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Grants:

AuthorGrant
Utsav Nandi, MD MSCIOverdose Data to Action - States. Grant to MS in 2023; UMMC sub-award in 2024.
NU17CE010201 (CDC) Hubanks (PI), Role: Site PI 08/30/2023 - 08/29/2027 Mississippi Overdose Data to Action in States (MS OD2A-S) $1.3 million over 5 years
Kellogg Foundation McKenzie/Nandi (Co-PI) 05/01/2023-09/30/2025 STORK program (Stabilizing OB/Neo patients, Training for OB/Neo emergencies, Outcome improvements, Resource sharing, Kind care for vulnerable families) - Part 2 $500,000
Yufeng Zheng, PhDA Multi-Modal and Interdisciplinary Data Science Training Program to Enhance a Diverse Workforce for Addiction Research (NIH R25). $80,015 for 5 years.

 

Abstracts:

AuthorCoauthorsTopic
Mihzazul Abedin, MPHBenjamin H. Walker, Ph.D., Fazlay S. Faruque, Ph.D.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 2024, St. Louis, Missouri.
Benjamin H. Walker, Ph.D., Fazlay S. Faruque, Ph.D.Social Determinants and Stroke Prevalence in Mississippi: Insights from the 2022 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Benjamin H. Walker, Ph.D., Fazlay S. Faruque, Ph.D.Estimating Stroke Prevalence In Adults Across 34 US States: Predictive Insights from Social Determinants of Health Using BRFSS 2022 Data
McKing Amedari, BDS, MPHWilliam L. Boteler, Mauda Monger, Jasmine Miller-KleinhenzA Decade-Long Examination of Lip and Oral Cancer Incidence in Mississippi: A Retrospective Analysis. Black in Cancer Conference. 2024.
Lir-Wan Fan, PhDGhimire N, Lee JW, Nayak VH, Ojeda NB, 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.
Inder Kaur, MDAfrican Americans in academic medicine, falling number and rising concerns. APHA, Atlanta, 2024.
Marijuana use as an independent predictor of suicidality among US adolescents. Mississippi Academy of Sciences Conference, Hattiesburg, 2024.
Shamima A. Somi, MBBS, Mary Manuel, MHA , Inder kaur, MD, Joshua Mann, MDHow Health System Management Has Evolved Over the Years at UMMC. 9th LSUS Regional Student Scholars Forum, April, 2024.
Tasnova Malek, MDTrend Analysis of Teen Pregnancy in Mississippi from 2018-2022. American College of Preventive Medicine, 2024.
Jassmine Miller-Kleinhenz, PhDLauren E. Barber, Lindsay J Collin, Maret L. Maliniak, Demetria J. Smith-Graziani, Lauren E. McCulloughNeighborhood 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.
Utsav Nandi, MD, MSCIImplementation of an electronic medical record-based triage algorithm did not affect acuity assignment by race, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 2024.
A simulation-based training program to improve obstetric and neonatal readiness in the rural Deep South. Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 2024.
Shamina Somi, MDJosie Bidwell, FNP-C Brian Williams, MD, MPHIncreasing Awareness by Introducing Six Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine; LM2024 Lifestyle Medicine Conference; 10/27/24.
Changhong Wen, PGHLily Slotabec, Hao Wang, Nadiyeh Rouhi, Michael I. Adenawoola, Jeremiah Nunez, Haibei Zhang, Dai Lan Toresco, Ji LiThe 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.
Yunxi Zhang, PhD, MS, MA, BSLin, Y., Lal, L. S., Swint, J. M., Zhang, Y., Summers, R. L., Barbara, B.F., Chandra, S., & Ladner, M. E.Disparities of Pediatric Tele-Mental Health Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Mississippi. Telemedicine and e-Health; American Telemedicine Association Nexus, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2024.29109.abstracts

 

Presentations:

