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

A role for cities in sustaining Planetary Health.

Aktas YD, Gribble MO, Osborn D, Spini L, Berry P, Aletta F

UCL Open Environ 2026 Jan doi: 10.14324/111.444/ucloe.3601

Emotion dysregulation and thinness- and muscularity-oriented eating disorder symptoms in Chinese transgender and gender-diverse adults: a network perspective.

Wang Z, Barnhart WR, Yim SH, Sahlan RN, Li Y, Nagata JM, He J

Eat Disord 2026 Jan doi: 10.1080/10640266.2026.2616483

A type II hybrid implementation-effectiveness study of the BECOME intervention: integrating Behavioral Community-Based Approaches for Mental Health and Non-Communicable Diseases delivered by community health workers-study protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial.

Sigdel K, Nepal J, Shrestha A, Rai B, Yogi B, Schillinger D, Sharma D, Prajapati D, Heylen E, Niraula HK, Shrestha J, Dhimal M, Sah NK, Baral PP, Limbu P, Nepal P, Paudel P, Nepali S, Poudel S, Joshi S, Tiwari S, Shrestha S, Sapkota S, Acharya B

Trials 2026 Jan doi: 10.1186/s13063-026-09457-1

Dexamethasone Treatment Regimen and Clinical Outcomes in Children With Asthma Exacerbations.

Dave S, Green-Hopkins I, Bardach NS, Grupp-Phelan J, Shapiro DJ

Ann Emerg Med 2026 Jan doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2025.12.010

Application of microdeletion and microduplication screening in preimplantation genetic testing: a case report.

Katz M, Podgursky B, Li S, Zhang Q, Shapiro D, Pasternak M, Siddiqui N, Suer F, Xia Y

J Med Case Rep 2026 Jan doi: 10.1186/s13256-026-05832-3

Dating app use and depression symptoms in adolescents.

Nagata JM, Domingue SK, Diep T, Helmer CK, Al-Shoaibi AAA, Ganson KT, Testa A, He J, Baker FC, Lavender JM

BMC Res Notes 2026 Jan doi: 10.1186/s13104-026-07641-9

Gastrointestinal MAIT cells in chronic HIV-1 infection.

Ferre AL, Fehrman EA, Hunt PW, Somsouk M, Hoh R, Eller MA, Paquin-Proulx D, Sandberg JK, Shacklett BL

J Immunol 2026 Jan doi: 10.1093/jimmun/vkaf266

The Long-Term Impact of Racial and Ethnic School Composition on Late-Life Cognition, Depressive Symptoms, and Overall Health Among Older US Latinos.

Gutierrez S, Thomas MD, Gilsanz P, Torres JM

Am J Epidemiol 2026 Jan doi: 10.1093/aje/kwag011

Barriers to Timely Colonoscopy Completion Following Abnormal Fecal Immunochemical Test Results in a Safety-net System.

Avilez L, Wong J, Olazo K, Patel S, Pasick R, Somsouk M, Sarkar U

J Gen Intern Med 2026 Jan doi: 10.1007/s11606-025-10116-5

Pediatric Readiness in the Emergency Department: Policy Statement.

Remick K, Foster AA, Jensen AR, Williams RF, Stone E, Joseph M, Conners G, Brown K, Gausche-Hill M

J Emerg Nurs 2026 Jan doi: 10.1016/j.jen.2025.09.011