Faculty Publications from 2018
Hispanic Ethnicity and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in the United States: The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2013, Valeria Gonzalez, Stephany Oscullo, Amardeep Kalsi, Esteban Ortiz-Prado, Noel C. Barengo, and Juan C. Zevallos
Socially Accountable Medical Education: An Innovative Approach at Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Pedro J. Greer, David R. Brown, Luther Brewster, Onelia G. Lage, Karin F. Esposito, Ebony Whisenant, Frederick Anderson, Natalie K. Castellanos, Troy A. Stegano, and John A. Rock
Potential application of phage therapy for prophylactic treatment against Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm Infections., Aditi Gurkar, Deepak Balasubramania, Jayasheela Manur, and Kalai Mathee
A Small Molecule BH3-mimetic Suppresses Cigarette Smoke-Induced Mucous Expression in Airway Epithelial Cells, S.S. Hussain, S. George, S. Singh, R. Jayant, C.A. Hu, M. Sopori, and Hitendra S. Chand
Predictors of Hypertension in Mauritians with Normotension and Prehypertension at Baseline: A Cohort Study, Sudhirsen Kowlessur, Zhibin Hu, Jaysing Heecharan, Jianming Wang, Juncheng Dai, Jaakko O. Tuomilehto, Stefan Söderberg, Paul Zimmet, and Noel C. Barengo
First Nations People: Addressing the Relationships between Under-Enrollment in Medical Education, STEM Education, and Health in the United States, Dharam Persaud and Joseph Burns
Is Being Single a Risk Factor for Previously Undetected Abnormal Glucose Tolerance?, Labeena Wajahat, Raisa Uddin, Andrew Lai, Luisa Pombo, and Noel C. Barengo
Faculty Publications from 2017
A Concise Atlas of Thyroid Cancer Next-Generation Sequencing Panel ThyroSeq v.2, Jorge Alsina, Raul Alsina, and Seza Gulec
Coronary heart disease incidence and mortality, and all-cause mortality among diabetic and non-diabetic people according to their smoking behavior in Finland, Noel C. Barengo, Yvonne Teuschl, Vladislav Moltchanov, Tiina Laatikainen, Pekka Jousilahti, and Jaakko Tuomilehto
The Implication of Coronary Artery Calcium Testing for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Diabetes, Ron Blankstein, Ankur Gupta, Jamal S. Rana, and Khurram Nasir
Finding a Path to Entrustment in Undergraduate Medical Education: A Progress Report From the AAMC Core Entrustable Professional Activities for Entering Residency Entrustment Concept Group, David R. Brown, Jamie B. Warren, Abbas Hyderi, Ronald E. Drusin, Jeremy Moeller, Melvin Rosenfield, Philip R. Orlander, Sandra Yingling, Stephanie Call, Kyla Terhune, Janet Bull, Robert Englander, and Dianne P. Wagner
Cocaine Use and Liver Disease are Associated with All-Cause Mortality in the Miami Adult Studies in HIV (MASH) Cohort, Adriana Campa, Sabrina Sales Martinez, Kenneth E. Sherman, Joe Pedro Greer, Yinghui Li, Stephanie Garcia, Tiffanie Stewart, Boubakari Ibrahimou, O. Dale Williams, and Marianna K. Baum
Effect of charted mental illness on reperfusion therapy in hospitalized patients with an acute myocardial infarction in Florida, Thomas R. Campri, Sharon George, Diego Villacis, Melissa Ward-Peterson, Noel C. Barengo, and Juan C. Zevallos
Association of ventricular arrhythmia and in-hospital mortality in stroke patients in Florida: A nonconcurrent prospective study, Arielle A. Dahlin, Chase C. Parsons, Noel C. Barengo, Juan Gabriel Ruiz, Melissa Ward-Peterson, and Juan Carlos Zevallos
