Selected Accomplishments of Health Services Research PhD and MS Students

Selected Awards, Honors, Notable Scholarships Jonathan Delman, PhD Candidate (Expected Graduation 2012) Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leaders Award Jonathan Delman (PhD candidate) received one of the ten Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leaders Awards in 2008 ($125,000 award) for his work as founder and leader of the Boston-based organization Consumer Quality Initiatives. CQI works with consumers and academics to conduct highquality research on people’s experiences with mental health services.

Adam Rose, MS (’07) Career Development Award Adam J. Rose, MD, MS was the recipient of a highly competitive U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Career Development Award for 2008-2013 focused on measuring and improving the quality of oral anticoagulation care in the VA system.

Elizabeth Sommers, PhD (’10) Certificate of recognition, Mayor of Boston’s office Certificate of recognition awarded by the Mayor of Boston’s office in 2008 for her contribution to veterans and dedication to education and prevention of HIV/AIDS. Nancy Norman, Boston Public Health Commission Medical Director, presented the award.

Selected Fellowships and Research Grants Donald Allensworth-Davies, PhD (’12) Don Allensworth-Davies’ dissertation work has been funded by an R03: NIH/NCI 07/01/09 - 06/30/11, "Assessing Localized Prostate Cancer Post-Treatment Outcomes Among Gay Men" (Focus groups and a

cross-sectional survey to assess quality of life outcomes among gay men following diagnosis and treatment for localized prostate cancer.)

Ruzan Avetisyan, PhD (’11) Pardee Fellowship, Summer 2009, from the Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, for study of health care disparities.

Barbara Lerner, PhD (’11) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Dissertation Fellowship, 2009

Anthony Waddimba, PhD (’09) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Dissertation Fellowship, 2007

Selected Presentations at Conferences, Guest Speaker Invitations, Webinars Donald Allensworth-Davies, PhD (’12) D Allensworth-Davies, Talcott JA, Heeren T, Clark JA. The association of age and partnership status with prostate cancer quality of life outcomes among gay men. (Oral and Poster Presentations.) AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, WA, June 2011. D Allensworth-Davies, JH Samet, DM Cheng, A Fitzgerald, TW Kim, R Saitz. Self-Reported Inpatient Utilization among Patients Undergoing Treatment for Substance Use: Are There Differences by Sexual Orientation? AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, 2008, Washington, DC. D Allensworth-Davies, et al, Challenges of Internet Survey Research among Men who Have Sex with Men, American Public Health Association, November 2007, Washington, DC. College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Reno, NV, June 23-25, 2009: HIV risk behaviors among substance dependent non-gay identifying men and women with same-gender sex experiences. Allensworth-Davies D, Samet JH, Cheng DM, Fitzgerald A, Kim TW, Witas J, Saitz R. Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, and Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Chicago, IL, June 28-30, 2009: The experience of diagnosis and treatment of localized prostate cancer among gay men. Allensworth-Davies D and Clark JA. Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA

Donald Allensworth-Davies, Talcott JA, Heeren T, Clark JA. The association of age and partnership status with prostate cancer quality of life outcomes among gay men. Gender and Health Special Interest Group Meeting, AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, WA, June 2011.

Ruzan Avetisyan, PhD (’11) Ruzan Avetisyan, Bokhour B, Pugh M, Berlowitz D, Kazis L, Montouris G. Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) as a Tool to Assess Quality of Epilepsy Care, AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, 2007, Orlando, FL. Ruzan Avetisyan, et al. Development of Health-Related Quality of Life Measures to Assess and Improve Quality of Epilepsy Care. APHA Annual meeting, November 2007, Washington, DC.

Elizabeth Barfield, PhD candidate E Barfield, A Jette, S Haley, K Bogusz. 2011. Development of an interpersonal interactions computer adaptive test (CAT) for work disability determination (Abstract #238704). American Public Health Association annual conference, Washington, DC. Haley, Stephen, Jette, Alan, Barfield, Elizabeth. SSA-NIH-BU Collaboration to Improve the Presentations Disability Determination Process: Feasibility of Claimant- and Provider-Reported Computer Adaptive Tests (CAT). Invited Presentation for the Social Security Administration Occupational Information Development Advisory Panel. 12/08/10.

