Substance Use Priority Research Area

2025

Abuse-deterrent formulations and opioid-related harms in North Carolina, 2010-2018

DiPrete, B. L., Dasgupta, N., Oh, G. Y., Moga, D. C., Slavova, S., Slade, E., Delcher, C., Pence, B. W. & Ranapurwala, S. I., Mar 1 2025, In: American Journal of Epidemiology. 194, 3, p. 680-690 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

Academic productivity and career trajectory of international medical graduates in US neurosurgery residency programs

Hulou, M. M., Essibayi, M. A., Ala Samaan, C., McAtee, A. M., McLouth, C. J., Madriñán-Navia, H. J., Benner, D., Park, M. T., Howshar, J. T., Mirza, F. A., Graffeo, C. S. & Lawton, M. T., Feb 2025, In: Journal of Neurosurgery. 142, 2, p. 586-594 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

A call to action by the American Academy of Pediatrics Trainees and early career neonatologists’ national advocacy campaign “Carousel care”: best practice guidelines for NICU family mental health standard of care

Hoge, M. K., Blake, A. & Slone, A., Mar 2025, In: Journal of Perinatology. 45, 3, p. 411-412 2 p., 206.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

1 Scopus citations

Adaptive Purchase Tasks in the Operant Demand Framework

Gilroy, S. P., Rzeszutek, M. J., Koffarnus, M. N., Reed, D. D. & Hursh, S. R., Feb 24 2025, In: Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. 33, 2, p. 199-208 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

A Demographic Description of Children and Adolescents with Concomitant Autism and Anxiety Along with a Comparison of Receipt of Psychological Services

Salt, E., Wiggins, A. T., Toupin, D. N., Parks, E., Okoli, C. & Rayens, M. K., Jan 1 2025, In: Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. 46, 1, p. e33-e39

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

A descriptive analysis of rural-urban overdose experiences among incarcerated women with opioid use disorder

Dickson, M. F., Jamison, S. M., Webster, J. M., Tillson, M., Oser, C. B., Annett, J. & Staton, M., Mar 28 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: American Journal on Addictions.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Age-related differences in resting glutamate levels and glutamate uptake in the hippocampus and frontal cortex of C57BL/6 mice

Pomerleau, F., Sulkowski, B. A., Suhail, C., Quintero, J. E., Littrell, O. M., Murphy, M., Huettl, P. & Gerhardt, G. A., Jun 2025, In: Neurobiology of Aging. 150, p. 146-156 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Alterations in whole muscle quality and physiological cross-sectional area measured with quantitative MRI following ACL injury

Owen, M. K., Richardson, L., Johnson, D. L., Vandsburger, M. H., Feiweier, T., Thompson, K. L., Fry, C. S., Hardy, P. A. & Noehren, B., Dec 2025, In: Journal of Translational Medicine. 23, 1, 79.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

A maturity model for Clinical Trials Management Ecosystem

Sehgal, S., Pua, E. C., Rojevsky, S., Becich, M. J., Fehrmann, J., Knosp, B. M., Wilcox, A., Talbert, J. C., Craven, C. K. & Starren, J., Jan 22 2025, In: Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. 9, 1, e28.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

An exploration of desired abstinent and non-abstinent recovery outcomes among people who use methamphetamine

Elswick, A., Fallin-Bennett, A., Roper, K. L., Batty, E., McLouth, C. J., Stoops, W., Surratt, H. L. & Oser, C. B., Dec 2025, In: Harm Reduction Journal. 22, 1, 7.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

Appalachian Primary Care Patients’ Quit Readiness and Tobacco Treatment Receipt

Burris, J. L., Feather, A. R., Pilehvari, A., Cooper, S., Ashcraft, A. M., Anderson, R. & Ferketich, A., Feb 2025, In: American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 68, 2, p. 396-401 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Are suicides underreported? The impact of coroners versus medical examiners on suicide reporting

Fernandez, J. M. & Jayawardhana, J., Apr 2025, In: Health Services Research. 60, 2, e14381.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

1 Scopus citations

A Retrospective Analysis of Rates of Malingering in a Forensic Psychiatry Practice

Svete, L. J., Tindell, W. W., McLouth, C. J. & Allen, T. S., Mar 1 2025, In: Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. 53, 1, p. 26-34 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

