Weekly Recap: Recent Publications

April 18, 2019

Rollins students and faculty are frequent authors and collaborators on articles that advance research, provoke thought, and inspire action. Below are a few of this week’s publication highlights.

Abena Twumasi, MPH, Anna Shao, MPH, and Hannah Cooper, ScD, were authors on the article, “Exploring the perceived impact of the chronic disease self-management program on self-management behaviors among african american women with lupus: a qualitative study,” published in Lupus Science & Medicine.

Michael Goodman, MD, was an author on the article, “The association of late-life depression with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality among community-dwelling older adults: systematic review and meta-analysis,” published in The British Journal of Psychiatry.

Bradley Pearce, PhD, and Lei Weng, MPH, were authors on the article, “Inflammatory Markers are Associated with Psychomotor Slowing in Patients with Schizophrenia Compared to Healthy Controls,” published in Schizophrenia Bulletin.

Alvaro Alonso, MD, PhD, was an author on the article, “Plasma Metabolites Associated with Brain MRI Measures of Neurodegeneration in Older Adults in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities–Neurocognitive Study (ARIC-NCS),” published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

Rachel Patzer, PhD, was an author on the article, “Advanced diagnostic imaging utilization during emergency department visits in the United States: A predictive modeling study for emergency department triage,” published in PLOS One.

Caitlin Allen, MPH, Cam Escoffery, PhD, Regine Haardörfer, PhD, and Colleen McBride, PhD, were the authors of the article, “Factors Influencing Not Perceiving Family Health History Assessments as Important: Opportunities to Improve Dissemination of Evidence-Based Population Screening for Cancer,” published in Public Health Genomics.

Carmen Marsit, PhD, was an author on the article, “Placental imprinted gene expression mediates the effects of maternal psychosocial stress during pregnancy on fetal growth,” published in Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease.

Thomas Gillespie, PhD, was an author on the article, “Policy and Science for Global Health Security: Shaping the Course of International Health,” published in Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease.

Kristen Brown, PhD, was an author on the article, “Expression of socially sensitive genes: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis,” published in PLOS One.

Julianne Kubes, MPH, was an author on the article, “Factors affecting the geographic variability of antibiotic-resistant healthcare-associated infections in the United States using the CDC Antibiotic Resistance Patient Safety Atlas,” published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.