eHealth Familias Unidas: Pilot Study of an Internet Adaptation of an Evidence-Based Family Intervention to Reduce Drug Use and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Hispanic Adolescents, Yannine Estrada, Lourdes Molleda, Ashley Murray, Kathryn Drumhiller, Maria Tapia, Krystal Sardinas, Alexa Rosen, Hilda Pantin, Tatiana Perrino, Madeline Sutton, Miguel Angel Cano, Daphney Dorcius, Jessica Wendorf Muhamad, and Guillermo Prado
The Art and Science of Thyroid Surgery in the Age of Genomics: 100 years after Theodor Kocher, Seza Gulec
Radioactive Iodine Remnant Ablation: The Beta-knife Completion Thyroidectomy, Seza Gulec and Russ Kuker
Does personality affect health-related quality of life? A systematic review, I-Chan Huang, Joy L. Lee, Pavinarmatha Ketheeswaran, Conor M. Jones, Dennis A. Revicki, and Albert W. Wu
A new model of sperm nuclear architecture following assessment of the organization of centromeres and telomeres in three-dimensions, Dimitirios Ioannou, Nicole Millan, Elizabeth Jordan, and Helen G. Tempest
Connective Tissue Growth Factor Promotes Pulmonary Epithelial Cell Senescence and Is Associated with COPD Severity, J. H. Jang, Hitendra S. Chand, S. Bruse, M. Doyle-Eisele, C. Royer, J. McDonald, C. Qualls, A. J. Klingelhutz, Y. Lin, R. Mallampalli, Y. Tesfaigzi, and T. Nyunoya
Genomic Profiling of Thyroid Nodules: Current Role for ThyroSeq Next-Generation Sequencing on Clinical Decision-Making, Atil Y. Kargi, Marcela Perez Bustamante, and Seza Gulec
Investigation of ac-magnetic field stimulated nanoelectroporation of magneto-electric nano-drug-carrier inside CNS cells, Ajeet Kaushik, Roozbeh Nikkhah-Moshaie, Raju Sinha, Vinay Bhardwaj, Venkata Atluri, Rahul Dev Jayant, Adriana Yndart, Babak Kateb, Nezih Pala, and Madhavan Nair
Racial disparities in cancer-related survival in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus in the US between 1973 and 2013, Alice Kim, Peter Ashman, Melissa Ward-Peterson, Juan Manuel Lozano, and Noel C. Barengo
Controlling cholera in the Ouest Department of Haiti using oral vaccines, Alexander Kirpich, Thomas A. Weppelmann, Yang Yang, John Glenn Morris, and Ira M. Longini
ML290 is a biased allosteric agonist at the relaxin receptor RXFP1, Martina Kocan, Mohsin Sarwar, Sheng Y. Ang, Jingbo Xiao, Juan J. Marugan, Mohammed A. Hossain, Chao Wang, Dana S. Hutchinson, Chrishan S. Samuel, Alexander I. Agoulnik, Ross A. D. Bathgate, and Roger J. Summers
I-124 Imaging and Dosimetry, Russ Kuker, Manuel Sztejnberg, and Seza Gulec
Transculturalizing Diabetes Prevention in Latin America, Ramfis Nieto-Martinez, Juan P. Gonzalez-Rivas, Pablo Aschner, Noel C. Barengo, and Jeffrey I. Mechanick
Disparities in Brain Cancer in the United States: A Literature Review of Gliomas, Dharam Persaud, Joseph Burns, Jeran Trangle, and Sabyasachi Moulik
An Introduction and High Yield Summary of Female Contraceptive Methods, Dharam Persaud, J. Burns, J. Trangle, J. Agudelo, JA Gonzalez, D. Nunez, K. Perez, D. Rasch, S. Valencia, and C. V. Rao
Male Contraceptives: A New Frontier in Contraception Medicine, Dharam Persaud, J. Burns, J. Trangle, A. Gilbert, M. Govea, M. Lorenzo, and C. V. Rao
Gestational Exposure to Sidestream (Secondhand) Cigarette Smoke Promotes Transgenerational Epigenetic Transmission of Exacerbated Allergic Asthma and Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, S. P. Singh, Hitendra S. Chand, R. J. Langley, N. Mishra, T. Barrett, K. Rudolph, C. Tellez, P. T. Filipczak, S. Belinsky, Al Saeed, A. Sheybani, V. Exil, H. Agarwal, V. K. Sighaye, T. Sussan, S. Biswal, and M. Sopori
