Recent Publications

August 2024

  • Burrowes SAB, Zisman E, Fantry LE, Bui Q, Wu A, Sorkin J, Miller M, Bagchi S. Changes in Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Scores in a Predominantly Black Cohort with HIV and Associated Comorbidities: A Preliminary Study. Cardiology. 2024 Aug 6:1-9. doi: 10.1159/000540526. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39106839.
  • Cohen RT, Burrowes SAB, Williams CJ, Neri CM, Klings ES, Jones KC, Walkey AJ, Drainoni ML. SNAP: Supportive non-invasive ventilation for acute chest syndrome prevention for hospitalized children with sickle cell disease: Perspectives of patients, parents, and the healthcare team. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2024 Sep;71(9):e31142. doi: 10.1002/pbc.31142. Epub 2024 Jun 19. PMID: 38896013; PMCID: PMC11394287.
  • Biondi BE†, Munroe S, Lavarin C, Curtis MR, Buzzee B, Lodi S, Epstein RL. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Hepatitis C Care in Reproductive-Age Females with Opioid Use Disorder, Clinical Infectious Diseases, In Press; 2024.
  • Epstein RL†, Kurnellas A, Munroe S, Curtis MR, Biondi B, Wachman EM. Racial and ethnic disparities in testing of Hepatitis C virus-exposed children across the United States. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2024 Aug 22:piae082. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piae082. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39171788.

    June & July 2024

    • Assoumou SA, Bonilla HV, Ruiz-Mercado G, Von Lossnitzer M, Baker R, Crawford ND, Bernstein JA. Community-based HIV Self-testing for Persons Who Use Drugs Can Contribute to Reaching Ending the HIV Epidemic in the US (EHE) Goals. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 Jun 17;11(6):ofae189.PMID: 38887480; PMCID: PMC11181192.
    • De La Hoz, A., Graves, K., Bernstein, J. A., & Assoumou, SA. HIV and hepatitis C virus-related misinformation may contribute to rising rates of infection and suboptimal clinical outcomes among persons with substance use. AIDS Care, 1–10. 2024.
    • Knudsen HK, Walker DM, Mack N, Kinnard EN, Huerta TR, Glasgow L, Gilbert L, Garner BR, Dasgupta A, Chandler R, Walsh S, Tin Y, Tan S, Sprunger J, Sprague-Martinez L, Saucier M, Rudorf M, Rodriguez S, Oser CB, Oga E, Nakayima J, Linas BS, Lefebvre RC, Kosakowski S, Katz RE, Hunt T, Holman A, Holloway J, Goddard-Eckrich D, Fareed N, Christopher M, Aldrich A, Adams JW, Drainoni M. Reducing Perceived Barriers to Scaling Up Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution and Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in the HEALing Communities Study, Preventive Medicine, 5 June 2024.  Doi:  10.1016/j.ypmed.2024.208034.
    • Samet JH, El-Bassel N, Winhusen TJ,…Drainoni M…Walsh SL  for The HEALing Communities Study Consortium, Community-Based Cluster Randomized Trial to Reduce Opioid Overdose Deaths, New England Journal of Medicine, in press. Published June 16, 2024.  DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2401177
    • Cohen RT, Burrowes SAB, Williams CJ, Neri CM, Klings ES, Jones KC, Walkey AJ, Drainoni M.  SNAP: Supportive non-invasive ventilation for acute chest syndrome prevention for hospitalized children with sickle cell disease:  Perspectives of patients, parents, and the health care team, Pediatric Blood & Cancer, June 19, 2024.  doi.org/10.1002/pbc.31142
    • Steffen R, Hamer DH, Chen LH, Caumes E, Lau CL. Novel chikungunya and dengue vaccines — travel medicine applications. J Travel Med 2024;31:taae064.
    • Centor RM, Hamer DH, Huits R. Annals on Call – a resurgence of dengue. Web Exclusive. Ann Int Med 2024; May 7: eA240003. PMID: 38710090.
    • Hamer DH, Madoff LC, Schlagenhauf P, Sewalk K, Brownstein J, Libman M, Pollack MP. Non-traditional infectious diseases surveillance systems. Peterson E, Chen LH, Schlagenhauf P, editors. Infectious Diseases: A Geographic Guide, 3rd edition, Wiley Blackwell, July 2024.
    • Tarullo AR, Evans D, Coetzee L, Lopera-Perez DC, Brady SP, Gabard-Durnam LJ, Fink G, Hamer DH, Yousafzai AK, Rockers PC. Neonatal physical growth predicts electroencephalography power in rural South African children. Brain Sci 2024;14:552.
    • Agudelo Higuita NI, Beatty NL, Forsyth C, Henao-Martines AF, Manne-Goehler J, and US Chagas Research Consortium. Chagas disease in the United States: a call for increased investment and collaborative research. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2024 May 17:34:100768.
    • Das S*, Neupane R *, Beard J, Solomon H, Das M, Errickson N, Simon JL, Nisar YB, MacLeod WB*, Hamer DH*. *Contributed equally. Aetiology of diarrhoea in children in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review. J Global Health, in press.
    • Duvignaud A, Stoney RJ, Angelo D O KM, Chen LH, Cattaneo P, Motta L, Gobbi FG, Bottieau E, Bourque DL, Popescu CP, Glans H, Asgeirsson H, Oliveira-Souto I, Vaughan SD, Amatya B, Norman FF, Waggoner J, Diaz-Menendez M, Beadsworth M, Odolini S, Camprub.-Ferrer D, Epelboin L, Connor BA, Eperon G, Schwartz E, Libman M, Malvy D, Hamer DH, Huits R ; GeoSentinel Network. Epidemiology of travel-associated dengue from 2007 to 2022: a GeoSentinel analysis. J Travel Med. 2024 Jul 2:taae089. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taae089. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38951998
    • Javelle E, Itani O, Rapp C, Hamer DH, Huits R. Will the Olympic flame spark dengue outbreaks during the Paris 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic games? J Travel Med. 2024 Jul 4:taae088. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taae088. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38963939.
    • Bongomin F, Nantale R, Kibone W, Awekonimungu B, Oyoo N, Okello J, Muzoora C, Hamer DH. Organ donation and HIV: awareness and willingness to be a living donor among people with HIV in Uganda. Transplant Infect Dis 2024;e14300.
    • Taylor-Salmon E, Hill V, Paul LM, Koch RT, Breban MI, Chaguza C, Sodeinde A, Warren JL, Bunch S, Cano N, Cone M, Eysoldt S, Garcia A, Gilles N, Hagy A, Heberlein L, Jaber R, Kassens E, Colarusso P, Davis A, Baudin S,  Rico E, Mejía-Echeverri A, Scott B, Stanek D, Zimler R, Muñoz-Jordán JL, Santiago GA, Adams LE, Paz-Bailey G, Spillane M, Katebi V, Paulino-Ramírez R, Mueses S, Peguero A, Sánchez N, Norman FF, Galán JC, Huits R, Hamer DH, Vogels CBF, Morrison A, Michael SF, Grubaugh ND. Travel surveillance uncovers dengue virus dynamics and introductions in the Caribbean. Nature Commun published on line 25 April 2024.

