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Recent Publications (2010-2013)

See below for publications from investigators:

Laura Blaisdell, MD, MPH, FAAP
David Clark, MD, MS, MPH
John Devlin, MD
Christine Duarte, PhD
Kathleen Fairfield, MD, DrPH
Paul Han, MD, MA, MPH
Moritz Hansen, MD
Amy Haskins, PhD
Lee Lucas, PhD
Susan Miesfeldt, MD
Susan L. Santangelo, ScD
Matthew Siegel, MD


Laura Blaisdell, MD, MPH, FAAP

1. Blaisdell LL, Chace R, Hallagan LD, Clark DE. A Half Century of Burn Epidemiology and Burn Care in a Rural State. J Burn Care Res. 2011.

2. Blaisdell LL, Hayman JA, Moran AM. Infliximab treatment for pediatric refractory Kawasaki disease. Pediatr Cardiol. 2011;32(7):1023-7.

3. Robinson S, Averhoff F, Kiel J, Blaisdell L, Haber M, Sites A, Copeland D. Pandemic influenza A in residential summer camps - Maine, 2009. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2012 Mar 12. [Epub ahead of print].

 

David Clark, MD, MS, MPH

1. Clark DE, Hannan EL, Raudenbush SW. Using a Hierarchical Model to Estimate Risk-Adjusted Mortality for Hospitals Not Included in the Reference Sample. Health Serv Res. 2010 Apr;45(2):577-87. Epub 2010 Jan 8.

2. Hemmila MR, Nathens AB, Shafi S, Calland JF, Clark DE, Cryer HG, Goble S, Hoeft CJ, Meredith JW, Neal ML, Pasquale MD, Pomphrey MD, Fildes JJ. The Trauma Quality Improvement Program: pilot study and initial demonstration of feasibility. J Trauma. 2010 Feb;68(2):253-62. PMC Journal - In Process

3. Clark DE, Laeseke PF. Système International in the ICU in the United States. Chest 2010; 137:932-937.

4. Clark DE, Hannan EL, Wu C. Predicting risk-adjusted mortality for trauma patients: Logistic versus multilevel logistic models. J Amer Coll Surg 2010;211:224-231. PMCID:PMC3490189

5. Sammon J, Perry A, Beaule L, Kinkead T, Clark D, Hansen M. Robot assisted radical prostatectomy: Learning rate analysis as an objective measure of the acquisition of surgical skill. BJU International 2010; 106:855-860.

6. Johnson RM, Barber C, Azrael D, Clark DE, Hemenway D. Who are the owners of firearms used in adolescent suicides? Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2010 Dec;40(6):609-11. PMCID: PMC3085447

7. Gorra AS, Clark DE, Mullins RJ. Using hospital outcomes to predict 30-day mortality among injured patients covered by Medicare. Arch Surg. 2011 Feb;146(2):195-200.

8. Goldstein GP, Clark DE, Travis L, Haskins A. Explaining regional disparities in traffic mortality by decomposing conditional probabilities. Inj Prev. 2011 Apr;17(2):84-90. Epub 2011 Jan 6. PMCID: PMC3446824

9. Blaisdell LL, Chace R, Hallagan LD, Clark DE: A half-century of burn epidemiology and burn care in a rural state. J Burn Care Res 2012, 33(3):347-353.

10. Clark DE, Qian J, Sihler KC, Hallagan LD, Betensky RA: The distribution of survival times after injury. World J Surg 2012, 36(7):1562-1570. PMC Journal - In Process

11. Travis LL, Clark DE, Haskins AE, Kilch JA. Association of rural location with mortality after severe injury from motor vehicle crashes. Journal of Safety Research 2012, accepted for publication

12. Clark DE, Qian J, Winchell RJ, Betensky RA: Hazard regression models of early mortality in trauma centers. J Am Coll Surg 2012, 215(6):841-849.

