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- Million Veteran Program (MVP) - CMV is in partnership with Veterans Health Administration MVP Office of Research and Development to increase registration of diverse pool of participants in the MVP during FY 2017. The campaign collaboration will commence during the nationwide training call with Minority Veteran Program Coordinators (MVPC) in September 2016. CMV staff will include efforts in their ongoing targeted outreach activities including diverse partner network and other federal agencies. MVPCs will be asked to include MVP outreach efforts in their 2017 operations plans, and will include those activities in their quarterly outreach reports. For additional information contact the MVP Information Center toll-free at (866) 441-6075 or visit the website.
- VA, Boston University, and the Concussion Legacy Foundation have partnered to form the Brain Bank to allow research on chronic traumatic encephalopathy and other brain diseases. Make a pledge to join the brain donation registry .
- Tango to help Parkinson’s research - This study will research if and how two different types of partnered dance (adaptive tango) affect brain activity in people with and without Parkinson’s disease.
- Service dogs for Veterans with PTSD - This study is to determine how Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are helped by a service dog versus an emotional support dog.
- Racial and Ethnic Differences in Satisfaction with Care Coordination Among VA and non-VA Medicare Beneficiaries - Health Equity
- Journal of Traumatic Stress Deployment Experiences, Social Support, and Mental Health: Comparison of Black, White, and Hispanic U.S. Veterans Deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq
- The Gerontologist Three Generations, Three Wars: African American Veterans
- Journal of Traumatic Stress Barriers and Facilitators of Mental Health Treatment-Seeking in U.S. Active Duty Soldiers With Sexual Assault Histories
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- Fowler XP, Krafcik B, Cai M, Gladders B, Spangler E, Moore KO, Wong S, Stone D, Soybel D, Columbo J, Goodney PP, Davies L. A Retrospective Analysis of Surgical Acuity & Procedure Volume Before & During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Surg Res. 2024 Apr;296:696-703. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2023.11.062. Epub 2024 Feb 15. PMID: 38364697
- Kwak PP, Ibarra C, Hernandez A, Carrasco J, Sears DD, Jeste D, Marquine MJ, Lee EE. Differences in metabolic biomarkers in people with schizophrenia who are of Mexican descent compared to non-Hispanic whites. Psychiatry Res. 2024 Apr;334:115788. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2024.115788. Epub 2024 Feb 12. PMID: 38401486
- Rogers JL, Clowse MEB, Pisetsky DS, Criscione-Schreiber LG, Sun K, Sadun RE, Maheswaranathan M, Burshell DR, Doss J, Eudy AM. Evaluation of Type 2 SLE symptoms in patients with a range of lupus nephritis activity. Clin Rheumatol. 2024 Apr;43(4):1319-1326. doi: 10.1007/s10067-024-06909-4. Epub 2024 Feb 26. PMID: 38409491
- Dagogo-Jack S, Asuzu P, Wan J, Grambergs R, Stentz F, Mandal N. Plasma Ceramides and Other Sphingolipids in Relation to Incident Prediabetes in a Longitudinal Biracial Cohort. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2024 Mar 19:dgae179. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgae179. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38501230
- Jervis LL, Kleszynski K, TallBull G, Porter O, Shore J, Bair B, Manson S, Kaufman CE. Rural Native Veterans' Perceptions of Care in the Context of Navigator Program Development. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2024 Mar 18. doi: 10.1007/s40615-024-01955-9. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38498116
- Na PJ, Petrakis IL, Krystal JH, Pietrzak RH. Problem Opioid Use Among US Military Veterans: Prevalence, Correlates, and Psychiatric Characteristics. J Addict Med. 2024 Mar 18. doi: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000001286. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38498625
- Volpe SG, Ahmad J, Patel RA, Rosendale N. Neurological care for LGBT+ people. Nat Rev Neurol. 2024 Mar 18. doi: 10.1038/s41582-024-00944-0. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38499761 Review.