    March 2024 & April 2024

    • Feng F, Yuen R, Wang Y, Hua A, Kepler TB, Wetzler LM.Characterizing adjuvants’ effects at murine immunoglobulin repertoire level. iScience. 2024 Jan 19; 27(1):108749. PMID: 38269092
    • Bierbrier R, Javelle E, Norman FF, Chen LH, Bottieau E, Schwartz E, Leder K, Angelo KM, Stoney R, Libman M, Hamer DH, Huits R, Connor BA, Simon F, Barkati S, for the GeoSentinel Network. Chikungunya infection in returned travelers: results from the GeoSentinel Network, 2005–2020. J Travel Med 2024 Mar 1:31:taae005.
    • Sridhar S, Kang JS, Bell-Cross S, Makasa J, Madzorera I, Zulu E, Hamer DH. Impact of COVID-19 on food security and diet quality in Chilanga District, Zambia. J Health, Pop & Nutr 2024;43:27.
    • Sinha P, Ezhumalai K, Du X, Ponnuraja C, Dauphinais MR, Gupte N, Sarkar S, Gupta A, Gaikwad S, Thangakunam B, Paradkar M, Christopher DJ, Mave V, Viswanathan V, Ellner JJ, Kornfeld H, Horsburgh CR, Padmapriyadarsini C, Gupte A. on behalf of RePORT India Consortium. Undernourished household contacts are at increased risk of TB disease, but not TB infection– a multicenter prospective cohort analysis. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2024: (in press)
    • Richterman A, Sinha P, Ivers LC, Gross R, Rantleru T, Tamuhla N, Bisson GP. Food Insecurity and Undernutrition Are Associated With Distinct Immunologic Profiles in People With Tuberculosis and Advanced HIV Starting Antiretroviral Therapy. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2024 Apr 15;95(5):494-504. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003386.
    • Dauphinais, M.R., Koura, K.G., Narasimhan, P.B., Mehta, S., Finkelstein, J.L., Heysell, S.K. and Sinha, P., 2024. Nutritionally acquired immunodeficiency must be addressed with the same urgency as HIV to end tuberculosis.BMC Global and Public Health, 2(1), pp.1-9.
    • Carwile M, Pan SJ, Zhang V, Dauphinais M, Cintron C, Flynn D, Tang AM, Sinha P. National Institutes of Health Funding for Tuberculosis Comorbidities Is Disproportionate to Their Epidemiologic Impact. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2024 11(1): ofad618.

    February 2024

    • Epstein RL, Buzzee B, White LF, Feld JJ, Castera L, Sterling RK, et al. Test characteristics for combining non-invasive liver fibrosis staging modalities in individuals with Hepatitis C virus. Journal of Viral Hepatitis. 2024 Feb 7; Online ahead of print. Available from: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jvh.13925
    • Curtis MR, Epstein RL, Pei P, Linas BP, Ciaranello AL. Cost-effectiveness of strategies for treatment timing for perinatally-acquired hepatitis C virus infection in the United States. JAMA Pediatrics, 2024. In Press.
    • Stewart, J; Ruiz-Mercado, G; Sperring, H; Pierre CM, Assoumou SA, Taylor JL. Addressing Unmet PrEP Needs in Women: Impact of a Laboratory-Driven Protocol at an Urban, Essential Hospital, Open Forum Infect. Dis. in press
    • Berry J, Berry S, Chizema E, Fundafunda B, Hamer DH, Ramchandani R, Institutionalizing innovation: From pilot to scale for co-packaged oral rehydration salts and zinc – a case study in Zambia. Global Health: Science & Practice 2024;12:1-15.
    • Heidema S, Stoepker IV, Flaherty G, Angelo KM, DO, Post RAJ, Miller C, Kozarsky P, Libman M, Hamer DH, van den Heuvel ER, Huits R. From GeoSentinel data to epidemiological insights: a multidisciplinary effort towards artificial intelligence-supported detection of infectious disease outbreaks. J Travel Med published on-line January 28, 2024.