13. Newgard CD, Fildes JJ, Wu L, Hemmila MR, Burd RS, Neal M, Mann NC, Shafi S, Clark DE, Goble S, Nathens AB. Methodology and analytic rationale for the American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP). J Am Coll Surg. 2012 Oct 10. pii: S1072-7515(12)01101-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.08.017. [Epub ahead of print]

14. Clark DE, Hannan EL. Inverse propensity weighting to adjust for bias in fatal crash samples. Accid Anal Prev 2012, Oct 18. pii: S0001-4575(12)00342-9. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.09.025. [Epub ahead of print] PMC Journal - In Process

15 Haskins AE, Clark DE, Travis LL. Racial Disparities in survival among injured drivers. Am J Epidem, In Press.

 

 John Devlin, MD

1. Devlin JT, Dhalac D, Suldan AA, Jacobs A, Guled K, Bankole KA. Determinants of Physical Activity Among Somali Women Living in Maine. J Immigr Minor Health. 2011.

2. Rossi AP, Wellins CA, Savic M, Devlin JT. Use of computer alerts to prevent the inappropriate use of metformin in an inpatient setting. Qual Manag Health Care. 2012 Oct;21(4):235-9.

 

 Christine Duarte, PhD

1. Duarte CW, Zeng ZB. High-confidence discovery of genetic network regulators in expression quantitative trait loci data. Genetics. 2011 Mar;187(3):955-64. Epub 2011 Jan 6. PMCID: PMC3063684.

2. Makowsky R, Pajewski NM, Klimentidis YC, Vazquez AI, Duarte CW, Allison DB, de los Campos G. Beyond missing heritability: prediction of complex traits. PLoS Genet. 2011 Apr;7(4):e1002051. Epub 2011 Apr 28. PMCID: PMC3084207.

3. Cosgun E, Limdi NA, Duarte CW. High-dimensional pharmacogenetic prediction of a continuous trait using machine learning techniques with application to warfarin dose prediction in African Americans. Bioinformatics. 2011 May 15;27(10):1384-9. Epub 2011 Mar 30. PMCID: PMC3087957.

4. Klimentidis YC, Chen GB, López-Alarcón M, Harris JJ, Duarte CW, Fernández JR. Associations of obesity genes with obesity-related outcomes in multiethnic children. Arch Med Res. 2011 Aug;42(6):509-14. Epub 2011 Oct 31. PMC Journal - In Process.

5. Duarte CW, Klimentidis YC, Harris JJ, Cardel M, Fernández JR. A Hybrid Bayesian Network/Structural Equation (BN/SEM) Modeling Approach for Detecting Physiological Networks for Obesity-related Genetic Variants. Proceedings (IEEE Int Conf Bioinformatics Biomed). 2011:696-702. PMCID: PMC3272699.

6. Harris JJ, Duarte CW, Mossing MC. Using protein abundance to indicate underlying mRNA expression levels in E.coli: an SEM modelling approach. Int J Comput Biol Drug Des. 2011;4(4):387-95. doi: 10.1504/IJCBDD.2011.044445. Epub 2011 Dec 24. PMCID: PMC3272697 [Available on 2012/12/24].

7. Jarboe JS, Anderson JC, Duarte CW, Mehta T, Nowsheen S, Hicks PH, Whitley AC, Rohrbach TD, McCubrey RO, Chiu S, Burleson TM, Bonner JA, Gillespie GY, Yang ES, Willey CD. CKS Regulates Growth and Radiation Sensitivity and Is a Novel Prognostic Factor for Glioma. Clin Cancer Res. 2012 May 22. [Epub ahead of print].

8. Duarte CW, Klimentidis, Y.C., Harris, J.J., Cardel, M. and Fernández, J.R. Discovery of Phenotypic Networks from Genotypic Association Studies with Application to Obesity. International Journal of Data Mining and Bioinformatics. Accepted for publication.

