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  • 2000 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Joan K. Austin is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions to psychiatry and mental health, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, cognitive neuroscience, genetics, and physiology. The scientist's work covers a range of topics, particularly in epilepsy research and treatment, pharmacological effects and toxicity studies, neonatal and fetal brain pathology, childhood cancer survivors' quality of life, sleep and wakefulness research, diet and metabolism studies, and neuroscience and neuropharmacology research.

Their recent publications include:

  • Epilepsy-related stigma and attitudes: Systematic review of screening instruments and interventions - Report by the International League Against Epilepsy Task Force on Stigma in Epilepsy, 2022, Epilepsia
  • Systematic review of frequency of felt and enacted stigma in epilepsy and determining factors and attitudes toward persons living with epilepsy-Report from the International League Against Epilepsy Task Force on Stigma in Epilepsy, 2022, Epilepsia
  • Social determinants of health associated with epilepsy treatment adherence in the United States: A scoping review, 2021, Epilepsy & Behavior
  • Development of an International Standard Set of Outcomes and Measurement Methods for Routine Practice for Adults with Epilepsy: The International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement Consensus Recommendations, 2024, Epilepsia
  • The Relationship Between Sleep, Cognition and Behavior in Children With Newly-Diagnosed Epilepsy Over 36 Months, 2022, Frontiers in Neurology

Joan K. Austin has frequently published in several scientific journals, including:

  • Epilepsia
  • Epilepsy & Behavior
  • Pediatric Neurology
  • Neurology
  • Frontiers in Neurology

The scientist has collaborated often with coauthors such as Temitayo Oyegbile-Chidi, David Dunn, Jana E. Jones, Anna W. Byars, and Bruce P. Hermann.

Joan K. Austin has received recognition as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) since 2000.

Best Publications

  • ADHD and epilepsy in childhood

    David W Dunn;Joan K Austin;Jaroslaw Harezlak;Walter T Ambrosius

  • Behavior problems in children before first recognized seizures.

    Joan K. Austin;Jaroslaw Harezlak;David W. Dunn;Gertrude A. Huster

  • Social stigma for adults and children with epilepsy.

    Ann Jacoby;Joan K. Austin

  • Childhood Epilepsy and Asthma: Comparison of Quality of Life

    Joan K. Austin;M. Shelton Smith;Michael W. Risinger;Angela M. McNelis

  • Symptoms of depression in adolescents with epilepsy.

    David W. Dunn;Joan K. Austin;Gertrude A. Huster

  • Stigma in the lives of adolescents with epilepsy: a review of the literature.

    Jessica S MacLeod;Joan K Austin

  • Epilepsy familiarity, knowledge, and perceptions of stigma: report from a survey of adolescents in the general population.

    Joan K Austin;Patricia Osborne Shafer;Jessica Beach Deering

  • Adolescents with Active or Inactive Epilepsy or Asthma: A Comparison of Quality of Life

    Joan K. Austin;Gertrude A. Huster;David W. Dunn;Michael W. Risinger

  • Neuropsychological status at seizure onset in children: risk factors for early cognitive deficits.

    P. S. Fastenau;C. S. Johnson;Susan Perkins;A. W. Byars

  • Needs, concerns, strategies, and advice of stroke caregivers the first 6 months after discharge.

    Tamilyn Bakas;Joan K Austin;Kenechi F Okonkwo;Rebecca R Lewis

  • Measuring stigma in children with epilepsy and their parents: instrument development and testing

    Joan K. Austin;Jessica MacLeod;David W. Dunn;Jianzhao Shen

  • Development of the Child Attitude Toward Illness Scale

    Joan K. Austin;Thomas J. Huberty

  • Consensus statement: the evaluation and treatment of people with epilepsy and affective disorders.

    John J. Barry;Alan B. Ettinger;Peggy Friel;Frank G. Gilliam

  • Behavioral and psychiatric comorbidities in pediatric epilepsy: toward an integrative model.

    Joan K. Austin;Rochelle Caplan

  • Correlates of behavior problems in children with epilepsy.

    Joan K. Austin;Michael W. Risinger;Laurel A. Beckett

  • Recurrent seizures and Behavior Problems in Children with first recognized seizures: A prospective study

    Joan K. Austin;David W. Dunn;Helena M. Caffrey;Susan M. Perkins

  • Neuropsychological Predictors of Academic Underachievement in Pediatric Epilepsy: Moderating Roles of Demographic, Seizure, and Psychosocial Variables

    Philip S. Fastenau;Jianzhao Shen;David W. Dunn;Susan M. Perkins

  • Academic Underachievement Among Children With Epilepsy Proportion Exceeding Psychometric Criteria for Learning Disability and Associated Risk Factors

    Philip S. Fastenau;Jianzhao Shen;David W. Dunn;Joan K. Austin

  • Time and difficulty of tasks provided by family caregivers of stroke survivors.

    Tamilyn Bakas;Joan K Austin;Samantha L Jessup;Linda S Williams

  • Stressors, coping and depression in haemodialysis patients.

    Janet L. Welch;Joan K. Austin

Frequent Co-Authors

David W. Dunn
David W. Dunn Indiana University
Anna W. Byars
Anna W. Byars Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Bruce P. Hermann
Bruce P. Hermann University of Wisconsin–Madison
Frank Gilliam
Frank Gilliam The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Jana E. Jones
Jana E. Jones University of Wisconsin–Madison
W. Curt LaFrance
W. Curt LaFrance Brown University
David J. Thurman
David J. Thurman Emory University
Laurie J. Bauman
Laurie J. Bauman Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Avani C. Modi
Avani C. Modi Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
John E. Bates
John E. Bates Indiana University

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