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Heather Black Data-verified

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Researcher

UA Little Rock

Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-23

faculty

12 h-index 72 pubs 482 cited

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Heather Black's research focuses on medication adherence, health care utilization, and expenditure, particularly among older adults. Her work has investigated factors influencing adherence to medications for conditions such as hypertension, cholesterol, and diabetes. Black has also explored quality measures for comprehensive medication reviews and the perspectives on telephonic medication review services in the United States. Her research includes a pilot observational study on recreational trail riding for Veterans with addictive disorders and a systematic literature review on the economic burden of pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Black's scholarship metrics include an h-index of 12, with 72 total publications and 472 total citations. She has collaborated with several researchers at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, including J. C. Spinler, René A. Shroat-Lewis, Michael T. DeAngelis, and Jeffrey B. Connelly, with whom she shares one publication each.

Metrics

h-index: 12
Publications: 72
Citations: 482

Selected Publications

LITTLE ROCK ROCKS!: PLACE-BASED FIELD EXPERIENCES IN AND AROUND THE CAPITAL CITY OF ARKANSAS (2025)

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Collaboration Network

115 Collaborators 32 Institutions 3 Countries

Top Collaborators

Patrick Campbell Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) (US) 10 shared publications

Terri Warholak 7 shared publications

Dominik Lautsch Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) (US) 7 shared publications

David R. Axon University of Arizona (US) 6 shared publications

Harman Dhatt Janssen (United States) (US) 5 shared publications

Shannon Vaffis Health Outcomes Solutions (United States) (US) 5 shared publications

Mel Nelson 5 shared publications

Irina Kolobova Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) (US) 5 shared publications

Elizabeth J. Anderson Freedom House (US) 4 shared publications

Darlena Le University of Arizona (US) 3 shared publications

Melissa Castora‐Binkley 3 shared publications

Irene Nsiah University of Mississippi (US) 3 shared publications

Sujith Ramachandran University of Mississippi (US) 3 shared publications

John P. Bentley University of Mississippi (US) 3 shared publications

Karl Hoopes Utah State University (US) 2 shared publications

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