Billy R. Thomas
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Professor
Also affiliated: University of Notre Dame (1985–1986); Arkansas Children's Hospital (1989–2022); Agricultural Research Service (1981–1983); United States Department of Agriculture (1983); Samford University (1989)
Peds Pediatrics, College of Medicine
Research Areas
Biomedical Subjects
Biography and Research Information
OverviewAI-generated summary
Dr. Billy R. Thomas holds a professorship in Pediatric Neonatology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine. He also serves as the Vice-Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion for the University of Arkansas System. His research interests encompass areas of infant health, with recent publications focusing on neurodevelopmental outcomes in extremely low gestation neonates and hypocalcemia in infants of mothers with hyperparathyroidism.
Dr. Thomas has been a Principal Investigator on four federal grants totaling over $1 million, primarily funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). These grants supported programs aimed at maximizing student development and increasing diversity in research, including the Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) Program and the UAMS Summer Undergraduate Research Program to Increase Diversity in Research. He has a h-index of 14 and 39 total publications, with 672 citations.
His collaborations at UAMS include extensive work with Sherry E. Courtney and Sarah B. Mulkey, with whom he shares five co-authored publications. His research group is active, and he has been recently active, with his most recent publication in 2025.
Research Overview
Dr. Billy Thomas is a Professor in the Pediatric Neonatology Department. He is also the Vice-Chancellor for the Diversity and Inclusion, University of Arkansas System.Some of the UAMS College of Medicine faculty members provides pediatric patient care at Arkansas Children's Hospital. In addition, a wide range of pediatric services are provided in more than 35 subspecialties around Arkansas in locations such as the Schmieding Developmental Center in Springdale and the James L. Dennis Developmental Center in Little Rock. To make an appointment at Arkansas Children's hospital, please call 501-364-4000.
Metrics
- h-index: 14
- Publications: 37
- Citations: 667
Positions
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Professor publications 1989–2025University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Peds Pediatrics, College of Medicine Institutional directory
Selected Publications
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Neurodevelopmental outcomes after red cell transfusion exposure in male versus female extremely preterm infants (2025)
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Affirmative Action—A Crack in the Door to Higher Education (2025)
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Summer undergraduate biomedical research program for underrepresented minority students in a rural, low-income state (2024)
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Association Between Urinary Biomarkers and CKD in Extremely Low Gestational Age Neonates (2023)
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Bridging the Technology Divide in the COVID-19 Era: Using Virtual Outreach to Expose Middle and High School Students to Imaging Technology (2022)
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Outcomes of the UAMS summer undergraduate research program to increase diversity in research and health professions (2022)
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Bridging the Technology Divide in the COVID-19 Era: Using Virtual Outreach to Expose Middle and High School Students to Imaging Technology (2022)
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Iron supplementation and the risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely low gestational age newborns (2022)
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Anxiety, Depression, and Behavioral and/or Conduct Disorder in Adolescence Among Former Preterm and Term Infants of Different Race and Ethnicities (2022)
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What's in a Video: Believe it or Not (2022)
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Performance measures of racially underrepresented Ph.D. students in biomedical sciences: The UAMS IMSD Program Outcomes (2021)
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Transfusions and neurodevelopmental outcomes in extremely low gestation neonates enrolled in the PENUT Trial: a randomized clinical trial (2021)
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Holistic Admissions and the MCAT as Predictors of Competence (2020)
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Blackface, Implicit Bias, and the Informal Curriculum: Shaping the Healthcare Workforce, and Improving Health (2020)
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Founding a League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) council in a U (2019)
Federal Grants 4 $1,047,012 total
UAMS Summer Undergraduate Research Program to Increase Diversity in Research
Grants & Funding
As listed on this researcher's institutional profile. Federal awards with verified records are shown above.
