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Akilah A. Jefferson
Associate Professor
faculty
Peds Pediatrics, College of Medicine
10 h-index
68 pubs
500 cited
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Akilah A. Jefferson's research focuses on health disparities in allergic and respiratory diseases, particularly in children. Her work investigates the impact of socioeconomic factors, such as food insecurity and Medicaid status, on the prevalence and management of conditions like asthma and food allergies. Jefferson also contributes to the development of educational tools and frameworks aimed at increasing structural competency in addressing health inequities within allergy and immunology training and research.
Her publications explore predictive modeling for severe pediatric asthma exacerbations and the role of vitamin D in children with obesity-related asthma. Jefferson collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Mandana Rezaeiahari and Arina Eyimina, with whom she has co-authored multiple publications. Her scholarship metrics include an h-index of 10, with 66 total publications and 489 citations.
Metrics
- h-index: 10
- Publications: 68
- Citations: 500
Selected Publications
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Implementation of early peanut introduction among providers in a southern US state (2026)
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Trends in Z-Code Utilization to Capture Social Determinants of Health among Children with Asthma in Arkansas (2026)
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Pediatric asthma population risk stratification using k-means clustering (2025)
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Trust, A Key to Counter Vaccine Hesitancy (2025)
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Video directly observed therapy to improve inhaler technique among pediatric patients with persistent asthma (2025)
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Associations Between Food Allergy and Adverse Event Outcomes Among Medicaid-Enrolled Children With Asthma (2025)
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Association of Allergy Specialty Care and Asthma Outcomes for Medicaid-Enrolled Children (2024)
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Effects of nonpharmaceutical interventions during COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric asthma exacerbations and viral infections (2024)
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Evaluation of recurrent and recalcitrant warts in a deaf adolescent male reveals GATA2 deficiency (2024)
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169 Association of Asthma Specialty Care and Adverse Outcomes for Children Enrolled in the Arkansas Medicaid Program (2024)
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Food Insecurity and Health Inequities in Food Allergy (2024)
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Precision care in the treatment of pediatric asthma (2024)
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Survey of Arkansas Pediatric Providers on the Application of the NIH/NIAID Addendum Guidelines for the Prevention of Peanut Allergy in the United States (2024)
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Association of Asthma Specialty Care and Adverse Outcomes for Children Enrolled in the Arkansas Medicaid Program (2024)
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Video Directly Observed Therapy To Improve Pediatric Inhaler Technique (2024)
Grants & Funding
- GR037186-Jefferson-Assessing Risk, Outcomes, and Disparities in Pediatric Asthma UAMS ACHRI Flow Through Principal Investigator
- GR039166-Jefferson-ACRI-Quality of Asthma Care and Opportunity in a Pediatric Population UAMS ACHRI Flow Through Principal Investigator
- Multifactorial Asthma Determinants in Underresourced Pediatric Populations NIH Principal Investigator
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Tamara T. Perry
Arkansas Children's Hospital (US)
28 shared publications
- Environmental justice and allergic disease: A Work Group Report of the AAAAI Environmental Exposure and Respiratory Health Committee and the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee
- Impact of socioeconomic factors on allergic diseases
- Food insecurity and allergic diseases: A call to collective action
- Predicting pediatric severe asthma exacerbations: an administrative claims-based predictive model
- Vitamin D Oral Replacement in Children With Obesity Related Asthma: <scp>VDORA1</scp> Randomized Clinical Trial
Showing 5 of 28 shared publications
Robbie Pesek
Arkansas Children's Hospital
9 shared publications
In database
- Telemedicine Home Assessments as an Alternative to Standard Asthma Education for Reduction of Indoor Asthma Triggers in a Rural State
- Feasibility of Telemedicine Home Assessments for Identification of Asthma Triggers in a Rural State
- Pediatric Severe Asthmatics in a Southern US State Face Multiple Challenges and Barriers to Care
- The Presence of Non-pharmaceutical Interventions Correlates with Decreased Rates of Asthma Exacerbations and RSV infections in Arkansas
- Evaluation of Severe Asthma Management: An Investigational Analysis of Health Outcomes from Multidisciplinary Clinics
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Clare C. Brown
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
9 shared publications
In database
- Predicting pediatric severe asthma exacerbations: an administrative claims-based predictive model
- Asthma Quality Measurement and Adverse Outcomes in Medicaid-Enrolled Children
- 215 Relationships between geospatial factors and adverse outcomes in Medicaid-enrolled children with asthma
- Comparing Outcomes between HEDIS Persistent Asthma Definition and a Non-Restrictive Model
- Association of Asthma Specialty Care and Adverse Outcomes for Children Enrolled in the Arkansas Medicaid Program
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Arina Eyimina
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
9 shared publications
In database
- Predicting pediatric severe asthma exacerbations: an administrative claims-based predictive model
- Asthma Quality Measurement and Adverse Outcomes in Medicaid-Enrolled Children
- 215 Relationships between geospatial factors and adverse outcomes in Medicaid-enrolled children with asthma
- Comparing Outcomes between HEDIS Persistent Asthma Definition and a Non-Restrictive Model
- Association of Asthma Specialty Care and Adverse Outcomes for Children Enrolled in the Arkansas Medicaid Program
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Mandana Rezaeiahari
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
9 shared publications
In database
- Predicting pediatric severe asthma exacerbations: an administrative claims-based predictive model
