The SDH Core has provided services to an investigator base of more than 110 faculty from 6 UAB schools and 50 departments or divisions. Services have supported more than 50 research grants totaling $33 million.
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Examples of recent manuscripts published with our support
Examples of recent manuscripts published with our support
Fowler ME, Harmon C, Sharafeldin N, Baker E, Oates G, Nassel A, Clausing D, Giri S, Williams GR. The association between food access and frailty among older adults with gastrointestinal malignancies-The CARE Registry. Cancer. 2024 Apr 1;130(7):1083-1091. doi: 10.1002/cncr.35144. Epub 2023 Dec 7. PMID: 38059840; PMCID: PMC10939932.
Fowler M, Harmon C, Sharafeldin N, Baker E, Oates GR, Nassel A, Clausing D, Giri S, Williams GR. The Association between Social Vulnerability and Geriatric Assessment Impairments among Older Adults with Gastrointestinal Cancers – The CARE Registry. Cancer. 2024 Jun 2. doi: 10.1002/cncr.35390. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38824657.
Fowler ME, Padamatinti S, Baker E, Oates G, Nassel A, Sharafeldin N, Williams GR, Giri S. The association between social vulnerability index and survival in older adults with gastrointestinal cancers - The CARE Registry. J Geriatr Oncol. 2025 Apr;16(3):102203. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2025.102203. Epub 2025 Feb 15. PMID: 39955891; PMCID: PMC11957922.
Bailey J, Baker E, Schechter MS, Robinson KJ, Powers KE, Dasenbrook E, Hossain M, Durham D, Brown G, Clemm C, Reno K, Oates GR. Food insecurity screening and local food access: Contributions to nutritional outcomes among children and adults with cystic fibrosis in the United States. J Cyst Fibros. 2024 May;23(3):524-531. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2023.08.006. PMCID: PMC10907545 (available on 2025-03-02).
Roland HB, McGuire CM, Baskin ML, Esposito MH, Baker E, Brown EE. Influence of structural racism on cancer health disparities: Tailoring measures relevant to multiple myeloma. Cancer. 2024 Aug 11. doi: 10.1002/cncr.35512. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39127894.
Ghazi L, Parcha V, Takeuchi T, Butler CR, Baker E, Oates GR, Juarez LD, Nassel AF, Rahman F, Siew ED, Chen X, Gutierrez O, Neyra JA. Association of Neighborhood Social Determinants of Health with Acute Kidney Injury during Hospitalization. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2024 Nov 1;19(11):1371-1381. doi: 10.2215/CJN.0000000000000528. Epub 2024 Sep 11. PMID: 39259609; PMCID: PMC11556918.
Boitet LM, Meese KA, Sweeney KL, Estes NR, Hays MM, Loyd C, Rogers DA. Towards Safer Spaces: An Empirical Investigation of Trainee Psychological Safety Within Academic Medical Centers. Adv Med Educ Pract. 2024;15:1079-1092 https://doi.org/10.2147/AMEP.S477654.
Jackson LE, Lopez E, Saag KG, Begum R, Cutter G, Danila MI. Outpatient Gout Follow-up After an Emergency Department Visit for Gout Flares. J Clin Rheumatol. 2025 Sep 1;31(6):211-216. doi: 10.1097/RHU.0000000000002231. Epub 2025 Mar 19. PMID: 40102013.
Takeuchi T, Babroudi S, Ghazi L, Baker E, Oates GR, Juarez LD, Nassel AF, Gutierrez OM, Neyra JA. Association of Individual- and Neighborhood-level Social Determinants of Health with Post-Hospitalization Acute Kidney Injury Care among ICU Survivors. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2025, Sep 12. doi: 10.2215/CJN.0000000856. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40938757.
Zhu Q, Balasubramanian A, Asirvatham JR, Chatterjee M, Piyarathna B, Kaur J, Mohamed N, Wu L, Wang S, Pourfarrokh N, Binsol PD, Bhargava M, Rasaily U, Xu Y, Zheng J, Jebakumar D, Rao A, Gutierrez C, Omilian A, Morrison C, Das GM, Ambrosone C, Seeley EH, Chen SH, Li Y, Chang E, Li X, Baker EH, Aneja R, Zhang XH, Sreekumar A. 2025. Integrative spatial omics reveals distinct tumor-promoting multicellular niches and immunosuppressive mechanisms in Black American and White American patients with TNBC. Nature Communications 16(1):6584.