Factors related to good asthma control using different medical adherence scales in Latvian asthma patients: an observational study, Dins Smits, Girts Brigis, Jana Pavare, Baiba Maurina, and Noel C. Barengo
Factors related to poor asthma control in Latvian asthma patients between 2013 and 2015, Dins Smits, Girts Brigis, Jana Pavare, Baiba Maurina, and Noel C. Barengo
Submissions from 2016
Profile of Class I Histone Deacetylases (HDAC) by Human Dendritic Cells after Alcohol Consumption and In Vitro Alcohol Treatment and Their Implication in Oxidative Stress: Role of HDAC Inhibitors Trichostatin A and Mocetinostat, Marisela Agudelo, Gloria Figueroa, Tiyash Parira, Adriana Yndart, Karla Munoz, Venkata Atluri, Thangavel Samikkannu, and Madhavan P. Nair
Metagenomics, Metatranscriptomics, and Metabolomics Approaches for Microbiome Analysis, Vanessa Aguiar-Pulido, Wenrui Huang, Victoria Suarez-Ulloa, Trevor Cickovski, Kalai Mathee, and Giri Narasimhan
Elevated gamma-glutamyl transferase is associated with subclinical inflammation independent of cardiometabolic risk factors in an asymptomatic population: a cross-sectional study, Shozab S. Ali, Ebenezer T. Oni, Michael J. Blaha, Emir Veledar, Hamid R. Feiz, Theodore Feldman, Arthur S. Agatston, Roger S. Blumenthal, Raquel D. Conceicao, Jose A. M. Carvalho, Raul D. Santos, and Khurram Nasir
Association of gender and length of stay among Puerto Ricans hospitalized with decompensated heart failure, Mohammad A. Alnajashi, Mohammed A. Almasoud, Sami A. Aldaham, Juan Manuel Acuna, and Juan C. Zevallos
Incidence of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients with Diabetes and Its Association with Mortality and Cardiopulmonary Complications in Puerto Rico, Romina Altamirano, Michael Caponigro, Gabriela Carrion, Juan C. Zevallos, Grettel Castro, Juan A. Gonzalez Sanchez, and Noel C. Barengo
HIV and Illicit Drugs of Abuse, Venkata Atluri
Development of TIMP1 magnetic nanoformulation for regulation of synaptic plasticity in HIV-1 infection, Venkata Atluri, Rahul Dev Jayant, Sudheesh Pilakka-Kanthikeel, Gabriella Garcia, Thangavel Samikkannu, Adriana Yndart, Ajeet Kaushik, and Madhavan Nair
Development of TIMP1 magnetic nanoformulation for regulation of synaptic plasticity in HIV-1 infection, Venkata Subba Rao Atluri, Rahul Dev Jayant, Sudheesh Pilakka-Kanthikeel, Gabriella Garcia, Thangavel Samikkannu, Adriana Yndart, Ajeet Kaushik, and Madhavan Nair
Advanced Patient-Centered Communication for Health Behavior Change: Motivational Interviewing Workshops for Medical Learners, Kathryn Brogan Hartlieb, Brett Engle, Vivian Obeso, Maryse A. Pedoussaut, Lisa J. Merlo, and David R. Brown
EPA 9—Collaborate as a Member of an Interprofessional Team: a Short Communication from the AAMC Core EPAs for Entering Residency Pilot Schools, David R. Brown, Colleen C. Gillespie, and Jamie B. Warren
T cells suppress memory-dependent rapid mucous cell metaplasia in mouse airways, Hitendra S. Chand, Y. A. Mebratu, M. Montera, and Y. Tesfaigzi
Spurious Hyperchloremia and Negative Anion Gap in a Child with Refractory Epilepsy, Madhuradhar Chegondi and Balagangadhar R. Totapally
SSRI use and clinical outcomes in epithelial ovarian cancer, Desire K. Christensen, Guillermo N. Armaiz-Pena, Edgardo Ramirez, Koji Matsuo, Bridget Zimmerman, Behrouz Zand, Eileen Shinn, Michael J. Goodheart, David Bender, Premal H. Thaker, Amina Ahmed, Frank J. Penedo, Koen DeGeest, Luis Mendez, Frederick Domann, Anil K. Sood, and Susan K. Lutgendorf
