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Latest Research Publications

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Explore our faculty’s latest publications from 2024 onward to discover how we’re turning public health solutions into action. 

Publications - 2026

  1. Adhikari, B., Neupane, B., Rice, J., Jha, N., Dahal, K., Sapkota, P. M., Shrestha, A., Jiang, Y., & Yu, X. (2026). Determinants of coexistence of undernutrition and anemia among children aged 6–59 months in Nepal: Evidence from the 2022 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey. PLOS ONE, 21(1), e0339985.
  2. Ahuja, N. A., Gulabani, M., Mahmood, A., & Kedia, S. K. (2026). Exposure to general health information on social media and belief about the role of alternative tobacco products in smoking cessation among U.S. adult social media users. Substance Use & Misuse. Advance online publication.
  3. Ahuja, N., Ahuja, N. A., Bajaj, D., Gulabani, M., Navaparia, H., Lengerich, E., & Kedia, S. K. (2026). Dental visits, dentist-patient communication, and its association with oral cancer examination behavior among tobacco/nicotine product users in Western India: A cross-sectional study. Healthcare, 14(6), 771.
  4. Alam, M., Lee, K. H., Baillie, V., Mahtab, S., Rahman, A., Chowdhury, A. I., Ojulong, J., Assefa, N., Madrid, L., Getnet, F., Mekonnen, A., Onyango, D., Akelo, V., Murila, F., Kuria, M., Igunza, A., Sow, S. O., Kotloff, K. L., Tapia, M. D., ... CHAMPS Consortium. (2026). Post-mortem characterisation of pathogen-specific causes of infection-related deaths in African and south Asian neonates: A prospective, observational, multicentre study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 26(9), 894–905.
  5. Ali, A. M., Salihu, E. Y., Abdelwahab, S., Shiyanbola, O. O., Vivian, E., & Chewning, B. (2026). Methodological reflections from engaging five culturally and linguistically unique U.S. Muslim populations. Healthcare, 14(7), 935.
  6. Ali, A., Ogbuiyi-Chima, I., Faisal, M., Alwatban, N., Alhabas, M., El-Metwally, A., & Joshi, A. (2026). Cross-cultural perspectives on metabolic syndrome management and attitudes toward using digital health tools in two distinct populations: Protocol for a qualitative descriptive study. JMIR Research Protocols, 15, e91903.
  7. Anton-Martin, P., Coalter, C., DeAvilla, K., Ray, M., Kozyak, B. W., Briceno-Medina, M., & Rayburn, M. (2026). Clopidogrel dosing scheme in pediatric cardiac patients 0–24 months old using P2Y12 reaction unit monitoring. Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 31(1), 30–36.
  8. Bleasdale, J., Ray, M., & Westmoreland, D. (2026). Sociodemographic and alcohol-related correlates of perceived helpfulness of alcohol cancer warning labels and anticipated reductions in alcohol consumption among U.S. adults. Preventive Medicine, 208, 108583.
  9. Carra, S., Zhang, H., Kurukulaaratchy, R. J., & Arshad, S. H. (2026). Natural history of airway hyperresponsiveness and its association with asthma traits. Allergy, 81(1), 121–129.
  10. Grov, C., D’Angelo, A. B., Mirzayi, C., Dearolf, M., Hoeppner, E., Guo, Y., Richards, N., Ehsan, R., Kulkarni, S., Nash, D., Patel, V. V., Duncan, D. T., Ray, M., Bartholomew, T., Manuzak, J., Manuel, J., McCollister, K., Westmoreland, D., & Carrico, A. W. (2025). The American Transformative HIV Study: Protocol for a U.S. national cohort of sexual and gender minority individuals with HIV. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 11, e66921.
  11. Hillyer, J., Jefferies, J. L., & Silver, M. A. (2026). Role of finerenone in Duchenne muscular dystrophy in a 45-year-old man: Outcome and brief review. JACC: Case Reports, 31(36), 109526.
