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David J. Francis

TitleProfessor
InstitutionUniversity of Houston
DepartmentPsychology
Address4800 Calhoun Rd
Houston TX 77004
Phone832.842.7036
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    P01HD039521     (FRANCIS, DAVID J)Sep 15, 2000 - May 31, 2007
    NIH
    ORACY/LITERACY DEVELOPMENT IN SPANISH-SPEAKING CHILDREN
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01HD028172     (FRANCIS, DAVID J)Jun 1, 1992 - May 31, 1997
    NIH
    DETECTING READING PROBLEMS BY MODELING INDIVIDUAL GROWTH
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Fazli Besheli B, Sha Z, Gavvala JR, Karamursel S, Quach M, Swamy CP, Ayyoubi AH, Goldman AM, Curry DJ, Sheth SA, Darrow D, Miller KJ, Francis DJ, Worrell GA, Henry TR, Ince NF. Using high-frequency oscillations from brief intraoperative neural recordings to predict the seizure onset zone. Commun Med (Lond). 2024 Nov 25; 4(1):243. PMID: 39587325; PMCID: PMC11589742.
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    2. Kilani H, Markov IV, Francis D, Grigorenko EL. Screens and Preschools: The Bilingual English Language Learner Assessment as a Curriculum-Compliant Digital Application. Children (Basel). 2024 Jul 29; 11(8). PMID: 39201849; PMCID: PMC11352413.
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    3. Brooks Stephens JR, Walker RL, Francis DJ, Neville HA, Vujanovic AA. The syndemic effect of COVID-19 and racial discrimination on suicide risk for Black emerging adults: Examining a model of radical healing. J Couns Psychol. 2024 Oct; 71(5):459-472. PMID: 38976441.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    4. Ayyoubi AH, Fazli Besheli B, Quach MM, Gavvala JR, Goldman AM, Swamy CP, Bartoli E, Curry DJ, Sheth SA, Francis DJ, Ince NF. Benchmarking signal quality and spatiotemporal distribution of interictal spikes in prolonged human iEEG recordings using CorTec wireless brain interchange. Sci Rep. 2024 02 08; 14(1):2652. PMID: 38332136; PMCID: PMC10853182.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    
    5. Sun L, Francis DJ, Nagai Y, Yoshida H. Early development of saliency-driven attention through object manipulation. Acta Psychol (Amst). 2024 Mar; 243:104124. PMID: 38232506.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    6. Petrill SA, Klamer BG, Buyske S, Willcutt EG, Gruen JR, Francis DJ, Flax JF, Brzustowicz LM, Bartlett CW. The Rosetta Phenotype Harmonization Method Facilitates Finding a Relationship Quantitative Trait Locus for a Complex Cognitive Trait. Genes (Basel). 2023 08 31; 14(9). PMID: 37761888; PMCID: PMC10531321.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    7. Castilla-Earls A, Ronderos J, Francis DJ. Longitudinal Examination of Morphosyntactic Skills in Bilingual Children: Spanish and English Standardized Scores. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2023 08 03; 66(8):2671-2687. PMID: 37490611; PMCID: PMC10555469.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. Lebeaut A, Pedersen ER, Francis DJ, Zvolensky MJ, Vujanovic AA. Evaluation of an integrated personalized feedback intervention for hazardous drinkers with elevated anxiety sensitivity and PTSD symptoms: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2023 Apr; 32:101088. PMID: 36824449; PMCID: PMC9941063.
      Citations: 1     
    9. Thomas T, Litwin G, Francis DJ, Grigorenko EL. Exploring Genetic and Neural Risk of Specific Reading Disability within a Nuclear Twin Family Case Study: A Translational Clinical Application. J Pers Med. 2023 Jan 14; 13(1). PMID: 36675818; PMCID: PMC9862148.
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    10. Najjar LZ, Leasure JL, Henderson CE, Francis DJ, Neighbors C. Subjective and Behavioral Impulsivity Differentially Moderate Within- and Between-Person Associations Between Physical Activity and Alcohol Consumption. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2023 01; 84(1):137-146. PMID: 36799684; PMCID: PMC9948142.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    11. Besheli BF, Sha Z, Gavvala JR, Gurses C, Karamursel S, Quach MM, Curry DJ, Sheth SA, Francis DJ, Henry TR, Ince NF. A sparse representation strategy to eliminate pseudo-HFO events from intracranial EEG for seizure onset zone localization. J Neural Eng. 2022 08 24; 19(4). PMID: 35931045; PMCID: PMC9901915.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    12. Francis DJ, Kulesz PA, Khalaf S, Walczak M, Vaughn SR. Is the treatment weak or the test insensitive: Interrogating item difficulties to elucidate the nature of reading intervention effects. Learn Individ Differ. 2022 Jul; 97. PMID: 36329992; PMCID: PMC9629236.
