Biostatistics and Epidemiology

Publications

Andrinopoulou, E-R; Gecili, E; Szczesniak, RD. Integrating US Registry data to reveal social and environmental determinants impacting lung function decline in cystic fibrosis patients. Journal of Applied Statistics. 2026; ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print):1-13.

Banister, AK; Epstein, JN; Hommel, KA; Breslin, M; Macdougall, MC; Ehrlich, S; Brinkman, WB. Personalized ADHD Medication Experiments to Inform Decisions About Continued Medication Use: An Open-Label Trial. Academic Pediatrics. 2026; 26(3):103250.

Baskar, S; Ta, HT; Spar, DS; Czosek, RJ; Ollberding, NJ; Tretter, JT. Changes in Non-invasive Myocardial Stroke Work Related to Variation in Pacing Sites and Heart Rates in Adolescents. Pediatric Cardiology. 2026; 47(2):557-563.

Beamish, AJ; Jenkins, T; Ryder, JR; Courcoulas, A; Dorman, RM; Michalsky, M; Harmon, C; Helmrath, M; Inge, TH. Healthcare utilisation across five years among adolescents following metabolic-bariatric surgery; a prospective observational study. The Lancet Regional Health. Americas. 2026; 54:101332.

Bellows, BK; Zhang, Y; Ruiz-Negrón, N; Kazi, DS; Khera, AV; Woo, JG; Urbina, EM; Jacobs, DR; Allen, NB; Wong, JB; De Ferranti, SD; Moran, AE. Familial Hypercholesterolemia Screening in Childhood and Early Adulthood: A Cost-Effectiveness Study. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). 2026; 335(2):140-153.

Berninger, C; Xu, Y; Ryan, P; Cecil, KM; Lanphear, BP; Vester, A; Yolton, K. Gestational and early childhood air pollution exposure and neurodevelopmental outcomes in early childhood. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 2026; 113:107576.

Brady, PW; Pfarr, M; Giambra, BK; Loechtenfeldt, L; Curry, C; Bosse, D; Timmons, K; Sauers-Ford, H; Miller, C; Wiedeman, AM; Beck, AF; Callahan, S; Shah, SS; Auger, KA. Family-Reported Posthospitalization Outcomes for Children With Complex Chronic Disease. Pediatrics. 2026; 157(1).

Chamoun, J; Larson, P; Altaye, M; Tabangin, M; Sun, DQ; Gordon, SA. Contribution of Tinnitus Burden and Hearing Loss to Geriatric Depression. The Laryngoscope. 2026; 136(4):1904-1911.

Colegate, SP; Manning, ER; Vancil, A; Wang, Z; Rao, M; Gecili, E; Palipana, A; Ryan, P; Szczesniak, RD; Brokamp, C. Acute exposure to fine ambient particulate matter and pulmonary exacerbations in cystic fibrosis: A case-crossover study. Atmospheric Environment. 2026; 29:100414.

Costello, E; Baumert, BO; Li, Z; Midya, V; Pan, S; Ryder, JR; Inge, TH; Jenkins, TM; Sisley, S; Xanthakos, SA; Aung, MT; Mcconnell, R; Conti, DV; Chatzi, L. Polyfluoroalkyl substances and altered glucose homeostasis in adolescents following bariatric surgery. Environ Endocrinol. 2026; 2(1):wkaf003.

Daraiseh, NM; Liu, C; Vidonish, W; Zhang, B; Bachtel, A; Ungard, W; Giambra, B; Macaluso, M. Patient and Employee Safety Events-Are They Related by Common Hospital Unit Factors? Hospital pediatrics. 2026; 16(1):66-76.

De Padua V Alves, V; Meier, J; Spangler-Bickell, MG; Abu Ata, N; Sharp, SE; Maclean, J; Burkett, M; Zhang, B; Brady, S; Trout, AT. Prospective Evaluation of Motion Correction Software for 18F-FDG PET of the Brain. Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology. 2026; 54(1):47-54.

Derbie, AY; Tamm, L; Kline-Fath, B; Li, H; Harpster, K; Merhar, SL; He, L; Altaye, M; Parikh, NA. Diffuse white matter abnormality is independently predictive of neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm infants. Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition. 2026; 111(2):F115-F122.

