Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Medical Social Sciences

Recent Publications

  1. Duncan MS, Beach LB, Wolfe HL, Restar A, Rivera AS, Streed CG  Sexual orientation, gender identity and cardiometabolic risk: a narrative review.  Diabetologia  2025 Dec;68(12):2652-2669. doi:10.1007/s00125-025-06572-7
  2. Gong R, Moreno PI, Yanez B, Penedo FJ  Exploring the mediating role of active coping in reducing perceived stress among men with advanced prostate cancer: a randomized controlled trial of cognitive behavioral stress management.  J Behav Med  2025 Dec;48(6):955-964. doi:10.1007/s10865-025-00612-8
  3. Goonaratne E, McGrath K, Lee SF, Bottomley A, Cella D, Soliman H, Chan AW, Chang E, Rades D, Marta GN  et al.  Use of the EORTC QLQ-BN20 and the FACT-Br for the assessment of quality of life in patients with brain tumors: a systematic review of prospective clinical studies.  Curr Opin Support Palliat Care  2025 Dec 01;19(4):270-278. doi:10.1097/SPC.0000000000000779
  4. 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 Dec;29(12):4030-4042. doi:10.1007/s10461-025-04838-0
  5. Zapata JP, Rapoport A, Wescott A, Gandhi S, Bergstrom TC, Avila AA, Kuhns LM, Garofalo R, Schleider JL  Single-Session Interventions To Enhance HIV Outcomes among Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Scoping Review and Implications for Integrating HIV and Mental Health Services.  AIDS Behav  2025 Dec;29(12):3981-3998. doi:10.1007/s10461-025-04834-4
  6. Okoro CE, Jamro EL, Orji AI, Van Horn LV, Alfa V, Obagha C, Ojo AE, Ekechi H, Okoli R, Alex-Okoh M  et al.  Dietary sources of sodium intake in nigerian adults: A population-based cross-sectional study.  Sci Rep  2025 Nov 17;15(1):40088. doi:10.1038/s41598-025-23828-9
  7. Young SR, Shono Y, Hauner K, Dworak EM, Mansolf M, Curtis L, Benavente JY, Batio S, Gershon RC, Wolf MS  et al.  Clinical validation and machine learning optimization of MyCog: A self-administered cognitive screener for primary care settings.  Alzheimers Dement (Amst)  2025;17(4):e70219. doi:10.1002/dad2.70219
  8. Zhang Y, Tam CHT, Shi M, Lau ESH, Chow EWK, Ng NYH, Tsang AYT, Fan Y, Yang A, Wu H  et al.  Disparities of adiposity explained ethnic differences in insulin sensitivity and secretion traits in adolescents with normoglycaemia.  Diabetes Res Clin Pract  2025 Nov 14;:113000. doi:10.1016/j.diabres.2025.113000
  9. Van Pelt AE, Dougherty K, Nwaozuru U, Obiezu-Umeh C  "We've already been doing this, we just didn't call it implementation science": a call for shared language in global health.  BMC Glob Public Health  2025 Nov 14;3(1):101. pii:101
  10. McInerney S, Veihman P, Brin M, Jimenez J, Garofalo R, Duncan DT, Kuhns LM, Almodovar M, Janulis P, Schnall R  Awareness and use of pre-exposure prophylaxis in a united states national sample of young sexual and gender minority men.  AIDS Care  2025 Nov 13;:1-13. doi:10.1080/09540121.2025.2584598
  11. Fiori KP, Levano SR, Haughton J, Dabla D, Kenny A, Badohoun K, Miziou EA, Lauria ME, Lemberg M, Agoro S  et al.  Reducing Child Mortality in Togo With an Integrated Primary Care Program: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.  Pediatrics  2025 Nov 12;. pii:e2025071345
  12. Odetola O, Ma S, Winter J, Pro B, Roy I, Xie P, Zhang B, Chen Q, Koulogeorgas GP, Mi X  et al.  Nivolumab in combination with R-CHOP for treatment-naïve diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: an evaluation of safety and efficacy.  Blood Adv  2025 Nov 11;9(21):5616-5625. doi:10.1182/bloodadvances.2025016298
  13. 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  2025 Nov 09;. pii:e2520648
  14. Vanoye CG, Desai RR, John JD, Hoffman SC, Fink N, Zhang Y, Venkatesh OG, Roe J, Adusumilli S, Jairam NP  et al.  Functional Profiling of KCNE1 Variants Informs Population Carrier Frequency of Jervell and Lange-Nielsen Syndrome Type 2.  Circ Genom Precis Med  2025 Nov 07;:e005219. doi:10.1161/CIRCGEN.125.005219
  15. Coleman KJ, Stewart C, Ahmedani BK, Kahn G, Penfold RB, Frank C, Angerhofer JE, Boggs JM, Sterling S, Yarborough BJH  et al.  Suicide Prevention Among People of Different Races and Ethnicities in Large Health Systems: Implications for Practice.  Psychiatr Serv  2025 Nov 06;:appips20240477. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.20240477
  16. Fegter O, Shaunfield S, Bona M, Cummings E, Roberts AC, Rogalski E  Face and Content Validation of the 10-Item Communicative Participation Item Bank General Short Form for Primary Progressive Aphasia: A Cognitive Interviewing Study.  Am J Speech Lang Pathol  2025 Nov 06;34(6):3300-3317. doi:10.1044/2025_AJSLP-25-00085
