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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Publications

Browse the list below to see the latest scientific publications stemming from our institute faculty’s work. To view publications of specific AI faculty, please visit Membership and select a profile link.

  1. Morris SM, Kaster L, Amagai S, Raski C, Regan-Fendt K, Luo Y, Rosenman M, Prada CE, Listernick R, Payne PRO  et al.  Harmonizing Multi-Institutional Clinical Documentation Using Natural Language Processing in Neurofibromatosis Type 1.  Neurol Clin Pract  2026 Oct;16(5):e200648. doi:10.1212/CPJ.0000000000200648
  2. Broden Arciprete EG, Michelson KN, Feder SL, Marr JW, Al-Roub N, Gouda SR, Jones AM, Schopen AB, Tapper AK, Pasek TA  et al.  Noticing and responding to end-of-life suffering in the PICU: A co-designed conceptual framework for nursing practice.  Intensive Crit Care Nurs  2026 Oct;96:104498. doi:10.1016/j.iccn.2026.104498
  3. Yaku A, Mylvaganam RJ, Shah SJ  Redefining systemic sclerosis-associated pulmonary hypertension as an immune-mediated vasculopathy across the cardiopulmonary circulation.  Curr Opin Rheumatol  2026 Sep 03;. doi:10.1097/BOR.0000000000001202
  4. Naved BA, Slott QM, Malik A, Hmaidi M, Luo Y  Authentication status and AI triage concordance among care seekers in a US health system.  Npj Health Syst  2026 Sep 02;3(1). pii:85
  5. Wang P, Wang J, Wang Q, Youngblood MW, Cheng Y, Tao B, Wong JH, Luan Y, Yu S, Swaroop A  et al.  Spatial chromatin architecture and accessibility co-profiling of mammalian tissues.  Nat Methods  2026 Sep 01;. doi:10.1038/s41592-026-03217-4
  6. Obayemi JE, Paukner M, Hasjim BJ, Vitello D, Barrios PA, Hussain S, Balbale S, VanWagner LB, Mohammadi M, Mehrotra S  et al.  The rate of and risk factors for falls among patients with cirrhosis: A multicenter study.  Hepatol Commun  2026 Sep 01;10(9). pii:e01019
  7. Cicek V, Hayiroglu MI, Sharma V, Rahsepar A, Markl M, Bagci U, Passman RS  AI-Driven Atrial Fibrillation Management: From Signal to Strategy.  Balkan Med J  2026 Sep 01;43(9):489-502. doi:10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2026.2026-6-21
  8. Amagai S, Powell EC, Alpern ER, Florin TA, Li Y, Liebovitz D, Luo Y, Espinoza J, Wong AF, Ramgopal S  Performance of Open-Source LLMs in Identifying Pediatric Pneumonia From Free-Text Chest Radiograph Reports.  Pediatr Emerg Care  2026 Sep 01;42(9):660-666. doi:10.1097/PEC.0000000000003616
  9. Mehrotra S, Barah M, Kilambi V, Formica RN  A Sliding Scale AdaptiVe Expedited rescue algorithm for deceased donor kidney transplantation.  Am J Transplant  2026 Sep;26(9):2125-2137. doi:10.1016/j.ajt.2026.03.018
  10. Ostrominski JW, Lu H, Claggett BL, Desai AS, Jhund PS, Henderson AD, Lam CSP, Senni M, Shah SJ, Voors AA  et al.  Hypokalemia and New-Onset Diabetes in Heart Failure With Mildly Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction.  Diabetes Care  2026 Aug 28;. pii:dc261305
  11. Jang H, Graffy PM, Barrett BW, Horton DE, Chan JL, Kho AN  Identifying heat-related diagnoses in emergency department visits among adults in Chicago: A heat-wide association study.  Sci Adv  2026 Aug 28;12(35):eaed3977. pii:eaed3977