Acute gastric volvulus: a deadly but commonly forgotten complication of hiatal hernia, Kailee Imperatore, Brandon Olivieri, and Cristina Vincentelli
Soluble adenylyl cyclase mediates hydrogen peroxide-induced changes in epithelial barrier function, Pedro Ivonnet, Hoshang Unwalla, Matthias Salathe, and Gregory E. Conner
Identification of Novel Genomic Islands in Liverpool Epidemic Strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Using Segmentation and Clustering, Mehul Jani, Kalai Mathee, and Rajeev K. Azad
Advancements in nano-enabled therapeutics for neuroHIV management, Ajeet Kaushik, Rahul Dev Jayant, and Madhavan Nair
LTQ-XL mass spectrometry proteome analysis expands the Pseudomonas aeruginosa AmpR regulon to include cyclic di-GMP phosphodiesterases and phosphoproteins, and identifies novel open reading frames, Hansi Kumari, Senthil K. Murugapiran, Deepak Balasubramania, Lisa Schneper, Massimo Merighi, David Sarracino, Stephen Lory, and Kalai Mathee
Vitamin D and Risk of Neuroimaging Abnormalities, Thomas J. Littlejohns, Katarina Kos, William E. Henley, Iain A. Lang, Cedric Annweiler, Olivier Beauchet, Paulo H. M. Chaves, Bryan R. Kestenbaum, Lewis H. Kuller, Kenneth M. Langa, Oscar L. Lopez, and David J. Llewellyn
Obscure Overt Gastrointestinal Bleeding Secondary to Ventral Hernioplasty Mesh Small Bowel Perforation Visualized With Video Capsule Endoscopy, Yumi Mendez-Ishizaki and Javier L. Parra
Triple synchronous primary malignancies of the colon, endometrium and kidney in a patient with Lynch syndrome treated via minimally invasive techniques, Luis E. Mendez and Jacqueline Atlass
Otopathogenic Pseudomonas aeruginosa Enters and Survives Inside Macrophages, Rahul Mittal, Christopher V. Lisi, Hansi Kumari, M'hamed Grati, Patricia Blackwelder, Denise Yan, Chaitanya Jain, Kalai Mathee, Paulo H. Weckwerth, and Xue Z. Liu
Congenital Chagas’ disease transmission in the United States: Diagnosis in adulthood, Jorge Murillo, Lina M. Bofill, Hector Bolivar, Carlos Torres-Viera, Julio A. Urbina, Daniel Benhayon, and Jaime R. Torres
Gene-expression reversal of lncRNAs and associated mRNAs expression in active vs latent HIV infection, Madhavan Nair, Vidya Sagar, and Sudheesh Pilakka-Kanthikeel
Predicting symptom severity and contagiousness of respiratory viral infections, Medhini Narasimhan, Giuseppe Vietri, Vanessa Aguiar-Pulido, Arpit Mehta, Farid Rajabli, Kalai Mathee, and Giri Narasimhan
Mammalian microRNA: an important modulator of host-pathogen interactions in human viral infections, Chet Raj Ojha, Myosotys Rodriguez, Seth M. Dever, Rita Mukhopadhyay, and Nazira El-Hage
Virological and Immunological Status of the People Living with HIV/AIDS Undergoing ART Treatment in Nepal, Chet Raj Ojha, Geeta Shakya, and Shyam Prakash Dumre
An Unusual Case Presentation of the May-Thurner Syndrome, Michael C. O'Laughlin, Benjamin J. Levens, David J. Levens, and David H. Ring
Forgotten goiter: Diagnosis and management. A case report and literature review, Kunal M. Patel and Chase C. Parsons
Defining the role of a medical student during a sub-internship, Dharam Persaud and Frederick Anderson
Natural Products as Anti-HIV Agents and Role in HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders (HAND): A Brief Overview, Kesava Rao Venkata Kurapati, Venkata Atluri, Thangavel Samikkannu, Gabriella Garcia, and Madhavan Nair
Grade-dependent Response to Finasteride in Early Prostate Cancer, Ferenc G. Rick and Norman L. Block
