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• Mazurenko, O., Harle, C. A., Blackburn, J., Menachemi, N., Hirsh, A., Grannis, S., Boustani, M., Musey Jr, P. I., Schleyer, T. K., Sanner, L. M. & Vest, J. R. (2025). Effectiveness of a clinical decision support system with prediction modeling to identify patients with health-related social needs in the emergency department: Study protocol. PloS one, 20(5), e0323094, doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323094.
• Mishra, S. R., Ghimire, K., Khanal, V., Aryal, D., Shrestha, B., Khanal, P., Yadav, S., Sharma, V., Khatri, R., Schwarz, D. & Adhikari, B. (2025). Transforming health in Nepal: a historical and contemporary review on disease burden, health system challenges, and innovations. Health Research Policy and Systems, 23, 61, 10.1186/s12961-025-01321-z.
• Kampman, H. M., Rivera, R. L., Park, S., Schaffer, J. T., Hancock, A., Rahurkar, S., Musey, P., Kuhn, D., Vest, J. R. & Schleyer, T. K. (2025, May). Changes in Health Information Exchange Use Behavior After Introduction of a Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) Application. In AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings (Vol. 2024, p. 581).
• Zanolla, J., Elkhadragy, N., Hilts, K. E., Corelli, R. L., & Hudmon, K. S. (2025). Patient Perceptions of Pharmacist-Provided Tobacco Treatment at a Federally Qualified Health Center. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, 102414, doi.org/10.1016/j.japh.2025.102414.
• Cheng, E. R., Smart, B., Wiehe, S. E., Comer, K., Staten, L. K., Manisekaran, A., Wilson, N., Foster, J., Kamwendo, S., Peters, R., Roberts, T., Hoffman, S. & Tucker Edmonds, B. (2025). Launching the Indianapolis Health Equity, Access, outReach & Treatment (iHEART) Collaborative: A Case Study. Community Health Equity Research & Policy, 2752535X251342307, doi.org/10.1177/2752535X251342307.
• Li, M., Han, J., Muegge, C., Zollinger, T., Zhou, L. Y., Monahan, P., Phillips, H. J., Wessel, J., Kleinschmidt, V., Moffatt, S. & Nan, H. (2023). Maximal Oxygen Uptake and Coronary Artery Calcium Scores in Firefighters. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 10-1097, 10.1097/JOM.0000000000003443.
• Inderstrodt, J., Riggins, D. P., Greenwell, A., Price, J. P., Williams, J. L., Bezy, E., Forkner, A., Bowman, E., Miller, S. D., Schleyer, T. K., Grannis, S. J. & Dixon, B. E. (2024). A statewide system for maternal-infant linked longitudinal surveillance: Indiana’s model for improving maternal and child health. International Journal of Population Data Science, 9(2), 2395, 10.23889/ijpds.v9i2.2395.
• Burgermaster, M., Rosenthal, M., Altillo, B. S., Flores, M. R., Nayak, E., Larson, D. N., Custer, J., Okunade, L., Tierney, W. M., Andrews, S., Daniels, G. & Rathouz, P. J. (2025). Pilot Trial of Nutri, a Digital Intervention for Personalized Dietary Management of Diabetes in Safety-Net Primary Care. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2025.03.015.

• Burns, A., Kampman, H., & Menachemi, N. (2025). County characteristics associated with behavioral health emergency medical services calls. Health Affairs Scholar, 3(4), qxaf054, doi.org/10.1093/haschl/qxaf054.
• Patterson, J.K., Neuwahl, S., Kirsch, S., Moore, J.L., Tita, A.T.N., Carlo, W.A., Lokangaka, A., Tshefu, A., Mwenechanya, M., Chomba, E., Kavi, A., Metgud, M.C., Goudar, S.S., Derman, R.J., Shivkumar, P., Waikar, M., Patel, A., Hibberd, P.L., Nyongesa, P., Esamai, F., Ekhaguere, O.A., Bucher, S., Jessani, S., Tikmani, S.S., Saleem, S., Wylie, B.J., Goldenberg, R.L., Billah, S.M., Lennox, R., Haque, R., Petri, W.A., Mazariegos, M., Krebs, N.F., Hemingway-Foday, J.J., Babineau, D., Koso-Thomas, M., McClure, E.M. & Bauserman, M. (2025). Cost-effectiveness of intrapartum azithromycin to prevent maternal infection, sepsis, or death in low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling analysis of data from a randomised, multicentre, placebo-controlled trial. The Lancet Global Health, 13(4), e679-e688, 10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00517-5.
