Seen In the Papers
Congratulations to the following individuals for publication of their work in respective journals from May 1 – July 31, 2025 as reported to The Pulse.
This list is compiled from submissions by faculty and staff – it is only as complete as the information we receive. Please let us know about your publication by emailing Denise at dflock@lsuhsc.edu.
Medicine
Drs. Victoria Burke, Bo Sanders and Fred Lopez (Infectious Diseases) recently updated
their chapter on "Fever and Rash in Patients with HIV" in the UpToDate electronic
textbook.
Clement ME, Thomas J, Kelsey C, Jagneaux T, O'Neal C, Lim S, Widman S, Marcus J, Okeke NL, Wilson S. HEalth Record Optimization for Identifying Candidates for HIV PRe-Exposure Prophylaxis: A Community-Informed Approach to Model Development. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2025 Jul;39(7):266-272. doi: 10.1089/apc.2025.0022. PMID: 40576614.
Deblieux, P., Hyatt, S., & Fiore, R. (2025). Five Trauma-Informed Communication Strategies to Improve Patient Interactions. Fam. Pract. Manag. 32(3), 21–25.
Harch, Paul G. MD; Shalek, Adam MD; Erbil, Jen Karen MD; King, Brett J. DDS; Chaffin, Abigail E. MD. Normobaric and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Pediatric Dog Bite Nasal Tip Avulsion/Replantation. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery-Global Open 13(5):p e6770, May 2025. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000006770. PMID: 40365243
Lin, H.-Y., Mannan, M., Chiu, Y.-W., Li, Y.-H., Chowdry, R. P., & Tseng, T.-S. (2025). Fatigue Level Associated with Quality of Life for Prostate Cancer Patients: Results from the All of Us Research Program. Cancers, 17(9), 1531. doi: 10.3390/cancers17091531. PMID: 40361456.
Palinkas, L.A., Springgate, B., Cabassa, L.J. et al. Methods for community-engaged data collection and analysis in implementation research. Implement Sci Commun 6, 38 (2025). doi: 10.1186/s43058-025-00722-z. PMID: 40197496.
Mark Sendak, Meg Young, Jee Young Kim, Alifia Hasan, Clare Kelsey, Catherine O’Neal, Tonya Jagneaux, Wayne Wilbright, John Couk, Stephen Lim, Tamachia Davenport, Shirley Lolis, Jennifer Thomas, Shannon Widman, Suresh Balu, Meredith Clement, Lance Okeke. Building models, building capacity: A review of participatory machine learning for HIV prevention. PLOS Global Public Health. June 4, 2025. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003862. PMID: 40465526.
Tonduangu, D. , Nsuami, M. , Situakibanza, H. , Buila, N. , Kintoki, E. and Longo-Mbenza, B. (2025) Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Heart Failure Management by Physicians Practicing in Cardiology Services in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases, 15, 213-233. doi: 10.4236/wjcd.2025.154020.
Vickers, J. K., Brown, C. J., Fontaine, K. R., Ivankova, N. V., Clay, O. J., Montgomery, A. E., … Kennedy, R. E. (2025). A Mixed Methods Assessment of Strain and Related Support Needs of Family Caregivers of Hospitalized Older Adults with Delirium. Nursing: Research and Reviews, 15, 43–56. doi: 10.2147/NRR.S517462.
Section of Community and Population Medicine:
Fong, Zhi Ven MD, MPH, DrPH*; Wall-Wieler, Elizabeth PhD†; Johnson, Shaneeta MD‡,§; Culbertson, Richard PhD∥; Mitzman, Brian MD, MS¶,#. Rates of Minimally Invasive Surgery After Introduction of Robotic-Assisted Surgery for Common General Surgery Operations. Annals of Surgery Open 6(1):p e546, March 2025. | DOI: 10.1097/AS9.0000000000000546
Khoury, HB, Sugarman OK, Armstrong A, Reilly B, Wennerstrom A. Caring for the incarcerated patient: Provider perceptions of quality of care in the state of Louisiana. Journal of the Louisiana Public Health Association. 2025; 5(1):37-49.
Montgomery, A., Jones, K., True, G., deRussy, A., Richman, J., Dichter, M. & Blosnich (2025) Association between receipt of a continuum of supportive housing services and mortality among Veterans with experience of housing instability. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 68(3):497-507. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2024.11.011. PMID: 39617105.
