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Debra K. Litzelman

Medicine · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1978
Innovations in Medical EducationGlobal Health and SurgeryGlobal Health Workforce IssuesEmpathy and Medical EducationInterprofessional Education and Collaboration

Publications

127

Citations

3,127

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

49

Publishing since 1978

Research summary
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Debra K. Litzelman conducts research in medicine focused on medical education and global health, with a strong emphasis on the roles of community health workers and interprofessional collaboration. A recurring theme is "reciprocal innovation," where community-based care models are adapted between settings such as Kenya and Indiana. Her work also addresses vulnerable populations, including pregnant women, those with substance use disorders, and older adults.

Community health worker roles and supportGlobal health and reciprocal innovationMedical and interprofessional educationCare for vulnerable populations (perinatal, substance use, older adults)Health information technology for teaching

Publication activity was steady through the late 2010s with peaks around 2017 and 2021-2022, and has been somewhat lower in the most recent years, averaging about five publications per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

Funding
Public award records

No award with a current end date on record.

3 earlier awards
  • NIH D43TW009105Aug 2012 – Feb 2018 · $209k awarded

    Enhancing Training for Implementation Research in Chronic Diseases: CITE/KENYA

  • NIH R25AR060994May 2011 – May 2017 · $235k awarded

    Uniting the Formal and Informal Curriculum in a Behavioral and Social Science Int

  • NIH K07AR053812Sep 2005 – May 2012 · $91k awarded

    Indiana University Behavioral and Social Science Intergrated Curriculum (BASSIC)

Matched to public NIH RePORTER and NSF records by name and institution. Awards from other agencies are not shown, and a match is not always found — this list may be incomplete.

In context
Among 5,073 established Medicine PIs within our index
Citations: 3,127cohort median 2,525
h-index: 32cohort median 24
Publications / year (recent): 5.0cohort median 4.8

Typically publishes in teams of ~7 · 5% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 32 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 5.0/year recently
2017: 11 publications11172018: 5 publications182019: 6 publications192020: 5 publications202021: 9 publications212022: 10 publications222023: 6 publications232024: 3 publications242025: 3 publications252026: 3 publications26
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at Indiana University each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 1 collaborator at the same institution2018: 9 collaborators at the same institution2019: 1 collaborator at the same institution2020: 2 collaborators at the same institution2021: 5 collaborators at the same institution2022: 2 collaborators at the same institution2023: 0 collaborators at the same institution2024: 3 collaborators at the same institution2025: 4 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Proceedings of IMPRS×7
  • Annals of Global Health×5
  • Academic Medicine×3
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society×2
  • Patient Education and Counseling×2
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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 Sep 1, 2026.

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