public health. Katzman's recognition by organizations dedicated to neurology and public health indicates a role at the intersection of medical research and health policy or practice.

Katzman was deceased at the time of this profile's creation.

Best Publications

  • Clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease : report of the NINCDS-ADRDA Work Group under the auspices of Department of Health and Human Services Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease

    Guy M. McKhann;David A. Drachman;Marshall F. Folstein;Robert Katzman

  • Physical basis of cognitive alterations in Alzheimer's disease: synapse loss is the major correlate of cognitive impairment.

    Robert D. Terry;Eliezer Masliah;David P. Salmon;Nelson Butters

  • Validation of a short Orientation-Memory-Concentration Test of cognitive impairment.

    Robert Katzman;Theodore Brown;Paula Fuld;Arthur Peck

  • Pathological verification of ischemic score in differentiation of dementias

    Wilma G. Rosen;Robert D. Terry;Paula A. Fuld;Robert Katzman

  • Criteria for the diagnosis of ischemic vascular dementia proposed by the State of California Alzheimer's Disease Diagnostic and Treatment Centers

    H. C. Chui;J. I. Victoroff;D. Margolin;W. Jagust

  • Clinical, pathological, and neurochemical changes in dementia: a subgroup with preserved mental status and numerous neocortical plaques.

    Robert Katzman;Robert Terry;Richard DeTeresa;Theodore Brown

  • Education and the prevalence of dementia and Alzheimer's disease

    Robert Katzman

  • The prevalence of dementia and Alzheimer's disease in Shanghai, China: Impact of age, gender, and education

    M Y Zhang;R Katzman;D Salmon;H Jin

  • Senile dementia of the Alzheimer type.

    Robert D. Terry;Robert Katzman Katzman

  • The Lewy body variant of Alzheimer's disease A clinical and pathologic entity

    L. Hansen;D. Salmon;D. Galasko;E. Masliah

  • Reduced somatostatin-like immunoreactivity in cerebral cortex from cases of Alzheimer disease and Alzheimer senile dementa.

    Peter Davies;Robert Katzman;Robert D. Terry

  • A Chinese version of the mini-mental state examination; Impact of illiteracy in a Shanghai dementia survey

    Robert Katzman;Mingyuan Zhang;Ouang-Ya-Qu;Zhengyu Wang

  • Comparisons of Verbal Fluency Tasks in the Detection of Dementia of the Alzheimer Type

    Andreas U. Monsch;Mark W. Bondi;Nelson Butters;David P. Salmon

  • Editorial: The prevalence and malignancy of Alzheimer disease. A major killer.

    Robert Katzman

  • Development of dementing illnesses in an 80-year-old volunteer cohort.

    R. Katzman;M. Aronson;P. Fuld;C. Kawas

  • Genetic association of the low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein gene (LRP), an apolipoprotein E receptor, with late-onset Alzheimer's disease

    D. E. Kang;T. Saitoh;X. Chen;Y. Xia

  • Clinical-Neuropathological Correlations in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias

    Galasko D;Hansen La;Katzman R;Wiederholt W

  • Genetic evidence for the involvement of τ in progressive supranuclear palsy

    Chris Conrad;Athena Andreadis;John Q. Trojanowski;Dennis W. Dickson

  • Alzheimer's disease : senile dementia and related disorders

    Bethesda Related Disorders;Robert Katzman;Robert D. Terry

  • A simple constant‐infusion manometric test for measurement of CSF absorption: I. Rationale and method

    Robert Katzman;Francis Hussey

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert D. Terry
Robert D. Terry University of California, San Diego
David P. Salmon
David P. Salmon University of California, San Diego
Leon J. Thal
Leon J. Thal University of California, San Diego
Eliezer Masliah
Eliezer Masliah National Institutes of Health
Douglas Galasko
Douglas Galasko University of California, San Diego
John M Olichney
John M Olichney University of California, Davis
Lawrence A. Hansen
Lawrence A. Hansen University of California, San Diego
Peter Davies
Peter Davies University of Queensland
Jerome Engel
Jerome Engel University of California, Los Angeles
Melville R. Klauber
Melville R. Klauber University of California, San Diego

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