  12. Ono R, Docherty KF, Henderson AD, Claggett BL, Desai AS, Lam CSP, Senni M, Shah SJ, Schou M, Voors AA  et al.  HFpEF-ABA Score and Finerenone in Patients With Heart Failure and Mildly Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction: Insights From the FINEARTS-HF Trial.  JACC Heart Fail  2026 Aug 27;:103297. doi:10.1016/j.jchf.2026.103297
  13. Ruppert M, Vaduganathan M, Claggett BL, Desai AS, Jhund PS, Henderson A, Lay-Flurrie J, Brinker M, Hofmeister L, Anker MS  et al.  Finerenone benefits in patients with cardio-kidney-metabolic syndrome with or without history of cancer: the FINE-HEART pooled analysis.  Eur Heart J  2026 Aug 18;. pii:ehag522
  14. Ostrominski JW, Claggett BL, Kulac IJ, Desai AS, Jhund PS, Henderson A, Lam CSP, Senni M, Shah SJ, Voors AA  et al.  Finerenone and apparent treatment-resistant hypertension in heart failure with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction.  Eur J Heart Fail  2026 Aug 17;. pii:xuag209
  15. Marcus WB, Lavine JA, Stein JD, Rivera AS, Zhou X, Chaudhury AS, Andrews CA, Li Y, Marwah S, Mohamedali A  et al.  Revealing the Blind Spots: Linked EHRs Associate Racial and Ethnic Inequities in Diabetic Eye Care Testing.  J Racial Ethn Health Disparities  2026 Aug 14;. doi:10.1007/s40615-026-03026-7
  16. Bailey SC, Cameron NA, Batio S, Wismer G, Wolf MS, Wallia A, Schauer JM, Wallander Gemkow J, Eggleston A, Tenfelde S  et al.  Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists Use Among Reproductive-Aged Women with Type 2 Diabetes.  J Womens Health (Larchmt)  2026 Aug 11;:15409996261478007. doi:10.1177/15409996261478007
  17. Butt JH, Jhund PS, Henderson AD, Talebi A, Vardeny O, Claggett BL, Vaduganathan M, Desai AS, Pfeffer MA, Lam CSP  et al.  MRAs and Race in Heart Failure: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials.  Circ Heart Fail  2026 Aug 07;:e014355. doi:10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.125.014355
  18. Hong C, Liew JCK, Yu J, Barry T, Blewer AL, Buckland DM, Cai T, Cha WC, Chakraborty B, Chen W  et al.  Building a Global Research Network for Fair, Accountable, Interpretable, and Responsible AI in Emergency Care: Protocol for a FAIR-EC Study.  JMIR Res Protoc  2026 Aug 04;15:e74202. pii:e74202
  19. Foà A, Pabon MA, Filippatos G, Claggett BL, Miao ZM, Jhund PS, Henderson A, Brinker M, Lage A, Hofmeister L  et al.  Effects of Finerenone on Sudden Death Across the Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic Landscape: A FINE-HEART Analysis.  J Am Coll Cardiol  2026 Aug 04;88(5):628-641. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2026.04.045
  20. Keswani RN, Kaklamanos E, Kristinsdottir K, Heller A, Wittbrodt M, Etemadi M, Pandolfino JE  Artificial Intelligence Automated Assessment of Colonoscopy Quality Metrics.  Am J Gastroenterol  2026 Aug 01;. doi:10.14309/ajg.0000000000004170
  21. Naved BA, Tran M, Slott QM, Francaviglia P, Amygdalidis M, Crandall P, Nadkarni G, Freeman R, Luo Y, Gavin N  "Check Symptoms & Get Care": Mount Sinai's AI Triage Solution.  NEJM Catal Innov Care Deliv  2026 Aug;7(8):CAT250394. doi:10.1056/CAT.25.0394