Qi Chen, PhD candidate Qi Chen, Can We Detect Failed Processes of Care Using Explicit Medical Chart Review? Experience from the Veterans Health Administration, AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, 2011, Seattle. Qi Chen, Detecting Patient Safety Indicators: How Valid is “Foreign Body Left During Procedure” (PSI #5) in the Veterans Health Administration? AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, 2010, Boston.

William Fernandez, PhD candidate Fernandez WG, Lin MT, Conroy K, Cabral H, Kazis LE. Effect of maternal mental health on children’s emergency department utilization. [Poster Presentation] Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting. May 2009 William Fernandez, Massachusetts College of Emergency Physicians Annual Meeting: “Battlefield Emergency Care in Kandahar, Afghanistan”, May 11, 2010, Boston, MA

Ericka Langer, MS (’10) Erika Langer, Logic Modeling for Policy Analysis: A Case Study of HIV Testing Policy Change at the VA. AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, 2010, Boston.

Barbara Lerner, PhD (’11) Barbara Lerner et al., Does the ratio of time spent discussing biomedical information or providing psychosocial counseling change as the length of a session increases? Poster Presentation, American College of Medical Genetics conference, 2009. Barbara Lerner, “Genetic Counseling Communication Patterns During Disclosure of Genetic Susceptibility to Alzheimer’s Disease: Their Effect on Patient Outcomes,” National Society of Genetic Counselors annual meeting, 2010. Barbara Lerner, “Genetic Counseling Communication Patterns During Disclosure of Genetic Susceptibility to Alzheimer’s Disease and their Effect on Patient Outcomes,” 24 June 2010, Interdisciplinary Conference on Communication, Medicine, Ethics (COMET), Boston, MA. Barbara Lerner, “Transformational Change in Health Care: Validation of a Model,” AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Chicago, 2009.

Tzu-Hsin Lin, PhD candidate Tzu-Hsin Lin. Specific Injury Patter of Craniofacial Injury in Child Abuse Patients. Poster. National Forum for Domestic Violence, New Orleans, LA, 9-11 October 2009. Tzu-Hsin Lin. Non-operative management for perianal injury and abscess. Poster. Asian-Pacific Surgical Society, Taipei, Taiwan, 21 March 2009. Tzu-Hsin Lin. Quality Improvement Program in Appendicitis. Poster. European Trauma and Emergent Surgery conference, Budapest, Hungary, 25 May 2008.

Amy Linsky, MS (’10) Amy Linsky et al., Factors associated with proton pump inhibitor discontinuation in nursing home residents. AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 2010, Boston. Amy Linsky , McIntosh N, Cabral H, Kazis L. Patient-provider language concordance and colorectal cancer screening. AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 2010, Boston. Amy Linsky, Hermos J, Lawler E, Rudolph J. Factors associated with proton pump inhibitor discontinuation in nursing home residents. Poster. Presented at national meeting of Society of General Internal Medicine, Minneapolis, MN. April 29, 2010. Linsky A, Hermos J, Lawler E, Rudolph J. Factors associated with proton pump inhibitor discontinuation in nursing home residents. Poster. Presented at regional meeting of Society of General Internal Medicine, Providence, RI. April 2, 2010. Linsky A, McIntosh N, Cabral H, Kazis L. Patient-provider language concordance and colorectal cancer screening. Poster. Presented at national meeting of the American College of Preventive Medicine, Washington, DC. February 18, 2010.

