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

Public health national approach to reducing breast and cervical cancer disparities.

Miller JW, Plescia M, Ekwueme DU

Cancer 2014 Aug doi: 10.1002/cncr.28818

Quality assurance through quality improvement and professional development in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program.

Siegl EJ, Miller JW, Khan K, Harris SE

Cancer 2014 Aug doi: 10.1002/cncr.28822

Quantifying metabolic heterogeneity in head and neck tumors in real time: 2-DG uptake is highest in hypoxic tumor regions.

Nakajima EC, Laymon C, Oborski M, Hou W, Wang L, Grandis JR, Ferris RL, Mountz JM, Van Houten B

PLoS One 2014 Aug doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102452

Recruitment for health disparities preventive intervention trials: the early childhood caries collaborating centers.

Tiwari T, Casciello A, Gansky SA, Henshaw M, Ramos-Gomez F, Rasmussen M, Garcia RI, Albino J, Batliner TS, Early Childhood Caries Collaborating Centers.

Prev Chronic Dis 2014 Aug doi: 10.5888/pcd11.140140

"Missing pieces"--functional, social, and environmental barriers to recovery for vulnerable older adults transitioning from hospital to home.

Greysen SR, Hoi-Cheung D, Garcia V, Kessell E, Sarkar U, Goldman L, Schneidermann M, Critchfield J, Pierluissi E, Kushel M

J Am Geriatr Soc 2014 Aug doi: 10.1111/jgs.12928

Avoiding immortal time bias in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program readmission measure.

Lucas DJ, Haut ER, Hechenbleikner EM, Wick EC, Pawlik TM

JAMA Surg 2014 Aug doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.115

Core dimensions of personality broadly account for the link from perceived social support to symptoms of depression and anxiety.

Lewis GJ, Bates TC, Posthuma D, Polderman TJ

J Pers 2014 Aug doi: 10.1111/jopy.12064

California emergency department closures are associated with increased inpatient mortality at nearby hospitals.

Liu C, Srebotnjak T, Hsia RY

Health Aff (Millwood) 2014 Aug doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.1203

Common heritable effects underpin concerns over norm maintenance and in-group favoritism: evidence from genetic analyses of right-wing authoritarianism and traditionalism.

Lewis GJ, Bates TC

J Pers 2014 Aug doi: 10.1111/jopy.12055

Chronic stress increases vulnerability to diet-related abdominal fat, oxidative stress, and metabolic risk.

Aschbacher K, Kornfeld S, Picard M, Puterman E, Havel PJ, Stanhope K, Lustig RH, Epel E

Psychoneuroendocrinology 2014 Aug doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.04.003