Patricia Ann Cowan

Dean of the College of Nursing

UAMS

Also affiliated: Houston Methodist (2006); University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2000–2016); Methodist University Hospital (2012); University of Memphis (1998–2012)

16 h-index 52 pubs 626 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

Links

Lab Website UAMS TRI Profile

OverviewAI-generated summary

Patricia Ann Cowan's research has focused on understanding health disparities and risk factors for chronic diseases, particularly in adolescent and child populations. Her work includes investigating racial disparities in inflammation markers and hormone levels among severely obese adolescents, and identifying children at risk for obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Cowan has also examined interventions for physical activity and fitness in middle school children, utilizing pedometer programs. Her research interests extend to post-transplant patient outcomes, including perceived barriers to physical activity in kidney transplant recipients and weight changes during the first year after transplantation. She has also studied the effects of protein and carbohydrate ingestion following resistance exercise on metabolic markers. Cowan holds a h-index of 15 with 47 total publications and 606 total citations. She has collaborated with Alice Alexander, Laura Hays, Nicole L. Ward, and Martha Rojo, all from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Metrics

h-index: 16
Publications: 52
Citations: 626

Positions

Dean of the College of Nursing publications 2018–2026

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Institution web page

Selected Publications

Relative BMI (rBMI) Cut-Points for Adolescent Adiposity Severity: Derivation, Stability, and Internal Validation (2026)

Obesities DOI OpenAlex
A Descriptive Survey of Student RN Anesthetists' Use of Cognitive Enhancers (2026)

Journal of Nursing Education DOI OpenAlex
Resident Registered Nurse Anesthetists’ Use of Cognitive Enhancers in the U.S. (2026)

AANA journal DOI OpenAlex
Care interrupted: a mixed-methods study of lapse in primary care and cardiology services for women with CHD (2025)

Cardiology in the Young DOI OpenAlex
jabbrv-ltwa-all.ldf jabbrv-ltwa-en.ldf Her Heart, Her Health: Lived Experiences of Healthcare Transitions and Unmet Women’s Health Needs in Adult Females with Congenital Heart Disease (2025)

DOI OpenAlex
Relative Body Mass Index Improves the BMI Percentile Performance for Detection and Monitoring of Excess Adiposity in Adolescents (2024)

Nutrients 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
Bedside shift report: Nurses opinions based on their experiences (2020)

Nursing Open 16 citations DOI OpenAlex
Depressive Symptoms, Body Mass Index, and Physical Activity Self-Efficacy in African American Children (2020)

Journal of Child and Family Studies 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Male Caregivers of Persons with End Stage Renal Disease: A Literature Review. (2019)

PubMed 3 citations OpenAlex
Male Caregivers of Persons with End Stage Renal Disease: A Qualitative Study. (2018)

PubMed 16 citations OpenAlex

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Grants & Funding

As listed on this researcher's institutional profile.

PREPARE Program DHHS, HRSA, Advanced Nursing Education Workforce Program
Cardiac Risk in Obese African-American Adolescents NIH
Simulation And Faculty Education Creating Accelerated RN Education Arkansas Office of Skills Development
Developing a Nursing Faculty Workforce: Nurse Faculty Loan Program Health Resources & Services Administration
Peer-Led Asthma Self-Management for Adolescents PLASMA A Multi-site Study NIH
Increasing Nursing Workforce Diversity DHHS, HRSA
Race, Obesity and Enteroinsular Axis in Adolescents NIH
SUSTAIN-- Scholarships for STudents in Accelerated Initial Nursing Programs Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, New Careers in Nursing Funding Mechanism