DCC

Selected Publications
Aging

Amin S, Zhang Y, Evans SR, Sawin C, Hannan MT, Kiel D, Felson DT. The Effect of Estradiol(E2) and Hypogonadism on Bone Mineral Density (BMD) in Elderly Men: The Framingham Osteoporosis Study. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2000 December; 133(12):951-963.

Ewart CV, Fearon NA, Lund ME, Martin B, Kirkland JL, Ritchie CS, Quatromoni PA, Silliman RA, Millen B. Subject Recruitment, Retention and Protocol Feasibility in a Prospective Study of Nutritional Risk Among Urban, Frail Homebound Elders. Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly. 2001 Vol. 21(1):1-21.

Allaire SH, Evans SR, LaValley M, Merrigan, D. Use of the Americans with Disabilities Act by Persons with Rhuematic Diseases and Factors Associated with Use. Arthritis Care and Research. 2001 April; 45(2): 174-182.

Jette A, Haley S, Coster W, Kooyoomjian J, Levenson S, Heeren T, Ashba J. Late life function and disability Instrument: I. Development and evaluation of the disability component. Journal of Gerontology, 2002,Vol. 57A (4):M209-M216.

Jette A, Haley S, Coster W, Kooyoomjian J, Levenson S, Heeren T, Ashba J. Late life function and disability Instrument: II. Development and evaluation of the function component. Journal of Gerontology, 2002,Vol. 57A (4):M217-M222.

Pinto BM, Goldstein MG, Ashba J, Tennstedt S, Trunzo J, & Sciamanna C. (2004). Physical-delivered activity advice plus extended counseling for older adults (PAL2). Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 27, S114.

Aschendorf L, Jefferson AL, O'Connor MK, Chaisson C, Green RC, Stern RA. Trail Making Test errors in normal aging, mild cognitive impairment, and dementia. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, in press.

Cardiovascular

Wang TJ, Stafford RS, Ausiello JC, Chaisson CE. Randomized clinical trials and recent patterns in the use of statins. American Heart J, 2001; 141(6):957-63.

Gokce N, Holbrook M, Hunter LM, Palmisano J, Viagalok E, Keaney JF Jr, Vita JA. Acute effects of vasoactive drug treatment on brachial artery reactivity. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2002; 40:761-765.

Widlansky ME, Price DT, Gokce N, Eberhardt RT, Duffy SJ, Holbrook M, Maxwell C, Palmisano J, Keaney JF Jr, Morrow JD, Vita JA. Short-and long-term cox-2 inhibition reverses endothelial dysfunction in patients with hypertension. Hypertension 2003; 42:310-315.

Vita JA, Gokce N, Duffy SJ, Kahn D, Tomasian D, Palmisano J, Thomas S, Holbrook M, Keaney JF Jr. Effect of avorvastatin on endothelium dependant vasodilation in patients with coronary artery disease. American Journal of Cardiology 2003; 91:857-860.

Wijman CA, Gomes JA, Winter MR , Koleini B, Matjucha IC, Pochay VE, Babikian VL. Symptomatic and asymptomatic retinal embolism have different mechanisms. Stroke 2004 May; 35(5):e100-2.

Sam F, Halickman I, Vita JA, Levitzky Y, Cupples LA, Loscalzo J, Allensworth-Davies D. Predictors of improved left ventricular systolic function in an urban csrdiomyopathy program. American Journal of Cardiology 2006; 98(12):1622-6.

Biolo A, Chao T, Duhaney TS, Kotlyar E, Colucci WS, Allensworth-Davies D, Loscalzo J, Sam F. Usefulness of the aldosterone synthase gene polymorphism C-344-T to predict cardiac remodeling in African Americans versus non-African Americans with chronic systolic heart failure. American Journal of Cardiology 2007; 100(2): 285-290.

Arkin J, Alsdorf R, Bigorni S, Palmisano J, Beal R, Istfan N, Hess D, Apovian C, Gokce N. Relation of cumulative weight burden to vascular endothelial dysfuntion in obesity. American Journal of Cardiology 2008; 101:98-101.


Clinical Trials

Bisbee A, Flynn PF and Dauria T. Using the web to increase data management responsiveness. Controlled Clinical Trials 2000; 21: 43S.

Wang TJ, Stafford RS, Ausiello JC, Chaisson CE. Randomized clinical trials and recent patterns in the use of statins. American Heart J. 2001; 141(6):957-63.