- Williams BR, Brady SS, Levin EC, Brown O, Lipman TH, Klusaritz H, Nodora J, Coyne-Beasley T, Putman S, Gahagan S, Burgio KL; Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (PLUS) Research Consortium. Black women's perspectives on bladder health: Social-ecological and life course contexts. Neurourol Urodyn. 2024 Mar 7. doi: 10.1002/nau.25437. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38451032
- Burton CH, van Zuilen MH, Primbas A, Young ME, Swartz K, Colburn J, Kumar C, Klomhaus A, Chippendale R, Streed CG Jr. Sexual and gender minority health-related content in geriatric fellowships. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Mar;72(3):866-874. doi: 10.1111/jgs.18563. Epub 2023 Sep 14. PMID: 37710405
- Stimmel MB, Orkaby AR, Ayers E, Verghese J, Nsubayi CK, Weiss EF. Is the Montreal cognitive assessment culturally valid in a diverse geriatric primary care setting? Lessons from the Bronx. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Mar;72(3):850-857. doi: 10.1111/jgs.18705. Epub 2024 Jan 10. PMID: 38196332
- Bogulski CA, Pro G, Acharya M, Ali MM, Brown CC, Hayes CJ, Eswaran H. The association between rurality, dual Medicare/Medicaid eligibility and chronic conditions with telehealth utilization: An analysis of 2019-2020 national Medicare claims. J Telemed Telecare. 2024 Feb 5:1357633X241226741. doi: 10.1177/1357633X241226741. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38314738
- Owens OL, Dressler EV, Mayfield A, Winkfield KM, Krane LS, Foust M, Sandberg JC. Considerations from employed African-American and white prostate cancer survivors on prostate cancer treatment and survivorship: a qualitative analysis. Ethn Health. 2024 Feb 5:1-19. doi: 10.1080/13557858.2024.2312422. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38317577
- Yoon J. Reexamining Differences Between Black and White Veterans in Hospital Mortality and Other Outcomes in Veterans Affairs and Other Hospitals. Med Care. 2024 Feb 5. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001979. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38315886
- Carlson EB, Palmieri PA, Barlow MR, Macia K, Bruns BR, Shieh L, Spain DA. Development and Initial Performance of the Hospital Mental Health Risk Screen. J Am Coll Surg. 2024 Feb 1;238(2):147-156. doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000000904. Epub 2023 Dec 1. PMID: 38038350 Free PMC article.
- Fernando M, Tu JW, Grau PP, Koch EI, Blevins EJ, Jefferson S, Sexton MB. Differential Associations Between Posttraumatic Cognitions, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms, and Race Among Black and White Veterans Seeking Treatment for Assaultive Military Sexual Trauma. J Interpers Violence. 2024 Feb;39(3-4):631-650. doi: 10.1177/08862605231197773. Epub 2023 Sep 15. PMID: 37714821
- Shakya S, Silva SG, McConnell ES, McLaughlin SJ, Cary MP Jr. Structural determinants and cardiometabolic typologies related to frailty in community-dwelling older adults. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2024 Feb;117:105171. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2023.105171. Epub 2023 Aug 28. PMID: 37688920
- Shannon EM, Steers WN, Washington DL. Investigation of the role of perceived access to primary care in mediating and moderating racial and ethnic disparities in chronic disease control in the Veterans Health Administration. Health Serv Res. 2024 Feb;59(1):e14260. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.14260. Epub 2023 Nov 16. PMID: 37974469 Free PMC article.
- Sanchez V, Kim CK, Locatelli EVT, Cohen AK, Cabrera K, Aenlle K, Klimas NG, O'Brien R, Galor A. Dry eye symptoms and signs in United States Gulf War era Veterans with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2024 Jan-Feb;52(1):10-21. doi: 10.1111/ceo.14313. Epub 2023 Nov 12. PMID: 37953685
- Duncan FC, Al Nasrallah N, Nephew L, Han Y, Killion A, Liu H, Al-Hader A, Sears CR. Racial disparities in staging, treatment, and mortality in non-small cell lung cancer. Transl Lung Cancer Res. 2024 Jan 31;13(1):76-94. doi: 10.21037/tlcr-23-407. Epub 2024 Jan 29. PMID: 38405005 Free PMC article.
- Anderson TS, O'Donoghue AL, Herzig SJ, Cohen ML, Aung N, Dechen T, Landon BE, Stevens JP. Differences in Primary Care Follow-up After Acute Care Discharge Within and Across Health Systems: a Retrospective Cohort Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Jan 16. doi: 10.1007/s11606-024-08610-3. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38228989
- Haderlein TP, Hamilton AB, Masheb RM, Mullur R, Lam CA, Washington DL. Racial and Ethnic Variation in Healthcare Utilization Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Differential Effects for Overall Versus Telehealth Care. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Jan 16. doi: 10.1007/s11606-023-08592-8. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38228985 No abstract available.
- Kiianitsa K, Lukes ME, Hayes BJ, Brutman J, Valdmanis PN, Bird TD, Raskind WH, Korvatska O. TREM2 variants that cause early dementia and increase Alzheimer's disease risk affect gene splicing. Brain. 2024 Jan 16:awae014. doi: 10.1093/brain/awae014. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38226698
- Gong J, Kim DM, De Hoedt AM, Bhowmick N, Figlin R, Kim HL, Sandler H, Theodorescu D, Posadas E, Freedland SJ. Disparities With Systemic Therapies for Black Men Having Advanced Prostate Cancer: Where Do We Stand? J Clin Oncol. 2024 Jan 10;42(2):228-236. doi: 10.1200/JCO.23.00949. Epub 2023 Oct 27. PMID: 37890125 Review.
