Recent Faculty Publications

• Cumulative disaster exposure and hypertension among mothers who survived Hurricane Katrina.Meadows MC, Desai MM, Zacher M, Lowe SR. Environ Res Health. 2025 Jun 1; 2025 Feb 17. PMID: 39968533.
• Sociodemographic factors associated with prenatal care utilization in Arkansas, United States.McElfish PA, Caldwell A, Watson D, Langner J, Callaghan-Koru J, Porter A, Willis DE, Andersen JA, Hawley NL, Selig JP, Forati A, Alcala MR, White L, Gomez-Pomar E, Brown CC. Prev Med Rep. 2025 Mar; 2025 Jan 17. PMID: 39990201.
• Short-Term Associations Between Ambient Ozone and Acute Myocardial Infarction Onset Among Younger Patients: Results From the VIRGO Study.Zhang S, Chu L, Lu Y, Wei J, Dubrow R, Chaudhry SI, Spatz E, Krumholz H, Chen K. Geohealth. 2025 Feb; 2025 Feb 18. PMID: 39968338.
• Advancing adoptability and sustainability of digital prediction tools for climate-sensitive infectious disease prevention and control.Phung D, Colón-González FJ, Weinberger DM, Bui V, Nghiem S, Chu C, Phung H, Sinh Vu N, Doan QV, Hashizume M, Lau CL, Reid S, Phan LT, Tran DN, Pham CT, Do KQ, Dubrow R. Nat Commun. 2025 Feb 14; 2025 Feb 14. PMID: 39952939.
• Depression and Low Social Support Mediate the Association of Marital Stress and 12-Month Cardiac-Specific Quality of Life in Young Adults With Acute Myocardial Infarction.Zhu C, Dreyer RP, Li F, Spatz ES, Caraballo C, Mahajan S, Raparelli V, Leifheit EC, Lu Y, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA, D'Onofrio G, Pilote L, Lichtman JH. Biopsychosoc Sci Med. 2025 Feb-Mar 01. PMID: 39909011.
• Prenatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from contaminated water and risk of childhood cancer in California, 2000-2015.Binczewski NR, Morimoto LM, Wiemels JL, Ma X, Metayer C, Vieira VM. Environ Epidemiol. 2025 Feb; 2025 Jan 9. PMID: 39802752.
• Indicators from The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: Perspectives and Experience of City Leaders from 118 Cities.Ickovics JR, Astbury K, Campbell M, Carrión D, James H, Sinha N, Ong A, Dubrow R, Seto KC, Vlahov D. J Urban Health. 2025 Feb. PMID: 39762690.
• Behavioral and sociodemographic correlates of sleep duration among children in Samoa.von Ash T, Choy CC, Dunsiger S, Soti-Ulberg C, Wang D, Reupena MS, Duckham RL, Naseri T, Hawley NL. Sleep Health. 2025 Feb; 2025 Jan 1. PMID: 39753399.
• Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Screening Before and After the Onset of the COVID Pandemic.Siddique S, Wang R, Gaddy JJ, Stempel JM, Warren JL, Gross CP, Ma X. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 Feb; 2024 Nov 4. PMID: 39495455.
• Shaping childhood obesity: behavioral and environmental risk factors associated with body mass index trajectories between 2 and 9 years in Samoan children.Choy CC, Johnson W, Naseri T, Filipo V, Arorae MS, Tafunaina F, Unasa F, Savusa K, Reupena MS, Braun JM, Duckham RL, Soti-Ulberg C, McGarvey ST, Hawley NL. Int J Obes (Lond). 2025 Feb; 2024 Oct 29. PMID: 39472691.
• Treatment Access among Younger Medicaid Beneficiaries with Multiple Myeloma.Fiala MA, Ji M, Shih YH, Huber J, Wang M, Johnson KJ, Gasoyan H, Wang R, Colditz GA, Wang SY, Chang SH. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2025 Feb; 2024 Aug 2. PMID: 39209567.
• The impact of Indigenous American-like ancestry on risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Hispanic/Latino children.Langie J, Chan TF, Yang W, Kang AY, Morimoto L, Stram DO, Mancuso N, Ma X, Metayer C, Lupo PJ, Rabin KR, Scheurer ME, Wiemels JL, Yang JJ, de Smith AJ, Chiang CWK. medRxiv. 2025 Jan 15; 2025 Jan 15. PMID: 39867407.
• Development of an agenda for research and action on climate change and health in the Caribbean.Hassan S, Philippe C, West RM, McFarlane S, Polson-Edwards K, Gordon-Strachan G, Hospedales CJ, Dubrow R, Allen CF. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2025; 2025 Jan 13. PMID: 39811047.
• The Influence of DNA Repair Genes and Prenatal Tobacco Exposure on Risk of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Gene-Environment Interaction Study.Wang X, Zhong C, Ma X, Metayer C, Mancuso N, Gauderman WJ, Wiemels JL. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2025 Jan 9. PMID: 39495115.
• OncoSexome: the landscape of sex-based differences in oncologic diseases.Shen X, Zhang Y, Li J, Zhou Y, Butensky SD, Zhang Y, Cai Z, DeWan AT, Khan SA, Yan H, Johnson CH, Zhu F. Nucleic Acids Res. 2025 Jan 6. PMID: 39535034.
• Acetaminophen Use in Pregnancy: A Comparison of Self-Reported Intake with Maternal and Newborn Biomarker Measures.Guo P, Johnson CH, Yan H, Xiao J, Dennis C, Pierce KA, DeWan AT, Liew Z. Clin Epidemiol. 2025; 2025 Jan 3. PMID: 39781206.
• Response to McGovern, Dolan, Skipworth, et al.Schmitz KH, Brown JC, Irwin ML, Robien K, Scott JM, Perna FM. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2025 Jan 1. PMID: 39383207.
