Articles 2021

Through the Open Access Publishing Fund, Emory joins other universities in the United States and Europe in offering its authors funding to assist with publication charges for OA journals and books. Any open access article or book published with support from this fund is also required to be submitted to OpenEmory, an open access repository of scholarly work by Emory faculty.

In 2021 the fund supported the work of more than 50 Emory faculty members, post-docs, researchers, and graduate and undergraduate students from more than 20 departments across the university. Learn more about the articles supported in 2020.

Emory College of Arts and Sciences

Author: Anthony J. Martin, Professor of Practice

Co-Authors: Dorothy Stearns, Meredith J. Whitten, Melissa M. Hage, Michael Page, Arya Basu

Article: First Known Trace Fossil of a Nesting Iguana (Pleistocene), The Bahamas

Journal: PLoS One

Author: Eri Saikawa, Associate Professor

Co-Author: Samantha Distler

Article: A New Screening Index to Better Target Low-Level Lead Exposure in Atlanta, Georgia

JournalScientific Reports

Author: Debjani Sihi, Assistant Professor

Co-Authors: Gaurav Jha, Biswanath Dari, Harpreet Kaur, Mallika Arudi Nocco, April Ulery, Kevin Lombard

Article: Rapid and inexpensive assessment of soil total iron using Nix Pro color sensor

JournalAgricultural & Environmental Letters

Author: Dietrich Stout, Associate Professor

Co-Authors: Thierry Chaminade, Jan Apel, Ali Shafti, A. Aldo Faisal

Article: The Measurement, Evolution, and Neural Representation of Action Grammars of Human Behavior

Journal: Scientific Reports

Laney Graduate School

Author: Katherine Anderson, Clinical Research Coordinator

Co-Author: Jamila K. Stockman

Department: Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences

Article: Staying Home, Distancing, and Face Masks: COVID-19 Prevention among U.S. Women in The COPE Study

Journal: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Author: Meghan Angley, Doctoral Student

Co-Authors: Jessica Spencer, S. Sam Lim, Penelope Howards

Department: Epidemiology

Article: Anti-Müllerian Hormone in African-American Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Journal: Lupus Science and Medicine

School of Nursing

Author: Lisa M. Thompson, Associate Professor

Co-Authors: Lara M. Grajeda, William Arriaga, Eduardo Canuz, Saad B. Omer, Michael Sage, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, Joe P. Bryan, John P. McCracken

Article: Effectiveness of Gas and Chimney Biomass Stoves for Reducing Household Air Pollution Pregnancy Exposure in Guatemala: Sociodemographic Effect Modifiers

Journal: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

School of Medicine

Author: Jack Levy, Surgery Fellow

Co-Authors: Devon L. Barrett, Nile Harris, Jiwoong Jason Jeong, Xiaofeng Yang, Suephy C. Chen

Article: High-Frequency Ultrasound in Clinical Dermatology: A Review

Journal: The Ultrasound Journal

Author: Howa Yeung, Assistant Professor

Co-Authors: Iviensan Manalo, Valerie Truong, Taryn DeGrazia, Alexander Kollhoff, Hayley Braun, Travis Blalock

Article: Incidence of skin cancer development in pancreatic islet cell transplant patients: A retrospective study

Journal: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology International

Author: Ziad Kazzi, Professor

Co-Authors: Eveline Hitti, Tharwat El Zahran, Hani Hamade, Brent W. Morgan

Article: Telephonic Medical Toxicology Service in a Low-Resource Setting: Setup, Challenges, and Opportunities

Journal: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Author: Andres Patino, Assistant Professor

Co-Authors: Augusto Maldonado, Alexis Kearney, Diana Tipan, Valerie Chavez-Flores, Michaela Banks, Krislyn Boggs, Carlos Camargo Jr

