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Last published 2024
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Brandi Whitaker

Professor

Also affiliated: North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (2020); University of Applied Management Studies (2021–2022)

Faculty Researcher

Peds Pediatrics, College of Medicine

2 h-index 7 pubs 20 cited

  • Humans
  • Child
  • Female
  • Male
  • Depression
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
  • Infant
  • Movement
  • Sleep
  • Supine Position
  • Prone Position
  • Paraspinal Muscles
  • Posture
  • Adolescent

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Brandi Whitaker's research focuses on child and adolescent health, particularly in the areas of infant product safety, food allergies, and pediatric asthma. Her work has investigated how commercial infant products influence body position and muscle use, contributing to the understanding of safe product design through biomechanical modeling. Whitaker has also examined the psychosocial impacts of chronic health conditions on adolescents and their caregivers, including studies on anxiety, depression, and resilience in food-allergic and eosinophilic esophagitis populations, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Her scholarly output includes seven publications with a h-index of 2 and 19 citations. Whitaker collaborates with several researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Stacie M. Jones, Amy M. Scurlock, Emily Seminara, and Diana Muñoz-Mendoza, with whom she has co-authored multiple publications. Her recent work spans from 2021 to 2025, indicating ongoing activity in her research areas.

Metrics

  • h-index: 2
  • Publications: 7
  • Citations: 20

Selected Publications

  • Multidisciplinary care in pediatric severe asthma: A comparative outcomes analysis (2025)
    Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Global 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Commercial infant products influence body position and muscle use (2024)
    Early Human Development 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Anxiety, Depression, and Resilience In Adolescents And Primary Caregiver Dyads With Eosinophilic Esophagitis Living In Rural And Urban Areas (2024)
    Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology DOI OpenAlex
  • Practice Survey (2023)
    Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Infant inclined sleep product safety: A model for using biomechanics to explore safe infant product design (2021)
    Journal of Biomechanics 24 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Pediatric Severe Asthmatics in a Southern US State Face Multiple Challenges and Barriers to Care (2021)
    Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology DOI OpenAlex
  • Do inclined sleeping surfaces impact infants’ muscle activity and movement? A safe sleep product design perspective (2020)
    Journal of Biomechanics 18 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Occupational Therapy Practitioners’ Knowledge, Comfort, and Competence Regarding Youth Suicide (2020)
    OTJR Occupational Therapy Journal of Research 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Depression Screening in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinics (2019)
    Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 40 citations DOI OpenAlex

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