9. Duarte CW, Willey CD, Zhi D, Cui X. Harris JJ, McCubrey RO, Mehta T, Khodarev NN, Weichselbaun RR Gillespie GY. Expression signature of Stat1/IFN pathway genes predicts poor survival outcome in GBM in a subtype-specific manner. PLoS ONE. 2012;7(1):e29653. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029653. PMCID: PMC3252343.

 

Kathleen Fairfield, MD, DrPH

1. Fairfield KM, Lucas FL, Earle CC, Small L, Trimble EL, Warren JL. Regional Variation in Cancer Directed Surgery, Chemotherapy, and Mortality for Women with Epithelial Ovarian Cancer in the Medicare Population. Cancer 2010 Oct 15;116(20):4840-8. PMC Journal - In Process

2. Trowbridge R, Jacquet M, Almeder L, Fairfield KM. The Effect of Overnight In-house Attending Coverage on Perceptions of Care and Education on a General Medical Service. J Grad Med Educ 2010. PMCID: PMC2931224

3. Fairfield KM, Murray K, Lucas FL, Wierman HR, Earle CC, Trimble EL, et al. Completion of Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Use of Health Services for Older Women With Epithelial Ovarian Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 20115.

4. Fairfield KM, Murray KM, Wierman HR, Han PK, Hallen S, Miesfeldt S, et al. Disparities in hospice care among older women dying with ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 2011.

5. Col NF, Fairfield KM, Ewan-Whyte C, Miller H. In the clinic. Menopause. Ann Intern Med. 2009;150(7):ITC4-1-15; quiz ITC4-6.

6. Samuel PS, Pringle JP, James NWt, Fielding SJ, Fairfield KM. Breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening rates amongst female Cambodian, Somali, and Vietnamese immigrants in the USA. Int J Equity Health. 2009;8:30. PMCID: 2731767.

7. Fairfield KM, Lucas FL, Earle CC, Small L, Trimble EL, Warren JL. Regional variation in cancer-directed surgery and mortality among women with epithelial ovarian cancer in the Medicare population. Cancer. 2010;116(20):4840-8.

8. Fairfield KM, Murray K, Lucas FL, Wierman HR, Earle CC, Trimble EL, et al. Completion of Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Use of Health Services for Older Women With Epithelial Ovarian Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2011.

9. Fairfield KM, Murray KM, Wierman HR, Han PK, Hallen S, Miesfeldt S, et al. Disparities in hospice care among older women dying with ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 2011.

 

 Paul Han, MD, MA, MPH

1. Reeve BB, Potosky AL, Smith AW, Han PKJ, Hays RD, Davis WW, Arora NK, Haffer SC, Clauser SB. Impact of cancer on health-related quality of life of older Americans. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2009;101:860-868. PMCID: PMC2720781 [Available on 2010/06/16]

2. Han PKJ, Klein WMP, Lehman TC, Massett H, Lee SC, Freedman AN. Laypersons' responses to the communication of uncertainty regarding cancer risk estimates. Medical Decision Making. 2009;29(3):391-403. NIHMSID # 138635 PMCID: PMC2730504

3. Han PKJ, Moser R, Klein WMP, Beckjord E, Dunlavy A, Hesse. Predictors of perceived ambiguity about cancer prevention recommendations: sociodemographic factors and mass media exposures. Health Communication. 2009 Dec;24(8):764-72.

4. Han PKJ, Moser RP, Reeve BB, Klein WMP. Aversion to ambiguity regarding medical tests and treatments: measurement, prevalence, and relationship to sociodemographic factors. Journal of Health Communication. 2009 Sep;14(6):556-72.

5. Reyna VF, Nelson W, Han PKJ, Dieckmann N. How numeracy influences risk reduction and medical decision making. Psychol Bull. 2009 Nov;135(6):943-73. PMCID: PMC2844786

6. Waters EA, Cronin KA, Graubard BI, Han PK, Freedman AN. Prevalence of tamoxifen use for breast cancer chemoprevention among U.S. women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2010 Feb;19(2):443-6. PMCID: PMC3038785

7. Han PKJ, Rayson DR. The coordination of primary and oncology specialty care at the end of life. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr. 2010 (40):31-7.