Magnetic nanotherapeutics for dysregulated synaptic plasticity during neuroAIDS and drug abuse, Vidya Sagar, Venkata Subba Rao Atluri, Sudheesh Pilakka-Kanthikeel, and Madhavan Nair
Coupling of transient near infrared photonic with magnetic nanoparticle for potential dissipation-free biomedical application in brain, Vidya Sagar, Venkata Subba Rao Atluri, Asahi Tomitaka, P. Shah, Abihignyan Nagasetti, Sudheesh Pilakka-Kanthikeel, Nazira El-Hage, A. McGoron, Y. Takemura, and M. Nair
HIV and Cocaine Impact Glial Metabolism: Energy Sensor AMP-activated protein kinase Role in Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Epigenetic Remodeling, Thangavel Samikkannu, Venkata S. R. Atluri, and Madhavan P. N. Nair
The Luteinizing Hormone-Testosterone Pathway Regulates Mouse Spermatogonial Stem Cell Self-Renewal by Suppressing WNT5A Expression in Sertoli Cells, Takashi Tanaka, Mito Kanatsu-Shinohara, Zhenmin Lei, C. V. Rao, and Takashi Shinohara
The ever changing landscape of Zika virus infection. Learning on the fly, Jamie R. Torres, Jorge Murillo, and Lina M. Bofill
Exceptionally elevated triglyceride in severe lipemia retinalis, Han Y. Yin, Roberto Warman, Edward H. Suh, and Anny M.S. Cheng
Faculty Publications from 2015
Alcohol and Cannabinoids Differentially Affect HIV Infection and Function of Human Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cells(MDDC), Marisela Agudelo, Gloria Figueroa, Adriana Yndart-Arias, Gianna Casteleiro, Karla Muñoz, Thangavel Samikkannu, Venkata Atluri, and Madhavan P. Nair
Effect of Mild-to-Moderate Smoking on Viral Load, Cytokines, Oxidative Stress, and Cytochrome P450 Enzymes in HIV-Infected Individuals, Anusha Ande, Carole McArthur, Leo Ayuk, Charles Awasom, Paul Ngang Achu, Annette Nijinda, Namita Sinha, P. S.S. Rao, Marisela Agudelo, Anantha Ram Nookala, Stephen Simon, Anil Kumar, and Santosh Kumar
Effect of human immunodeficiency virus on blood-brain barrier integrity and function: an update, Venkata Atluri, Melissa Hidalgo, Thangavel Samikkannu, Kesava Rao Venkata Kurapati, Rahul Dev Jayant, Vidya Sagar, and Madhavan Nair
Synaptic Plasticity and Neurological Disorders in Neurotropic Viral Infections, Venkata Atluri, Melissa Hidalgo, Thangavel Samikkannu, Kesava Rao Venkata Kurapati, and Madhavan Nair
Assessing the prevalence of autoimmune, endocrine, gynecologic, and psychiatric comorbidities in an ethnically diverse cohort of female fibromyalgia patients: does the time from hysterectomy provide a clue?, Larry Brooks, Joseph Hadi, Kyle T. Amber, Christopher L. LaRiche, and Tamar Ference
Assessing the prevalence of autoimmune, endocrine, gynecologic, and psychiatric comorbidities in an ethnically diverse cohort of female fibromyalgia patients: does the time from hysterectomy provide a clue?, Larry Brooks, Joseph Hadi, Kyle T. Amber, Michelle Weiner, Christopher L. LaRiche, and Tamar Ference
Unusual etiology for upper gastrointestinal bleeding in a previously healthy child, Madhuradhar Chegondi, Tara Loux, Balagangadhar R. Totapally, and Cathy A. Burnweit
Mucociliary dysfunction in HIV and smoked substance abuse, Srinivasan Chinnapaiyan and Hoshang J. Unwalla
Interactive effects of cocaine on HIV infection: implication in HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder and neuroAIDS., Santosh Dahal, Sai V. P. Chitti, Madhavan Nair, and Shailendra K. Saxena
Differing roles of autophagy in HIV-associated neurocognitive impairment and encephalitis with implications for morphine co-exposure, Seth M. Dever, Myosotys Rodriguez, Jessica Lapierre, Blair N. Costin, and Nazira El-Hage
