Richard G. Olmstead

Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture — United States

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Plant Diversity and Evolution(147), Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions(89), Plant and animal studies(57), Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies(31), Plant Parasitism and Resistance(29)

Publications278 total

Two new subfamilies in Lamiaceae
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Consummatory deficits in close social reward predict inflammation-induced depressed mood
Psychoneuroendocrinology·2025Open Access
Insomnia and elevated risk of major depressive disorder in older adult, long-term breast cancer survivors vs a matched cohort
SLEEP·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Randomised, controlled clinical trial evaluating the effects of preoperative insomnia treatment on postoperative pain control and recovery: a protocol for the Promoting Sleep to Alleviate Pain-Arthroplasty (PROSAP-A) trial
BMJ Open·2025Open Access
Socioeconomic status, reserve capacity, and depressive symptoms predict pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis: an examination of the reserve capacity model
BMC Rheumatology·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Comparisons of Sleep, Demographics, and Health-Related Variables in Older Long and Average Duration Sleepers
Sleep Science·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Salimenaea and Troncosoa (Verbenaceae, Lantaneae), Two New Monotypic Genera from Southern South America
Novon A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature·2023· 7 cited
Making Lantaneae (Verbenaceae) taxonomy useful: A phylogenetic classification
Taxon·2023· 6 cited
A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded mechanistic clinical trial using endotoxin to evaluate the relationship between insomnia, inflammation, and affective disturbance on pain in older adults: A protocol for the sleep and Healthy Aging Research for pain (SHARE-P) study
Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health·2023Open Access
Stress reduction for paid home care aides: A feasibility study of mindfulness meditation and Tai Chi interventions
Home Health Care Services Quarterly·2023· 4 cited
Socioeconomic Status, Reserve Capacity, and Depressive Symptoms Predict Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Examination of the Reserve Capacity Model
2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Phylogenomics sheds new light on the drivers behind a long‐lasting systematic riddle: the figwort family Scrophulariaceae
New Phytologist·2023· 14 citedOpen Access
Abstract P3-03-15: Physical Activity and Risk of Death in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Prospective Study
Cancer Research·2023
Sleep and Healthy Aging Research on Depression (SHARE-D) randomized controlled trial: Protocol overview of an experimental model of depression with insomnia, inflammation, and affect mechanisms in older adults
Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health·2023· 9 citedOpen Access
Deciphering complex reticulate evolution of Asian <i>Buddleja</i> (Scrophulariaceae): insights into the taxonomy and speciation of polyploid taxa in the Sino-Himalayan region
Annals of Botany·2023· 16 citedOpen Access
Association of Physical Activity With Risk of Mortality Among Breast Cancer Survivors
JAMA Network Open·2022· 14 citedOpen Access
The role of subjective and objective sleep disturbance for transcriptional inflammatory signaling in older adults
Brain Behavior and Immunity·2022
Disentangling a 40-year-old taxonomic puzzle: the phylogenetic position of <i>Mimulicalyx</i> (Lamiales)
Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society·2022· 15 cited
Interleukin-8 and depressive responses to an inflammatory challenge: secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial
Scientific Reports·2022· 18 citedOpen Access
Association of interleukin-8 and risk of incident and recurrent depression in long-term breast cancer survivors
Brain Behavior and Immunity·2022· 13 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Pamela S. Soltis(10), Jeffrey D. Palmer(8), Michael R. Irwin(7), Sean W. Graham(4), Patrick A. Reeves(4), Lynn Bohs(4), Mark W. Chase(3), Michael J. Donoghue(3), Sandra Knapp(3), Birgitta Bremer(3), Kenneth J. Sytsma(2), Helen J. Michaels(2), Kenneth G. Karol(2), Robert K. Jansen(2), Ki-Joong Kim(2), James F. Smith(2), Victor A. Albert(2), Nancy Refulio(2), Matthew A. Gitzendanner(2), Walter S. Judd(2)