Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Medical Social Sciences

Recent Publications

  1. Siril HN, Gitagno D, Kaaya S, Caputo M, Hirschhorn LR, Nyamhanga T, Mtei R, Festo C, Hawkins C  Correction: Generalized and COVID-19 related anxiety among Tanzanian adolescents with HIV and association with HIV outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic.  BMC Public Health  2026 Mar 04;26(1). pii:783
  2. Irgens MS, McPhee J, Czopp A, McBride E, Del Cid MV, Szkody E, Sotomayor I, Schleider JL, Haack L, Folk JB  Single-Session Consultations Delivered in a Gender-Responsive Clinic: A Case Series on Implementation and Lessons Learned.  Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry  2026 Mar 04;:13591045261431344. doi:10.1177/13591045261431344
  3. Bwana VM, Masoud NS, Manji KP, Yusufu IS, Machafuko PZ, Hawkins C, Conover B, Mbugi EV, Hirschhorn LR, Caputo MT  et al.  Disclosure of HIV status and its association with quality of life and depressive symptoms among children with HIV in North-Eastern Tanzania.  AIDS Res Ther  2026 Mar 03;. doi:10.1186/s12981-026-00866-5
  4. Sotomayor I, Chang YW, Szkody E, Fox KR, Schleider JL  A Digital, Minority Stress-Focused Single-Session Intervention Benefits Multiply-Minoritized Sexual Minority Adolescents.  J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol  2026 Mar 03;:1-15. doi:10.1080/15374416.2025.2585451
  5. Harness J, Domoff SE, Rollings H, Schleider JL  A Social Media Single Session Intervention Designed to Promote Healthier Social Media Use: Youth Focus Group Feedback.  JMIR Form Res  2026 Mar 02;10:e73780. pii:e73780
  6. Congdon EL, Novack MA, Perry JS, Tumminaro E, Wakefield EM  Speech and Gesture in Sync: Investigating Temporal Integration Across Childhood.  Dev Sci  2026 Mar;29(2):e70153. doi:10.1111/desc.70153
  7. Li Y, Zheng M, Zhu Z, Zhang Y, Ning P, Chen H, Gao R, Xu C, Wei X, Liu Y  et al.  Dynamic magneto-mechanical force in lysosomes induces durable macrophage repolarization for antitumor immunity.  Cell Res  2026 Mar;36(3):197-218. doi:10.1038/s41422-025-01217-1
  8. Roydhouse J, Breslin M, Zola A, Basch E, Calvert M, Cella D, Smith ML, Thanarajasingam G, Peipert JD  Patient-Perceived Overall Side Effect Bother at and After Cancer Treatment Discontinuation: An Analysis Using Commercial Cancer Trial Data.  Ther Innov Regul Sci  2026 Mar;60(2):575-590. doi:10.1007/s43441-025-00906-8
  9. Zhang B, Randhawa A, Patel A, Bruera E, Hart NH, Bottomley A, Cella D, Al-Khaifi M, Patel P, Chow E  et al.  Comparing FACIT-fatigue and EORTC QLQ-FA12 for assessing the quality of life in people with cancer-related fatigue.  Curr Opin Support Palliat Care  2026 Mar 01;20(1):52-61. doi:10.1097/SPC.0000000000000791
  10. Ang D, Kaplan S, Keefe F, Rice W, Anderson A, Rini C, Miles C, Hartlieb K, Willoughby M, Revankar N  et al.  Duloxetine and cognitive behavioral therapy with phone-based support for the treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain: a randomized controlled trial.  Pain  2026 Mar 01;167(3):577-588. doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003861
  11. Yan Q, Zhang Y, Blue NR, Truong B, Guerrero RF, Honigberg MC, Parry S, McNeil RB, Simhan HN, Chung J  et al.  Genetic associations with placental and pregnancy proteins in maternal serum identify biomarkers for hypertension in pregnancy.  Am J Obstet Gynecol  2026 Mar;234(3):779-815. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2025.10.037
  12. McConnell EA, Aleksyuk Y, Birkett M  Structural factors shape racial differences in neighbourhood-level HIV risk environments for young men who have sex with men.  Cult Health Sex  2026 Mar;28(3):390-402. doi:10.1080/13691058.2025.2544776
