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Journal Articles:

Wolfe KR, Madan-Swain A, Kana RK. (2012). Executive Dysfunction in Pediatric Posterior Fossa Tumor Survivors: A Systematic Literature Review of Neurocognitive Deficits and Interventions. Dev Neuropsychol  2012;37(2):153-75. doi: 10.1080/87565641.2011.632462. PMID: 22339228. [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE].

Azrad M, Gower BA, Hunter GR, Nagy TN. (2012). Intra-abdominal adipose tissue is independently associated with sex-hormone binding globulin in premenopausal women. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2012 May; 20(5):1012-5. doi: 10.1038/oby.2011.375. Epub 2012 Jan 5. PMID: 22222925. [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE].

Bovell B, Shanmugam C, Katkoori VR, Zhang B, Vogtmann E, Grizzle WE, Manne U. (2012). miRNAs are stable in colorectal cancer archival tissue blocks. Frontiers in Bioscience (Elite Ed). Jan 1;4:1937-1940. PMID: 22202009.

Martin MY, Kratt P, Kim Y, Schoenberger Y, Pisu M. (2012). Too Much Trouble for What I Get Out of It: Acceptability of Cancer Screening Tests among Low Income Rural Men and Women in the Deep South. Public Health. Jan; 126(1):64-66. Epub 2011 Nov 26.. PMID: 22123455.

Casazza K, Affuso O, Hanks LJ, Hidalgo B, Hu HH. (2012). Short-term physical activity intervention decreases bone marrow adipose tissue in young children: A pilot study.Bone. Jan; 50(1):23-27. Epub 2011 Sep 13.

Williams M, Amoateng P. (2012). Knowledge and Attitudes About Cervical Cancer and Cervical Cancer Screening Among Men in Kumasi, Ghana. Ghana Medical Journal. 46(3), 147-151.

Williams M. (2012). Development of the Nutrition4Kids Website. Studies in Health Technologies and Informatics. 172. 174-179.

Hardy C, Wynn-Wallace T, Williams M, Marron J, Partridge E. (2012). Community Health Advisors as Research Partners: Utilizing Community-Based Participatory Research to Address Cancer Prevention and Control in African American Communities in the Deep South. Journal of Healthcare, Science, and the Humanities II (2), 95-107.

Wu QJ, Yang Y, Vogtmann E, Wang J, Han LH, Li HL, Xiang YB. (2012). Cruciferous vegetables intake and the risk of colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis of observational studies. Annals of Oncology. [Epub ahead of print].

Gong TT, Wu QJ, Vogtmann E, Lin B, Wang YL. (2012). Age at menarche and risk of ovarian cancer: a meta-analysis of epidemiological studies. International Journal of Cancer. [Epub ahead of print].

Wu QJ, Vogtmann E, Zhang W, Xie L, Yang WS, Tan YT, Gao J, Xiang YB. (2012). Cancer incidence among adolescents and young adults in urban Shanghai, 1973-2005. PLoS One. 7(8):e42607.

Yang WS, Wong MY, Vogtmann E, Tang RQ, Xie L, Yang YS, Wu QJ, Zhang W, Xiang YB. (2012). Meat consumption and risk of lung cancer: evidence from human observational studies. Annals of Oncology. 23(12):3163-3170.

Jacobson JJ, Epstein JB, Eichmiller FC, Gibson TB, Carls GS, Vogtmann E, Wang S, Murphy B. (2012). The Cost Burden of Oral, Oral Pharyngeal, and Salivary Gland Cancers in Three Groups: Commercial Insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid. Head & Neck Oncology. 4:15.

Bovell B, Shanmugam C, Katkoori VR, Zhang B, Vogtmann E, Grizzle WE, Manne U. (2012). miRNAs are stable in colorectal cancer archival tissue blocks. Frontiers in Bioscience. E4:1937-1940.

Bovell L, Shanmugam C, Katkoori VR, Zhang B, Vogtmann E, Grizzle WE, Manne U. (2012). “miRNAs are stable in colorectal cancer archival tissue blocks”. Front Biosci (Elite Ed). 4(5):1937-40.

Sudenga SL, Kempf MC, McGwin G, Wilson CM, Hook E, Shrestha S. (2012). Incidence, Prevalence and Epidemiology of Herpes Simplex Virus-2 in HIV-1-positive and HIV-1-negative Adolescents. Sexually Transmitted Disease. 2012; 39(4): 300-305. (Reviewed in HIV Treatment Alerts (High rates of HSV-2 infection in HIV-positive teens in United States. The Center for AIDS Information and Advocacy. August 2012 http://www.centerforaids.org/hivtreatmentalerts.html)).

Kravchenko J, Akushevich I, Sudenga SL, Wilson CM, Levitan EB, Shrestha S. (2012). Transitional probability-based model for HPV clearance in HIV-1-positive  adolescent females. PLoS One. 2012; 7(1):e30736.

Ahmed MI, Mujib M, Desai RV, Feller MA, Daniel C, Aban I, Love TE, Deedwania P, Pitt B, Aronow WS, Ahmed A. (2012). Outcomes in younger and older adults with chronic advanced systolic heart failure: a propensity-matched study. International Journal of Cardiology, 154(2), 128-133.

