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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Preventive Medicine

Recent Publications

Browse the most recent scientific publications from faculty within the Department of Preventive Medicine.

  1. Liu Y, Kuang A, Hivert MF, Lowe WL, Josefson JL, Scholtens DM  Evaluating ancestry adjustment in multi-ancestry epigenome-wide analysis.  Epigenetics  2026 Dec 31;21(1):2646063. doi:10.1080/15592294.2026.2646063
  2. Mollo AF, McCarthy DM, Cameron KA, Rafferty M, Dong S, Lee J, VanWagner LB, Fellner A, Kontrick AV  Communication of incidental findings in the ED: Patient perspectives.  Patient Educ Couns  2026 Nov;152:109801. doi:10.1016/j.pec.2026.109801
  3. Lee SH, Kim SM, Lee DH, Hasanuzzaman M, Park D, Rahaman MI, Lee S, Gu Y, Kim HW, Park W  et al.  Pharmacogenetic mechanism of cilostazol-induced headaches: Splicing-mediated loss of ABCC5 gene function.  Br J Pharmacol  2026 Oct;183(20):6113-6131. doi:10.1111/bph.70597
  4. Ardehali M, Gauen AM, Kershaw KN, Zheng VJ, Bolakale-Rufai IK, Goldman N, Notterman DA, Lloyd-Jones DM, Allen NB, Shah NS  Associations of county-level school expenditure around time of birth and cardiovascular health in young adulthood.  Am J Prev Cardiol  2026 Oct;29:101673. pii:101673
  5. Lavin J, Billings K, Smith A, Patel K, Corboy J, Hazkani I  Clinical Care Guideline Implementation of Nebulized Tranexamic Acid in Post-Tonsillectomy Hemorrhage.  Laryngoscope  2026 Oct;136(10):4519-4524. doi:10.1002/lary.70641
  6. Gomez SE, Larson J, Hlatky MA, Kooperberg C, LaMonte M, Tinker L, Greenland P, Albert C, Froelicher V, Wheeler M  et al.  Women's health initiative strong and healthy silent atrial fibrillation recording study: Rationale, study design, and baseline data.  Am Heart J  2026 Oct;300:107478. doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2026.107478
  7. McDermott MM, Cetlin MD, Domanchuk KJ, Xu S, Whipple MO, Polonsky T, Criqui MH, Guralnik JM, Tian L, Zhao L  et al.  Community-based recruitment with ankle brachial index testing to identify peripheral artery disease participants for randomized clinical trials.  Am Heart J  2026 Oct;300:107450. doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2026.107450
  8. Michael J, Fink K, Wan V, Neill C, Li Y, Jang JW, Alam R, Ross AE  Cryoablation for localized prostate cancer: Feasibility in large prostates.  Urol Oncol  2026 Sep 11;. pii:S1078-1439(26)00706-4
  9. Balakrishnan ID, Heymans ABM, Claggett B, Stewart GC, Seidman CE, Stroeks SLVM, Beelen NJ, Venner MFGHM, Owens AT, Day SM  et al.  Atrial Fibrillation in Genotyped Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Outcomes: Insights From the SHaRe Registry.  Circ Heart Fail  2026 Sep 10;:e014322. doi:10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.125.014322
  10. Abramson JS, Siddiqi T, Gordon LI, Lunning M, Wang M, Arnason J, Kamdar M, Maloney DG, Shadman M, Andreadis C  et al.  Five-year survival outcomes of lisocabtagene maraleucel in R/R LBCL from the TRANSCEND NHL 001 study.  Blood  2026 Sep 10;148(11):1388-1393. doi:10.1182/blood.2025032270
  11. Banker M, Naidech AM  Response to: "Addressing Immortal Time Bias in Estimating the Effect of Prophylactic Antiseizure Medication After Lobar Intracerebral Hemorrhage".  Neurocrit Care  2026 Sep 08;. doi:10.1007/s12028-026-02642-9
  12. Ackerman B, Gan RW, Zhang Y, Hayden J, Wang JR, Meyer CS, Siddique J, Lund JL, Weberpals J, Schneeweiss S  et al.  Quantitative bias analyses to address measurement error in time-to-event endpoints.  Am J Epidemiol  2026 Sep 03;195(9):2476-2483. doi:10.1093/aje/kwag027
