Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Medical Social Sciences

Recent Publications

  1. Kruzan KP, Ammerman B, Lengel GJ, Griffith JW, Lucas K, Nguyen T, Rushton K, Washburn JJ, Mohr DC  Development and initial test of an online self-assessment of nonsuicidal self-injury severity.  J Affect Disord  2025 Oct 15;387:119506. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2025.119506
  2. Kwong K, Ahuvia IL, Schleider JL  Help-seeking at the intersection of race and age: Perceived need and treatment access for depression in the United States.  J Affect Disord  2025 Oct 01;386:119428. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2025.119428
  3. Sharma Y, Philbin M, Everett B, Dwyer C, Bhargava A, Doan D, Beach LB, Pardee L, Caceres BA  Examining the Influence of Sexual Orientation-Related Nondiscrimination Laws on 30-Year Cardiovascular Disease Risk.  LGBT Health  2025 Sep 15;. doi:10.1089/LGBT.2024.0268
  4. Gao R, Xu C, Liu C, Zhu Z, Wang M, Wei X, Ning P, Zhang W, Li Y, Zhang Y  et al.  An Intracellular Magnetic Micromotor Drives Spatiotemporal Mechano-Immunotherapy.  Adv Mater  2025 Sep 13;:e04404. doi:10.1002/adma.202504404
  5. Carlozzi NE, Graves CM, Freeman JL, Leggett AN, Miner JA, Lai JS, Fansher M, Patel MR  Understanding financial hardship in families of people living with dementia: Protocol for a scoping review to identify subjective self-report measures that evaluate financial hardship.  PLoS One  2025;20(9):e0331114. pii:e0331114
  6. Somayaji N, Knapp EA, Churchill ML, Hirko KA, Blackwell CK, Hipwell AE, Cragoe N, Aschner JL, Croen LA, Bastain TM  et al.  Associations between neighborhood-level gun violence and child general health status: An ECHO cohort analysis.  Injury  2025 Sep 08;56(11):112752. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2025.112752
  7. Zhang Y, Xia M, Zhou H, Zhou M, Fang M, Reynolds K, Allen NB, Gauen A, Petito LC, Xanthakis V  et al.  Comparison of Short- and Long-Term Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment Tools in US Young Adults.  J Am Heart Assoc  2025 Sep 05;:e042392. doi:10.1161/JAHA.125.042392
  8. Mirkin CA, Petrosko SH, Artzi N, Aydin K, Biaggne A, Brinker CJ, Bujold KE, Cao YC, Chan RR, Chen C  et al.  33 Unresolved Questions in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.  ACS Nano  2025 Sep 04;. doi:10.1021/acsnano.5c12854
  9. Ogunyemi AO, Balogun MR, Ojo AE, Welch SB, Akeju DO, Onasanya OO, Omotayo AT, Shu-Ting L, Hirschhorn LR  Factors influencing primary health care service provision to older adults in lagos, nigeria: understanding the experiences of the demand population.  BMC Public Health  2025 Sep 02;25(1):3016. pii:3016
  10. Cohen ML, Boulton AJ, Tyner CE, Slotkin J, Weintraub S, Gershon RC, Dodge HH, Tulsky DS  Cross-domain latent profiles of MCI and dementia are most differentiated by social and emotional functioning.  J Int Neuropsychol Soc  2025 Sep 01;:1-11. doi:10.1017/S1355617725101276
  11. Stiles-Shields C, Lattie EG, Macapagal K, Psihogios AM  Not a Trainee, Not Yet Mid-Career: Navigating being an Early Career Pediatric Psychologist.  Clin Pract Pediatr Psychol  2025 Sep;13(3):327-333. doi:10.1037/cpp0000546
  12. Blackwell CK  Bringing developmental assessment to the 21st century: The NIH Baby Toolbox.  Infant Behav Dev  2025 Sep;80:102127. doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102127
