CONTACT INFORMATIONCREDENTIALSPUBLICATIONSWilliam Simon, Ph.D.Contact InformationPhone NumbersOffice: (585) 275-3034Fax: (585) 275-6007Research LabsVisit Lab WebsiteResearch NetworkLocationsUniversity of Rochester Medical CenterSchool of Medicine and Dentistry601 Elmwood Ave, Box 712Rochester, NYBiographyResearchCurrent interest is image processing applied to medical and biological data and application of information handling techniques to medical education. Prior areas of interest have been emission and transmission tomography and ultrasound. Collaborative work has included epidemiology of cancer due to radiation exposure and smoking, sodium and potassium transport and metabolic models of cell differentiation.CredentialsFaculty AppointmentsProfessor Emeritus - Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics (SMD) - PrimaryEducation1958PhD | Harvard UniversityPhysics1952MA | Harvard UniversityPhysics1950BS | Carnegie Inst of TechnologyPhysicsPublicationsJournal Articles6/2013Simon W. "Letter to the editor: the RO1 grant bottleneck." Blood cells, molecules & diseases.. 2013 Jun 0; 51(1):1-2. Epub 2013 Feb 20. 7/15/2011Segel GB, Simon W, Lichtman MA. "Should we still be focused on red cell hemoglobin F as the principal explanation for the salutary effect of hydroxyurea in sickle cell disease?" Pediatric blood & cancer.. 2011 Jul 15; 57(1):8-9. Epub 2011 Apr 07. 2009Simon, W. "Should Aspirin be Discontinued at Age 80?". Annals of Internal Medicine. 2009; 150: 396-404.Books & Chapters2015 Book Title: Mathematical Techniques for Biology and Medicine Author List: Simon, W Published By: Dover Publications20152011 Book Title: What Is This Thing Called e? Author List: Simon, W Published By: Simon Press20112005 Chapter Title: Na+ Channel Reorganization in Demyelinated Axons Book Title: Multiple Sclerosis as a Neuronal Disease Author List: Shrager P, Simon W, Kazarinova-Noyes K Edited By: Stephen G. Waxman Published By: Elsevier Academic Press2005VIEW ALL PUBLICATIONS