Vimala Elumalai

Researcher

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

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3 h-index 8 pubs 37 cited

Research Areas

Child and Adolescent Health Neurological disorders and treatments Health disparities and outcomes Behavioral and Psychological Studies Interprofessional Education and Collaboration COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Genomics and Rare Diseases

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Vimala Elumalai researches conditions affecting children, with a focus on epilepsy and neurological disorders. Her work includes qualitative studies on self-management barriers and facilitators for Black children with epilepsy and their caregivers in Arkansas. She has also investigated physician perspectives on shared decision-making in pediatric epilepsy surgery and contributed to the conceptualization of interdisciplinary clinics for children with drug-resistant epilepsy, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Elumalai's publications also address specific genetic conditions associated with epilepsy, such as NIPA1 gene mutations and Malan syndrome, often utilizing caregiver reports to understand seizure characteristics. Her scholarly metrics include an h-index of 3, with 8 total publications and 37 citations.

Metrics

h-index: 3
Publications: 8
Citations: 37

Selected Publications

Understanding Seizures in Malan Syndrome Through Caregiver Reports: A Cross-Sectional Study (2025) DOI
Understanding Seizures in Malan Syndrome Through Caregiver Reports: A Cross-Sectional Study (2025) DOI
Epilepsy in hereditary spastic paraplegia associated with NIPA1 gene (2022) DOI