Duncan, A; Stark, LJ; Ruble, L; Fassler, C; Meinzen-Derr, J. Maintenance of gains in autistic teens receiving a daily living skills intervention at a 6-month follow-up. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders. 2026; 131:202790.

Epstein, K; Dillman, J; Abu Ata, N; Coley, B; Li, Y; Pitt, S; Zhang, B; Ayyala, R. Assessment of ultrasound ovarian-adnexal reporting & data system (O-RADS) for pediatric patients. Pediatric Radiology. 2026; 56(4):856-866.

Faateh, M; Ahmed, HF; Raees, MA; Hossain, MM; Lehenbauer, D; Cnota, JF; Alten, JA; Morales, D; Ashfaq, A. Timing of Arterial Switch Operation in Dextro-Transposition of Great Arteries with Intact Septum: Factors Associated with Delay, Practice Variation, and Associated Outcomes. Pediatric Cardiology. 2026; 47(3):1317-1324.

Ferguson, AN; Howard, MG; Gittner, KB; Pacheco, TM; Jones, BD; Olsen, IE; Clark, RH; Woo, JG. Association between Infant Birth Size Classification and Development of Morbidities in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Cohort Study. Neonatology. 2026; 123(2):225-234.

Fu, TT; King, CM; Kim, JH; Meinzen-Derr, J. Enhanced fortification of human milk to meet preterm infant nutritional targets. Pediatric Research. 2026.

Gill, H; Power, K; Jackson, C; Johnson, J; Llewelyn, M; Vallambhatla, K; Kane, N; Thompson, J; Anuforo, K; Brokamp, C; Hoffman, M. An open-source application for self-service, Health Insurance and Portability Accountability Act-compliant geocoding. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. 2026; 10(1):e17.

Gist, KM; Iyer, SPN; Humes, HD; Goldstein, SL; Damian, M; Cappoli, A; Joseph, C; Soranno, DE; Starr, M; Tolwani, A; Zang, H; Seo, J; Ollberding, NJ; Menon, S. Regional Citrate Anticoagulation and Infectious Complications in Critically Ill Children and Young Adults Receiving Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy. NEPHRON. 2026; 150(1):12-24.

Hayatghaibi, SE; Jordan, GL; Hansen, T; Ensing, AE; Gupta, A; Mihalakakos, EA; Wang, S; Zhang, B; Debnath, P; Coughlin, CC. Parental Attitudes on Outpatient Imaging Costs in Clinical Pediatric Decision Making. Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2026.

Henkel, RD; Melton, K; Cahill, T; House, M; Muñoz, J; Tabacaru, C; Liu, C; Ehrlich, SR; Kaplan, HC. Effects of Remote Patient Monitoring on Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Patients Discharged with Nasogastric Tube Feeding. Journal of Pediatrics. 2026; 288:114802.

Huang, Y-L; De Ferranti, SD; Hartz, J; Zhang, Y; Ruiz-Negrón, N; Kazi, DS; Khera, AV; Woo, JG; Urbina, EM; Jacobs, DR; Allen, NB; Wong, JB; Moran, AE; Bellows, BK. Impact of Early, Delayed, or Interrupted Treatment in Children With Familial Hypercholesterolemia. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2026; 87(7):793-796.

Jackson, AK; Tepe, K; Sauers-Ford, H; Haines, O; Bosse, D; Mills, K; Price, Z; Huang, B; Litman, S; Brooks-Roberts, T; Shah, A; Beck, AF; Auger, KA. Giving Resources to lOw-income Children to Enhance RecoverY (GROCERY): Protocol for a randomized control trial. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2026; 21(1):105-112.

Jacobs, HR; Packer, KA; Vargas Buonfiglio, LG; Bhakta, Z; Ulrich, A; Szczesniak, RD; Fisher, MA; Regelmann, WE; Young, DC; Liou, TG. An Observational Cohort Study of Targeted Antibiotic Treatments of Cystic Fibrosis Exacerbations. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2026; 13(1):ofaf745.

