Congratulations to the following individuals for publication of their work in respective journals from May 1, 2022 - July 31, 2022 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.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research led by Suresh Alahari, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry at LSU Health New Orleans Schools of Medicine and Graduate Studies, suggests a combination of drugs already approved by the FDA for other cancers may be effective in treating chemo-resistant triple-negative breast cancer. The results are published in Molecular Cancer, available here.
Cardiovascular Center of Excellence
Members of the Cardiovascular Center of Excellence had several publications in the past quarter, including:
- Alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor mediates chronic nicotine inhalation-induced cardiopulmonary dysfunction - PubMed (nih.gov)
- Leveraging Adipocyte-Cardiomyocyte Signaling to Treat Ischemic Heart Failure - PubMed (nih.gov)
- Mitochondrial H 2 S Regulates BCAA Catabolism in Heart Failure - PubMed (nih.gov)
Internal Medicine
Dr. Michael Okoronkwo (EM Resident) served as the lead author for a review paper that reviewed evidence-based prospective and clinical trials that assess resilience to violent activity of Black male teenagers exposed to racial trauma using strength-based interventions. Co-authors from the DOM included: Dr. Micheala Banks (EM Resident), Dr. Josh Deblieux (EM Resident) and Dr. Pierre Detiege (Emergency Medicine)
Dr. Ashley Wennerstrom (Community and Population Medicine) was senior author on the commentary Establishing a health profession: What oncology patient navigators can learn from the National Association of Community Health Workers in Cancer and the research article Community Health Worker Activities in Public Health Programs to Prevent Violence: Coding Roles and Scope published in the American Journal of Public Health.
Dr. Michael Hagensee (Infectious Diseases) and the ANCHOR Investigators group recently published Treatment of Anal High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions to Prevent Anal Cancer in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Orthopaedic Surgery
Andrew G. Chapple, PhD; Amy Bronstone, PhD; Peter C. Krause, MD; and Vinod Dasa, MD, of the Department of Orthopaedics, as well as then medical students, Cody Crnkovic and Robert Quiring recently published Low Rates of Reporting Race, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status in Studies Published in Top Orthopaedic Journals in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. An accompanying editorial was published as well.
Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
Resolution of symptomatic incisional keloids in pediatric patients wearing assistive
hearing devices using intralesional triamcinolone acetonide
June 29, 2022. Global Journal of Otolaryngology
Kaylin Beiter, MD and Adele K. Evans, MD, FAAP
Racial identification represents significant risk factor for healthcare disparity
among patients with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia treated with tracheostomy
Racial identification represents significant risk factor for healthcare disparity
among patients with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia treated with tracheostomy -
ScienceDirect. 3 Jul 2022. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology.
Karkoutli AA, KC M, Jawla M, Brumund M, Evans AK.
Pediatrics
Dr. Nihal Godiwala's research was published in AAP this month. The article is titled Enoxaparin Thromboprophylaxis in Children Hospitalized for COVID-19: A Phase 2 Trial. Dr. Godiwala served as the Site PI for CHNOLA and LSUHSC for this multi-center, national clinical trial. The study was entitled the COVAC-TP trial; it researched anticoagulation prophylaxis in children hospitalized with COVID.
Michael Brumund and co-authors published their manuscript in the International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology entitled “Racial identification represents significant risk factor for healthcare disparity among patients with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia treated with tracheostomy."
Several Cardiology faculty who recently received acceptance of their manuscripts:
Authors: Jason Turner and coauthors Jackie Dolan, Frank Pigula, and Timothy Pettitt
Article: “Occult Presentation of Infective Endocarditis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus”
Journal: Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Authors: Shannon Powell, Thomas Kimball, Stefanie Cheang, and Kelly Gajewski
Article: "Impact of Prenatal Opioids on Cardiac & Autonomic Development: Systematic Review &
Meta-Analysis"
Journal: Journal of Perinatology
Physiology
Anna K Whitehead, Nicholas D Fried, Zhen Li, Kandasamy Neelamegam, Charlotte S Pearson, Kyle B LaPenna, Thomas Sharp, David J Lefer, Eric Lazartigues, Jason D Gardner, Xinping Yue. Alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Mediates Chronic Nicotine Inhalation-Induced Cardiopulmonary Dysfunction. Clinical Sciences PMID: 35678315
Patrick McTernan, Danielle Levitt, David Welsh, Liz Simon, Robert Siggins, Patricia Molina (2022). Alcohol Impairs Immunometabolism and Promotes Pro-Inflammatory CD4+ T Cell Differentiation. Frontiers in Immunology. PMID: 35634279.
Psychiatry
Townsend M, Bodola RR, Capone E. Process of Exclusion. Inferring the Effect of Virtual Patient Care and Education on Student Satisfaction. Academic Psychiatry, July 19, 2022, DOI 0.1007/s40596-022-01677-2.
Bailey R, Bodola RR, Arora A. Advancing Psychiatric Curricula Through a Diverse Lens. Academic Psychiatry, July 2022 (in print)