Population & Quantitative Health Sciences Faculty, Staff, Student Scholarship
This collection holds the creative and scholarly works of the Department of Population & Quantitative Health Sciences' faculty, staff, and students. It includes scholarly content such as journal articles, book chapters, conference papers, etc.
Submissions from 2025
Complex Factors Impacting Smoking Behavior in Cancer Survivors with Food Insecurity, Madeline C. Castele, Kareena Shah, Avianna Thompson, and Jin E. Kim-Mozeleski
Development of a Self-Management Tool for Individuals With Seizure Clusters: Trial Design and Methodological Report, Molly McVoy, Eytan Hirsch, Luisa Londono, Kari Colón-Zimmermann, Jin Seok Cho, and Martha Sajatovic
Prevalence of Sleep Disturbances and Factors Associated Among School Going Children in Uganda, a Cross-Sectional Study, Martha Sajatovic
Psychosocial Burden and Suicidality in Epilepsy: A Public Health Concern, Martha Sajatovic
Submissions from 2024
Stroke Recurrence Rate and Risk Factors Among Stroke Survivors in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review, Christopher J. Burant, Shirley Moore, Carol Bixen, and Martha Sajatovic
Administration Patterns of Magnesium Sulphate for Women with Preeclampsia and Immediate Newborn Outcomes in Kawempe National Referral Hospital-Uganda: A Cohort Study, Christopher J. Burant, Shirley Moore, Carol Blixen, and Martha Sajatovic
Patient Navigation in Cancer Treatment: A Systematic Review, Matthew Chen, Victoria S. Wu, Derek Falk, Jennifer Cullen, and Richard Hoehn
Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of People with Oldest Older Age Bipolar Disorder in a Global Sample: Results from the Global Aging and Geriatric Experiments in Bipolar Disorder Project, Peijun Chen, Martha Sajatovic, Joy Yala, and Kaylee Sarna
Patients on Antithrombotic Agents with Small Bowel Bleeding –Yield of Small Bowel Capsule Endoscopy and Subsequent Management, Sofi Damjanovska, Allen Chen, Seunghee Margevicius, Pingfu Fu, and Gerard Isenberg
Using Latent variables to Improve the Management of Depression Among Hemodialysis Patients, Douglas D. Gunzler, Martha Sajatovic, and Ashwini R. Sehgal
A Sequential, Multiple Assignment, Randomized Trial Design with a Tailoring Function, Holly Hartman
Excess Prevalence of Preexisting Chronic Conditions in older Adults With Incident Epilepsy, Siran M. Koroukian, Hannah L. Fein, Long Vu, Wyatt P. Bensken, Nicholas K. Schiltz, and Martha Sajatovic
A 6-Month, Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial of Customized Adherence Enhancement Versus a Bipolar-Specific Educational Control in Poorly Adherent Adolescents and Young Adults Living with Bipolar Disorder, Jennifer B. Levin, Molly McVoy, Joy Yala, Jessica Black, Carla Conroy, and Martha Sajatovic
Examination of MGMT as a Risk Gene for Dementia in the Amish, Leighanne R. Main, Yeunjoo E. Song, Audrey Lynn, Renee A. Laux, Kristy L. Miskimen, Michael D. Osterman, Paula K. Ogrocki, Alan J. Lerner, M. Denise Fuzzell, Sarada L. Fuzzell, Sherri D. Hochstetler, and Jonathan L. Haines
Avidity Maturation of Humoral Response Following Primary and Booster Doses of BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccine Among Nursing Home Residents and Healthcare Workers, Oladayo A. Oyebanji, Nicholas Sundheimer, Vaishnavi Ragavapuram, Brigid M. Wilson, Jürgen Bosch, Christopher L. King, and David H. Canaday
Prostate-Specific Antigen Testing Patterns and Prostate Cancer Stage at Diagnosis in Older Ohio Cancer Patients, Sajan N. Patel, Long Vu, Holly E. Hartman, Weichuan Dong, Siran M. Koroukian, and Johnie Rose
Early Use of Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotics in Bipolar Disorder Type I: An Expert Consensus, Martha Sajatovic
Preferences for Attributes of Oral Antipsychotic Treatments: Results From a Discrete-Choice Experiment in Respondents With Schizophrenia or Bipolar I Disorder, Martha Sajatovic