- Asthma Quality Measurement and Adverse Outcomes in Medicaid-Enrolled Children
- 215 Relationships between geospatial factors and adverse outcomes in Medicaid-enrolled children with asthma
- Comparing Outcomes between HEDIS Persistent Asthma Definition and a Non-Restrictive Model
- Association of Asthma Specialty Care and Adverse Outcomes for Children Enrolled in the Arkansas Medicaid Program
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
J. Mick Tilford
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
9 shared publications
In database
- Predicting pediatric severe asthma exacerbations: an administrative claims-based predictive model
- Asthma Quality Measurement and Adverse Outcomes in Medicaid-Enrolled Children
- 215 Relationships between geospatial factors and adverse outcomes in Medicaid-enrolled children with asthma
- Comparing Outcomes between HEDIS Persistent Asthma Definition and a Non-Restrictive Model
- Association of Asthma Specialty Care and Adverse Outcomes for Children Enrolled in the Arkansas Medicaid Program
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Anthony Goudie
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
7 shared publications
In database
- Predicting pediatric severe asthma exacerbations: an administrative claims-based predictive model
- Asthma Quality Measurement and Adverse Outcomes in Medicaid-Enrolled Children
- 215 Relationships between geospatial factors and adverse outcomes in Medicaid-enrolled children with asthma
- Comparing Outcomes between HEDIS Persistent Asthma Definition and a Non-Restrictive Model
- Association of Asthma Specialty Care and Adverse Outcomes for Children Enrolled in the Arkansas Medicaid Program
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Erhan Ararat
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
6 shared publications
In database
- Pediatric Severe Asthmatics in a Southern US State Face Multiple Challenges and Barriers to Care
- Early Outcomes and Comparisons of Biologic Therapy for Severe Asthma in a Pediatric Cohort
- Association of Asthma Specialty Care and Adverse Outcomes for Children Enrolled in the Arkansas Medicaid Program
- Association of Allergy Specialty Care and Asthma Outcomes for Medicaid-Enrolled Children
- Associations Between Food Allergy and Adverse Event Outcomes Among Medicaid-Enrolled Children With Asthma
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
K. M. Cobb
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (US)
6 shared publications
- Effects of nonpharmaceutical interventions during COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric asthma exacerbations and viral infections
- Telemedicine Home Assessments as an Alternative to Standard Asthma Education for Reduction of Indoor Asthma Triggers in a Rural State
- Feasibility of Telemedicine Home Assessments for Identification of Asthma Triggers in a Rural State
- Pediatric Severe Asthmatics in a Southern US State Face Multiple Challenges and Barriers to Care
- The Presence of Non-pharmaceutical Interventions Correlates with Decreased Rates of Asthma Exacerbations and RSV infections in Arkansas
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Scott Stewart
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
6 shared publications
In database
- Effects of nonpharmaceutical interventions during COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric asthma exacerbations and viral infections
- The Presence of Non-pharmaceutical Interventions Correlates with Decreased Rates of Asthma Exacerbations and RSV infections in Arkansas
- Evaluation of Severe Asthma Management: An Investigational Analysis of Health Outcomes from Multidisciplinary Clinics
- Viral Infections are Associated with More Severe Clinical Outcomes During Pediatric Asthma Exacerbations
- Video Directly Observed Therapy To Improve Pediatric Inhaler Technique
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Lina Mahmood
Arkansas Children's Hospital (US)
6 shared publications
- Precision care in the treatment of pediatric asthma
- Implications of Removing Race from Spirometry Reference Equations in Children with Asthma
- Video Directly Observed Therapy To Improve Pediatric Inhaler Technique
- The Protective Effect of Moderate Maternal Peanut Consumption on Peanut Sensitization and Allergy
- Video directly observed therapy to improve inhaler technique among pediatric patients with persistent asthma
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Melanie Boyd
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (US)
5 shared publications
- Predicting pediatric severe asthma exacerbations: an administrative claims-based predictive model
- Association of Asthma Specialty Care and Adverse Outcomes for Children Enrolled in the Arkansas Medicaid Program
- 169 Association of Asthma Specialty Care and Adverse Outcomes for Children Enrolled in the Arkansas Medicaid Program
- Association of Allergy Specialty Care and Asthma Outcomes for Medicaid-Enrolled Children
- Associations Between Food Allergy and Adverse Event Outcomes Among Medicaid-Enrolled Children With Asthma
Dieu Doan
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
4 shared publications
In database
- Food insecurity and allergic diseases: A call to collective action
- Telemedicine Home Assessments as an Alternative to Standard Asthma Education for Reduction of Indoor Asthma Triggers in a Rural State
- Efficacy and Safety of Baked Milk Oral Immunotherapy in Children With Severe Milk Allergy: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Phase 2 Trial
- Feasibility of Telemedicine Home Assessments for Identification of Asthma Triggers in a Rural State
Katherine Caid
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (US)
4 shared publications
- Effects of nonpharmaceutical interventions during COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric asthma exacerbations and viral infections
- Oral Immunotherapy for Children With a High-Threshold Peanut Allergy
- The Presence of Non-pharmaceutical Interventions Correlates with Decreased Rates of Asthma Exacerbations and RSV infections in Arkansas
- Viral Infections are Associated with More Severe Clinical Outcomes During Pediatric Asthma Exacerbations
Stacie M. Jones
Arkansas Children's Hospital
4 shared publications
In database
- Food insecurity and allergic diseases: A call to collective action
- Evaluation of Severe Asthma Management: An Investigational Analysis of Health Outcomes from Multidisciplinary Clinics
- Survey of Arkansas Pediatric Providers on the Application of the NIH/NIAID Addendum Guidelines for the Prevention of Peanut Allergy in the United States
- Associations Between Food Allergy and Adverse Event Outcomes Among Medicaid-Enrolled Children With Asthma
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