  22. Ostrominski JW, Claggett BL, Kulac IJ, Desai AS, Jhund PS, Henderson A, Lam CSP, Senni M, Shah SJ, Voors AA  et al.  Finerenone and Blood Pressure in Heart Failure With Mildly Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction: The FINEARTS-HF Randomized Clinical Trial.  JAMA Cardiol  2026 Aug 01;11(8):783-786. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2026.2104
  23. Singla A, Park S, Pedamallu H, Chen K, Robelly B, Rebello C, Lantz C, Zhao L, LaCombe R, Sinha R  et al.  Diagnostic Performance and Resource Utilization of Combining Blood Gene Expression, Cell-Free DNA, and Urine Chemokines for Monitoring Kidney Rejection.  Clin J Am Soc Nephrol  2026 Aug 01;21(8):1414-1428. doi:10.2215/CJN.0000001075
  24. Agha E, Miller C, Downing K, James K, McNicholas A, Newton S, Wershil SJ, Michelson KN  Feedback on a bereavement referral program after coroner referral following a child's unexpected death.  Death Stud  2026 Jul 30;:1-13. doi:10.1080/07481187.2026.2704574
  25. Uegami W, Okoshi EN, Lami K, Nei Y, Ozasa M, Kataoka K, Kitamura Y, Kohashi Y, Cooper LAD, Sakanashi H  et al.  An Explainable Cryobiopsy AI Model, CRAI, to Predict Progression in Interstitial Pneumonia.  Mod Pathol  2026 Jul 29;:101047. doi:10.1016/j.modpat.2026.101047
  26. Hanafiah A, Geng Z, Liu T, Tai YT, Cai W, Wang Q, Christensen N, Liu Y, Yue F, Gao Z  cPRC1.2 and CTCF-mediated transition from poised to active chromatin loops at bivalent genes.  EMBO Rep  2026 Jul 23;. doi:10.1038/s44319-026-00885-3
  27. Rashidi AP, Perronne L, Krumpelman C, Hill V, Borhani AA, Subedi K, Kelahan L, Avery R, Savas H, Rusinak D  et al.  Physics-Informed Multiscale Decoding of Tissue Microstructure: The Gray Level Affinity Metrics (GLAM) Framework.  J Imaging Inform Med  2026 Jul 20;. doi:10.1007/s10278-026-02132-6
  28. Lund LH, Barandiarán Aizpurua A, Bollano E, Braun O, Brouwer JLP, Buikema JW, Cannata A, Gardner RS, Handoko ML, Lang CC  et al.  Safety, pharmacokinetics, and exploratory efficacy of the oral ghrelin receptor agonist AC01 in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (GOAL-HF1): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 1b/2a study.  Lancet  2026 Jul 18;408(10551):248-262. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(26)00904-9
  29. Ghosh A, Tack E, Popowski S, Lakhtakia T, Nguyen T, Mohr DC, Van Orden KA, Reddy M, Meyerhoff J  Exploring barriers to crisis support: Considerations for the design of automated digital safety planning interventions.  J Technol Behav Sci  2026 Jul 17;. doi:10.1007/s41347-026-00678-4
  30. He J, Bui Q, Fong MWM, Mohr DC, Metts CL, Wong AWK  Real-Time Associations Between Subjective Cognitive Concerns and Daily Activity Participation in Persons Aging With Stroke: Smartphone-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment Study.  JMIR Aging  2026 Jul 14;9:e80222. pii:e80222
  31. Hamed M, Naderian M, Bangash H, Hernandez V, Shaibi GQ, Arslan M, Saadatagah S, Sherafati A, Miller A, Kamzabek A  et al.  Implementing a Multi-Ancestry Polygenic Risk Score for Coronary Heart Disease in a Diverse Cohort.  Genet Med  2026 Jul 11;:102662. doi:10.1016/j.gim.2026.102662
  32. Chow PI, You W, Shaffer KM, Cohn WF, Showalter SL, Orange C, Ritterband LM, Mohr DC  Digital Mental Health Treatment and Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Clinical Trial.  JAMA Netw Open  2026 Jul 01;9(7):e2623871. pii:e2623871