  12. Karabayir, I., Gilbert, O., Valika, A., Celik, T., Krishnan, A., Chinthala, L., Pandey, A., Soliman, E. Z., Jefferies, J. L., Kitzman, D., Herrington, D., Davis, R. L., & Akbilgic, O. (2026). ECG-based artificial intelligence for classifying left ventricular dysfunction and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Journal of the American Heart Association, 15(15), e041948.
  13. Kilmurray, C., Kedia, S., Dillon, P., Faizah, F., Entwistle, C., & Langston, A. (2026). Methamphetamine use for weight control: A grounded theory analysis of online narratives. Drug and Alcohol Review, 45(5).
  14. Liao, W., Tye, S., Goss, J., Fehnel, C., Ray, M., & Osarogiagbon, R. U. (2026). Lung cancer diagnosis rates in early detection programs in the Mississippi Delta. JAMA Network Open, 9(4), e263171.
  15. Lugemwa, T., Kedia, S., Entwistle, C., Mukhopadhyay, A., Bhuiyan, S., Ward, K., & Sirohi, S. (2026). Prevalence and factors associated with waterpipe tobacco smoking in South Africa: A scoping review. Pan African Medical Journal, 54, 51.
  16. Lutey, M., Siraj, T., Bantom, W. R., III, Hamid Saleh, E. B., Taylor, M. L., Shah, S., Slavney, W. F., Fults, E. C., Tran, J. H. P., Vo, H. T., Wilson, R., Martinez, A. J., Zou, S., Yu, J., Jiang, Y., Zhang, H., Wang, Y., Hoang, T. B., & Huang, X. (2026). Integrin-defined plasma extracellular vesicles for early breast cancer detection and bone metastasis association. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 9(34), 16214–16231.
  17. Mahmood, A., Ahuja, N. A., Entwistle, C., Kedia, S., Sievers, C., & Chang, C. F. (2026). Telehealth services utilization among middle-aged and older informal caregivers: Evidence from national-level data in the United States. Frontiers in Public Health, 14, 1859507.
  18. Mahmood, A., Ahuja, N., Kedia, S., & Entwistle, C. (2026). Patient-centered communication and psychological well-being among patients with chronic medical conditions. Journal of Communication in Healthcare, 19, 183–194.
  19. Ollinger, M. C., Cisarik, P. M., & Ray, M. A. (2026). Using data from both eyes of participants: Evaluating the power and Type-I error rates of common approaches to ocular data analysis via a simulation study. Optometry and Vision Science, e70027.
  20. Osmani, A. R., Lubiani, G., & Okunade, A. A. (2026). Hospital efficiency and productivity: Bias-corrected evidence from control function estimation. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 1–26.
  21. Pickering, E. V., Fu, X., Melaram, R., Jazaei, F., Cohen, A., Bartelli, D., Jia, C., Zhang, H., Mou, X., & Naser, A. M. (2026). Groundwater chemistry and children's blood lead levels: A county-wise analysis in the United States. GeoHealth, 10(1), e2025GH001670.
  22. Pimenta, K., Edwards, J., Ray, M., Naser, A. M., Price, C., Idassi, O., Strong, K., Were, W., Piel, F. B., Hankins, J. S., & Smeltzer, M. (2026). Contemporary global burden of sickle cell anaemia under-5 and under-20: A systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of Haematology, 209(3), 887–899.
  23. Snyder, M. E., Hettinger-Riddell, K. N., Qudah, B., Hillman, L. A., Newlon, J. L., Adeoye-Olatunde, O. A., Chewning, B., Ali, A., Jaynes, H., Nichols, M. A., Schommer, J. C., Musick, B., Perkins, S. M., Kreling, D. H., & Curran, G. M. (2026). Electronic collection of medication adherence patient-reported outcomes data in community pharmacies: Pilot implementation outcomes. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, 66(6), 103504.
  24. Sultana, S., Zhang, H., Jiang, Y., Abrar, M. N. F., Arshad, H., Xie, L., & Ray, M. (2026). Impact of influential data on screening epigenome-wide data. BMC Bioinformatics, 27(1), 87.
