List of Publications from the faculty in The DoM EDI Office

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UCLA

Deprescribing Equity-A Research Framework for Older Adults(Link is external). Essien, U. R., & Keller, M. S. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2024

Lessons learned from a multi-site collaborative working toward a digital health use screening tool(Link is external). Frontiers in public health. Hernandez, A. M., Khoong, E. C., Kanwar, N., Lopez-Solano, N., Rodriguez, J. A., De Marchis, E., Nguyen, O. K., & Casillas, A. Frontiers in public health. 2024

Achieving equity in Residency and Fellowship Application with a Partial Blindfold: A Call for Measuring the Distance Traveled.(Link is external) Vijayan T, Graber CJ, Harris CE, Kozman D. ACP Journals. 2023

Diversifying the Medical Pathway in a Post–Affirmative Action World.(Link is external) Essien UR, Agbafe V, Norris KC.JAMA. 2023;330(14):1325–1326. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.17089

Use of Race and Ethnicity in Medicine(Link is external). Norris KC, Harris C. 2023 Dec 08

Diversifying Graduate Medical Education & the Urology Workforce: Re-imagining our Structures, Policies, Practices, Norms & Values.(Link downloads document) Simons ECG, Thavaseelan S, Saigal C, Downs T. Urology. 2021 Jun 26:S0090-4295(21)00554-9. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2021.06.011. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34186139.

Directing Research Toward Health Equity: a Health Equity Research Impact Assessment.(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) Castillo EG, Harris C. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 May 4:1–6. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-06789-3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33948804; PMCID: PMC8096150.

Initial Clinical Needs Among Transgender and Non-binary Individuals in a Large, Urban Gender Health Program.(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) Gaither TW, Williams K, Mann C, Weimer A, Ng G, Litwin MS. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Apr 26. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-06791-9. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33904031.

Culturally Competent Clinical Care for Older Sexual Minority Adults: A Scoping Review of the Literature(Link is external) (Link opens in new window). MacCarthy S, Darabidian B, Elliott MN, Schuster MA, Burton C, Saliba D. Res Aging. 2021 Mar 26:1640275211004152. doi: 10.1177/01640275211004152. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33769144.

Time to Repair the Effects of Racism on Kidney Health Inequity.(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) Mohottige D, Diamantidis CJ, Norris KC, Boulware LE. Am J Kidney Dis. 2021 Feb 24:S0272-6386(21)00437-6. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2021.01.010. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33639186.

Social Determinants of Kidney Health: Focus on Poverty(Link is external) (Link opens in new window). Norris KC, Beech BM. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 Jan 13:CJN.12710820. doi: 10.2215/CJN.12710820. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33441465.

We're in This Together: A Reflection on How Bioethics and Public Health Can Collectively Advance Scientific Efforts Towards Addressing Racism(Link is external) (Link opens in new window). Truong M, Sharif MZ. J Bioeth Inq. 2021 Jan 7. doi: 10.1007/s11673-020-10069-w. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33415592.

The 5 Rs of Cultural Humility: A Conceptual Model for Health Care Leaders.(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) Robinson D, Masters C, Ansari A. Am J Med. 2021 Feb;134(2):161-163. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2020.09.029. Epub 2020 Oct 25. PMID: 33198950.

Perspectives on finances and mental health status among Low-income Los Angeles Latinas(Link is external) (Link opens in new window). Blanco, L. R., Baker, J. A., Friedman, J. A., Singh, K. T., Brown, A. F., Moon, S. D., Carson, S. L., Hsu, A., & Pregler, J.. (2020). Journal of Financial Therapy, 11(2). doi:10.4148/1944-9771.1221

Removal of Race From Estimates of Kidney Function: First, Do No Harm.(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) Norris KC, Eneanya ND, Boulware LE. JAMA. Published online December 02, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.23373

Correction to "Relationship of neighborhood social determinants of health on racial/ethnic mortality disparities in US veterans-Mediation and moderating effects".(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) Wong MS, Steers WN, Hoggatt KJ, Ziaeian B, Washington DL.Health Serv Res. 2020 Dec;55(6):1021. PMID: 33258131 No abstract available.