Article: Emergency Department Characteristics and Capabilities in Quito, Ecuador

Journal: Annals of Global Health

Author: Nicholas Sterling, PGY-II Resident

Co-Authors: Felix Brann, Rachel Patzer, Mengyu Di, Megan Koebbe, Madalyn Burke, Justin Schrager

Article: Prediction of Emergency Department Resource Requirements During Triage: An Application of Current Natural Language Processing Techniques

Journal: Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open

Author: Wasif Bala, Resident Physician

Co-Authors: Jackson Steinkamp, Jacob Kantrowitz, Abhinav Sharma

Article: Beyond notes: why it is time to abandon an outdated documentation paradigm

Journal: Journal of Medical Internet Research

Headshot of Jessica Fairley smiling widely with medium length blonde hair, a gray patterned dress, and iridescent blue jewelry.

Author: Jessica Fairley, Associate Professor

Co-Authors: Lisa E. Emerson, Puneet Anantharam, Feleke M. Yehuala, Kassahun D. Bilcha, Annisa B. Tesfaye

Article: Poor WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) Conditions Are Associated with Leprosy in North Gondar, Ethiopia

Journal: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Author: Tracey Henry, Associate Professor

Co-Authors: Anuradha Jetty, Stephen Petterson, Helaina Jaffree, Allie Ramsay, Erica Heiman, Andrew Bazemore

Article: Taking a closer look at mental health treatment differences: Effectiveness of mental health treatment by provider type in racial and ethnic minorities

Journal: Journal of Primary Care & Community Health

Author: Chibueze Nwagwu, Medical Student

Co-Authors: Amanda Immidissetti, David Adamson, Nitesh Patel, Anne-Marie Carboneli

Article: Clinically Explored Virus-Based Therapies for the Treatment of Recurrent High-Grade Glioma in Adults

Journal: Biomedicines

Author: Jon T. Willie, Associate Professor

Co-Authors: Kunal Gupta, Adam S. Dickey, Ranliang Hu, Edward Faught

Article: Robot Assisted MRI-Guided LITT of the Anterior, Lateral, and Medial Temporal Lobe for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Journal: Frontiers in Neurology

Headshot of Andre Burnham smiling with medium short dark blonde hair, wearing a gray pullover and dark blue shirt. Photo taken at Hamilton College by Nancy L. Ford.

Author: Andre Burnham, Research Assistant

Co-Authors: Phillip A. Burnham, Edwin Horwitz

Article: Survival associations between patient age and treatment modality in olfactory neuroblastoma: a retrospective population-based study

Journal: Journal of Clinical Medicine

Author: Nabil Saleem, Resident

Co-Authors: Lesley Miller, Alia Dadabhai, Emily Cartwright

Article: Using Vibration Controlled Transient Elastography and FIB-4 to Assess Liver Cirrhosis in a Hepatitis C Virus Infected Population

Journal: Medicine

Author: D. Sofia Villacis-Nunez, Fellow

Co-Author: Amit Thakral

Article: Pituitary sarcoidosis in a pediatric patient successfully treated with adalimumab and methotrexate

Journal: Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports

Author: Bijean Dorell Ford, Senior Manager of Regulatory Medical Writing

Co-Authors: Diego Moncada Giraldo, Camilla Margaroli, Vincent Giacalone, Milton Brown, Limin Peng, Rabindra Tirouvanziam

Article: Functional and Transcriptional Adaptations of Blood Monocytes Recruited to the Cystic Fibrosis Airway Microenvironment In Vitro

Journal: International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Author: Pradip Kamat, Professor

Co-Authors: Nataly Shildt, Chani Traube, Mary DeAlmeida, Ishaan Dave, Scott Gillespie, Whitney Moore, Lillian Long

Article: “Difficult to Sedate”: Successful implementation of a benzodiazepine-sparing analgosedation-protocol in mechanically ventilated children 

Journal: Children-Basel

Author: Matthew Oster, Associate Professor

Co-Authors: Isabel Hardee, Lydia Wright, Courtney McCracken, Emily Lawson

Article: Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes of Pregnancies in Women with Congenital Heart Disease: A Meta-Analysis