  25. Toney, B. A., Lubiani, G. G., & Okunade, A. A. (2026). Revealing risk preferences through AI prompting effort. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 19(4), 269.
  26. Umberger, R. A., Abrar, M. N. F., Jiang, Y., Mary, A., Goldsmith, J. V., Hutchison, A., & Womeodu, R. (under review). The association of ICD-10-CM Z coded social determinants of health on 90-day readmissions within a national cohort of sepsis survivors. Manuscript submitted for publication to Research in Nursing & Health on February 5, 2026.
  27. Warden, D. E., Zhang, H., Jiang, Y., Arshad, H. S., & Karmaus, W. (2025). The role of wheezing subtypes in the development of early childhood asthma. Respiratory Research, 26(1), 79.

Publications - 2025

  1. Adefisoye, J., Arshad, S., & Zhang, H. (2025). A composite likelihood approach to Gaussian network differentiation with application to epigenetics. Journal of Applied Statistics, 53, 1–19.
  2. Ahuja, N., Ahuja, N. A., Midya, V., Bajaj, D., Gulabani, M., Kedia, S. K., Navaparia, H., & Lengerich, E. (2025). Applying the information-motivation-behavioral model to explore the factors affecting oral cancer screening behavior among tobacco users in western India. International Journal of Health Promotion and Education.
  3. Ahuja, N., Mahmood, A., Kedia, S. K., Gulabani, M., Ahuja, N. A., & Robare, J. (2025). Factors influencing U.S. adolescents’ exposure and engagement with e-cigarette-related content on social media. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction.
  4. Ali, A. M., Shiyanbola, O. O., Salihu, E., Abdelwahab, S., Bailey, J. E., & Chewning, B. (2025). Dietary behaviors and psychosocial factors of people managing diabetes during fasting: A qualitative study from five U.S. Muslim communities. Diabetology, 6(10), Article 104.
  5. Antwi, B. O., Baffour, K. A. K., Dziworshie, A. Y., Adu, S. B., & Appiah, G. A. (2026). A review of the clinical utility of tubule-specific biomarkers in sickle cell nephropathy. BioMed Research International, 2026, Article 3790001.
  6. Batbaatar, N., Fu, X., Bartelli, D., Naser, A. M., & Jia, C. (2025). Exposures to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons among adults and children: Contributions from multiple pathways and sources. Environmental Research, 274, Article 121325.
  7. Batbaatar, N., Smith, A., Jia, C., Naser, A. M., Mou, X., Vidal, G., & Starlard-Davenport, A. (2025). Association of environmental factors with breast cancer incidence among African American women in ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ, Tennessee. International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 35(6), 1661–1673.
  8. Chen, S., Holloway, J. W., Karmaus, W., Zhang, H., Arshad, S. H., & Ewart, S. (2025). Trends in DNA methylation over time between parous and nulliparous young women. Epigenomes, 9(3), Article 24.
  9. Development of an AI-enabled behavioral and community health engagement device: Applications across diverse populations. (2025). In 2025 8th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Big Data (ICAIBD) (pp. 803–808). IEEE.
  10. Duque, M., Paul, K., Sultana, R., et al. (2025). National burden of and optimal vaccine policy for Japanese encephalitis virus in Bangladesh: A seroprevalence and modelling study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 26, 429–438.
  11. Fan, K., Jiang, Y., Ma, S., Wang, W., & Wu, C. (2025). Robust sparse Bayesian regression for longitudinal gene-environment interactions. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C (Applied Statistics), 74(5), 1372–1394.
  12. Grov, C., D’Angelo, A. B., Mirzayi, C., Dearolf, M., Hoeppner, E., Guo, Y., Richards, N., Ehsan, R., Kulkarni, S., Nash, D., Patel, V. V., Duncan, D. T., Ray, M., Bartholomew, T., Manuzak, J., Manuel, J., McCollister, K., Westmoreland, D., & Carrico, A. W. (2025). The American Transformative HIV Study: Protocol for a U.S. national cohort of sexual and gender minority individuals with HIV. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 11, Article e66921.