8. Tzeng, JP, Mayer D, Richman AR, Lipkus I, Han PKJ, Reitel V, Valle C, Carey LA, Brewer NT. Women's experiences with genomic testing for breast cancer recurrence risk. Cancer. 2010;116:1992-2000.

9. Waters E, Arora NK, Klein WMP, Han PKJ. Perceived risk, trust and health-related quality of life among cancer survivors. Ann Behav Med. 2010 Feb;39(1):91-7. PMCID: PMC3040106

10. Han PKJ, Klein WMP, Lehman T, Killam B, Massett H, Freedman AN. The communication of uncertainty regarding individualized cancer risk estimates: effects and influential factors. Med Decis Making. 2011 Mar-Apr;31(2):354-66. Epub 2010 Jul 29. PMCID: PMC3086475

11. Klabunde CN, Marcus PM, Silvestri G, Han PKJ, Richards TB, Yuan G, Marcus SE, Vernon SW. U.S. primary care physicians' lung cancer screening beliefs and recommendations. Am J Prev Med. 2010 Nov; 39(5):411-20. PMCID: PMC3133954

12. Mazor KM, Calvi J, Cowan R, Costanza ME, Han PKJ, Greene SM, Saccoccio L, Cove E, Roblin D, Williams A. Media messages about cancer: what do people understand? J Health Commun. 2010;15 Suppl 2:126-45. PMCID: PMC2947749 [Available on 2011/1/1]

13. Han PK, Klein WM, Arora NK. Varieties of uncertainty in health care: a conceptual taxonomy. Med Decis Making. 2011 Nov-Dec;31(6):828-38. PMCID: PMC3146626 [Available on 2012/7/18]

14. Meissner HI, Klabunde CN, Han PK, Benard VB, Breen N. Breast cancer screening beliefs, recommendations and practices: primary care physicians in the United States. Cancer. 2011;117(14):3101-11. PMC Journal - In Process

15. Ferrer RA, Hall KL, Portnoy DB, Klein WMP, Han PKJ, Ling B. Relationships among health cognitions vary depending on stage of readiness for colorectal cancer screening. Health Psychol. 2011 Sep;30(5):525-35.

16. Han PKJ, Grauman A, Breen N, Taplin SH, Yuan G, Klabunde CN. Multiple clinical practice guidelines for breast and cervical cancer screening: perceptions of primary care physicians. Med Care. 2011 Feb;49(2):139-48. PMC Journal - In Process

17. Han PK, Klein WM, Killam B, Lehman T, Massett H, Freedman AN. Representing randomness in the communication of individualized cancer risk estimates: Effects on cancer risk perceptions, worry, and subjective uncertainty about risk. Patient Educ Couns. 2011. PMCID: 3132425.

18. Chou SW, Han PKJ, Pilsner A, Coa K, Greenberg L, Blatt J. Interdisciplinary research on patient-provider communication: a cross-method comparison. Commun Med. 2011;8(1):29-40.

19. Portnoy DB, Han PK, Ferrer RA, Klein WM, Clauser SB. Physicians' attitudes about communicating and managing scientific uncertainty differ by perceived ambiguity aversion of their patients. Health Expect. 2011. PMCID: 3218256.

20. Potosky AL, Han PK, Rowland J, Klabunde CN, Smith T, Aziz N, Earle C, Ayanian JZ, Ganz PA, Stefanek M. Differences between primary care physicians' and oncologists' knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding the care of cancer survivors. J Gen Intern Med. 2011 Dec;26(12):1403-10. Epub 2011 Jul 22. PMCID: PMC3235622 [Available on 2012/12/1]

21. Sweeney K, Sheppard JA, Han PKJ. The goals of bad news communications: Do physicians and patients agree? Health Expect. 2011 Jul 20. doi: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2011.00709.x. [Epub ahead of print]

22. Fairfield KM, Murray KM, Wierman HR, Han PK, Hallen S, Miesfeldt S, Trimble EL, Warren JL, Earle CC. Disparities in hospice care among older women dying with ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 2012 Apr;125(1):14-8. Epub 2011 Dec 1.

