2022
Sociodemographic characteristics and HIV risk behaviors of native-born and displaced Syrian men and transgender women who have sex with men in Lebanon
Orr LV, Crawford FW, Khoshnood K, Khouri D, Fouad FM, Seal DW, Heimer R. Sociodemographic characteristics and HIV risk behaviors of native-born and displaced Syrian men and transgender women who have sex with men in Lebanon. AIDS And Behavior 2022, 26: 4004-4011. PMID: 35672550, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-022-03726-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVaccination with BNT162b2 reduces transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to household contacts in Israel
Prunas O, Warren JL, Crawford FW, Gazit S, Patalon T, Weinberger DM, Pitzer VE. Vaccination with BNT162b2 reduces transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to household contacts in Israel. Science 2022, 375: eabl4292. PMID: 35084937, PMCID: PMC9261115, DOI: 10.1126/science.abl4292.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVaccine effectivenessSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Syndrome coronavirus 2Effectiveness of vaccinesEffectiveness of vaccinationTotal vaccine effectivenessSARS-CoV-2Household contactsSecond doseCoronavirus 2Household transmissionDelta variantDay 10VaccinationBNT162b2COVID-19InfectionChain binomial modelVaccineDoseImmunity
2021
COVID-19 Testing and Case Rates and Social Contact Among Residential College Students in Connecticut During the 2020-2021 Academic Year
Schultes O, Clarke V, Paltiel AD, Cartter M, Sosa L, Crawford FW. COVID-19 Testing and Case Rates and Social Contact Among Residential College Students in Connecticut During the 2020-2021 Academic Year. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2140602. PMID: 34940864, PMCID: PMC8703252, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.40602.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResidential studentsAcademic yearHigher educationResidential college studentsSpring semesterFall semesterStudentsClose interpersonal contactConnecticut CollegeMean contactFall 2020Residential collegeMost institutionsCollege studentsCollegeUniversityCampusSemesterInstitutionsUniversity campusEducationResidence hallsVariety of approachesInterpersonal contactSocial distancing measures
2020
Estimates of people who injected drugs within the last 12 months in Belgium based on a capture-recapture and multiplier method
Plettinckx E, Crawford FW, Antoine J, Gremeaux L, Van Baelen L. Estimates of people who injected drugs within the last 12 months in Belgium based on a capture-recapture and multiplier method. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2020, 219: 108436. PMID: 33310486, PMCID: PMC7856246, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108436.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNew HCV infectionsNumber of PWIDProportion of PWIDLiver-related mortalityEstimates of peopleHarm reduction service providersHCV infectionTreatment registersPWIDNational estimatesCapture-recapture methodologyBaseline dataDrugsNumber of peopleMonthsTotal populationReliable baseline dataSterile needleTotal numberPopulationYearsInfectionMortalityEstimation of Excess Deaths Associated With the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States, March to May 2020
Weinberger DM, Chen J, Cohen T, Crawford FW, Mostashari F, Olson D, Pitzer VE, Reich NG, Russi M, Simonsen L, Watkins A, Viboud C. Estimation of Excess Deaths Associated With the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States, March to May 2020. JAMA Internal Medicine 2020, 180: 1336-1344. PMID: 32609310, PMCID: PMC7330834, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3391.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19Excess deathsOfficial COVID-19 deathsCoronavirus disease 2019Entire US populationPublic health impactCOVID-19 diagnostic testsCOVID-19 burdenCOVID-19 deathsCause deathReported deathsMortality burdenObservational studyDisease 2019Influenza activityMAIN OUTCOMEDeath AssociatedWeekly deathsTotal deathsUS deathsMore deathsDeath recordsUS populationHealth StatisticsTest availabilityTransmission Modeling with Regression Adjustment for Analyzing Household-based Studies of Infectious Disease: Application to Tuberculosis.
