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M. Barton Laws investigates behavioral and health outcomes, with a focus on communication and interventions within healthcare settings. Their work includes examining the prevalence of serious mental illness in nursing homes and the impact of integrated behavioral health interventions. Recent publications explore changes in nursing home populations, the role of communication during motivational interviewing for individuals with HIV, and the quality of behavior change counseling in routine HIV care.
Further research extends to the changing patterns of viral infection severity in pediatric asthma cohorts and the application of causal inference to protein sequences. Laws has also studied the experiences of new mothers living with HIV in South Africa regarding work re-entry. With an h-index of 22 and over 2,600 citations across 74 publications, Laws is recognized as a highly cited researcher. Key collaborators at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences include Bobby L. Boyanton, Shahwar Yousuf, Dana Frederick, and Ashton Ingold.
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- h-index: 22
- Publications: 74
- Citations: 2,623
Selected Publications
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From lockdown to recovery: changing patterns of viral infection severity in a pediatric cohort with asthma (2025)
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Top Collaborators
Ira B. Wilson
Brown University (US)
4 shared publications
- Prevalence of Serious Mental Illness and Under 65 Population in Nursing Homes Continues to Grow
- Changes in Nursing Home Populations Challenge Practice and Policy
- Does the Quality of Behavior Change Counseling in Routine HIV Care Vary According to Topic and Demand?
- Communication prior to antiretroviral initiation
Aly Beeman
Rwanda Development Board (RW)
2 shared publications
- Prevalence of Serious Mental Illness and Under 65 Population in Nursing Homes Continues to Grow
- Changes in Nursing Home Populations Challenge Practice and Policy
Sylvia Haigh
Providence VA Medical Center (US)
2 shared publications
- Prevalence of Serious Mental Illness and Under 65 Population in Nursing Homes Continues to Grow
- Changes in Nursing Home Populations Challenge Practice and Policy
Renée R. Shield
Brown University (US)
2 shared publications
- Prevalence of Serious Mental Illness and Under 65 Population in Nursing Homes Continues to Grow
- Changes in Nursing Home Populations Challenge Practice and Policy
Somnath Saha
Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
2 shared publications
- Does the Quality of Behavior Change Counseling in Routine HIV Care Vary According to Topic and Demand?
- Communication prior to antiretroviral initiation
Richard D. Moore
Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
2 shared publications
- Does the Quality of Behavior Change Counseling in Routine HIV Care Vary According to Topic and Demand?
- Communication prior to antiretroviral initiation
Mary Catherine Beach
Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics (US)
2 shared publications
- Does the Quality of Behavior Change Counseling in Routine HIV Care Vary According to Topic and Demand?
- Communication prior to antiretroviral initiation
Malcolm Griffiths
Edith Cowan University (AU)
2 shared publications
- P018 The Relationships Between Multidimensional Sleep Health and Work Productivity in Individuals with Neurological Conditions
- O080 The Associations Between Sleep Environment Factors and Sleep Health in Individuals Living with Neurological Conditions
Travis Cruickshank
Edith Cowan University (AU)
2 shared publications
- P018 The Relationships Between Multidimensional Sleep Health and Work Productivity in Individuals with Neurological Conditions
- O080 The Associations Between Sleep Environment Factors and Sleep Health in Individuals Living with Neurological Conditions
Bishnu Bahadur Thapa
Brown University (US)
1 shared publication
- Evaluating the impact of integrated behavioral health intervention
Omar Galárraga
1 shared publication
- Evaluating the impact of integrated behavioral health intervention
Jennifer E. Merrill
John Brown University (US)
1 shared publication
- Discussion of alcohol consequences during a brief motivational intervention session: comparing those who do and do not increase readiness to change
Gabriela López
Brown University (US)
1 shared publication
- Discussion of alcohol consequences during a brief motivational intervention session: comparing those who do and do not increase readiness to change
Angela K. Stevens
John Brown University (US)
1 shared publication
- Discussion of alcohol consequences during a brief motivational intervention session: comparing those who do and do not increase readiness to change
Samyukta Singh
John Brown University (US)
1 shared publication
- Discussion of alcohol consequences during a brief motivational intervention session: comparing those who do and do not increase readiness to change
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