23. Han PK, Lee M, Reeve BB, Mariotto AB, Wang Z, Hays RD, Yabroff R, Topor M, Feuer E. Development of a prognostic model for six-month mortality in older adults with declining health. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2012;43(3):527-39.

24. Klabunde CN, Marcus PM, Han PKJ, Richards TB, Vernon SW, Yuan G, Silvestri GA. Lung cancer screening practices of primary care physicians: Results from a national survey. Ann Fam Med. 2012 Mar;10(2):102-10.

25. Mazor KM, Rogers HJ, Williams AE, Roblin DW, Gaglio B, Field TS, Greene SM, Han PKJ, Costanza ME. The Cancer Message Literacy Tests: Psychometric Analyses and Validity Studies. Patient Educ Couns. 2012 Jul 10. [Epub ahead of print]

26. Mazor KM, Roblin DW, Williams AE, Greene SM, Gaglio B, Field TS, Costanza ME, Han PK, Saccoccio L, Calvi J, Cove E, Cowan R. Health literacy and cancer prevention: Two new instruments to assess comprehension. Patient Educ Couns. 2012 Jan 11. [Epub ahead of print]

27. Nelson WL, Han PKJ, Moser RP. Exploring Objective and Subjective Numeracy at a Population Level: Findings From the 2007 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS). J Health Commun. 2012 Oct 15. [Epub ahead of print]

28. Moser RP, Arndt J, Han PKJ, Waters EA, Amsellem M, Hesse B. Perceptions of cancer as a death sentence: prevalence and consequences. J Health Psych (in press).

29. Han PKJ. Conceptual, methodological, and ethical problems in communicating uncertainty in clinical evidence. Med Care Res Rev. 2012 Nov 6. [Epub ahead of print]

30. Han PKJ, Klabunde CN, Noone AM, Earle CC, Ayanian JZ, Ganz PA, Virgo KS, Potosky AL. Physicians' beliefs about breast cancer surveillance testing are consistent with test overuse. 2012. Med Care (in press).

31. Trevena L, Zikmund-Fisher B, Edwards A, Gaissmaier W, Galesic M, Han P, King J, Lawson M, Linder S, Lipkus I, Ozanne E, Peters E, Timmermans D, Woloshin S. 2012. Presenting Probabilities. In Volk R & Llewellyn-Thomas H (eds). 2012 Update of the International Patient Decision Aids Standards (IPDAS) Collaboration's Background Document. Chapter C. http://ipdas.ohri.ca/resources.html.

32. Han PKJ, Klabunde CN, Noone AM, Earle CC, Ayanian JZ, Ganz PA, Virgo KS, Potosky AL. Physicians' beliefs about breast cancer surveillance testing are consistent with test overuse. Med Care. 2012 Dec 23. [Epub ahead of print]

 

Moritz Hansen, MD 

1. Sammon J, Perry A, Beaule L, Kinkead T, Clark D, Hansen MH. Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: learning rate analysis as an objective measure of the acquisition of surgical skill. BJU Int. 2010 Sep;106(6):855-60. Epub 2010 Jan 19.

 

Amy Haskins, PhD

1. Haskins A, Bertone-Johnson E, Pekow P, Carbone E, Chasan-Taber L. Correlates of smoking cessation at pregnancy onset among Hispanic women in Massachusetts. Am J Health Promot. 2010;25(2):100-8.

2. Haskins AE, Bertone-Johnson ER, Pekow P, Carbone E, Fortner RT, Chasan-Taber L. Smoking during pregnancy and risk of abnormal glucose tolerance: a prospective cohort study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2010;10:55. PMCID: 2946270.

