• Genomic epidemiology on the frontline: Inferring disease dynamics from pathogen genomes and supporting genomic analysis in applied public health settings. 

  Black, Allison G B

  Within infectious disease epidemiology, genomic epidemiology is a field that seeks to describe pathogen transmission dynamics using evolutionary analysis of pathogen genome sequences and associated metadata. Genomic data ...

• Predicting individual-specific HIV survival functions - motivation, implementation, and potential applications. 

  Bullard, Patrick

  Immense progress has been made in the development and delivery of HIV prevention interventions worldwide, and that is reflected in the trends of global HIV epidemic metrics. However, such a wide perspective overlooks ...

• Patient-reported receipt of goal-concordant care among seriously ill outpatients - prevalence and associated factors 

  Modes, Matthew

  Goal-concordant care is an important indicator of high-quality care in serious illness. We sought to estimate the prevalence of patient-reported receipt of goal-concordant care among seriously ill outpatients and identify ...

• Adverse Childhood Experiences and Systemic Inflammation in Adults in the United States 

  Layman, Leif

  Background and significance: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with poor behavioral and physical health outcomes in adulthood. Though not fully elucidated, systemic inflammation is one mechanism through ...

• Identifying patient level factors of prone positioning therapy 

  Giovanni, Shewit

  BACKGROUND: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is an important cause of respiratory failure associated with high mortality and morbidity. Prone positioning (proning) is a proven therapy for ARDS and is strongly ...

• Prenatal Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution, Gestational Weight Gain, and Offspring Birth Weight 

  Liu, Zengjing

  Background: Insufficient or excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) impacts the progression and outcomes of pregnancy with consequences on mothers and their offspring over the life course. Environmental factors, such as ...

• An evaluation of the performance characteristics of World Health Organization syndromic management for C. trachomatis and N. gonorrhoeae infections among female sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya 

  Zane, Gregory Kenneth

  Abstract An evaluation of the performance characteristics of World Health Organization syndromic management for C. trachomatis and N. gonorrhoeae infections among female sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya Gregory Zane Chair of ...

• A higher plasma to red cell ratio is associated with lower 24-hour mortality in injured children receiving massive transfusion 

  Butler, Elissa K

  Background: Higher fresh frozen plasma (FFP) and platelet to packed red blood cell (PRBC) ratios are associated with decreased mortality in injured adults. We sought to determine if higher FFP:PRBC and platelet:PRBC ratios ...

• Local-level Association of Social Deprivation and Serious Injuries in Washington State: An Ecological Cross-sectional Study 

  Archer, Helena I

  Background Injuries, a major source of morbidity and mortality, are associated with social determinants of health. To inform strategic prioritization and targeting of injury prevention resources, there is a need to better ...

• The influence of state minimum wage increases on health and behavior 

  Buszkiewicz, James Henry

  Low and minimum wage work, prevalent in the United States, is a key driver of both income inequality and income-driven health disparities. Cities and states have increasingly moved to adopt higher minimum wages with the ...

• Improving Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Delivery for Young Women in Kenya 

  Wanga, Valentine

  The rollout of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention to priority populations, including young women, is expanding in sub-Saharan Africa. However, existing barriers to PrEP rollout at the individual, community ...

• Diet quality and depressive symptoms in a cohort of American Indians: The Strong Heart Family Study 

  Neff Warner, Leah Rose

  Background: Higher diet quality has been shown to be associated with a lower risk of depression compared to lower diet quality, though this relationship has not been studied in American Indians (AIs). We examined the ...

• Non-gonococcal urethritis and its relationship to three novel bacterial vaginosis (BV) associated bacteria 

  Zinsli, Kaitlin

  Objective: Non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU) is the most common urethral syndrome in the United States, yet up to 50% of cases are of unknown etiology. Bacterial-vaginosis associated bacteria (BVAB), highly predictive of BV ...

• Does the union make us strong? Labor unions, health, and health inequities in the United States 

  Eisenberg-Guyot, Jerzy

  Recently, life expectancy in the U.S. has stagnated or declined for the poor and working classes and risen for the middle and upper classes. Declining labor union density – the percent of workers belonging to labor unions ...

• Factors associated with poor patient recall of lung cancer screening follow-up recommendations and the association with adherence 

  Wenger, David Samuel

  Rationale. Factors associated with adherence to recommendations after initiating lung cancer screening (LCS) are poorly understood. We sought to determine patient-level factors associated with incorrect identification of ...

• Impact of FDA advisories on smoking cessation for Veterans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 

  Bryant, Alexander David

  Many persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) require medication to quit smoking, yet few receive highly effective therapy with varenicline. One likely barrier is historical Food and Drug Administration ...

• Outcomes of Beta-Hemolytic Streptococcal Necrotizing Skin and Soft Tissue Infections and the Impact of Clindamycin Resistance 

  Horn, Dara

  Background: Beta-hemolytic streptococci are frequently implicated in necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTI). Clindamycin administration may improve outcomes in patients with serious streptococcal infections. However, ...

• Exercise Partially Explains the Impact of Body Mass Index on Disease Activity in Ankylosing Spondylitis 

  Liew, Jean Wai

  Background. Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients have elevated cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality compared to general population comparators of the same age and sex. Although obesity is an important and modifiable ...

• Weight gain following antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation in ART-naïve people living with HIV in the current treatment era 

  Ruderman, Stephanie Anne

  Objectives We evaluated weight change among people living with HIV (PLWH) initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) in the current treatment era. Methods Between 2012-2019, in 8 Centers for AIDS Research Network of Integrated ...

• Factors associated with reduced lung function in adolescents living with HIV in Nairobi, Kenya 

  Ellington, Laura Elizabeth

  Background: Over 5 million children and adolescents are living with HIV (ALWH) worldwide as a result of perinatally-acquired disease. Recent data support high prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms in this population ...

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