The Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health was known as the Department of Epidemiology before July 1, 2022.
Submissions from 2026
Intermittent Hypoxemia and Brain Injury Biomarker S100B in Preterm Infants, Elie G. Abu Jawdeh, Linda J. Van Eldik, Jennifer Stevenson, Abhijit Patwardhan, Philip M. Westgate, Lina Chalak, Richard J. Martin, and Henrietta S. Bada
Transportability Analyses in Comparative Effectiveness Research, Blythe Adamson, Wei Liu, Stephen Duffield, Anouk Déruaz-Luyet, Dimitri Bennett, Montse Soriano Gabarró, Mehmet Burcu, Daniela Claudia Moga, Sarah Welby, Tianze Jiao, Xuerong Wen, and Grammati Sarri
Building the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program bench in Kentucky, Lauren Bifulco, Kathleen Harding, Jana Collins, Anna Rogers, Lenon Farkash, Marwan Haddad, and Alice Thornton
Patients' Attitudes Towards Deprescribing and Associations With Patient-Related Factors Across Two Hospital Settings, Louise Westberg Strejby Christensen, Iman El Gamah, Amina Osman Ismail Barre, Daniela Claudia Moga, Anissa Aharaz, Olivia Bornæs, Rikke Lundsgaard Nielsen, Aino Leegaard Andersen, Esben Iversen, Kim Peder Dalhoff, Ove Andersen, Helle Gybel Juul-Larsen, and Morten Baltzer Houlind
Genetic modifiers of APOE-ε4-associated cognitive decline, Alex G. Contreras, Skylar Walters, Jaclyn M. Eissman, Derek B. Archer, Alexandra N. Regelson, Alaina Durant, Michelle Clifton, Subhabrata Mukherjee, Michael L. Lee, Seo Eun Choi, Phoebe Scollard, Emily H. Trittschuh, Jesse Mez, William S. Bush, Brian W. Kunkle, Carlos Cruchaga, Adam C. Naj, Katherine A. Gifford, Murat Bilgel, Amanda B. Kuzma, Balebail Ashok Raj, Kristin Fargher, Amanda Smith, Lisa Raudin, and Gloria Chaing
Improving the clinical trial landscape for patients with atypical variants of Alzheimer's disease, Nick Corriveau-Lecavalier, Neus Falgàs, Deepti Putcha, Jonathan Graff-Radford, Keir X.X. Yong, Baayla D.C. Boon, Rosaleena Mohanty, Eric Westman, Colin Groot, David T. Jones, Lea T. Grinberg, Gil D. Rabinovici, Jennifer L. Whitwell, Liana G. Apostolova, Melissa E. Murray, Dustin B. Hammers, Suzanne E. Schindler, Inga Atonsdottir, Elizabeth K. Rhodus, Jonathan M. Schott, Ignacio Illán-Gala, Ogbuagu Chukwuanugo, Jorge J.Llibre Guerra, Ruth Peters, Erin L. Abner, Carla Abdelnour, Albert Lladó, and Renaud La Joie
Frequent snoring is associated with higher odds of depression in US adults, Nathan A. Farr, Jayani Jayawardhana, Rachel Hogg-Graham, Daniela C. Moga, Sara N. Pasha, and Min Woong Sohn
A mixed methods examination of organizational approaches to fentanyl test strip distribution and training across multiple states, Kitty H. Gelberg, Megan E. Hall, Janet E. Childerhose, Mary R. Russo, Fernando Montero, Kaleigh Niles, Jill Oliveri, Haley Ramsey Harden, Rachel A. Vickers-Smith, Arnie Aldridge, Sarah G. Stenger, Katherine R. Marks, Louisa Gilbert, Sharon L. Walsh, Nabila El-Bassel, Carter Roeber, and Redonna Chandler
Impact of schedule V controlled substance classification of gabapentin on adult gabapentin-involved overdose rates, West Virginia, 2016–2019, Katherine Gora Combs, Juan M. Hincapie-Castillo, Nabarun Dasgupta, Rachel Vickers-Smith, Alan Kinlaw, Gordon S. Smith, and Stephen W. Marshall
Decreased Gabapentin Prescription Fills Among Medicaid Enrollees Following State-Level Schedule V Controlled Substance Classification in Kentucky and West Virginia, Katherine Gora Combs, Stephen W. Marshall, Rachel Vickers-Smith, Alan Kinlaw, Nabarun Dasgupta, and Juan M. Hincapie-Castillo
A comprehensive analysis of jurisdiction-specific laws related to scheduling or required prescription drug monitoring of gabapentin in the United States, 2016–2024, Katherine Gora Combs, Rachel Vickers-Smith, Collin Stewart, Daniel Wacker, and Juan M Hincapie-Castillo
Performance Evaluation of the Xpert® HCV Test on Fingerstick Blood in a Prospective Observational Clinical Study at CLIA-Waived Sites in the United States, Jennifer R. Havens, Shelly Ann Fluker, Jonathan Schimmel, L. Madeline McCrary, Lesley S. Miller, Tomoko Udo, Yukari C. Manabe, Anne Luetkemeyer, Greer Burkholder, Andrew M. Moon, Cody A. Chastain, Jennifer C. Price, John Cafardi, Juan F. Gallegos-Orozco, Brittany A. Young, Jesse Young, Carlos Aparicio, Yu Song, Eric Lai, and Gail E. Louw