Edwards EM, Cheng DM, Levenson S, Bridden C, Meli S, Egorova VY, Krupitsky EM, Samet JH. Behavioral assessments in Russian addiction treatment inpatients: a comparison of ACASI and interviewer-administered questionnaires.  HIV Clinical Trials.  2008 Aug;9(4):247-253.

 

Genetics

Wysynski DF, Baldwin CT, Cleves MA, Amirault Y, Nolan VG, Farrell JJ, Bisbee A , Kutlar A, Farrer LA, Steinberg MH. Polymorphisms near a chromosome 6Q QTL area associated with modulation of fetal hemoglobin levels in sickle cell anemia. Cellular and Molecular Biology 2004 Feb;50(1):23-33.

Nolan V, Baldwin C, Ma QL, Wyszynski D, Amirault Y, Farrell J, Bisbee A , Embury SH, Farrer L, Steinberg M. Association of single nucleotide polymorphisms in klotho with priapism in sickle cell anaemia. Br J Haematol 2005; 128(2): 266-72.

Baldwin C, Nolan VG, Wyszynski D, Ma Q, Sebastiani P, Embury SH, Bisbee A , Farrell JJ Farrer LA , Steinberg MH. Association of klotho, bone morphogenic protein 6 and annexin A2 polymorphisms with sickle cell osteonecrosis. Blood 2005 106: 372.

Health Services

Weingart SN, Lezzoni LI, Davis RB, Palmer RH, Cahalane M, Hamel MB, Mukamal K, Phillips RS, Davies Jr DT, Banks NJ. Use of administrative data to find substandard care: Validation of the complications screening program. Medical Care 2000; 38(8):796-806.

McCarthy EP, Lezzoni LI, Davis RB, Palmer RH, Cahalane M, Hamel MB, Mukamal K, Phillips RS, Davies Jr DT. Does clinical evidence support ICD-9CM diagnosis coding of complications? Medical Care 2000; 38(8): 868-76.

Weingart SN, Mukamam K, Davis RB, Davies Jr DT, Palmer RH, Cahalane M, Hamel MB, Phillips RS, Lezzoni LI. Pysician-reviewers' perceptions and judgements about quality of care. International Journal for Quality in Healthcare 2001; 13(5):357-65.

Weingart SN, Davis RB, Palmer RH, Cahalane M, Hamel MB, Mukamal K, Phillips RS, Davies Jr DT, Lezzoni LI. Discrepancies between explicit and implicit review: physician and nurse assessments of complications and quality. Health Services Research 2002; 37(2):483-98.

Allensworth-Davies D, Leigh J, Pukstas K, Geron SM, Hardt E, Brandeis G, Engle RL, Parker VA. Country of origin and racio=ethnicity: Are there differences in perceived organizational cultural competency and job satisfaction among nursing assistants in long-term care? Healthcare Management Review 2007; 32(4):1-9.

Infectious Disease

Barnnett ED, Christiansen D, Figueira M. Seroprevalence of measles, rubella, and varicella in refugees. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2002; 35:402-408.
 
Graham CS, Wells A, Edwards EM, Heeren T, Tumilty S, Stuver SO, Samet JH, Nunes D, Horsburgh CR Jr, Koziel MJ. Effect of exposure to injection drugs or alcohol on antigen-specific immune responses in HIV and Hepatitis C virus coinfection. J Infect Dis. 2007 Mar 15;195(6):847-56.

Fernandez WG, Oyama L, Mitchell P, Edwards EM, St George J, Donovan J, Feldman JA. Attitudes and practices regarding influenza vaccination among emergency department personnel. J Emerg Med. 2008;Feb 16.

Walley AY, Krupitsky EM, Cheng DM, Raj A, Edwards EM, Bridden C, Egorova VY, Zvartau EE, Woody GE, Samet JH.  Implications of cannabis use and heavy alcohol use on HIV drug risk behaviors in Russian heroin users. AIDS Behav. 2008 Jul;12(4):662-9.


Maternal and Child Health

Ratliff-Schaub K, Hunt CE, Crowell D, Golub H, Smok-Pearsall S, Palmer P, Schafer S, Bak S, Cantey-Kiser J and O'Bell R. Relationship Between Infant Sleep Position and Motor Development in Preterm Infants. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2001; 22:293-299.