• Earlier Bedtimes Mediate the Effect of a Brief Behavioral Sleep Intervention on Children's Weight Status.Hart CN, Coffman DL, Carskadon MA, Raynor HA, Jelalian E, Owens JA, Hawley NL, Wing RR. J Pediatr. 2025 Jan; 2024 Aug 28. PMID: 39214349.
• Exercise and Nutrition to Improve Cancer Treatment-Related Outcomes (ENICTO).Schmitz KH, Brown JC, Irwin ML, Robien K, Scott JM, Berger NA, Caan B, Cercek A, Crane TE, Evans SR, Ligibel JA, Meyerhardt JA, Agurs-Collins T, Basen-Engquist K, Bea JW, Cai SF, Cartmel B, Chinchilli VM, Demark-Wahnefried W, Dieli-Conwright CM, DiPietro L, Doerksen SE, Edelstein SL, Elena J, Evans W, Ferrucci LM, Foldi J, Freylersythe S, Furberg H, Jones LW, Levine R, Moskowitz CS, Owusu C, Penedo F, Rabin BA, Ratner E, Rosenzweig M, Salz T, Sanft T, Schlumbrecht M, Spielmann G, Thomson CA, Tjaden AH, Weiser MR, Yang S, Yu AF, Perna FM. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2025 Jan 1. PMID: 39118255.
• Predictors of Health-Related Quality of Life Among Women Participating in an Appointment-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation Program.Wright CX, Fournier S, Deng Y, Meng C, Tucker K, Spatz ES, Lichtman JH, Zhu C, Dreyer RP, Oen-Hsiao JM. J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2025 Jan-Feb 01; 2024 Apr 10. PMID: 38595128.
• Prediction of neonatal survival among Pacific Islander preterm births in the US.Wu B, Taylor S, Shabanova V, Hawley NL. PLoS One. 2024; 2024 Dec 31. PMID: 39739767.
• Active Surveillance or Watchful Waiting for Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer, 2010-2020.Ajjawi I, Loeb S, Cooperberg MR, Catalona WJ, Gross CP, Ma X, Leapman MS. JAMA. 2024 Dec 17. PMID: 39565605.
• A Genome-wide Association Study of Susceptibility to Upper Urinary Tract Infections.Flatby HM, Ravi A, Liyanarachi KV, Afset JE, Rasheed H, Brumpton BM, Hveem K, Åsvold BO, DeWan AT, Solligård E, Damås JK, Rogne T. J Infect Dis. 2024 Dec 16. PMID: 38713594.
• Associations Between Patient Characteristics and Progression to Multiple Myeloma Among Patients With Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance: A Systematic Review.Li Y, Hsu SH, Wang R, Theprungsirikul P, Neparidze N, Chang SH, Wang SY. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2024 Dec 6; 2024 Dec 6. PMID: 39730300.
• Ambient Temperature and Stroke Risk Among Adults Aged 18-64 Years: A Case-Crossover Study.Chu L, Wang R, Gross CP, Chen K, Ma X. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2024 Dec 3; 2024 Oct 23. PMID: 39453364.
• Asymptomatic Incidence of Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance and Preclinical Duration to Myeloma Diagnosis: A Modeling Study.Ji M, Shih YH, Huber JH, Wang M, Feuer EJ, Etzioni R, Wang SY, Chang SH. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2024 Dec 2. PMID: 39106151.
• Characterization of sleep apnea among a sample of adults from Samoa.Heinsberg LW, Pomer A, Cade BE, Carlson JC, Naseri T, Reupena MS, Viali S, Weeks DE, McGarvey ST, Redline S, Hawley NL. Sleep Epidemiol. 2024 Dec; 2024 Sep 30. PMID: 39749350.
• The critical need for a robust research agenda on ultra-processed food consumption and cancer risk.Loftfield E, Moore SC, Mayne ST. PLoS Med. 2024 Nov; 2024 Nov 19. PMID: 39561210.
• Correction: Randomized trial of physical activity on quality of life and lung cancer biomarkers in patients with advanced stage lung cancer: a pilot study.Bade BC, Gan G, Li F, Lu L, Tanoue L, Silvestri GA, Irwin ML. BMC Cancer. 2024 Nov 15; 2024 Nov 15. PMID: 39548453.
• Baseline predictors associated with successful weight loss among breast cancer survivors in the Lifestyle, Exercise, and Nutrition (LEAN) study.Hoobler R, Puklin LS, Harrigan M, Cartmel B, Li FY, Sanft T, Ferrucci LM, Irwin ML, Playdon MC. J Cancer Surviv. 2024 Nov 11; 2024 Nov 11. PMID: 39528779.
• The 2024 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: facing record-breaking threats from delayed action.Romanello M, Walawender M, Hsu SC, Moskeland A, Palmeiro-Silva Y, Scamman D, Ali Z, Ameli N, Angelova D, Ayeb-Karlsson S, Basart S, Beagley J, Beggs PJ, Blanco-Villafuerte L, Cai W, Callaghan M, Campbell-Lendrum D, Chambers JD, Chicmana-Zapata V, Chu L, Cross TJ, van Daalen KR, Dalin C, Dasandi N, Dasgupta S, Davies M, Dubrow R, Eckelman MJ, Ford JD, Freyberg C, Gasparyan O, Gordon-Strachan G, Grubb M, Gunther SH, Hamilton I, Hang Y, Hänninen R, Hartinger S, He K, Heidecke J, Hess JJ, Jamart L, Jankin S, Jatkar H, Jay O, Kelman I, Kennard H, Kiesewetter G, Kinney P, Kniveton D, Kouznetsov R, Lampard P, Lee JKW, Lemke B, Li B, Liu Y, Liu Z, Llabrés-Brustenga A, Lott M, Lowe R, Martinez-Urtaza J, Maslin M, McAllister L, McMichael C, Mi Z, Milner J, Minor K, Minx J, Mohajeri N, Momen NC, Moradi-Lakeh M, Morrisey K, Munzert S, Murray KA, Obradovich N, O'Hare MB, Oliveira C, Oreszczyn T, Otto M, Owfi F, Pearman OL, Pega F, Perishing AJ, Pinho-Gomes AC, Ponmattam J, Rabbaniha M, Rickman J, Robinson E, Rocklöv J, Rojas-Rueda D, Salas RN, Semenza JC, Sherman JD, Shumake-Guillemot J, Singh P, Sjödin H, Slater J, Sofiev M, Sorensen C, Springmann M, Stalhandske Z, Stowell JD, Tabatabaei M, Taylor J, Tong D, Tonne C, Treskova M, Trinanes JA, Uppstu A, Wagner F, Warnecke L, Whitcombe H, Xian P, Zavaleta-Cortijo C, Zhang C, Zhang R, Zhang S, Zhang Y, Zhu Q, Gong P, Montgomery H, Costello A. Lancet. 2024 Nov 9; 2024 Oct 30. PMID: 39488222.