Linsky A, Nyambose J, Hawk H. (2010) Lifestyle behaviors in Massachusetts Cancer Survivors. Poster. Presented at national meeting of the American College of Preventive Medicine, Washington, DC. February 18, 2010. Linsky A, Gupta K, Lawler E, Fonda J, Hermos J. Proton Pump Inhibitors and Risk for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection. Poster. Presented at national meeting of Society of General Internal Medicine, Miami, FL. May 14, 2009. Amy Linsky, Gupta K, Lawler E, Fonda J, Hermos J. Proton Pump Inhibitors and Risk for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection. Oral. Presented at regional meeting of Society of General Internal Medicine, Boston, MA. March 13, 2009.

Meredith Manze D'Amore, PhD (’11) Meredith Manze D’Amore, Allensworth-Davies DM, Cheng T, Cabral H, Kazis L. (2011) Is racial/ethnic and gender concordance associated with patient satisfaction with care and health status? Poster presented at Society of General Internal Medicine New England Regional Meeting, Boston, MA. Manze M, Cheng D, Allensworth-Davies DM, Samet JH, Saitz R. (2010) Racial and mental health disparities in safe sex counseling for individuals with substance dependence. Poster presented at AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Boston, MA & Evans Day, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA. Manze M, Rose AJ, Orner MB, Berlowitz DR, Kressin NR. (2009) Understanding Pathways to Disparities in Hypertension Control: Race & Treatment Intensification. Poster presented at AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Maya McDoom, PhD candidate Maya McDoom and Mari-Lynn Drainoni, Impact of Mental Health/Cognitive Disability Upon Healthcare Utilization: Perspectives from Patients and Healthcare Providers, American Public Health Association, November 8, 2010: Poster presentation

Hillary Mull, PhD (’11) H.J. Mull, A Comparison of Chart Review Data Collection Methods for Patient Safety Research, AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, 2011, Seattle. H. J. Mull, K. M. F. Itani, H. K. Kaafarani, et al., Use of Trigger Tools to Detect Adverse Events in Ambulatory Surgery. Poster Presentation, AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 27, 2010, Boston, MA. H. J. Mull, H. K. Kaafarani, J. N. Nebeker, et al., Use of Trigger Tools to Detect Adverse Events in Ambulatory Surgery, Poster Presentation, Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, April 29, 2010, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

H. J. Mull, A. K. Rosen, H. K. Kaafarani, and K. M. F. Itani, Validation of Surgical Triggers to Detect Adverse Events in Ambulatory Surgery Using the VA National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP), Abstract, International Forum on Quality and Safety, April 21, 2010, Nice, France. H. J. Mull, H.K. Kaafarani, E.E. Sullivan, et al., Development and Use of an Electronic Chart Abstraction Tool: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Lessons Learned. Poster Presentation, AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 28, 2009, Chicago, IL. H. J. Mull, K. Johnston, A. Spires, et al., The Association Between Post-Retirement Employment and Health-Related Quality of Life in the Veterans Health Study. Poster Presentation, AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 8, 2008, Washington, DC. AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Boston, MA, June 27, 2010: H. J. Mull, Using Electronic Medical Records Data for Health Services Research, Invited Speaker at Methods Workshop. (Chair: J. R. Nebeker. ) H. J. Mull, S. Shimada, J.R. Nebeker, et al., A Review of the Trigger Literature: Adverse Events Targeted and Gaps in Detection, 2008. Proceedings of the Trigger and TIDS Expert Meeting, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/triggers/triggers1.htm H. J. Mull, Using Electronic Medical Records Data for Health Services Research, Methods Workshop, Chair: J. R. Nebeker. Panelist, AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 27, 2010, Boston, MA.

Giulia Norton, PhD candidate Giulia Norton, Modeling Cost-Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain, AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, 2011, Seattle.

Jennifer Palmer, PhD candidate Palmer JA, Lee G, Hoff T, Dutta-Linn MM, Wroe P, Hartmann CW. Stakeholders’ views on Medicare’s policy of nonpayment for hospital-acquired urinary tract infections. Poster Presentation, AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 27, 2010, Boston, MA.

Naomi Sacks, PhD candidate Naomi Sacks, "Bending the Cost Curve: Variations in Health Care Cost Components among Patients with Chronic Conditions," AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, WA, 12 June 2011.