  13. Bharmal U, Saade G, Greenland P, Smith BJ, Kozai AC, Fisher SA, Theilen L, Grobman W, Merz CNB, Reddy U  et al.  Prepregnancy Diet Quality Index and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes.  JAMA Netw Open  2026 Sep 01;9(9):e2633245. pii:e2633245
  14. Goldman N, Pratt B, Sohn H, Enkel S, Allen NB, Ning H, Lloyd-Jones D, Notterman D  Cardiovascular health among young adults: Do childhood neighborhoods matter?  SSM Popul Health  2026 Sep;35:101941. pii:101941
  15. Wang P, Wang J, Wang Q, Youngblood MW, Cheng Y, Tao B, Wong JH, Luan Y, Yu S, Swaroop A  et al.  Spatial chromatin architecture and accessibility co-profiling of mammalian tissues.  Nat Methods  2026 Sep 01;. doi:10.1038/s41592-026-03217-4
  16. Chitsazan M, Parekh JK, Grundmann AL, Lau ES, Alotaibi M, Yu B, Rebholz CM, Selvin E, Allen NB, Allison MA  et al.  Association of Eicosanoids and Eicosanoid-Related Metabolites With Obesity and Cardiometabolic Traits.  Diabetes Obes Metab  2026 Sep 01;. doi:10.1111/dom.71269
  17. Carnethon MR  Searching for the Uncommon: The Future of Population Science in Cardiovascular Disease.  Circulation  2026 Sep;154(9):787-788. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.126.080228
  18. Michael J, Fink K, Wan V, Kaushik SKSR, Neill C, Li Y, Alam R, VanderWeele DJ, Kundu S, Ross AE  Salvage prostate therapies for local pelvic recurrence after primary radiation for prostate cancer.  BJUI Compass  2026 Sep;7(9):e70259. pii:e70259
  19. Wang H, Tian Z, Bhattacharya R, Niu M, Sang Y, Wojdyla DM, Hong H, Zhao J, Pignone M, Hall JL  et al.  Toward a Deeper Understanding of Predicting Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Events for 10-Year Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk: Subgroup Fairness and Predictive Value of Social Determinants of Health.  J Am Heart Assoc  2026 Sep;15(17):e046186. doi:10.1161/JAHA.125.046186
  20. Obayemi JE, Paukner M, Hasjim BJ, Vitello D, Barrios PA, Hussain S, Balbale S, VanWagner LB, Mohammadi M, Mehrotra S  et al.  The rate of and risk factors for falls among patients with cirrhosis: A multicenter study.  Hepatol Commun  2026 Sep 01;10(9). pii:e01019
  21. Demmer RT, Grossardt BR, Khan SS, Borlaug BA  Severe Infections as a Novel Risk-Enhancing Factor for Incident Heart Failure.  J Am Heart Assoc  2026 Sep;15(17):e047537. doi:10.1161/JAHA.125.047537
  22. Bradley CS, Hokanson JA, Francis SL, Bieber B, Laddu D, Amundsen CL, Bretschneider CE, Clemens JQ, Collins S, Kenton K  et al.  The LURN Urinary Urgency and Lifestyle Wearable Tracker (ULTra) study: Design and feasibility.  Continence (Amst)  2026 Sep;19. pii:102473
  23. Huang MM, Nicolas JD, Alam R, Handa N, Li Y, Neill C, Ross AE, Bentrem DJ, Weaver FM, Murphy AB  et al.  Effect of MRI and site variation on surgical treatment for prostate cancer.  Urol Oncol  2026 Sep;44(9):515-521. doi:10.1016/j.urolonc.2026.06.027
  24. Wang G, Song W, Xue N, Zhao H, Ma Y, Zhang T, Wei J, Sun L, Hertz JT, Yap MC  et al.  Non-pharmacological interventions for older adults with comorbid hypertension and type 2 diabetes: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials.  Geriatr Nurs  2026 Sep;72:104179. doi:10.1016/j.gerinurse.2026.104179
  25. Lawabni R, Solano OR, Kampen LL, Kurasch J, Alshurafa N, Chang JS, Evans R, Feng D, Lin AW  Evaluation of Energy and Nutrient Estimates from Large Language Models Using Text-Based Queries.  J Nutr  2026 Sep;156(9):101712. doi:10.1016/j.tjnut.2026.101712
  26. Chen B, Wu Y, Li Y, Wang Y, Yang Y, Liu S, Zhao J  Diurnal Patterns of Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity and Sleep in Relation to Cancer Risk: Findings From a Nationally Representative Study.  Int J Cancer  2026 Sep 01;159(5):1167-1175. doi:10.1002/ijc.70475