• Autoimmune Diseases and Risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Mendelian Randomisation Study.Shi X, Wallach JD, Ma X, Rogne T. Cancer Med. 2024 Nov. PMID: 39506244.
• Associations Between Prostate Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Genomic Testing, and Treatment for Localized Prostate Cancer.Sundaresan VM, Wang R, Long JB, Sprenkle PC, Seibert TM, Loeb S, Cooperberg MR, Catalona WJ, Ma X, Gross CP, Leapman MS. Urol Pract. 2024 Nov; 2024 Jul 16. PMID: 39196719.
• Predictors of early life residential mobility in urban and rural Pennsylvania children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and implications for environmental exposure assessment.Clark CJ, Warren JL, Saiers JE, Ma X, Bell ML, Deziel NC. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2024 Nov; 2023 Dec 26. PMID: 38148338.
• A National Assessment of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cleft Lip Repair.Peck CJ, Parsaei Y, Jazayeri HE, Desai MM, Lopez J, Uribe FA, Steinbacher D. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2024 Nov 1; 2023 Nov 14. PMID: 37983871.
• Using a Bayesian analytic approach to identify county-level ecological factors associated with survival among individuals with early-onset colorectal cancer.Siddique S, Baum LVM, Deziel NC, Kelly JR, Warren JL, Ma X. PLoS One. 2024; 2024 Oct 29. PMID: 39471191.
• Long-Term Outcomes of Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen-PET Imaging of Recurrent Prostate Cancer.Kunst N, Long JB, Westvold S, Sprenkle PC, Kim IY, Saperstein L, Rabil M, Ghaffar U, Karnes RJ, Ma X, Gross CP, Wang SY, Leapman MS. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Oct 1; 2024 Oct 1. PMID: 39441595.
• Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and Medical Students' Identity Formation.Venkataraman S, Nguyen M, Chaudhry SI, Desai MM, Hajduk AM, Mason HRC, Webber A, Boatright D. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Oct 1; 2024 Oct 1. PMID: 39412803.
• USPSTF Colorectal Cancer Screening Recommendation and Uptake for Individuals Aged 45 to 49 Years.Siddique S, Wang R, Yasin F, Gaddy JJ, Zhang L, Gross CP, Ma X. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Oct 1; 2024 Oct 1. PMID: 39361285.
• A group prenatal care intervention reduces gestational weight gain and gestational diabetes in American Samoan women.Hawley NL, Faasalele-Savusa K, Faiai M, Suiaunoa-Scanlan L, Loia M, Ickovics JR, Kocher E, Piel C, Mahoney M, Suss R, Trocha M, Rosen RK, Muasau-Howard BT. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2024 Oct; 2024 Sep 10. PMID: 39256170.
• Patterns of Physical Therapy Referral and Subsequent Attendance Among Childhood Cancer Survivors with Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy at a Regional Childhood Cancer Survivorship Clinic.Kang L, Kadan-Lottick NS, Rotatori J, Kujawski SE, Messerschmidt E, Auerbach C, Balsamo LM, Lustberg MB, Ma X, Rodwin RL. Semin Oncol Nurs. 2024 Oct; 2024 Aug 19. PMID: 39164160.
• Barriers and facilitators for implementing the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist (SCC) in Mozambique: A qualitative study using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR).He A, Kanduma EL, Pérez-Escamilla R, Buckshee D, Chaquisse E, Cuco RM, Desai MM, Munguambe D, Reames SE, Manuel IR, Spiegelman D, Xu D. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2024; 2024 Sep 5. PMID: 39236014.
• Folate Metabolism and Risk of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Genetic Pathway Analysis from the Childhood Cancer and Leukemia International Consortium.Metayer C, Spector LG, Scheurer ME, Jeon S, Scott RJ, Takagi M, Clavel J, Manabe A, Ma X, Hailu EM, Lupo PJ, Urayama KY, Bonaventure A, Kato M, Meirhaeghe A, Chiang CWK, Morimoto LM, Wiemels JL. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2024 Sep 3. PMID: 38904462.
• Genome-Wide Analysis to Assess if Heavy Alcohol Consumption Modifies the Association between SNPs and Pancreatic Cancer Risk.Ni Z, Kundu P, McKean DF, Wheeler W, Albanes D, Andreotti G, Antwi SO, Arslan AA, Bamlet WR, Beane-Freeman LE, Berndt SI, Bracci PM, Brennan P, Buring JE, Chanock SJ, Gallinger S, Gaziano JM, Giles GG, Giovannucci EL, Goggins MG, Goodman PJ, Haiman CA, Hassan MM, Holly EA, Hung RJ, Katzke V, Kooperberg C, Kraft P, LeMarchand L, Li D, McCullough ML, Milne RL, Moore SC, Neale RE, Oberg AL, Patel AV, Peters U, Rabe KG, Risch HA, Shu XO, Smith-Byrne K, Visvanathan K, Wactawski-Wende J, White E, Wolpin BM, Yu H, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Zheng W, Zhong J, Amundadottir LT, Stolzenberg-Solomon RZ, Klein AP. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2024 Sep 3. PMID: 38869494.