- Stimmel MB, Orkaby AR, Ayers E, Verghese J, Nsubayi CK, Weiss EF. Is the Montreal cognitive assessment culturally valid in a diverse geriatric primary care setting? Lessons from the Bronx. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Jan 10. doi: 10.1111/jgs.18705. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38196332
- Koukounas KG, Thorsness R, Patzer RE, Wilk AS, Drewry KM, Mehrotra R, Rivera-Hernandez M, Meyers DJ, Kim D, Trivedi AN. Social Risk and Dialysis Facility Performance in the First Year of the ESRD Treatment Choices Model. JAMA. 2024 Jan 9;331(2):124-131. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.23649. PMID: 38193961
- Li L, Barnes DE, Nouri S, Shi Y, Volow AM, Feuz M, Li BH, Sudore RL. Surrogate decision-makers from historically marginalized populations have lower levels of preparedness for care planning. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Jan 9. doi: 10.1111/jgs.18732. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38193805
- Gupta A, Mori M, Wang Y, Pawar SG, Vahl T, Nazif T, Onuma O, Yong CM, Sharma R, Kirtane AJ, Forrest JK, George I, Kodali S, Chikwe J, Geirsson A, Makkar R, Leon MB, Krumholz HM. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Aortic Valve Replacement Among Medicare Beneficiaries in the United States, 2012-2019. Am J Med. 2024 Jan 6:S0002-9343(23)00804-5. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.12.026. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38190959
- Krystal JH, Imeh IN, Garces RP, Addy NA. The Biological Psychiatry Cover Art Initiative: Addressing the Underrepresentation of Black People on the Journal Cover Through a Series of Commissioned Artworks. Biol Psychiatry. 2024 Jan 1;95(1):2. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2023.10.010. PMID: 38030306 No abstract available.
- Kaur D, Hughes JW, Rogers AJ, Kang G, Narayan SM, Ashley EA, Perez MV. Race, Sex, and Age Disparities in the Performance of ECG Deep Learning Models Predicting Heart Failure. Circ Heart Fail. 2024 Jan;17(1):e010879. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.123.010879. Epub 2023 Dec 21. PMID: 38126168
- Blair J, Kempf MC, Dionne JA, Causey-Pruitt Z, Wise JM, Jackson EA, Muntner P, Hanna DB, Kizer JR, Fischl MA, Ofotokun I, Adimora AA, Gange SJ, Brill IK, Levitan EB. Disparities in Hypertension Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control Among Women Living With and Without HIV in the US South. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Dec 18;11(1):ofad642. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofad642. eCollection 2024 Jan. PMID: 38196400 Free PMC article.
- Adamchick L, Kurtzhalts K, Fodero K, Winski R, Chan A, Mergenhagen K. Identifying Racial Disparities in the Management of Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2023 Dec 11:S1544-3191(23)00396-5. doi: 10.1016/j.japh.2023.12.010. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38092147
- Gupta S, May FP, Kupfer SS, Murphy CC. Birth cohort colorectal cancer (CRC): implications for research and practice. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 Dec 9:S1542-3565(23)01005-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2023.11.040. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38081492 Review.
