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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Rodney D. Vanderploeg is affiliated with the University of South Florida in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a specific emphasis on epidemiology, emergency medicine, neurology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to traumatic brain injury research, cardiac arrest and resuscitation, traumatic brain injury and neurovascular disturbances, mental health research topics, functional brain connectivity studies, cardiac health and mental health, as well as resilience and mental health.

Rodney D. Vanderploeg has contributed to several papers, including:

  • Research Letter: Long-Term Outcomes Following Cognitive Rehabilitation for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A 5-Year Follow-Up of a Cohort From the SCORE Randomized Clinical Trial (2022, Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation)
  • Weak associations between depressive symptom severity, depressive symptom clusters, and cognitive performance in young to middle-aged men without clinical depression (2020, Aging Neuropsychology and Cognition)
  • Number of Concussions Does Not Affect Treatment Response to Cognitive Rehabilitation Interventions Following Mild TBI in Military Service Members (2020, Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology)
  • A-132 Long-Term Vocational Outcomes Following Cognitive Rehabilitation for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI): 5-Year Follow-Up of a Cohort from the SCORE Randomized Clinical Trial (2021, Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Vanderploeg include Jan E. Kennedy, Douglas B. Cooper, Glenn Curtiss, Amy O. Bowles, and David F. Tate.

Regarding publication venues, Rodney D. Vanderploeg has published mainly in the following journals:

  • Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
  • Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation
  • Aging Neuropsychology and Cognition

In 2000, Rodney D. Vanderploeg was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA).

Best Publications

  • Factors moderating neuropsychological outcomes following mild traumatic brain injury: A meta-analysis

    Heather G. Belanger;Glenn Curtiss;Jason A. Demery;Brian K. Lebowitz

  • The neuropsychological impact of sports-related concussion: a meta-analysis.

    Heather G. Belanger;Rodney D. Vanderploeg

  • Recommendations for the use of common outcome measures in traumatic brain injury research

    Elisabeth A. Wilde;Gale Gibson Whiteneck;Jennifer A. Bogner;Tamara Bushnik

  • Clinical practice guideline: Management of Concussion/Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

    David Cifu;Robin Hurley;Michelle Peterson;Micaela Cornis-Pop

  • Long-term neuropsychological outcomes following mild traumatic brain injury.

    Rodney D. Vanderploeg;Glenn Curtiss;Heather G. Belanger

  • Recent neuroimaging techniques in mild traumatic brain injury.

    Heather G. Belanger;Rodney D. Vanderploeg;Glenn Curtiss;Deborah L. Warden

  • The effects of depression and anxiety on memory performance

    Ali H Kizilbash;Rodney D Vanderploeg;Rodney D Vanderploeg;Glenn Curtiss

  • Neuropsychological performance following a history of multiple self-reported concussions: A meta-analysis

    Heather G. Belanger;Eric Spiegel;Rodney D. Vanderploeg

  • Long-term morbidities following self-reported mild traumatic brain injury

    Rodney D. Vanderploeg;Glenn Curtiss;Cheryl A. Luis;Andres M. Salazar

  • Neuropsychological test usage.

    Michelle Butler;Paul D. Retzlaff;Rodney Vanderploeg

  • Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Their Associations With Health Symptoms

    Rodney D. Vanderploeg;Rodney D. Vanderploeg;Heather G. Belanger;Heather G. Belanger;Glenn Curtiss;Glenn Curtiss

  • Assessment and diagnosis of mild traumatic brain injury, posttraumatic stress disorder, and other polytrauma conditions: burden of adversity hypothesis.

    Lisa Anne Brenner;Rodney D. Vanderploeg;Heidi Terrio

  • APOE genotype influences acquisition and recall following traumatic brain injury.

    F. C. Crawford;R. D. Vanderploeg;M. J. Freeman;S. Singh

  • Symptom complaints following combat-related traumatic brain injury: relationship to traumatic brain injury severity and posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Heather G. Belanger;Tracy Kretzmer;Rodney D. Vanderploeg;Louis M. French

  • The Veterans Health Administration's (VHA's) Polytrauma System of Care for mild traumatic brain injury: costs, benefits, and controversies

    Heather G. Belanger;Jay M. Uomoto;Rodney D. Vanderploeg

  • Program development and defining characteristics of returning military in a VA Polytrauma Network Site.

    Henry L Lew;John H Poole;Rodney D Vanderploeg;Gregory L Goodrich

  • Health outcomes associated with military deployment: mild traumatic brain injury, blast, trauma, and combat associations in the Florida National Guard.

    Rodney D. Vanderploeg;Heather G. Belanger;Ronnie D. Horner;Andrea M. Spehar

  • Rehabilitation of Traumatic Brain Injury in Active Duty Military Personnel and Veterans: Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center Randomized Controlled Trial of Two Rehabilitation Approaches

    Rodney D. Vanderploeg;Rodney D. Vanderploeg;Karen Schwab;Karen Schwab;William C. Walker;William C. Walker;Jennifer A. Fraser

  • Judgments of emotion in words and faces: ERP correlates.

    Rodney D. Vanderploeg;Warren S. Brown;Warren S. Brown;James T. Marsh

  • Verbal Learning and Memory Deficits in Traumatic Brain Injury: Encoding, Consolidation, and Retrieval

    Rodney D. Vanderploeg;Timothy A. Crowell;Glenn Curtiss

Frequent Co-Authors

Heather G. Belanger
Heather G. Belanger University of South Florida
Glenn Curtiss
Glenn Curtiss University of South Florida
John A. Schinka
John A. Schinka University of South Florida
Louis M. French
Louis M. French United States Army Research Laboratory
Brent J. Small
Brent J. Small University of South Florida
David S. Tulsky
David S. Tulsky University of Delaware
Bradley N. Axelrod
Bradley N. Axelrod United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Geoffrey Tremont
Geoffrey Tremont Brown University
Thomas A. Novack
Thomas A. Novack University of Alabama at Birmingham
Warren S. Brown
Warren S. Brown Fuller Theological Seminary

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