    December 2023 & January 2024

    • Barnett ED, Wheelock AB, MacLeod WB, McCarthy AE, Walker PF, Coyle CM, Greenaway CA, Castelli F, López-Vélez R, Gobbi FG, Trigo E, Grobusch MP, Gautret P, Hamer DH, Kuhn S, Stauffer WM. Infections with long latency in international refugees, immigrants, and migrants seen at GeoSentinel sites, 2016-2018. Travel Med Infect Dis 2023;56:102653. PMID: 37852594.
    • Bongomin F, Ekeng BE, Kwizera R, Salmanton-García J, Kibone W, van Rhijn N, Govender NP, Meya DB, Osaigbovo II, Hamer DH, Oladele R, Denning DW. Fungal diseases in Africa: closing the gaps in diagnosis and treatment through implementation research and advocacy. J Med Mycology 2023;33:101438.
    • Bongomin F, Morgan B, Ekeng BE, Mushi MF, Kibone W, Olum R, Meya DB, Hamer DH, Denning DW. Isolated renal and urinary tract aspergillosis: a systematic review. Ther Adv Urology 2023;15:1-18.
    • Bongomin F, Kibone W, Atulinda L, Morgan B, Ocansey B, van Rhijn N, Storer I Muzoora C, Denning D, Hamer DH. Frequency of fungal pathogens in autopsy studies of people who died with HIV in Africa: a scoping review. Clin Microbiol Infect 2024;S1198-743X(23)00624-9.
    • Hazel EA, Erchick DJ, Katz J, Lee ACC, Diaz M, Wu LSF, West KP, Shamim AA, Christian P, Ali H, Baqui AH, Saha SK, Ahmed S, Roy AD, Silveira MF, Buffarini R, Shapiro R, Zash R, Kolsteren P, Lachat C, Huybregts L, Roberfroid D, Zhu Z, Zeng L, Gebreyesus SH, Tesfamariam K, Adu-Afarwuah S, Dewey KG, Gyaase S, Poku-Asante K, Kalli EB, Jack D, Ravilla T, Tielsch J, Taneja S, Chowdhury R, Ashorn P, Maleta K, Ashorn U, Mangani C, Mullany LC, Khatry SK, Ramokolo V, Zembe-Mkabile W, Fawzi WW, Wang D, Schmiegelow C, Minja D, Msemo OA, Lusingu JPA, Smith ER, Masanja H, Mongkolchati A, Keentupthai P, Kakuru A, Kajubi R, Semrau K, Hamer DH, Manasyan A, Pry JM, Chasekwa B, Humphrey J, Black RE. Neonatal mortality risk of vulnerable newborns by fine stratum of gestational age and birthweight for 230 679 live births in nine low-and middle-income countries, 2000–2017. Brit J Ob Gyn published on line 17 January 2024
    • Biondi BE†, Munroe S, Lavarin C, Curtis MR, Buzzee B, Lodi S, Epstein RL. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Hepatitis C Care in Reproductive-Age Females with Opioid Use Disorder, Clinical Infectious Diseases, In Press; 2024.
    • Epstein RL†, Kurnellas A, Munroe S, Curtis MR, Biondi B, Wachman EM. Racial and ethnic disparities in testing of Hepatitis C virus-exposed children across the United States. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2024 Aug 22:piae082. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piae082. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39171788.
    • Burrowes SAB, Zisman E, Fantry LE, Bui Q, Wu A, Sorkin J, Miller M, Bagchi S. Changes in Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Scores in a Predominantly Black Cohort with HIV and Associated Comorbidities: A Preliminary Study. Cardiology. 2024 Aug 6:1-9. doi: 10.1159/000540526. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39106839.
    • Cohen RT, Burrowes SAB, Williams CJ, Neri CM, Klings ES, Jones KC, Walkey AJ, Drainoni ML. SNAP: Supportive non-invasive ventilation for acute chest syndrome prevention for hospitalized children with sickle cell disease: Perspectives of patients, parents, and the healthcare team. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2024 Sep;71(9):e31142. doi: 10.1002/pbc.31142. Epub 2024 Jun 19. PMID: 38896013; PMCID: PMC11394287.

    October & November 2023

    • Flam-Ross JM, Marsh E, Weitz M, Savinkina A, Schackman BR, Wang J, Madushani R. W. M. A., Morgan JR, Barocas JA, Walley AY, Chrysanthopoulou SA, Linas BP, Assoumou SA. Economic evaluation of extended-release buprenorphine for persons with opioid use disorder . JAMA Netw Open. 2023;6(9):e2329583.
    • Frimpong JA, Parish CL, Feaster DJ, Gooden LK, Nelson MC, Matheson T, Siegel K, Haynes L, Linas BP, Assoumou SA, Tross S, Kyle T, Liguori TK, Toussaint O, Annane D, Metsch LR. A study protocol for Project I-Test: a cluster randomized controlled trial of a practice coaching intervention to increase HIV testing in substance use treatment programs. Trials. 2023 Sep 26;24(1):609. PMID: 37749635; PMCID: PMC10521543.
    • Morgan JR, Assoumou SA. The limits of innovation: Directly addressing known challenges is necessary to improve the real-world experience of novel medications for opioid use disorder. Acad Emerg Med. 2023 Oct 4. PMID: 37793818.
    • Wurcel AG, Guardado R, Grussing ED, Koutoujian PJ, Siddiqi K, Senst T, Assoumou SA, Freund KM, Beckwith CG. Racial differences in testing for infectious diseases: An analysis of jail intake data. Plos One. in press
    • Kimmel SD, Xuan Z, Yan S, Lambert AM, Formica SW, Green TC, Carroll JJ, Bagley SM, Rosenbloom D, Beletsky L, Walley AY. Characteristics of post-overdose outreach programs and municipal-level opioid overdose in Massachusetts. Int J Drug Policy. 2023 Sep 13; 120:104164.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37713939; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104164;
    • Paradise RK, Desmarais J, O’Malley SE, Hoyos-Cespedes A, Nurani A, Walley AY, Clarke J, Taylor S, Dooley D, Bazzi AR, Kimmel SD. Perspectives and recommendations of opioid overdose survivors experiencing unsheltered homelessness on housing, overdose, and substance use treatment in Boston, MA. Int J Drug Policy. 2023 Sep; 119:104127.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37523844; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104127
    • Zang X, Walley AY, Chatterjee A, Kimmel SD, Morgan JR, Murphy SM, Linas BP, Nolen S, Reilly B, Urquhart C, Schackman BR, Marshall BDL. Changes to opioid overdose deaths and community naloxone access among Black, Hispanic and White people from 2016 to 2021 with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic: An interrupted time-series analysis in Massachusetts, USA. Addiction. 2023 Aug 28.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37640687; DOI: 10.1111/add.16324;