  17. Ojo AE, Kissock KR, Jones A, Alfa V, Jamro EL, Shedul GL, Orji IA, Guhan I, Okoro CE, Ojo TM  et al.  Availability, healthiness and sodium content of packaged and unpackaged foods and beverages in nigeria: a cross-sectional study.  J Health Popul Nutr  2025 Nov 03;44(1):385. pii:385
  18. Zamantakis A, Danielson E, Rudd E, Zapata JP, Benbow N, Saber R, Knapp AA, Mustanski B  Community-Based Organizations' Approaches to Recruitment and Retention for a Digital HIV Prevention Intervention for Young Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Mixed Methods Study.  J Med Internet Res  2025 Nov 03;27:e63199. pii:e63199
  19. 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  2025 Nov 03;. doi:10.1037/pas0001425
  20. Wu EL, Meyer M, Almirol E, Zhao X, Payne G, Bhavan K, Zaller N, Montgomery J, Hotton A, Brewer R  et al.  A community network-driven COVID-19 testing and vaccination intervention for vulnerable populations in the Central United States: results from a Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics Underserved Populations randomized controlled trial.  J Public Health (Oxf)  2025 Nov 03;. pii:fdaf134
  21. 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  2025 Nov 01;. pii:S0002-9378(25)00812-9
  22. Psihogios AM  Realigning Digital Health With Youth Culture: A Case for Social Media-Based Interventions.  J Adolesc Health  2025 Nov;77(5):797-798. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2025.08.003
  23. Blackwell CK, Mansolf M, Cella D  The Authors' Response.  J Adolesc Health  2025 Nov;77(5):1007. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2025.06.024
  24. Knopf A, Macapagal K, Nelson KM  Ethical Implications of Study Terminations.  Pediatrics  2025 Nov 01;156(5). pii:e2025073022
  25. 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 Nov;179:2110996. doi:10.1016/j.clinph.2025.2110996
  26. 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 Nov;56(11):112752. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2025.112752
  27. 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 Nov;43(11):639-653. doi:10.1016/j.urolonc.2025.07.020
  28. Hubig L, Eldar-Lissai A, Lo SH, Jiang J, Cella D, Acaster S  Reliability and Validity of the Reachable Workspace Total Score With Wrist Weight in Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy.  Muscle Nerve  2025 Nov;72(5):1074-1080. doi:10.1002/mus.70002
  29. Lewis CC, Pullmann MD, Hsu C, Norris C, Mogk J, Pardee R, Walsh-Bailey C, Westbrook E, Lee A, Ridpath J  et al.  Optimizing the community resource specialist to address social needs in primary care: results from a pragmatic quality improvement evaluation.  BMC Prim Care  2025 Oct 31;26(1):330. pii:330
  30. Michaud TL, Hill JL, Heelan KA, Fiechtner L, Ruggiero CF, French DD, Smith JD, Salmon J, Lindros J, Jelalian E  et al.  Considerations for Cost Assessment of Implementing Family Healthy Weight Programs Across Community and Clinical Contexts.  Child Obes  2025 Oct 30;. doi:10.1177/21532176251389760
  31. DiClemente-Bosco K, Kuo C, Sibeko G, Allie S, Souza T, Janssen T, Cornelius W, Mkhize A, Scheibe A, Pretorius A  et al.  Cascading Training Model to Promote Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Across South Africa: Rollout in an HIV Service Organization.  Implement Res Pract  2025;6:26334895251389461. pii:26334895251389461
  32. Manzi A, Katz B, Nguyen D, Bekele E, Niyonzima J, Nyiraneza O, Hirschhorn LR  Optimizing community health workers and nonbiomedical approaches to assess the burden of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in a school-aged population in rural Rwanda.  BMC Prim Care  2025 Oct 29;26(1):329. pii:329
  33. Grodstein F, Wilson RS, Graham EK, Mroczek DK, Bennett DA  Trends over 45 years in personality traits among older populations.  J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci  2025 Oct 28;. pii:gbaf212
  34. Young SR, Zhang M, Dworak EMM, Kaat AJ, Pila S, Novack MA, Byrne GJ, Jones CM, Ustsinovich V, Kim J  et al.  A comparison of high performance on remote vs. in-person self- administered neuropsychological measures: the Mobile Toolbox and MyCog Mobile.  J Clin Exp Neuropsychol  2025 Oct 28;:1-11. doi:10.1080/13803395.2025.2579871