• Carlo, W.A., Tita, A.T.N., Moore, J.L., Mwenechanya, M., Chomba, E., Hemingway-Foday, J.J., Kavi, A., Metgud, M.C., Goudar, S.S., Derman, R.J., Lokangaka, A., Tshefu, A., Bauserman, M., Patterson, J.K., Shivkumar, P., Waikar, M., Patel, A., Hibberd, P.L., Nyongesa, P., Esamai, F., Ekhaguere, O.A., Bucher, S., Jessani, S., Tikmani, S.S., Saleem, S., Goldenberg, R.L., Billah, S.M., Lennox, R., Haque, R., Petri, W., Mazariegos, M., Krebs, N.F., Babineau, D.C., McClure, E.M. & Koso-Thomas, M. (2025). Effectiveness of intrapartum azithromycin to prevent infections in planned vaginal births in low-income and middle-income countries: a post-hoc analysis of data from a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. The Lancet Global Health, 13(4), e689-e697, 10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00562-X.
• Vest, J. R., Wu, W., & Conner, K. (2025). Clusters of Health-Related Social Needs Among Adult Primary Care Patients. The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2024.240173R1.
• Chen, Y., Ballaro, R., Sans, M., Thege, F.I., Zuo, M., Dou, R., Min, J., Yip-Schneider, M., Zhang, J., Wu, R., Irajizad, E., Makino, Y., Rajapakshe, K.I., Rudsari, H.K., Hurd, M.W., León-Letelier, R.A., Katayama, H., Ostrin, E., Vykoukal, J., Dennison, J.B., Do, K.M., Hanash, S.M., Wolff, R.A., Guerrero, P.A., Kim, M., Schmidt, C.M., Maitra, A., Hanash, S. & Fahrmann, J. F. (2025). Long-chain sulfatide enrichment is an actionable metabolic vulnerability in intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN)-associated pancreatic cancers. Gut, doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2025-335220
• León-Letelier, R.A., Chen, Y., Dou, R., Irajizad, E., Yip-Schneider, M.T., Wu, R., Ejaz, R., Russari, H.K., Li, Y., Spenser, R., Ballaro, R., Vykoukal, J., Hurd, M., Dennison, J.B., Do, K.A., Maitra, A., Zhang, J., Hanash, S., Schmidt, C.M. & Fahrmann, J. F. (2025). Integrated metabolomics and spatial transcriptomics of cystic pancreatic cancer precursors reveals dysregulated polyamine metabolism as a biomarker of progression. Clinical Cancer Research, doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-24-2931.
• Sharma, V., Sharma, K., Gautam, S., Paudel, S., & Yadav, S. (2025). Mental health in the aftermath: supporting the 2024 flood and landslides affected communities in Nepal. Disaster and Emergency Medicine Journal, 10.5603/demj.105257.
• Ojinnaka, C. O., Johnstun, L., Nordstrom, L., Carter, J. P., & Yuh, S. (2025). Telemedicine and Missed Appointments Among Pediatric Patients of an Academic Safety-Net System. Telemedicine and e-Health, doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2024.0438.