Elizabeth Sommers, PhD (’10) American Public Health Association, San Diego, C, October 25-29, 2008: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Innovations in CAM. Elizabeth Sommers, and Kristen E. Porter. American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA, November 7-11, 2009: Integrating Massage into an Adolescent Fitness Program to Reduce Risk of Diabetes. Elizabeth Sommers, Department of Health Policy Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA.

American Public Health Association, Denver, CO, November 6-10, 2010: Disparities in Access to Acupuncture Care for HIV/AIDS: Even when care is free, women experience decreased access. Elizabeth Sommers and Kristen E. Porter. American Public Health Association, Washington, DC, 2011: Acupressure augmentation of standard medical management in the treatment of neonatal abstinance syndrome (Abstract #33975). Elizabeth Sommers, PhD and Lynnae Schwartz MD. Elizabeth Sommers, Assessing Quality in Complementary and Alternative Medicine, APHA Annual meeting, November 2007, Washington, DC. Elizabeth Sommers, Integrating Massage into an Adolescent Fitness Program to Reduce Risk of Diabetes, APHA Annual meeting, November 2009, Philadelphia.

Anthony Waddimba, PhD (’09) Anthony Waddimba, Eisen S, Cabral H, Kazis L. Patient-Based Measurement of PTSD and Depression Following Traumatic Experiences: Is There Evidence of Overlap and Redundancy? AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, 2007, Orlando, FL.

Peng Xu, MS (’12) Peng Xu, For-Profit and Not-for-Profit Medicare Advantage Plans based upon the STAR Ratings: Does Quality of Care Differ? AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, 2011, Seattle.

Selected Publications Donald Allensworth-Davies, PhD (’12) Allensworth-Davies D, Cheng DM, Smith PC, Samet JH, Saitz R. The short inventory of problems ─ modified for drug use (SIP-DU): Validity in a primary care sample. The American Journal on Addictions, 2011; in press. Welles SL, Ross MW, Banik S, Fisher LE, McFarlane M, Kachur R, Rietmeijer K, Allensworth-Davies D. Demographic and sexual behavior comparisons of Indian and United States internet samples of men who have sex with men. International Journal of Sexual Health, 2011; 23(2):90-101. Smith PC, Schmidt SM, Allensworth-Davies D, Saitz R. A single-question screening test for drug use in primary care. Archives of Internal Medicine, 2010; 170(13):1155-1160. Smith PC, Schmidt SM, Allensworth-Davies D, Saitz R. Primary care validation of a single question alcohol screening test. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2009; 24(7):783-788.

The incidence and severity of hangover the morning after moderate alcohol intoxication. Jonathan Howland, Damaris J. Rohsenow, Donald Allensworth-Davies, et al, Addiction Research Report, 2008, doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02181.x Body Image, Body Satisfaction, and Unsafe Anal Intercourse Among Men Who Have Sex With Men, Donald Allensworth-Davies a; Seth L. Welles b; Wendy L. Hellerstedt c; Michael W.Ross d, Journal of Sex Research, 2008, 45:1, 49 – 56, DOI: 10.1080/00224490701808142 Allensworth-Davies D, Leigh J, Pukstas K, Geron SM, Hardt E, Brandeis G, Engle RL, Parker VA; Country of origin and racio-ethnicity: Are there differences in perceived organizational cultural competency and job satisfaction among nursing assistants in long-term care? Healthcare Management Review, 2007 OctDec;32(4):1-9.