Journal: Journal of the American Heart Association

Author: Inna Polyakova, Physician

Co-Authors: Glen Iannucci, Roshan George, Anne Gill, Dinesh Govind Patel, Kelly Rouster-Stevens

Article: Simultaneous Presentation of Crohn’s Disease and Takayasu Arteritis in a Teenage Patient

Journal: Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports

Author: Sherita Holmes, Assistant Professor

Co-Authors: Joseph Langham, Carmen Sulton

Article: A 3-Year-Old Male Presenting With Sore Throat and Torticollis

Journal: Global Pediatric Health

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Author: Rebecca Philipsborn, Assistant Professor

Co-Authors: Benjamin Rabin, Emaline Laney

Article: The Unique Role of Medical Students in Catalyzing Climate Change Education

Journal: Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development

Headshot of Rabindra Tirouvanziam smiling with short black hair, wearing a dark colored zip-up cardigan and white collared shirt.

Author: Rabindra Tirouvanziam, Associate Professor

Co-Authors: Vincent D. Giacalone, Camilla Margaroli, Marcus A. Mall

Article: Neutrophil adaptations upon recruitment to the lung: new concepts and implications for homeostasis and disease

Journal: International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Author: Matthew Broggi, Medical Student

Co-Authors: Philip Oladeji, Syed Tahmid, Roberto Hernandez-Irizarry, Jerad Allen

Article: Depressive Disorders Lead to Increased Complications After Geriatric Hip Fractures

Journal: Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation

Author: Paul Ghareeb, Assistant Professor

Co-Author: Ciara Brown

Article: Early experience with external negative pressure delay in free anterolateral thigh perforator flap reconstruction

Journal: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open

Author: Anjali Om, Medical Student

Co-Author: Albert Losken

Article: Effect of COVID-19 on Geographic Distribution of Integrated Plastic Surgery Match

Journal: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery – Global Open

Author: Vinita Singh, Assistant Professor

Co-Authors: Vats Trushad Ambai, David W. Boorman, Nathan J. Neufeld

Department: Anesthesia

Article: Celiac plexus neurolysis for abdominal cancers: going beyond pancreatic cancer pain

Journal: PAIN Reports

Author: Chaoran Li, Assistant Professor

Co-Author: Pulavendran Sivasami

Department: Microbiology and Immunology

Article: Derivation and Differentiation of Adipose-tissue Regulatory T Cells: A Stepwise, Multi-site Process

Journal: Frontiers in Immunology

Author: Dinesh Jillella, Assistant Professor

Co-Authors: Nicholas Janocko, Fadi Nahab, Karima Benameur, James Greene, Wendy Wright, Mahmoud Obideen, Srikant Rangaraju

Department: Neurology

Article: Ischemic Stroke in COVID-19: An Urgent Need for Early Identification and Management

Journal: PLoS One

Author: Emily DeMaio, Doctoral Student

Co-Authors: Richard Jarvis, Jessica Cohen, Courtney Gleason

Department: Orthopaedics

Article: From Blocking Shots to Blocking GI Transit, This Professional Basketball Player Does It All: A Case Report on Small Bowel Obstruction

Journal: Case Reports in Medicine

Author: Arian Ghanouni, Medical Student

Co-Authors: Mallory Raymond, Kaitlyn Brooks, Sarah M. Clark, Douglas E. Mattox

Department: Otolaryngology

Article: Adherence to Long-Term Follow-up in Patients with Sporadic Vestibular Schwannomas Managed with Serial Observation

Journal: OTO Open

Author: Anthony Martinez, Assistant Professor

Co-Authors: Suzanna Logan, Mark Edgar

Department: Pathology

Article: Soft Tissue Angiofibroma with Atypical Features

Journal: Human Pathology: Case Reports

Author: Adriana Lori, Research Associate

Co-Authors: Dimitrios Avramopoulos, Alex Wang, Jennifer Mulle, Nicholas Massa, Erica Duncan, Abigail Powers, Karen Conneely, Charles Gillespie, Tanja Jovanovic, Kerry Ressler, Bradley Pearce