  27. Yadav S, Hasan N, Sahoo N, Zarnegar A, Cao J, Zhou A, Saju S, Wykoff CC, Shah P, Singhanetr P  et al.  COMPARISON BETWEEN THIN AND THICK CHOROID EYES IN CENTRAL SEROUS CHORIORETINOPATHY.  Retina  2026 Sep 01;46(9):1570-1577. doi:10.1097/IAE.0000000000004875
  28. Amagai S, Powell EC, Alpern ER, Florin TA, Li Y, Liebovitz D, Luo Y, Espinoza J, Wong AF, Ramgopal S  Performance of Open-Source LLMs in Identifying Pediatric Pneumonia From Free-Text Chest Radiograph Reports.  Pediatr Emerg Care  2026 Sep 01;42(9):660-666. doi:10.1097/PEC.0000000000003616
  29. Andy C, Wang X, Parquet JB, Strickland AA, Etienne F, Vekaria V, Xi W  Trends in Associations Between Substance Use and Suicidality and Patterns of Current Substance Use in U.S. Adolescents: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study.  Am J Prev Med  2026 Sep;71(3):108375. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2026.108375
  30. Wu J, Xie T, Zhang Z, Liu X, Zhou X, Zhang Y, Tian W, Gale DP, Zhu S, Barratt J  et al.  Absence of glomerular IgA1 deposition despite overexpression of galactose-deficient IgA1 in the B cell c1galt1 knockout mouse.  Kidney Int  2026 Sep;110(3):681-697. doi:10.1016/j.kint.2026.02.034
  31. Chen Y, Zhao L, Mezzacappa C, Steffen LM, Carr JJ, Gao T, Terry JG, Qu Y, Bae S, Taddei T  et al.  Association of Change in Healthy Lifestyle in Early Adulthood With Steatotic Liver Disease Risk in Midlife.  Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol  2026 Sep;24(9):2444-2452. doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2026.01.019
  32. Barone Gibbs B, Modlin S, Perera S, Thrower AN, Huber KA, Kozai AC, Chiu J, Haas DM, Greenland P, Grobman WA  et al.  Factors Associated With Leisure Time Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Young Women 2-7 Years After Delivery of a Pregnancy in the nuMoM2b Heart Health Study.  Am J Health Promot  2026 Sep;40(7):832-842. doi:10.1177/08901171251413224
  33. Khan SS, Post WS  Lipoprotein(a) and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk: From Young to Older Adulthood.  Circulation  2026 Aug 30;. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.126.082984
  34. Bhatt AS, Khan SS  Implementation Science to Actualize Primary Prevention for Heart Failure: STRONGer Systems of Care.  JACC Heart Fail  2026 Aug 29;:103301. doi:10.1016/j.jchf.2026.103301
  35. Garofalo AM, Chotiprasidhi P, Johnson JP, Sato-Espinoza K, Ma J, Miller H, O'Brien D, Guare L, Cardone KM, Palmiero N  et al.  Multi-ancestry sequencing analysis in 293,141 participants identifies predisposition DNA repair genes associated with HCC risk.  JHEP Rep  2026 Aug 29;:102019. doi:10.1016/j.jhepr.2026.102019
  36. Santana C, Katayama A, Ballal A, Sirish P, Liem DA, Bidwell JT, Chen CY, Nuño M, Ebong IA, Zhang XD  et al.  Heterogeneous Treatment Effects in HFpEF: Distinguishing Drug-Specific Response from Prognostic Phenotypes Across Randomized Trials.  medRxiv  2026 Aug 28;. pii:2026.07.06.26357251
  37. Zhang M, Mei H, Li Y, Xiao SY  Diversion-Associated Rectal Pathology in Patients With and Without Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Rectum-Exclusive, Blinded Histologic Comparison and Practical Reporting Approach.  Am J Surg Pathol  2026 Aug 27;. doi:10.1097/PAS.0000000000002606
  38. Ramirez I, Barnas O, Mohr DC, Reddy M, Washburn JJ, Nguyen T, Kruzan KP  Navigating self-injury in a digital world: adolescents' perspectives on coping, help-seeking, and technology.  Front Digit Health  2026;8:1905943. pii:1905943