  13. Hays, C. E., Naser, A. M., Throckmorton, T. W., & Brolin, T. J. (2025). Reverse and total shoulder arthroplasty among Medicare patients in the ambulatory surgery center: A matched cohort study and retrospective review of 90-day complications. Seminars in Arthroplasty: JSES, 35(2), 180–187.
  14. Heitzer, A. M., Ray, M., Wiese, A., Dudley, J., Harris, K. M., King, A. A., Hankins, J. S., Cooper, W. O., Smeltzer, M. P., & Davis, R. (2025). Statewide academic performance of high school students with sickle cell disease. Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 72(10), Article e31947.
  15. Howell, K. H., Thurston, I. B., Napier, T. R., Porter, D. V., Murphy, J. G., & Zhang, H. (2025). Gender matters: How girls and boys express multisystemic resilience in the context of maternal syndemics. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 1–15.
  16. Isehunwa, O. O., Kedia, S. K., Schmidt, M., Entwistle, C., Carlton, E. L., & Dillon, P. J. (2026). A qualitative study on barriers and facilitators to effective collaboration between local health departments and hospitals. Community Health Equity Research & Policy, 46(4), 339–351.
  17. Jia, C., Zhang, H., Batbaatar, N., Naser, A. M., Li, Y., & Kavouras, I. (2025). Clean air benefits and climate penalty: A health impact analysis of mortality trends in the Mid-South region, USA. Climate, 13(3), Article 45.
  18. Joshi, A., Jha, N., Taylor, M., Saulsberry-Scarboro, N., Orians, C., Parish, S., Johnson, K. H., Ward, L., Entwistle, C., Kedia, S., & Russomanno, D. (2025). The public health CARES initiative: A framework for public health education in high schools using the SMAART model. Frontiers in Public Health, 13, Article 1563971.
  19. Kedia, S. K., Schmidt, M., Entwistle, C., Ahuja, N., Mahmood, A., & Dillon, P. J. (2025). Lived experiences of medication for opioid use disorder: Clients’ perspectives on formulation and treatment. Substance Use, 19, Article 29768357251384774.
  20. Kim, H., Mahmood, A., Kedia, S., Boykins, A., & Ogunsanmi, D. (2025). Social support and maternal healthcare utilization among Black women in Mississippi. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. Advance online publication.
  21. Kim, H., Mahmood, A., Kedia, S., Ogunsanmi, D. O., Sharma, S., & Wyant, D. K. (2025). Impact of residential segregation on healthcare utilization and perceived quality of care among informal caregivers in the United States. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 12(3), 1887–1899.
  22. Kittipibul, V., Novelli, A., Yaranov, D., Swavely, A., Ferreira, L. F., Molinger, J., Jefferies, J. L., Miller, W. L., & Fudim, M. (2025). Relationship of red blood cell mass profiles and anemia type to outcomes and cardiopulmonary exercise performance in chronic heart failure. American Heart Journal, 288, 131–139.
  23. Liao, W., Ray, M. A., Patel, A., Roma, J., Marshall, H., Fehnel, C., Goss, J., Ogbeide, O., Mehrotra, A., Lammers, P., Tonkin, K., Bishop, A., Smeltzer, M. P., & Osarogiagbon, R. U. (2025). Barriers to lung cancer screening in a multidisciplinary thoracic oncology program cohort: Effects of an incidental pulmonary nodule program. Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 20(6), 714–724.
  24. Mahmood, A., Ahuja, N. A., Kedia, S. K., & Bailey, J. E. (2025). Patient-centered communication and cancer information overload among adults without a history of cancer in the United States. Journal of Health Communication, 1–13.
  25. Mahmood, A., Kedia, S., Ogunsanmi, D., Kabir, U., & Entwistle, C. (2025). Patient-centered communication and cancer information-seeking experiences among cancer survivors: A population-based study in the United States. Patient Education and Counseling, Article 108710.