    September 2023

    • Brown TS, Tang L, Omar SV, Joseph L, Meintjes G, Maartens G, Wasserman S, Shah NS, Farhat MR, Gandhi NR, Ismail N, Brust JCM, Mathema B. Genotype-phenotype characterization of serial Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in bedaquiline-resistant tuberculosis. Clinical Infectious Diseases. (Accepted 15 September 2023).
    • Acuña-Villaorduña C, Jacobson KR, Horsburgh CR, Canning M, Sinha P. Initial experience with BPaL-based regimens to treat multidrug-resistant TB. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2023;27(8):649-650
    • Flam-Ross JM, Marsh E, Weitz M, Savinkina A, Schackman BR, Wang J, Madushani R. W. M. A., Morgan JR, Barocas JA, Walley AY, Chrysanthopoulou SA, Linas BP, Assoumou SA. Economic evaluation of extended-release buprenorphine for persons with opioid use disorder . JAMA Netw Open. 2023;6(9):e2329583.
    • Wurcel AG, Guardado R, Grussing ED, Koutoujian PJ, Siddiqi K, Senst T, Assoumou SA, Freund KM, Beckwith CG. Racial differences in testing for infectious diseases: An analysis of jail intake data. Plos One. in press

    August 2023

    • Neupane R, Myra Bhathena M, Das G, Long E, Beard J, Solomon H, Simon JL, Nisar YB, MacLeod WB*, Hamer DH*. Antibiotic resistance trends for common bacterial aetiologies of childhood diarrhoea in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review. J Global Health 2023;13:04060.
    • Huits R, Wallender E, Angelo KA, Libman M, Hamer DH. A zebra among the horses: Clinical implications of malaria in the United States. Ann Int Med published on-line July 25, 2023.
    • Drainoni M, Walt G, Sprague Martinez L, Santarpio S, Munoz-Lopez R, McClay C, Keisling L, Harris A, Gillen F, El-Alfi V, Crable EL, Cogan A, Carpenter JF, Barkowski L, Battaglia TA. Coalition building: What happens when external facilitators put the CBPR principles in practice? Ethnographic Examples from the Massachusetts HEALing Communities Study, Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship, 2023; 16(1): July 3. DOI: 10.54656/jces.v16i1.457
    • Long KA, Blakey AO, Amaro CM, Eilenberg J, Brochier A, Garg A, Drainoni M, Pashankar F, Carbonells J, Esrick E, Kavanaugh P. Bidirectional Processes Linking Social Determinants of Health and Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease Management: A Qualitative Study, Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 2023 Jul 20:e30539. doi: 10.1002/pbc.30539. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37470711.
    • Nelson A, Steiner J, Barlam TF, Drainoni M, Burrowes SAB, Pierre C.  Revitalizing the Infection Prevention Workforce with a Fellowship Program for Underrepresented Groups, Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol; 2023 Jul 3;1-2. doi: 10.1017/ice.2023.38.
    • Garg A, Brochier A, Tripodis Y, Messmer E, Drainoni M. A Social Care System Implemented in Pediatric Primary Care: A Cluster RCT, Pediatrics, 2023 July 26. Doi: 10.1542/peds.2023.2023-061513
    • Tejeda M, Farrell J, Zhu C, Wetzler L, Lunetta KL, Bush WS, Martin ER, Wang LS, Schellenberg GD, Pericak-Vance MA, Haines JL, Farrer LA, Sherva R. DNA from multiple viral species is associated with Alzheimer’s disease risk. Alzheimers Dement. 2023 Aug 14. doi: 10.1002/alz.13414. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37578203

