Horace J. Spencer

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statistician

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

faculty

54 h-index 313 pubs 10,268 cited

Research Areas

Health Sciences Research and Education Meta-analysis and systematic reviews Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Microbial infections and disease research Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology COVID-19 epidemiological studies Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments

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Horace J. Spencer is a statistician at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences with a scholarly record of 313 publications and 10,268 citations, reflected in his h-index of 54. His research interests span multiple medical disciplines, as evidenced by his recent publications. He has investigated the short-term safety of acetaminophen in patients with compensated cirrhosis and explored the characteristics of normocalcemic and normohormonal primary hyperparathyroidism, including laboratory values and end-organ effects.

Spencer's work also extends to hematology and oncology, with research on the feasibility of outpatient stem cell transplantation in multiple myeloma and risk factors predicting hospital admission. He has contributed to studies on the immune system, including the expansion of human papillomavirus-specific T cells in response to therapeutic vaccination and the mechanisms by which *purR* mutants in *Staphylococcus aureus* increase virulence factor accumulation.

Further research contributions include studies on the relationship between amplitude setting, dopamine response, and motor functions like finger tapping and gait in Parkinson's disease. He has also examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer staging for head and neck cancer patients and investigated determinants for thyroid hormone replacement therapy in subclinical hypothyroidism using electronic health records. Spencer leads a research group and collaborates with Aaron S. Kemp, Aliyah Glover, Linda Larson‐Prior, and Lakshmi Pillai, all from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, with whom he has co-authored six publications each.

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h-index: 54
Publications: 313
Citations: 10,268

Selected Publications

Comparing a Guideline-Based Mobile Health Intervention Versus Usual Care for High-Risk Adolescents With Asthma: Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial (2025) DOI
Plasma levels of anti phosphocholine IgM antibodies are negatively correlated with bone mineral density in humans (2025) DOI
A Predictive Model for Graves’ Disease Recurrence After Antithyroid Drug Therapy: A Retrospective Multicenter Cohort Study (2024) DOI
(009) THE PENIS SCORE AND PROPOSAL OF THE PACKAGE CHECKLIST: A META-EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY ON PENILE AMPUTATION AND REPLANTATION (2024) DOI
Feasibility of regional center telehealth visits utilizing a rural research network in people with Parkinson’s disease (2024) DOI
Access to Digital Technology among Teens with Asthma: A Barrier or Facilitator of Mobile Health Interventions? (2024) DOI
Development and implementation of the frog-in-maze game to study upper limb movement in people with Parkinson’s disease (2023) DOI
Comparative evaluation of small molecules reported to be inhibitors of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> biofilm formation (2023) DOI
THU664 Discontinuation Of Low-dose Levothyroxine Therapy For Patients With Subclinical Hypothyroidism Is Feasible: A Pilot, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial (2023) DOI
Feasibility of Reducing Animal Numbers in Radiation Countermeasure Experiments from Historic Levels when using Sample Size Calculations (2023) DOI
Determinants for Thyroid Hormone Replacement Therapy in Subclinical Hypothyroidism: A Multicenter Electronic Health Records-Based Study (2023) DOI
A peptide-based human papillomavirus therapeutic vaccine, PepCan, or <i>Candida</i> adjuvant alone in treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 2/3 (CIN2/3). (2023) DOI
The Revised PENIS Score and proposal of the PACKAGE Checklist: a meta-epidemiologic study on penile amputation and replantation (2023) DOI
TO STUDY THE OUTCOMES OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN THE PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE MYELOMA AFTER CHEMOTHERAPY AND AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANT AT THE MYELOMA CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES (UAMS), LITTLE ROCK, AR (2023) DOI
Development and Implementation of The Frog-In-Maze Game to Study Upper limb Movement in People with Parkinson’s Disease (2023) DOI