  26. Mahmood, A., Kim, H., Kedia, S., Boykins, A., & Goldsmith, J. V. (2025). Caregiving responsibility and psychological distress among community-dwelling cancer survivors in the United States. Supportive Care in Cancer, 33(2), Article 75.
  27. Mahmood, A., Mahmood, A., Kedia, S., & Chang, C. F. (2025). Rural-urban disparities in mobile health application ownership and utilization among cancer survivors. Medical Care, 63(2), 111–116.
  28. Mazumder, H., Gain, E. P., Shimul, M. H., Farah, F., Alam, N., Mou, X., Mzayek, F., Jia, C., Smeltzer, M. P., Zhang, H., Chang, H. H., Davis, R. L., Fu, J. S., Kovesdy, C. P., Hossain, M. M., & Naser, A. M. (2026). Ambient temperature and risk of renal colic: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Kidney Medicine, 8(1), Article 101179.
  29. Melaram, R., Zhang, H., Adefisoye, J., & Arshad, H. (2025). The association of childhood allergic diseases with prenatal exposure to pollen grains through at-birth DNA methylation. Epigenomes, 9(1), Article 9.
  30. Miller, B., Janota, A. D., Wiltshire, J., Harle, C. A., & Vest, J. R. (2025). Development of a health-related social need screener for adults soon to be, and recently released, from incarceration. Health & Justice, 13(1), Article 55.
  31. Mino-Kenudson, M., Berezowska, S., Minami, Y., Chen, S., Ray, M. A., Rerkpichaisuth, V., Hashisako, M., Losmanova, T., Hayashi, T., Shim, H. S., Righi, L., Gagné, A., Kim, T. J., Bubendorf, L., Lopez-Rios, F., Matsubara, D., von der Thüsen, J., Lantuejoul, S., Roden, A. C., Nicholson, A., ... IASLC Pathology Committee Members. (2026). A grading system for resected invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the lung: A multi-institutional study by the IASLC Pathology Committee. Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 21(2), 294–309.
  32. Mukhopadhyay, A., Haque Mondol, M., Rahman, M., Unicomb, L., Khan, R., Mazumder, H., Nahian Ferdous, M., Pickering, E. V., Makris, K. C., Caban-Martinez, A. J., Ahmed, F., Shamsudduha, M., Mzayek, F., Jia, C., Zhang, H., Musah, A., Fleming, L. E., Smeltzer, M. P., Chang, H. H., Jefferies, J. L., Kovesdy, C. P., Mou, X., & Mohd Naser, A. (2025). The direct and urinary electrolyte-mediated effects of ambient temperature on population blood pressure: A causal mediation analysis. Environment International, 195, Article 109208.
  33. Mukhopadhyay, A., Smeltzer, M. P., Dudley, J., Badawy, S. M., Mathias, J. G., Plaxco, A. P., Ray, M. A., Wiese, A. D., Stevens, W. I., Gurney, J. G., Nwosu, C., Porter, J. S., Klesges, L. M., Hankins, J. S., & Cooper, W. O. (2025). Hydroxyurea utilization among individuals with sickle cell disease in Tennessee: A pooled analysis of claims data. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 16, Article 1693126.
  34. Neumann, A., Sammallahti, S., Cosin-Tomas, M., Reese, S. E., Suderman, M., Alemany, S., ... Cecil, C. (2025). Epigenetic timing effects on child developmental outcomes: A longitudinal meta-regression of findings from the Pregnancy and Childhood Epigenetics Consortium. Genome Medicine, 17(1), Article 39.
  35. O’Driscoll, M., et al. (2025). Epidemiological and antigenic inferences from serological cross-reactivity among arboviruses. Science Translational Medicine, 17, Article eads8680.
  36. Okunade, A., Olarewaju, F., Oyemakinde, B., & Lubiani, G. (2025). Determinants of COVID-19 mortality among U.S. law enforcement officers. Journal of Population Research, 42.