  35. Harness J, Gardner K, Schleider JL, King CA  A "Papageno" Story Interview Suicide Prevention Intervention for Young Adults With Past-Month Suicidal Ideation: Uncontrolled Single-Group Pilot Study of Feedback and Acceptability.  JMIR Form Res  2025 Oct 23;9:e71368. pii:e71368
  36. Sevi B, Supiyev A, Gutiérrez Á, Graham EK, Mroczek DK, Muniz-Terrera G  Big-5 Personality Traits as Predictors of Allostatic Load in Latino Americans: A Longitudinal Study.  J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci  2025 Oct 22;. pii:gbaf204
  37. Harri A, Magder LS, Franklin PD, Magaziner JS, Kernan LM, Lambourne CA, Pellegrini VD  The Use of Estimands in the Design and Analysis of Comparative Effectiveness Trials: The PEPPER Trial.  JB JS Open Access  2025;10(4). pii:e25.00116
  38. Voinescu PE, Seliger J, Gerard EE, Birnbaum AK, Johnson EL, Pennell PB, Tsai JJ, Nath A, Jacobs CS, Decker BM  et al.  Prescribing Practices of Antiseizure Medications at US Academic Medical Centers for Pregnant People With and Without Epilepsy.  Neurology  2025 Oct 21;105(8):e214219. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000214219
  39. Ho EH, Karpouzian-Rogers T, Ayturk E, Bedjeti K, Weintraub S, Gershon R  NIH Toolbox Cognition Performance in Older Adults with Normal Cognition, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Mild Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type: Results from the ARMADA Study.  Arch Clin Neuropsychol  2025 Oct 19;40(7):1279-1287. doi:10.1093/arclin/acaf035
  40. Pyra M, Purrier M, Li D, Macapagal K, Benbow N  Dissemination experiences and preferences from HIV service delivery organizations.  Implement Sci Commun  2025 Oct 17;6(1):108. pii:108
  41. Margolis AE, Law A, Knapp EA, Greenwood P, Algermissen M, Avalos LA, Birnhak Z, Blackwell C, Breton C, Bush NR  et al.  Changes to Family Life, Youth COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Traumatic Stress, and the Youth Mental Health Crisis.  J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol  2025 Oct 17;:1-16. doi:10.1080/15374416.2025.2556658
  42. Kaat AJ, Thurm A, Farmer C, Zheng S, Ghods S, Georgiades S, Kanne S, Narayanan S, Bishop SL  The Developmental Assessment of Social Communication Ability (DASCA): initial creation and psychometric description.  Mol Autism  2025 Oct 16;16(1):52. pii:52
  43. Ece B, Ho EH, Tuladhar Z, Novack MA, Ganatra S, Zola A, Ustsinovich V, Hockett CW, Gershon R  A pilot study of remote cognitive assessment in children using the NIH toolbox participant/examiner app.  Sci Rep  2025 Oct 16;15(1):36204. pii:36204
  44. Peipert JD, Ganatra S, Zhao F, Lee JW, Roydhouse J, Ip EH, O'Connell N, Carlos RC, Graham N, Smith ML  et al.  Overall side-effect bother consistently associated with early treatment discontinuation due to adverse events in four clinical trials with various cancer types and treatments.  Cancer  2025 Oct 15;131 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):e70084. pii:e70084
  45. Gudenkauf LM, Tometich DB, Hoogland AI, Li X, Kirtane K, Small BJ, Barata A, Gonzalez BD, Jacobs KD, Chung CH  et al.  Validation of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Immune Checkpoint Modulator 17-Item Symptom Index (FACT-ICM-17) to facilitate implementation in research and clinical care.  Cancer  2025 Oct 15;131(20):e70102. doi:10.1002/cncr.70102
  46. 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
  47. 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  2025 Oct 14;217:108339. doi:10.1016/j.appet.2025.108339
  48. Zelicha H, Weitzner ZN, Park S, Babb TG, Bernhardt V, Ahmad FS, Cella D, Chen Y, Livingston EH  Improvement in breathlessness following bariatric surgery as measured by a new heart failure-specific health-related quality of life instrument: a prospective longitudinal study.  Surg Obes Relat Dis  2025 Oct 10;. pii:S1550-7289(25)00955-4
  49. Dir AL, Patrick BM, Salino S, DiClemente-Bosco K, Becker SJ  Tracking implementation determinants over time using the IFASIS: multi-site analysis of opioid treatment programs implementing a digital contingency management platform.  Implement Sci Commun  2025 Oct 10;6(1):103. pii:103
  50. Norman R, Campbell R, Rowen D, Viney R, Street DJ, Müller F, Mercieca-Bebber R, Pickard AS, Cella D, Shaw JW  et al.  United Kingdom value set for the functional assessment of cancer therapy eight dimension (FACT-8D) preference-based quality of life instrument.  Eur J Health Econ  2025 Oct 08;. doi:10.1007/s10198-025-01844-w

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