Crawford FW, Marx FM, Zelner J, Cohen T. Transmission Modeling with Regression Adjustment for Analyzing Household-based Studies of Infectious Disease: Application to Tuberculosis. Epidemiology 2020, 31: 238-247. PMID: 31764276, PMCID: PMC7718772, DOI: 10.1097/ede.0000000000001143.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSusceptible household contactsHousehold contactsTB casesBacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccinationInfected household contactsIsoniazid preventive therapyActive tuberculosis casesCulture-positive casesRisk of diseaseCohort studyMicrobiological confirmationPreventive therapyTuberculosis casesRisk factorsInfection resultsAdult contactsInfection riskInfectious diseasesLogistic regressionRate of transmissionTransmissible diseasesDiseaseIndividual-level characteristicsHigher hazardDisease susceptibility
2019
Suspected heroin-related overdoses incidents in Cincinnati, Ohio: A spatiotemporal analysis
Li ZR, Xie E, Crawford FW, Warren JL, McConnell K, Copple JT, Johnson T, Gonsalves GS. Suspected heroin-related overdoses incidents in Cincinnati, Ohio: A spatiotemporal analysis. PLOS Medicine 2019, 16: e1002956. PMID: 31714940, PMCID: PMC6850525, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002956.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of overdoseRisk of incidentBlock groupHarm reduction measuresPoisson regression modelsHighest overdose ratesOpioid misuseRisk factorsOpioid epidemicOpiate overdosesOverdose incidentsOpioid overdosesOverdose ratesNature of incidentsEmergency callsMale populationMedian household incomeTreatment programOverdose emergencyHealth policySpatiotemporal risk factorsLack of informationDemographic characteristicsHigher numberOverdosesDivergent estimates of HIV incidence among people who inject drugs in Ukraine
Morozova O, Booth RE, Dvoriak S, Dumchev K, Sazonova Y, Saliuk T, Crawford FW. Divergent estimates of HIV incidence among people who inject drugs in Ukraine. International Journal Of Drug Policy 2019, 73: 156-162. PMID: 31405731, PMCID: PMC6899203, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.07.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV incidenceStudy subjectsBio-behavioral surveillance surveysRecent syringe sharingPopulation of PWIDLongitudinal cohort studyDrug of choiceLow-risk individualsCross-sectional surveyBaseline characteristicsCohort studyAverage monthly numberRisk stratificationSyringe sharingIntervention trialsSurveillance SurveyHigh incidenceRisk individualsRCTsPWIDStudy designIncidenceDrugsFuture surveillanceSignificant differencesEmpirical evidence of recruitment bias in a network study of people who inject drugs
Zeng L, Li J, Crawford FW. Empirical evidence of recruitment bias in a network study of people who inject drugs. The American Journal Of Drug And Alcohol Abuse 2019, 45: 460-469. PMID: 30896982, PMCID: PMC7680667, DOI: 10.1080/00952990.2019.1584203.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
The Burden of Stigma on Health and Well-Being: A Taxonomy of Concealment, Course, Disruptiveness, Aesthetics, Origin, and Peril Across 93 Stigmas
Pachankis JE, Hatzenbuehler ML, Wang K, Burton CL, Crawford FW, Phelan JC, Link BG. The Burden of Stigma on Health and Well-Being: A Taxonomy of Concealment, Course, Disruptiveness, Aesthetics, Origin, and Peril Across 93 Stigmas. Personality And Social Psychology Bulletin 2017, 44: 451-474. PMID: 29290150, PMCID: PMC5837924, DOI: 10.1177/0146167217741313.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHIV Testing and awareness of HIV status among people who inject drugs in greater Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Bazazi AR, Vijay A, Crawford FW, Heimer R, Kamarulzaman A, Altice FL. HIV Testing and awareness of HIV status among people who inject drugs in greater Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. AIDS Care 2017, 30: 59-64. PMID: 28803503, PMCID: PMC5699941, DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2017.1363852.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV testingCompulsory drug detention centersHIV statusCorrelates of testingHIV-positive PWIDHIV testing servicesHigh-risk populationHIV testing policiesRecent criminal justice involvementRespondent-driven samplingMost PWIDHIV treatmentHIV epidemicVoluntary testingCriminal justice involvementPWIDHIVTesting recommendationsKuala LumpurTesting behaviorMandatory testingPrimary locationGreater Kuala LumpurMain correlatesTesting servicesIdentification of Homophily and Preferential Recruitment in Respondent-Driven Sampling
Crawford FW, Aronow PM, Zeng L, Li J. Identification of Homophily and Preferential Recruitment in Respondent-Driven Sampling. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2017, 187: 153-160. PMID: 28605424, PMCID: PMC5860647, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwx208.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Obesity not associated with severity among hospitalized adults with seasonal influenza virus infection