Montgomery, A., DeRussy, A., True, G., & Blosnich, J. (2025) Lethal Means among Veterans with Recent Experience of Housing Instability be Age. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 68(4):821-823. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2025.01.013. PMID: 39884516
Nguyen L, Boles W, Anderson K, Martin D, Niyogi A, Wennerstrom A. A pilot program of a peer support group by and for formerly incarcerated women. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action. 2025; 19(1):55-62. doi: 10.1353/cpr.2025.a956597. PMID: 40223628.
Roncarati, J., Cusack, M., True, G., Browne, J., Harris, T., deRussy, A., Tsai, J., Elwy, A., Byrne, T. & Montgomery, A. (2025) Experiencing Housing Instability in Rural North America and Access to Health Care and Supportive Services: A Scoping Review. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 36(1): 21-55. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2025.a951583. PMID: 39957636.
Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology
Book Chapter: Charles D. Nichols and Timothy P. Foster. Chapter Two - Serotonin, immune
function, and psychedelics as potent anti-inflammatories, in International Review
of Neurobiology. Volume 181. Psychedelics in Psychiatry. David J. Nutt & Hannah Thurgur
eds. Academic Press, 2025. 416 pages, p45-76.
Xin, H. From Bench to Body: Protective Candida-specific Monoclonal Antibodies Show In vivo and Translational Potential. Journal of Cellular Immunology 2025;7(3):122–126. In press.
Shen L, Diggs C, Ferdous S, Santos A, Wolf N, Terrebonne A, Carvajal LL, Zhong G, Ouellette SP, Tse-Dinh YC. The SWIB domain-containing DNA topoisomerase I of Chlamydia trachomatis mediates DNA relaxation. Journal of Bacteriology. 2025. e0019025. doi: 10.1128/jb.00190-25. PMID: 40793755.
Pedersen KB, Del Valle L, Ponce De Leon C, Hang H, Chen JR, Randolph CE, Zabaleta J, Taylor CM, Luo M, Denys A, Ronis MJJ. Acetate derived from metabolism of ethanol affects gene expression in bone and contributes to delays in chondrogenic differentiation. Toxicol Sci. 2025 May 22; doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfaf073. PMID: 40403335.
Ghimire J, Collins ME, Snarski P, King AN, Ruiz E, Iftikhar R, Penrose HM, Moroz K, Rorison T, Baddoo M, Naeem MA, Zea AH, Magness ST, Flemington EF, Crawford SE, Savkovic SD. Obesity-Facilitated Colon Cancer Progression Is Mediated by Increased Diacylglycerol O-Acyltransferases 1 and 2 Levels. Gastroenterology. 2025. 168(2):286-299. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2024.09.011. PMID: 39299402.
Cousin L, Peoples Z, Suppiah V, Li J, Quinn GP, Martinez U, Zea AH, Meade CD, Gwede CK, Tsien F, Zabaleta J, Reich R, Simmons VN. Evaluation of a Multi-Site Cancer Health Disparities Research Training Program for Underrepresented Undergraduate and Medical Students. J Cancer Educ. 2025. 40(2):171-176. doi: 10.1007/s13187-024-02488-9. PMID: 39167358.
Muxing Liu, Ziqian Guo, Jiexiong Hu, Yuke Chen, Fang Chen, Weizhong Chen, Wenya Wang, Boyang Ye, Zhixiang Yang, Gang Li, Xinyu Liu, Haifeng Zhang, Ping Wang, Zhengguang Zhang. The multifunctional ascorbate peroxidase MoApx1 secreted by Magnaporthe oryzae mediating the suppression of rice immunity. Plant Cell 2025. In press (accepted 6/20/2025)
Malitha C. Dickwella Widanage, Kalpana Singh, Li Jizhou, Jayasubba Reddy Yarava, Faith J. Scott, Yifan Xu, Neil A.R. Gow, Frederic Mentink-Vigier, Ping Wang, Frederic Lamoth, and Tuo Wang. Unveiling Cell Wall Structure and Echinocandin Response in Candida auris and Candida albicans via Solid-State NMR. Nat Commun. 2025. 16(1):6295. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-61678-1. PMID: 40628778.
Ankur Ankur, Jayasubba Reddy Yarava, Isha Gautam, Faith J. Scott, Li Xie, Dibakar Roy, Frederic Mentink-Vigier, Ruth E. Stark, Tamara L. Doering, Ping Wang, Tuo Wang. Polymorphic α-Glucans as Structural Scaffolds in Cryptococcus Cell Walls for Chitin, Capsule, and Melanin Associations: Insights from 13C and 1H Solid-State NMR. Angewandte Chemie 2025. Jul8:e202510409. doi: 10.1002/anie.202510409. PMID: 40626985.
