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University of Kentucky College of Public Health faculty, staff, and students are frequent authors and collaborators on articles that advance research, provoke thought, and inspire action. Here is a list of recent publications.

NOTE: Those associated with the college are in bold. If a researcher was missed, please contact the Marketing & Communications Department.

RespirAnalyzer: an R package for analyzing data from continuous monitoring of respiratory signals. Zhang T, Dong X, Wang D, Huang C, Zhang XD.

Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease and Rate of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Severe Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency COPD. Ellis P, Bailey E, Choate R, Holm KE, Sandhaus RA, Turner AM, Newnham M.

Pathologic correlates of aging-related tau astrogliopathy: ARTAG is associated with LATE-NC and cerebrovascular pathologies, but not with ADNC. Katsumata Y, Wu X, Aung KZ, Gauthreaux K, Mock C, Forrest SL, Kovacs GG, Nelson PT.

Correlates of Recent HIV Testing Among People Who Inject Drugs in Rural Areas: A Multi-site Cross-Sectional Study, 2018-2020. Ibragimov U, Livingston MD, Young AM, Feinberg J, Korthuis PT, Akhtar WZ, Jenkins WD, Crane HM, Westergaard RP, Nance R, Miller WC, Bresett J, Khoury D, Hurt CB, Go VF, Nolte K, Cooper HLF.

A 2-year longitudinal randomized controlled trial examining the transfer of speed of processing training to secondary cognitive domains in middle-aged and older adults with HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder: Results of the think fast study. Vance DE, Fazeli PL, Azuero A, Frank JS, Wadley VG, Raper JL, Pope CN, Ball KK.

INTERACTION BETWEEN CONTINUOUS PACK-YEARS SMOKED AND POLYGENIC RISK SCORE ON LUNG CANCER RISK: PROSPECTIVE RESULTS FROM THE FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY. Duncan MS, Diaz-Zabala H, Jaworski J, Tindle HA, Greevy RA, Lipworth L, Hung RJ, Freiberg MS, Aldrich MC.

Piloting a Patient Tool to Aid Palliative Care Referrals during Advanced Lung Cancer Treatment. McLouth LE, Stapleton JL, Bursac V, Zelaya CM, Shelton BJ, Thakur K, Hands I, Blu C, Chih MY, McFarlin JM.

Contraceptive Counseling, Method Satisfaction, and Planned Method Continuation among Women in the U.S. Southeast. Hale N, Dehlendorf C, Smith MG, Stapleton J, McCartt P, Khoury AJ.

Association of Physical Frailty and Cognitive Function in a Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study of American Older Adults. Karanth S, Braithwaite D, Katsumata Y, Duara R, Norrod P, Aukhil I, Abner E.

Different cohort, disparate results: Selection bias is a key factor in autopsy cohorts. Gauthreaux K, Kukull WA, Nelson KB, Mock C, Chen YC, Chan KCG, Fardo DW, Katsumata Y, Abner EL, Nelson PT.

Did Medicaid Reimbursements Shape the Effects of Medicaid Expansion on Access to Health Care Among the Low-Income Population? Benitez J, Freed SS, Huang H, Oladele T.

Exploring the nexus of binge eating disorder (BED), New Psychoactive Substances (NPS), and misuse of pharmaceuticals: charting a path forward. Chiappini S, Papanti Pelletier GD, Vickers-Smith R, Corkery JM, Guirguis A, Martinotti G, Schifano F.

Combination of spironolactone and sitagliptin improves clinical outcomes of outpatients with COVID-19: a prospective cohort study. Davarpanah MA, Adatorwovor R, Mansoori Y, Ramsheh FSR, Parsa A, Hajiani M, Faramarzi H, Kavuluru R, Asadipooya K

Association Between Community Social Vulnerability and Preventable Hospitalizations. Hogg-Graham R, Benitez JA, Lacy ME, Bush J, Lang J, Nikolaou H, Clear ER, McCullough JM, Waters TM.

Examination of naloxone dosing patterns for opioid overdose by emergency medical services in Kentucky during increased fentanyl use from 2018 to 2021. Rock P, Slavova S, Westgate PM, Nakamura A, Walsh SL.

Education for public health 2030: transformation to meet health needs in a changing world. Sullivan LM, Weist EM, Barrington WE, Fairchild AL, Hwang W, Kiviniemi MT, Mohammed SD, Wyant VA, Alexander LA, Magaña L.