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 Abstracts:

Minhazul Abedin; Estimating Stroke Prevalence Across 34 US States: Predictive Insights from Social Determinants of Health using BRFSS 2022 Data; IAPHS-Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science Annual Meeting; St. Louis, Missouri; Sept. 2024.
McKing Amedari, William L. Boteler, Mauda Monger, Jasmine Miller-Kleinhenz; A Decade-Long Examination of Lip and Oral Cancer Incidence in Mississippi: A Retrospective Analysis. Black in Cancer Conference. 2024.
Ghimire N, Lee JW, Nayak VH, Ojeda NB, Fan Lir-Wan, Chen Z, Nadorff M, Wang H; Comparative analysis of sleep patterns in ADHD and non-ADHD groups. The 40th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference (SBEC), Shreveport, LA, 2024.
Lauren E. Barber, Lindsay J Collin, Maret L Maliniak, Jasmine Miller-Kleinhenz, Demetria J. Smith-Graziani, Lauren E. McCullough; Neighborhood Deprivation and Oncotype DX Recurrence Scores among Black and White Women: the interplay between race, place, and tumor biology. American Association for Cancer Research Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved, 2024.
J Bidwell, B Williams, Somi Shamima; Increasing Awareness by Introducing Six Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine; LM2024 Lifestyle Medicine Conference; Oct. 2024.
Michael Adenawoola, Ji Li, Jeremiah Nunez, Nadiyeh Rouhi, Lily Slotabec, Dai Lan Toresco, Hao Wang, Changhong Wen, Haibei Zhang; The causal role of genetically predicted obesity in heart failure: A meta-analysis of Mendelian Randomization Studies; School of Graduate Studies in the Health Science Research Day, 2024.
Y Lin, JS Lal, JM Swint, Yunxi Zhang, RL Summers, BF Barbara, S Chandra, ME Ladner; Disparities of Pediatric Tele-Mental Health Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Mississippi. Telemedicine and e-Health; American Telemedicine Association Nexus. https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2024.29109.abstracts. Aug. 2024.

 

Presentations:

McKing Amedari, William Boteler, Mauda Monger, Jasmine Miller-Kleinhenz; A Decade-Long Examination of Cancer of the Oral Cavity and Pharynx Incidence & Mortality in Mississippi. Black in Cancer Conference, 2024.
Ifeoma Amedari, McKing Amedari, Mauda Monger, Benjamin Walker; The Association of Social Determinants and Health Service Deficits with Delay in Dental Care Due to Cost and Dental Visits. IAPHS Conference, 2024.
Les Becker, Charles Chima, Kristin Peterson, Jessica Todorovich, Umair Shah; Agenda setting for state-level public health and healthcare collaboration in Washington: Building on lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic. Place: Hilton Minneapolis - Minneapolis Ballroom C, October 27, 2024.
Jefferson Ketchel, Carolyn Cartwright, Charles Chima; Foundational Public Health Services in Rural Washington state - A Game Changer Minneapolis Convention Center - 213AB October 29, 2024.
Frederic Goldstein; Center for Food Allergy & Asthma Research (CFAAR) at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago in Chicago, IL, 2024 Summit for Advancing Equity in Food Allergy (SAEFA). June 2024.
Seth Lirette; Into the Mind of a Statistician. BMS Bench to Clinic Seminar Series. Univ. of Mississippi Medical Center, 2024.
Jennifer Mack; "Ever True to Thee": Archaeo- and Osteobiographies from Asylum Hill. Paper presented at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, LA, April 2024.
Jennifer Mack; Porcelain Gallbladder and Other Evidence of Gallbladder Disease and Treatment at Asylum Hill. Paper presented at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists, Los Angeles, CA, March 20-23, 2024.
Torrey Robinson, Rachel Tyrone; Nurturing Minds: The Speech-Language Pathologist's Crucial Role in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health. Sheraton Flowood The Refuge Hotel & Conference Center, 2024.
Amy Walker Dixon, Torrey Robinson, Rachel Tyrone; Conversations for Change: Screen Time, Socioemotional Development & Mental Health. Sheraton Flowood The Refuge Hotel & Conference Center, 2024.
Jeannette Simino; All of Us Research Program and Application for Understanding Disease. Summer Genetics and Omics Academy. University of Mississippi Medical Center. Jackson, Mississippi. June 2024.
Josie Bidwell, Shamima Somi, Brian Williams; Increasing Awareness by Introducing Six Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine; 9th Annual Advancing Mississippi Conference University Research Center, Mississippi, Institute of Higher Learning. Sep. 2024.
Benjamin Walker, KJ Wilson; Racial differences in social and contextual determinants of adolescent behavioral problems. Poster Presented at The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention in Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 2024.
Yunxi Zhang; Panelist for Innovative Telehealth Solutions: Sustainable Telehealth Programs for Underserved Communities. National Association of Community Health Centers 2024 (NACHC) Conference for Agricultural Worker Health, Atlanta, GA, April 2024.
Yunxi Zhang; Remote Maternal Blood Pressure Monitoring in A Predominantly Black, Rural, Medicaid Population: A Feasibility Study at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center 2024 Conference, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. May 2024.
Y Lin, LS Lal, JM Swint, Yunxi hang, RL Summers, BF Barbara, S Chandra, ME Ladner; Disparities of Pediatric Tele-Mental Health Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Mississippi. American Telemedicine Association Nexus 2024; Phoenix, AZ; May 2024.
S Chandra, JC Goldwater, Y Harris, Yunxi Zhang; New Frontier in Telehealth Research: A National Telehealth Data Warehouse. Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center 2024 Conference, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; May 2024.
Yufeng Zheng; Heart Rate and Oxygen Level Estimation from Facial Videos Using a Hybrid Deep Learning Model, Proc. SPIE 13033, SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing 2024; National Harbor, MA; May 2024.