Siegel B, Tenenbaum AJ, Jamanka A, Barnes L, Hubbard C, Zuckerman B. Faculty and Resident Attitudes About Spirituality and Religion in the Provision of Pediatric Health Care. Ambulatory Pediatrics. 2002 Jan-Feb;2(1):5-10.

Flores G. Abreu M. Chaisson CE . Sun D. Keeping children out of hospitals: parents' and physicians' perspectives on how pediatric hospitalizations for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions can be avoided. Pediatrics. 112(5):1021-30, 2003 Nov.

Anand S, Feldman M, Geller D, Bisbee A, Bauchner H. Email between primary care providers and parents: the brave new world. Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting 2004.

Casey P, Goolsby S, Berkowitz C, Frank DA, Cook J, Cutts D, Zaldivar MBN, Skalicky A, Levenson S, Heeren T,Meyers A and the C-SNAP Study Group. Maternal Depression, Changing Public Assistance, Food Security, and Child Health Status . Pediatrics. 2004; 113(2):298-304.

Flores G, Abreu M, Chaisson C , Meyers A, Sachdeva R, Fernandez H, Francisco P, Diaz B, Diaz AM, Santos-Guerrero I. A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effectiveness of Community-Based Case Management in Insuring Uninsured Latino Children. Pediatrics, 2005; 116(6):1433-41.

Lumeng JC, Gannon K, Appugliese DP , Cabral HJ, Zuckerman B. Preschool Child Care and Risk of Overweight in 6- to 12-Year-Old Children. International Journal of Obesity 2005; 29: 60-66.

Colson E, McCabe L, Fox K, Levenson S , Colton T, Lister G, Corwin M. Barriers to Following the Back-to-Sleep Recommendations: Insights from Focus Groups with Inner-City Caregivers. Ambulatory Pediatrics, 2005, In Press.

Beeghly M, Martin B , Rose-Jacobs R, Cabral H, Herren T, Augustyn A, Bellinger D, Frank D. Prenatal Cocaine Exposure and Children's Language Functioning at 6 and 9.5 Years: Moderating Effects of Child Age, Birthweight, and Gender. Journal of Pediatric Psychology Advance Access 2005 April; pp. 1-18.

Anand S, Feldman M, Geller D, Bisbee A , Bauchner H. A content analysis of e-mail communication between primary care providers and parents. Pediatrics; 115: 1283-1288, 2005.

Bauchner H, Marchant C, Bisbee A, Heeren T, Wang B, McCabe M, Pelton S, and Boston-Based Pediatric Research Group. Effectiveness of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Recommendations for Outcomes of Acute Otitis Media. Pediatrics, Apr 2006; 117: 1009 - 1017.

Lumeng JC, Appugliese D, Cabral H, Bradley RH, Zuckerman B. Neighborhood safety and overweight status in children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006; 160: 25-31.

Lumeng JC, Rahnama S, Appugliese D, Kaciroti N, Bradley RH. Television exposure and overweight risk in preschoolers. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006; 160:417-422.

Rhee KE, Lumeng JC, Appugliese DP, Kaciroti N, Bradley RH. Parenting styles and overweight status in first grade. Pediatrics 2006; 117:2047-2054.

Lee JM, Appugliese D, Kaciroti, Corwyn RF, Bradley RH, Lumeng JC. Weight status in young girls and the onset of puberty. Pediatrics 2007; 119:e624-e630.

Wilbur MB, Marani JE, Appugliese D, Woods R, Siegel JA, Cabral HJ, Frank DA. Socioeconomic effects of fathers' incarceration on low-income, urban, school-aged children. Pediatrics 2007; 120: e678- e685.

Lumeng JC, Somashekar D, Appugliese D, Kaciroti N, Corwyn RF, Bradley RH. Shorter sleep duration is associated with increased risk for being overweight at ages 9 to 12 years. Pediatrics 2007; 120:1020-1029.

Nutrition

Posner MA, Ash A, Shwartz M, Freund K, Moskowitz M. Comparing Standard Regression, Propensity Score Matching, and Instrumental Variables Methods for Determining the Effectiveness of Mammography in Older Women. Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology 2001;2:279-290.

Cook J, Frank D, Berkowitz C, Casey P, Cutts D, Meyers A, Zaldivar N, Skalicky A, Levenson S, Heeren T. Welfare Reform and the Health of Young Children: A Sentinel Survey in Six US Cities. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. 2002; 156:678-684.