Ruzan Avetisyan, PhD (’11) Bokhour BG, Pugh MJ, Rao JK, Avetisyan R, Berlowitz DR, Kazis LE. Improving methods for measuring quality of care: a patient-centered approach in chronic disease; Med Care Res Rev. 2009 Apr; 66(2):14766. Epub 2008 Dec 11

Lauren Babich, PhD candidate Babich LP, Bicknell WJ (2011). Problem Solving for Better Health in Lesotho. In Smith BH, Fitzpatrick JJ, Hoyt-Hudson P (Eds.), Problem Solving for Better Health: A Global Perspective (pp.43-49). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company. Babich LP, Bicknell WJ, Culpepper L, Jack BW, Phooko MM, Smith B, Thahane TT. Institutional commitment and HIV/AIDS: Lessons from the first three years of the Lesotho-Boston University Collaboration. Global Public Health. 3(4):417-432, October 2008. Babich LP, Bicknell WJ, Jack BW, Culpepper L. Mutual benefits: Why an academic medical center and Lesotho are partners. Academic Medicine. 83(2):143-147, February 2008. Babich LP, Bicknell WJ, Culpepper L, Jack BW, Phooko MM, Smith B, Thahane TT. Institutional commitment and HIV/AIDS: Lessons from the first three years of the Lesotho-Boston University Collaboration. Global Public Health. 3(4):417-432, October 2008. Babich LP, Bicknell WJ, Jack BW, Culpepper L. Mutual benefits: Why an academic medical center and Lesotho are partners. Academic Medicine. 83(2):143-147, February 2008.

Daniel Chen, MS (’05) Chen D, Lew R, Hershman W, Orlander J; A Cross-sectional Measurement of Medical Student Empathy. Journal of General Internal Medicine; 2007 Oct; 22(10): 1434-1438.

Qi Chen, PhD candidate

Chen Q, Rosen AK, Cevasco M, Shin M, Itani K, Borzecki A. Detecting Patient Safety Indicators: how valid is Foreign Body left during procedure in the Veterans Health Administration? Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2011; 212(6): 977-983. Borzecki A, Kaafarani H, Garth H. Utter G, Romano PS, Itani K, Shin M, Chen Q, Rosen AK. How valid is the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicator Postoperative Respiratory Failure? The Veterans Health Administration experience. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2011; 212(6): 935-945. Cevasco M, Borzecki A, Chen Q, Zrelak PA, Shin M, Romano PS, Itani K, Rosen AK. Positive predictive value of the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicator Postoperative Sepsis: implications for practice and policy. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2011; 212(6): 954-961. Cevasco M, Borzecki A, McCluskey D, Chen Q, Shin M, Itani K, Rosen AK. Positive predictive value of the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicator Postoperative Wound Dehiscence. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2011; 212(6): 962-967. Borzecki A, Cevasco M, Chen Q, Shin M, Itani K, Rosen AK. How valid is the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicator Postoperative Physiologic and Metabolic Derangement? Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2011; 212(6): 968-976. Cevasco M, Borzecki A, O’Brien W, Chen Q, Shin M, Itani K, Rosen AK. Validity of the AHRQ patient safety indicator 7: Central venous catheter related bloodstream infections. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2011; 212(6): 984-990.

Benjamin Cutone, PhD candidate Jeff Hersh, PhD, MD, Benjamin Cutone, MPH, Beth Hennessey, MBA, Melissa Ostuni, MS, Huyuan Yang, PhD, Dana Washburn, MD, Investigation of spontaneous commercial reporting rate of 13 common intracoronary balloon-stent system device issues by health care providers as compared to the known rate of these issues as calculated from FDA mandated post-market clinical trial, internal white paper for internal Boston Scientific use, 2010.

Jonathan Delman, PhD candidate Jonathan Delman, Consumer Quality Initatives (CQI) Issue Brief, Dec. 2007, Informed Consent: Strategies to improve the experience of Massachusetts mental health consumers

William Fernandez, PhD candidate Fernandez WG and the Academic ED SBIRT Research Collaborative. The impact of screening, brief intervention and referral for treatment in emergency department patients' alcohol use: a 3-, 6- and 12month follow-up. Alcohol Alcohol. 2010; 45(6):514-9 Fernandez WG, Biswas AK. Myocardial infarction associated with sibutramine use: case report and discussion. Mil Med. 2010; 175(8):622-4