• Behavioral Intervention that Extends Sleep Duration Leads to Greater Self-Control in School-Aged Children.Spaeth AM, Hawley NL, Carskadon MA, Raynor HA, Jelalian E, Owens JA, Wing RR, Hart CN. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2024 Sep-Oct 01; 2024 Jul 10. PMID: 38990144.
• The impact of emergency guidance to the COVID-19 pandemic on treatment entry, retention and mortality among patients on methadone in Ukraine.Ivasiy R, Madden LM, Meteliuk A, Machavariani E, Ahmad B, Zelenev A, Desai MM, Bromberg DJ, Polonsky M, Galvez de Leon SJ, Farnum SO, Islam Z, Altice FL. Addiction. 2024 Sep; 2024 May 28. PMID: 38807448.
• Barriers to and facilitators of improving physical activity and nutrition behaviors during chemotherapy for breast cancer: a sequential mixed methods study.Puklin LS, Irwin ML, Sanft T, Ferrucci LM, Harrigan M, McGowan C, Cartmel B, Zupa M, Winer EP, Deyling M, Ligibel JA, Basen-Engquist K, Spiegelman D, Sharifi M. Support Care Cancer. 2024 Aug 14; 2024 Aug 14. PMID: 39141176.
• Brief Report: Protease Inhibitors Versus Nonnucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors and the Risk of Cancer Among People With HIV.Coburn SB, Pimentel N, Leyden W, Kitahata M, Moore RD, Althoff KN, Gill MJ, Lang R, Horberg MA, D'Souza G, Hussain SK, Dubrow R, Novak RM, Rabkin CS, Park LS, Sterling TR, Neugebauer RS, Silverberg MJ. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2024 Aug. PMID: 39720558.
• Effects of exercise or metformin on myokine concentrations in patients with breast and colorectal cancer: A phase II multi-centre factorial randomized trial.Brown JC, Spielmann G, Yang S, Compton SLE, Jones LW, Irwin ML, Ligibel JA, Meyerhardt JA. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2024 Aug; 2024 Jun 18. PMID: 38887915.
• Improving lifestyle behaviors during chemotherapy for breast cancer: The Lifestyle, Exercise, and Nutrition Early After Diagnosis (LEANer) Trial.Puklin LS, Ferrucci LM, Harrigan M, McGowan C, Zupa M, Cartmel B, Li FY, Ligibel JA, Spiegelman D, Sharifi M, Sanft T, Irwin ML. Cancer. 2024 Jul 15; 2024 Mar 12. PMID: 38470431.
• High ambient temperature in pregnancy and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: an observational study.Rogne T, Wang R, Wang P, Deziel NC, Metayer C, Wiemels JL, Chen K, Warren JL, Ma X. Lancet Planet Health. 2024 Jul. PMID: 38969477.
• Accelerometer-Based Estimates of Physical Activity and Sedentary Time Among Samoan Adults.Hawley NL, Zarei P, Crouter SE, Desai MM, Pomer A, Rivara AC, Naseri T, Reupena MS, Viali S, Duckham RL, McGarvey ST. J Phys Act Health. 2024 Jul 1; 2024 Apr 15. PMID: 38621669.
• A mediation analysis framework based on variance component to remove genetic confounding effect.Dong Z, Zhao H, DeWan AT. J Hum Genet. 2024 Jul; 2024 Mar 25. PMID: 38528049.
• Association between diet quality and ovarian cancer risk and survival.Cao A, Esserman DA, Cartmel B, Irwin ML, Ferrucci LM. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2024 Jul 1. PMID: 38400738.
• Withdrawn: A systematic review of autopsy findings in deaths after COVID-19 vaccination.Hulscher N, Alexander PE, Amerling R, Gessling H, Hodkinson R, Makis W, Risch HA, Trozzi M, McCullough PA. Forensic Sci Int. 2024 Jun 21; 2024 Jun 21. PMID: 39120477.
• Noncommunicable disease risk behaviors and protective factors among children in Samoa: Retrospective trend analysis of global school-based health surveys in 2011 and 2017.Choy CC, Simi S, Soti-Ulberg C, Naseri T, Salinas YD, Hawley NL. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2024; 2024 Jun 11. PMID: 38861507.