  13. Friedman EE, Mason JA, Devlin SA, Liegeon G, Johnson AK, Simon J, Parras D, Chung-Bridges K, Pyra M, Hirschhorn LR  et al.  PrEP Prescriptions at 2 Federally Qualified Health Centers.  Sex Transm Dis  2026 Mar 01;53(3):e26-e28. doi:10.1097/OLQ.0000000000002234
  14. Witman N, Yu M, Zhang Y, Gai K, Chen Y, Zhou L, Nguyen C, Zhu W, Zheng Y, Jobe SM  et al.  Atypical memory B-cell clonal expansion and inflammatory programs associate with platelet-activating antibody development in COVID-19.  JCI Insight  2026 Feb 26;. pii:e201033
  15. Keenan-Devlin LS, Borders AEB, Johnson TJ, Hirschhorn LR  Determinants and strategies influencing implementation of a clinically integrated breastfeeding peer counseling program: an application of the Implementation Research Logic Model.  BMC Pregnancy Childbirth  2026 Feb 24;. doi:10.1186/s12884-026-08851-6
  16. Huang YL, de Ferranti SD, Hartz J, Zhang Y, Ruiz-Negrón N, Kazi DS, Khera AV, Woo JG, Urbina EM, Jacobs DR  et al.  Impact of Early, Delayed, or Interrupted Treatment in Children With Familial Hypercholesterolemia.  J Am Coll Cardiol  2026 Feb 24;87(7):793-796. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2025.09.1613
  17. Liem WW, Casline E, Lorenzo J, Gordon JD, Avila AA, Taylor A, Levitz N, O'Keefe MC, Macapagal K  Enhancing LGBTQ+ Inclusivity in an AI-Powered Sexual Health Chatbot: User-Centered Design Approach Through a Nonprofit and Academic Partnership.  J Med Internet Res  2026 Feb 19;28:e78621. pii:e78621
  18. Liu N, Shiravi S, Jin T, Liu J, Zhu Z, Li J, Cheung I, Zhang H, Wang Y, Li Q  et al.  Shape-conformal porous frameworks for full coverage of neural organoids and high-resolution electrophysiology.  Nat Biomed Eng  2026 Feb 18;. doi:10.1038/s41551-026-01620-y
  19. Bai M, Cella D, Jeon S, Govindarajan R, Birrer MJ  Quality-of-life outcomes in newly diagnosed advanced cancer: subgroup analysis - a case for individual differences.  BMJ Support Palliat Care  2026 Feb 18;. pii:spcare-2025-006069
  20. Pierre-Wright MJ, Singh R, O'Conor R, Thachapuzha U, Mokhtar IB, Chakraborty Y, Kaat AJ, Jean-Jacques M  Developing and validating a trauma-informed care toolkit for internal medicine residents: A patient-centered, multistakeholder approach.  Patient Educ Couns  2026 Feb 14;147:109541. doi:10.1016/j.pec.2026.109541
  21. Molefe-Baikai OJ, Kebotsamang K, Manyeagae GD, Moshomo T, Mawi M, Mogaetsho E, Gaolathe T, Molebatsi K, Kelepile M, Kgotlaetsile K  et al.  Self-reported early-onset menopause among women living with HIV and hypertension in Botswana: a cross-sectional study.  Menopause  2026 Feb 10;. doi:10.1097/GME.0000000000002760
  22. Islam N, Chu AWL, Sheriff F, Foroutan F, Guyatt GH, Brignardello-Petersen R, Oykhman P, Iorio A, Izcovich A, Morrison KM  et al.  Risk Factors for the Development of Food Allergy in Infants and Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.  JAMA Pediatr  2026 Feb 09;. pii:e256105
  23. Flentje A, Mustanski B  Surviving as a health equity researcher amidst a shifting political climate.  Nat Med  2026 Feb 06;. doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04227-7
  24. Ackerman B, Gan RW, Zhang Y, Hayden J, Wang JR, Meyer CS, Siddique J, Lund JL, Weberpals J, Schneeweiss S  et al.  Quantitative bias analyses to address measurement error in time-to-event endpoints.  Am J Epidemiol  2026 Feb 06;. pii:kwag027
  25. Dworak EM, Pila S, Novack MA, Hosseinian Z, Ho EH, Ece B, Karpouzian-Rogers T, Mather MA, Han YC, Bucko P  et al.  A scoping review of emotion and non-cognitive measures of decision-making ability in older adults by the ARMCADA study.  Front Public Health  2026;14:1718861. pii:1718861
  26. Martin KA, Hallgren E, Holmes CE, Barker J, Hirschhorn LR, Cameron KA  Venous thromboembolism prevention in ambulatory oncology: A multi-method evaluation of the Vermont Model to inform adaptation to an oncology-delivered model.  Thromb Res  2026 Feb 04;259:109610. doi:10.1016/j.thromres.2026.109610