AuthorCoauthorsTopic
McKing Amedari, BDS, MPHThe Association of Social Determinants and Health Service Deficits with Delay in Dental Care Due to Cost and Dental Visits. IAPHS 2024, 2024.
William Boteler, Mauda Monger, Jasmine Miller-KleinhenzA Decade-Long Examination of Cancer of the Oral Cavity and Pharynx Incidence & Mortality in Mississippi. Black in Cancer Conference, 2024.
Ifeoma Amedari, Mauda Monger, Benjamin WalkerThe Association of Social Determinants and Health Service Deficits with Delay in Dental Care Due to Cost and Dental Visits. IAPHS Conference, 2024.
Frederic Goldstein MSCenter 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, Sunday, June 30th for the 2024 Summit for Advancing Equity in Food Allergy (SAEFA).
Seth Lirette, PhDInto the Mind of a Statistician. BMS Bench to Clinic Seminar Series. Univ. of Mississippi Medical Center, 2024.
Jennifer Mack, PhD, RPA"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.
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, MS, CCC-SLPRachel TyroneNurturing 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, Rachel TyroneConversations for Change: Screen Time, Socioemotional Development & Mental Health. Sheraton Flowood The Refuge Hotel & Conference Center, 2024.
Jeannette Simino, PhDAll of Us Research Program and Application for Understanding Disease. Summer Genetics and Omics Academy. University of Mississippi Medical Center. Jackson, Mississippi. 06/20/2024.
Shima Somi, MDJosie Bidwell, FNP-C Brian Williams, MD, MPHIncreasing Awareness by Introducing Six Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine 9th Annual Advancing Mississippi Conference University Research Center, Mississippi, Institute of Higher Learning. 3825 Ridgewood Rd, Jackson, MS 39211
Yunxi Zhang, PhD, MS, MA, BSPanelist 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 23, 2024.
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.
Lin, Y., Lal, L. S., Swint, J. M., Zhang, Y., Summers, R. L., Barbara, B.F., Chandra, S., & Ladner, M. E.Disparities of Pediatric Tele-Mental Health Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Mississippi. American Telemedicine Association 2024 Nexus, Phoenix, AZ.
Goldwater, J. C., Harris, Y., & Chandra, S.A New Frontier in Telehealth Research: A National Telehealth Data Warehouse. Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center 2024 Conference, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Yufeng Zheng, PhDHeart Rate and Oxygen Level Estimation from Facial Videos Using a Hybrid Deep Learning Model", Proc. SPIE 13033, SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing 2024, National Harbor, Maryland, United States.

 

Publications:

AuthorCoauthorsTopic
Seth Lirette, PhDD Blitzer, KT Carter, A Mohammed, DA Baran, H CopelandDoes Lung Procurement and Exposure to Perfadex Impact Heart Transplantation Outcomes? Clinical Transplantation. Volume 38. No 3. 2024. PMID: 38485662
D Blitzer, DA Baran, A Mohammed, H CopelandAdoption of Ride Share Services Associated with Decreased Organ Donor Availability. Current Problems in Surgery. Volume 61. No 5. 2024. PMID: 38704176
P Turk, W Anderson, R Burns, SH Chou, T Dobbs, J Kearns, M McCarter, H Nguyen, C Passaretti, G Rose, C Stephens, J Zhao, A McWilliamsA 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
M Abozeed, K Junck, T Kimpe, A Xthona, S Tridandapani, J PerchikInterpretation 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
ET Varney, P Katzmarzyk, F Greenway, CM HowardCT 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