Penelope E. Jankoski, Abdul-Razak Masoud, Jenna Dennis, Sophia Trinh, Loria R. DiMartino, Jessica Shrestha, Luis Marrero, Jeffery Hobden, Jeffrey Carter, Jonathan Schoen, Herbert Phelan, Alison A. Smith, and Tristan D. Clemons. Bioactive Supramolecular Polymers for Skin Regeneration Following Burn Injury. Biomacromolecules 2025. Aug 11;26(8):5471-5482. doi: 10.1021/acs.biomac.5c01107. PMID: 40669455.
Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery
Walvekar RR, Hernandez S, Melder K. Chapter 172: Surgery of the anterior and middle
cranial base. In: Cummings Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery. Forthcoming.
Azmeh O, Barber SR, King M, Arriaga MA. Early results with hypofractionated gamma knife radiotherapy for treatment of vestibular schwannoma. Am J Otolaryngol. 2025 May 14;46(5):104674. doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2025.104674. PMID: 40409249.
Bonaventure CA, Stark MW, D'Souza JN. Oral Mass in an Infant. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2025 Jul 1;151(7):729-730. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2025.1167. PMID: 40440034.
Richard C, Shakhtour L, Gallo N, Smith R, MacDonald CB, Gentry R, Scheerer H, Arnold SR, Carrillo-Marquez MA. Audiological Outcomes of Cytomegalovirus Saliva PCR-Positive Newborns in Support of Universal Screening. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2025 Jun 12. doi: 10.1002/ohn.1332. PMID: 40504068.
Schraut, T., Döllinger, M., Kunduk, M., Echternach, M., Dürr, S., Werz, J., Schützenberger, A. (2025). Machine Learning- Based Estimation of Hoarseness Severity Using Acoustic Signals Recorded During High-Speed Videoendoscopy. Journal of Voice. 2025 Jan 3:S0892-1997(24)00437-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2024.12.008. PMID: 39755525.
Schraut T., Schützenberger A., Arias-Vergara T., Kunduk M., Echternach M., Dürr St., Werz J., Döllinger M. Machine Learning Based Assessment of Hoarseness Severity: A Multisensory Approach Centered on High-Speed Videoendoscopy. Frontiers for Artificial Intelligence. 2025 Jun 5:8:1601716. doi: 10.3389/frai.2025.1601716. PMID: 40539128.
Azmeh O, Barber SR, King M, Arriaga MA. Early results with hypofractionated gamma knife radiotherapy for treatment of vestibular schwannoma. Am J Otolaryngol. 2025;46(5):104674. doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2025.104674. PMID: 40409249.
Patel T, Butz R, Boulmay B, Vaitaitis V. Current trends in clinical trials for Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC). Cancers (Basel). 2025;17(14):2340. doi: 10.3390/cancers17142340. PMID: 40723224.
Robillard K, Ovaitt AK. Alternatives to flaps and grafts for management of forehead Mohs defects. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2025 May 13:S0030-6665(25)00067-2. doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2025.04.001. PMID: 40368731.
Lawrence A, Oliver J, Ovaitt A, Bowman L, Connell R, Humphrey CD, Kriet JD. Postoperative Edema Following Rhytidectomy: A New System for Quantifying Lymphedema after Facelift. Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med. 2025 May 7. doi: 10.1089/fpsam.2025.0028. PMID: 40336162.
Robichaux MG, Fang Z, D'Souza JN. Antibiotic stewardship in pediatric head and neck surgery. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2025;196:112503. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2025.112503. PMID: 40749434.
Pathology
Ayesha Younus, MD, Yu Liu, MD, PhD, Ellen Connor, MD, PhD, Zeng-Ying Wu, MD, Hwajeong
Lee, MD, Zhiyan Fu, MD. Segmental atrophy of the liver: a review of rare pseudotumor. World J Clin Cases. Aug 26, 2025; 13(24): 107825. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v13.i24.107825.
Jihuan Chen, Liz M. Yang, Jonathan Somma, Yujun Gan, Zengying Wu, Zhiyan Fu. Diagnostic considerations for gastrointestinal stromal tumors with altered immunophenotype following Imatinib treatment. Human Pathology Reports 2025. 40:300776. doi: 10.1016/j.hpr.2025.300776.
