Beyond his own influential research and writing, he has fostered studies by other excellent researchers that have increased understanding of what had previously been a relatively unstudied area.
Influential research that downplayed the role of sugar in heart disease in the 1960s was paid for by the sugar industry, according to a report released on Monday.
In 2009 she was honoured by the organisation Working Families "for her sustained and influential research and new thinking in the field of work and family life".
Dr. Plum's immensely influential research improved the diagnosis and treatment of patients who lose consciousness from head injuries, strokes, metabolic disorders and drug overdoses.
Dr. Mann, the author of influential research charting a marked rise in global temperatures, has long been a target of climate change skeptics like Mr. Cuccinelli.
The Brookings Institution produces influential research on a broad set of public policy topics ranging from domestic issues in the U.S. to international affairs.
He has conducted influential research on the economics of contracting, the organization and design of markets, subprime lending, and on empirical methods for studying imperfect competition.
Influential research on the fortunes of those who graduate during recessions by economist Lisa Kahn revealed surprisingly persistent wage scarring, lasting two decades or more.
In 2003, when the Association of Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Programming Languages selected the 50 most influential research papers from 1979 to 1999, five papers by Mr. Kennedy were on the list.
A disturbing new study from an influential research institute at the University of Chicago shows that that is happening far too often in Chicago schools — and likely in many others across the country.