Racial Differences in the Cesarean Section Rates Among Women Veterans Using Department of Veterans Affairs Community Care.(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) Mattocks KM, Kroll-Desrosiers A, Kinney R, Bastian LA, Bean-Mayberry B, Goldstein KM, Shivakumar G, Copeland L.Med Care. 2020 Nov 16. PMID: 33201084

Racial and ethnic disparities in care for health system-affiliated physician organizations and non-affiliated physician organizations.(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) Timbie JW, Kranz AM, DeYoreo M, Eshete-Roesler B, Elliott MN, Escarce JJ, Totten ME, Damberg CL. Health Serv Res. 2020 Oct 23. PMID: 33094846

Portals of Change: How Patient Portals Will Ultimately Work for Safety Net Populations.(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) Casillas A, Abhat A, Mahajan A, Moreno G, Brown AF, Simmons S, Szilagyi P. Journal of medical Internet research. 2020 Oct 23;22(10):e16835.

A Randomized Encouragement Trial to Increase Mail Order Pharmacy Use and Medication Adherence in Patients with Diabetes.(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) Ramachandran B, Trinacty CM, Wharam JF, Duru OK, Dyer WT, Neugebauer RS, Karter AJ, Brown SD, Marshall CJ, Wiley D, Ross-Degnan D. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2020 Oct 1:1-8.

The 5Rs of Cultural Humility: A Conceptual Model for Healthcare Leaders, The American Journal of Medicine (2020)(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window). Dea Robinson PhD, MA, FACMPE , Christie Masters MD, MBA, MHA, BCC, SFHM , Aziz Ansari DO, SFHM, FAAHPM, FACP. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2020.09.029(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)

Race and ethnicity predict bone markers and fracture in pediatric patients with chronic kidney disease(Link is external) (Link opens in new window). Laster M, Denburg M, Okuda Y, ... , Norris K, Salusky IB.J Bone Miner Res. 2020 Sep 22.PMID: 32960469

Mobile-Enhanced Prevention Support Study for Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender Women Leaving Jail: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial(Link is external) (Link opens in new window). Edwards GG, Reback CJ, Cunningham WE, Hilliard CL, McWells C, Mukherjee S, Weiss RE, Harawa NT. JMIR Res Protoc. 2020 Sep 22;9(9):e18106.PMID: 32959786

How Clinically Relevant Is C-Reactive Protein for Blacks with Metabolic Syndrome to Predict Microalbuminuria?(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) Sinha SK, Shaheen M, Singh VR, ... , Norris KC, Nicholas SB.Metab Syndr Relat Disord. 2020 Sep 3.PMID: 32896227

The longitudinal association of changes in diurnal cortisol features with fasting glucose: MESA(Link is external) (Link opens in new window). Dias JP, Joseph JJ, Kluwe B, Zhao S, Shardell M, Seeman T, Needham BL, Wand GS, Kline D, Brock G, Castro-Diehl C, Golden SH. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2020 Sep;119:104698.

Interventions Incorporating Therapeutic Alliance to Improve Hemodialysis Treatment Adherence in Black Patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) in the United States: A Systematic Review(Link is external). Blumrosen C, Desta R, Cavanaugh KL, Laferriere HE, Bruce MA, Norris KC, Griffith DM, Umeukeje EM. Patient Prefer Adherence. 2020 Aug 17;14:1435-1444.

Death by racism.(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) Barber S. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2020 Aug 1;20(8):903.

Nurses should oppose police violence and unjust policing in healthcare(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window). Kia Skrine Jeffers, Hafifa Siddiq, Adrienne S. Martinez-Hollingsworth, Shoshana V. Aronowitz, Laura Sinko, Jasmine L. Travers, D. Anthony Tolentino, Jade Burns, Sue Anne Bell, Dana C. Beck, Jose I. Gutierrez, Dominique Bulgin, Kirstin A. Manges, Lisa N. Mansfield, Amanda P. Bettencourt, Jin Jun, Alex J. Fauer, Rachele K. Lipsky, Gillian I. Adynski, Kristen R. Choi. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 2020.