Proceedings of the 2022 “Lifestyle Intervention for Epilepsy (LIFE)” Symposium Hosted by Cleveland Clinic, Martha Sajatovic
Psychological Distress Among Family Caregivers of Persons With Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias in Uganda, Martha Sajatovic
Three-Year Outcomes of 6-Month Paliperidone Palmitate in Adults with Schizophrenia: An Open-Label Extension Study of a Randomized Clinical Trial, Martha Sajatovic
Bipolar Symptoms, Somatic Burden and Functioning in Older-Age Bipolar Disorder: A Replication Study from the Global Aging & Geriatric Experiments in Bipolar Disorder Database (GAGE-BD) Project, Martha Sajatovic, Farren B.S Briggs, Kaylee Sarna, and Joy Yala
Clinical Correlates of Perceived Stigma Among People Living with Epilepsy Enrolled in a Self-Management Clinical Trial, Martha Sajatovic, Martha Sajatovic, Jessica Black, Jacqueline Krehel-Montgomery, Grace McDermott, Joy Yala, Richard Barigye, Clara Adeniyi, and Farren Briggs
Sex Differences Among Older Adults With Bipolar Disorder: Results From the Global Aging & Geriatric Experiments in Bipolar Disorder (GAGE-BD) Project, Kaylee Sarna, Joy Yala, Farren B.S. Briggs, and Martha Sajatovic
Barriers to Dental Utilization Among Medicaid-Enrolled Young Children from Primary Care Practices in Northeast Ohio, David Selvaraj, Neel Agarwal, Jeffrey M. Albert, and Suchitra Nelson
Depletion of Complement Factor 3 Delays the Neuroinflammatory Response to Intracortical Microelectrodes, Sydney S. Song, Lindsey N. Druschel, Jacob H. Conard, Jaime J. Wang, Niveda M. Kasthuri, E. Ricky Chan, and Jeffrey R. Capadona
A Framework for Building Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Capacity for Bidirectional Engagement, Erika S. Trapl, Sarah Koopman Gonzalez, and Kristina Austin
Submissions from 2023
A Haptoglobin (HP) Structural Variant Alters the Effect of APOE Alleles on Alzheimer's Disease, Haimeng Bai, Penelope Benchek, Asha R. Kallianpur, Jonathan L. Haines, and William S. Bush
Prevalence and Factors Associated With Pre-Hospital Delay Among Acute Stroke Patients at Mulago and Kiruddu National Referral Hospitals, Kampala: a Cross-Sectional Study, Chris Burant and Martha Sajatovic
Fibrinogen; a Predictor of Injury Severity and Mortality Among Patients With Traumatic Brain injury in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study, Michael Devereaux and Martha Sajatovic
Evidence-Supported Interventions for Reducing Secondary Stroke Risk in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review, Alyssa M. Edwards, Christopher J. Burant, Shirley M. Moore, Carol Blixen, and Maratha Sajatovic
Incidence of Aggressive End-of-Life Care among Older Adults with Metastatic Cancer Living in Nursing Homes and Community Settings, Siran M. Koroukian, Sara L. Douglas, Long Vu, Hannah L. Fein, Richa Gairola, Nicholas K. Schiltz, Jennifer Cullen, Cynthia Owusu, Martha Sajatovic, and Johnie Rose
Aggressive End-of-Life Care Across Gradients of Cognitive Impairment in Nursing Home Patients with Metastatic Cancer, Siran M. Koroukian, Sara L. Douglas, Long Vu, Hannah L. Fein, Nicholas K. Schiltz, Jennifer Cullen, Cynthia Owusu, Martha Sajatovic, and Johnie Rose
Self-Management Intervention for Reducing Epilepsy Burden Among Adult Ugandans with Epilepsy (SMART-U): Randomised Clinical Trial Protocol, Jennifer B. Levin, Carolyn Still, Christopher J. Burant, and Martha Sajatovic
Demographic and Clinical Associations to Employment Status in older-Age Bipolar Disorder: Analysis from the GAGE-BD Database Project, Amulya Mallu, Carol K. Chan, Kaylee Sarna, Joy Yala, Farren B.S. Briggs, and Martha Sajatovic
Isolation of Genomic DNA from Mammalian Cells and Fixed Tissue, Kristy L.S. Miskimen and Penelope L. Miron
Blood Pressure Variability and Early Neurological Outcomes in Acute and Subacute Stroke in Southwestern Uganda, Shirley M. Moore and Martha Sajatovic