• Integrative multi-omics analyses to identify the genetic and functional mechanisms underlying ovarian cancer risk regions.Dareng EO, Coetzee SG, Tyrer JP, Peng PC, Rosenow W, Chen S, Davis BD, Dezem FS, Seo JH, Nameki R, Reyes AL, Aben KKH, Anton-Culver H, Antonenkova NN, Aravantinos G, Bandera EV, Beane Freeman LE, Beckmann MW, Beeghly-Fadiel A, Benitez J, Bernardini MQ, Bjorge L, Black A, Bogdanova NV, Bolton KL, Brenton JD, Budzilowska A, Butzow R, Cai H, Campbell I, Cannioto R, Chang-Claude J, Chanock SJ, Chen K, Chenevix-Trench G, Chiew YE, Cook LS, DeFazio A, Dennis J, Doherty JA, Dörk T, du Bois A, Dürst M, Eccles DM, Ene G, Fasching PA, Flanagan JM, Fortner RT, Fostira F, Gentry-Maharaj A, Giles GG, Goodman MT, Gronwald J, Haiman CA, Håkansson N, Heitz F, Hildebrandt MAT, Høgdall E, Høgdall CK, Huang RY, Jensen A, Jones ME, Kang D, Karlan BY, Karnezis AN, Kelemen LE, Kennedy CJ, Khusnutdinova EK, Kiemeney LA, Kjaer SK, Kupryjanczyk J, Labrie M, Lambrechts D, Larson MC, Le ND, Lester J, Li L, Lubiński J, Lush M, Marks JR, Matsuo K, May T, McLaughlin JR, McNeish IA, Menon U, Missmer S, Modugno F, Moffitt M, Monteiro AN, Moysich KB, Narod SA, Nguyen-Dumont T, Odunsi K, Olsson H, Onland-Moret NC, Park SK, Pejovic T, Permuth JB, Piskorz A, Prokofyeva D, Riggan MJ, Risch HA, Rodríguez-Antona C, Rossing MA, Sandler DP, Setiawan VW, Shan K, Song H, Southey MC, Steed H, Sutphen R, Swerdlow AJ, Teo SH, Terry KL, Thompson PJ, Vestrheim Thomsen LC, Titus L, Trabert B, Travis R, Tworoger SS, Valen E, Van Nieuwenhuysen E, Edwards DV, Vierkant RA, Webb PM, Weinberg CR, Weise RM, Wentzensen N, White E, Winham SJ, Wolk A, Woo YL, Wu AH, Yan L, Yannoukakos D, Zeinomar N, Zheng W, Ziogas A, Berchuck A, Goode EL, Huntsman DG, Pearce CL, Ramus SJ, Sellers TA, Freedman ML, Lawrenson K, Schildkraut JM, Hazelett D, Plummer JT, Kar S, Jones MR, Pharoah PDP, Gayther SA. Am J Hum Genet. 2024 Jun 6; 2024 May 8. PMID: 38723632.
• Associations between fasting glucose rate-of-change and the missense variant, rs373863828, in an adult Samoan cohort.Rivara AC, Russell EM, Carlson JC, Pomer A, Naseri T, Reupena MS, Manna SL, Viali S, Minster RL, Weeks DE, DeLany JP, Kershaw EE, McGarvey ST, Hawley NL. PLoS One. 2024; 2024 Jun 3. PMID: 38829901.
• Hypertension and Risk of Endometrial Cancer: A Pooled Analysis in the Epidemiology of Endometrial Cancer Consortium (E2C2).Habeshian TS, Peeri NC, De Vivo I, Schouten LJ, Shu XO, Cote ML, Bertrand KA, Chen Y, Clarke MA, Clendenen TV, Cook LS, Costas L, Dal Maso L, Freudenheim JL, Friedenreich CM, Gallagher G, Gierach GL, Goodman MT, Jordan SJ, La Vecchia C, Lacey JV, Levi F, Liao LM, Lipworth L, Lu L, Matias-Guiu X, Moysich KB, Mutter GL, Na R, Naduparambil J, Negri E, O'Connell K, O'Mara TA, Onieva Hernández I, Palmer JR, Parazzini F, Patel AV, Penney KL, Prizment AE, Ricceri F, Risch HA, Sacerdote C, Sandin S, Stolzenberg-Solomon RZ, van den Brandt PA, Webb PM, Wentzensen N, Wijayabahu AT, Wilkens LR, Xu W, Yu H, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Zheng W, Du M, Setiawan VW. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2024 Jun 3. PMID: 38530242.
• 'It Just Makes Sense to Me': A qualitative study exploring patient decision-making and experiences with prostate MRI during active surveillance for prostate cancer.Sutherland R, Gross CP, Ma X, Jeong F, Seibert TM, Cooperberg MR, Catalona WJ, Ellis SD, Loeb S, Schulman-Green D, Leapman MS. BJUI Compass. 2024 Jun; 2024 Apr 2. PMID: 38873351.
• Associations of childhood BMI traits with blood pressure and glycated haemoglobin in 6-9-year-old Samoan children.Choy CC, Johnson W, Braun JM, Soti-Ulberg C, Reupena MS, Naseri T, Savusa K, Lupematasila VF, Arorae MS, Tafunaina F, Unasa F, Duckham RL, Wang D, McGarvey ST, Hawley NL. Pediatr Obes. 2024 Jun; 2024 Mar 4. PMID: 38439600.
• LDER-GE estimates phenotypic variance component of gene-environment interactions in human complex traits accurately with GE interaction summary statistics and full LD information.Dong Z, Jiang W, Li H, DeWan AT, Zhao H. Brief Bioinform. 2024 May 23. PMID: 38980374.
• Leave of Absence and Medical Student Placement Into Graduate Medical Education by Race and Ethnicity.Nguyen M, Mason HRC, Russell R, Fancher T, Chaudhry SI, Desai MM, Boatright D. JAMA. 2024 May 14. PMID: 38619837.
• O le tagata ma lona aiga, o le tagata ma lona fa'asinomaga (Every person belongs to a family and every family belongs to a person): Development of a parenting framework for adolescent mental wellbeing in American Samoa.Mew EJ, Hunt L, Toelupe RLM, Blas V, Winschel J, Naseri J, Soliai-Lemusu S, Tofaeono JF, Seui MA, Ledoux-Sunia T, Sunia F, Reid A, Helsham D, Lowe SR, Poulin R, Hawley NL, McCutchan-Tofaeono J. Child Youth Serv Rev. 2024 May; 2024 Mar 5. PMID: 38946713.
• Trends and predictors of Quality of Life in lung cancer survivors.Bade BC, Zhao J, Li F, Tanoue L, Lazowski H, Alfano CM, Silvestri GA, Irwin ML. Lung Cancer. 2024 May; 2024 Apr 16. PMID: 38640687.
• Air pollution changes due to COVID-19 lockdowns and attributable mortality changes in four countries.Ma Y, Nobile F, Marb A, Dubrow R, Kinney PL, Peters A, Stafoggia M, Breitner S, Chen K. Environ Int. 2024 May; 2024 Apr 16. PMID: 38640613.
• A unified framework for assessing interaction effects among environmental exposures in epidemiologic studies: A case study on temperature, air pollution, and kidney-related conditions in New York state.Chu L, Chen K, Yang Z, Crowley S, Dubrow R. Environ Res. 2024 May 1; 2024 Feb 1. PMID: 38301759.
