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David Topp

Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette

Established · publishing since 1986

Publications

31

Citations

279

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

39

Publishing since 1986

Research summary
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David Topp's publication record centers on the well-being of military and veteran families, examining how deployment, mental health, and communication patterns affect service members, spouses, and children over time. The work is largely applied and evaluative, including program assessments (e.g., support fellowships for veterans) and longitudinal studies tracking psychological health across deployment cycles. One recent paper diverges into evaluating AI (GPT-4V) for medical image interpretation, suggesting some breadth beyond the core military-family focus.

Military and veteran family well-beingDeployment and mental health trajectoriesFamily communication and disclosure of mental health issuesProgram evaluation in behavioral healthChild and sibling development in military families

Publication output has been modest but fairly steady over the last decade, with occasional small peaks (e.g., 2021 and 2024) and gaps in earlier years, averaging about one publication per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.0/year recently
17182019: 2 publications192020: 2 publications202021: 3 publications3212022: 1 publication222023: 1 publication232024: 3 publications3242526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Military Behavioral Health×2
  • European Radiology×1
  • American Journal of Community Psychology×1
  • Health Communication×1
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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