  13. Patel PG, Langston ME, Moore JX, Han Y, Lewis-Thames MW, Fuzzell L, Khan S  Beliefs and perceptions of genetic testing by clinical, demographic, and health characteristics: A U.S.-based study utilizing the health information national trends (HINTS) survey.  Prev Med Rep  2025 Sep;57:103204. pii:103204
  14. Catherine Han Y, Dworak EM, Mansolf M, Gershon RC, Kaat AJ  Composite scores for the NIH Baby Toolbox®.  Infant Behav Dev  2025 Sep;80:102122. doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102122
  15. Flynn RM, Han YC, Kaat AJ, Mansolf M, Dworak EM, Pila S, Yao L, Carlson SM, Oakes LM, Gershon RC  et al.  Development and validation of the NIH Baby Toolbox® Executive Function and Memory measures.  Infant Behav Dev  2025 Sep;80:102118. doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102118
  16. Novack MA, Dworak EM, Han YC, Kaat AJ, Ustsinovich V, Saffran J, Frank MC, Waxman S, Gershon RC  Development and validation of the NIH Baby Toolbox® language measures.  Infant Behav Dev  2025 Sep;80:102121. doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102121
  17. Novack MA, Han YC, Kaat AJ, Pila S, Flynn RM, Bedjeti K, Diaz MV, Hanrahan RT, Glinberg S, Sievert PH  et al.  Automated iPad-based gaze detection in the NIH Baby Toolbox® norming study.  Infant Behav Dev  2025 Sep;80:102119. doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102119
  18. Han YC, Dworak EM, Mansolf M, Adam H, Yao L, Novack MA, Pila S, Flynn RM, Flagg AM, Ustsinovich V  et al.  NIH Baby Toolbox® methodology and norms development.  Infant Behav Dev  2025 Sep;80:102117. doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102117
  19. Adolph KE, Cole WG, Novack MA, Han YC, Kaat AJ, Rachwani J, Clark J, Dusing S, Heathcock J, Prosser LA  et al.  Development and validation of the motor measures in the NIH Baby Toolbox®.  Infant Behav Dev  2025 Sep;80:102115. doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102115
  20. Pila S, Han YC, Adam H, Ustsinovich V, Kaat AJ, Sarama J, Clements DH, Gershon RC  Development and validation of the NIH Baby Toolbox® Math measures.  Infant Behav Dev  2025 Sep;80:102116. doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102116
  21. Blackwell CK, Nowinski CJ, Wetherby A, Sommerville JA, Bethell C, Wakschlag L, Hooker JL, Mansolf M, Han YC, Dworak EM  et al.  Development and validation of the NIH Baby Toolbox Social-Emotional Functioning measures.  Infant Behav Dev  2025 Sep;80:102110. doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102110
  22. Iezzoni LI, Haywood C  Roots of Disability Discrimination in Medical Schools.  JAMA Intern Med  2025 Sep 01;185(9):1166-1168. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.3156
  23. Chung EZ, Sferrazza D, Lee SF, Bottomley A, Cella D, Dawson LA, Hosni A, Chan AW, Chow E, Wong HCY  Comparing FACT and EORTC QLQ modules for the assessment of quality of life in patients with hepatobiliary cancers.  Curr Opin Support Palliat Care  2025 Sep 01;19(3):203-213. doi:10.1097/SPC.0000000000000764
  24. Petitclerc A, Biedzio Rizik D, Burns JL, Estabrook R, Wakschlag LS, Briggs-Gowan M  Conditions associated with reduced harsh parenting among mothers with depressive symptoms or antisocial behavior.  Child Abuse Negl  2025 Sep;167:107516. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107516
  25. Xu J, Lu J, Gielzak M, Lilly Zheng S, Lu L, Wei J, Cornell B, Shi Z, Wang Q, Tran H  et al.  Germline Testing for Prostate Cancer Patients: Evidence-Based Evaluation of Genes Recommended by NCCN Guidelines.  Prostate  2025 Sep;85(12):1087-1095. doi:10.1002/pros.24918
