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

The Mediating Role of Depression in the Relationship Between Physical Activity and Quality of Life Among Patients with Coronary Heart Disease.

Szuba R, Hoffmann TJ, Whooley MA, Elnaggar A, Johnson J, Park LG

West J Nurs Res 2026 May doi: 10.1177/01939459261435595

Implementation of Mobile-Based Programs for Alcohol Cessation in the Treatment of Alcohol-associated Liver Disease: Protocol for a Type 1 Hybrid Implementation-Effectiveness Trial.

He C, Edwards J, Park LS, Herzog M, Li X, Pulvermacher A, Mundt MP, Brown R, Mellinger J, Quanbeck A

JMIR Res Protoc 2026 May doi: 10.2196/94231

Increasing Contraceptive Access at Sites Serving Cross-State Abortion Patients: Results From the Southwest Contraceptive Access Network (SCAN) Intervention.

Zia Y, Alvarez A, Robinson J, Andersen A, Andaya S, Moayedi G, Harper CC

Am J Public Health 2026 May doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2026.308448

A remote intervention to improve medication nonadherence guided by a marker of risk derived from the electronic health records of adolescent transplant recipients.

Shemesh E, Anand R, Annunziato RA, Fredericks EM, Garcia J, Gupta NA, Kleinman LC, Kriegermeier A, Mysore KR, Ng VL, Lobritto SJ, Patel S, Perito ER, Rand EB, Romero R, Venick RS, Duncan-Park S, Mitchell J, Anderson SG, Stuber ML, Reyes-Múgica M, Mazariegos GV, Shneider BL

Am J Transplant 2026 May doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2026.04.030

Evaluation of Language Diversity Among Orthopaedic Surgeons.

Liu V, Tapp E, Solaiman RH, Ortega G, Atkin C, Shapiro LM

J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2026 May doi: 10.5435/JAAOS-D-25-01277

Identifying trajectories across care modalities before and after COVID-19 using sequence analysis.

Rapson T, Kemper-McIsaac KE, Sherwin EB, Clifford N, Pacca L, Rubinsky A, Lyles CR, Khoong EC

NPJ Digit Med 2026 May doi: 10.1038/s41746-026-02766-4

Peer-Mentored Social Media Groups for Youth Vaping Cessation: Single-Arm Pilot Trial.

Lyu JC, White JS, Shlipak K, Afolabi A, Ling PM

JMIR Pediatr Parent 2026 May doi: 10.2196/46283

Listening to many voices: qualitative perspectives of Black and Latino community health center patients on serious illness communication.

Davila C, Adelmann MR, Sullivan K, Jaramillo C, Lizarazo Arango JF, Vo K, Edgman-Levitan S, Dow L, Han HJ, Fernandez A, Lindenberger E, Paladino J, Ritchie CS

Patient Educ Couns 2026 May doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2026.109700

Substance Use Services at Child Psychiatry Access Programs.

Ball A, Lee CM, Tripp P, Sarvet B, Congdon J

J Adolesc Health 2026 May doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2026.03.003

Pediatric Ebola Eye Disease in the PREVAIL (Partnership for Research on Ebola Virus in Liberia) III Longitudinal Cohort Study.

Kulkarni R, Quartey-Papafio N, Larbelee J, Amegashie F, Dolo R, Gaisie C, Gargu C, Wallace A, Agrawal A, Fallah MP, Moses JS, Harper K, Van Ryn C, Reilly C, Kelly JD, Bishop RJ, Eghrari AO, Prakalapakorn SG, PREVAIL III Eye Study Group

Ophthalmol Sci 2026 May doi: 10.1016/j.xops.2026.101231