Patricia A. Cowan

Researcher

Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-09

faculty

15 h-index 47 pubs 599 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Patricia A. Cowan's research focuses on understanding health disparities and improving health outcomes, particularly for women and adolescents. Her recent work has investigated the effectiveness of body mass index percentiles in identifying excess adiposity in adolescents. Additionally, Cowan has explored the experiences of women with congenital heart disease, examining lapses in primary care and cardiology services and their lived experiences during healthcare transitions. Her scholarship is supported by a body of 47 publications, with a h-index of 15 and 598 citations. She collaborates with several colleagues at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Alice Alexander, Laura Hays, Nicole L. Ward, and Martha Rojo, with whom she shares multiple publications.

Metrics

  • h-index: 15
  • Publications: 47
  • Citations: 599

Selected Publications

  • Care interrupted: a mixed-methods study of lapse in primary care and cardiology services for women with CHD (2025)
  • 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)
  • Relative Body Mass Index Improves the BMI Percentile Performance for Detection and Monitoring of Excess Adiposity in Adolescents (2024)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex

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13 Collaborators 7 Institutions 1 Country

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