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Heather Francis

Medicine · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Liver Diseases and ImmunityAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthLiver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentDrug Transport and Resistance MechanismsAttachment and Relationship Dynamics

Publications

12

Citations

84

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

10

Publishing since 2016

Research summary
AI-generated

Heather Francis conducts biomedical research focused on liver and biliary (bile duct) diseases, studying how molecules such as bile acids, hormones, and signaling pathways drive liver inflammation, scarring (fibrosis), and tissue overgrowth. Much of this work uses mouse models to test potential treatments for chronic liver damage. A separate strand of earlier work addressed sexual and reproductive health research within specific community populations.

Liver and biliary disease mechanismsLiver fibrosis and inflammationHormone and molecular signaling in the liverPreclinical mouse-model drug testingSexual and reproductive health research

Publication activity has been low and irregular over the decade, with a peak of five papers in 2022 and otherwise one or fewer per year.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.6/year recently
172018: 1 publication18192020: 1 publication202021: 1 publication212022: 5 publications5222023: 1 publication23242025: 2 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • The FASEB Journal×5
  • The Gerontologist×1
  • Family Relations×1
  • Comprehensive physiology×1
  • Journal of American College Health×1

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 11, 2026.

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