    July 2023

    • Morrison TM, Standish KR, Wanar A, Crowell L, Safon CB, Colvin BN, Friedman H, Schiff DM, Wachman E, Colson E, Drainoni M, Parker MG. Drivers of decision-making regarding infant sleep practices among mothers with opioid use disorder, Journal of Perinatology, 2023 Jun 3. doi: 10.1038/s41372-023-01701-9. Online ahead of print
    • McAlearney AS, Walker D, Shiu-Yee K, Crable EL, Auritt V, Barkowski LK, Batty E, Dasgupta A, Goddard-Eckrich D, Knudsen H, McCrimmon T, Scalise AL, Sieck C, Wood J, Drainoni M. Embedding Big Qual and Team Science into Qualitative Research: Lessons from a Large-scale, Cross-site Research Study, International Journal of Qualitative Methods., International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 6 June 2023. 22: 1-9.
    • Tancioco V, Pancholi R, Schechter-Perkins E, Drainoni M, White KO. Emergency Department Staff Perspectives on Caring for Patients Experiencing Early Pregnancy Loss.  Contraception, Contraception, 2023,June 16. DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2023.110091.
    • Chen S, Walt G, Aldrich A, McAlearney AS, Linas B, Amuchi B, Freedman D, Goddard-Eckrich DA, Gibson E, Hartman J, Bosak JS, Lunze K, Jones L, Christopher M, Salsberry P, Jackson R, Back S, Drainoni M, Walker DM. A Qualitative Study of Health Equity’s Role in Community Coalition Development, Health Education and Behavior, 2023 Jun 28;1. doi: 10.1177/10901981231179755.
    • Drainoni M, Walt G, Sprague Martinez L, Santarpio S, Munoz-Lopez R, McClay C, Keisling L, Harris A, Gillen F, El-Alfi V, Crable EL, Cogan A, Carpenter JF, Barkowski L, Battaglia TA. Coalition building: What happens when external facilitators put the CBPR principles in practice? Ethnographic Examples from the Massachusetts HEALing Communities Study, Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship, 2023; 16(1): July 3. DOI: 10.54656/jces.v16i1.457
    • Garg A, Brochier A, Tripodis Y, Messmer E, Drainoni M. A Social Care System Implemented in Pediatric Primary Care: A Cluster RCT, Pediatrics, 2023 July 26. Doi: 10.1542/peds.2023.2023-061513
    • Silver S, Redmond S, Jones KC, George E, Zornes S, Barwise A, Leppin A, Dong Y, Harmon LA, Kumar V, Kordik C, Drainoni M, Walkey AJ. A Multisite Exploration of the Association between Critical Care Implementation Factors and Clinical Outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Journal of Translational and Clinical Science, (1), E72. doi:10.1017/cts.2023.22
    • Silver S, Jones KC, Redmond S, George E, Zornes S, Barwise A, Leppin A, Dong Y, Harmon LA, Kumar VK, Kordik C, Walkey AJ, Drainoni M.  Facilitators and barriers to the implementation of new critical care practices during COVID-19: A multicenter qualitative study using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR), BMC Health Services Research, 23, 272 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09209-w
    • Gunn CM, Sprague-Martinez L, Battaglia TA, Lobb R, Chassler R, Hakim D, Drainoni M.  Integrating Community Engagement with Implementation Science to Advance the Measurement of Translational Science, Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2022; 1-22. doi:10.1017/cts.2022.433
    • Fletcher L, Burrowes SAB, Khan GK, Sabin L, Johnson S, Kimmel SD, Ruize-Mercado G, Pierre C, Drainoni M. Perspectives on Long-Acting Injectable HIV Antiretroviral Therapy at an Alternative Care Site: A Qualitative Study of People with HIV Experiencing Substance Use and/or Housing Instability, Harm Reduction Journal, 10 January 2023, online ahead of print. 20:4 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-023-00730-z
    • Nelson A, Steiner J, Barlam TF, Drainoni M, Burrowes SAB, Pierre C.  Revitalizing the Infection Prevention Workforce with a Fellowship Program for Underrepresented Groups, Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol; 2023 Jul 3;1-2. doi: 10.1017/ice.2023.38.
    • Erchick EJ, Hazel EA, Katz J, Lee ACC, Diaz M, Wu LSF, Yoshida S, Rajiv B, Grandi C, Labrique AB, Rashid M, Ahmed S, Roy AD, Haque R, Shaikh S, Baqui AH, Saha SK, Khanam R, Rahman S, Shapiro R, Zash R, Silveira MF, Buffarini R, Kolsteren P, Lachat C, Huybregts L, Roberfroid D, Zeng L, Zhu Z, He J, Qui X, Gebreyesus DSH, Tesfamariam K, Bekele D, Chan G, Baye E, Workneh F, Asante KP, Kaali EB, Adu-Afarwuah S, Dewey KG, Gyaase S, Wylie BJ,  Kirkwood BR, Manu A, Thulasira RD, Tielsch J, Chowdhury R, Taneja S, Babu GR, Prafulla S, Ashorn P, Maleta K, Ashorn U, Mangani C, Acevedo-Gallegos S, Rodriguez-Sibaja MJ, Khatry SK, LeClerq SC, Mullany LC, Jehan F, Ilyas M, Rogerson SJ, Unger HW, Ghosh R, Musange S, Ramokolo V, Zembe-Mkabile W, Lazzerini M, Mohamed R, Wang D, Fawzi WW, Minja DTR, Schmiegelow C, Masanja H, Smith E, Lusingu JPA, Msemo OA, Kabole FM, Slim SN, Keentupthai P, Mongkolchati A, Kajubi R, Kakuru A, Waiswa P, Walker D, Hamer DH, Semrau KEA, Chaponda EB, Chico RM, Banda B, Musokotwane K, Manasyan A, Pry JM, Chasekwa B, Humphrey J, Black RE on behalf of the Subnational Vulnerable Newborn Prevalence Collaborative Group and Vulnerable Newborn Measurement Core Group. Vulnerable newborn types: analysis of subnational, population-based birth cohorts for 541 285 live births in 23 countries, 2000 to 2021. Brit J Ob Gyn published on line 7 April 2023.