Fernandez W, Winter M, Mitchell P, Colton T, Bullock H, Donovan J, St. George J, Gallagher SS, McKay MP, Bernstein E, Feldman J. Six month follow up of a brief motivational intervention on self-reported safety belt use among emergency department patients. Acad Emerg Med. 2009; ;16(11):1221-4 Fernandez WG. Review: Essential Emergency Procedures. Acad Emerg Med. 2009; Jan 9 [epub] Fernandez WG, Oyama L, Mitchell P, Edwards EM, St. George J, Donovan J, Feldman JA. Attitudes and practices regarding influenza vaccination among emergency department personnel. J Emerg Med. 2009; 36(2):201-6 Fernandez WG. Commentary: Don’t just stand there…. Stir things up! Ann Emerg Med. 2008; 52(6):7502 Prentice O, Fernandez WG, Luyber TJ, McMonigle TL, Simmons MD. Stonefish Envenomation. Am J Emerg Med. 2008; 26(8):972. e1-2 Fernandez W, Mitchell P, Jamanka A, Winter M, Bullock H, Donovan J, St. George J, Feldman JA, Gallagher SS, McKay MP, Bernstein E, Colton T. Brief motivational intervention to increase self-reported safety belt use among emergency department patients. Acad Emerg Med. 2008; 15(5):419-25 Spector J, Fernandez WG. Chemical, thermal, and biological ocular exposures. Emerg Med Clin N Amer. 2008; 26(1):125-36 Fernandez WG and the Academic ED SBIRT Research Collaborative. The impact of screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment on emergency department patients' alcohol use. Ann Emerg Med. 2007; 50(6):699-710 Fernandez WG and the Academic ED SBIRT Research Collaborative. An Evidence-Based Alcohol SBIRT Curriculum For ED Providers Improves Skills and Utilization. Subst Abuse. 2007;28(4):79-92 Fernandez WG, Yard EE, Comstock RD. Epidemiology of lower extremity injuries among US high school athletes. Acad Emerg Med. 2007; 14: 641-645

Vasudha Gidugu, PhD candidate Mesidor, M., Gidugu V., Rogers, E S, Kash-MacDonald, V M, & Boardman, J B. (2011). A qualitative study: Barriers and facilitators to health care access for individuals with psychiatric disabilities. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 34(4), 285-294 Moran, G., Russinova, R., Gidugu, V., Yim, J.Y., & Sprague, C. (in press 2011). Benefits and Mechanisms of Recovery Among Peer Providers with Psychiatric Illnesses. Qualitative Health Research

Tzu-Hsin Lin, PhD candidate Yu-Tzo Liau, Tzu-Hsin Lin, Wen-Je Ko: The early presence of pneumatosis in traumatic colonic perforation American Journal of Emergency Medicine. (Accepted 2011)

Chih-Chung Shiao, Vin-Cent Wu, Wen-Yi Li, Yu-Feng Lin, Fu-Chang Hu, Guang-Huar Young, Chin-Chi Kuo, Tze-Wah Kao, Down-Ming Huang, Yung-Ming Chen, Pi-Ru Tsai, Shuei-Liong Lin, Nai-Kuan Chou, Tzu-Hsin Lin, Yu-Chang Yeh, Chih-Hsien Wang, Anne Chou, Wen-Je Ko, and Kwan-Dun Wu: Late initiation of renal replacement therapy is associated with worse outcomes in acute kidney injury after major abdominal surgery. Crit Care. 2009; 13(5): R171. Po-Jen Yang, Ching-Yao Yang, Tzu-Hsin Lin, Ming-Tsan Lin: A Novel Surgical Technique: Gasless laparascopic-assisted Gastro-jejunostomy. Hepatogastroenetrology 2008 Sep-Oct; Vol. 55 (86-87), pp. 1948-50;

Amy Linsky, MS (’10) Linsky A, Gupta K, Lawler E, Fonda J, Hermos J. Proton Pump Inhibitors and Risk for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2010;170(9):772-778. Linsky A, Gupta K, Lawler E, Fonda J, Hermos J. Proton Pump Inhibitors and Risk for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2010;170(9):772-778.

