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J. Mick Tilford

Federal Grant PI High Impact

Profesor

Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-22

faculty

Health Policy & Management, College of Public Health

tilfordmickj@uams.edu

38 h-index 139 pubs 4,517 cited

Biography and Research Information

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J. Mick Tilford's research focuses on health policy and management, with a particular emphasis on health disparities and outcomes. He has investigated the financial performance of rural hospitals in relation to telehealth technology adoption and explored racial disparities in severe maternal morbidity using Bayesian network analysis. His work also includes the development of predictive models for pediatric severe asthma exacerbations based on administrative claims data.

Tilford has studied the cost-effectiveness of interventions, including the use of artificial intelligence to optimize weight loss treatment delivery. His research has also examined the labor market participation and productivity costs associated with caregiving for children with specific genetic disorders and the association between the COVID-19 pandemic and mortality due to ischemic heart disease. He has also contributed to economic evaluations, such as understanding the "Carer QALY Trap and Altruism."

His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 38, with 139 total publications and 4,477 total citations. Tilford is a principal investigator on federal grants, including a $210,228 award from the NIH/NIH Office of the Director for the Arkansas Center for Health Disparities T32 Pre-doctoral Research Training Program. He leads a research group and collaborates with multiple colleagues at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Metrics

  • h-index: 38
  • Publications: 139
  • Citations: 4,517

Selected Publications

  • Burden Tree – a conceptual framework for the burden associated with pediatric infectious diseases: a Delphi approach (2026)
  • Trends in Z-Code Utilization to Capture Social Determinants of Health among Children with Asthma in Arkansas (2026)
  • Healthcare Utilization in the Year Before Death By Suicide: A Multinomial Approach (2025)
  • Pediatric asthma population risk stratification using k-means clustering (2025)
  • Association of Chronic Diabetes with 42-Day Readmission after Delivery Hospitalization (2025)
  • Exploring telehealth adoption and financial outcomes for rural hospitals during the COVID‐19 public health emergency (2025)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Financial Performance of Hospital Telehealth Adopters, Nonadopters, and Switchers: A Rural-Urban Comparison (2025)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Associations Between Food Allergy and Adverse Event Outcomes Among Medicaid-Enrolled Children With Asthma (2025)
  • Fairness in Low Birthweight Predictive Models: Implications of Excluding Race/Ethnicity (2025)
  • Association of Allergy Specialty Care and Asthma Outcomes for Medicaid-Enrolled Children (2024)
  • Risk of adverse infant outcomes associated with maternal mental health and substance use disorders (2024)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • In-Hospital Mortality by Race and Ethnicity Among Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients Using Data From the US National COVID Cohort Collaborative (2024)
  • 169 Association of Asthma Specialty Care and Adverse Outcomes for Children Enrolled in the Arkansas Medicaid Program (2024)
  • Association of copayments with healthcare utilization and expenditures among Medicaid enrollees with a substance use disorder (2024)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Association of Asthma Specialty Care and Adverse Outcomes for Children Enrolled in the Arkansas Medicaid Program (2024)

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Federal Grants 1 $210,228 total

NIH/NIH Office of the Director Contact PI Apr 2020 - Apr 2030

Arkansas Center for Health Disparities T32 Pre-doctoral Research Training Program

NIH Office of the Director $210,228 T32

Grants & Funding

  • Arkansas Prevention Research Center for Cardiovascular Risk (HTN) Reduction NIH Co-Investigator
  • Using Artificial Intelligence to Optimize Delivery of Weight Loss Treatment - Resubmission NIH/Nat. Inst. of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases - Pass Through: Drexel University Principal Investigator
  • Arkansas Center for Health Disparities T32 Pre-doctoral Research Training Program NIH/National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities Principal Investigator
  • Center for Research, Health and Society NIH Co-Investigator
  • Family Bases Contingency Management for Adolescent Alcohol Abuse NIH/Nat. Inst. on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism - Pass Through: Dartmouth College Co-Investigator
  • Arkansas Center for Health Disparities T32 Pre-doctoral Research Training Program NIH Principal Investigator
  • Using Artificial Intelligence to Optimize Delivery of Weight Loss Treatment - Resubmission NIH/Nat. Inst. of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases - Pass Through: Drexel University Principal Investigator
  • Arkansas Center for Health Disparities T32 Pre-doctoral Research Training Program NIH/National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities Principal Investigator

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