Demark-Wahnefried W, Platz EA, Ligibel J, Blair CK, Courneya KS, Meyerhardt JA, Ganz PA, Rock CL, Schmitz K, Wadden T, Philip EJ, Wolfe B, Gapstur SM, Ballard-Barbash R, McTiernan A, Minasian L, Nebeling L, Goodwin PJ. (2012). The role of obesity in cancer survival and recurrence. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, 2012; 21(8): 1244-1259. PMCID: PMC3415558.

Johnson KJ, Blair CK, Fink JM, Cerhan JR, Roesler MA, Hirsch BA, Nguyen PL, Ross JA. (2012). Medical conditions and risk of adult myeloid leukemia in Minnesota.  Cancer Causes and Control, 2012; 23(7): 1083-1089.PMCID: PMC3571859. 

Ifere GO. (2012). Ambiguity of cholesterol level as a biomarker of prostate cancer.  J. Mol. Biomark. Diagn. 3: e112.

Ifere GO, Abebe F, Ananaba GA. (2012). Emergent trends in the reported incidence of prostate cancer in Nigeria. Clin. Epidemiol.3: 1-14.

Johnson DC, Chasela C, Maliwichi M, Mwafongo A, Akinkuotu A, Moses A, Jamieson DJ, Kourtis AP, King CC, van der Horst C, Hosseinipour MC. (2012). Tenofovir use and renal insufficiency among pregnant and general adult population of HIV-infected, ART-naïve individuals in Lilongwe, Malawi. PLoS ONE (2012). July 7(7):e41011.  Published online 2012 July 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041011. PMCID: PMC3407169.

Feldacker C, Johnson D, Hosseinipour M, Phiri S, Tweya H. (2012). Who starts? Factors associated with starting antiretroviral therapy among eligible patients in two, public HIV clinics in Lilongwe, Malawi. PLoS One. 2012;7(11).

McCollum ED, Johnson DC, Chasela CS, Siwande LD, Kazembe PN, Olson D, Hoffman I, van der Horst C, Hosseinipour M. (2012). Superior Uptake and Outcomes of Early Infant Diagnosis of HIV Services at an Immunization Clinic Versus an "Under-Five" General Pediatric Clinic in Malawi. JAIDS (2012). Aug 1;60(4).

Royse KE, Kempf MC, McGwin G Jr, Wilson CM, Tang J, Shrestha S. (2012). Toll-like receptor gene variants associated with bacterial vaginosis among HIV-1 infected adolescents. J Reprod Immunol. 2012 Dec;96(1-2):84-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jri.2012.08.002. Epub 2012 Sep 28. PubMed PMID: 23021866; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3518650.

Sudenga SL, Kempf MC, McGwin G Jr, Wilson CM, Hook EW 3rd, Shrestha S. (2012). Incidence, prevalence, and epidemiology of herpes simplex virus-2 in HIV-1-positive and HIV-1-negative adolescents. Sex Transm Dis. 2012 Apr;39(4):300-5. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318244a90f. PubMed PMID: 22421698; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3306602.

Kravchenko J, Akushevich I, Sudenga SL, Wilson CM, Levitan EB, Shrestha S. (2012). Transitional probability-based model for HPV clearance in HIV-1-positive adolescent females. PLoS One. 2012;7(1):e30736. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030736. Epub 2012 Jan 24. PubMed PMID: 22292027; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3265500.

Abstracts/Presentations:

Hensler MA. (2012). "Paternal Coping with Childhood Cancer". American Psychosocial Oncology Society 9th Annual Conference, Miami, FL. (Accepted, poster presentation).

Williams M. Presented October 30, 2012. Minimization of risk for cervical cancer among women in Kumasi, Ghana, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Williams M. Presented September 2012. The health communication preferences of Ghanaian women and men: implications for health promotion. International Cancer Education Conference, Ann Arbor, MI

Williams M, Hardy C, Allen K, Marron J, Baskin M. Presented April 10, 2012. Training Community Health Advisors in Alabama and Mississippi to Conduct the Rural Active Living Assessment: Lessons Learned. UAB Health Disparities Research Symposium, Birmingham, AL.

Vogtmann E, Li HL, Waterbor JW, Wu QJ, Xie L, Yang G, Zheng W, Xiang YB, Shu XO. (2012). Fruit and vegetable intake and risk of colorectal cancer: Results from the Shanghai Men’s Health Study. Poster presented at the 2013 UAB Annual Center for Aging Symposium, October 19, Birmingham, AL.

Vogtmann E. (2012) From Mexico to China: One student’s international cancer research experiences. Oral presentation at the 2012 International Cancer Education Conference, September 19-22, Ypsilanti, MI.

Vogtmann E, Li HL, Waterbor JW, Wu QJ, Xie L, Yang G, Zheng W, Xiang YB, Shu XO. (2012). Fruit and vegetable intake and risk of colorectal cancer: Results from the Shanghai Men’s Health Study. Poster presented at the 2012 American College of Epidemiology Annual Meeting, September 8-11, Chicago, IL.