Department: Psychiatric and Behavioral Sciences

Article: Polygenic risk scores differentiate schizophrenia patients with Toxoplasma gondii compared to Toxoplasma seronegative patients

Journal: Comprehensive Psychiatry

Author: Andrew Taylor Jr, Professor

Co-Authors: Malgorzata Lipowska, Raghuveer Halkar

Department: Radiology

Article: Head to Head Comparison of [99mTc]Tc(CO)3(NTA) and [99mTc]Tc-MAG3 in Patients with Suspected Obstruction

Journal: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Research

Rollins School of Public Health

Author: Umedjon Ibragimov, Research Assistant Professor

Co-Authors: Katherine Cooper, Evan Batty, April Ballard, Monica Fadanelli, Skylar Gross, Emma Klein, A. Scott Lockard, April M. Young, Hannah L.F. Cooper

Article: Factors that influence enrollment in syringe service programs in rural areas: a qualitative study among program clients in Appalachian Kentucky

Journal: Harm Reduction Journal

Author: Carla Jones-Harrell, Public Health and Urban Planning Researcher

Co-Authors: Kevin Jefferson, Kaitlyn Stanhope, Aimee Vester, Emma Tyano, Casey Xavier-Hall

Article: A Scoping Review of Recommendations in the English Language on Conducting Research with Trauma-Exposed Populations Since Publication of the Belmont Report

Journal: PLoS One

Author: Kristin Harrington, Doctoral Student

Co-Authors: Yun F. Wang, Paulina Rebolledo, Zhiyong Liu, Qianting Yang, Russell Kempker

Article: Evaluation of a Cryptococcal Antigen Lateral Flow Assay and Cryptococcal Antigen Positivity at a Large Public Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia

Journal: Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Author: Terry J. Hartman, Professor

Co-Authors: June Fung, Pao Ying Hsiao, Wenyi Fan, Diane Mitchell, Marlene Goldman

Article: Dietary energy density and fertility: results from the Lifestyle and Fertility Study

Journal: Current Developments in Nutrition

Headshot of Allison Chamberlain slightly smiling in front of a window with short blonde wavy hair, wearing a light blue blazer and white top.

Author: Allison Chamberlain-Abramson, Research Associate Professor

Co-Authors: Shantini Gamage, Natasha Ross, Stephen Kralovic, Loretta Simbartl, Gary Roselle, Ruth Berkelman

Article: Health after Legionnaires’ disease: a description of hospitalizations up to 5 years after Legionella pneumonia

Journal: PLoS One

Author: Matthew Gribble, Assistant Professor

Co-Authors: Todd Everson, Megan Niedzwiecki, Daniell Toth, Maria Tellez-Plaza, Haoran Liu, Dana B. Barr

Department: Environmental Health

Article: Metal biomarker mixtures and blood pressure in the United States: cross-sectional findings from the 1999-2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)

Journal: Environmental Health

Author: Liliana Aguayo-Markes, Research Assistant Professor

Co-Authors: Maria Pineros-Leano, Rifat Alam, Rosalba Aguirre-Pereyra, Andiara Schwingel, Solveig Argeseanu-Cunningham

Department: Global Health

Article: Association of Family Nutrition and Physical Activity with Preschooler’s Working Memory: A Cross-Sectional Study among Mexican Children

Journal: Children-Basel

Author: Whitney Leet-Do, Research Fellow

Co-Authors: Kai M. Bullard, Aryeh D. Stein, Mohammed K. Ali, K.M. Venkat Narayan, Karen R. Siegel

Department: Nutrition and Health Sciences

Article: Consumption of foods derived from subsidized crop remains associated with cardiometabolic risk: An update on the evidence using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2009-2014

Journal: Nutrients