Braun ES, Crawford FW, Desai MM, Meek J, Kirley PD, Miller L, Anderson EJ, Oni O, Ryan P, Lynfield R, Bargsten M, Bennett NM, Lung KL, Thomas A, Mermel E, Lindegren ML, Schaffner W, Price A, Chaves SS. Obesity not associated with severity among hospitalized adults with seasonal influenza virus infection. Infection 2015, 43: 569-575. PMID: 26148927, DOI: 10.1007/s15010-015-0802-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSeasonal influenza virus infectionMultivariate logistic regression modelSeasonal influenza severityLaboratory-confirmed influenzaRisk of pneumoniaInfluenza virus infectionLogistic regression modelsHospitalized adultsICU admissionObese patientsSevere obesityInfluenza severityArtificial ventilationVirus infectionWeight categoriesObesityPneumoniaSeverityRegression modelsAdultsUnderweightPatientsAdmissionInfectionInfluenza
2008
Relationship of pre-surgery metabolic and physiological MR imaging parameters to survival for patients with untreated GBM
Crawford FW, Khayal IS, McGue C, Saraswathy S, Pirzkall A, Cha S, Lamborn KR, Chang SM, Berger MS, Nelson SJ. Relationship of pre-surgery metabolic and physiological MR imaging parameters to survival for patients with untreated GBM. Journal Of Neuro-Oncology 2008, 91: 337. PMID: 19009235, PMCID: PMC3022444, DOI: 10.1007/s11060-008-9719-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAspartic AcidBrain MappingBrain NeoplasmsCholineCreatineDiagnosis, DifferentialDiffusion Magnetic Resonance ImagingFemaleGlioblastomaHumansImage EnhancementImage Processing, Computer-AssistedKaplan-Meier EstimateLactic AcidLipidsMagnetic Resonance ImagingMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMaleMiddle AgedProtonsRadionuclide ImagingRetrospective StudiesConceptsGlioblastoma multiformeApparent diffusion coefficientPoor survivalConventional anatomical MR imagingAnatomical MR imagingUntreated glioblastoma multiformeT2 hyperintense lesionsMedian survival timeLow-risk groupBlood-brain barrierStratification of patientsContrast-enhancing lesionsPerfusion-weighted imagingDiffusion-weighted imagingPhysiological MRProton MR spectroscopicFavorable survivalSurgical resectionT2 lesionsHyperintense lesionsPrognostic valueBrain barrierElevated cholineClinical trialsLesion volumeEvaluation of MR markers that predict survival in patients with newly diagnosed GBM prior to adjuvant therapy
Saraswathy S, Crawford FW, Lamborn KR, Pirzkall A, Chang S, Cha S, Nelson SJ. Evaluation of MR markers that predict survival in patients with newly diagnosed GBM prior to adjuvant therapy. Journal Of Neuro-Oncology 2008, 91: 69-81. PMID: 18810326, PMCID: PMC3022437, DOI: 10.1007/s11060-008-9685-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlioblastoma multiformeRadiation therapyExternal beam radiation therapyLethal primary brain tumorProportional hazards analysisSurvival of patientsPrimary brain tumorsSpecific treatment protocolsBeam radiation therapyAdjuvant radiationAdjuvant therapySurgical resectionLesion burdenMR parametersPoor outcomeAnatomic lesionsPoor survivalScanner field strengthTreatment protocolStudy populationFocal therapyHigh riskBrain tumorsPatientsPredictive valueRelationship between choline and apparent diffusion coefficient in patients with gliomas
Khayal IS, Crawford FW, Saraswathy S, Lamborn KR, Chang SM, Cha S, McKnight TR, Nelson SJ. Relationship between choline and apparent diffusion coefficient in patients with gliomas. Journal Of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2008, 27: 718-725. PMID: 18383265, PMCID: PMC3030277, DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21288.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2005
Differentiation of low-grade oligodendrogliomas from low-grade astrocytomas by using quantitative blood-volume measurements derived from dynamic susceptibility contrast-enhanced MR imaging.
Cha S, Tihan T, Crawford F, Fischbein NJ, Chang S, Bollen A, Nelson SJ, Prados M, Berger MS, Dillon WP. Differentiation of low-grade oligodendrogliomas from low-grade astrocytomas by using quantitative blood-volume measurements derived from dynamic susceptibility contrast-enhanced MR imaging. American Journal Of Neuroradiology 2005, 26: 266-73. PMID: 15709123, PMCID: PMC7974081.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood volume measurementsDSC-MR imagingLow-grade oligodendrogliomasMR imagingWorld Health Organization grade II astrocytomaGrade II astrocytomasContrast-enhanced MR imagingCerebral blood volume measurementsLow-grade astrocytomasContrast-enhanced MRLow-grade gliomasSpecific tumor markersDynamic susceptibility contrast-enhanced MR imagingMaximum relative CBVDiagnosis of gliomaSurgical resectionConsecutive patientsHistologic confirmationHistologic subtypeCommon subtypeHistopathologic evaluationMorphologic aberrationsTumor vascularityTumor markersAnatomic imaging