Vogtmann E, Li HL, Shu XO, Chow WH, Ji BT, Cai H, Gao J, Zhang W, Gao YT, Zheng W, Xiang YB. (2012). Dietary glycemic load, glycemic index and risk of primary liver cancer: Results from the Shanghai Women’s and Men’s Health Studies. Poster presented at the AACR 103rd Annual Meeting, March 31-April 4, Chicago, IL.

Katkoori VR, Bovell L, Choudhary S, Butler AR, Shanmugam C, Samuel T, Athar M, Manne U.  Interaction between the Rabphillin-3A-Like Gene and Phosphorylation of Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) in Colon Cancer.  The American Association for Cancer Research – 103rdAnnual Meeting, Chicago, IL.  March 31-April 4, 2012.  (Abstract #4156).

Katkoori VR, Shanmugam C, Sthanam M, Bovell L, Callens T, Messiaen LM, Bumpers HL, Birdsong G, Samuel T, Manne U.  Clinical Value of Elevated Microsatellite Alterations at Selected Tetranucleotide Repeats (EMAST) in African American and non-Hispanic Caucasian Colorectal Cancer Patients.  The American Association for Cancer Research – 103rdAnnual Meeting, Chicago, IL.  March 31-April 4, 2012.  (Abstract #1152).

Sudenga SL, Wiener HW, King CC, Cu-Uvin S, Klein RS, Shah KV, Sobel JD, Jamieson DJ, Shrestha S. Immunogenetics of HPV clearance among HIV-positive women in the HIV Epidemiology Research Study (HERS). International Papillomavirus Conference 2012, November 30th-Dec 6th, 2012, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Sudenga SL, Kravchenko J, Akushevich I, Vaughan LK, Wilson CM, Tang J, Shrestha S. Immune-related Genes Influence Clearance of HPV 16 and Genetically Related Types in HIV Co-infected Adolescents. International Papillomavirus Conference 2012, November 30th-Dec 6th, 2012, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Sudenga SL, Rositch AF, Otieno WA, Smith JS.  Factors influencing cervical cancer risk perception among women of reproductive age in Kenya. International Papillomavirus Conference 2012, November 30th-Dec 6th, 2012, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Sudenga SL, Shrestha S, Macaluso M, Partridge EE, Piyathilake CJ. Functional variants in xenobiotic metabolism genes are associated with clearance of cervical HPV infection. International Papillomavirus Conference 2012, November 30th-Dec 6th, 2012, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Hensler M, Berkow R, Barrett J, Byrd P, Wiener L, Katz E, Cortopassi A, Madan-Swain A. (August, 2012). Posttraumatic Growth and Benefit Finding in Fathers of Childhood Cancer Survivors. Poster presented at the Comprehensive Cancer Center Research Retreat, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.

Hensler M, Berkow R, Barrett J, Byrd P, Wiener L, Katz E, Cortopassi A, Madan-Swain A. (August, 2012). Posttraumatic Growth and Benefit Finding in Fathers of Childhood Cancer Survivors. Poster presented at the 120th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Orlando, FL.

Reynolds N, Hensler M, Mrug S. (August, 2012). Predictors of Distress among Mothers and Fathers of Youth with Chronic Illness. Poster presented at the 120th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Orlando, FL.

Hensler M, Berkow R, Byrd P, Barrett J, Madan-Swain A. (February, 2012). Paternal Coping with Childhood Cancer. Poster presented at the 9th Annual Meeting of the American Psychosocial Oncology Society, Miami, FL.

Blair CK, Azrad M, Powell L, Anderson-Krontiras H, Demark-Wahnefried W. Predictors of early engagement in a weight-loss study among breast cancer survivors. Poster presentation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center Retreat, Birmingham, October 2012.

Blair CK, Sloane R, Peterson B, Morey M, Lipkus I, Cohen H, Paxton R, Demark-Wahnefried W. Influence of race on response, enrollment, attrition, and adherence rates in lifestyle interventions among cancer survivors. Poster presentation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health Disparities Research Symposium, Birmingham, April 2012.

Blair CK, Madan-Swain A, Locher J, De Los Santos J, Affuso O, Glover T, Sharma A, Anderson-Krontiras H, Busby JE, Carley J, Lipsitz M, Demark-Wahnefried W. Harvest for Health: A Vegetable Gardening Intervention for Cancer Survivors. Poster presentation at the University of Alabama Comprehensive Cancer Center Retreat, Birmingham, October 2011 and the American Society of Preventive Oncology, Washington, DC, March 2012.

Shrestha S, Johnson D, Porter DC, Reid E, Palchinsky J, Napravnik S, Mathews WC, Eron J, Saag MS. HIV prevalence among cancer patients in three urban oncology clinics. Presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), March 5, 2012, Seattle, WA.

Tarver WL, Malcolm SD. Community consultation in cancer health disparities research: A systematic review. Poster presented at the First Bioethics Conference on Cancer Health Disparities Research: Celebrating Scholars Ethically Working toward Reducing Cancer Health Disparities. (2012).