 

Publications:

AR Njokanma, A Aborisade, OF Kuye, McKing Amedari, AH Njokanma; Does Pederson Difficulty Index Accurately Predict the Difficulty of Mandibular Third Molar Extraction? Nigerian Journal of Basic and Clinical Sciences, 10-4103. DOI:10.4103/njbcs.njbcs_41_24. Oct. 2024.
D Blitzer, KT Carter, Seth Lirette, A Mohammed, DA Baran, H Copeland; Does Lung Procurement and Exposure to Perfadex Impact Heart Transplantation Outcomes? Clinical Transplantation. Volume 38. No 3. 2024. PMID: 38485662. March 2024.
D Blitzer, DA Baran, Seth Lirette, A Mohammed, H Copeland; Adoption of Ride Share Services Associated with Decreased Organ Donor Availability. Current Problems in Surgery. Volume 61. No 5. 2024. PMID: 38704176. May 2024.
P Turk, W Anderson, R Burns, SH Chou, T Dobbs, J Kearns, Seth Lirette, M McCarter, H Nguyen, C Passaretti, G Rose, C Stephens, J Zhao, A McWilliams; A Regionally Tailored Epidemiological Forecast and Monitoring Program to Guide a Healthcare System in the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Infection and Public Health. Volume 17. No 6. 2024. PMID: 38723322. April 2024.
M Abozeed, K Junck, T Kimpe, Seth Lirette, A Xthona, S Tridandapani, J Perchik; Interpretation Time Efficiency with Radiographs: a Comparison Study between Standard 6MP and 12MP High-Resolution Display Monitors Journal of Medical Imaging. Volume 11. No 3. 2024. PMID: 38910837. May 2024.
ET Varney, P Katzmarzyk, F Greenway, Seth Lirette, CM Howard; CT and DXA Body Composition Parameter Harmonization to Universalize Adipose Tissue Measurements in a Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study. Clinical Obesity. Volume 14. No 4. 2024. PMID: 38602005. April 2024.
CM Howard, Jennifer Mack, and RH Didlake; Rare finding of a porcelain gallbladder in an early 20th century asylum cemetery: radiologic, clinical, and bioarchaeological perspectives. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3299. March 2024.
M Ferris, RK Islam, TN Huynh, RE Davis, M Becevic, S Chandra, RL Pearlman, Vinayak Nahar, JD Jackson, RT Brodell, SR Lipner; An International Review of Skin Conditions in Incarcerated Persons. JAAD Reviews. DOI: 10.1016/j.jdrv.2024.10.001. Dec 2024.
HG Buie, LT Liddell, TN Huynh, RT Brodell, Vinayak Nahar; Tinea Corporis: Make the Diagnosis Before You Treat. Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association. 65(4), 186-187. July 2024.
M Afsal, S Zeeshan, A Sohail, K Nallathamby, M Khan, T Saleem, S Tahir, S Trisal, Shamima Somi, S Rohin, A Elah. Spectrum of Precipitating Factors for Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State in Diabetic Patients with Poor Adherence. International Journal of Medical Science in Clinical Research and Review. 7(04), Page: 839–848. Retrieved from https://ijmscrr.in/index.php/ijmscrr/article/view/852. Aug. 2024. 
Thomas Dobbs, Manuela Staneva. Resurgent Maternal and Congenital Syphilis in Mississippi-Pathways for Prevention. JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e241278. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum. June 2024.
YY Lin, L Lal, JM Swint, T Tucker, DM Ivory, Yunxi Zhang, S Chandra, C Collier. Feasibility of Remote Blood Pressure Monitoring for Detection and Management of Maternal Hypertension in a predominantly Black, Rural and Medicaid Population in Mississippi. Telemedicine journal and e-health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2023.0426. April 2024.
S Kim, Yunxi Zhang. Gaussian Graphical Model Estimation and Selection For High-Dimensional Incomplete Data using Multiple Imputation and Horseshoe Estimators. Mathematics, 12 (12), 1837. https://doi.org/10.3390/math12121837. June 2024.

 

Grants

Yufeng Zheng; A Multi-Modal and Interdisciplinary Data Science Training Program to Enhance a Diverse Workforce for Addiction Research (NIH R25). $80,015 for 5 years.