Richard Whitley is an Infectious Disease physician affiliated with University of Alabama at Birmingham. OpenAlex indexes 651 publications with 46,337 citations (h-index 105); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 4 registered studies matched to this name. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 1% of Pediatric Infectious Diseases profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Overview
Scholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingClinical trials
- RECOVER-VITAL: Platform Protocol to Measure the Effects of Antiviral Therapies on Long COVID Symptoms
Sponsor: Kanecia Obie Zimmerman
Overall officialPhase 2CompletedNCT05595369 - Valacyclovir in Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Disease
Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Overall officialPhase 1CompletedNCT04448392 - Identification of Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Shedding in the Female Genital Tract of Pregnant and Nonpregnant Women by GeneXpert PCR, Routine PCR, and Culture
Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Overall officialCompletedNCT01878383
Registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov where the overall official or a site investigator name-matches this physician, confirmed against known institution/geography. Latest few shown; the full list is part of the full profile.
Industry payments
12 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
12 companies with payments on record in CMS Open Payments (2021 onward), matched to this physician's NPI. The itemized breakdown by company, amount and year is part of the full profile. Why? →
NIH funding
21 NIH research awards on record, funded 1985–2024 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Antiviral Drug Discovery and Development Center (AD3C)
University of Alabama at Birmingham
FY2023$7,500,000U19AI142759
Awards in the NIH RePORTER records where a principal investigator name matches this physician at an organization in their practice state. Latest award years shown; each row links to the project record on RePORTER.
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