Rollins Recent Research Publications

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

Vijaya Kancherla, PhD, was an author on the article "Patterns of diarrhoeal disease among under-five children in Plateau State, Nigeria, 2013-2017" publised in the BMC Public Health. 

Bryan Vu, MPH, was an author on the article "Association between maximum temparature and PM2.5 with pregnancy outcomes in Lima, Peru" published in the The Environmental Epidemiology

Courtney R. Yarbrough, PhD, was an author on the article "Availability of medications for the treatment of alcohol use disorder in U.S counties, 2016-2019" published in The Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs.

Eri Saikawa, PhD, was an author on the article "Invited perspective: Assessing the contaminant exposure risks of urban gardening: call for updated health guidelines" published in The Environmental Health Perspectives.

Katherine Chiseri, MPH, MCHES, Dawn L. Comeau, PhD, MPH, Ayreh D. Stein, PhD, MPH, Shane A. Norris, MPH, were a authors on the article "A qualitative study of risks and protective factors against pregnancy among sexually-active adolescents in Soweto, South Africa" published in the PLOS Global Public Health. 

Dayna A Johnson, MPH, PhD, MSW, was an author on the article "Sleepless in COVID-19: racial disparities during the pandemic as a consequence of structural inequity" published in Sleep.

Jane W. Wei, MPH, Jose N. Binongo, PhD, were authors on the article "Gender differences in failure-to-rescue after coronary artery bypass grafting" published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 

Yi-An Ko, PhD, Lisa Elon, MS, MPH, Laura Ward, MPH, Michael Kutner, PhD, Yingtian Hu, BS, were authors on the article "Association of mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia with cardiovascular events in patients with coronary heart disease" published in JAMA.

Mary Beth Weber, PhD, MPH, Ahad Bootwala, MPH, Alan Bienvenida, MPH, Felipe Lobelo, MD, PhD, were authors on the article "Perceptions of physical activity and technology enabled exercise interventions among people with advanced chronic kidney disease: a qualititative study" published in BMC Nephrology.  

Patrick Sullivan, MD, PhD was an author on the article "The relationship between sexual behavior stigma and depression among men who have sex with men and transgender women in Kigali, Rwanda: a cross-sectional study" published in the International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. 

Sam Lim, MD, MPH, Cristina Drenkard MD, PhD, were authors on the article "Factors associated with the initiationand retention of patients with lupus in the chronic disease self-management program" published by Arthritis Care & Research. 

Lindsay J. Collin, PhD, MPH, Maret L. Maliniak, MPH, Rami Yacoub, MD, MPH, Tomi L. Lash, DSc, MPH, were authors on the article "Hypoxia-inducible factor-1a expresison and breast cancer recurrence in a Danish population-based case control study" published by Breast Cancer Reasearch. 

Roger Rochat, MD, was an author on the article "Labor and delivery unit closures in rural georgia from 2012-2016 and the impact on Black Women: a mixed-methods investigation" published by SocArXiv.