Kari A. Weber

Assistant Professor

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

faculty

Epidemiology, College of Public Health

11 h-index 35 pubs 269 cited

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Kari A. Weber's research investigates environmental and neighborhood factors associated with reproductive and developmental health outcomes. Her work includes studies on the relationship between greenspace, air pollution, and preeclampsia in a California population. Weber has also examined the effects of residential proximity to greenspace on birth defects and assessed exposure assessment metrics for trihalomethanes in epidemiologic studies concerning reproductive and developmental health.

Her research extends to evaluating community health initiatives, such as the Little Rock Green Schoolyard initiative, using quasi-experimental study designs. Weber also studies physical activity in children, including gender disparities in recess participation. Her scholarly contributions include 35 publications, with an h-index of 11 and 269 citations. She has collaborated on multiple publications with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Michael R. Thomsen and Matthew J. Barenie, and with Christopher M. Murphy at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

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h-index: 11
Publications: 35
Citations: 269

Selected Publications

Playing Alone: Recess Physical Activity and Social Interactions of Children with and Without Obesity and Severe Obesity (2025) DOI
Examining relationships between U.S. children's physical activity levels during recess, school days, and weekend days (2025) DOI
Mosaic of Movements: Relationships between Children's Physical Activity Levels During Recess, School Days, and Weekend Days (2025) DOI
Assessing the Impact of Air Quality and Heat on Recess Physical Activity in School Children (2024) DOI
Where the children play: Gender gaps in recess physical activity by age and playground area (2024) DOI
Ambient Environment and the Epidemiology of Preterm Birth (2024) DOI
A search for factors associated with reduced carbohydrate intake and <scp>NTD</scp> risk in two population‐based studies (2024) DOI
Factors associated with infant sex and preterm birth status for selected birth defects from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997–2011 (2023) DOI
Comparison of Trihalomethane exposure assessment metrics in epidemiologic analyses of reproductive and developmental outcomes (2023) DOI
Oxidative balance scores and neural crest cell‐related congenital anomalies (2023) DOI
Evaluation of the Little Rock Green Schoolyard initiative: a quasi-experimental study protocol (2023) DOI
Residential proximity to greenspace and human birth defects (2022) DOI
Assessing associations between residential proximity to greenspace and birth defects in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study (2022) DOI

Grants & Funding

Birth Defects Study to Evaluate Pregnancy exposureS (BD-STEPS) Core? Arkansas Center and Stillbirth NIH Co-Investigator
The Little Rock Green Schoolyard Initiative: Changing Community Norms and Improving Opportunities for Physical Activity NIH/National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities Principal Investigator
DP24-004, PRC, Core: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers NIH Co-Investigator
Birth Defects Study to Evaluate Pregnancy exposureS (BD-STEPS) Core? Arkansas Center and Stillbirth NIH Principal Investigator
ABI C. OBrien NIH COBRE FY26 Y4 State of Arkansas Principal Investigator