    • Hazel EA, Erchick SJ, Katz J, Lee ACC, Diaz M, Wu LSF, West KP, Shamim AA, Christian P, Ali H, Baqui AH, Saha SK, Ahmed S, Roy AD, Silveira MF, Buffarini R, Shapiro R, Zash R, Kolsteren P, Lachat C, Huybregts L, Roberfroid D, Zhu Z, Zeng L, Gebreyesus SH, Tesfamariam K, Adu-Afarwuah S, Dewey KG, Gyaase S, Poku-Asante K, Kalli EB, Jack D, Ravilla T, Tielsch J, Taneja S, Chowdhury R, Ashorn P, Maleta K, Ashorn U, Mangani C, Mullany LC, Khatry SK, Ramokolo V, Zembe-Mkabile W, Fawzi WW, Wang D, Schmiegelow C, Minja D, Msemo OA, Lusingu JPA, Smith ER, Masanja H, Mongkolchati A, Keentupthai P, Kakuru A, Kajubi R, Semrau K, Hamer DH, Manasyan A, Pry JM, Chasekwa B, Humphrey J, Black RE. Neonatal mortality risk of vulnerable newborns: a descriptive analysis of subnational, population-based birth cohorts for 238 143 live births in low- and middle-income settings from 2000 to 2017. Brit J Ob Gyn published on line 12 April 2023.
    • Lawn JE, Ohuma EO, Bradley E, ….and the Subnational Vulnerable Newborn Measurement Group*. *includes Hamer DH, Semrau KEA, Biemba G, Mweene F, Herlihy J, Mbewe RK, Yeboah-Antwi K (ZamCAT/AMANHI team). Small babies, big risks: global estimates of prevalence and mortality for vulnerable newborns to accelerate change and improve counting. Lancet 2023;401:1707-19.
    • Firouraghi N, Bergquist R, Fatima M, Mohammadi A, Hamer DH, Shirzadi MR, Kiani B. High-risk spatiotemporal patterns of cutaneous leishmaniasis: A nationwide ­­­study in Iran from 2011 to 2020. Infect Dis Poverty 2023;12:49.
    • Seers T, Rothe C, Hamer DH, Denny S, Spindler R, Schwartz E, Johnston V. Zika Virus infection in European travellers returning from Thailand in 2022: a GeoSentinel case series. Trop Med & Int Health published on-line 3 June 2023.
    • Huits R, Angelo KM, Amatya B, Barkati S, Barnett ED, Bottieau E, Emetulu H, Epelboin L, Eperon G, Medebb L, Gobbi F, Grobusch MP, Itani O, Jordan S, Kelly P, Leder K, Díaz-Menéndez M, Okumura N, Rizwan A, Rothe C, Saio M, Waggoner J, Yoshimura Y, Libman M, Hamer DH, Schwartz E. Clinical characteristics and outcomes among travelers with severe dengue: a GeoSentinel analysis. Ann Int Med published on-line June 20, 2023.
    • Kaiser JL, Hamer DH, Juntunen A, Ngoma T, Fink G, Schueler J, Rockers PC, Biemba G, Scott NA. COVID-19 knowledge and prevention behaviors in rural Zambia: a qualitative application of the Information-Motivation-Behavioral skills model. Am J Trop Med Hyg published on-line May 2023.
    • Egbe FN, Cowden C, Mwananyanda L, Pierre C, Mwansa J, Musyani CL, Lyondo A, Kapasa ML, Machona S, Chilufya MM, Munanjala G, Coffin SE, Hamer DH, Bates MA. Etiology of bacterial sepsis and isolate resistance patterns in hospitalized neonates in Zambia. Pediatric Infect Dis J, published on line June 2023.
    • Brown A, Miller C, Hamer DH, Kozarsky P, Libman M, Huits R, Rizwan A, Emetulu H, Waggoner J, Chen LH, Leung DT, Bourque D, Connor BA, Licitra C, Angelo KM. Travel-related diagnoses among US nonmigrant travelers or migrants presenting to US GeoSentinel sites – GeoSentinel network, 2012-2021. MMWR 2023;7:1-19.
    • Myers B, Carney T, Rooney J, Malatesta S, Ragan EJ, White LF, Natcheva H, Bouton TC, Weber SE, Farhat M, McIlleron H, Theron D, Parry CDH, Horsburgh CR, Warren RM, Jacobson KR. Smoked drug use in patients with TB is associated with higher bacterial burden. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis, 2023 June 1; 1;27(6):444-450
    • Hahn JA, Ngabirano C, Fatch R, Emenyonu NI, Cheng DM, Adong J, Tumwegamire A, Terrault NA, Linas BP, Jacobson KR, Muyindike WR. Safety and tolerability of isoniazid preventive therapy for tuberculosis for persons with HIV with and without alcohol use: a single arm trial. AIDS, 2023. Aug 1; 37(10):1535-1543.
    • Kimmel SD, Wurcel AG. Hit Me With Your Best Shot: Long-Acting Therapies to Improve HIV Viral Suppression. Ann Intern Med. 2023 Jul; 176(7):1001-1002. PMID: 37399553
    • Hingorani KS, Barnes E, Carneiro T, Sader E, Anand P, Ong CJ, Chung D, Daneshmand A, Suchdev K, Takahashi C, Greer D, Shulman JG, Aparicio HJ, Nguyen TN, Romero JR, AbdalKader M, Feske SK, Kimmel SD, Weinstein ZM, Fagan M, Dobrilovic N, Awtry E, Cervantes-Arslanian AM. Strokes in Patients With Injection Drug Use and Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis – A Case Series. Neurohospitalist. 2023 Jul; 13(3):272-277.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37441214; PMCID: PMC10334046; DOI: 10.1177/19418744231159460;