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences - Center for Diversity Affairs - ACT Prep Program Central Arkansas Planning and Development District Principal Investigator
- HCOP: Health Sciences Comprehensive Program Health Resources & Services Administration Principal Investigator
- ArkanSONO: A Technology Based Outreach Exposure Program for High School Students NIH Co-Investigator
- Feeding Study in Premature Infants, Project No. 3379-1 to evaluate weight gain of premature infants fed breast milk fortified with either a powder or Mead Johnson Nutritionals Principal Investigator
- HEALTH CAREERS OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM NIH Principal Investigator
- MCAT Prep Programs Central Arkansas Planning and Development District Principal Investigator
- Science Discovery Program Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation Principal Investigator
- Expanding Translational Research in Arkansas NIH Co-Investigator
- Center for Research, Health and Society NIH Co-Investigator
- Summer Science Discovery Program Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation Principal Investigator
- Comprehensive HCOP for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Health Resources & Services Administration Principal Investigator
- Arkansas Cancer Community Network (ARCCN) NIH Co-Investigator
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
- Transfusions and neurodevelopmental outcomes in extremely low gestation neonates enrolled in the PENUT Trial: a randomized clinical trial
- Iron supplementation and the risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely low gestational age newborns
- Association Between Urinary Biomarkers and CKD in Extremely Low Gestational Age Neonates
- Neurodevelopmental outcomes after red cell transfusion exposure in male versus female extremely preterm infants
- Transfusions and neurodevelopmental outcomes in extremely low gestation neonates enrolled in the PENUT Trial: a randomized clinical trial
- Iron supplementation and the risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely low gestational age newborns
- Neurodevelopmental outcomes after red cell transfusion exposure in male versus female extremely preterm infants
- Transfusions and neurodevelopmental outcomes in extremely low gestation neonates enrolled in the PENUT Trial: a randomized clinical trial
- Iron supplementation and the risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely low gestational age newborns
- Neurodevelopmental outcomes after red cell transfusion exposure in male versus female extremely preterm infants
- Transfusions and neurodevelopmental outcomes in extremely low gestation neonates enrolled in the PENUT Trial: a randomized clinical trial
- Association Between Urinary Biomarkers and CKD in Extremely Low Gestational Age Neonates
- Neurodevelopmental outcomes after red cell transfusion exposure in male versus female extremely preterm infants
- Outcomes of the UAMS summer undergraduate research program to increase diversity in research and health professions
- Performance measures of racially underrepresented Ph.D. students in biomedical sciences: The UAMS IMSD Program Outcomes
- Summer undergraduate biomedical research program for underrepresented minority students in a rural, low-income state
- Outcomes of the UAMS summer undergraduate research program to increase diversity in research and health professions
- Performance measures of racially underrepresented Ph.D. students in biomedical sciences: The UAMS IMSD Program Outcomes
- Summer undergraduate biomedical research program for underrepresented minority students in a rural, low-income state
- Outcomes of the UAMS summer undergraduate research program to increase diversity in research and health professions
- Performance measures of racially underrepresented Ph.D. students in biomedical sciences: The UAMS IMSD Program Outcomes
- Summer undergraduate biomedical research program for underrepresented minority students in a rural, low-income state
- Outcomes of the UAMS summer undergraduate research program to increase diversity in research and health professions
- Performance measures of racially underrepresented Ph.D. students in biomedical sciences: The UAMS IMSD Program Outcomes
- Summer undergraduate biomedical research program for underrepresented minority students in a rural, low-income state
- Association Between Urinary Biomarkers and CKD in Extremely Low Gestational Age Neonates
- Anxiety, Depression, and Behavioral and/or Conduct Disorder in Adolescence Among Former Preterm and Term Infants of Different Race and Ethnicities
- Neurodevelopmental outcomes after red cell transfusion exposure in male versus female extremely preterm infants
- Iron supplementation and the risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely low gestational age newborns
- Association Between Urinary Biomarkers and CKD in Extremely Low Gestational Age Neonates
- Neurodevelopmental outcomes after red cell transfusion exposure in male versus female extremely preterm infants
- How Can We Ease the Social Isolation of Underrepresented Minority Students?
- Underrepresented Minorities and the Health Professions Pipeline
- Arkansas special populations access network perception versus reality—cancer screening in primary care clinics
- Insurance coverage mandates: Impact of physician utilization in moderating colorectal cancer screening rates
- Affirmative Action and Holistic Review in Medical School Admissions: Where We Have Been and Where We Are Going
- Social unrest and the Highway Beautification Act of 1965
- Transfusions and neurodevelopmental outcomes in extremely low gestation neonates enrolled in the PENUT Trial: a randomized clinical trial
- Iron supplementation and the risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely low gestational age newborns
- Transfusions and neurodevelopmental outcomes in extremely low gestation neonates enrolled in the PENUT Trial: a randomized clinical trial
- Neurodevelopmental outcomes after red cell transfusion exposure in male versus female extremely preterm infants
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