Environmental exposure and respiratory health in industrial gulf coast communities, Ayodeji Iyanda, Chiung Fang Chang, Jennifer Erdely, Genny Carrillo, Tianjun Lu, Christopher Jones, Hilton Kelley, Daikwon Han, Xiao Huang, and Yongmei Lu
The Association Between Human Papillomavirus Type 16 E6 Seroprevalence and Degrees of Anal Disease Among Men With HIV, Krystle A.Lang Kuhs, Christopher Otieno, Staci Sudenga, Tim Waterboer, Weiqun Tong, Dorothy Wiley, Jay H. Bream, Steven Wolinsky, Jeremy Martinson, and Gypsyamber D’Souza
Increasing Uptake of Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) in Rural Kentucky Primary Care Clinics, Mary E. Lacy, Jessica Elliott, Vance Drakeford, Laura Wright, Brent McKune, Key C. Douthitt, Aaron J. Kruse-Diehr, and James W. Keck
Association between educational attainment and discharge disposition following incident stroke hospitalization, Ning Li, Erin L. Abner, Silvia Koton, Lena Mathews, Kunihiro Matsushita, and Anna Kucharska-Newton
Locus coeruleus TDP-43 pathology in a community-based cohort, Allison M. Neltner, Ryan K. Shahidehpour, Megan E. Hall, Xiaotong Ning, Shuling Fister, Hannah Kang, Sonya Anderson, Gregory A. Jicha, Tiffany L. Lee, Erin L. Abner, David W. Fardo, and Peter T. Nelson
Optimizing Control Definitions in Opioid Use Disorder Genetic Research Using Electronic Health Records, Maria Niarchou, Ellen L Tsai, Mariela V Jennings, Annika Faucon, Hyunjoon Lee, Kritika Singh, Justin D Tubbs, Panos Roussos, Tian Ge, Richard C Crist, Rachel Vickers-Smith, Howard Edenberg, Amy Moore, Bradley T Webb, Eric O Johnson, Rachel L Kember, Jordan W Smoller, Lea K Davis, Brandon J Coombes, Georgios Voloudakis, David Burstein, Travis T Mallard, Vanessa Troiani, and Sandra Sanchez-Roige
Gender and power dynamics in three types of injection partnerships among young women in rural Appalachia, Cheyenne R. Wagi, Jaelyn Murphy, Madison N. Enderle, Hannah Piscalko, Kathleen L. Egan, Christina S. Meade, Bridget Freisthler, April M. Young, Angela Estadt, and Kathryn E. Lancaster
Signals of Venous Thromboembolism Risk from Drug–Drug Interactions Involving Benzodiazepines and Other Sedative Hypnotics, Fengge Wang, Lin Chieh Meng, Kacie Bogar, Colleen M. Brensinger, Warren B. Bilker, Sascha Dublin, Todd E.H. Hecht, John R. Horn, Daniela C. Moga, Michael E. Thase, Brian L. VanderBeek, and Charles E. Leonard
Shaping the future of human biomonitoring (HBM), Maryam Zare Jeddi, Nancy B. Hopf, Karen S. Galea, Kate Jones, Henriqueta Louro, Maria João Silva, Adrian Covaci, Tiina Santonen, Paul T.J. Scheepers, Susana Viegas, Lesliam Quirós-Alcalá, Asif Qureshi, M. Elizabeth Marder, Natalie von Goetz, Konstantinos M. Kasiotis, Kyriaki Machera, Ovnair Sepai, Radu Corneliu Duca, Manosij Ghosh, An van Nieuwenhuyse, Ming Kei Chung, Jihyon Kil, Shoji F. Nakayama, Aziza Menouni, Kaoutar Chbihi, Ana Maria Vekic, Gustavo Souza, and Maisarah Nasution Waras
Submissions from 2025
Trends in cardiovascular disease prevalence among adults with type 1 diabetes in the USA, Orighomisan Freda Agboghoroma, Kory R. Heier, Omer Atac, Meredith S. Duncan, Anna Kucharska-Newton, and Mary E. Lacy
Natural history and burden of refractory Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease, Timothy R. Aksamit, Radmila Choate, David M. Mannino, Amanda E. Brunton, Ping Wang, and Mariam Hassan
Referrals and utilization of diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) among patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes at a regional medical center in Kentucky, Omer Atac, George C. Bryant, William B. Burrows, Kory R. Heier, James W. Keck, Key C. Douthitt, and Mary E. Lacy
Linkage to Treatment and Recovery Support Services for Patients with a Substance Use Disorder, Seif Atyia, Terry Bunn, Dana Quesinberry, and Timothy Prince