Race/ethnicity, neighborhood socioeconomic status and cardio-metabolic risk(Link is external) (Link opens in new window). Merkin SS, Karlamangla A, Roux AD, Shrager S, Watson K, Seeman T. SSM Popul Health. 2020 Jul 23;11:100634.

Community Racial Composition and Hospitalization among Patients Receiving In-center Hemodialysis(Link is external) (Link opens in new window). Golestaneh L, Cavanaugh KL, Lo Y, Karaboyas A, Melamed ML, Johns TS, Norris KC. Am J Kidney Dis. 2020 Jul 12:S0272-6386(20)30789-7.

Race Differences in Patient Experience by Hispanic Ethnicity Among Veteran Health Administration Users.(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) Wong MS, Steers WN, Hoggatt KJ, Ziaeian B, Washington DL. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Jul 11. Online ahead of print.PMID: 32654088

Serum Aldosterone Concentration, Blood Pressure, and Coronary Artery Calcium: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis(Link is external) (Link opens in new window). Inoue K, Goldwater D, Allison M, Seeman T, Kestenbaum BR, Watson KE. Hypertension. 2020 Jul;76(1):113-120.

Social regulation of inflammation related gene expression in the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis.(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) Brown KM, Diez-Roux AV, Smith JA, Needham BL, Mukherjee B, Ware EB, Liu Y, Cole SW, Seeman TE, Kardia SLR. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2020 Jul;117:104654.

“Health Inequity in Veteran Populations”(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window); Health Equity: A Solutions-Focused Approach. Washington DL, Izuchukwu IS, Harris CE. (2020). New York: Springer Publishing Company, pp. 287-301.

Sleep and Inflammation During Adolescents' Transition to Young Adulthood(Link is external) (Link opens in new window). Park H, Chiang JJ, Bower JE, Irwin MR, Almeida DM, Seeman TE, McCreath H, Fuligni AJ. J Adolesc Health. 2020 Jun 22:S1054-139X(20)30202-0.

Trends in Readmission and Mortality Rates Following Heart Failure Hospitalization in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System From 2007 to 2017.(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) Parizo JT, Kohsaka S, Sandhu AT, Patel J, Heidenreich PA. JAMA cardiology. 2020 Jun 17. PMID: 32584921

We have to teach doctors about injustice.(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) Sandesara U, Kelly L, Goss A. BMJ Opinion. 2020 Jun 12.

George Floyd's Autopsy and the Structural Gaslighting of America.(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) Crawford-Roberts A, Shadravan S, Tsai J, Barceló NE, Gips A, Mensah M, Roxas N, Kung A, Darby A, Misa N, Morton I, Shen A. Scientific American. 2020 Jun 6.

Subjective social status and health during high school and young adulthood(Link is external) (Link opens in new window). Rahal D, Huynh V, Cole S, Seeman T, Fuligni A. Dev Psychol. 2020 Jun;56(6):1220-1232.

Telemedicine: a solution to disparities in human immunodeficiency virus prevention and pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake, and a framework to scalability and equity.(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) Wong KY, Stafylis C, Klausner JD. Mhealth. 2020;6. PMID: 32270013

Colorectal cancer screening among Hispanics in the United States: Disparities, modalities, predictors, and regional variation.(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) Viramontes O, Bastani R, Yang L, Glenn B, Herrmann AK, May FP. Prev Med. 2020 May 28:106146. PMID: 32473957

Writing Accountability Groups Are a Tool for Academic Success: The Obesity Health Disparities PRIDE Program(Link is external) (Link opens in new window). Thorpe Jr RJ, Beech BM, Norris KC, Heitman E, Bruce MA. Ethnicity & disease. 2020 Apr 23;30(2):295. PMID: 32346275

The NIDDK high school short-term research experience for underrepresented persons.(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) Rivers R, Norris KC, Hui G, Halpern-Felsher B, Dodge-Francis C, Guerrero LR, Golshan A, Brinkley K, Tran K, McLaughlin S, Antolin N. Ethnicity & Disease. 2020 Jan 16;30(1):5-14. PMID: 31969778

Mentoring the next generation of behavioral health scientists to promote health equity.(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) Milburn NG, Hamilton AB, Lopez S, Wyatt GE. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 2019;89(3):369.

