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Christopher M. Ryan, PhDDr. Ryan is interested in the effects of various medical disorders and medical therapies on cognitive functioning in both children and adults. His research projects include involvement in the first study of diabetic patients to delineate changes in cognitive functioning from late childhood into middle-adulthood. This study is also the first to link functional changes to diabetes-related biomedical variables. |
Positions
- Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA
- Professor of Health and Community Systems, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
- Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Education
- PhD, 1976, University of California, Berkeley, CA, Psychology
Relevant Publications
- Lustig, G., Ryan, C. M., Secor, W. E., & Johnson, P. J. (2013). Trichomonas vaginalis contact dependent cytolysis of epithelial cells. Infection and Immunity. Advance online publication.
- Ryan, C. M. (2013). Fear of hypoglycemia: Does it have any clinical utility? Diabetic Hypoglycemia, 5(3), 1-2.
- Flurman, N., Ryan, C. M., Whitelegge, J. P., & Bibi, E. (2012). Dissection of mechanistic principles of a secondary multidrug efflux protein. Molecular Cell, 47(5), 777-787.
- McCrimmon, R. J., Ryan, C. M., & Frier, B. M. (2012). Diabetes and cognitive dysfunction. The Lancet, 379(9833), 2291-2299.
- Ryan, C. M., Marianno, C. M., Charlton, W. S., & James, W. D. (2012). Neutron activation analysis of concrete for cross-border nuclear security. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 291(1), 267-272.
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