Oates GR, Baker E, Juarez LD, Nassel A, Cromwell E. Identifying Cystic Fibrosis Programs with Disproportionately Disadvantaged Patient Populations: Methodology and Implications for Care. J Cystic Fibros 2025 Sep 2:S1569-1993(25)01576-0. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2025.08.017. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40903336.
Laskay NMB, Sun Y, Gross EG, Hamo MA, Howell S, Mooney J, Godzik J. The Association of Race, Rurality, and Neighborhood Disadvantage with Disease Severity at Initial Presentation in Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: A Cohort Study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2025 Jan 29. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000005268. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39876585.
Sun Y, Gross EG, Hamo MA, Howell SG, Mooney J, Laskay NMB, Godzik J. Neighborhood-level measures of socioeconomic status impact healthcare utilization and surgical outcomes in cervical spondylotic myelopathy patients in the Deep South. J Neurosurg Spine. 2025 Jan 3;42(3):286-298. doi: 10.3171/2024.8.SPINE24604. PMID: 39752657.
Cowan R, Baker E, Saleem M, Jiminez V, Oates GR, Juarez L, Nassel A, Williams D, Yusuf N. Association between Area Deprivation Index and Melanoma Stage at Presentation. Cancers 2025, 17(17), 2772; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17172772 Anding B,* Baker E, Oates GR, Jester T. Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients From The Most Vulnerable Neighborhoods Have Higher Rates Of Hospitalization And Longer Time To Achieve Remission. JPGN (in press)
East L, Joly J, Nicely P, Kukuc L, Wilson M, Blood M, Baker EH, Juarez L, Tallaj J, Holman W, Lohr N, Hall Y, Clarkson S. Impact of adverse social determinants on quality of life and satisfaction after left ventricular assist device: a Southern single-center pilot experience. Heart & Lung (in press).
Baker E, Juarez LD, Nassel A, Parekh T; Stephens C, Dransfield MT, Oates GR. Contribution of Social and Environmental Exposures to Lung Function Decline in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Longitudinal Analysis of Electronic Medical Records Data. Ther Adv Respir Dis (under review)
Baker E, Juarez LD, Nassel A, Brooks M, Vandeberg BG, Wade RC, Parekh TM, Dransfield MT, Oates GR. Racial Differences in Lung Function Decline among People with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Race-Adjusted vs Race-Neutral Longitudinal Analysis of Electronic Medical Records Data. Annals ATS (under review)
Broadnax A, Sako MO, Oates GR, Baker EH, Kane B, Kasztan M, Lebensburger J. Association of Area Deprivation with Chronic Kidney Disease in Pediatric Sickle Cell Anemia. Pediatr Blood Cancer (under review)
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Examples of recent abstracts
Examples of recent abstracts
Chance M, Baker EH, Lebensberger, J. Association of social determinants of health (SDHoH) with clinic visit adherence, healthcare utilization and hydroxyurea (HU) acceptance and adherence in children with sickle cell disease (SCD). ASH 67th Annual Meeting and Exposition 2025, Orlando, FL
Fan A, Baker EH, Chinenye D. Race and Neighborhood Factors Affect outcome in Children Hospitalize with Acute Pancreatitis. NASPGHAN Annual Meeting 2025, Chicago, IL
Wadhwa A, Vandeberg BG, Meng Q, Hageman L, Bosworth A, Juarez L, Nassel A, Baker EH, Oates G, Landier W, Ross ES, Palmer S, Balas N, Francisco L, Bhatia R, Weisdorf D, Armenian S, Bhatia S. Individual-and Area-Level Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Risk of Death Due to Chronic Health Conditions Among Autologous Blood or Marrow Transplant (autoBMT) Recipients for Lymphoma: A BMT Survivor Study (BMTSS) Report. Blood, 12024 Nov. 44, 3715. doi:10.1182/blood-2024-209190.