Meredith Manze D’Amore, PhD (’11) Manze M, Rose AJ, Orner MB, Berlowitz DR, Kressin NR. Understanding Racial Disparities in Treatment Intensification for Hypertension Management. J Gen Int Med: in press. D’Amore MM, Cheng DM, Kressin NR, Jones J, Samet JH, Winter M, Kim T, Saitz R. Oral health of substance dependent individuals: impact of specific substances. J Subs Abuse Treatment. April 5, 2011 (e-pub ahead of print). Rose AJ, Glickman ME, D’Amore MM, Orner MB, Berlowitz DR, Kressin NR. Effects of Daily Adherence to Anti-Hypertensive Medication on Blood Pressure Control. J Clin Hypertension. in press. Manze M, Rose AJ, Orner MB, Berlowitz DR, Kressin NR. Understanding Racial Disparities in Treatment Intensification for Hypertension Management. J Gen Int Medicine. 2010; 25(8): 819-825. Kressin NR, Manze M, Russell SL, Katz RV, Claudio C, Green BL, Wang MQ. Self-Reported Willingness to Have Cancer Screening: Do the Effects of Sociodemographic Factors Persist After Accounting for Barriers and Facilitators? J Natl Med Assoc 2010; 102(3): 219-27. Kressin NR, Orner MB, Manze M, Glickman M, Berlowitz DR. Understanding Contributors to Racial Disparities in Blood Pressure Control. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2010; 3: 173-80. Rose AJ, Berlowitz DR, Manze M, Orner MB, Kressin NR. Intensifying Therapy for Hypertension despite Suboptimal Adherence. Hypertension 2009; 54(3): 524-9. Rose AJ, Berlowitz DR, Manze M, Orner MB, Kressin NR. Comparing Methods of Measuring Treatment Intensification in Hypertension Care. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2009; 2(4): 385-91.

Kressin NR, Raymond KL, Manze M. Perceptions of Race/Ethnicity-Based Discrimination: A Review of Measures and Evaluation of Their Usefulness for the Health Care Setting. J Health Care Poor Underserved 2008; 19(3): 697-730.

Hillary Mull, PhD (’11) H. J. Mull, S. Shimada, J.R. Nebeker, et al., A Review of the Trigger Literature: Adverse Events Targeted and Gaps in Detection, 2008. Proceedings of the Trigger and TIDS Expert Meeting, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/triggers/triggers1.htm C. R. Richardson, J. T. Hanlon, H. J. Mull, S. Vijan, R. Hayward, L. Wray and K. M. Langa, Implications of High Risk Health Behaviors on Work-Force Participation: Disability, Retirement, and Lost Productivity, 2003. Michigan Retirement Research Center, Working Paper 2003-057. http://www.mrrc.isr.umich.edu/publications/Papers/pdf/wp057.pdf Mull HJ, Nebeker JR, Informatics Tools for the Development of Action-Oriented Adverse Drug Event Triggers, 2008. AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings. Nov 6:505-9. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2655939/ H. J. Mull, J. R. Nebeker, S. L. Shimada, H. K. Kaafarani, P. E. Rivard, A. K. Rosen, Consensus Building for Development of Outpatient Adverse Drug Event Triggers. 2011. Journal of Patient Safety, 7(2):66-71. K. Rosen, H. J. Mull, H. K. Kaafarani, et al., Applying Trigger Tools to Detect Adverse Events Associated with Outpatient Surgery. 2011. Journal of Patient Safety, 7(1):45-59. H. K. Kaafarani, A. M. Borzecki, K. M. F. Itani, S. Loveland, H. J. Mull, et al., Validity of Selected Patient Safety Indicators: Opportunities and Concerns. 2010. Journal of American College of Surgeons H. K. Kaafarani, A. K. Rosen J. R. Nebeker, S. Shimada, H. J. Mull, et al., Development of Trigger Tools for Surveillance of Adverse Events in Ambulatory Surgery. 2010. Quality and Safety in Healthcare. Oct;19(5):425-9. H. J. Mull, J. R. Nebeker, Informatics Tools for the Development of Action-Oriented Adverse Drug Event Triggers, 2008. AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings. Nov 6:505-9. P.S. Romano, H. J. Mull, A.K. Rosen, et al., Validating Selected Patient Safety Indicators: Can Administrative Data be Used to Assess Safety Performance? 2009. Health Services Research. Feb;44(1):182-204.