3. Haskins AE, Siewers AE, Malenka DJ, Wennberg DE, Lucas FL. Characteristics of new cardiac surgery programs in the United States: mitigating the learning curve. Am Heart J. 2010;159(5):919-25.

4. Goldstein GP, Clark DE, Travis LL, Haskins AE. Explaining regional disparities in traffic mortality by decomposing conditional probabilities. Inj Prev. 2011;17(2):84-90.

5. Haskins AE, Clark DE, Travis LL. Racial Disparities in survival among injured drivers. Am J Epidem, In Press.

 

Lee Lucas, PhD

1. Morgan D, Sylvester H, Lucas FL, Miesfeldt S. Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer: Referral Source for Genetic Assessment and Communication Regarding Assessment with Nongenetic Clinicians in the Community Setting. Genet Med. 2010 Jan; 12(1):25-31. PMID: 20027114.

2. Lucas, FL, Sirovich BE, Gallagher PM, Siewers AE, Wennberg DE. Variation in Cardiologists' Propensity to Test and Treat: Is It Associated with Regional Variation in Utilization? Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2010 May; 3(3):253-60. Epub 2010 Apr 13.

3. Goodney PP, Travis LL, Malenka D, Bronner KK, Lucas FL, Cronenwett JL, Goodman DC, Fisher ES. Regional Variation in Carotid Artery Stenting and Endarterectomy in the Medicare Population. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2010 Jan 1; 3(1):15-24. Epub 2009 Dec 8.

4. Haskins A, Siewers A, Malenka D, Wennberg D, Lucas F. Characteristics of New Cardiac Surgery Programs in the United States: Mitigating the Learning Curve. Am Heart J. 2010 May; 159(5):919-25.

5. Fairfield KM, Lucas FL, Earle CC, Small L, Trimble EL, Warren JL. Regional variation in cancer-directed surgery and mortality among women with epithelial ovarian cancer in the Medicare population. Cancer. 2010;116(20):4840-8.

6. Wax JR, Lucas FL, Lamont M, Pinette MG, Cartin A, Blackstone J. Wax JR, Lucas FL, Lamont M, Pinette MG, Cartin A, Blackstone J. Maternal and Newborn Outcomes in Planned Home Birth vs. Planned Hospital Births: A Meta analysis. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Sep; 203(3): 243.e1-8. Epub 2010 Jul 2.

7. Matlock DD, Peterson PN, Sirovich BE, Wennberg DE, Gallagher PM, Lucas FL. Regional Variations in Palliative Care: Do Cardiologists Follow Guidelines? J Palliat Med. 2010 Nov; 13(11):1315-9. Epub 2010 Oct 18.

8. Matlock DD, Peterson PN, Heidenreich PA, Lucas FL, Malenka DJ, Wang Y, Curtis JP, Kutner JS, Fisher ES, Masoudi FA. Regional variation in the use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for primary prevention: results from the national cardiovascular data registry. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2011 Jan 1;4(1):114-21. Epub 2010 Dec 7.

9. Lucas FL, Siewers A, Goodman DC, Wang D, Wennberg DE. New cardiac surgery programs established from 1993 to 2004 led to little increased access, substantial duplication of services. Health Aff (Millwood). 2011 Aug;30(8):1569-74. Epub 2011 Jun 23.

10. Scali ST, Goodney PP, Walsh DB, Travis LL, Nolan BW, Goodman DC, Lucas FL, Stone DH. National trends and regional variation of open and endovascular repair of thoracic and thoracoabdominal aneurysms in contemporary practice. J Vasc Surg. 2011 Jun;53(6):1499-505.

11. Faksh A, Wax JR, Lucas FL, Cartin A, Pinette MG. Preterm premature rupture of membranes ≥32 weeks' gestation: impact of revised practice guidelines. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011 May 27. [Epub ahead of print]

12. Fairfield KM, Murray K, Lucas FL, Wierman HR, Earle CC, Trimble EL, Small L, Warren JL. Completion of Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Use of Health Services for Older Women With Epithelial Ovarian Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2011 Sep 12. [Epub ahead of print]

13. Zimmerman RF, Ezeanuna PU, Kane JC, Cleland CD, Kempananjappa TJ, Lucas FL, Kramer RS. Ischemic preconditioning at a remote site prevents acute kidney injury in patients following cardiac surgery. Kidney Int. 2011 Oct;80(8):861-7. doi: 10.1038/ki.2011.156. Epub 2011 Jun 15.