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    13. Macdonald KT, Francis DJ, Hernandez AE, Castilla-Earls AP, Cirino PT. Characterization of English and Spanish language proficiency among middle school English learners with reading difficulties. Biling (Camb Engl). 2022 Nov; 25(5):899-912. PMID: 36644407; PMCID: PMC9838822.
      Citations: 3     
    14. Castilla-Earls A, Francis DJ, Iglesias A. The Complex Role of Utterance Length on Grammaticality: Multivariate Multilevel Analysis of English and Spanish Utterances of First-Grade English Learners. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2022 01 12; 65(1):238-252. PMID: 34818505; PMCID: PMC9150748.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    15. Tolar TD, Francis DJ, Kulesz PA, Stuebing KK. A Latent Class IRT Approach to Defining and Measuring Language Proficiency. Chin Engl J Educ Meas Eval. 2021 Mar; 2(1):49-73. PMID: 36695667; PMCID: PMC9869716.
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    16. Ahmed Y, Miciak J, Taylor WP, Francis DJ. Structure Altering Effects of a Multicomponent Reading Intervention: An Application of the Direct and Inferential Mediation (DIME) Model of Reading Comprehension in Upper Elementary Grades. J Learn Disabil. 2022 Jan-Feb; 55(1):58-78. PMID: 33645312; PMCID: PMC8425275.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    17. Barnes MA, Davis C, Kulesz P, Francis D. Effects of semantic reinforcement, semantic discrimination, and affix frequency on new word learning in skilled and less skilled readers in Grades 6 to 12. J Exp Child Psychol. 2021 05; 205:105083. PMID: 33524642; PMCID: PMC8045744.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    18. Fletcher JM, Francis DJ, Foorman BR, Schatschneider C. Early Detection of Dyslexia Risk: Development of Brief, Teacher-Administered Screens. Learn Disabil Q. 2021 Aug; 44(3):145-157. PMID: 34584341; PMCID: PMC8475291.
      Citations: 2     
    19. Ozturk M, Abosch A, Francis D, Wu J, Jimenez-Shahed J, Ince NF. Distinct subthalamic coupling in the ON state describes motor performance in Parkinson's disease. Mov Disord. 2020 01; 35(1):91-100. PMID: 31348550.
      Citations: 15     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    20. Francis DJ, Rojas R, Gusewski S, Santi KL, Khalaf S, Hiebert L, Bunta F. Speaking and Reading in Two Languages: On the Identification of Reading and Language Disabilities in Spanish-Speaking English Learners. New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2019 Jul; 2019(166):15-41. PMID: 31271513; PMCID: PMC6687462.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    21. Francis DJ. Identification, Classification, and Treatment of Reading and Language Disabilities in Spanish-Speaking EL Students: Introduction to the Special Issue. New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2019 Jul; 2019(166):7-14. PMID: 31267669; PMCID: PMC9703614.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    22. Rojas R, Hiebert L, Gusewski S, Francis DJ. Moving Forward by Looking Back: Understanding Why Some Spanish-Speaking English Learners Fall Behind. New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2019 Jul; 2019(166):43-77. PMID: 31260180; PMCID: PMC7641298.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    23. Khalaf S, Santi KL, Kulesz PA, Bunta F, Francis DJ. Bilingual Phonological Awareness: Construct Validation in Grade 1 Spanish-Speaking English Learners. New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2019 Jul; 2019(166):79-110. PMID: 31264340; PMCID: PMC6642443.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    24. Santi KL, Khalaf S, Bunta F, Rojas R, Francis DJ. IQ-Achievement Discrepancy for Identification of Disabilities in Spanish-speaking English Learners. New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2019 Jul; 2019(166):111-143. PMID: 31250956; PMCID: PMC7605675.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    25. Castilla-Earls A, Francis D, Iglesias A, Davidson K. The Impact of the Spanish-to-English Proficiency Shift on the Grammaticality of English Learners. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2019 06 19; 62(6):1739-1754. PMID: 31112666; PMCID: PMC6808368.
