Detailed Biography:
Dr. Baker's primary research interest is in the field of ophthalmic epidemiology. Current projects include statistical analysis of national and statewide databases to produce definitive population-based estimates of the distribution and the determinants of major ophthalmic entities, including severe ocular injury, endophthalmitis, corneal transplantation surgery, enucleation surgery, and complications of cataract surgery. In addition, Dr. Baker was initiator of an ongoing collaborative effort with the epidemiology group of Charles R. Drew University. The purpose of this project is to provide population-based comparative assessment of functional vision, daily activity, and quality of life among the nonHispanic White, African American, Hispanic, and Asian-Pacific Island elderly populations of Los Angeles County.
Current clinical research interests include the application of imaging technology for assessment of the ophthalmic manifestations of HIV infection, substance abuse, and hypertension.
Publications:
A selected list of publications:
Norris Keith C, Baker Richard S, Taylor Robert, Montgomery-Rice Valerie, Higginbotham Eve J, Riley Wayne J, Maupin John, Drew-Ivie Sylvia, Reede Joan Y, Gibbons Gary
Historically black medical schools: addressing the minority health
professional pipeline and the public mission of care for vulnerable
populations
Journal of the National Medical Association,
2009; 101(9):
864-72.
Fleming Erik S, Perkins James, Easa David, Conde José G, Baker Richard S, Southerland William M, Dottin Robert, Benabe Julio E, Ofili Elizabeth O, Bond Vincent C, McClure Shelia A, Sayre Michael H, Beanan Maureen J, Norris Keith C
Addressing health disparities through multi-institutional,
multidisciplinary collaboratories
Ethnicity & disease,
2008; 18(2 Suppl 2):
S2-161-7.
Fleming Erik S, Perkins James, Easa David, Conde Jose G, Baker Richard S, Southerland William M, Dottin Robert, Benabe Julio E, Ofili Elizabeth O, Bond Vincent C, McClure Shelia A, Sayre Michael H, Beanan Maureen J, Norris Keith C
The role of translational research in addressing health disparities: a
conceptual framework
Ethnicity & disease,
2008; 18(2 Suppl 2):
S2-155-60.
Kingston Ann E, Griffey Kelly, Johnson Michael P, Chamberlain Mary-Jo, Kelly Gerald, Tomlinson Rosemarie, Wright Rebecca A, Johnson Bryan G, Schoepp Darryle D, Harris John R, Clark Barry P, Baker Richard S, Tizzano Joseph T
Inhibition of group I metabotropic glutamate receptor responses in
vivo in rats by a new generation of carboxyphenylglycine-like amino
acid antagonists
Neuroscience letters,
2002; 330(2):
127-30.