Black M,Cutts D, Frank DA, Geppert J, Skalicky A, Levenson S , Casey P, Berkowitz C, Zaldivar N, Cook J, Meyers A and C-SNAP Study Group. WIC Impact on Infant Growth, Health, and Food Security: Results of a Multisite, Multiyear Surveillance Study . Pediatrics,2004, 114:169-176 .

Cook J, Black M, Case P, Frank DA, Berkowitz C, Cutts D, Meyers A and Zaldivar N, Skalicky A, Levenson S, Heeren T and Nord M. Food Insecurity and Health Risks Among Young Children and Their Caregivers. Journal of Nutrition 2004; 134:1432-1438. Oncology

Green E, Posner M , Freund K, David M. Pap Smear Practices of Haitian Women. Public Health Reports, 2005; 120: 133-139.

Shwartz M, Pekoz E, Ash A, Posner M, Restuccia J, Iezzoni L. Do Variations in Disease Prevalence Limit the Usefulness of Population-Based Hospitalization Rates for Studying Variations in Hospital Amissions? Medical Care, 2005; 43: 4-11.

David M, Ko L, Posner M , Green E, Freund K. Mammography Use. JAMA, 2005;97:2:1-9.


Rheumatology

Chaisson CE, Gale DR, Gale E, Kazis L, et al. Detecting radiographic knee osteoarthritis: What combination of views are optimal? Rheumatology. 2000 Nov;39:1218-21.

LaValley MP, McAlindon TE, Chaisson CE, et al. The validity of different definitions of radiographic worsening for longitudinal studies of knee osteoarthritis. J Clinical Epidemiology. 2001;54:30-39.

Felson DT, Chaisson CE, Hill CL, et al. The association of bone marrow lesions with pain in knee osteoarthritis. Ann Intern Med. 2001;134(7):541-9.

LaValley MP, McAlindon TE, Evans SR, Chaisson CE, Felson DT. Problems in the development of questionnaire-based screening instruments for ascertaining cases with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2001; 44(50):1105-1113.

Hill CL, Gale DG, Chaisson CE, Skinner K, Kazis L, Gale ME, Felson DT. Knee effusions, popliteal cysts, and synovial thickening: association with knee pain in osteoarthritis. J Rheum. 2001; 28(6):1330-7.

Zhang Y, Niu J, Kelly-Hayes M, Chaisson CE, et al. Prevalence of symptomatic hand osteoarthritis and its impact on functional status among the elderly: The Framingham Study. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2001; 156(11):1021-7.

Baldwin CT, Cupples LA, Joost O, Demissie S, Chaisson C, McAlindon T, Myeres RH, Felson D. Absence of linkage or association for osteoarthritis with the vitamin D receptor/type II collagen locus: the Framingham Osteoarthritis Study. J Rheum 2002; 29(1):161-5.

Nui J, Zhang Y, LaValley M, Chaisson CE, Aliabadi P, Felson DT. Symmetry and clustering of symptomatic hand osteoarthritis in elderly men and women: the Framingham Study. Rheumatology, 2003 42:343-8.

Hill CL, Gale DR, Chaisson CE, Skinner K, Kazis L, Gale ME, Felson DT. Periarticular lesions detected on magnetic resonance imaging: prevalence in knees with and without symptoms. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 48(10):2836-44, 2003 Oct.

Neogi T, Hunter DJ, Chaisson CE, Allensworth-Davies D, Zhang Y. Frequency and predictors of inappropriate management of recurrent gout attacks in a longitudinal study. J Rheum 2006; 33(1):104-9.

Zhang YQ, Woods R, Chaisson CE, Neogi T, Niu JB, McAlindon TE, Hunter DJ. Alcohol consumption as a trigger of recurrent gout attacks. American Journal of Medicine 2006; 119(9):800e13-8.

Hunter DJ, York M, Chaisson CE, Woods R, Niu BJ, Zhang YQ. Recent diuretic use and the risk of recurrent gout attacks: the online case-crossover gout study. J Rheumatology 2006; 7:1341-5.

Zhang YQ, Chaisson CE, McAlindon T, Woods R, Hunter DJ, Nei JB, Neogi T, Felson DT. The online case crossover study is a novel approach to study triggers for recurrent disease flare. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2007(6):50-5.