Thirty-Day Mortality Rates Among Young Adult Stroke Patients and Their Characteristics at Kiruddu and Mulago Hospitals in Uganda: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study, Shirley Moore and Martha Sajatovic
Massage Therapy for Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: Clinical Delivery and Effectiveness in Hematology and Oncology, Samuel N. Rodgers-Melnick, Mandy Bartolovich, Neha J. Desai, Smitha Hosahalli Vasanna, Amma Owusu-Ansah, Sanjay P. Ahuja, Jeffery A. Dusek, and David W. Miller
Crushing the Contents of Valbenazine Capsules for Potential Addition to Soft Foods or Administration via Gastrostomy Tube, Martha Sajatovic
Poor Seizure Control Among Children Attending a Tertiary 8 Hospital in South Western Uganda – A Retrospective Study [Response to Letter], Martha Sajatovic
Poor Seizure Control Among Children Attending a Tertiary Hospital in South Western Uganda – A Retrospective Study, Martha Sajatovic
Unmet Needs With Antipsychotic Treatment in Schizophrenia and Bipolar I Disorder: Patient Perspectives from Qualitative Focus Groups, Martha Sajatovic
Differential Expression of Genes Involved in the Chronic Response to Intracortical Microelectrodes, Sydney S. Song, Lindsey N. Druschel, E. Ricky Chan, and Jeffrey R. Capadona
The Role of Primary Care in Improving Population Health, Kurt C. Stange
Bullying Victimization and Perpetration: Some Answers and More Questions, Dexter R. Voisin and David B. Miller
Racial Differences in Time to Blood Pressure Control of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Patients: A Single-Institution Study, Xiaofei Zhou, Adam Hwan Bates, Uma V. Mahajan, Ansh Desai, Jeffrey Butke, Yifei Duan, Christopher Burant, Kaylee Sarna, Martha Sajatovic, Dhimant Dani, and S. Alan Hoffer
Submissions from 2022
Expanding the Definition beyond Surveillance Criteria Reveals a Large Burden of Osteomyelitis caused by Group B Streptococcus in the United States Veterans Health Administration, Taissa A. Bej, Brigid Wilson, Sunah Song, Robin L.P. Jump, and Federico Perez
A Mixed-Methods, Cross-Sectional Study of Perceived Stigma Among Ugandans with Epilepsy, Carol Blixen and Martha Sajatovic
Symptom Severity Mixity in Older-Age Bipolar Disorder: Analyses From the Global Aging and Geriatric Experiments in Bipolar Disorder Database (GAGE-BD), Farren B.S. Briggs and Martha Sajatovic
An Interventional Pilot of Customized Adherence Enhancement Combined with Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotic Medication (CAE-L) for Poorly Adherent Patients With Chronic Psychotic Disorder in Tanzania, Christopher J. Burant, Carol E. Blixen, Kristin A. Cassidy, Jennifer B. Levin, and Martha Sajatovic
Pre COVID-19 Pandemic Use of Telemedicine for Adherence Promotion in Patients with Psychotic Disorders: A Literature Review, Alyssa M. Edwards, Jordan C. Petitt, Sanjana Kumar, Jennifer B. Levin, and Martha Sajatovic
Examining How Congruence in and Satisfaction with Dyadic Care Type Appraisal Contribute to Quality of Life in Heart Failure Care Dyads, Elliane Irani and Seunghee Margevicius
Investigation of a Cluster of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infections in a Hospital Administration Building, Lucas D. Jones, Ernest R. Chan, Sarah N. Redmond, Jeffrey D. Kovach, Marlin Linger, Peter A. Zimmerman, and Curtis J. Donskey
Implementation of an Antibiotic Stewardship Program in Long-Term Care Facilities Across the US, Robin L.P. Jump
Omicron Infection Milder in Nursing Home Residents, Robin L.P. Jump
Directly Observed Weekly Fluoxetine for Major Depressive Disorder Among Hemodialysis Patients: A Single-Arm Feasibility Trial, Kelley M. Kauffman, Jacqueline Dolata, Maria Figueroa, Douglas Gunzler, Anne Huml, Julie Pencak, Martha Sajatovic, and Ashwini R. Sehgal