A single-blind, randomized, controlled contingency management trial on physiological indices and biomarkers of cardiovascular health in people with cocaine use disorder

Stoops, W. W., Shellenberg, T. P., Regnier, S. D., Cox, D. H., Adatorwovor, R., Hays, L. R., Anderson, D. M., Lile, J. A., Schmitz, J. M., Havens, J. R., Sexton, T. R. & Fisher, M. B., Jun 1 2025, In: Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 271, 112642.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Assessing hip joint–related structure and patient-reported outcomes in people with Marfan syndrome

Cochran, K. E., Steele, L. T., Fain, A. D., Gaffney, B. M. M., McLouth, C. J., Sheppard, M. B. & Samaan, M. A., Mar 2025, In: Skeletal Radiology. 54, 3, p. 563-569 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Association Between Lifetime Interpersonal Violence and Post–COVID-19 Condition Among Women in Kentucky, 2020-2022

Güler, A., Bush, H. M., Schill, K., Kussainov, N. & Coker, A. L., Jan 1 2025, In: Public Health Reports. 140, 1_suppl, p. 9S-19S

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

1 Scopus citations

Association between state-level medical marijuana legalization and marijuana use during pregnancy: A population-based study

Haider, M. R., Karim, S., Jayawardhana, J., Hansen, N. B. & Haile, Z. T., Jan 2025, In: American Journal on Addictions. 34, 1, p. 75-84 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

Association of State Cannabis Legalization with Cannabis Use Disorder and Cannabis Poisoning

Jayawardhana, J., Hou, J., Freeman, P. & Talbert, J. C., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: JAMA Psychiatry.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

A taxonomy of social support interventions for People experiencing a syndemic of substance use disorder, criminal legal involvement, and downstream Health sequelae

Schneider, J. A., Smith, L. R., Bouris, A. M., Oser, C., Pho, M. T., Boodram, B., Minardi, S., Hondal, E. T., Ozik, J., Taylor, B. G., Harawa, N. T., Salisbury-Afshar, E., Rudes, D. S., Brewer, R. A., Hotton, A. L., Pettus, C., Pollack, H. A., Taxman, F. S. & Hulsey, J., Jun 2025, In: SSM - Mental Health. 7, 100428.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Open Access

Attentional bias to alcohol-related cues: effects of menstrual cycle phase and sex differences

Griffith, A. K., Martel, M. M. & Fillmore, M. T., Jan 2025, In: Psychopharmacology. 242, 1, p. 117-127 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Attention to Distress Goes With the Territory Response to “Palliative Care Consults for Clinician Distress: Part of the Job?” Schenker, Yael et al. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Volume 68, Issue 6, 641 - 646

Latimer, A., Leff, V. & Altilio, T., Apr 2025, In: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 69, 4, p. e320-e321

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

Barriers to and facilitators of buprenorphine dispensing for opioid use disorder: Evidence from focus groups in Appalachian Kentucky

Oyler, D. R., Miracle, D. K., Hesener, H., Stinson, L., Roberts, M., Matson, A. & Freeman, P. R., Mar 1 2025, In: Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. 65, 2, 102308.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Bilirubin bioconversion to urobilin in the gut-liver-kidney axis: A biomarker for insulin resistance in the Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) Syndrome

Kipp, Z. A., Badmus, O. O., Stec, D. E., Hall, B. & Hinds, T. D., Feb 2025, In: Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental. 163, 156081.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Open Access

4 Scopus citations

Bringing Pandemic Science to the Classroom: Building Public Health Capacity at a Rural Kentucky High School

Alameh, S., Hoover, A. G., Keck, J. W., Berry, S. M., Goodpaster, S., Tucker, S. & Goodin, A., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Public Health Reports.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Calcineurin/NFAT inhibitors maintain cognition in a preclinical prevention study in an aging canine model of Alzheimer disease

Sordo, L., Ubele, M. F., Boaz, K. A., Mefford, J. L., Jones, E. D., McCarty, K. L., van Rooyen, H. Y., Smiley, J., Bembenek Bailey, S. A., Perpich, J. A., Meacham, B., Powell, D. K., Bresch, F., Crump, J. W., Phelan, M. J., Noche, J. A., Stark, C. E., Puskás, L. G., Norris, C. M. & Head, E., Feb 2025, In: Neurobiology of Aging. 146, p. 1-14 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