  39. Huang X, Petito LC, Allen NB, Blankstein R, Blumenthal RS, Coresh J, Greenland P, Ho JE, Khera A, Lloyd-Jones DM  et al.  Predictive Utility of Coronary Artery Calcium Score Added to the PREVENT Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Equations.  JAMA  2026 Aug 26;. doi:10.1001/jama.2026.13233
  40. Yu J, Ramirez MA, Wang YZ, Edassery S, Shramuk M, Yeom S, Li CJ, Joshi Y, Cheatham MA, Rutherford MA  et al.  Heat-shock pathway activation by TRC051384 protects spiral ganglion neurons from noise-induced hearing loss.  JCI Insight  2026 Aug 25;. pii:e203285
  41. Hanson BA, Cogswell AC, Lopez M, Miller J, Knutson KL, Carnethon MR, Koralnik IJ  Cognition-Linked Monocyte State Reveals Altered Myeloid-Lymphoid Coordination in Neuro-PASC.  Int J Mol Sci  2026 Aug 21;27(16). pii:7474
  42. Keegan AC, Greenland P, Lloyd-Jones DM, Thangada ND  Potential Role of Circulating Biomarkers in Peripheral Artery Disease.  Curr Cardiol Rep  2026 Aug 21;28(1). pii:80
  43. Krishnan V, Ning H, Notterman DA, Goldman N, Khan SS, Shah NS, Allen NB, Lloyd-Jones DM  Association Between Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Health and Early Arterial Injury in Young Adults in the United States: The Future of Families-Cardiovascular Health Among Young Adults Study.  Circ Popul Health Outcomes  2026 Aug 20;:e013042. doi:10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.125.013042
  44. Fisher BT, Blumenstock JA, Boge CLK, Shuster S, Seif AE, Green M, Michaels MG, Alexander JL, Ardura MI, Auletta JJ  et al.  Incidence and Outcomes of Human Adenovirus Infection and Disease in a Multicenter Cohort of Pediatric Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients.  Clin Infect Dis  2026 Aug 20;. pii:ciag398
  45. Altinger G, Jones CMP, Ferreira GE, Soon J, Hoffmann TC, Maher C, Chang R, Linder JA, Traeger A  Effectiveness of clinician-directed default nudges on reducing overuse of tests and treatments in healthcare: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials.  BMJ Qual Saf  2026 Aug 19;35(9):632-645. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2025-018793
  46. Greenland P, Lasser KE  New Dyslipidemia Guidelines Lower the Lipid Treatment Goals and Raise the Bar for Clinical Practice.  JAMA  2026 Aug 18;336(7):549-550. doi:10.1001/jama.2026.11091
  47. Hammond MM, Krishnan V, Petito LC, Kazi DS, Khan SS, Huang X  Trends in Usage and Payments for Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists in the United States, 2017 to 2022: A Nationally Representative Repeated Cross-Sectional Study.  J Am Heart Assoc  2026 Aug 18;15(16):e046302. doi:10.1161/JAHA.125.046302
  48. Tang R, An J, Moran AE, Shimbo D, Allen NB, Xanthakis V, Reynolds K, Zhang Y  Isolated Diastolic Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Young Adults.  Hypertension  2026 Aug 17;. doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.126.27333
  49. Marcus WB, Lavine JA, Stein JD, Rivera AS, Zhou X, Chaudhury AS, Andrews CA, Li Y, Marwah S, Mohamedali A  et al.  Revealing the Blind Spots: Linked EHRs Associate Racial and Ethnic Inequities in Diabetic Eye Care Testing.  J Racial Ethn Health Disparities  2026 Aug 14;. doi:10.1007/s40615-026-03026-7
  50. Lukas RV, Zhai L, Lauing KL, Kim M, Koch T, Penco-Campillo M, Bommi P, Dixit K, Kumthekar P, Sharp L  et al.  Phase I Evaluation of Patients with Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Treated with Radiation, Nivolumab, and IDO1 Enzyme Inhibitor BMS-986205.  Clin Cancer Res  2026 Aug 14;32(16):3476-3492. doi:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-26-1124

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