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Customized Adherence Enhancement (CAE-E): Study Protocol for a Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Project, Jennifer B. Levin, Farren Briggs, Carol Blixen, Douglas Einstadter, Jeffrey M. Albert, Celeste Weise, Edna Fuentes-Casiano, Kristin A. Cassidy, and Martha Sajatovic
Using mHealth to Improve Adherence and Reduce Blood pressure in Individuals With Hypertension and Bipolar Disorder (iTAB-CV): Study Protocol for a 2-Stage Randomized Clinical Trial, Jennifer B. Levin, Farren Briggs, Mahboob Rahman, Kurt Stange, Douglas Einstadter, Celeste Weise, Carla Conroy, Joy Yala, Ethan Radatz, and Martha Sajatovic
Group B Streptococcus in the Urine in Nonpregnant Adults: Disease or Distraction?, Nicole Mongilardi, Brigid M. Wilson, Sunah Song, Robin L.P. Jump, and Federico Perez
Seroprevalence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-Cov-2) Among Healthcare Providers Prior to the Vaccine Era in an Integrated Midwestern Healthcare System, Elie A. Saade, Xiaochun Zhang, Jaime H. Noguez, Lisa M. Stempak, Daniel Tisch, Christine Schmotzer, and Robert A. Salata
Cognitive Functioning and Prevalence of Seizures Among Older Persons in Uganda: A Hospital-Based, Cross-Sectional Study, Martha Sajatovic
Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Deutetrabenazine in Younger and Older Patients With Tardive Dyskinesia, Martha Sajatovic
Neuroinflammatory Gene Expression Analysis Reveals Pathways of Interest as Potential Targets to Improve the Recording Performance of Intracortical Microelectrodes, Sydney S. Song, Evon S. Ereifej, E. Ricky Chan, and Jeffrey R. Capadona
Comparing Learning Retention in Medical Students Using Mixed-Reality to Supplement Dissection: A Preliminary Study, Preethy S. Sridharan, Curtis Tatsuoka, Mark A. Griswold, and Susanne Wish-Baratz
Similar Mortality among United States Veterans with Invasive and Noninvasive Pneumonia due to Group B Streptococcus, Brigid M. Wilson, Sunah Song, Robin L.P. Jump, and Federico Perez
Antibiotic Exposure and Acquisition of Antibiotic-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria among Outpatients at a US Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Brigid M. Wilson, Sunah Song, Federico Perez, and Robin L.P. Jump
Submissions from 2021
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Self-Management for People with Epilepsy and a History of Negative Health Events (SMART) Targeting Rural and Underserved People with Epilepsy: A Methodologic Report, Farren Briggs, Kristin Cassidy, Carol Blixen, and Martha Sajatovic
Bipolar I and Bipolar II Subtypes in Older Age: Results from the Global Aging and Geriatric Experiments in Bipolar Disorder (GAGE-BD) Project, Farren Briggs, Martha Sajatovic, Kaylee Sarna, and Joy Yala
Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in a Patient Transport Van, Lucas D. Jones, Ernest R. Chan, Sarah N. Redmond, Jeffrey D. Kovach, Marlin Linger, Peter A. Zimmerman, and Curtis J. Donskey
Mandating COVID-19 Vaccine for Nursing Home Staff: An Ethical Obligation, Robin L.P. Jump
Systematic Literature Review of Psychiatric Comorbidities in Adults With Epilepsy, Elaine Lu, Christopher J. Burant, and Martha Sajatovic
Reducing Stroke Burden Through a Targeted Self-Management Intervention for Reducing Stroke Risk Factors in High-Risk Ugandans: A Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial, Shirley Moore, Carol Blixen, and Martha Sajatovic
Desirability of Outcome Ranking for the Management of Antimicrobial Therapy (DOOR MAT) Reveals Improvements in the Treatment of Bloodstream Infections Caused by Escherichia coli and Klebsiella Pneumoniae in Patients from the Veterans Health Administration, Federico Perez, Brigid M. Wilson, Elie Saade, Robin L.P. Jump, and Robert A. Bonomo
COVID-19 and Older Adults With Bipolar Disorder: Problems and Solutions, Martha Sajatovic