• Shao, H., Thorpe, L. E., Islam, S., Bian, J., Guo, Y., Li, P., Bost, S., Dabelea, D., Conway, R., Crume, T., Schwartz, B. S., Hirsch, A. G., Allen, K. S., Dixon, B. E., Grannis, S. J., Lustigova, E., Reynolds, K., Rosenman, M. Zhong, V. W., Wong, A., Rivera, P., Le, T., Akerman, M., Conderino, S., Rajan, A., Liese, A. D., Rudisill, C., Obeid, J. S., Ewing, J. A., Bailey, C., Mendonca, E. A., Zaganjor, I., Rolka, D., Imperatore, G., Pavkov, M. E. & Divers, J. (2025). Developing a Computable Phenotype for Identifying Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Diabetes Using Electronic Health Records in the DiCAYA Network. Diabetes Care, dc241972.
• Allen, K. S., Stiles, J., Daye, V. M., Wiensch, A., Valvi, N., & Dixon, B. E. (2025). Equivalence of electronic health record data for measuring hypertension prevalence: a retrospective comparison to BRFSS with data from two Indiana health systems, 2021. BMC Public Health, 25(1), 1285, doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-22425-9.
• Finlayson, T. L., Garcia-Alcaraz, C., Malcarne, V. L., Ryder, M., Ayala, G. X., Martinez, L. S., Schiaffino, M. K., Hoeft, K. S., Gansky, S. A., Dougherty, E., Stamm, N., Shue, B. & Maupomé, G. (2025). Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Oral Health Behavior Social Support (OHBSS) Scales in English and Spanish for Mexican-origin young adults. BMC Oral Health, 25(1), 515, doi.org/10.1186/s12903-025-05880-z.
• Li, M., Han, J., Muegge, C., Zollinger, T., Zhou, L. Y., Monahan, P., Wessel, J., Kleinschmidt, V., Moffatt, S. & Nan, H. (2025). Age, inflammation, alkaline phosphatase, and coronary artery calcification in firefighters. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 25, 309.
• Okullo, A. E., John, C. C., Idro, R., Conroy, A. L., Kinengyere, A. A., Ojiambo, K. O., Otike, C., Ouma, S., Ocan, M., Obuku, E. A. & van Hensbroek, M. B. (2025). Prevalence and risk factors of gross neurologic deficits in children after severe malaria: a systematic review protocol. Systematic Reviews, 14(1), 76, doi.org/10.1186/s13643-025-02785-4.

• Collaborators: Brian E. Dixon, Thomas J. Duszynski, William F. Fadel. Interim Estimates of 2024–2025 COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Among Adults Aged≥ 18 Years—VISION and IVY Networks, September 2024–January 2025. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 74, dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7406a1.
• Frutos, A. M., Dixon, B. E. (2025). Interim Estimates of 2024–2025 Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness—Four Vaccine Effectiveness Networks, United States, October 2024–February 2025. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 74, dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7406a2.
• Soni, A., & Blackburn, J. (2025, March). Health Characteristics of Adults Unable to Complete Medicaid Renewal During the Unwinding Period. In JAMA Health Forum (Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. e250092-e250092). American Medical Association, doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.0092.
• Burns, A., Vest, J. R., Menachemi, N., Mazurenko, O., Musey Jr, P. I., Salyers, M. P., & Yeager, V. A. (2024). Availability of behavioral health crisis care and associated changes in emergency department utilization. Health Services Research, doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.14368.
• Liu, C., Wongsonegoro, H., Sheng, T., Fan, H., & Zhang, J. (2025). Associations between serum micronutrients and all-cause, cancer, and cardiovascular mortality in a national representative population: Mediated by inflammatory biomarkers. Redox Biology, 103573, doi.org/10.1016/j.redox.2025.103573.
• Fahrmann, J. F., Yip-Schneider, M., Vykoukal, J., Spencer, R., Dennison, J. B., Do, K., Long, J. P., Maitra, A., Zhang, J., Schmidt, C. M., Hanash, S. & Irajizad, E. (2025). Lead time trajectory of blood-based protein biomarkers for detection of pancreatic cancer based on repeat testing. Cancer Letters, 612, 217450, doi.org/10.1016/j.canlet.2025.217450.