• Child, family and household characteristics associated with physical activity in Samoan children aged 3-8 years: A cross-sectional study.Warmath CR, Choy CC, McGarvey ST, Sherar LB, Duckham RL, Soti-Ulberg C, Naseri T, Reupena MS, Wang D, Hawley NL. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2024; 2024 Apr 17. PMID: 38630845.
• Immunotherapy utilization patterns in patients with advanced cancer and autoimmune disease.Li H, Huntington S, Gross C, Wang SY. PLoS One. 2024; 2024 Apr 16. PMID: 38625861.
• A noncoding regulatory variant in IKZF1 increases acute lymphoblastic leukemia risk in Hispanic/Latino children.de Smith AJ, Wahlster L, Jeon S, Kachuri L, Black S, Langie J, Cato LD, Nakatsuka N, Chan TF, Xia G, Mazumder S, Yang W, Gazal S, Eng C, Hu D, Burchard EG, Ziv E, Metayer C, Mancuso N, Yang JJ, Ma X, Wiemels JL, Yu F, Chiang CWK, Sankaran VG. Cell Genom. 2024 Apr 10; 2024 Mar 26. PMID: 38537633.
• Characterization of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) concentrations in a community-based sample of infants from Samoa.Heinsberg LW, Niu S, Arslanian KJ, Chen R, Bedi M, Unasa-Apelu F, Fidow UT, Soti-Ulberg C, Conley YP, Weeks DE, Ng CA, Hawley NL. Chemosphere. 2024 Apr; 2024 Feb 22. PMID: 38401869.
• Pre-pregnancy BMI, rate of gestational weight gain, and preterm birth among US Pacific Islander individuals.Wu B, Shabanova V, Taylor S, Hawley NL. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2024 Apr; 2024 Feb 2. PMID: 38304993.
• The Utilization of Protamine during Peripheral Vascular Interventions in the VQI.Ali S, Shebl FM, Aboian E, Strosberg D, Fischer U, Cardella J, Guzman RJ, Ochoa Chaar CI. Ann Vasc Surg. 2024 Apr; 2023 Dec 16. PMID: 38110083.
• Effect of a Personalized Tobacco Treatment Intervention on Smoking Abstinence in Individuals Eligible for Lung Cancer Screening.Cartmel B, Fucito LM, Bold KW, Neveu S, Li F, Rojewski AM, Gueorguieva R, O'Malley SS, Herbst RS, Toll BA. J Thorac Oncol. 2024 Apr; 2023 Nov 15. PMID: 37977486.
• Genome-wide assessment of genetic risk loci for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Japanese patients.Hangai M, Kawaguchi T, Takagi M, Matsuo K, Jeon S, Chiang CWK, Dewan AT, De Smith AJ, Imamura T, Okamoto Y, Saito AM, Deguchi T, Kubo M, Tanaka Y, Ayukawa Y, Hori T, Ohki K, Kiyokawa N, Inukai T, Arakawa Y, Mori M, Hasegawa D, Tomizawa D, Fukushima H, Yuza Y, Noguchi Y, Taneyama Y, Ota S, Goto H, Yanagimachi M, Keino D, Koike K, Toyama D, Nakazawa Y, Nakamura K, Moriwaki K, Sekinaka Y, Morita D, Hirabayashi S, Hosoya Y, Yoshimoto Y, Yoshihara H, Ozawa M, Kobayashi S, Morisaki N, Gyeltshen T, Takahashi O, Okada Y, Matsuda M, Tanaka T, Inazawa J, Takita J, Ishida Y, Ohara A, Metayer C, Wiemels JL, Ma X, Mizutani S, Koh K, Momozawa Y, Horibe K, Matsuda F, Kato M, Manabe A, Urayama KY. Haematologica. 2024 Apr 1; 2024 Apr 1. PMID: 37881853.
• Large-scale genome-wide association study of 398,238 women unveils seven novel loci associated with high-grade serous epithelial ovarian cancer risk.Barnes DR, Tyrer JP, Dennis J, Leslie G, Bolla MK, Lush M, Aeilts AM, Aittomäki K, Andrieu N, Andrulis IL, Anton-Culver H, Arason A, Arun BK, Balmaña J, Bandera EV, Barkardottir RB, Berger LPV, de Gonzalez AB, Berthet P, Białkowska K, Bjørge L, Blanco AM, Blok MJ, Bobolis KA, Bogdanova NV, Brenton JD, Butz H, Buys SS, Caligo MA, Campbell I, Castillo C, Claes KBM, Colonna SV, Cook LS, Daly MB, Dansonka-Mieszkowska A, de la Hoya M, deFazio A, DePersia A, Ding YC, Domchek SM, Dörk T, Einbeigi Z, Engel C, Evans DG, Foretova L, Fortner RT, Fostira F, Foti MC, Friedman E, Frone MN, Ganz PA, Gentry-Maharaj A, Glendon G, Godwin AK, González-Neira A, Greene MH, Gronwald J, Guerrieri-Gonzaga A, Hamann U, Hansen TVO, Harris HR, Hauke J, Heitz F, Hogervorst FBL, Hooning MJ, Hopper JL, Huff CD, Huntsman DG, Imyanitov EN, Izatt L, Jakubowska A, James PA, Janavicius R, John EM, Kar S, Karlan BY, Kennedy CJ, Kiemeney LALM, Konstantopoulou I, Kupryjanczyk J, Laitman Y, Lavie O, Lawrenson K, Lester J, Lesueur F, Lopez-Pleguezuelos C, Mai PL, Manoukian S, May T, McNeish IA, Menon U, Milne RL, Modugno F, Mongiovi JM, Montagna M, Moysich KB, Neuhausen SL, Nielsen FC, Noguès C, Oláh E, Olopade OI, Osorio A, Papi L, Pathak H, Pearce CL, Pedersen IS, Peixoto A, Pejovic T, Peng PC, Peshkin BN, Peterlongo P, Powell CB, Prokofyeva D, Pujana MA, Radice P, Rashid MU, Rennert G, Richenberg G, Sandler DP, Sasamoto N, Setiawan VW, Sharma P, Sieh W, Singer CF, Snape K, Sokolenko AP, Soucy P, Southey MC, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Sutphen R, Sutter C, Teixeira MR, Terry KL, Thomsen LCV, Tischkowitz M, Toland AE, Van Gorp T, Vega A, Velez Edwards DR, Webb PM, Weitzel JN, Wentzensen N, Whittemore AS, Winham SJ, Wu AH, Yadav S, Yu Y, Ziogas A, Berchuck A, Couch FJ, Goode EL, Goodman MT, Monteiro AN, Offit K, Ramus SJ, Risch HA, Schildkraut JM, Thomassen M, Simard J, Easton DF, Jones MR, Chenevix-Trench G, Gayther SA, Antoniou AC, Pharoah PDP. medRxiv. 2024 Mar 4; 2024 Mar 4. PMID: 38496424.