Liu Y, Feroze A, Yang L, Balakrishnan R. Morphological and Immunohistochemical Support for the Origin of the Carcinoid Component in Strumal Carcinoids: A Case Report and Literature Review. Diagnostics (Basel). 2025 May 14;15(10):1249. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics15101249. PMID: 40428242.
Pediatrics
Ashley K. Autrey, Stacey Rifkin-Zenenberg, Tracy Hills, Jennifer Salant, Rachna May,
Elliot Rabinowitz, Chelsea Heneghan, Laura Drach, Emma Jones, Rachel Thienprayoon.
Standardized Assessment of Patient Experience in Pediatric Palliative Care: A National
Collaboration, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2025. In press.
Clay S, Leon A, Wall L, Zambrano RM. DHX16-Associated Neuromuscular Oculoauditory Syndrome: A Novel Case. Am J Med Genet A. 2025 May 6:e64083. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.64083. PMID: 40326698.
Clay, S., Evans, A.K., Zambrano, R., Courtois, L., Al-Dujaili, L., Mantle, B., and Tsien, F. Diagnosing Harboyan syndrome in a patient with multiple variants of uncertain significance (VUS). J Rare Dis 4, 42 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44162-025-00102-0
Delahoussaye W, Stern-Buchbinder ZA, Yoo D, et al. Cleft Lip and Palate Repairs in a Patient With Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex. The Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal. 2025 Jun 25:10556656251351775. doi: 10.1177/10556656251351775. PMID: 40560100.
Paul Monagle, Muayad Azzam, Rachel Bercovitz, Marisol Betensky, Rukhmi Bhat, Tina Biss, Brian Branchford, Leonardo R. Brandão, Anthony K. C. Chan, E. Vincent S. Faustino, Julie Jaffray, Sophie Jones, Hassan Kawtharany, Bryce A. Kerlin, Nicole Kucine, Riten Kumar, Christoph Male, Marie-Claude Pelland-Marcotte, Leslie Raffini, Chittalsinh Raulji, Sarah E. Sartain, Clifford M. Takemoto, Cristina Tarango, C. Heleen van Ommen, Maria C. Velez, Sara K. Vesely, John Wiernikowski, Suzan Williams, Hope P. Wilson, Gary Woods, Ayesha Zia, Reem A. Mustafa; American Society of Hematology/International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2024 updated guidelines for treatment of venous thromboembolism in pediatric patients. Blood Adv 2025; 9 (10): 2587–2636. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2024015328. PMID: 40423983.
Kayla L. Pence and Robert Austin Clark. Clinical Reasoning: A Toddler With Acute-Onset Hypotonia, Areflexia, and Ataxia. Neurology Journals. 2025 May 13;104(9):e213593. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000213593. PMID: 40228187.
Tadros, Nicholas and Godiwala, Niha. Case Report: Disseminated herpes simplex virus complicated by hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a neonate Frontiers in Pediatrics 2025 Jul 18:13:1571715. doi: 10.3389/fped.2025.1571715. PMID: 40755917.
Juliana H. VanderPluym MD, Nan Cheng MD, Ye Zhu MD, PhD, Zhen Wang PhD, Cynthia Morris MD, Andrew Jones DO, Amy A. Gelfand MD, MAS, Jesssica Gautreaux MD. Treatment of medication-overuse headache in children and adolescents: A systematic review. Headache. 2025 Jul-Aug;65(7):1148-1159. doi: 10.1111/head.14973. PMID: 40439245.
Pharmacology
Pedersen KB, Jelesijevic T, Morris TM, Melton SM, Henderson AS, Glenn JF, Davenport
GJ, Ronis MJJ, Winsauer PJ. Chronic administration of a cannabis-derived mixture at an antihyperalgesic dose does
not significantly enhance hepatotoxicity or the development of metabolic dysfunction-associated
steatohepatitis in male mice. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2025 May 19;250:10356. doi: 10.3389/ebm.2025.10356. PMID:
40458821; PMCID: PMC12127212.