• Akonde, M., Alberg, A. J., Johnson, C., Bandera, E. V., Collin, L. J., Cote, M. L., Hastert, T. A., Peres, L. C., Peters, E. S., Qin, B., Terry, P. D., Lawson, A. B. & Schildkraut, J. M. (2025). Cigarette smoking in relation to survival in Black women with ovarian cancer: Evidence from the African American Cancer Epidemiology Study (AACES). Annals of Epidemiology, doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2025.02.011.
• Blanchard, B. E., Austin, E. J., Chase, E., Rouvere, J., Sharma, V., Johnson, M., Sams, N., Williams, F., Frost, M. C., Leyde, S., Tsui, J. I., Collins, S. E. & Fortney, J. C. (2025). Primary Care Patient and Clinician Perspectives on Safer Use Strategies for Opioids and/or Stimulants: A Mixed-Method Study. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1-9, doi.org/10.1007/s11606-025-09418-5.
• Finlayson, T. L., Malcarne, V. L., Ayala, G. X., Schiaffino, M. K., Hoeft, K. S., Garcia-Alcaraz, C., Ryder, M., Gansky, S. A., Martinez, L. S., Yang, M., Dougherty, E., Maupomé, G., Stamm, N. & Shue, B. (2025). Development of new bilingual oral health behavior social support (OHBSS) scales in English and Spanish. PloS one, 20(3), e0317133, doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0317133.

• Gee, M., Taylor, H., & Yeager, V. A. (2025). Competency Gaps Among Governmental Public Health Employees With and Without a Formal Public Health Degree: Where Are We Now?. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 10-1097, 10.1097/PHH.0000000000002104.
• Mazurenko, O., O'Brien, E., Beug, A., Smith, S. M., & McCarthy, C. (2024). Recommendations for managing adults with chronic non‐cancer pain in primary care: A systematic clinical guideline review. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, doi.org/10.1111/jep.14118.
• Soni, A., & Griffith, K. N. (2025). The Protective Role of Medicaid Expansion for Low‐Income People During the COVID‐19 Pandemic. Health Services Research, e14444, doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.14444.
• Abouzaid, R., & Rotthoff, K. W. (2025). Income, obesity, and gender: unravelling the obesity Kuznets curve. Applied Economics Letters, 1-4, doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2024.2449146.
• Vest, J. R., McNamee, C., & Musey Jr, P. I. (2025). Health-Related Social Needs, Methods, and Concerns for a Polysocial Risk Score: An Expert Panel. American Journal of Managed Care, 31(2), 10.37765/ajmc.2025.89676.
• Naleway, A. L., Crane, B., Irving, S. A., Daley, M. F., Dixon, B., Donahue, J., Fuller, C. C., Fuller, S., Getahun, D., Glenn, S., Hambidge, S. J., Jackson, L. A., Kharbanda, E. O., Klein, N. P., Schmidt, T., Sznajder, K., Weinfield, N. S., Williams, J. & Zerbo, O. (2025). Vaccination During Pregnancy in the Vaccine Safety Datalink, 2002–2022. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 44(2S), S105-S107, 10.1097/INF.0000000000004607.
• Rowley, E., Mitchell, P. K., Duck-Hye, Y., Lewis, N., Dixon, B. E., Vazquez-Benitez, G., Fadel, W. F., Essien, I. J., Naleway, A. L., Stenehjem, E., Ong, T. C., Gaglani, M., Natarajan, K., Embi, P., Wiegand, R. E., Link-Gelles, R., Tenforde, M. W. & Fireman, B. (2025). Methods to Adjust for Confounding in Test-Negative Design COVID-19 Effectiveness Studies: Simulation Study. JMIR Formative Research, 9, e58981, 10.2196/58981.
• Rajamani, S., Leider, J. P., Gunashekar, D. R., & Dixon, B. E. (2025). Public health informatics specialists in state and local public health workforce: insights from public health workforce interests and needs survey. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, ocaf019, doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocaf019
• Pan, J., Li, Z., Ye, C., Zhang, X., Yang, Q., Zhang, X., Zhou, Y. & Zhang, J. (2025). Mesalazine-Induced Acute Pancreatitis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients: A Systematic Review. Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, 113-123.