Laura B. Dunn

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Chair and Professor

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

faculty

Psychiatry, College of Medicine

59 h-index 307 pubs 12,653 cited

Research Areas

Child and Adolescent Health Behavioral and Psychological Studies Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Mental Health Research Topics Health Disparities and Outcomes Intimate Partner and Family Violence Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research

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Laura B. Dunn is a researcher at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, where she holds the position of Chair and Professor in the Department of Psychiatry within the College of Medicine. With an h-index of 59 and over 307 publications that have garnered more than 12,653 citations, Dunn is recognized as a highly cited researcher.

Her research interests encompass a range of health-related topics. Recent publications have focused on intimate partner violence, child pedestrian safety, and the epidemiology and prevention of child pedestrian injury. She has also investigated distinct profiles of co-occurring symptoms, stress, resilience, and symptom severity in outpatients receiving chemotherapy, particularly those with gastrointestinal cancers. Additionally, Dunn has explored physician and machine learning researcher perspectives on ethical issues in the development of clinical machine learning tools.

Dunn leads a research group and maintains an active lab website. She has collaborated with researchers such as Tatiana Wolfe, Clint Kilts, A.C.W. Pike, and Amy Grooms, all from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, on shared publications.

Metrics

h-index: 59
Publications: 307
Citations: 12,653

Selected Publications

How to Network and Be a Good Colleague (2025) DOI
How to Write Socially (2025) DOI
484 A Preliminary Study on the Pharmacodynamics of Oral Cannabis Ingestion in Older Adults (2024) DOI
Increases in stress and adverse childhood experiences are associated with the co-occurrence of anxiety and depression in oncology patients (2024) DOI
Becoming an Authentic, Resilient Leader: An Interactive Workshop to Enhance Your Abilities to Lead (2024) DOI
Identification of distinct symptom profiles in patients with gynecologic cancers using a pre-specified symptom cluster (2023) DOI
Is it worth it? Greater risk aversion with lower life satisfaction among depressed individuals (2023) DOI
Introduction to Our Project: Understanding Ethically Salient Perspectives of Diverse Societal Stakeholders in Innovative Neuroscience Research on Mental Disorders (2023) DOI
Clinical Neuroinnovation: Ethical Frameworks and Emerging Issues (2023) DOI
Qualitative Findings: Diverse Stakeholder Perspectives on Ethical Considerations in Innovative Neuroscience Research Involving Human Volunteers (2023) DOI
Risk factors for worse anxiety trajectories among patients undergoing cancer chemotherapy (2022) DOI
Depression trajectories among women undergoing chemotherapy. (2022) DOI
Influence of Dispositional Optimism on Ethically Salient Research Perspectives: A Pilot Study (2022) DOI
Oncology outpatients with worse depression and sleep disturbance profiles are at increased risk for a higher symptom burden and poorer quality of life outcomes (2022) DOI