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Overview

Robert S. Thompson is affiliated with Group Health Cooperative in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of gut microbiota, diet, and neurological health, with a concentration on how prebiotic diets modulate physiological and behavioral responses.

Their recent publications include:

  • Ruminiclostridium 5, Parabacteroides distasonis, and bile acid profile are modulated by prebiotic diet and associate with facilitated sleep/clock realignment after chronic disruption of rhythms (2021, Brain Behavior and Immunity)
  • Dietary prebiotics alter novel microbial dependent fecal metabolites that improve sleep (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • A Prebiotic Diet Containing Galactooligosaccharides and Polydextrose Produces Dynamic and Reproducible Changes in the Gut Microbial Ecosystem in Male Rats (2024, Nutrients)

They have collaborated frequently with the following coauthors:

  • Monika Fleshner
  • Shelby Hopkins
  • Tel Kelley
  • Fernando Vargas
  • Pieter C. Dorrestein

Their work has been published repeatedly in certain venues, including:

  • Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Nutrients
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Preprints.org

Robert S. Thompson's research spans several fields of study, most notably:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, their subfields of study include:

  • Physiology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Gastroenterology
  • Neurology

Their primary research topics cover a range of interconnected biological and health areas:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
  • Spaceflight effects on biology
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19

Best Publications

  • Intimate partner violence: prevalence, types, and chronicity in adult women.

    Robert S. Thompson;Amy E. Bonomi;Melissa Anderson;Robert J. Reid

  • A Case-Control Study of the Effectiveness of Bicycle Safety Helmets

    Robert S. Thompson;Frederick P. Rivara;Diane C. Thompson

  • Reviews of evidence regarding interventions to reduce alcohol-impaired driving

    Ruth A Shults;Randy W Elder;David A Sleet;James L Nichols

  • Intimate partner violence and women's physical, mental, and social functioning.

    Amy E. Bonomi;Robert S. Thompson;Melissa Anderson;Robert J. Reid

  • Developing an Evidence-Based Guide to Community Preventive Services—Methods

    Peter A Briss;Stephanie Zaza;Marguerite Pappaioanou;Jonathan Fielding

  • Effectiveness of Home Blood Pressure Monitoring, Web Communication, and Pharmacist Care on Hypertension Control: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Beverly B. Green;Andrea J. Cook;James D. Ralston;James D. Ralston;Paul A. Fishman

  • Effectiveness of mass media campaigns for reducing drinking and driving and alcohol-involved crashes: a systematic review.

    Randy W Elder;Ruth A Shults;David A Sleet;James L Nichols

  • Psychiatric illness following traumatic brain injury in an adult health maintenance organization population.

    Jesse R. Fann;Bart Burington;Alexandra Leonetti;Kenneth Jaffe

  • Effectiveness of bicycle safety helmets in preventing head injuries. A case-control study

    DC Thompson;FP Rivara;RS Thompson

  • Healthcare Utilization and Costs for Women with a History of Intimate Partner Violence.

    Frederick P. Rivara;Melissa L. Anderson;Paul Fishman;Amy E. Bonomi

  • Medical and Psychosocial Diagnoses in Women With a History of Intimate Partner Violence

    Amy E. Bonomi;Melissa L. Anderson;Robert J. Reid;Frederick P. Rivara

  • Risk of Anaphylaxis After Vaccination of Children and Adolescents

    Kari Bohlke;Robert L. Davis;Robert L. Davis;S. M. Marcy;M. M. Braun

  • The Risk of Seizures After Receipt of Whole-Cell Pertussis or Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccine

    William E. Barlow;Robert L. Davis;John W. Glasser;Phillip H. Rhodes

  • Vaccine Safety Datalink Project: A New Tool for Improving Vaccine Safety Monitoring in the United States

    Chen Rt;Glasser Jw;Rhodes Ph;Davis Rl

  • Reviews of evidence regarding interventions to increase the use of safety belts

    Tho Bella Dinh-Zarr;David A. Sleet;Ruth A. Shults;Stephanie Zaza

  • Health care utilization and costs associated with physical and nonphysical-only intimate partner violence.

    Amy E. Bonomi;Melissa L. Anderson;Frederick P. Rivara;Robert S. Thompson

  • Health outcomes in women with physical and sexual intimate partner violence exposure.

    Amy E. Bonomi;Melissa L. Anderson;Frederick P. Rivara;Robert S. Thompson

  • Epidemiology of anaphylaxis among children and adolescents enrolled in a health maintenance organization.

    Kari Bohlke;Robert L. Davis;Robert L. Davis;Frank DeStefano;S.Michael Marcy

  • Reviews of evidence regarding interventions to increase use of child safety seats.

    Stephanie Zaza;David A Sleet;Robert S Thompson;Daniel M Sosin

  • Safety of Revaccination with pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine

    Lisa A. Jackson;Patti Benson;Vishnu Priya Sneller;Jay C. Butler

Frequent Co-Authors

Frederick P. Rivara
Frederick P. Rivara University of Washington
Robert L. Davis
Robert L. Davis University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Amy E. Bonomi
Amy E. Bonomi Michigan State University
Robert T. Chen
Robert T. Chen City Of Hope National Medical Center
Frank DeStefano
Frank DeStefano Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Henry R. Shinefield
Henry R. Shinefield University of California, San Francisco
Steven Black
Steven Black Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Joel I. Ward
Joel I. Ward University of California, Los Angeles
David A. Sleet
David A. Sleet Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Stephen H. Taplin
Stephen H. Taplin National Institutes of Health

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