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56
Citations
9672
World Ranking
4263
National Ranking
2369

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1997 - Presidential Medal of Freedom, United States
  • 1989 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

William Perry is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their work spans primarily the field of Medicine with significant contributions in Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pharmacology, Virology, Infectious Diseases, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The scientist's recent papers focus predominantly on emergency department care and cognitive impairments, published in 2022 in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. These include:

  • Emergency Department Care Transitions for Patients With Cognitive Impairment: A Scoping Review, 2022, Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
  • Optimal Emergency Department Care Practices for Persons Living With Dementia: A Scoping Review, 2022, Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
  • Detecting Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in the Emergency Department: A Scoping Review, 2022, Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
  • Emergency Department Communication in Persons Living With Dementia and Care Partners: A Scoping Review, 2022, Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
  • Spatially Targeted Proteomics of the Host-Pathogen Interface during Staphylococcal Abscess Formation, 2020, ACS Infectious Diseases

Frequent co-authors collaborating with William Perry include:

  • Arpi Minassian
  • Jared W. Young
  • Mark A. Geyer
  • T. Jordan Walter
  • Alannah Miranda

Publications are often presented in the following venues, reflecting the scientist's research interests:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
  • Psychiatry Research
  • Behavioural Brain Research

The main research topics covered by William Perry include:

  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Emergency and Acute Care Studies

Among the awards received, William Perry was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, United States, in 1997 and was made a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1989.

Best Publications

  • Sensorimotor Gating Deficits in Adults with Autism

    William Perry;Arpi Minassian;Brian Lopez;Leeza Maron

  • Information-processing deficits and thought disorder in schizophrenia

    William Perry;David L. Braff

  • The nature of learning and memory impairments in schizophrenia.

    Jane S. Paulsen;Robert K. Heaton;Joseph R. Sadek;William Perry

  • Neuropsychological impairment in patients with chronic hepatitis C.

    Robin C. Hilsabeck;William Perry;Tarek I. Hassanein

  • Adjunctive intranasal oxytocin reduces symptoms in schizophrenia patients.

    David Feifel;Kai Macdonald;Angel Nguyen;Patrice Cobb

  • Impact of prepulse characteristics on the detection of sensorimotor gating deficits in schizophrenia.

    David L. Braff;Mark A. Geyer;Gregory A. Light;Joyce Sprock

  • Sensorimotor gating deficits in bipolar disorder patients with acute psychotic mania

    William Perry;Arpi Minassian;Arpi Minassian;David Feifel;David L Braff

  • Sensorimotor gating and thought disturbance measured in close temporal proximity in schizophrenic patients.

    William Perry;Mark A. Geyer;David L. Braff

  • Cognitive functioning and psychiatric symptomatology in patients with chronic hepatitis C.

    Robin C. Hilsabeck;Tarek I. Hassanein;Meghan D. Carlson;Elizabeth A. Ziegler

  • Heart rate variability in bipolar mania and schizophrenia.

    Brook L. Henry;Arpi Minassian;Martin P. Paulus;Martin P. Paulus;Mark A. Geyer;Mark A. Geyer

  • Latent inhibition in schizophrenia

    Neal R. Swerdlow;David L. Braff;Heidi Hartston;William Perry

  • Working Memory in Schizophrenia: Transient “Online” Storage Versus Executive Functioning

    William Perry;Robert K. Heaton;Eric Potterat;Tresa Roebuck

  • A Reverse-Translational Study of Dysfunctional Exploration in Psychiatric Disorders: From Mice to Men

    William Perry;Arpi Minassian;Martin P. Paulus;Jared W. Young

  • The Ego Impairment Index as a predictor of outcome in melancholic depressed patients treated with tricyclic antidepressants.

    William Perry;Donald J. Viglione

  • Information processing deficits of schizophrenia patients: relationship to clinical ratings, gender and medication status

    Kristin S Cadenhead;Mark A Geyer;Robert W Butler;William Perry

  • Cognitive dysfunction in chronic hepatitis C: a review.

    William Perry;Robin C. Hilsabeck;Tarek I. Hassanein

  • Cognitive functions in schizotypal personality disorder.

    Kristin S Cadenhead;William Perry;Kathy Shafer;David L Braff

  • A reverse-translational approach to bipolar disorder: rodent and human studies in the Behavioral Pattern Monitor.

    Jared W. Young;Arpi Minassian;Martin P. Paulus;Martin P. Paulus;Mark A. Geyer;Mark A. Geyer

  • The catecholaminergic-cholinergic balance hypothesis of bipolar disorder revisited.

    Jordy van Enkhuizen;Jordy van Enkhuizen;David S. Janowsky;Berend Olivier;Arpi Minassian

  • Inhibitory deficits in ocular motor behavior in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    David Feifel;Robert H. Farber;Brett A. Clementz;William Perry

  • Effect of methamphetamine dependence on everyday functional ability.

    Brook L. Henry;Arpi Minassian;William Perry

  • A Reverse-Translational Study of Dysfunctional Exploration in Psychiatric Disorders

    William Perry;Arpi Minassian;Martin P. Paulus;Jared W. Young

Frequent Co-Authors

Jared W. Young
Jared W. Young University of California, San Diego
Martin P. Paulus
Martin P. Paulus Laureate Institute for Brain Research
Robert K. Heaton
Robert K. Heaton University of California, San Diego
Steven Paul Woods
Steven Paul Woods University of Houston
Eric Granholm
Eric Granholm University of California, San Diego
Gregory J. Meyer
Gregory J. Meyer University of Toledo
Erin E. Morgan
Erin E. Morgan University of California, San Diego
Dilip V. Jeste
Dilip V. Jeste University of California, San Diego
Jerry J. Sweet
Jerry J. Sweet NorthShore University HealthSystem
Ronald M. Ruff
Ronald M. Ruff University of California, San Francisco

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