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Sharon L. Christ

Medicine · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Mid career · publishing since 2006
Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment StudiesChild Abuse and TraumaLanguage Development and DisordersHealth disparities and outcomesWorkplace Health and Well-being

Publications

179

Citations

3,793

Est. group size

~4

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

21

Publishing since 2006

Research summary
AI-generated

Sharon L. Christ works on child development and health topics that span speech, language, and communication disorders (such as stuttering and developmental language disorder), family and parenting influences on child and adolescent wellbeing, and chronic health conditions in older adults including vision impairment. Much of the work uses statistical modeling of longitudinal or survey data to study how family environments, peer relationships, and biological factors relate to developmental and health outcomes across the lifespan. This research spans collaborations across speech-language pathology, developmental psychology, and public health.

Speech and language disorders (e.g., stuttering, developmental language disorder)Family dynamics and child/adolescent developmentAudiovisual and neural processing of speechChronic conditions and health outcomes in aging populationsStatistical/longitudinal modeling methods

Publication output peaked around 2019-2021 and has since declined to a more modest, steady pace of roughly 5-8 papers per year in recent years.

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 5.2/year recently
2017: 9 publications172018: 10 publications182019: 15 publications192020: 17 publications17202021: 17 publications17212022: 4 publications222023: 8 publications232024: 7 publications242025: 6 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research×13
  • UNC Libraries×13
  • Child Abuse & Neglect×4
  • Innovation in Aging×3
  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science×3
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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