1 Scopus citations

Calcium imaging of central amygdala activity after escalation of fentanyl self-administration

Malone, S. G., Tavakoli, N. S., Keller, P. S., Bardo, M. T. & Ortinski, P. I., Jun 15 2025, In: Neuropharmacology. 271, 110370.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Characterisation of sleep in a mouse model of CLN3 disease revealed sex-specific sleep disturbances

Kane, K. M., Iradukunda, D., McLouth, C. J., Guo, L. Z., Wang, J., Subramoniam, A., Huffman, D., Donohue, K. D., O'Hara, B. F., Sunderam, S. & Wang, Q. J., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Sleep Research.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Circumstantial Factors Among Kentucky Nurse Suicide Decedents, 2005 to 2019

Norrod, P. E., Marfell, J., Walmsley, L. A. & Brown, S., Apr 2025, In: Workplace Health and Safety. 73, 4, p. 193-202 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

1 Scopus citations

Clearing the air: Advancing tobacco-free communities in African American populations

Adesiyan, R. & Ickes, M., Feb 28 2025, Building Health, Resiliency, and Unity in the Black Community. p. 119-132 14 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

Clinical, Quality of Life, and Health Care Utilization Outcomes of Switching the Administration Route of Antipsychotic Medications Among People With Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Kappi, A., Wang, T., Abu Farsakh, B. & Okoli, C. T. C., Mar 1 2025, In: Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association. 31, 2, p. 138-164 27 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

1 Scopus citations

Coaching Community Volunteers to Support Children With Disabilities: A Brief Report

Miller, V., Howell, D. & Kitzman, P., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: OTJR: Occupational Therapy Journal of Research.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Community Health Worker-delivered tobacco cessation in a small rural county

Hahn, E. J., Bucher, A., Wiggins, A. T., Rademacher, K., Beckett, W., Taylor, L. A., Darville, A. & Edward, J., Jan 1 2025, In: Journal of Rural Health. 41, 1, e70017.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Comparative Outcomes Following Randomization to a Pilot Facebook-Based HIV Prevention Intervention Among Appalachian Women Involved in the Criminal Legal System

Dickson, M. F., Pike, E. & Staton, M., 2025, In: Journal of Appalachian health. 6, 4, p. 81-96 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Correction to: Towards the Next Fifty Years of Social Indicators Research: Some Guidance for Authors (Social Indicators Research, (2024), 174, 1, (1-17), 10.1007/s11205-024-03401-z)

Bartram, D., Alaimo, L. S., Avery, E., Bardo, A., Bella, E. D., Binder, M., Botha, F., Fachelli, S., Gatto, A., Lu, J., Okulicz-Kozaryn, A., Sanchez, A. & Tani, M., Jan 2025, In: Social Indicators Research. 176, 1, p. 413-414 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

Open Access

Corrigendum to “Development and validation of a community-level social determinants of health index for drug overdose deaths in the HEALing Communities Study” [Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment (2024) 209186] (Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment (2024) 157, (S2949875923002370), (10.1016/j.josat.2023.209186))

Cesare, N., Lines, L. M., Chandler, R., Gibson, E. B., Vickers-Smith, R., Jackson, R., Bazzi, A. R., Goddard-Eckrich, D., Sabounchi, N., Chisolm, D. J., Vandergrift, N. & Oga, E., Feb 2025, In: Journal of substance use and addiction treatment. 169, 209452.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

COVID-19 Risk and Crisis Communication Challenges and Opportunities: Qualitative Insights from Rural Wastewater Surveillance Partners

Tucker, S. G., May, B., Liversedge, M., Berry, S., Keck, J. W. & Hoover, A. G., Feb 19 2025, In: Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 19, e41.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

Description of implementing a mail-based overdose education and naloxone distribution program in community supervision settings during COVID-19

Oser, C. B., McGladrey, M., Oyler, D. R., Knudsen, H. K., Walsh, S. L., Stitzer, S., Goetz, M., Booty, M., Hargis, E., Johnson, S., Staton, M. & Freeman, P. R., Mar 2025, In: Journal of substance use and addiction treatment. 170, 209618.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Dimensional Affective Sensitivity to Hormones across the Menstrual Cycle (DASH-MC): A transdiagnostic framework for ovarian steroid influences on psychopathology