      Citations: 17     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    26. Benoit JS, Hannay HJ, Yamal JM, Francis DJ, Aisiku I, Robertson C. Longitudinal Changes in Disability Rating Scale Scores: A Secondary Analysis Among Patients With Severe TBI Enrolled in the Epo Clinical Trial. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2019 03; 25(3):293-301. PMID: 30864534; PMCID: PMC6417815.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    27. Francis DJ, Kulesz PA, Benoit JS. Extending the Simple View of Reading to Account for Variation Within Readers and Across Texts: The Complete View of Reading (CVRi). Remedial Spec Educ. 2018 Sep; 39(5):274-288. PMID: 31130774; PMCID: PMC6530938.
      Citations: 17     
    28. Walker R, Francis D, Brody G, Simons R, Cutrona C, Gibbons F. A Longitudinal Study of Racial Discrimination and Risk for Death Ideation in African American Youth. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2017 Feb; 47(1):86-102. PMID: 27137139.
      Citations: 34     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    29. Barnes MA, Stuebing K, Fletcher JM, Barth A, Francis D. Cognitive Difficulties in Struggling Comprehenders and their Relation to Reading Comprehension: A Comparison of Group Selection and Regression-Based Models. J Res Educ Eff. 2016 Apr 02; 9(2):153-172. PMID: 27175222; PMCID: PMC4861308.
      Citations: 1     
    30. McIntyre TM, McIntyre SE, Barr CD, Woodward PS, Francis DJ, Durand AC, Mehta P, Kamarck TW. Longitudinal study of the feasibility of using ecological momentary assessment to study teacher stress: Objective and self-reported measures. J Occup Health Psychol. 2016 Oct; 21(4):403-414. PMID: 26652265.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    31. Hernandez AE, Greene MR, Vaughn KA, Francis DJ, Grigorenko EL. Beyond the bilingual advantage: The potential role of genes and environment on the development of cognitive control. J Neurolinguistics. 2015 Aug; 35:109-119. PMID: 30270989; PMCID: PMC6159907.
      Citations: 11     
    32. Barth AE, Barnes M, Francis DJ, Vaughn S, York M. Inferential Processing among Adequate and Struggling Adolescent Comprehenders and Relations to Reading Comprehension. Read Writ. 2015 May 01; 28(5):587-609. PMID: 26166946; PMCID: PMC4496006.
      Citations: 9     
    33. Barnes MA, Ahmed Y, Barth A, Francis DJ. The Relation of Knowledge-Text Integration Processes and Reading Comprehension in 7th- to 12th-Grade Students. Sci Stud Read. 2015; 19(4):253-272. PMID: 26997861; PMCID: PMC4798749.
      Citations: 9     
    34. Santi KL, Kulesz PA, Khalaf S, Francis DJ. Developmental changes in reading do not alter the development of visual processing skills: an application of explanatory item response models in grades K-2. Front Psychol. 2015; 6:116. PMID: 25717311; PMCID: PMC4324080.
      Citations: 1     
    35. Santi KL, Francis DJ, Currie D, Wang Q. Visual-motor integration skills: accuracy of predicting reading. Optom Vis Sci. 2015 Feb; 92(2):217-26. PMID: 25479446; PMCID: PMC6642442.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    36. Kulesz PA, Tian S, Juranek J, Fletcher JM, Francis DJ. Relations between volumetric measures of brain structure and attentional function in spina bifida: utilization of robust statistical approaches. Neuropsychology. 2015 Mar; 29(2):212-25. PMID: 25495830; PMCID: PMC4369908.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    37. Barth AE, Stuebing KK, Fletcher JM, Denton CA, Vaughn S, Francis D. The Effect of Reading Duration on the Reliability and Validity of Middle School Students' ORF Performance. Assess Eff Interv. 2014 Dec; 40(1):53-64. PMID: 25541580; PMCID: PMC4274619.
      Citations: 1     
    38. Arrington CN, Kulesz PA, Francis DJ, Fletcher JM, Barnes MA. The Contribution of Attentional Control and Working Memory to Reading Comprehension and Decoding. Sci Stud Read. 2014; 18(5):325-346. PMID: 36733663; PMCID: PMC9891492.
      Citations: 53     
    39. Barth AE, Tolar TD, Fletcher JM, Francis D. The Effects of Student and Text Characteristics on the Oral Reading Fluency of Middle-Grade Students. J Educ Psychol. 2014 Feb; 106(1):162-180. PMID: 24567659; PMCID: PMC3932062.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    
    40. Tolar TD, Barth AE, Fletcher JM, Francis DJ, Vaughn S. Predicting reading outcomes with progress monitoring slopes among middle grade students. Learn Individ Differ. 2014 Feb 01; 30:46-57. PMID: 24659899; PMCID: PMC3960003.