Building Immigration-Informed, Cross-Sector Coalitions: Findings from the Los Angeles County Health Equity for Immigrants Summit.(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) Saadi A, Cheffers ML, Taira B, Trotzky-Sirr R, Parmar P, Samra S, Morrison JL, Shah S, Schneberk T. Health equity. 2019 Aug 1;3(1):431-5. PMID: 31448353

California And The Changing American Narrative On Diversity, Race, And Health. Health Affairs.(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) Hsu P, Bryant MC, Hayes-Bautista TM, Partlow KR, Hayes-Bautista DE. 2018 Sep 1;37(9):1394-9. PMID: 30179544

COVID-19

The Epidemiology of Diversity: COVID-19 Case Rate Patterns in California(Link is external) (Link opens in new window). Hsu P, Hayes-Bautista DE. J Immigr Minor Health. 2021 Feb 23:1–6. doi: 10.1007/s10903-021-01159-x. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33620661; PMCID: PMC7901169.

Racial Disparities in Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations During the COVID-19 Pandemic(Link is external) (Link opens in new window). Leuchter RK, Villaflores CA, Norris KC, Sorensen A, Vangala S, Sarkisian CA. AJPM. March 19, 2021; DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2021.01.036

Healthcare Disparities and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Analysis of Primary Language and Translations of Visitor Policies at NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers(Link is external) (Link opens in new window). Dhawan N, Subbiah IM, Yeh JC, Thompson B, Hildner Z, Jawed A, Prommer E, Sinclair C. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2021 Feb 6:S0885-3924(21)00165-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.01.140. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33561493; PMCID: PMC7955247.

Beyond the 405 and the 5: Geographic variations and factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 positivity rates in Los Angeles County.(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) Vijayan T, Shin M, Adamson PC, Harris C, Seeman T, Norris KC, Goodman-Meza D. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2020 Nov 3.

COVID-19, health disparities and the US election(Link is external) (Link opens in new window). Norris K, Gonzalez C. EClinicalMedicine. 2020 Oct 27.

Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders in COVID-19: Emerging Disparities Amid Discrimination.(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) Wang D, Gee GC, Bahiru E, Yang EH, Hsu JJ. Journal of general internal medicine. 2020 Oct 2:1-4.

COVID-19, Latino Working-Age Adults, and Citizenship(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window). David E Hayes-Bautista, PhD, Paul Hsu, MPH, PhD, Giselle D Hernandez. Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture. UCLA Health. 2020.

The association of race and COVID-19 mortality(Link is external) (Link opens in new window). Golestaneh L, Neugarten J, Fisher M, Billett HH, Gil MR, Johns T, Yunes M, Mokrzycki MH, Coco M, Norris KC, Perez HR, Scott S, Kim RS, Bellin E. EClinicalMedicine. 2020 Aug;25:100455.

COVID-19‒ Associated Deaths in Working-Age Latino Adults(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window). David E Hayes-Bautista, PhD and Paul Hsu, MPH, PhD. Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture. UCLA Health. 2020.

COVID-19 and Diversity: The Emerging Picture in California(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window). David E Hayes-Bautista, PhD and Paul Hsu, MPH, PhD. Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture. UCLA Health. 2020.

Applying Community-Partnered Participatory Research Approaches to Develop COVID-19 Solutions(Link is external) (Link opens in new window). Wells KB, Jones F, Norris KC. Ethn Dis. 2020 Jul 9;30(3):433-436.

First-Generation College Graduates

Socioeconomic roots of academic faculty(Link is external). Morgan, A.C., LaBerge, N., Larremore, D.B. et al. Nat Hum Behav 6, 1625–1633 (2022).

We are worthy.(Link is external) Chaplin, Lan. Science. 2022 Nov 11;378(6620):674.