  37. Pimenta, K., Madondo, E., Mukhopadhyay, A., Patel, J., Muhit, S., Mzayek, F., Bartelli, D., Smeltzer, M., & Zhang, H. (2025). Association between weight-adjusted waist index and cardiovascular disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 16, Article 1644035.
  38. Schmidt, M., Kedia, S. K., Dillon, P. J., Isehunwa, O. O., Arshad, H., & Howell, K. H. (2026). Perspectives on perpetrators’ substance use among Black and Hispanic women survivors of intimate partner violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 41(13–14), 4484–4509.
  39. Shafqat, S., Adhikari, B., Yu, X., Mou, X., Levy, M. C., Zhang, H., & Naser, A. M. (2025). Fluoride exposure among U.S. children aged 19 years or younger: Findings from NHANES 2013–2016. Water, 17(24), Article 3561.
  40. Siddiq, B. S., Rambo, A., Sheffer, B., Ejiofor, V., Naser, A. M., McGee, T., Warner, W. C., Jr., & Kelly, D. M. (2025). Rate of unexpected findings in adolescent lumbar magnetic resonance imagings ordered by orthopaedic surgeons. Journal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, 11, Article 100183.
  41. Smeltzer, M. P., Liao, W., Goss, J., Qureshi, T., Johnson, S., Harris, A., Dortch, K., Fehnel, C., Ely, S., Ray, M., & Osarogiagbon, R. U. (2025). Reducing smoking requirements for lung screening to address health disparities in a community cohort. JAMA Network Open, 8(6), Article e2517149.
  42. Ukaoma, S., Kedia, S., Regmi, S., Entwistle, C., Lee, G., & Dillon, P. (2025). Barriers and facilitators to medications for opioid use prescribing in primary care in the United States: A scoping review. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 32, 507–519.
  43. Umberger, R. A., Womeodu, R., Abrar, M. N. F., Mary, A., Hutchison, A., & Jiang, Y. (2025). The impact of baseline economic disparity on all-cause 90-day readmissions within a national cohort of sepsis survivors. Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, 44(6), 320–327.
  44. Westmoreland, D. A., Ray, M. A., Sultana, S., Bleasdale, J., Robertson, M., Mirzayi, C., D’Angelo, A. B., Stief, M., Hoover, D., Hirshfield, S., Patel, V. V., Pantalone, D. W., Carrico, A., Golub, S. A., Nash, D., & Grov, C. (2026). Implementing and retaining a large-scale technology-mediated cohort to study HIV incidence and PrEP uptake among vulnerable cisgender men as well as transgender individuals in the United States: The Together 5000 cohort. American Journal of Epidemiology, 195(4), 1073–1089.
  45. Westmoreland, D. A., Sultana, S., Ray, M. A., Bleasdale, J., Argenio, K., Krueger, E. A., & Grov, C. (2025). Dismantling stereotypes about being top, versatile, or bottom: Sexual minority men’s anal sex position identity as it relates to attraction, sexual behavior, and anthropomorphic characteristics. The Journal of Sex Research, 62(7), 1292–1302.
  46. Yuen, N., Li, C., Kwok, K. C. M., & Leung, R. (2025). Laboratory information management system (LIMS) 4.0: A model to solve the current pain points for commercial electrical and electronic laboratories. International Journal of Engineering Business Management, 17.
  47. Zhang, H., Duan, J., Han, L., Alam, N., Ray, M., Yang, F., Jiang, Y., Ewart, S., Holloway, J. W., Karmaus, W., Wang, S. L., & Arshad, S. H. (2025). DNA methylation at birth and IgE trajectories from birth to adolescence: Different patterns between White and Asian populations. Epigenomics, 17(4), 213–222.
  48. Zhang, H., Jin, X., Arshad, H., & Kurukulaaratchy, R. J. (2025). Baseline epigenetics as a biomarker of mepolizumab response in severe asthma. medRxiv.