  27. Shao S, Beck ED, Hawks Z, Van Bogart K, Graham EK, Ong AD  Loneliness modulates social threat detection in daily life.  Commun Psychol  2026 Feb 04;. doi:10.1038/s44271-026-00410-1
  28. Niu H, Lin S, Brown R, Shen J, Kharel A, Zhang Y, Gai K, Bauer A, Brown A, Xu Z  et al.  Stepwise differentiation from precursor intermediates and distinct Th1 checkpoints promote CD4 Th1 cell differentiation during chronic viral infection.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A  2026 Feb 03;123(5):e2522928123. doi:10.1073/pnas.2522928123
  29. Au M, Zhang Y, Zhou MM, Choi SK, Zhou H, Harrison TN, Mefford MT, Lee MS, Yang E, Shah NS  et al.  PREVENT Equation Performance in Asian and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Groups.  JAMA Netw Open  2026 Feb 02;9(2):e2556915. pii:e2556915
  30. Qin P, Graham EK, Ong AD, Steptoe A  Social Asymmetry and Risk of Morbidity and Mortality.  JAMA Netw Open  2026 Feb 02;9(2):e2558214. pii:e2558214
  31. Sotomayor I, Morska L, Fox C, Mamcarz P, Zapata JP, Domagala-Zyśk E, Miszczyszyn D, Englert-Bator A, Palamarchuk O, Rambadt A  et al.  Rapid cultural adaptations for scalable dissemination of a single-session intervention among Polish and Ukrainian youth: An open pilot trial.  Appl Psychol Health Well Being  2026 Feb;18(1):e70099. pii:e70099
  32. Van Buren E, Zhang Y, Li X, Selvaraj MS, Li Z, Zhou H, Palmer ND, Arnett DK, Blangero J, Boerwinkle E  et al.  cellSTAAR: incorporating single-cell-sequencing-based functional data to boost power in rare variant association testing of noncoding regions.  Nat Methods  2026 Feb;23(2):338-349. doi:10.1038/s41592-025-02919-5
  33. Roberti J, Mazzoni A, Guglielmino M, Silva C, Mazzaresi Y, Falaschi A, Hirschhorn LR, Parker JJ, García-Elorrio E  Co-Designing a Primary Healthcare Intervention to Improve Diabetes Care in Mendoza, Argentina: A Qualitative Case Study.  Health Expect  2026 Feb;29(1):e70536. pii:e70536
  34. Goldschmidt AB, Ortega A, Rooper IR, Obleada KT, Chapa DAN, Silverberg B, Stalvey E, Camino MK, Levine MD, Yu L  et al.  Virtual Intervention for Binge Eating (VIBE): Study protocol for a user-informed mobile intervention for dysregulated eating and weight gain prevention in adolescents.  Contemp Clin Trials  2026 Feb;161:108192. doi:10.1016/j.cct.2025.108192
  35. Slotkin J, Tyner CE, Ho EH, Kaat AJ, Dworak EM, Laforte E, Ma M, Han YC, Aytürk E, Zhang M  et al.  Development and validation of the visual reasoning test for the NIH Toolbox.  Psychol Assess  2026 Feb;38(2):102-114. doi:10.1037/pas0001425
  36. Dhurandhar EJ, Maki KC, Dhurandhar NV, Kyle TK, Yurkow S, Hawkins MAW, Agley J, Ho EH, Cheskin LJ, Sørensen TIA  et al.  Development and rigorous multistep validation of a psychometric tool to measure food noise.  Appetite  2026 Feb 01;217:108339. doi:10.1016/j.appet.2025.108339
  37. McNerney KO, Diorio C, Annesley C, Gardner RA, Graham AK, Sanchez-Pinto LN, Ombrello AK, Talleur AC, Chaudhury S, Schultz LM  et al.  Management Practices of CAR T-cell-Related Inflammatory Toxicities: A Survey of Pediatric CAR T-cell Providers.  Transplant Cell Ther  2026 Feb;32(2):158-168. doi:10.1016/j.jtct.2025.09.028
  38. Zhao J, Zhang Y, Li K, Xu L, Ye J, Xue E, Lin X, Chen Y, Yin L, Chen J  et al.  Estimates of global, regional, and national incidence of Hodgkin lymphoma attributable to Human Immunodeficiency virus: A population attributable modeling study.  Int J Cancer  2026 Feb 01;158(3):608-620. doi:10.1002/ijc.70115
  39. O'Leary KJ, Pollack T, Barnard C, Kim JS, Leviton L, Favia L, Lagu T, Haywood C  Hospitalized patients' health-related social needs: A comparison of screenings conducted by hospital staff and research staff.  J Hosp Med  2026 Feb;21(2):171-174. doi:10.1002/jhm.70164