Jennifer Mack, PhD, RPAC.M. Howard, and R.H. DidlakeRare finding of a porcelain gallbladder in an early 20th century asylum cemetery: radiologic, clinical, and bioarchaeological perspectives. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. Published online March 30, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3299
Utsav Nandi, MD, MSCIMohr NM, Plumb ID, Santos León E, Harland KK, Krishnadasan A, Nandi U, Hoth KF, Smithline HA, Talan DAFactors associated with the decision to receive bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccination among health care personnel. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2023 Dec 15;19(3):2284471. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2023.2284471. Epub 2023 Nov 23. PMID: 37994545.
Plumb ID, Briggs Hagen M, Wiegand R, Dumyati G, Myers C, Harland KK, Krishnadasan A, James Gist J, Abedi G, Fleming-Dutra KE, Chea N, Lee JE, Kellogg M, Edmundson A, Britton A, Wilson LE, Lovett SA, Ocampo V, Markus TM, Smithline HA, Hou PC, Lee LC, Mower W, Rwamwejo F, Steele MT, Lim SC, Schrading WA, Chinnock B, Beiser DG, Faine B, Haran JP, Nandi U, Chipman AK, LoVecchio F, Eucker S, Femling J, Fuller M, Rothman RE, Curlin ME, Talan DA, Mohr NMVaccine Effectiveness among Healthcare Personnel Study Team. Effectiveness of a bivalent mRNA vaccine dose against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection among U.S. Healthcare personnel, September 2022-May 2023. Vaccine. 2023 Nov 14:S0264-410X(23)01287-2. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.10.072. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37973512.
Plumb ID, Mohr NM, Hagen M, Wiegand R, Dumyati G, Harland KK, Krishnadasan A, Gist JJ, Abedi G, Fleming-Dutra KE, Chea N, Lee J, Barter D, Brackney M, Fridkin SF, Wilson LE, Lovett SA, Ocampo V, Phipps EC, Marcus TM, Smithline HA, Hou PC, Lee LC, Moran GJ, Krebs E, Steele MT, Lim SC, Schrading WA, Chinnock B, Beiser DG, Faine B, Haran JP, Nandi U, Chipman AK, LoVecchio F, Talan DA, Pilishvili TEffectiveness of an mRNA vaccine booster dose against COVID-19 among U.S. healthcare personnel, October 2021-July 2022. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023;ofad457. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad457
Alam S, Dobbs TEReflections on population health. JMSMA. 2023 Jul 31;64(8). Available from: https://jmsma.scholasticahq.com/article/84673-reflections-on-population-health
Mussarat A, Mussarat NRuptured Ectopic in a Heterotopic Pregnancy. JMSMA. 2023 Jul 28;64(9). https://jmsma.scholasticahq.com/article/84661-ruptured-ectopic-in-a-heterotopic-pregnancy
Shima Somi, MDAfsal M, Zeeshan S, Sohail A, Nallathamby K, Khan M, Saleem T,Tahir S, Trisal S, Somi S, Rohin S, Elah A.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
Manuela Staneva, MD, MPHDobbs T
Changhong Wen, MPHMohammad Kasim Fatmi, Hao Wang, Lily Slotabec, Blaise Seale, Bi Zhao, Ji LiSingle-Cell RNA-seq reveals transcriptomic modulation of Alzheimer's disease by activated protein C. 2024 Feb 21;16(4):3137-3159. doi: 10.18632/aging.205624. Epub 2024 Feb 21.
Mengna Zhang, PhDHillegass WB, Yu X, Majumdar S, Daryl Pollard J, Jackson E, Knudson J, Wolfe D, Kato GJ, Maher JF, Mei HGenetic variants and effect modifiers of QT interval prolongation in patients with sickle cell disease. Gene. 2024 Jan 10;890:147824. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2023.147824. Epub 2023 Sep 22. PMID: 37741592.
Yunxi Zhang, PhD, MS, MA, BSLin, Y. Y., Lal, L., Swint, J. M., Tucker, T., Ivory, D. M., Zhang, Y., Chandra, S., & Collier, C.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
Lin, Y. Y., Lal, L. S., Reneker, J. C., Hinton, E. G., Chandra, S., & Swint, J. M.Telehealth Evaluation in the United States: Protocol for a Scoping Review. JMIR Research Protocols, 13(1), e55209. https://doi.org/10.2196/55209
Peña, M. T., Lal, L. S., Lin, Y. Y., Summers, R. L., Chandra, S., & Swint, J. M.Telemental Health Services Usage and Association with Health Care Utilization and Expenditures Among Vulnerable Medicare Beneficiaries in 2019: A Comparative Study Using Propensity Score Matching. Telemedicine and e-Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2023.0632
Lin, Y. Y., Lal, L., Swint, J. M., Tucker, T., Ivory, D. M., Zhang, Y., Chandra, S., & Collier, C.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
Kim, S.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