Publications | UCSF Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies

Effectiveness of BNT162b2 and Ad26.COV2.S vaccines against COVID-19-related hospitalisation amongst adult members of a private health insurance plan in South Africa during the Delta and Omicron periods: A test-negative case-control study.

Johnstone SL, Shapiro D, Chiwandire N, Matoti L, Whyte C, Bultinck-Human J, Mametja S, Getz C, Moyo B, Semenya M, Walaza S, Cohen C, Groome MJ

Vaccine 2025 Apr doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.127068

Emerging Adults Report Internal, External, and Social/Environmental Motivations for Weight-Related Self-Monitoring Application Use.

Hahn SL, Burnette CB, Bornstein C, Nagata JM, Loth KA, Neumark-Sztainer D

J Nutr Educ Behav 2025 Apr doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2025.03.006

Improving Completion Rates of Transcranial Doppler Ultrasounds in Children With Sickle Cell Disease Using Quality Improvement Efforts: In-Clinic Versus Population-Based Assessments.

Vissa M, Parikh P, McCulloch C, Bhasin N, Cabana MD, Chung J, Marsh A, Wong T, Treadwell M, Bardach NS

Pediatr Blood Cancer 2025 Apr doi: 10.1002/pbc.31549

Social Media and Development of Sexual and Gender Identity in Adolescents.

Suto DJ, Turban JL, Belfort EL

Pediatr Clin North Am 2025 Apr doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2024.08.004

Exploring the impact of graded alcohol use on atherogenic lipid profiles among Latinos with underlying chronic liver disease.

Patel S, Bull L, Salimi K, Shui AM, Siao K, Yang B, Maher JJ, Khalili M

Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken) 2025 Apr doi: 10.1111/acer.70010

The Reply.

Ling PM, Goetzl EJ

Am J Med 2025 Apr doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2024.12.025

Colonic goblet cell-associated antigen passages mediate physiologic and beneficial translocation of live gut bacteria in preweaning mice.

Udayan S, Floyd AN, John V, Barrios BE, Rusconi BA, McDonald KG, Schill EM, Kulkarni DH, Martin AL, Gutierrez R, Talati KB, Harris DL, Sundas S, Burgess KM, Pauta JT, Joyce EL, Wang JD, Wilson LD, Knoop KA, Tarr PI, Hsieh CS, Newberry RD

Nat Microbiol 2025 Apr doi: 10.1038/s41564-025-01965-1

Detection Bias in EHR-Based Research on Clinical Exposures and Dementia.

Wang J, Choi M, Buto P, Kelly JD, La Joie R, Kornak J, Zimmerman SC, Chen R, Raphael E, Schaefer CA, Blacker D, Glymour MM

JAMA Netw Open 2025 Apr doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.6637

Quality of Virtual vs. In-Person Outpatient Palliative Care: Disparities by Language and Race.

Nouri S, Pantilat SZ, Ritchie CS, Lyles CR, Shi Y, O'Riordan D, Boscardin J, Sudore RL

J Pain Symptom Manage 2025 Apr doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2024.12.016

Breastfeeding Among First-Time Mothers Reporting Housing Insecurity and Food Insecurity.

Aranda JA, Hoyt-Austin AE, Okobi A, Fix M, Chen M, Schwarz EB

J Womens Health (Larchmt) 2025 Apr doi: 10.1089/jwh.2024.0346