  40. Merle JL, Kuharic M, Cella D, Mitchell SA, Austin JD, Ridgeway JL, Hassett MJ, Paudel R, Flores AM, DiMartino L  et al.  Psychometric properties of the Clinical Sustainability Assessment Tool (CSAT) short form across three research centers evaluating effectiveness and implementation of a cancer symptom surveillance and management intervention.  Implement Sci Commun  2026 Jan 29;7(1). pii:41
  41. Sohail AH, Afolaranmi O, Wuraola FO, Caputo M, Gutierrez G, Oyewole A, Ebekue DO, Adegbite ZO, Awe C, Ogunniyi T  et al.  Evaluating the impact of financial navigation on financial catastrophe and distress for cancer care: a randomized control trial-COST-FIN.  Trials  2026 Jan 28;27(1). pii:167
  42. Casimir T, Brin M, Veihman P, Fontalvo S, Garofalo R, Radix A, Kuhns LM, Naar S, Janulis P, Schnall R  Understanding Patient Barriers and Facilitators Throughout the PrEP Care Continuum: an Analysis of Qualitative Interviews with PrEP Navigators in the United States.  AIDS Behav  2026 Jan 23;. doi:10.1007/s10461-025-05026-w
  43. Keyes KM, Gimbrone C, Rutherford C, Zhang Y, Choi K, Smith L, Greenland P, Smoller JW, Argos M  Using large biobanks for psychiatric genomic research: Consistency of clinical and genetic aspects of recorded depression across US states in the All of Us Research Program.  Psychol Med  2026 Jan 23;56:e29. doi:10.1017/S0033291725102420
  44. Sohail AH, Afolaranmi O, Wuraola FO, Caputo M, Guiterrez G, Oyewole A, Ebekue DO, Adegbite ZO, Awe C, Ogunniyi T  et al.  Evaluating the Impact of Financial Navigation on Financial Catastrophe and Distress for Cancer Care: A Randomized Control Trial- COST-FIN.  Res Sq  2026 Jan 21;. pii:rs.3.rs-7686399
  45. Beidas RS, Barnard C, Hirschhorn LR, Rafferty MR, Scott K, Becker SJ, Franklin PD  Partnership makes performance: integration approaches to optimise implementation science and quality improvement collaboration.  BMJ Qual Saf  2026 Jan 19;35(2):141-146. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2025-019038
  46. Dougherty K, Hailemariam N, Jenkins G, Chen J, Ilangali J, Mwangi J, Thomas J, Mwaniki HM, Dosunmu O, Tillya R  et al.  Using implementation science to define the model and outcomes for improving quality in NEST360, a multicountry alliance for reducing newborn mortality in sub-Saharan Africa.  BMJ Qual Saf  2026 Jan 19;35(2):83-94. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2024-018471
  47. Davoudpour S, Rivera A, Mason ME, Schechner RJ, Kelsey SW, Quiballo K, Wall FF, Radakovic P, Floresca YB, Beach LB  et al.  Assessing Statistical Analysis Practices in Utilizing Data From the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System 2015 to 2019 to Analyze Selected Health Outcomes of Sexual Minority Youth: A Systematic Review and Cross-Sectional Analysis.  J Adolesc  2026 Jan 15;. doi:10.1002/jad.70110
  48. Bellows BK, Zhang Y, Ruiz-Negrón N, Kazi DS, Khera AV, Woo JG, Urbina EM, Jacobs DR, Allen NB, Wong JB  et al.  Familial Hypercholesterolemia Screening in Childhood and Early Adulthood: A Cost-Effectiveness Study.  JAMA  2026 Jan 13;335(2):140-153. doi:10.1001/jama.2025.20648
  49. Yu K, Gatchel JR, Ho EH, Hajjar I, Arnold SE, Marshall GA, Dodge HH  The NIH toolbox emotion battery and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease: findings from the multisite ARMADA study.  J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci  2026 Jan 12;81(2). pii:gbaf236
  50. Bao Y, Zhang H, Pinheiro LC, Hu JC, Portenoy RK, Bruera E, Reid MC, Tamimi RM, Zhang F, Zhang Y  et al.  Prescription Monitoring Program Mandates and Opioids Dispensed to Patients Dying of Cancer.  JCO Oncol Pract  2026 Jan 08;:OP2500187. doi:10.1200/OP-25-00187

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