Ahmed RL, Davis AT, Ahmed K: “Interference in Protein Assays of Biological Specimens by Vanadyl Compounds,” Analytical Biochemistry, 237, 76-79 (1996)

Kusk M, Ahmed RL, Thomsen B, Bendixen C, Issinger O-G, Boldyreff B: “Interactions of Protein Kinase CK2β Subunit Within the Holoenzyme and with Other Proteins.” Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 191:51-58 (1999)

Schmitz KH, Ahmed RL, Yee D: “Effects of a Nine-Month Strength Training Intervention on Insulin, IGF-I, IGFBP-1, and IGFBP-3 in 30-50 Year Old Women” Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, 11: 1597-1604 (2002)

Ahmed R, Bowen J, O'Donnel W: “Cultural Competence and Language Interpreter Services in Minnesota: Results of a Needs Assessment Survey Administered to Physician Members of the Minnesota Medical Association.” Minnesota Medicine.87:40-43 (2004)

Schmitz KH, Ahmed RL, Hannan PJ, Yee D: “Safety and Efficacy of Weight Training in Recent Breast Cancer Survivors to Alter Body Composition, Insulin, and Insulin-Like Growth Factor Axis Proteins.” Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, 14(7): 1672-80 (2005)

Ohira T, Schmitz KH, Ahmed RL, Yee D: “Effects of Weight Training on Quality of Life in Recent Breast Cancer Survivors. The Weight Training for Breast Cancer Survivors (WTBS) Study.” Cancer 106:2076-2083 (2006). Reuter’s Associated Press article, 4/06.

Ahmed RL, Thomas W, Yee D, Schmitz KH “Randomized Controlled Trial of Weight Training and Lymphedema in Breast Cancer Survivors.” Journal of Clinical Oncology. 24(18):2765-2772 (2006). Reuter’s Associated Press article 03/18/06; featured in a NY Times article, 05/18/2006

Ahmed RL, Schmitz KH, Anderson KE, Rosamond WD, Folsom AR: “The Metabolic Syndrome and Risk of Incident Colorectal Cancer.” Cancer, 107(1):28-36 (2006)

Ahmed RL, Thomas W, Schmitz KH: “Interactions Between Insulin, Body Fat, and Insulin-Like Growth Factor Axis Proteins.” Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers and Prevention, 16(3):593-7 (2007)

Warshaw EW, Ahmed RL, Belsito DV, DeLeo VA, Fowler JF Jr, Maibach HI, Marks JG Jr, Mathias CGT, Pratt MD, Rietschel RL, Sasseville D, Storrs FJ, Taylor JS, Zug KA: “Contact Dermatitis of the Hand: Cross-Sectional Analyses of North American Contact Dermatitis Group Data, 1994-2004.” Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 57(2):301-14 (2007)

Hormes JM, Lytle LA, Gross C, Ahmed RL, Troxel AB, Schmitz KH. “Development and Validation of a Scale to Measure Body Image in Female Breast Cancer Survivors.” Journal of Clinical Oncology,26:1269-1274 (2008)

Ahmed RL, Prizment A, Lazovich D, Schmitz KH, Folsom AR: “Lymphedema and Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Survivors, the Iowa Women’s Health Study.” Journal of Clinical Oncology, 26:5689-569 (2008)

Editorial: Paskett E. Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema: Attention to a Significant Problem Resulting From Cancer Diagnosis. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 26:5666-5667 (2008). Featured in a Reuter’s Associated Press article released on 12/30/2008

Schmitz KH, Troxel AB, Cheville A, Grant LL, Bryan C, Gross C, Lytle LA, Ahmed RL. “Physical Activity and Lymphedema (The PAL Trial):  Assessing the Safety of Progressive Strength Training in Breast Cancer Survivors.” Contemporary Clinical Trials.30:233-24 (2009)

Schmitz KH, Ahmed RL, Troxel A, Cheville A, Smith R, Lewis-Grant L, Bryan CJ, Williams-Smith CT, Greene QP. “Weight Lifting in Women with Breast-Cancer-Related Lymphedema: A Randomized Controlled Trial.” New England Journal of Medicine. 361:664-73 (2009).

Editorial: Demark-Wahnefried W. A Weighty Matter – Lifting after Breast Cancer.

New England Journal of Medicine 361:710-11 (2009)

Featured in Reuter’s Associated Press article 8/12/2009. Feature article in NY Times (8/18/09).