Giulia Norton, PhD candidate Ellison ML, Glazier RE, O’Connell E, Norton G, and Himmelstein J. Design Features for EmploymentSupportive Personal Assistance Services in Medicaid Programs. Journal of Disability Policy Studies. Published “online first” on May 26, 2010.

Jennifer Palmer, PhD candidate

Palmer JA, Timm AR, Neumann PJ. Drug company advertising in medical journals about the healtheconomic advantages of their products for 2000-2006 versus 1990-1999. Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy. 2008; 14(8): 749-755.

Rebecca Perkins, MS (’07) Perkins RB, Langrish SM, Stern LJ, Figueroa J, Simon CJ; Comparison Of Visual Inspection And Papanicolau (PAP) Smears for Cervical Cancer Screening In Honduras: Should PAP Smears Be Abandoned?; Tropical Medicine and International Health 2007; 12(9):1018-1025.

Adam Rose, MS (’07) Rose AJ, Stein MR, Arnsten JH, Saitz R; Teaching internal medicine resident physicians about alcoholics anonymous:a pilot study of an educational intervention. Substance Abuse 2006;27(3):5-11. Rose AJ, Backus BM, Gershman ST, Santos P, Ash AS, Battaglia TA; Predictors of aggressive therapy for nonmetastatic prostate carcinoma in Massachusetts from 1998 to 2002. Medical Care 2007;45(5):440-7. Rose AJ, Sharman JP, Ozonoff A, Henault LE, Hylek EM; Effectiveness of Warfarin among Patients with Cancer; Journal of General Internal Medicine; 2007 Jul; 22(7):997-1002. Epub 2007 May 3. Rose AJ, Berlowitz DR, Orner MB, Kressin NR; Understanding Uncontrolled Hypertension: Is It the Patient or the Provider? Journal of Clinical Hypertension (Greenwich), 2007. Rose AJ, Shimada SL, Rothendler JA, et al; The Accuracy of Clinician Perceptions of "Usual" Blood Pressure Control. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2007. Rose AJ, Sacks NC, Deshpande AP, Griffin SY, Cabral HJ, Kazis LE; Single Change Items Do Not Measure Change in Quality of Life; Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2007.

Elisabeth Schainker, MS (’05) Schainker E, O’Brien MJ, Fox D, Bauchner H; School Nursing Services: Use in an Urban Public School System. Archives of Pediatric Adolescent Medicine 2005;159:83-87. http://archpedi.amaassn.org/cgi/content/full/159/1/83?ck=nck

Elizabeth Sommers, PhD (’10) Sommers E, Porter K, Parton B. Providing acupuncture to homebound patients: theoretical and public health considerations. American Acupuncturist 2010 Spring; 51:20-23. Chang B, Boehmer U, Zhao Y, Sommers E; The combined effect of relaxation response and acupuncture on quality of life in HIV patients. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2007 Sept. Chang B, Boehmer U, Zhao Y, Sommers E; Relaxation response with acupuncture trial in HIV patients: Feasibility and participant experiences; Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2007 Nov.

Sommers E, Porter K; Price Elasticities for Three Types of CAM Services: Experiences of a Boston Public Health Clinic; Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine 2006; 12(1):85-90.

Anthony Waddimba, PhD (’09) Trokel M, Waddimba A, Griffith J, Sege R; Variation in the Diagnosis of Child Abuse in Severely Injured Infants; Pediatrics 2006; 117(3):722–728. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/117/3/722.pdf