  26. McConnell EA, Birkett M  "We Live in Different Chicagos": Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Neighborhood Affiliations of Young Men Who Have Sex with Men as Drivers of HIV Risk.  AIDS Behav  2025 Sep;29(9):2764-2782. doi:10.1007/s10461-025-04734-7
  27. Cohen KA, Bruns EJ, Schleider JL  Debate: Where to next for universal school-based mental health interventions? Tensions in prevention - To build better school-based programming, we must start with what we know.  Child Adolesc Ment Health  2025 Sep;30(3):308-310. doi:10.1111/camh.12758
  28. Kaat AJ, Evans L, Nili AN, Paltell K, Kaiser A, Anderson E, Myers LS, Berg AT  Vineland-3 Growth Scale Values: Psychometric Properties for Clinical Trial Readiness in SCN2A.  J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol  2025 Sep;35(7):416-423. doi:10.1089/cap.2024.0107
  29. Gerber AH, Nahmias A, Schleider JL, Lerner MD  Results from a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Single-Session Growth-Mindset Intervention for Internalizing Symptoms in Autistic Youth.  J Autism Dev Disord  2025 Sep;55(9):3050-3064. doi:10.1007/s10803-024-06341-2
  30. Umlauf A, Vaida F, Gupta S, Cherner M, Gershon RC, Heaton RK  Automated procedure for demographic adjustments on cognitive test scores.  Appl Neuropsychol Adult  2025;32(5):1476-1485. doi:10.1080/23279095.2023.2288231
  31. Szkody E, Chang YW, Schleider JL  Serving the Underserved? Uptake, Effectiveness, and Acceptability of Digital SSIs for Rural American Adolescents.  J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol  2025;54(5):541-554. doi:10.1080/15374416.2023.2272935
  32. Hwang J, Johnson EL, Cho SM, Geocadin R, Habela CW, Ritzl EK  Granularity of EEG reactivity in response to stimulation: "Atypical" reactivity in non-sedated and sedated patients.  Clin Neurophysiol  2025 Aug 31;179:2110996. doi:10.1016/j.clinph.2025.2110996
  33. Boehm D, Smith AR, Mansfield SA, Flynn KE, Fantus RJ, Glaser AP, Helfand BT, Helmuth M, Morgan TN, Lai HH  et al.  Factors associated with erectile dysfunction in men with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS): a Symptoms of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Research Network (LURN) study.  Transl Androl Urol  2025 Aug 30;14(8):2207-2217. doi:10.21037/tau-2025-86
  34. Pfund GN, Ong AD, Mroczek DK, James BD, Jackson KL, Rose DK, Barnes LL, Bennett DA, Graham EK  Investigating the Trivariate Reciprocal Longitudinal Relationships Between Purpose, Loneliness, and Cognitive Function.  J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci  2025 Aug 29;. pii:gbaf161
  35. 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  2025 Aug 29;. doi:10.1002/ijc.70115
  36. Roydhouse J, Breslin M, Zola A, Basch E, Calvert M, Cella D, Smith ML, Thanarajasingam G, Peipert JD  Patient-Reported Side Effect Bother: Understanding the Value of the Baseline Report.  Patient  2025 Aug 28;. doi:10.1007/s40271-025-00766-2
  37. 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  2025 Aug 27;:1-13. doi:10.1080/13691058.2025.2544776
  38. Slocum JD, Jelke D, Mai Q, Johnson JK, Nguyen MLT, Cong L, Chandrasekaran A, Holl JL, Moklyak Y, Mis J  et al.  User-Centered Design of Trauma Systems Solutions for Retriage of Patients With Injury: Mixed Methods Study.  J Med Internet Res  2025 Aug 27;27:e70846. pii:e70846
