Elisabet Børsheim

High Impact

Professor

Last publication 2026 Last refreshed 2026-05-22

faculty

eborsheim@uams.edu

33 h-index 193 pubs 5,593 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Elisabet Børsheim's research program focuses on understanding and improving metabolic health, particularly in pediatric populations. Her work investigates the interplay between diet, physical activity, and metabolic markers, with a specific interest in conditions such as insulin resistance and pediatric obesity. Børsheim has explored the potential of dietary interventions, including protein supplementation and the effects of soy protein, as well as the role of specific compounds like sulforaphane in mitigating inflammation and oxidative stress related to metabolic health and skin aging.

Her research extends to the investigation of molecular mechanisms underlying metabolic disorders, including the association of circulating microRNAs with metabolic markers in adolescents with hepatosteatosis. Børsheim has also examined the impact of supervised exercise training on liver fat in adolescents with obesity. Her publications address dietary protein requirements in children and the efficacy of digital interventions for increasing physical activity among preschoolers. Børsheim is a highly cited researcher with a notable publication record and has received federal funding for her work, including an Institutional Career Development award from the NIH/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences.

Børsheim collaborates with several researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Eva C. Diaz, Aline Andres, Clark Sims, and Judith Weber. She maintains an active lab website to disseminate her research findings.

Metrics

  • h-index: 33
  • Publications: 193
  • Citations: 5,593

Selected Publications

  • A supervised STreNgth & Outpatient Exercise Regimen in pediatric patients with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (STRONGER ALL) (2026)
  • Associations Between Serum Gut-Derived Tryptophan Metabolites and Cardiovascular Health Markers in Adolescents with Obesity (2025)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Enhanced mitochondrial respiration in peripheral blood mononuclear cells ( <scp>PBMCs</scp> ) from young children with overweight/obesity and insulin resistance (2025)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Shared and distinct adaptations to early‐life exercise training based on inborn fitness (2025)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Protective Effects of Sulforaphane Preventing Inflammation and Oxidative Stress to Enhance Metabolic Health: A Narrative Review (2025)
    22 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Dietary soy protein reverses obesity-induced liver steatosis and alters fecal microbial composition independent of isoflavone level (2024)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Childhood cardiometabolic risk factors associated with the perinatal environment of the maternal–paternal–child triad (2024)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Parental cardiorespiratory fitness influences early life energetics and metabolic health (2023)
    4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Long-Term Feeding Soy Protein Concentrates Protect Against Hepatic Steatosis Independent of Isoflavone Levels (2023)
    4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Effects of short‐term supervised exercise training on liver fat in adolescents with obesity: a randomized controlled trial (2023)
    15 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Offspring-sex modifies the association between early-pregnancy adiposity and 2-year-old total physical activity – The Glowing Study (2023)
  • Case report: A proposed role for cardiopulmonary exercise testing in detecting cardiac dysfunction in asymptomatic at-risk adolescents (2023)
  • Elevated LDL-C, high blood pressure, and low peak VO2 associate with platelet mitochondria function in children—The Arkansas Active Kids Study (2023)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Circulating microRNA levels differ in the early stages of insulin resistance in prepubertal children with obesity (2022)
    10 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Resistance Training as a Countermeasure in Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Review of Current Literature and Future Directions (2022)
    8 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Federal Grants 1 $459,069 total

NIH/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences Co-PI Jul 2019 - Aug 2024

Institutional Career Development

National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences $459,069 KL2

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143 Collaborators 39 Institutions 6 Countries

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