• Socioeconomic Diversity in Admissions to MD-PhD Programs, 2014-2019.Nguyen M, Cavazos JE, Venkataraman S, Fancher TL, Chaudhry SI, Desai MM, Boatright D. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Mar 4; 2024 Mar 4. PMID: 38470423.
• Short-Term Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter and Nitrogen Dioxide and Mortality in 4 Countries.Ma Y, Nobile F, Marb A, Dubrow R, Stafoggia M, Breitner S, Kinney PL, Chen K. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Mar 4; 2024 Mar 4. PMID: 38427355.
• Association of Socioeconomic Status, Sex, Racial, and Ethnic Identity With Sustained and Cultivated Careers in Surgery.Nguyen M, Gonzalez L, Stain SC, Dardik A, Chaudhry SI, Desai MM, Boatright D, Butler PD. Ann Surg. 2024 Mar 1; 2023 Jul 20. PMID: 37470162.
• Impact of Pre-Diagnostic Risk Factors on Short- and Long-Term Ovarian Cancer Survival Trajectories: A Longitudinal Observational Study.Kim SJ, Tworoger SS, Rosen BP, McLaughlin JR, Risch HA, Narod SA, Kotsopoulos J. Cancers (Basel). 2024 Feb 28; 2024 Feb 28. PMID: 38473333.
• Dropout from exercise trials among cancer survivors-An individual patient data meta-analysis from the POLARIS study.Western B, Ivarsson A, Vistad I, Demmelmaier I, Aaronson NK, Radcliffe G, van Beurden M, Bohus M, Courneya KS, Daley AJ, Galvão DA, Garrod R, Goedendorp MM, Griffith KA, van Harten WH, Hayes SC, Herrero-Roman F, Hiensch AE, Irwin ML, James E, Kenkhuis MF, Kersten MJ, Knoop H, Lucia A, May AM, McConnachie A, van Mechelen W, Mutrie N, Newton RU, Nollet F, Oldenburg HS, Plotnikoff R, Schmidt ME, Schmitz KH, Schulz KH, Short CE, Sonke GS, Steindorf K, Stuiver MM, Taaffe DR, Thorsen L, Velthuis MJ, Wenzel J, Winters-Stone KM, Wiskemann J, Berntsen S, Buffart LM. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2024 Feb. PMID: 38339809.
• Racial differences in treatment and survival among older patients with multiple myeloma.Wang R, Neparidze N, Ma X, Colditz GA, Chang SH, Wang SY. Cancer Med. 2024 Feb; 2024 Jan 17. PMID: 38234237.
• Potential Selection Bias in Preterm Infant Mortality Study.Rogne T, Wu B, Hawley NL. JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Feb 1. PMID: 38109083.
• Beneficial Effect of Societal Factors on APOE-ε2 and ε4 Carriers' Brain Health: A Systematic Review.Aravena JM, Lee J, Schwartz AE, Nyhan K, Wang SY, Levy BR. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2024 Feb 1. PMID: 37792627.
• "There are still broken or fragmented systems": Qualitative assessment of needs to strengthen adolescent mental health services in American Samoa.Mew EJ, Blas V, Winschel J, Hunt L, Soliai-Lemusu S, Johansson A, Lowe SR, Faiai M, Naseri J, Toelupe RLM, Ipou F, Seui M, Ledoux-Sunia T, Sunia F, Galea'i A, Poulin R, Hawley NL, McCutchan-Tofaeono J. Int J Ment Health Nurs. 2024 Feb; 2023 Sep 10. PMID: 37691318.
• Association of marital/partner status with hospital readmission among young adults with acute myocardial infarction.Zhu C, Dreyer RP, Li F, Spatz ES, Caraballo C, Mahajan S, Raparelli V, Leifheit EC, Lu Y, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA, D'Onofrio G, Pilote L, Lichtman JH. PLoS One. 2024; 2024 Jan 26. PMID: 38277368.
• Autoimmune diseases and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma: A Mendelian randomisation study.Shi X, Wallach JD, Ma X, Rogne T. medRxiv. 2024 Jan 22; 2024 Jan 22. PMID: 38343812.
• United States Long-Term Trends in Adult BMI (1959-2018): Unraveling the Roots of the Obesity Epidemic.Banas J, McDowell Cook A, Raygoza-Cortez K, Davila D, Irwin ML, Ferrucci LM, Humphries DL. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2024 Jan 9; 2024 Jan 9. PMID: 38248537.
• Patient experiences with tissue-based genomic testing during active surveillance for prostate cancer.Leapman MS, Sutherland R, Gross CP, Ma X, Seibert TM, Cooperberg MR, Catalona WJ, Loeb S, Schulman-Green D. BJUI Compass. 2024 Jan; 2023 Aug 15. PMID: 38179031.