Substance Abuse

Hingson R, Heeren T, Levenson S, Jamanka A, Voas R. Age of drinking onset, driving after drinking, and involvement in alcohol related motor-vehicle crashes. Accident Analysis and Prevention. 2002 Jan;34(1):85-92.

Hingson RW, Heeren T, Jamanka A, Howland J. Age of drinking onset and unintentional injury involvement after drinking. JAMA. 2000 Sep 27;284(12):1527-33.

Saitz R, Friedmann PD, Sullivan LM, Winter MR, Lloyd-Travaglini C, Moskowitz MA, Samet JH. Professional satisfaction experienced when caring for substance-abusing patients: faculty and resident physician perspectives. J Gen Intern Med. 2002 May;17(5):373-6.

Liebschutz J, Savetsky JB, Saitz R, Horton NJ, Lloyd-Travaglini C, Samet JH. The relationship between sexual and physical abuse and substance abuse consequences. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2002 Apr;22(3):121-8.

Hingson RW, Heeren T, Winter M. Effects of recent 0.08% legal blood alcohol limits on fatal crash involvement. Injury Prevention. 2000 June;6(2):109-14.

Hilton ME, Maisto SA, Conigliaro J, McNiel M, Kraemer K, Kelley ME, Conigliaro R, Samet JH, Larson MJ, Savetsky J, Winter M, Sullivan LM, Saitz R, Weisner C, Mertens J, Parthasarathy S, Moore C, Hunkeler E, Hu TW, Selby J, Stout RL, Zywiak W, Rubin A, Zwick W, Shepard D. Improving alcohol treatment across the spectrum of services. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2001 January;25(1):128-35.

Samet JH, Larson MJ, Horton NJ, Doyle K, Winter M , Saitz R. Linking alcohol- and drug-dependent adults to primary medical care: a randomized controlled trial of a multi-disciplinary health intervention in a detoxification unit. Addiction. 2003 Apr;98(4):509-16.

Hingson R, Heeren T, Zakocs R, Winter M , Wechsler H. Age of first intoxication, heavy drinking, driving after drinking and risk of unintentional injury among U.S. college students. J Stud Alcohol. 2003 Jan;64(1):23-31.

Hingson R, Heeren T, Winter MR , Wechsler H. Early age of first drunkenness as a factor in college students' unplanned and unprotected sex attributable to drinking. Pediatrics. 2003 Jan;111(1):34-41.

Saitz R, Larson MJ, Horton NJ, Winter M , Samet JH. Linkage with primary medical care in a prospective cohort of adults with addictions in inpatient detoxification: room for improvement. Health Services Research 2004 Jun; 39(3):587-606.

Bernstein E, Bernstein J, Tassiopoulos K, Valentine A, Heeren T, Levenson S, Hingson R. Brief motivational intervention at a clinic visit reduces cocaine and heroin use. Drug Alcohol Depend, 2005, 77: 49-59.

Bernstein E, Bernstein J, Tassiopoulos K, Valentine A, Heeren T, Levenson S , Hingson R. Racial and ethnic diversity among a heroin and cocaine using population. J Addict Dis, 2005;24(4):43-63.

Strunin L, Edwards EM, Godette DC, Heeren T. Country of origin, age of drinking onset, and drinking patterns amanog Mexican American young adults. Drug Alcohol Depend, 2007 Dec 1; 91(2-3):134-140.

Howland J, Rohsenow DJ, Edwards EM. Are some drinkers resistant to hangover? A literature review. Current Drug Abuse Reviews. 2008 Jan; 1 (1):42-46.

Heeren WG, Edwards EM, Dennis JM, Rodkin S, Hingson RW, Rosenbloom DL. A comparison of results from an alcohol survey of a prerecruited internet panel and the National Epidemiologic Survey of Alcohol and Related Conditions. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2008 Feb; 32(2):222-229.

Hingson RW, Heeren T, Edwards EM. Age at drinking onset, alcohol dependence, and their relation to drug use and dependence, driving under the influence of drugs, and motor-vehicle crash involvement because of drugs. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2008 Mar;69(2):192-201.

   Rothman EF, Edwards EM, Heeren T, Hingson RW.  Adverse childhood experiences predict earlier age of drinking onset: results from a U.S. representative sample of current or former drinkers. Pediatrics.  2008 Aug;122(2):e298-304.