Publications

2026

• Factors Associated With Reports to Child Protective Services Following Unintentional Ingestions in Children Younger Than Age 6.

  Irgens-Moller N, Shea C, Kazmir S, Dodington J, Gaither JR, Tiyyagura G. Factors Associated With Reports to Child Protective Services Following Unintentional Ingestions in Children Younger Than Age 6. Pediatr Emerg Care 2026 PMID: 42226541, DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000003631.

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• The NIH 2025 Public Access Policy: Immediate access, unequal costs

  Ryus CR, Raymond King C, Melnick ER. The NIH 2025 Public Access Policy: Immediate access, unequal costs. PLOS Medicine 2026, 23 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1005124.

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• When less is more: Emergency department staffing in Greece

  Reid E, Su H, Dilip M, Babalis D, Karametos I, Plasati M, Patrikakou A, Vildiridi L, Ulrich A, Tsiftsis D. When less is more: Emergency department staffing in Greece. 2026, 1: 100004. DOI: 10.1016/j.jemint.2026.100004.

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• Initiating Care for Low Back Pain in the Emergency Department of the Veterans Health Administration, Impact on the Location of Subsequent Visits

  Penza C, Coleman B, Abel E, Brandt C, Lisi A, Runels T, Flack A, Williams A, Goulet J. Initiating Care for Low Back Pain in the Emergency Department of the Veterans Health Administration, Impact on the Location of Subsequent Visits. Journal Of The American College Of Emergency Physicians Open 2026, 7: 100367. DOI: 10.1016/j.acepjo.2026.100367.

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• Trends in alcohol-involved crashes among young California drivers before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic

  Lotito A, Vaca F, Hu S, Hill L, Griswold J, Li K. Trends in alcohol-involved crashes among young California drivers before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal Of Transport & Health 2026, 49: 102322. DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2026.102322.

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• Impact of an Ambient AI Scribe on Medical Student Observed Structured Clinical Examination Notes: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial.

  Talwalkar JS, Wright DS, Schwamm LH, Leydon G, Shabanova V. Impact of an Ambient AI Scribe on Medical Student Observed Structured Clinical Examination Notes: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial. JMIR Med Educ 2026 PMID: 42125891, DOI: 10.2196/88264.

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  This study investigates the impact of an AI scribe on medical student clinical notes, showing little effect on note quality overall but potential benefits for lower-performing students.

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• Association of Military Sexual Trauma With Migraine and Migraine-Related Health Care Utilization Among Post-9/11 US Veterans

  Ney J, Fenton B, Grinberg A, Rogers D, Seng E, Phadke M, Laffargue E, Brandt C, Sico J. Association of Military Sexual Trauma With Migraine and Migraine-Related Health Care Utilization Among Post-9/11 US Veterans. Neurology Clinical Practice 2026, 16: e200618. PMID: 42114073, PMCID: PMC13155698, DOI: 10.1212/cpj.0000000000200618.

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• It’s Not Just About Being Queer: Intersectional Risk of Suicide and Premature Mortality in Later Life Among LGBT Veterans

  Beaudreau S, Lutz J, Otero M, Warren A, Imbriano G, Rosenfeld E, Goulet J. It’s Not Just About Being Queer: Intersectional Risk of Suicide and Premature Mortality in Later Life Among LGBT Veterans. American Psychologist 2026, 10.1037/amp0001719. PMID: 42095893, PMCID: PMC13155373, DOI: 10.1037/amp0001719.

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• Evaluating the Potential Impact of AI on Urinary Tract Infection Diagnosis in the Emergency Department Across Demographic Groups: Retrospective Cohort Study

  Iscoe M, Li H, Xue H, Socrates V, Gilson A, Huang T, Taylor R. Evaluating the Potential Impact of AI on Urinary Tract Infection Diagnosis in the Emergency Department Across Demographic Groups: Retrospective Cohort Study. JMIR AI 2026, 5: e91148. PMID: 42090580, PMCID: PMC13148603, DOI: 10.2196/91148.

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• Multimodal approach to exploring neighbourhood and transportation dynamics in HIV care in Kenya: protocol

  Kimaru L, Ngaruiya C, Mugo C, Madhivanan P. Multimodal approach to exploring neighbourhood and transportation dynamics in HIV care in Kenya: protocol. BMJ Open 2026, 16: e110803. PMID: 42082219, PMCID: PMC13141189, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-110803.

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• Ambient AI Scribes to Create Educational Feedback Notes for Medical Students: A Randomized Trial.

  Talwalkar JS, Chartash D, Zhang L, Makutonin M, Safranek CW, Sidamon-Eristoff AE, Schwamm LH, Wright DS. Ambient AI Scribes to Create Educational Feedback Notes for Medical Students: A Randomized Trial. JMIR Med Educ 2026 PMID: 42052923, DOI: 10.2196/89996.

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  This study investigates how ambient AI scribes enhance written feedback quality for medical students, finding improved narrative detail without increasing instructor effort, despite usability challenges.

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• Psychophysiological Responses in Virtual Reality for Assessing Current Nicotine Use and Future Addiction Risk Among Young Adults: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study

  Wei S, Van S, Shia C, Gancz M, Camenga D, Aneni K, Marks A, Hieftje K. Psychophysiological Responses in Virtual Reality for Assessing Current Nicotine Use and Future Addiction Risk Among Young Adults: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Research Protocols 2026, 15: e89382. PMID: 42030493, PMCID: PMC13108838, DOI: 10.2196/89382.