      Citations: 6     
    41. Fletcher JM, Stuebing KK, Barth AE, Miciak J, Francis DJ, Denton CA. AGREEMENT AND COVERAGE OF INDICATORS OF RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION: A MULTI-METHOD COMPARISON AND SIMULATION. Top Lang Disord. 2014 Jan; 34(1):74-89. PMID: 25364090; PMCID: PMC4212689.
      Citations: 11     
    42. Denton CA, Tolar TD, Fletcher JM, Barth AE, Vaughn S, Francis DJ. Effects of Tier 3 Intervention for Students With Persistent Reading Difficulties and Characteristics of Inadequate Responders. J Educ Psychol. 2013 Aug; 105(3):633-648. PMID: 25308995; PMCID: PMC4191908.
      Citations: 15     Fields:    
    43. Barth AE, Stuebing KK, Fletcher JM, Cirino PT, Romain M, Francis D, Vaughn S. Reliability and Validity of Oral Reading Fluency Median and Mean Scores among Middle Grade Readers When Using Equated Texts. Read Psychol. 2012; 33(1-2):133-161. PMID: 23087532; PMCID: PMC3472650.
      Citations: 5     
    44. Stuebing KK, Fletcher JM, Branum-Martin L, Francis DJ. Evaluation of the Technical Adequacy of Three Methods for Identifying Specific Learning Disabilities Based on Cognitive Discrepancies. School Psych Rev. 2012; 41(1):3-22. PMID: 23060685; PMCID: PMC3466817.
      Citations: 16     
    45. Tolar TD, Barth AE, Francis DJ, Fletcher JM, Stuebing KK, Vaughn S. Psychometric Properties of Maze Tasks in Middle School Students. Assess Eff Interv. 2012 Jun; 37(3):131-146. PMID: 23125552; PMCID: PMC3485695.
      Citations: 4     
    46. Fletcher JM, Stuebing KK, Barth AE, Denton CA, Cirino PT, Francis DJ, Vaughn S. Cognitive Correlates of Inadequate Response to Reading Intervention. School Psych Rev. 2011; 40(1):3-22. PMID: 23125475; PMCID: PMC3485697.
      Citations: 37     
    47. Barth AE, Denton CA, Stuebing KK, Fletcher JM, Cirino PT, Francis DJ, Vaughn S. A test of the cerebellar hypothesis of dyslexia in adequate and inadequate responders to reading intervention. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2010 May; 16(3):526-36. PMID: 20298639; PMCID: PMC3891301.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    48. Barth AE, Stuebing KK, Anthony JL, Denton CA, Mathes PG, Fletcher JM, Francis DJ. Agreement among response to intervention criteria for identifying responder status. Learn Individ Differ. 2008 Sep; 18(3):296-307. PMID: 19081758; PMCID: PMC2600471.
      Citations: 29     
    49. Stuebing KK, Barth AE, Cirino PT, Francis DJ, Fletcher JM. A Response to Recent Reanalyses of the National Reading Panel Report: Effects of Systematic Phonics Instruction Are Practically Significant. J Educ Psychol. 2008 Feb 01; 100(1):123-134. PMID: 21258576; PMCID: PMC3024599.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    
    50. Francis DJ, Santi KL, Barr C, Fletcher JM, Varisco A, Foorman BR. Form effects on the estimation of students' oral reading fluency using DIBELS. J Sch Psychol. 2008 Jun; 46(3):315-42. PMID: 19083362; PMCID: PMC2396583.
      Citations: 27     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    51. Francis DJ, Fletcher JM, Stuebing KK, Lyon GR, Shaywitz BA, Shaywitz SE. Psychometric approaches to the identification of LD: IQ and achievement scores are not sufficient. J Learn Disabil. 2005 Mar-Apr; 38(2):98-108. PMID: 15813593.
      Citations: 51     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    52. Schatschneider C, Carlson CD, Francis DJ, Foorman BR, Fletcher JM. Relationship of rapid automatized naming and phonological awareness in early reading development: implications for the double-deficit hypothesis. J Learn Disabil. 2002 May-Jun; 35(3):245-56. PMID: 15493321.
      Citations: 25     Fields:    Translation:Humans
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