  49. Zook, N., Kochanski, J., Vellore Govardhan, S., Nigro, J., Ray, M., & Anton-Martin, P. (2025). Transthoracic intracardiac line use and complications in the paediatric single ventricle population. Cardiology in the Young, 35(5), 958–963.

Publications - 2024

  1. Abrar, M. N. F., Jiang, Y., Zhang, H., Li, L., & Arshad, H. (2024). Epigenetic features in newborns associated with preadolescence lung function and asthma acquisition during adolescence. Epigenomes, 8(2), Article 12.
  2. Abrar, M. N. F., Zhang, H., & Jiang, Y. (2024). Suggested guidelines in reporting results from mediation analysis, standardized or unstandardized? PLOS ONE, 19(9), Article e0310429.
  3. Ahn, S., Kim, S., Zhang, H., Dobalian, A., & Slavich, G. M. (2024). Lifetime adversity predicts depression, anxiety, and cognitive impairment in a nationally representative sample of older adults in the United States. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 80(5), 1031–1049.
  4. Ahuja, N. A., Kedia, S. K., Regmi, S., & Dillon, P. J. (2024). Disparities in e-cigarette harm and addiction perceptions among adolescents in the United States: A systematic review of the literature. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 11(2), 696–709.
  5. Ahuja, N., Kedia, S., Ward, K. D., Jiang, Y., & Dillon, P. J. (2024). Predictors of adolescents' transition through the stages of change for quitting e-cigarettes: Findings from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study. American Journal of Health Promotion, 38(8), 1176–1187.
  6. Ahuja, N., Mahmood, A., Kedia, S., & Dillon, P. J. (2024). Predictors of U.S. adults' opinion toward an R-rating policy for movies with cigarette smoking. Health Education & Behavior, 51(4), 573–582.
  7. Akinbobola, O., Liao, W., Ray, M. A., Fehnel, C., Goss, J., Qureshi, T., Saulsberry, A., Dortch, K., Smeltzer, M. P., & Osarogiagbon, R. U. (2024). Outcomes of resected lung cancer diagnosed through screening and incidental pulmonary nodule programs in a Mississippi Delta cohort. JTO Clinical and Research Reports, 5(8), Article 100684.
  8. Ali, A. M., Cobran, E. K., & Young, H. N. (2024). Individual, interpersonal, and community factors associated with health outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus treated at federally qualified health centers. Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders, 23(1), 1071–1080.
  9. Anderson, A., Mukashev, N., Zhou, D., & Bigler, W. (2023). The costs of disparities in preventable heart failure hospitalizations in the US South, 2015–17. Health Affairs, 42(5), 693–701.
  10. Anton-Martin, P., Modem, V., Bridges, B., Coronado Munoz, A., Paden, M., Ray, M., & Sandhu, H. S. (2024). Timing of kidney replacement therapy initiation and survival during pediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: An Extracorporeal Life Support Organization registry study. ASAIO Journal, 70(7), 609–615.
  11. Arize, A., Kalu, E. U., Lubiani, G., & Udemezue, N. N. (2024). Public health expenditure and sustainable health outcomes in 45 Sub-Saharan African countries: Does government effectiveness matter? Economies, 12(6), Article 129.
  12. Bromley, M. I., Gain, E. P., Ajoku, M., Ray, M. A., Mzayek, F., Kedia, S. K., & Yu, X. (2024). Burden of chronic and heavy opioid use among elderly community dwellers in the U.S. AJPM Focus, 3(2), Article 100175.
  13. Bunyavanich, S., Becker, P. M., Altman, M. C., Lasky-Su, J., Ober, C., Zengler, K., Berdyshev, E., Bonneau, R., Chatila, T., Chatterjee, N., Chung, K. F., Cutcliffe, C., Davidson, W., Dong, G., Fang, G., Fulkerson, P., Himes, B. E., Liang, L., Mathias, R. A., . . . Hasegawa, K. (2024). Analytical challenges in omics research on asthma and allergy: A National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases workshop. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 153(4), 954–968.
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