Weekly Recap: Recent Publications

December 5, 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.

Timothy L. Lash, DSc, was an author on the article, “Incident psychiatric comorbidity following stress disorder diagnoses in Danish school-aged children: prospective population-based study,” published in The British Journal of Psychiatry.

Sarah C. Dupont, MD, was an author on the article, “Improved Hepatitis C Cure Cascade Outcomes Among Urban Baby Boomers in the Direct-Acting Antiviral Era,” published in Public Health Reports.

Unjali P. Gujral, PhD, and K.M. Venkat Narayan, MD, were the authors of the article, “Diabetes in Normal-Weight Individuals: High Susceptibility in Nonwhite Populations,” published in Diabetes Care.

Howard H. Chang, PhD, was an author on the article, “Assessing longer-term effectiveness of a combined household-level piped water and sanitation intervention on child diarrhoea, acute respiratory infection, soil-transmitted helminth infection and nutritional status: a matched cohort study in rural Odisha, India,” published in International Journal of Epidemiology.

Carmen J. Marsit, PhD, was an author on the article, “Transcriptome-wide analysis of changes in the fetal placenta associated with prenatal arsenic exposure in the New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study,” published in Environmental Health.

Michael Goodman, MD, was an author on the article, “Methodological evaluation of human research on asthmagenicity and occupational cleaning: a case study of quaternary ammonium compounds (‘quats’),” published in Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology.

Sara C. Auld, MD, was an author on the article, “A Common NLRC4 Gene Variant Associates With Inflammation and Pulmonary Function in Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Tuberculosis,” published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Eric T. Hyde, MPH, and Julie A. Gazmararian PhD, were authors on the article, “Health Empowers You: Impact of a School‐Based Physical Activity Program in Elementary School Students, Georgia, 2015‐2016,” published in Journal of School Health.

Meryna Manandhar, MPH, was an author on the article, “Factors affecting symptom presentation in an early-phase clinical trials clinic patient population,” published in Investigational New Drugs.

Alvaro Alonso, MD, PhD, was an author on the article, “Association of Anticoagulant Therapy With Risk of Fracture Among Patients With Atrial Fibrillation,” published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Alvaro Alonso, MD, PhD, was an author on the article, “Association of Left Atrial Enlargement and Atrial Fibrillation With Cognitive Function and Decline: The ARIC-NCS,” published in Journal of the American Heart Association.

Richard B. Saltman, PhD, was an author on the chapter, “Why Is Reform of Hospitals So Difficult?” published in Understanding Hospitals in Changing Health Systems.

Patricia C. Cheung, PhD, Eric Hyde, MPH, and Julie A. Gazmararian, PhD, were authors on the article, “Physical Activity Opportunities and Academic Outcomes of Fourth Grade Elementary School Students in Georgia,” published in Journal of School Health.

Laura Plantinga, PhD, was the first author on the article, “Delivery of a patient-friendly functioning report to improve patient-centeredness of dialysis care: a pilot study,” published in BMC Health Services Research.

Richard B. Saltman, PhD, was an author on the chapter, “Hospitals in Different Environments: A Messy Reality,” published in Understanding Hospitals in Changing Health Systems.

Sanjida Mowla, MPH, and Vijaya Kancherla, PhD, were authors on the article, “Association between maternal pregestational diabetes mellitus and spina bifida: A population‐based case–control study, Finland, 2000–2014,” published in Birth Defects Research.

Adrian R. King, MPH, and Robert A. Bednarczyk, PhD, were authors on the article, “Understanding the impact of state vaccination laws on exemption rates,” published in Current Opinion in Pediatrics.

Anna A. Rubtsova, PhD, was an author on “Frailty and Neurocognitive Impairment: Impacts on Quality of Life in HIV,” published in Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care.

Cassandra M. Pickens, PhD, Carol J. Hogue, PhD, Penelope Howards, PhD, and Michael R. Kramer, PhD, were authors on the article, “The association between gestational weight gain z-score and stillbirth: a case-control study,” published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.

Jennifer R. Head, MPH, Helena Pachón, PhD, and Matthew C. Freeman, PhD, were authors on the article, “Integration of Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Nutrition Programming is Associated With Lower Prevalence of Child Stunting and Fever in Oromia, Ethiopia,” published in African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development