Pedersen KB, Del Valle Ponce De Leon C, Hang H, Chen JR, Randolph CE, Zabaleta J, Taylor CM, Luo M, Denys A, Ronis MJJ. Acetate derived from metabolism of ethanol affects gene expression in bone and contributes to delays in chondrogenic differentiation. Toxicol Sci. 2025 May 22:kfaf073. doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfaf073. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40403335
Physiology
Clum G, Madkour AS, Judson J, Tokarz S, Smith E, Stojanovski K, Ferguson T, Welsh
D, Molina P, Theall K. Pathways from violence exposure to medication non-adherence: exploration of mental
health symptoms and coping in people living with HIV in the U.S. South. AIDS Care. 2025 doi: 10.1080/09540121.2024.2445202. PMID: 39847686.
Deville P, Dennis J, Warren O, Fontenot C, Messa G, Carter JE, Phelan HA, Schoen J, Hobden JA, Siggins RW, McTernan PM, Molina PE, Smith AA.J. A Pilot Study on the Impact of Smoking on Adipose Derived Stem Cell Function in Burn Patients. Burn Care Res. 2025. doi: 10.1093/jbcr/iraf005. PMID: 39820680.
Ferguson TF, Levitt DE, Simon L, Molina PE, Primeaux SD. Alcohol misuse and health-related behaviors among people with HIV during the COVID-19 stay-at-home directive: an ALIVE-Ex sub-study. Alcohol Alcohol. 2025 doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agaf019. PMID: 40267314.
Fitzpatrick-Schmidt T, Dasa V, Leonardi C, Ferguson TF, Welsh DA, Molina PE, Ronis MJJ, Edwards S. Intersection of Alcohol Use, Pain Symptoms, and Negative Affect in Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients and People with HIV. The Journal of Pain 2025 Jul:32:105446. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2025.105446. PMID: 40403859.
Fitzpatrick-Schmidt T, Oral E, Welsh DA, Molina PE, Ferguson TF, Edwards S. Recent Alcohol Use Influences Associations Between Cortisol Levels and Negative Affect: The New Orleans Alcohol Use in HIV Study. AIDS and Behavior 2025 Jul 7. doi: 10.1007/s10461-025-04815-7. PMID: 40622513.
Gallivan, KM, Ondrak, KS, Danos, DM, Luo, M, Taylor, CM, Nguyen, AW, Meyer, LE, Byerley, AM, Chatterjee, S, Adamec, J, Byerley, LO. Dietary Protein’s Effect on the Gut Microbiome and Its Metabolites: Protocol Description and Virtual Recruitment Efforts for a Remote Randomized Controlled Trial. Gut Microbiome. 2025. Accepted for publication
Gill A, Clum G, Molina P, Welsh D, Ferguson T, Theall KP Life Course Stressors, Latent Coping Strategies, Alcohol Use, and Adherence among People with HIV. AIDS Behav. 2025 doi: 10.1007/s10461-024-04541-6. PMID: 39546146.
Harrison-Bernard LM, Edwards S, Siggins RW, Primeaux SD. Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Experimental Design & Analysis Course for First-Year Medical Students. Medical Science Educator 2025 39:100741.
Tanvir, Md Farhan; yang, hao; Gardner, Jason D.; Jiang, Huabei. Investigating the Impact of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on Fetal Cardiac Development Using Photoacoustic Tomography. Journal of Biophotonics 2025 Jul 31:e202500215. doi: 10.1002/jbio.202500215 PMID: 40744486.
Xiao X, Schut GJ, Feng X, McTernan PM, Haja DK, Lanzilotta WN, Adams MWW, Li H. Structural insights into the biotechnologically relevant reversible NADPH-oxidizing NiFe-hydrogenase from P.furiosus. Structure. 2025 Jun 20:S0969-2126(25)00215-1. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2025.05.017. PMID: 40570843.
Radiology
Ballard DH, Antigua-Made A, Barre E, Edney E, Gordon EB, Kelahan L, Lodhi T, Martin
JG, Ozkan M, Serdynski K, Spieler B, Zhu D, Adams SJ. Impact of ChatGPT and Large Language Models on Radiology Education: Association of
Academic Radiology-Radiology Research Alliance Task Force White Paper. Acad Radiol. 2025 May;32(5):3039-3049. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2024.10.023. PMID: 39616097.
Laney DF 4th, Medina D, Fairchild AH, Ustunsoz B, Smith A, Ferral H. A Synergistic Approach To Acute Liver Trauma: Current Guidelines and the Importance of Collaboration Between Interventional Radiology and Trauma Surgery. Semin Intervent Radiol. 2024 Dec 10;41(5):515-526. doi: 10.1055/s-0044-1792089. PMID: 39664222.