14. Scali ST, Goodney PP, Walsh DB, Travis LL, Nolan BW, Goodman DC, Lucas FL, Stone DH. National trends and regional variation of open and endovascular repair of thoracic and thoracoabdominal aneurysms in contemporary practice. J Vasc Surg. 2011 Jun;53(6):1499-505.

15. Faksh A, Wax JR, Lucas FL, Cartin A, Pinette MG. Preterm premature rupture of membranes ≥32 weeks' gestation: impact of revised practice guidelines. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011;205:e1-5. [Epub ahead of print 2011 May 27]

16. Fairfield KM, Murray K, Lucas FL, Wierman HR, Earle CC, Trimble EL, Small L, Warren JL. Completion of Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Use of Health Services for Older Women With Epithelial Ovarian Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2011 Sep 12. [Epub ahead of print]

17. Zimmerman RF, Ezeanuna PU, Kane JC, Cleland CD, Kempananjappa TJ, Lucas FL, et al. Ischemic preconditioning at a remote site prevents acute kidney injury in patients following cardiac surgery. Kidney Int. 2011 Oct;80(8):861-7. doi: 10.1038/ki.2011.156. Epub 2011 Jun 15.

18. Miesfeldt S, Murray K, Lucas L, Chang CH, Goodman D, Morden NE.  Association of age, gender, and race with intensity of end-of-life care for medicare beneficiaries with cancer.  J Palliat Med. 2012 Apr 2. [Epub ahead of print]

 

Susan Miesfeldt, MD

1. Cohn WF, Ropka ME, Pelletier SL, Barrett JR, Kinzie MB, Harrison MB, Liu Z, Miesfeldt S, Tucker AL, Worrall BB, Gibson J, Mullins IM, Elward KS, Franko J, Guterbock TM, Knaus WA. Health Heritage, a web-based tool for the collection and assessment of family health history: initial user experience and analytic validity. Public Health Genomics 2010;13:477-91.

2. Miesfeldt S, Hayden C, Apedoe N, Jerome S, Fletcher A. Colorectal cancer screening pilot program for underserved women in Cumberland County, Maine. J Community Health 2010;35:109-14.

3. Morgan D, Sylvester H, Lucas FL, Miesfeldt S. Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer: referral source for genetic assessment and communication regarding assessment with nongenetic clinicians in the community setting. Genet Med 2010;12:25-31.

4. Morgan D, Sylvester H, Lucas FL, Miesfeldt S. Perceptions of high-risk care and barriers to care among women at risk for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer following genetic counseling in the community setting. J Genet Couns 2010;19:44-54.

5. Rabinowitz-Abrams D, Morgan D, Morse J, Miesfeldt S. Building a tool to identify risk for Lynch syndrome among individuals presenting for screening colonoscopy. J Genet Couns 2010;19:353-59.

6. Lee C, McRae C, de Abreu MM, de la Torre AC, Leblanc A, Matlock D, Ropka M, Miesfeldt S. Interprofessional education about decision support for patients: What are the high-priority research issues? J Interprof Care 2011;25:428-30.

7. Miesfeldt S, Murray K, Lucas L, Chang CH, Goodman D, Morden NE.  Association of age, gender, and race with intensity of end-of-life care for medicare beneficiaries with cancer.  J Palliat Med. 2012 Apr 2. [Epub ahead of print]

8. Fairfield KM, Murray KM, Wierman HR, Han PKJ, Hallen S, Miesfeldt S, Trimble EL, Warren JL, Earle CC. Disparities in hospice care among older women dying with ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol, In press 2011

 

Susan L. Santangelo, ScD

1. Chang SC, Pauls DL, Lange C, Sasanfar R, Santangelo SL. Common genetic variation in the GAD1 gene and the entire family of DLX homeobox genes and autism spectrum disorders. American journal of medical genetics Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics. 2011;156(2):233-9. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.31148. PubMed PMID: 21302352; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3088769.