Jain, S; Harpster, K; Merhar, S; Kline-Fath, B; Altaye, M; Illapani, VSP; Peyton, C; Parikh, NA. MRI, General Movements, and Neurological Examination for Early Cerebral Palsy Diagnosis in Preterm Infants. Pediatrics. 2026; 157(2).

Joshi, A; Jia, W; Wang, J; Li, H; Altaye, M; Parikh, N; He, L. Mapping white matter microstructure at term age to motor outcomes at 2 years in very preterm infants: a multicentre cohort study. Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition. 2026.

Kahn, J; Luttmann-Gibson, H; Blossom, J; Ryan, PH; Coull, BA; Datta, S; Hartert, T; Zanobetti, A; Ramratnam, SK; Mendonça, EA; Shiroshita, A; Zoratti, EM; Gern, JE; Gold, DR. Redlining, Community Wealth, and Air Pollution: A Tale of Three Cities-Boston, Nashville, and Detroit. Journal of Urban Health. 2026.

Kapadia, M; Nishitani, M; Alkhouli, L; Badia, P; Blacken, R; Cook, E; Culbertson, C; Dandoy, CE; Daraiseh, N; Davies, SM; Staton, S; Stuckey, R; Young, K; Craddock, J. A Multicenter Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Central Venous Catheter Line Days after Transplant Cellular Therapy across the Engraft Learning Health Network. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. 2026; 32(2):s360-s361.

Kashikar-Zuck, S; Williams, SE; Ittenbach, RF; Peugh, J; Thomas, S; Lynch-Jordan, AM; Kirschman, M; Ting, TV; Connelly, M; Zempsky, W; Goldschneider, K; Nelson, S; Stinson, JN; Myer, GD. Multicenter randomized controlled trial of cognitive-behavioral, exercise-based, and combined interventions for juvenile fibromyalgia. Pain. 2026; 167(4):820-831.

Koh, W; Greiner, E; Sarkar, I; Jenkins, T; Hayes, D. Longitudinal trends and contemporary outcomes of combined heart-lung transplantation. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2026.

Kojima, K; Liu, C; Ehrlich, S; Dillon, H; Blankenship, C; Motlagh Zadeh, L; Vannest, J; Hunter, L; Nagarajan, S; Moore, DR. Reduced neural speech tracking in adolescents with listening difficulty. Clinical Neurophysiology. 2026; 183:2111502.

Krekeler, BN; Hopkins, A; Vollman, C; Davidson, K; Broderick, E; Altaye, M; Tabangin, M; Martin-Harris, B; Hutcheson, KA. Preliminary Validation of Dynamic Imaging Grade of Swallowing Toxicity (DIGESTV2) for Characterizing Swallow Safety and Efficiency in Post-Stroke Populations. Dysphagia. 2026; 41(1):96-104.

Krueger, A; Sahay, RD; Gecili, E; Henize, AW; Beck, AF; Klein, M; Mallon, D. The prevalence and impact of gluten-free food insecurity in pediatric celiac disease. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2026; 82(1):108-117.

Ling, J; Kao, T-SA; Robbins, LB; Wahman, CL; Kerver, JM; Resnicow, K; Zhang, N; Lalonde, H; Xie, Y; Baumgartner, J. Food-Body-Mind study protocol: A mindfulness-based lifestyle intervention to promote whole child health among preschoolers from economically marginalized families. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2026; 160:108146.

Mahmoud, H; Adams, M; Hartzell, C; Duan, Q; Ding, L; Goetz, M; Gurria, J; Chidambaran, V. Erector Spinae Catheters and Celiac Plexus Block for Analgesia After Total Pancreatectomy With Islet Autotransplantation: A Retrospective Feasibility Study. Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2026; 142(1):190-192.

Miranda Afonso, P; Zhou, GC; Su, W; Burgel, P-R; Cromwell, E; Goss, CH; Keogh, RH; Liou, TG; Marshall, BC; Mayer-Hamblett, N; Stanojevic, S; Wainwright, CE; Szczesniak, RD; Andrinopoulou, E-R. Evaluating Long-Term Effectiveness of Cystic Fibrosis Modulator Therapies after Rapid Adoption: A Dual-Approach Study. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2026; 23(1):89-99.