Peters, J. R., Schmalenberger, K. M., Eng, A. G., Stumper, A., Martel, M. M. & Eisenlohr-Moul, T. A., Jan 2025, In: Molecular Psychiatry. 30, 1, p. 251-262 12 p., 100194.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

4 Scopus citations

Dropped-Head syndrome: a possible new variant of clozapine-induced inflammation during titration

Escobedo-Aedo, P. J., Pans, I., Baca-García, E., De Leon, J., Barrigón, M. L. & Ovejero, S., Jan 1 2025, In: International Clinical Psychopharmacology. 40, 1, p. 41-45 5 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

Empowering and mobilizing African Americans: A collaborative approach to reducing menthol and flavored tobacco use in Kentucky

Cochran, G. M., Shepherd, L. E., Murphy, D. L. J., El-Amin, A. & Ickes, M. J., Feb 28 2025, Building Health, Resiliency, and Unity in the Black Community. p. 133-165 33 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

Engagement With a Youth Community Advisory Board to Develop and Refine a Facebook HPV Vaccination Promotion Intervention (#HPVvaxtalks) for Young Black Adults (18–26 years old)

Adegboyega, A., Francis, D. B., Ebikwo, C., Ntego, T. & Ickes, M., Mar 2025, In: Health Promotion Practice. 26, 2, p. 209-212 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2 Scopus citations

Evaluating Implementation of the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) Training for Rural Suicide Prevention Among Mental Health and Healthcare Professionals

Norrod, P. E., MacDonald, M., Link, K. & Ickes, M. J., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Issues in Mental Health Nursing.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Evaluating the social acceptability of the Re-Connect concept: A smartphone-based, nonfinancial, contingency management intervention

Raiff, B. R., Upton, C. R. & Koffarnus, M. N., Jan 1 2025, In: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. 58, 1, p. 91-99 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

Examining the Receptivity to Tobacco Treatment Information for Individuals Living With Mental Illnesses: A Mixed Method Study

Abufarsakh, B., Seng, S., Cline, M. S., Scarduzio, J. & Okoli, C. T. C., Feb 2025, In: International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. 34, 1, e13445.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Executive Summary: State-of-the-Art Review: Data and Trust to Improve Care for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Patients

Van Sickels, N., Wong, J. W. H., Villacorta-Cari, E., Lee, S. E. & Fallin-Bennett, K., Feb 24 2025, In: Clinical Infectious Diseases. 80, 2, p. 245-246 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Exploring the links among brain iron accumulation, cognitive performance, and dietary intake in older adults: A longitudinal MRI study

Zachariou, V., Pappas, C., Bauer, C. E., Seago, E. R. & Gold, B. T., Jan 2025, In: Neurobiology of Aging. 145, p. 1-12 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

3 Scopus citations

Factors associated with disposable electronic cigarette use among US youth: A national repeated cross-sectional study, 2021–22

Mattingly, D. T., Agbonlahor, O., Richardson, M., Rayens, M. K., Rose, S. W. & Hart, J. L., Mar 2025, In: Addiction. 120, 3, p. 432-438 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

1 Scopus citations

Feasibility of brief behavioral telehealth interventions for sleep and pain in adults with chronic musculoskeletal orofacial pain: An idiographic clinical trial

Sangalli, L., Gilmore, G. R., Moreno-Hay, I., Whitehurst, L. N., Alessandri-Bonetti, A. & Boggero, I. A., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Cranio - Journal of Craniomandibular Practice.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Finite Markov chains with absorbing states and mis-specified random effects: application to cognitive data

Wang, P., Liu, C., Park, J., Tyas, S. L. & Kryscio, R. J., 2025, In: Biostatistics and Epidemiology. 9, 1, 2451519.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Gender, Marital, and Parental Barriers to Pursuing Gastroenterology Fellowship: A Multicenter Analysis of a National Survey and Actionable Solutions

Advani, R., Saeed, N., Arjonilla, M., McLouth, C., Guerson-Gil, A., Qureshi, H., May, F. P. & Monzur, F., Feb 2025, In: Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 70, 2, p. 504-515 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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