2. Crane J, Fagerness J, Osiecki L, Gunnell B, Stewart SE, Pauls DL, et al. Family-based genetic association study of DLGAP3 in Tourette Syndrome. American journal of medical genetics Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics. 2011;156B(1):108-14. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.31134. PubMed PMID: 21184590; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3066268.


3. Cross-Disorder Group of the Psychiatric Genomics C. Identification of risk loci with shared effects on five major psychiatric disorders: a genome-wide analysis. Lancet. 2013. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)62129-1. PubMed PMID: 23453885.


4. Karmacharya D, Yu D, Dixit S, Rajbhandari R, Subedi B, Shrestha S, et al. A study of the prevalence and risk factors leading to HIV infection among a sample of street children and youth of Kathmandu. AIDS research and therapy. 2012;9(1):25. doi: 10.1186/1742-6405-9-25. PubMed PMID: 22929124; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3472290.


5. Knight S, Coon H, Johnson M, Leppert MF, Camp NJ, McMahon WM, et al. Linkage analysis of Tourette syndrome in a large Utah pedigree. American journal of medical genetics Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics. 2010;153B(2):656-62. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.31035. PubMed PMID: 19777563; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2923637.


6. Lyall K, Pauls DL, Santangelo SL, Spiegelman D, Ascherio A. Maternal early life factors associated with hormone levels and the risk of having a child with an autism spectrum disorder in the nurses health study II. Journal of autism and developmental disorders. 2011;41(5):618-27. doi: 10.1007/s10803-010-1079-7. PubMed PMID: 20700638; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3494408.

7. Lyall K, Pauls DL, Spiegelman D, Ascherio A, Santangelo SL. Pregnancy complications and obstetric suboptimality in association with autism spectrum disorders in children of the Nurses' Health Study II. Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research. 2012;5(1):21-30. doi: 10.1002/aur.228. PubMed PMID: 21972225; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3253333.

8. Lyall K, Pauls DL, Spiegelman D, Santangelo SL, Ascherio A. Fertility therapies, infertility and autism spectrum disorders in the Nurses' Health Study II. Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology. 2012;26(4):361-72. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2012.01294.x. PubMed PMID: 22686388; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3494409.

9. Robinson EB, Munir K, McCormick MC, Koenen KC, Santangelo SL. Brief report: no association between parental age and extreme social-communicative autistic traits in the general population. Journal of autism and developmental disorders. 2011;41(12):1733-7. doi: 10.1007/s10803-011-1202-4. PubMed PMID: 21350918; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3160499.

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Matthew Siegel, MD

1. Psychiatric Features in Children with Genetic Syndromes: Toward Functional Phenotypes. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2010;Apr;19(2):229-61, viii.

2. Siegel M, Beaulieu A. Psychotropic Medications in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review and Synthesis for Evidence-Based Practice. J Autism Dev Disord. 2011;Nov 9. [Epub ahead of print]

3. Siegel M, Doyle K, Chemelski B, Payne D, Ellsworth B, Harmon J, Robbins D, Milligan B, Lubetsky M. Specialized Inpatient Psychiatry Units for Children with Autism and Developmental Disorders: A United States Survey. J Autism Dev Disord. 2011;Dec 22. [Epub ahead of print]

4. Siegel M, Milligan B, Robbins D, Prentice G. Electroconvulsive Therapy in an Adolescent With Autism and Bipolar I Disorder. J ECT. 2012 Oct 4. [Epub ahead of print]

5. Siegel M. Psychopharmacology of Autism Spectrum Disorders: Theory and Practice. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2012 Oct;21(4):957-73

 

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