Molloy, E; Loeb, D; Meisman, A; Sahay, RD; Zhang, B; Zackoff, M. Situational awareness of sepsis by residents in a Virtual Reality simulation. Academic Pediatrics. 2026; 103296.

Obregon, E; Riddle, S; Chunyan, L; Ehrlich, S; Forde, B; Schuh, MP; Goldstein, SL; Slagle, CL. Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome and neonatal acute kidney injury after selective fetoscopic laser photocoagulation. Pediatric Nephrology. 2026.

O'connor, SK; Devarajan, P; Liu, J; Maldonado, MA; Sproles, A; Rose, J; Thornton, S; Chen, C; Huang, B; Brunner, HI. The Renal Activity Index for Lupus: Validation for Prediction of Kidney Inflammation in Adult Patients With Lupus Nephritis. Journal of Rheumatology. 2026; 53(3):283-291.

Odar Stough, C; Garr, K; Rabin, J; Gates, T; St Pe, FA; Combs, A; Powers, H; Pallotto, IK; Summer, S; Ammerman, RT; Clark, MJ; Berndsen, J; Vaughn, LM; Woo, JG. A Community-Engaged Approach to Develop and Implement a Behavioral Infant Obesity Prevention Program for Marginalized Families in Home Visiting. Family and Community Health. 2026; 49(1):26-39.

Perna, L; Mcnelis, K; Wessel, J; Barr, SM; Liu, C; Ehrlich, S; Kim, JH; Fu, TT. Neonatal Malnutrition Diagnoses Align Differently With Body Composition Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis Evaluating 3 Different Growth Standards. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 2026; 156304.

Ramos, KN; Langenberg, L; Lake, KE; Hoerth, C; Luebbering, N; Haslam, D; Newburg, D; Morrow, AL; Ollberding, NJ; Teusink, A; Watanabe-Chailland, M; Romick-Rosendale, L; Davies, SM; Khandelwal, P. 2’-Fucosyllactose (Human Milk Oligosaccharide) Reduces Dysbiosis and Acute GI GVHD in Children and Young Adults Following HSCT: A Prospective, Single-Center Phase II Study. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. 2026; 32(2):s570.

Rife, E; Zhai, G; Altaye, M; Andringa, J; Brunner, HI; Canna, S; Henderson, LA; Kimura, Y; Lieberman, SM; Riskalla, M; Towe, C; Vogel, T; Wobma, H; Schulert, G. Reliability and Construct Validity of the Physician's Global Assessment of Lung Disease in Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis-Associated Lung Disease. ACR Open Rheumatology. 2026; 8(3):e90006.

Robinson, D; Ding, L; Stanton, RJ; Mistry, E; Kleindorfer, D; Woo, D; Adeoye, O; Kamel, H; Ngwenya, L; Kissela, B. Incidence and Mortality of Chronic Subdural Hematomas: A Population-Based Study. Stroke. 2026; 57(2):459-466.

Rode, JB; Ogle, SB; Khoury, JC; Allen, DL; Black, J; Miller, R; Michalsky, MP; Jenkins, TM; Brandt, ML; Figueroa, A; Detella, M; Ryder, JR; Inge, TH. Long-term study retention of adolescents undergoing metabolic and bariatric surgery: lessons learned from the Teen-Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery cohort. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 2026.

Scheller, LG; Dillman, JR; Epstein, KN; Kocaoglu, M; Zeky, N; Dhaliwal, J; Somasundaram, E; Zhang, B; Trout, AT. Hepatobiliary and pancreatic findings on magnetic resonance enterography examinations in children with newly diagnosed inflammatory bowel disease. Pediatric Radiology. 2026; 56(2):433-442.

Schermerhorn, SMV; Vore, E; Bondoc, AJ; Jenkins, T; Dasgupta, R. Utilization of Indocyanine Green for Augmentation of Pulmonary Metastases Resection in Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Sarcoma Patients. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2026; 73(3):e70096.

