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Last published 2025
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M. Joycelyn Elders

Adjunct Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management

UAMS primary UA Little Rock University of Arkansas

Also affiliated: West Virginia University (1973); United States Department of Health and Human Services (1995); National Institutes of Health (1982–1986); Arkansas Children's Hospital (1997–2000); University of California, Los Angeles (1971–1986); Washington University in St. Louis (1971); University of Arkansas Medical Center (1973–2009); Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (1986); UCLA Medical Center (1986); United States Public Health Service (1994–1995); National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (1982–1986); John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital (1986–1987); Arkansas Department of Health (1993–1994); University of South Alabama (1978)

17 h-index 67 pubs 1,095 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

  • Humans
  • Animals
  • Female
  • Male
  • Chick Embryo
  • Cartilage
  • Child
  • Somatomedins
  • United States
  • Glycosaminoglycans
  • Adolescent
  • Growth
  • Growth Hormone
  • Liver
  • Child, Preschool

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Research Group

OverviewAI-generated summary

M. Joycelyn Elders' research has focused on the study of growth factors and their impact on biological development, particularly in relation to growth hormone and somatomedin activity. Her work has investigated the effects of various factors, including diet, on these processes, utilizing animal models such as growing rats. Elders has also explored hormonal regulation and endocrine disorders, including extreme insulin resistance and Laron's dwarfism, examining the underlying mechanisms at the receptor level. Her publications span several decades, reflecting a sustained engagement with endocrinology and developmental biology. More recently, her work has extended to include medical aspects of transgender military service and issues related to adolescent pregnancy and sexual abuse, indicating a broadening scope of public health interests.

Metrics

  • h-index: 17
  • Publications: 67
  • Citations: 1,095

Positions

Selected Publications

  • A surgeon general’s perspective on eliminating tobacco-related disparities: an interview with M. Joycelyn Elders, MD, MS (2025)
    JNCI Monographs 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • The Legacy of the U.S. Public Health Service Syphilis Study at Tuskegee, a Presidential Apology, and the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act: Just a Beginning in Health Care Reform (2012)
    Ethics & Behavior 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Role of Endocrinologists In Eliminating Health Care Disparities (2009)
    Endocrine Practice 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The call to action (1999)
    Child Abuse & Neglect 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Ignorance Is Not Bliss (1996)
    Politics and the Life Sciences DOI OpenAlex
  • Adolescent Health: Are We Willing to Pay the Price for Inaction? (1994)
    Review of Policy Research DOI OpenAlex
  • Effect of forskolin on synthesis of xyloside-initiated glycosaminoglycans in embryonic chick chondrocytes (1990)
    Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Effects of dideoxyforskolin on proteoglycan synthesis and structure in embryonic chick chondrocyte cultures (1990)
    FEBS Letters DOI OpenAlex
  • Metabolic effects of forskolin in chick chondrocytes (1989)
    Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • INCREASED EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR CONCENTRATIONS IN DONAHUE'S SYNDROME (LEPRECHAUNISM) (1987)
    Pediatric Research DOI OpenAlex
  • ROLE OF GROWTH HORMONE ON PLASMA EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR CONCENTRATIONS (1987)
    Pediatric Research 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Isolation of a biotin receptor from hepatic plasma membranes (1987)
    Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 32 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Decreased Cyclic Guanosine 3´,5´ Monophosphate and Guanylate Cyclase Activity in Leprechaunism: Evidence for a Postreceptor Defect (1986)
    Pediatric Research 11 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • GROWTH WITHOUT GROWTH HORMONE: EVIDENCE FOR A POTENT CIRCULATING HUMAN GROWTH FACTOR (1986)
    The Lancet 38 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • 1283 ROLE OF EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR IN THE PHENOTYPIC EXPRESSION OF LEPRECHAUNISM (1985)
    Pediatric Research DOI OpenAlex

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