First-generation physician-scientists are under-represented and need better support.(Link is external) Christophers, B., Macedo, B., Nieblas-Bedolla, E. et al. Nat Med 27, 752–755 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-021-01352-3(Link is external)

Challenges Facing First-Generation College Graduates in Medicine School: A Qualitative Analysis.(Link is external) Catherine Havemann, Hyacinth R. C. Mason, Regina G. Russell,Alejandra Casillas, Mytien Nguyen, Dowin Boatright, Alexis Webber, Jon Andre Parilla, Abraham Gallegos,Tasha R. Wyatt

The maintenance of classism in medical education: "time" as a form of social capital in first-generation and low-income medical students.(Link is external) Wyatt TR, Casillas A, Webber A, Parrilla JA, Boatright D, Mason H.Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract. 2023 Aug 1. doi: 10.1007/s10459-023-10270-7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37526802.

Other Selected

Black Scientists Are Not the Door to Diversity.(Link is external) Hayes CA. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2021 Jun 11. doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.1c00375. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34115483.

Promoting Equity for Women in Medicine - Seizing a Disruptive Opportunity.(Link is external) Jagsi R, Fuentes-Afflick E, Higginbotham E. N Engl J Med. 2021 Jun 17;384(24):2265-2267. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2104228. Epub 2021 Jun 12. PMID: 34134182.

Misogyny in Medicine(Link is external). Kaye EC. N Engl J Med. 2021 Jun 17;384(24):2267-2269. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2103616. Epub 2021 Jun 12. PMID: 34133858.

Tools for Responding to Patient-Initiated Verbal Sexual Harassment: A Workshop for Trainees and Faculty(Link is external). Hock, L. E., Barlow, P. B., Scruggs, B. A., Oetting, T. A., Martinez, D. A., Abràmoff, M. D., & Shriver, E. M. (2021). MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources, 17, 11096. https://doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11096

What’s the difference between diversity, inclusion and equity?. General Assembly Blog [Online], available at: https://generalassemb. ly/blog/diversity-inclusion-equity-differences-in-meaning/(Link is external)(accessed 7 June 2019). Bolger M. 2017.

A memo to President-elect Biden: Don’t coddle white racial anxieties(Link is external) (Link opens in new window). Perry, AM. The Brookings Institution. 2020 Nov 12.

Social Determinants of Health and Diabetes: A Scientific Review.(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) Hill-Briggs F, Adler NE, Berkowitz SA, Chin MH, Gary-Webb TL, Navas-Acien A, Thornton PL, Haire-Joshu D. Diabetes Care. 2020 Nov 2.

How to Promote Racial Equity in the Workplace.(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) Livingston R. Harv Bus Rev. 2020 Sep 1;98(5):64-72.

Racial Disparities in the Massachusetts Criminal System(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window). Elizabeth Tsai Bishop, Brook Hopkins, Chijindu Obiofuma, Felix Owusu. The Criminal Justice Policy Program, Harvard Law School. 2020 Sep.

A Judge Asked Harvard to Find Out Why So Many Black People Were In Prison. They Could Only Find 1 Answer: Systemic Racism(Link is external) (Link opens in new window). Michael Harriot. Criminal Justice, The Root. 2020 Sep.

Trends in Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Internal Medicine Subspecialty Fellowships From 2006 to 2018.(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window) Santhosh L, Babik JM. JAMA Network Open. 2020 Feb 5;3(2):e1920482-.

Reducing racial inequities in health: Using what we already know to take action.(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) Williams DR, Cooper LA. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2019 Jan;16(4):606.

Ignoring the past: Coverage of slavery and slave patrols in criminal justice texts. Journal of Criminal Justice Education.(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) Turner KB, Giacopassi D, Vandiver M. 2006 Apr 1;17(1):181-95.

Confronting institutionalized racism.(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) Jones CP. Phylon (1960-). 2002 Jan 1:7-22.

Challenges Facing First-Generation College Graduates in Medical School: A Qualitative Analysis | Medical Education | JAMA Network Open | JAMA Network(Link is external)