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Biology and Biochemistry

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64
Citations
14535
World Ranking
9676
National Ranking
4268

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1969 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1953 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Elmer L. Becker conducted research primarily affiliated with the University of Connecticut Health Center in the United States. Their academic work contributed to several fields related to health professions and medicine, with a focus on interdisciplinary applications within public health, environmental and occupational health, applied psychology, surgery, and occupational therapy.

Their recent publications reflect an emphasis on healthcare technology and digital interventions. Notable papers include "Remote Monitoring and Virtual Appointments for the Assessment and Management of Depression via the Co-HIVE Model of Care: A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Patient Experiences," published in 2024 in the journal Healthcare. Another paper, "Using Inertial Measurement Units and Machine Learning to Classify Body Positions of Adults in a Hospital Bed," was published in 2025 in Sensors.

These works demonstrate Becker's involvement in topics such as telemedicine and telehealth implementation, digital mental health interventions, mobile health and mHealth applications, healthcare technology and patient monitoring, pressure ulcer prevention and management, and balance, gait, and falls prevention.

  • Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Healthcare Technology and Patient Monitoring
  • Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management
  • Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention

Frequent coauthors collaborated with Becker on these research projects, including A. Thompson, Deshini Naidoo, Kevin M. Trentino, Dharjinder Rooprai, and Kenneth Lee. Becker's publications appeared in venues such as Healthcare and Sensors, each representing one publication.

  • Healthcare
  • Sensors

Their scientific contributions were recognized by multiple fellowships, including designation as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1969 and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1953.

Elmer L. Becker's research intersected technology and health sciences, engaging in the study of both patient care methodologies and advanced monitoring techniques. Their scholarly work supported a better understanding of remote health services and applied technology for patient safety and management.

Best Publications

  • The structure-activity relations of synthetic peptides as chemotactic factors and inducers of lysosomal secretion for neutrophils.

    H J Showell;R J Freer;S H Zigmond;E Schiffmann

  • Purification and identification of formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine as the major peptide neutrophil chemotactic factor produced by Escherichia coli.

    W A Marasco;S H Phan;H Krutzsch;H J Showell

  • Demonstration of a receptor on rabbit neutrophils for chemotactic peptides.

    Srinivasabhatt Aswanikumar;Barbara Corcoran;Elliot Schiffmann;Alan R. Day

  • Transport of sodium, potassium, and calcium across rabbit polymorphonuclear leukocyte membranes. Effect of chemotactic factor.

    P H Naccache;H J Showell;E L Becker;R I Sha'afi

  • The Role of Cyclic AMP in the Chemotactic Responsiveness and Spontaneous Motility of Rabbit Peritoneal Neutrophils The Inhibition of Neutrophil Movement and the Elevation of Cyclic AMP Levels by Catecholamines, Prostaglandins, Theophylline and Cholera Toxin

    Israel Rivkin;Joseph Rosenblatt;Elmer L. Becker

  • The isolation and partial characterization of neutrophil chemotactic factors from Escherichia coli.

    Elliott Schiffmann;Henry V. Showell;Barbara A. Corcoran;Peter A. Ward

  • Hereditary angioneurotic edema: II. Deficiency of inhibitor for serum globulin permeability factor and/or plasma kallikrein

    Nathaniel S. Landerman;Marion E. Webster;Elmer L. Becker;Harold E. Ratcliffe

  • THE DEACTIVATION OF RABBIT NEUTROPHILS BY CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR AND THE NATURE OF THE ACTIVATABLE ESTERASE

    Peter A. Ward;Elmer L. Becker

  • Further studies on the structural requirements for synthetic peptide chemoattractants.

    Richard J. Freer;Alan R. Day;Jeffrey A. Radding;Elliott Schiffmann

  • The Ability of Chemotactic Factors to Induce Lysosomal Enzyme Release: I. The Characteristics of the Release, the Importance of Surfaces and the Relation of Enzyme Release to Chemotactic Responsiveness

    Elmer L. Becker;Henry J. Showell;Peter M. Henson;Long S. Hsu

  • Effect of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate and its analogue 4 alpha-phorbol 12,13-didecanoate on protein phosphorylation and lysosomal enzyme release in rabbit neutrophils.

    J R White;C K Huang;J M Hill;P H Naccache

  • Formyl peptide chemoattractants: a model of the receptor on rabbit neutrophils.

    Richard J. Freer;Alan R. Day;Natesa Muthukumaraswamy;Delia Pinon

  • Changes in ionic movements across rabbit polymorphonuclear leukocyte membranes during lysosomal enzyme release. Possible ionic basis for lysosomal enzyme release.

    P H Naccache;H J Showell;E L Becker;R I Sha'afi

  • In Vitro Studies of Immunologically Induced Secretion of Mediators from Cells and Related Phenomena

    Elmer L. Becker;Peter M. Henson

  • Substance P binds to the formylpeptide chemotaxis receptor on the rabbit neutrophil.

    W.A. Marasco;H.J. Showell;E.L. Becker

  • Pertussis toxin inhibits the rise in the intracellular concentration of free calcium that is induced by chemotactic factors in rabbit neutrophils: Possible role of the “G proteins” in calcium mobilization

    T.F.P. Molski;P.H. Naccache;M.L. Marsh;J. Kermode

  • Chemotactic factor-induced release of membrane calcium in rabbit neutrophils

    PH Naccache;M Volpi;HJ Showell;EL Becker

  • The Ability of Chemotactic Factors to Induce Lysosomal Enzyme Release: II. The Mechanism of Release

    Elmer L. Becker;H. J. Showell

  • Pertussis toxin inhibits fMet-Leu-Phe- but not phorbol ester-stimulated changes in rabbit neutrophils: role of G proteins in excitation response coupling.

    Mario Volpi;Paul H. Naccache;Thaddeus F. P. Molski;Jean Shefcyk

  • The inhibition of neutrophil granule enzyme secretion and chemotaxis by pertussis toxin.

    E L Becker;J C Kermode;P H Naccache;R Yassin

Frequent Co-Authors

Ramadan I. Sha'afi
Ramadan I. Sha'afi University of Connecticut Health Center
Paul H. Naccache
Paul H. Naccache Université Laval
Claudio Toniolo
Claudio Toniolo University of Padua
Stanley N. Cohen
Stanley N. Cohen Stanford University
Marco Crisma
Marco Crisma University of Padua
Wayne A. Marasco
Wayne A. Marasco Harvard University
Peter A. Ward
Peter A. Ward University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Hans E. Schoemaker
Hans E. Schoemaker DSM (Netherlands)
Jean-Louis Mege
Jean-Louis Mege Aix-Marseille University
Padmanabhan Balaram
Padmanabhan Balaram Indian Institute of Science

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