Schuman, AD; Mckeon, M; Allen, J; Altaye, M; Amin, MR; Bayan, SL; Belafsky, PC; Bock, JM; Desilva, BW; Dion, G; Wilson, K; Young, VN; Postma, G; Howell, RJ. Dysphagia Outcomes in Zenker Diverticulum: A Longitudinal POuCH Study. The Laryngoscope. 2026; 136(2):683-687.

Shiroshita, A; Zanobetti, A; Coull, BA; Ryan, PH; Datta, S; Blossom, J; Oken, E; Gern, JE; Luttmann-Gibson, H; Mendonça, EA; Rivera-Spoljaric, K; Zoratti, EM; Hartert, TV; Gold, DR. Individual and combined effects of indoor home exposures and ambient PM2.5 during early life on childhood asthma in us birth cohort studies. Environmental Epidemiology. 2026; 10(1):e443.

Stanic, P; Gavulic, A; Jenkins, TM; Brown, C; Frischer, J; Rymeski, B; Lim, F-Y; Galganski, L. Comparison of prenatal lung volume measurements associated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) utilization and mortality in congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2026; 162970.

Steiner, SJ; Adler, J; Saeed, SA; Strauss, RS; Howe, KM; Sheahan, A; Zhang, R; Keihn, KR; Harrow, K; Olano, KK; Zhang, N; Kim, L; Colletti, RB; Volger, S. Effectiveness and safety of ustekinumab in pediatric Crohn's disease: Results of the REALITI study. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2026.

Stone, L; Ding, L; Hirpa Kassa, M; Amsalu, B; Getnet, B; Eshete, H; Mersha, T; Vaughn, LM. Cumulative Stress Burden and Association With DNA Methylation in Ethiopian American Immigrants: Protocol for a Community-Engaged, Biopsychosocial Study. JMIR Research Protocols. 2026; 15:e85971.

Thomas, VM; Backeljauw, P; Shah, AS; Bowers, K; Gutmark-Little, I. Adipose tissue distribution and metabolic profile of young individuals with turner syndrome. Journal of the Endocrine Society. 2026; 10(4):bvag016.

Walter, CM; Froass, D; Bell, N; Haack, L; Boehmer, C; Bruguera Torres, C; Spivak, R; Chou, M; Geisler, K; O'conor, K; Williams, SE; Ding, L; King, CD; Olbrecht, VA. Virtual Reality for the Management of Postoperative Pain and Anxiety in Children and Adolescents Undergoing Nuss Repair of Pectus Excavatum: Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Perioperative Medicine. 2026; 9:e80902.

Wang, S; Zhang, J; Zhang, B. Borrowing Historical Information Across All Concentration Groups with an Application of Potency Estimation in Aquatic Toxicity Assessment. Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics. 2026; 31(1):80-97.

Wirth, SH; Pulle, J; Akiya, CO; Ayaa, E; Pardo, M; Odong, F; Ogwanh, R; Omagino, J; Otim, I; Sable, C; Danforth, K; Okello, E; Beaton, A; Nakagaayi, D. Delivering Rheumatic Heart Disease Diagnosis at Scale: Performance of an Integrated Public Health Screening Program in Northern Uganda. Journal of the American Heart Association. 2026; 15(5):e043275.

Wissel, BD; Percy, Z; Zachem, TJ; Beaulieu-Jones, B; Kohane, IS; Goldstein, SL; Gecili, E; Dexheimer, JW. Heterogenous effect of automated alerts on mortality. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA. 2026; 33(3):653-662.

Xiao, Q; Mylavarapu, G; Chmiel, JF; Fleck, R; Amoakon, J-P; Hossain, MM; Nakamura, A; Difrancesco, M; Paisley, A; Schuler, CL; Bates, A; Willmering, M; Naren, AP; Estépar, RSJ; Amin, R. Pulmonary vascular morphology in cystic fibrosis. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. 2026; 25(1):158-165.

Zhou, J; Zhang, Y; Zhang, B; Yu, Z. Efficient estimation of a semiparametric time-varying coefficient model for interval-censored failure time data. Statistics and its Interface. 2026; 19(2):211-220.