- Sualp K, Beltran S, Chen G. The Impact of Neighborhood-Level Factors on Perceived Quality of Hospice Service Satisfaction: A Geographic Information System Study. Health Soc Work. 2023 Dec 8:hlad032. doi: 10.1093/hsw/hlad032. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38066681
- Watari T, Takagi S, Sakaguchi K, Nishizaki Y, Shimizu T, Yamamoto Y, Tokuda Y. Performance Comparison of ChatGPT-4 and Japanese Medical Residents in the General Medicine In-Training Examination: Comparison Study. JMIR Med Educ. 2023 Dec 6;9:e52202. doi: 10.2196/52202. PMID: 38055323
- Griesemer I, Gottfredson NC, Thatcher K, Rini C, Birken SA, Kothari A, John R, Guerrab F, Clodfelter T, Lightfoot AF. Intervening in the Cancer Care System: An Analysis of Equity-Focused Nurse Navigation and Patient-Reported Outcomes. Health Promot Pract. 2023 Dec 5:15248399231213042. doi: 10.1177/15248399231213042. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38050901
- Singh LG, Ntelis S, Siddiqui T, Seliger SL, Sorkin JD, Spanakis EK. Association of Continued Use of SGLT2 Inhibitors From the Ambulatory to Inpatient Setting With Hospital Outcomes in Patients With Diabetes: A Nationwide Cohort Study. Diabetes Care. 2023 Dec 5:dc231129. doi: 10.2337/dc23-1129. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38051789
- Dechavanne C, Dechavanne S, Bosch J, Metral S, Redinger KR, Watson QD, Ratsimbasoa AC, Roeper B, Krishnan S, Fong R, Bennett S, Carias L, Chen E, Salinas ND, Ghosh A, Tolia NH, Woost PG, Jacobberger JW, Colin Y, Gamain B, King CL, Zimmerman PA. Duffy antigen is expressed during erythropoiesis in Duffy-negative individuals. Cell Host Microbe. 2023 Dec 4:S1931-3128(23)00450-X. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2023.10.019. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38056457
- Meeks KAC, Bentley AR, Assimes TL, Franceschini N, Adeyemo AA, Rotimi CN, Doumatey AP. Mendelian randomization analyses suggest a causal role for circulating GIP and IL-1RA levels in homeostatic model assessment-derived measures of β-cell function and insulin sensitivity in Africans without type 2 diabetes. Genome Med. 2023 Dec 4;15(1):108. doi: 10.1186/s13073-023-01263-7. PMID: 38049854 Free PMC article.
- Wong RJ, Yang Z, Ostacher M, Zhang W, Satre D, Monto A, Khalili M, Singal AK, Cheung R. Alcohol Use Patterns During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Veterans in the United States. Am J Med. 2023 Dec 3:S0002-9343(23)00743-X. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.11.013. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38052382
- Benhammou JN, Leng M, Shah SC, Cholankeril G, Dong TS, Patel AA, Tong MJ. Exposure to Agent Orange and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Among US Military Personnel. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Dec 1;6(12):e2346380. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.46380. PMID: 38048128 Free PMC article.
- Neprash HT, Chan DC, Mehrotra A, Barnett ML. Differences by Physician Seniority in Race and Ethnicity and Insurance Coverage of Treated Patients. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Dec 1;6(12):e2347367. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.47367. PMID: 38091046
- Ochoa-Allemant P, Marrero JA, Serper M. Racial and ethnic differences and the role of unfavorable social determinants of health across steatotic liver disease subtypes in the United States. Hepatol Commun. 2023 Dec 1;7(12):e0324. doi: 10.1097/HC9.0000000000000324. eCollection 2023 Dec 1. PMID: 38051551 Free PMC article.
- Shim RS, Rodriguez CI. A Mental Health Crisis and Call to Action: Increasing Trends in Suicide Among Black Women in the United States. Am J Psychiatry. 2023 Dec 1;180(12):871-873. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.20230819. PMID: 38037408 No abstract available.
- Wander PL, Baraff A, Fox A, Cho K, Maripuri M, Honerlaw JP, Ho YL, Dey AT, O'Hare AM, Bohnert ASB, Boyko EJ, Maciejewski ML, Viglianti E, Iwashyna TJ, Hynes DM, Osborne TF, Ioannou GN. Rates of ICD-10 Code U09.9 Documentation and Clinical Characteristics of VA Patients With Post-COVID-19 Condition. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Dec 1;6(12):e2346783. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.46783. PMID: 38064215 Free PMC article.
- Yehuda R, Hankerson SH. Learning From Racial Disparities in COVID-19-Related Stress. Am J Psychiatry. 2023 Dec 1;180(12):865-867. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.20230782. PMID: 38037400 No abstract available.
- Zupa MF, Vimalananda VG, Rothenberger SD, Lin JY, Ng JM, McCoy RG, Rosland AM. Patterns of Telemedicine Use and Glycemic Outcomes of Endocrinology Care for Patients With Type 2 Diabetes. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Dec 1;6(12):e2346305. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.46305. PMID: 38055278 Free PMC article.
- Horvat Davey C, Longenecker CT, Brinza E, McCabe M, Hileman CO, Vedanthan R, Bosworth HB, Webel A. The impact of COVID-19 on cardiovascular health behaviors in people living with HIV. AIDS Care. 2023 Dec;35(12):1911-1918. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2023.2175195. Epub 2023 Feb 8. PMID: 36755400
- Weiss MC, Wang L, Sargis RM. Hormonal Injustice: Environmental Toxicants as Drivers of Endocrine Health Disparities. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2023 Dec;52(4):719-736. doi: 10.1016/j.ecl.2023.05.009. Epub 2023 Jun 11. PMID: 37865484 Review.
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