Karen Ellis

ORCID: 0000-0002-7687-0673
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Research Areas
  • Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
  • Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
  • Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • School Health and Nursing Education
  • Health and Lifestyle Studies
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Global trade and economics
  • Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
  • Library Science and Administration
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Protein purification and stability
  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
  • Abdominal Surgery and Complications
  • Global Health Workforce Issues

WWF-UK
2023

Emory University
2020-2021

Kirkwood Public Library
2012

University of Chicago
2011

Community Hospital
1988

National Public Health Laboratory
1988

University of Missouri
1984

Importance Patients with septic shock undergo adrenergic stress, which affects cardiac, immune, inflammatory, and metabolic pathways. β-Blockade may attenuate the adverse effects of catecholamine exposure has been associated reduced mortality. Objectives To assess efficacy safety landiolol in patients tachycardia established requiring prolonged (>24 hours) vasopressor support. Design, Setting, Participants An open-label, multicenter, randomized trial involving 126 adults (≥18...

10.1001/jama.2023.20134 article EN JAMA 2023-10-25

Humankind faces a Triple Challenge: averting dangerous climate change, reversing biodiversity loss, and supporting the wellbeing of growing population. Action to address each these issues is inherently dependent on action others. Local, national, international policy goals biological diversity, human have been set. Current implementation measures are insufficient meet goals, but Challenge can still be met if governments, corporations, other stakeholders take holistic perspective management...

10.1080/14693062.2023.2175637 article EN cc-by Climate Policy 2023-02-27

School wellness policies are a key component to the prevention of adolescent obesity. This national research study sought understand environment in school districts across country and identify challenges face needs they have order effectively implement, monitor, evaluate policies. The determined (1) perceptions, barriers, opportunities regarding development, implementation, monitoring/evaluation among board members, state boards association leaders, public health nutrition directors,...

10.1111/j.1746-1561.2010.00538.x article EN Journal of School Health 2010-10-07

SUMMARY Three electrophoretic methods of typing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains–plasmid profiles (PP), whole-cell protein (WCPP) and immunoblotting (IP)–were evaluated compared with phage typing. The results obtained isolates from 12 outbreaks were both within the outbreaks, to determine consistency results, between outbreaks. There was generally good agreement but in only six did all four indicate same relationship isolates. WCPP comprised more than 50 bands; when...

10.1099/00222615-26-3-189 article EN Journal of Medical Microbiology 1988-07-01

Abstract Purpose The landiolol and organ failure in patients with septic shock (STRESS-L study) included a pre-planned sub-study to assess the effect of treatment on inflammatory metabolomic markers. Methods Samples collected from 91 randomised STRESS-L were profiled for immune A panel pro- anti-inflammatory cytokines measured through commercially acquired multiplex Luminex assays statistically analysed by individual cluster-level analysis (patient). Metabolite fingerprinting was carried out...

10.1186/s40635-024-00708-6 article EN cc-by Intensive Care Medicine Experimental 2025-01-22

Most schools have not fully implemented wellness policies, and those that rarely incorporate meaningful student participation. The aim of the Fuel Up to Play 60 (FUTP60) program is help implement policies by engaging students in activities improve access healthful, good tasting food drinks, increase number type opportunities for be physically active. this paper present initial student-level results from an implementation FUTP60 72 schools, grades 6–9. study used a non-controlled...

10.1186/s12966-016-0379-5 article EN cc-by International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016-05-13

ABSTRACT We developed means to deliver multiple heterologous antigens on dual plasmids with non-antibiotic-resistance markers in a single recombinant attenuated vaccine strain of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium. The first component this delivery system is S . Typhimurium carrying genomic deletions alr , dadB and asd resulting obligate requirements for diaminopimelic acid (DAP) d -alanine growth. second the Asd + -DadB plasmid pair wild-type copies asdA respectively, complement...

10.1128/iai.00620-12 article EN Infection and Immunity 2012-08-06

A clinical laboratory carrying out tests for antinuclear antibodies requires an efficient, reliable preparation method to produce a high yield of nuclear antigens at low cost and very sensitive, specific assay antigen activity. Various tissues were employed small ribonucleoprotein (snRNP) Sm these purposes. Fresh calf thymus cells nuclei, commercially available rabbit acetone powders, fresh rat kidney liver used as sources prepared similarly by methods published previously. Preparations from...

10.3109/08820138409025456 article EN Immunological Communications 1984-01-01

An evaluation of a fatigue management group-based intervention for individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) was conducted within neuropsychology department. Outcome data and qualitative feedback are presented, along reflections from an assistant psychologist’s perspective.

10.53841/bpscpf.2018.1.301.29 article EN Clinical Psychology Forum 2018-01-01
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