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Overview

Joanne E. Roberts was affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research spanned several interconnected fields, primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Genetics. Their work also extended into Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Education, Rheumatology, and Developmental and Educational Psychology.

Their publications covered a range of topics, including Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research, Urologic and Reproductive Health Conditions, Early Childhood Education and Development, Educational and Psychological Assessments, and Teacher Education and Leadership Studies.

Some of the recent papers by Roberts included:

  • Outcomes of Systematic Transrectal Ultrasound-Guided Prostate Biopsy Performed by a Surgical Care Practitioner and Implications for Resource-Poor Countries, 2024, published in Cureus
  • Language Characteristics of Individuals with Down Syndrome, 2020, published in UNC Libraries
  • Integrating Intervention Approaches: Development and Initial Testing of an Early Childhood Education Intervention, 2020, published in Journal of Applied Social Science
  • Issue Information, 2021, published in Journal of Family Theory & Review
  • Narrative skill in boys with fragile X syndrome with and without autism spectrum disorder, 2021, published in UNC Libraries

Roberts frequently collaborated with several authors, including:

  • G. E. Martin
  • Bruno Estigarribia
  • John Sideris
  • Reginald Ononye

Their work was published across diverse venues such as UNC Libraries, Cureus, Journal of Applied Social Science, Journal of Family Theory & Review, and BMJ.

Best Publications

  • Relating Quality of Center‐Based Child Care to Early Cognitive and Language Development Longitudinally

    Margaret R. Burchinal;Joanne E. Roberts;Rhodus Riggins;Susan A. Zeisel

  • The role of home literacy practices in preschool children's language and emergent literacy skills.

    Joanne Roberts;Julia Jurgens;Margaret Burchinal

  • Language Characteristics of Individuals with Down Syndrome

    Gary E. Martin;Jessica Klusek;Bruno Estigarribia;Joanne E. Roberts

  • Language and communication development in Down syndrome.

    Joanne E. Roberts;Johanna Price;Cheryl Malkin

  • Quality of center child care and infant cognitive and language development

    Margaret R. Burchinal;Joanne E. Roberts;Laura A. Nabors;Donna M. Bryant

  • Cumulative risk and early cognitive development: a comparison of statistical risk models.

    Margaret R. Burchinal;Joanne E. Roberts;Stephen Hooper;Susan A. Zeisel

  • Social Risk and Protective Child, Parenting, and Child Care Factors in Early Elementary School Years

    Margaret Burchinal;Joanne E. Roberts;Susan A. Zeisel;Elizabeth A. Hennon

  • Social Risk and Protective Factors for African American Children's Academic Achievement and Adjustment During the Transition to Middle School

    Margaret R. Burchinal;Joanne E. Roberts;Susan A. Zeisel;Stephanie J. Rowley

  • Otitis Media and Speech and Language: A Meta-analysis of Prospective Studies

    Joanne E. Roberts;Richard M. Rosenfeld;Susan A. Zeisel

  • Otitis media, hearing loss, and language learning: controversies and current research.

    Joanne Roberts;Lisa Hunter;Judith Gravel;Judith Gravel;Richard Rosenfeld

  • Syntactic complexity during conversation of boys with fragile X syndrome and Down syndrome.

    Johanna R. Price;Joanne E. Roberts;Elizabeth A. Hennon;Mary C. Berni

  • Discourse Skills of Boys with Fragile X Syndrome in Comparison to Boys with Down Syndrome.

    Joanne Roberts;Gary E. Martin;Lauren Moskowitz;Adrianne A. Harris

  • A Comparison of Phonological Skills of Boys With Fragile X Syndrome and Down Syndrome

    Joanne E Roberts;Steven H Long;Cheryl Malkin;Elizabeth F Barnes

  • Longitudinal predictors of reading and math trajectories through middle school for African American versus caucasian students across two samples

    Stephen R. Hooper;Joanne Roberts;John Sideris;Margaret Burchinal

  • Receptive and Expressive Communication Development of Young Males With Fragile X Syndrome

    Joanne E. Roberts;Penny Mirrett;Margaret Burchinal

  • Longitudinal profiles of expressive vocabulary, syntax and pragmatic language in boys with fragile X syndrome or Down syndrome

    Gary E. Martin;Molly Losh;Bruno Estigarribia;John Sideris

  • Social and family risk factors for infant development at one year: An application of the cumulative risk model

    Stephen R. Hooper;Margaret R. Burchinal;Joanne Erwick Roberts;Susan Zeisel

  • Parents' report of vocabulary and grammatical development of African American preschoolers: child and environmental associations.

    Joanne E. Roberts;Margaret Burchinal;Meghan Durham

  • Otitis media in early childhood in relation to children's school-age language and academic skills.

    Joanne E Roberts;Margaret R Burchinal;Susan A Zeisel

  • Otitis media in early childhood and later language.

    Joanne E. Roberts;Margaret R. Burchinal;Brenda P. Davis;Albert M. Collier

  • Receptive vocabulary, expressive vocabulary, and speech production of boys with fragile X syndrome in comparison to boys with down syndrome.

    Joanne Roberts;Johanna Price;Elizabeth F. Barnes;Lauren Nelson

Frequent Co-Authors

Margaret Burchinal
Margaret Burchinal University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Stephen R. Hooper
Stephen R. Hooper University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
John Sideris
John Sideris University of Southern California
Donna M. Bryant
Donna M. Bryant University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda
Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda New York University
Craig T. Ramey
Craig T. Ramey Virginia Tech
Stephanie J. Rowley
Stephanie J. Rowley University of Virginia
Molly Losh
Molly Losh Northwestern University
Amy M. Wetherby
Amy M. Wetherby Florida State University
Donald B. Bailey
Donald B. Bailey Research Triangle Park Foundation

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