A5018024915- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Disaster Response and Management
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- HIV-related health complications and treatments
- Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Cancer survivorship and care
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases
- Head and Neck Cancer Studies
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
- Occupational and environmental lung diseases
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
Donald & Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
2018-2025
Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
2018-2025
Northwell Health
2016-2025
Zucker Hillside Hospital
2024-2025
National Cancer Institute
2024
National Institutes of Health
2024
Center for Cancer Research
2024
Hofstra University
2015-2024
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2017-2024
Clinical Trial Investigators
2024
Background: Longitudinal associations between patterns of crack cocaine use and progression HIV-1 disease are poorly understood, especially among women. This study explores relationships outcomes in a multicenter cohort infected Methods: Subjects were 1686 HIV-seropositive women enrolled at six US research centers the Women's Interagency HIV Study. Approximately 80% non-white 29% used during period. Cox survival random regression analysis examined biannual observations made April 1996...
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), a complication of antibiotic-induced injury to the gut microbiome, is prevalent and dangerous cause infectious diarrhea. Antimicrobial therapy for CDI typically effective acute symptoms, but up one third patients later experience recurrent CDI. Fecal-derived microbiota transplantation (FMT) can ameliorate underlying dysbiosis highly Traditional methods FMT are limited by patient discomfort, risk inefficient procedures. Many individuals with have...
Hurricane Sandy hit the eastern coast of United States in October 2012, causing billions dollars damage and acute physical mental health problems. The long-term consequences storm their predictors have not been studied. New York City Long Island residents completed questionnaires regarding initial exposure symptoms at baseline 1 year later (N = 130). There were statistically significant decreases anxiety scores (mean difference -0.33, p < 0.01) post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) -1.98,...
We used the World Health Organization's Composite International Diagnostic Interview to determine prevalence, comorbidity, and correlates of lifetime 12-month behavioral health disorders in a multisite cohort 1027 women living with HIV United States. Most (82.6%) had one or more including 34.2% mood disorders, 61.6% anxiety 58.3% substance use disorders. Over half (53.9%) at least disorder, 22.1% 45.4% 11.1% Behavioral disorder onset preceded diagnosis by an average 19 years. In...
Objective: To evaluate the long-term psychological impact of Hurricane Sandy on New York residents.Design: Prospective, cross-sectional study.Setting: Community-based study.Participants: From October 2013 to February 2015, 669 adults in Long Island, Queens, and Staten Island completed a survey their behavioral health, demographics, hurricane (ie, exposure).Main outcome measures: Depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).Results: Using multivariable logistic regression...
Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Houston, Texas on 25 August 2017, the psychological and physical effects of which are still unknown. We assessed hurricane exposure immediate mental health needs population to define public priorities for a larger epidemiological study. Convenience sampling was used recruit participants (n = 41) from greater Houston area aged ≥18 years. Participants completed questionnaire about demographics, exposures, physical/mental health. Post-Traumatic Stress...
The coronavirus pandemic has generated and continues to create unprecedented demands on our healthcare systems. Healthcare workers (HCWs) face physical psychological stresses caring for critically ill patients, including experiencing anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress symptoms. Nurses nursing staff disproportionately experienced COVID-19-related distress due their vital role in infection mitigation direct patient care. Therefore, there is a critical need understand the short-...
Objective: We investigated the mental health of deployed and nondeployed veterans compared with civilians, exploring gender differences. Methods: sampled 41,903 respondents from Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey. Respondents self-reported how many previous 30 days was not good; 14 or more indicated adverse health. Results: Women exhibited greater prevalence than men among civilians (odds ratio [OR] = 1.783 (1.653, 1.924), p < 0.001), [OR 1.879 (1.019, 3.467), 0.043], 2.621...
Background:Although the American Heart Association promotes telehealth models to improve care access, there is limited literature on its use in underserved populations. This study first compare utilization and quality of life (QoL) for black Hispanic heart failure (HF) patients assigned self-monitoring (TSM) or comprehensive outpatient management (COM) over 90 days.Methods:This randomized controlled trial enrolled 104 patients. Outcomes included emergency department (ED) visits,...
Hurricane Sandy caused extensive physical and economic damage; the long-term mental health consequences are unknown. Flooding is a central component of hurricane exposure, influencing through multiple pathways that unfold over months after flooding recedes. Here we assess concordance in self-reported Federal Emergency Management (FEMA) flood exposure determine associations between anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Self-reported data symptoms were obtained validated...
Aim People living with HIV (PLWH) have an increased risk for lifetime trauma and mental health difficulties. However, no studies evaluated stress-related genes in relation to early-life adversity, trauma, or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) PLWH.
To compare sexual problems among HIV-positive and HIV-negative women describe clinical psychosocial factors associated with these problems.
Objective: Depression is common among HIV-infected women, predicts treatment nonadherence, and consequently may impact vertical transmission of HIV. We report findings from a study evaluating preconception, pregnancy, postpartum depressive symptoms in vs. at-risk, HIV-uninfected women. Methods: examined the prevalence predictors elevated perinatal (i.e., pregnancy and/or postpartum) using Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D) scale score ≥16 139 105 women (62% African...
Animal studies of effort-based choice behavior are being used to model effort-related motivational dysfunctions in humans. With these procedures, animals offered a between high effort instrumental actions leading highly valued reinforcers vs. low effort/low reward options. Several previous have shown that dopamine (DA) uptake inhibitors, including GBR12909, lisdexamfetamine, methylphenidate, and PRX-14040 can reverse the effects vesicular monoamine transport blocker tetrabenazine, which...
Chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) is an autoinflammatory bone disorder that if left untreated can result in destruction and severe continuing pain due to persistent inflammation. The impact this chronic disease has on the daily lives of affected children their families not well known. purpose study understand burden socioeconomic psychological CNO from patients' families' perspectives identify areas improvement for patient care reduced based responses.Participants were invited through...
Our objective was to describe the association that childcare burden, household composition, and health care utilization have with adherence highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) among women in United States. The primary outcome 95% or more HAART evaluated at 10,916 semiannual visits between October 1998 March 2006 1419 HIV-infected participants enrolled Women's Interagency HIV Study. levels of were reported 76% visits. At only 4% person-visits did report either quite a bit extreme...