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• Setting an agenda for adolescent substance use research in the national drug abuse treatment clinical trials network

  Kelly S, Bakhireva L, Buresh C, Camenga D, Castaneda R, Kaliamurthy S, Smith D, Tolou-Shams M, Horigian V, Marsch L, Karnik N. Setting an agenda for adolescent substance use research in the national drug abuse treatment clinical trials network. Journal Of Substance Use And Addiction Treatment 2026, 209979. PMID: 42035892, DOI: 10.1016/j.josat.2026.209979.

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• Community-informed design of personalized patient-facing materials to facilitate ED-initiated treatment of opioid use disorder

  Nath B, Levy D, Strycharz H, Sherak R, Gilkes J, Oladele C, Sarpong D, Schoenfeld E, Hawk K, Panthagani K, Patel P, Hooper C, D'Onofrio G, Melnick E. Community-informed design of personalized patient-facing materials to facilitate ED-initiated treatment of opioid use disorder. PEC Innovation 2026, 8: 100478. PMID: 42088556, PMCID: PMC13138206, DOI: 10.1016/j.pecinn.2026.100478.

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• Identifying Potential Surgical Need and Examining Access to Surgical Care Among Syrian Refugees Living in Lebanon

  Presser E, Al‐Hajj S, Michael M, Moustafa M, Farhat M, Asmar K, Farran S, Nasrallah A, Shahrour M, Mowafi H. Identifying Potential Surgical Need and Examining Access to Surgical Care Among Syrian Refugees Living in Lebanon. World Journal Of Surgery 2026 PMID: 42012847, DOI: 10.1002/wjs.70379.

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• A survey of student loan burden among United States Chiropractors: Insights on debt, relief, and educational value.

  Schut SM, Cupler ZA, Coleman BC. A survey of student loan burden among United States Chiropractors: Insights on debt, relief, and educational value. PLoS One 2026, 21: e0347127. PMID: 41973683, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0347127.

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• Recruiting People With Dementia in Emergency Research: Insights From Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research 2.0 Network (GEAR 2.0) Pilot Studies

  Seidenfeld J, Chary A, Gettel C, Haimovich A, Fischer M, Wright R, Goldberg E, Lin M, Dresden S, Shah M, Gilmore‐Bykovskyi A, Hwang U. Recruiting People With Dementia in Emergency Research: Insights From Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research 2.0 Network (GEAR 2.0) Pilot Studies. Academic Emergency Medicine 2026, 33: e70286. PMID: 41973409, DOI: 10.1111/acem.70286.

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• Development of implementation strategies for the National Emergency Airway Registry for Pediatric Emergency Medicine (NEAR4PEM) pre-intubation checklist: a prospective, pre-implementation planning study

  Wing R, Albanese A, Prieto M, Greenwald E, Harwayne-Gidansky I, Nagler J, Goldman M, Tanzer J, Miller K, Napolitano N, Nishisaki A. Development of implementation strategies for the National Emergency Airway Registry for Pediatric Emergency Medicine (NEAR4PEM) pre-intubation checklist: a prospective, pre-implementation planning study. Implementation Science Communications 2026 PMID: 41975547, DOI: 10.1186/s43058-026-00935-w.

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• Toward Relationship-Centered Care with AI: Designing for Human Connections in Healthcare

  Seo W, Melnick E, Jung H, Sefidgar Y, Sakumoto M, Schwaninger I, Krüg S, Berry A, Hose B. Toward Relationship-Centered Care with AI: Designing for Human Connections in Healthcare. 2026, 1-6. DOI: 10.1145/3772363.3778753.

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• Reframing ED Boarding Through a Human Factors Sociotechnical Systems Lens.

  Seo W, Ratwani R, Pines J, Melnick E. Reframing ED Boarding Through a Human Factors Sociotechnical Systems Lens. Journal Of Patient Safety 2026 PMID: 41960648, DOI: 10.1097/pts.0000000000001507.

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• STaR-DRO: Stateful Tsallis Reweighting for Group-Robust Structured Prediction

  Cite as: arXiv:2604.09737 [cs.LG] (or arXiv:2604.09737v1 [cs.LG] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2604.09737

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• Perspectives of adolescents and young people on Digital Health Interventions and their impact on health knowledge

  Macharia P, Ngaybe M, Ravi P, Moraa H, Hamzazai W, Moikobu B, Mugo C, Ngaruiya C. Perspectives of adolescents and young people on Digital Health Interventions and their impact on health knowledge. PLOS Global Public Health 2026, 6: e0005611. PMID: 41945604, PMCID: PMC13056157, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0005611.

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• Association of Geriatric Emergency Department Care With Hospitalization and Mortality in Older Adults

  Qian Y, Gettel C, Su J, Grogan E, Cohen I, Rothenberg C, Chen X, Hwang U. Association of Geriatric Emergency Department Care With Hospitalization and Mortality in Older Adults. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2026 PMID: 41937389, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.70421.

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• Thoracostomy and thoracotomy for emergency management of pediatric pleural space pathologies.

  Johnson C, Dodington J. Thoracostomy and thoracotomy for emergency management of pediatric pleural space pathologies. Pediatr Emerg Med Pract 2026, 23: 1-20. PMID: 41861350.

  Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements

• High-Risk Medication Prescriptions Among Older Adults Discharged from the Emergency Department

  Iscoe M, Sangal R, Hwang U, Fried T, Meeker D, Conner T, Gettel C, Follman S, Wright D, Venkatesh A. High-Risk Medication Prescriptions Among Older Adults Discharged from the Emergency Department. JAMA Internal Medicine 2026, 186: 483-486. PMID: 41661555, PMCID: PMC12887836, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.7883.

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