• Exploring anxiety as an influencing factor of the impact of exercise and mind-body prehabilitation on cognitive functioning among women undergoing breast cancer surgery.Knoerl R, Sannes TS, Giobbie-Hurder A, Frank ES, McTiernan A, Winer EP, Irwin ML, Ligibel JA. J Psychosoc Oncol. 2024; 2023 Dec 4. PMID: 38044630.
• Association between age at menarche and cardiometabolic risk among Samoan adults.Oyama S, Duckham RL, Pomer A, Rivara AC, Kershaw EE, Wood A, Fidow UT, Naseri T, Reupena MS, Viali S, McGarvey ST, Hawley NL. Am J Hum Biol. 2024 Jan; 2023 Sep 5. PMID: 37668413.
• Assessing changes in adolescent girls' and young women's sexual and reproductive health service utilisation following a COVID-19 lockdown in eSwatini.Brault MA, Linnander EL, Ginindza TM, Mabuza K, Christie S, Canavan ME, Jones A, Desai MM. Glob Health Action. 2023 Dec 31. PMID: 37565704.
• Identifying patient preferences for diabetes care: A protocol for implementing a discrete choice experiment in Samoa.Rivara AC, Galárraga O, Selu M, Arorae M, Wang R, Faasalele-Savusa K, Rosen R, Hawley NL, Viali S. PLoS One. 2023; 2023 Dec 22. PMID: 38134044.
• The Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN) Cohort Study: Design, Methods, and Baseline Characteristics.Thompson TM, Desai MM, Martinez-Brockman JL, Tessier-Sherman B, Nunez M, Adams OP, Nazario CM, Maharaj RG, Nunez-Smith M. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Dec 21; 2023 Dec 21. PMID: 38276805.
• The 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for a health-centred response in a world facing irreversible harms.Romanello M, Napoli CD, Green C, Kennard H, Lampard P, Scamman D, Walawender M, Ali Z, Ameli N, Ayeb-Karlsson S, Beggs PJ, Belesova K, Berrang Ford L, Bowen K, Cai W, Callaghan M, Campbell-Lendrum D, Chambers J, Cross TJ, van Daalen KR, Dalin C, Dasandi N, Dasgupta S, Davies M, Dominguez-Salas P, Dubrow R, Ebi KL, Eckelman M, Ekins P, Freyberg C, Gasparyan O, Gordon-Strachan G, Graham H, Gunther SH, Hamilton I, Hang Y, Hänninen R, Hartinger S, He K, Heidecke J, Hess JJ, Hsu SC, Jamart L, Jankin S, Jay O, Kelman I, Kiesewetter G, Kinney P, Kniveton D, Kouznetsov R, Larosa F, Lee JKW, Lemke B, Liu Y, Liu Z, Lott M, Lotto Batista M, Lowe R, Odhiambo Sewe M, Martinez-Urtaza J, Maslin M, McAllister L, McMichael C, Mi Z, Milner J, Minor K, Minx JC, Mohajeri N, Momen NC, Moradi-Lakeh M, Morrissey K, Munzert S, Murray KA, Neville T, Nilsson M, Obradovich N, O'Hare MB, Oliveira C, Oreszczyn T, Otto M, Owfi F, Pearman O, Pega F, Pershing A, Rabbaniha M, Rickman J, Robinson EJZ, Rocklöv J, Salas RN, Semenza JC, Sherman JD, Shumake-Guillemot J, Silbert G, Sofiev M, Springmann M, Stowell JD, Tabatabaei M, Taylor J, Thompson R, Tonne C, Treskova M, Trinanes JA, Wagner F, Warnecke L, Whitcombe H, Winning M, Wyns A, Yglesias-González M, Zhang S, Zhang Y, Zhu Q, Gong P, Montgomery H, Costello A. Lancet. 2023 Dec 16; 2023 Nov 14. PMID: 37977174.
• Self-care and healthcare seeking practices among patients with hypertension and diabetes in rural Uganda.Tusubira AK, Ssinabulya I, Kalyesubula R, Nalwadda CK, Akiteng AR, Ngaruiya C, Rabin TL, Katahoire A, Armstrong-Hough M, Hsieh E, Hawley NL, Schwartz JI. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023; 2023 Dec 11. PMID: 38079386.
• Post-diagnosis weight trajectories and mortality among women with breast cancer.Puklin LS, Li F, Cartmel B, Zhao J, Sanft T, Lisevick A, Winer EP, Lustberg M, Spiegelman D, Sharifi M, Irwin ML, Ferrucci LM. NPJ Breast Cancer. 2023 Dec 2; 2023 Dec 2. PMID: 38042922.
• Beauty Inside Out: Examining Beauty Product Use Among Diverse Women and Femme-Identifying Individuals in Northern Manhattan and South Bronx Through an Environmental Justice Framework.Edwards L, Ahmed L, Martinez L, Huda S, Shamasunder B, McDonald JA, Dubrow R, Morton B, Zota AR. Environ Justice. 2023 Dec 1; 2023 Nov 30. PMID: 38074851.
• Changes in Older Adult Trauma Quality When Evaluated Using Longer-Term Outcomes vs In-Hospital Mortality.Zogg CK, Cooper Z, Peduzzi P, Falvey JR, Castillo-Angeles M, Kodadek LM, Staudenmayer KL, Davis KA, Tinetti ME, Lichtman JH. JAMA Surg. 2023 Dec 1; 2023 Dec 13. PMID: 37792354.
• Gene-Environment Analyses Reveal Novel Genetic Candidates with Prenatal Tobacco Exposure in Relation to Risk for Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.Zhong C, Li S, Arroyo K, Morimoto LM, de Smith AJ, Metayer C, Ma X, Kogan SC, Gauderman WJ, Wiemels JL. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2023 Dec 1. PMID: 37773025.