    July 2022

    • Fong R, Kaiser JL, Ngoma T, Bwalya M, Sakanga VR, Kuhfeldt KJ, Musonda G, Vian T, Munro-Kramer M, Rockers PC, Mdluli EA, Hamer DH, Biemba G, Lori JR, Scott NA. Women’s perceptions of barriers and facilitators to facility delivery in rural Zambia after implementation of an improved Maternity Waiting Homes intervention. BMJ Open 2022; 12:e058512. PMID: 35879007. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35879007/
    • Killion JP, Silverman DT, Evans D, Coetzee L, Tarullo AR, Hamer DH*, Rockers PC*. Vaccination at seven months of age in Limpopo Province, South Africa: a cross-sectional survey. Global Health Promotion August 4, 2022. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35927890/
    • Hamer DH, Solomon H, Das G, Knabe T, Beard J, Simon J, Nisar YB, MacLeod WB. Importance of breastfeeding and complementary feeding for management and prevention of childhood diarrhea in low- and middle-income countries. J Global Health 2022;12:10010. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35916658/
    • Crable EL, Jones DK, Walley AY, Milton Hicks JM, Drainoni M, Benintendi A. How do Medicaid agencies improve substance use disorder benefits? Lessons from three states’ 1115 waiver experiences, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 47; 4, August 2022.  doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-9716740
    • Safon, C., Guadalupe, M.E., Rosenberg J., Feinberg, E., Drainoni M, Morris, A., Durham, M., Bair-Merritt, M., Sheldrick, R.E. Implementation of a Novel Pediatric Behavioral Health Intervention Initiative, The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, August 2022. 1‒17 DOI 10.1007/s11414-022-09803-6. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35915197/
    • Lee1,W.Kiattiburut, T. Khongkha, S. Schinkel, Y. Lunn, A. Decker, A. Mohammadi, A. Vera-Cruz, A. Misra, J. Angel, D. Anderson, M. Baker, R. Kaul, G. Wang and N. Tanphaichitr. Identification of potent small molecule inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 infection by combined pharmacological evaluation and cellular network directed prioritization both in vitro and in vivo.
    •  J.J. Patten, P. Keiser , D. Gysi, G. Menichetti , H. Mori , C.J. Donahue , X. Gan , I. do Valle , K. Geoghegan-Barek, M. Anantpadma, R. Boytz, J. Berrigan, S. Hulsey-Stubbs, T. Ayazika, C. O’Leary, S. Jalloh, F. Wagner, S. Ayehunie, S. Elledge, D.J.  Anderson, J. Loscalzo, M. Zitnik, S. Gummuluru, M. Namchuk, A. Barabási, and R.A. Davey. iScience (In Press)17BIPHE2, an engineered cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide with low susceptibility to proteases, is an effective spermicide and microbicide against Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Human Reproduction (In Press)
    • Weisenthal K*, Kimmel SD, Kehoe J, Larochelle MR, Walley AY, Taylor JL. Effect of police action on low-barrier substance use disorder service utilization. Harm Reduct J. 2022 Jul 29; 19(1):86.View Related Profiles. PMID: 35906660; PMCID: PMC9338497; DOI: 10.1186/s12954-022-00668-8; *Addiction fellow https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35906660/
    • Kim TW, Samet JH, Lodi S, Kimmel SD, Forman LS, Lira MC, Liebschutz JM, Williams EC, Walley AY. Functional Impairment and Cognitive Symptoms Among People with HIV Infection on Chronic Opioid Therapy for Pain: The Impact of Gabapentin and Other Sedating Medications. AIDS Behav. 2022 Jun 23.PMID: 3573728. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35737281/
    • Datar Y*, Yin K, Wang Y, Lawrence KW, Awtry EH, Cervantes-Arslanian AM, Kimmel SD, Fagan MA, Weinstein ZM, Karlson KJ, McAneny DB, Edwards NM, Dobrilovic N. Surgical outcomes of pulmonary valve infective endocarditis: A US population-based analysis. Int J Cardiol. 2022 Aug 15; 361:50-54.PMID: 35597492; DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2022.05.033; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35597492/ *Medical student

    June 2022

    • Kuniholm J, Coote C, Henderson AJ. Defective HIV-1 genomes and their potential impact on HIV pathogenesis. Retrovirology. 2022 Jun 28;19(1):13. doi: 10.1186/s12977-022-00601-8. PMID: 35764966; PMCID: PMC9238239. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35764966/
    • Sabin LL, Simmons E, Halim N, Hamer DH, Gifford AL, West RL, Larson A, Bonawitz R, Aroda P, Banigbe B, Holderman AJ, Murrray L, DeSilva MB, Gasuza J, Mukasa B, Messersmith LJ. Real-time feedback to improve HIV treatment adherence in pregnant and postpartum women in Uganda: a randomized, controlled trial. AIDS & Behavior, published on-line 15 June 2022. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35704124/
    • Landaverde L, McIntyre D, Robson J, Fu D4, Ortiz L, Chen R, Oliveira SMD, Fan A, Barrett A, Burgay SP, Choate S, Corbett D, Doucette-Stamm L, Gonzalez K, Hamer DH, Huang L, Huval S, Knight C, Lindquist D, Lockard K, Macdowell TL, Mauro E, McGinty C, Miller C, Monahan M, Moore R, Platt J, Roy R, Schroeder T, Tolan DR, Zaia A, Brown R, Waters G, Densmore D, Klapperich. Detailed overview of the buildout and integration of an automated high-throughput CLIA laboratory for SARS-CoV-2 testing on a large urban campus. SLAS Technology published on-line 17 June 2012; PMID: 35718332. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35718332/
    • Mansouritorghabeh H, Bagherimoghaddam A, Eslami S, Raouf-Rahmati A, Hamer DH, Kiani B. Spatial epidemiology of COVID-19 infection through the first outbreak in the city of Mashhad, Iran. Spatial Info Res, published on-line 28 June 2022.
    • Sy KTL, Leavitt SV, de Vos M, Dolby T, Bor J, Horsburgh CR Jr, Warren RM, Streicher EM, Jenkins HE, Jacobson KR. Spatial heterogeneity of extensively drug resistant tuberculosis in Western Cape Province, South Africa. Sci Reports 2022; 12:10844. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35760977/
    • Bouton TC, Atarere J, Turcinovic J, Seitz S, Sher-Jan C, Gilbert M, White L, Zhou Z, Hossain MM, Overbeck V, Doucette-Stamm L, Platt J, Landsberg HE, Hamer DH, Klapperich C, Jacobson KR, Connor JH. Viral dynamics of omicron and delta SARS-CoV-2 variants with implications for timing of release from isolation: a longitudinal cohort study. Clin Inf Dis 2022:ciac510. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35737948/