  39. Curtis MG, Mason M, Boe J, Floresca YB, Davoudpour S, Jayne NA, Beach L, Phillips G  Bullying and depression serially mediate the association between perceived gender nonconformity and suicidality among US adolescents: a theory driven intersectional analysis.  BMC Public Health  2025 Aug 26;25(1):2930. pii:2930
  40. Zhang Y, Li M, Haas DM, Bairey Merz CN, Workalemahu T, Ryckman K, Catov JM, Levine LD, Freedman A, Saade GR  et al.  A novel two-sample Mendelian randomization framework integrating common and rare variants: application to assess the effect of HDL-C on preeclampsia risk.  medRxiv  2025 Aug 24;. pii:2025.08.20.25334100
  41. Young SR, Dworak EM, Byrne GJ, Jones CM, Yoshino Benavente J, Hauner KK, Gershon R, Wolf M, Nowinski C  MyCog Mobile smartphone-based cognitive screening system: a cross-sectional construct validation in a general population sample at multiple research facilities in the USA.  BMJ Open  2025 Aug 24;15(8):e092063. pii:e092063
  42. Lin S, Niu H, Zhang Y, Gai K, Brown R, Brown A, Shen J, Xu Z, Shah RK, Schmeling JL  et al.  SATB1 is a key regulator of quiescence in stem-like CD8+ T cells.  Nat Immunol  2025 Aug 22;. doi:10.1038/s41590-025-02257-w
  43. Czech KA, Hamil J, Taple BJ, Ciolino JD, Kan A, Letkiewicz AM, Diebold A, Tandon SD  Unplanned pregnancy and perinatal depression: secondary exploratory analyses from a racially and ethnically diverse, low-income sample of birthing people in the United States.  BMC Pregnancy Childbirth  2025 Aug 21;25(1):870. pii:870
  44. 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  2025 Aug 20;. doi:10.1002/jhm.70164
  45. Heffernan ME, Menker CG, Keese A, Bendelow A, Casale M, Cicchetti C, Wakschlag LS, Davis MM, Macy ML  Post-Pandemic Youth Mental Health: A Serial Cross-Sectional Survey of Illinois Parents with Four Timepoints.  Acad Pediatr  2025 Aug 20;:103127. doi:10.1016/j.acap.2025.103127
  46. Mustanski B, Benbow N, Macapagal K, Li D, Madkins K, Saber R, Linas B, Smith JD, Brown CH, Munroe S  et al.  Comparing Implementation and Effectiveness Outcomes for Two Implementation Strategies of the Keep It Up! Digital HIV Prevention Program: A Type 3 Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial.  AIDS Behav  2025 Aug 19;. doi:10.1007/s10461-025-04838-0
  47. Marchant J, Ferrell M, Wei Y, Baron K, Blackwell CK, Sigal A, Geiger S, Schantz SL, Hartert T, Kelly RS  et al.  Associations between a novel measure of sleep health and cognitive functioning in middle childhood: a crosssectional Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes cohort study.  Sleep Adv  2025;6(3):zpaf049. pii:zpaf049
  48. Kaveladze B, Ghosh A, Funkhouser CJ, Schueller SM, Schleider JL  Longer Single-Session Interventions May Not Be Better: Evidence From Two Randomized Controlled Trials With Online Workers Facing Mental-Health Struggles.  Clin Psychol Sci  2025 Aug 17;. doi:10.1177/21677026251358836
  49. MacNeill LA, Zhang Y, Giase GM, Wiggins JL, Norton ES, Smith JD, Davis MM, Raven JG, Poleon RB, Yu Q  et al.  Developmental Foundations of a Pediatric Mental Health Risk Calculator for Young Children.  Acad Pediatr  2025 Aug 16;:103128. doi:10.1016/j.acap.2025.103128
  50. Shapiro DD, Abel EJ, Albiges L, Battle D, Berg SA, Campbell MT, Cella D, Coleman K, Garmezy B, Geynisman DM  et al.  Developing biomarkers and methods of risk stratification: Consensus statements from the International Kidney Cancer Symposium North America 2024 Think Tank.  Urol Oncol  2025 Aug 16;. pii:S1078-1439(25)00275-3

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