Identificationof Small Molecule Inhibitors of HumanAs(III) S-Adenosylmethionine Methyltransferase(AS3MT), Hui Dong, Mahendra Madegowda, Adel Nefzi, Richard A. Houghten, Marc A. Giulianotti, and Barry P. Rosen
Inositol transporters AtINT2 and AtINT4 regulate arsenic accumulation in Arabidopsis seeds, Gui-Lan Duan, Ying Hu, Sabine Schneider, Joseph McDermott, Jian Chen, Norbert Sauer, Barry P. Rosen, Birgit Daus, Zijuan Liu, and Yong-Guan Zhu
Downregulation of host tryptophan-aspartate containing coat (TACO) gene restricts the entry and survival of Leishmania donovani in human macrophage model, Venkateswara Reddy Gogulamudi, Mohan Lal Dubey, Deepak Kaul, and Venkata Atluri
Proliferative and Glycolytic Assessment of the Whole-Body Bone Marrow Compartment, Mohammed Goryawala, Malek Adjouadi, and Seza Gulec
Inclusion of Neuropsychological Scores in Atrophy Models Improves Diagnostic Classification of Alzheimer’s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mohammed Goryawala, Qi Zhou, Warren Barker, David A. Lowenstein, and Ranjan Duara
Drugs of Abuse in HIV infection and neurotoxicity, Melissa Hidalgo, Venkata Atluri, and Madhavan Nair
Activation of relaxin family receptor 1 from different mammalian species by relaxin peptide and small-molecule agonist ML290, Zaohua Huang, Courtney Myhr, Ross A.D. Bathgate, Brian A. Ho, Xin Hu, Jingbo Xiao, Noel Southall, Elena Barnaeva, Irina U. Agoulnik, Juan J. Marugan, Marc Ferrer, and Alexander I. Agoulnik
Chromosome territory repositioning induced by PHA-activation of lymphocytes: A 2D and 3D appraisal, Dimitirios Ioannou, Lakshmi Kandukuri, Joe Leigh Simpson, and Helen G. Tempest
Impact of sperm DNA chromatin in the clinic, Dimitirios Ioannou, David Miller, Darren K. Griffin, and Helen G. Tempest
Spatial Positioning of All 24 Chromosomes in the Lymphocytes of Six Subjects: Evidence of Reproducible Positioning and Spatial Repositioning following DNA Damage with Hydrogen Peroxide and Ultraviolet B, Dimitrios Ioannou, Lakshmi Kandukuri, Ameer Quadri, Victor Becerra, Joe Leigh Simpson, and Helen G. Tempest
Sustained-release nanoAR T formulation for the treatment of neuroAIDS, Rahul Dev Jayant, Venkata Atluri, Marisela Agudelo, Vidya Sagar, Ajeet Kaushik, and Madhavan Nair
Nanostructured Gas Sensors for Health Care: An Overview, Ajeet Kaushik, Rajesh Kumar, Rahul Dev Jayant, and Madhavan Nair
Electrochemical sensing method for point-of-care cortisol detection in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients, Ajeet Kaushik, Adriana Yndart, Rahul Dev Jayant, Vidya Sagar, Venkata Atluri, Shekhar Bhansali, and Madhavan Nair
Single-Incision Single-Instrument Adnexal Surgery in Pediatric Patients, Tara Loux, Gavin A. Falk, Michaela Gaffley, Stephanie Ortega, Leopoldo Malvezzi, Colin G. Knight, and Cathy Burnweit
Species-Specific Antimonial Sensitivity in Leishmania Is Driven by Post-Transcriptional Regulation of AQP1, Goutam Mandal, Srotoswati Mandal, Mansi Sharma, Karen Santos Charret, Barbara Papadopoulou, Hiranmoy Bhattacharjee, and Rita Mukhopadhyay
Learned Hopelessness, Suzanne Minor
A Team Reacts to a Patient’s Death, Suzanne Minor, Sanaz Kashan, and Maite Castillo
Personalized NanoMedicine: Towards new Theranostic Approach, Madhavan Nair
Platelets Contribute to BBB Disruption Induced by HIV and Alcohol, Madhavan Nair, Jose MB Maria, Marisela Agudelo, Adriana Yndart, and Mayra E Vargas-Rivera