    May 2022

    • Crespillo-Andújar C, Comeche B, Hamer DH, Arevalo-Rodriguez I, Alvarez-Diaz N, Zamora J, Pérez-Molina JA. Use of benznidazole to treat chronic Chagas disease: An updated systematic review with a meta-analysis. PLoS NTD 202216(5):e0010386. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35576215/
    • Vian T, Kaiser JL, Ngoma T, Juntunen A, Mataka KK, Bwalya M, Sakanga V, Rockers PC, Hamer DH, Biemba G, Scott NA. Planning for maternity waiting home bed capacity: Lessons from rural Zambia. Ann Global Health 2022;88:37. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35651969/
    • Epstein RL, Wang J, White LF, Kapadia SN, Morgan JR, Bao Y, Linas BP. Medicaid Hepatitis C Virus Treatment Policies: Impact on Testing and Treatment in the Commercially Insured. Am Journal of Preventative Medicine. 2022. In Press.
    • O’Donnell A, Pham N, Battisti L, Epstein R, Nunes D, Sawinski D, Lodi S. Estimating the causal effect of treatment with direct-acting antivirals on kidney function among individuals with hepatitis C virus infection. PLoS One. 2022 May 13;17(5):e0268478. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268478. PMID: 35560032; PMCID: PMC9106151. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35560032/
    • Nguemeni Tiako MJ, Meinhofer A, Friedman A, South EC, Epstein RL, Meisel ZF, Morgan JR. Buprenorphine Uptake During Pregnancy Following the 2017 Guidelines Update on Prenatal Opioid Use Disorder. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2022 May 22:S0002-9378(22)00392-1. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2022.05.041. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35613648. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35613648/

    April 2022

    • Khan GK, Harvey L, Johnson S, Kimmel S, Pierre C, Drainoni M. Integration of a community-based harm reduction program into a safety net hospital: a qualitative study, Harm Reduction Journal, (2022 April 12) 19:35. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-022-00622-8
    • Ronan CE, Crable EL, Drainoni M, Walkey AL. The impact of clinical decision support systems on provider behavior in the inpatient setting: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Hospital Medicine, 05 May 2022.  https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.12825
    • Tu JT, Kumar A, Giorgi EE, Eudailey J, LaBranche CC, Martinez DR, Fouda GG,  Moreau Y, Thomas AS, Montefiori D, Gao F, Sagar M†, Permar S. Vertical HIV-1 transmission in the setting of maternal broad and potent antibody responses. Journal of Virology. 2022:e0023122. Epub 2022/05/11. doi: 10.1128/jvi.00231-22. PubMed PMID: 35536018. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35536018/
    • Thomas AS, Coote, C, Moreau Y, Isaac JE, Ewing A, Kourtis AP, Sagar M†. Antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) responses along with ADCC susceptibility influence HIV-1 mother to child. JCI insight. 2022. Epub 2022/03/25. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.159435. PubMed PMID: 35324477. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35324477/
    • Assoumou SA, Peterson AA, Ginman E, James T, Pierre CM, Hamilton S, Chapman S, Goldie J, Koenig R, Mendez-Escobar E, Leaver H, Graham R, Crichlow R, Weaver T, Cotterell S, Valdez G, De Las Nueces D, Scott NA, Linas BP, Cherry P. Addressing Inequities in SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines Uptake: The Boston Medical Center Health System Experience. Ann. Intern. Med, 2022.
    • Savinkina S, Barocas JA, Morgan JR, Assoumou SA, Linas BP, Walley AY, Murphy SM. Population-level impact of initiating pharmacotherapy and linking to care persons with opioid use disorder at inpatient medically managed withdrawal programs: an effectiveness and cost-effectiveness analysis, Addiction, 2022. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35315162/

    March 2022

    • Norman L. Beatty NL, Forsyth CJ, Gilman RJ, Hamer DH, Henao-Martínez A, Hochberg N, Manne-Goehler J, Marcus J, Meymandi S, Reich MR, Showler A, Stigler Granados P. Neglected Testing for Neglected Tropical Diseases at CDC. Am J Trop Med Hyg, published on-line 12 April 2022 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.22-0222. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35413685/
    • Liu AB, Davidi D, Landsberg HE, Francesconi M, Platt JT, Nguyen GT, Yune S, Deckard A, Puglin J, Haase SB, Hamer DH*, Springer M*. Seven-day COVID-19 quarantine may be too short: assessing post-quarantine transmission risk in four university cohorts. JAMA Network Open 2022;5:e220088. *Contributed equally. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35212750/
    • Solomon H, Henry EG, Herlihy JM, Yeboah-Antwi K, Biemba G, Musokotwane K, Bhutta A, Hamer DH, Semrau KEA. Intended versus actual delivery location and factors associated with change in delivery location among pregnant women in Southern Province, Zambia: a pre-specified secondary observational analysis of the ZamCAT trial. BMJ Open 2022;12:e055288. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35256443/
    • Khan GK, Harvey L, Johnson S, Kimmel S, Pierre C, Drainoni M. Integration of a community-based harm reduction program into a safety net hospital: a qualitative study, Harm Reduction Journal, (2022 April 12) 19:35 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-022-00622-8
    • Walker DM, Childerhose JE, Chen S, Coovert N, Jackson RD, Kurien N, McAlearney AS, Volney J,  Alford DP, Bosak J, Oyler DR, Stinson LK, Behrooz M, Christopher M, Drainoni M. Exploring perspectives on changing opioid prescribing practices: A qualitative study of community stakeholders in the HEALing Communities Study, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Drug and Alcohol Dependence 233 (2022) 109342,. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35151024/
      • Vax S, Farkas M, Mueser KT, Drainoni M, Russinova Z. Building Organizational Readiness: Initial Field Testing of an Expert-Informed Typology of Implementation Strategies, Implementation Science Communications, 3, 22 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-022-00257-