Ronald Kaplan

About

Ronald Kaplan is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Stanford University. His research interests include computing and data science, with a focus on symbolic systems. He is affiliated with the Stanford Symbolic Systems Program and is involved in academic activities related to linguistics and data science at Stanford. His contact information is provided through his Stanford email address, and he is associated with the Stanford Profile for further professional details.

Research topics

• Sociology
• Medicine
• Gerontology
• Internal medicine
• Physical therapy
• Geography
• Demography
• Surgery
• Optics

Selected publications

• Health-Related Quality of Life Measurement in Public Health

  Annual Review of Public Health · 2021-12-09 · 290 citations

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  Patient-reported outcomes are recognized as essential for the evaluation of medical and public health interventions. Over the last 50 years, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) research has grown exponentially from 0 to more than 17,000 papers published annually. We provide an overview of generic HRQoL measures used widely in epidemiological studies, health services research, population studies, and randomized clinical trials [e.g., Medical Outcomes Study SF-36 and the Patient-Reported Outcom…

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• Influence of a COVID-19 vaccine’s effectiveness and safety profile on vaccination acceptance

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2021-02-22 · 246 citations

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  Although a safe and effective vaccine holds the greatest promise for resolving the COVID-19 pandemic, hesitancy to accept vaccines remains common. To explore vaccine acceptance decisions, we conducted a national survey of 1,000 people from all US states in August of 2020 and a replication in December of 2020. Using a 3 × 3 × 3 factorial experimental design, we estimated the impact of three factors: probability of 1) protection against COVID-19, 2) minor side effects, and 3) a serious adverse rea…

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• Serious adverse events of special interest following mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in randomized trials in adults

  Vaccine · 2022-08-31 · 234 citations

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  INTRODUCTION: In 2020, prior to COVID-19 vaccine rollout, the Brighton Collaboration created a priority list, endorsed by the World Health Organization, of potential adverse events relevant to COVID-19 vaccines. We adapted the Brighton Collaboration list to evaluate serious adverse events of special interest observed in mRNA COVID-19 vaccine trials. METHODS: Secondary analysis of serious adverse events reported in the placebo-controlled, phase III randomized clinical trials of Pfizer and Moderna…

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• Effect of Structured, Moderate Exercise on Kidney Function Decline in Sedentary Older Adults

  JAMA Internal Medicine · 2022 · 63 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding

  Importance: Observational evidence suggests that higher physical activity is associated with slower kidney function decline; however, to our knowledge, no large trial has evaluated whether activity and exercise can ameliorate kidney function decline in older adults. Objective: To evaluate whether a moderate-intensity exercise intervention can affect the rate of estimated glomerular filtration rate per cystatin C (eGFRCysC) change in older adults. Design, Setting, and Participants: This ancillary…

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• A wireless device for continuous measurement of brain parenchymal resistance tracks glymphatic function in humans

  Nature Biomedical Engineering · 2025-05-27 · 26 citations

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  Glymphatic function in animal models supports the clearance of brain proteins whose mis-aggregation is implicated in neurodegenerative conditions including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. The measurement of glymphatic function in the human brain has been elusive due to invasive, bespoke and poorly time-resolved existing technologies. Here we describe a non-invasive multimodal device for the continuous measurement of sleep-active changes in parenchymal resistance in humans using repeated ele…

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Recent grants

• NIH Grant RC2HL101811

  NIH · $3.9M · 2013

• NIH Grant U48DP000056

  NIH · $12.7M · 2010

• NIH Grant K04HL000809

  NIH · $57k · 1986

Frequent coauthors

• D Morantz

  Laser Operations (United States)

  64 shared

• Sperry Rand

  Hitachi (Japan)

  64 shared

• Ali Mir

  Lorestan University

  64 shared

• N. Braslau

  IBM (United States)

  64 shared

• R. Müller

  University of Stuttgart

  64 shared

• Η Schacter

  Hitachi (Japan)

  64 shared

• Wenzel

  64 shared

• A. J. DeMaria

  64 shared

Awards & honors

• Stanford Honors Thesis Prizes - Symbolic Systems
• Glushko Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Research in Sy…
• Barwise Award for Distinguished Contributions to Symbolic Sy…
• Symbolic Systems Distinguished Teaching Award

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