Will Rand

Positions

Professor Emeritus, Public Health and Community Medicine

Contact

Tufts University School of Medicine
136 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 02111

Phone   (617) 636-0475
Fax (617) 636-4017
Email william.rand@tufts.edu
Education
Degree(s) PhD
Institution(s) UCLA
Research Focus

Application of statistical techniques to biomedical problems.

Statistical modeling of nutritional requirements.

Select Publications
    1. Rand WM, Pellett PL, Young VR. Meta-analysis of nitrogen balance studies for estimating protein requirements in healthy adults. Amer J Clinical Nutrition. 77:109-27, 2003.

    2. Ryan MJ, Rand W, Hurd P, Phelps SM, Rand AS. Generalization in response to allopatric mate recognition signals. Amer Naturalist. 161(3):380-94. 2003.

    3. Brooks GA, Butte NF, Rand WM, Flatt JP, Caballero B. Chronicle of the Institute of

    4. Medicine physical activity recommendation: how a physical activity recommendation came to be among dietary recommendations. Am J Clin Nutr. 2004 May; 79(5):921S-30S.

    5. Rand W. Variability in planning and assessment: statistical considerations and models. J Nutr. 2004 Jun;134(6):1610S-6S.

    6. Brown DJ, Rush JE, MacGregor J, Ross JN Jr, Brewer B, Rand WM. Quantitative electrocardiographic evaluation of mitral endocardiosis in dogs using ratio indices. J Vet Intern Med. 2005 Jul-Aug;19(4):542-52.

    7. Patel AR, Kuvin JT, Sliney KA, Rand WM, Chiang JC, Udelson JE, Pandian NG, Karas RH. Gender-based differences in brachial artery flow-mediated vasodilation as an indicator of significant coronary artery disease. Am J Cardiol. 2005 Nov 1;96(9):1223-6.

    8. Gorman SC, Kraus KH, Keating JH, Tidwell AS, Rand WM, Parkington JD, Boudrieau RJ.  In vivo axial dynamization of canine tibial fractures using the Securos™ external skeletal fixation system.  Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol, 18:199-207, 2005.

    9. Fekete C, Singru PS, Sanchez E, Sarkar S, Christoffolete MA, Riberio RS, Rand WM, Emerson CH, Bianco AC, Lechan RM. Differential effects of central leptin, insulin, or glucose administration during fasting on the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis and feeding-related neurons in the arcuate nucleus. Endocrinology. 2006 Jan;147(1):520-9.

 

 

 

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