Epilepsy in Older People in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review, Martha Sajatovic
Alcohol Use in Tanzanians with Chronic Psychotic Disorders and Poor Medication Adherence, Emily Simon, Jennifer B. Levin, Carol Blixen, Michelle Aebi, Kristin Cassidy, and Martha Sajatovic
Use of Electronic Pharmacy Transaction Data and Website Development to Assess Antibiotic use in Nursing Homes, Sunah Song, Brigid M. Wilson, and Robin L.P. Jump
The Targeted Management (Team) Intervention for Reducing Stroke Risk in African American Men: Rationale and Study Design of a Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial, Carolyn H. Still, Chris Burant, Shirley Moore, Doug Einstadter, Cheryl Killion, Charles Modlin, Sophia Sundararajan, John D. Thornton, Jackson T. Wright, and Martha Sajatovic
Insights from Monitoring Aspirin Adherence: A Medication Adherence Cascade Tool, Heather L. Wheat, Elliane Irani, Richard Josephson, and Mary A. Dolansky
Molecular Diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2: Assessing and Interpreting Nucleic Acid and Antigen Tests, Peter A. Zimmerman, Christopher L. King, Mahmoud Ghannoum, Robert A. Bonomo, and Gary W. Procop
Submissions from 2020
Correlates of Stigma in People With Epilepsy, Carol Blixen, Daisy Ogede, Farren Briggs, Michelle E. Aebi, Christopher Burant, Betsy Wilson, Javier Ponce Terashima, and Martha Sajatovic
Geographic Monitoring for Early Disease Detection (GeoMEDD), Andrew Curtis, Jayakrishnan Ajayakumar, Jacqueline Curtis, Sorapat Vijitakula, and Justin Yax
Discovery of a Redox Thiol Switch: Implications for Cellular Energy Metabolism, Xing-Huang Gao, Jing Wu, Ilya Bederman, Zhaofeng Gao, Dawid Krokowski, Steven M. Chirieleison, Derek Abbott, Benlian Wang, Mark Cameron, Mark R. Chance, Belinda Willard, and Maria Hatzoglou
Unprecedented Solutions for Extraordinary Times: Helping Long-Term Care Settings Deal with the COVID-19 Pandemic, Robin L.P. Jump
Investigating the Association Between Motor Function, Neuroinflammation, and Recording Metrics in the Performance of Intracortical Microelectrode Implanted in Motor Cortex, Youjun Li; Monika Goss-Varley; Youjoung Kim; Seth M. Meade; Keying Chen; Jacob M. Rayyan; He Feng; Keith R. Dona; Justin A, McMahon; Dawn M. Taylor; and Jeffrey R. Capadona
Antipsychotic Treatment Experiences of People with Bipolar I Disorder: Patient Perspectives from an Online Survey, Martha Sajatovic
Antipsychotic Treatment Experiences of People with Schizophrenia: Patient Perspectives from an Online Survey, Martha Sajatovic
The Invested in Diabetes Study Protocol: A Cluster Randomized Pragmatic Trial Comparing Standardized and Patient-Driven Diabetes Shared Medical Appointments, Martha Sajatovic
Correlates of Poor Medication Adherence in Chronic Psychotic Disorders, Martha Sajatovic, Carol Blixen, Michelle E. Aebi, Betsy Wilson, Christopher J. Burant, Kristin A. Cassidy, and Jennifer B. Levine
Should Asymptomatic and Low-Risk Individuals be Tested for SARS-CoV-2?, Ashwini R. Sehgal
Physical Distancing with Social Connectedness, Kurt C. Stange
Proteins Inform Survival-Based Differences in Patients with Glioblastoma, L. C. Stetson, Daniela M. Schlatzer, Peter Liao, Karen Devine, Kristin Waite, Marta E. Couce, Andrew E. Sloan, Mark R. Chance, and Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan
Characterization of Community-Wide Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Congregate Living Settings and Local Public Health-Coordinated Response During the Initial Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Pauline D. Terebuh, Amina J. Egwiekhor, Heidi L. Gullett, Adeola O. Fakolade, Jill E. Miracle, Prakash T. Ganesh, Johnie Rose, Kurt C. Stange, and Andrea D. Szabo
COVID-19 Risk and Outcomes in Patients with Substance use Disorders, Quangqiu Wang, David C. Kaelber, and Rong Xu