  33. He Y, Zhao Y, Zhang R, Yang H, Zhang Z, Ren P, Luo C, Zhang P, Zhang Z, Hou S  et al.  Integrating cytological images and spatial transcriptomics for cell segmentation with DISSECT.  Nat Comput Sci  2026 Jul;6(7):718-731. doi:10.1038/s43588-026-01020-x
  34. Willis A, Lee C, Krogue J, Wickramanayake A, Young-Lin N, Caron S, Cheruiyot P, Watters A, Martín A, Tiyasirichokchai T  et al.  Generalization of AI-Based Gestational Age Assessment Using Blind Sweep Ultrasonography.  JAMA Netw Open  2026 Jul 01;9(7):e2622484. pii:e2622484
  35. Chakrabarty RP, Van Vranken JG, Aoi Y, Poor TA, McElroy GS, Vasan K, Soliman SHA, Iwanaszko M, Grant RA, Howard BC  et al.  Mitochondrial L-2-hydroxyglutarate is a physiological signalling metabolite.  Nature  2026 Jul;655(8124):1037-1047. doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10564-x
  36. Schnauss M, Handa N, Nateghi R, Alam R, Jang JW, Huang MM, Abrams A, Neill C, Kumar SKSR, Hubbard N  et al.  Clinical and Reader Associated Correlates of Clinically Significant Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Invisible Prostate Cancer Based on Negative Scans.  J Urol  2026 Jul;216(1):25-33. doi:10.1097/JU.0000000000005028
  37. Peng L, Perronne L, Gennaro N, Rashidi AP, Kobus Z, Seo M, Borhani AA, Kelahan L, Subedi K, Savas H  et al.  Performance of deep learning-based segmentation of soft tissue sarcoma by MRI sequence, tumor type and location.  Skeletal Radiol  2026 Jul;55(7):1539-1548. doi:10.1007/s00256-026-05178-3
  38. Saito H, Kalamanos E, Kristinsdottir K, Wittbrodt M, Ito S, Hamamoto H, Saito Y, Pandolfino JE, Keswani RN, Etemadi M  et al.  External Validation of an AI-Based Colonoscopy Quality Assessment Tool in Japanese Clinical Practice: A Pilot Study.  Dig Dis Sci  2026 Jul;71(7):3107-3112. doi:10.1007/s10620-026-09777-x
  39. Hosseini M, Eisenman D, Riddle J, Pyle S, Peters A, Cobb N, Holmes K  Guidelines needed for the use of AI in the preparation or review of IRB, IBC, and IACUC applications.  Account Res  2026 Jul;33(5):2612564. doi:10.1080/08989621.2025.2612564
  40. Gyberg DJ, Komtebedde J, Mylavarapu U, Litwin SE, Leon MB, Cutlip DE, Solomon SD, Starling RC, Cikes M, Borlaug BA  et al.  Refining Atrial Shunt Therapy for Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Lessons From Pivotal Randomized Trials and Emerging Directions.  J Card Fail  2026 Jul;32(7):1246-1256. doi:10.1016/j.cardfail.2025.08.020
  41. Ayad M, Cooper LAD, Brat DJ  Inferring DNA Methylation Class from Digitized Pathology Images and AI: A Worthy and Timely Application with Room for Improved Clinical Performance.  Neuro Oncol  2026 Jun 30;. pii:noag149
  42. Sharma A, Nateghi R, Ayad M, Cooper LAD, Goldstein JA  Machine learning identification of maternal inflammatory response and systemic inflammatory response from placental membrane whole slide images.  Placenta  2026 Jun 24;181:204-210. doi:10.1016/j.placenta.2026.05.028
  43. Lu H, Schneider SR, Pabón MA, Claggett BL, Miao MZ, Desai AS, Jhund PS, Henderson A, Lam CSP, Senni M  et al.  Sleep Apnea in Heart Failure With Mildly Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction: The FINEARTS-HF Trial.  JACC Heart Fail  2026 Jun 23;:103187. doi:10.1016/j.jchf.2026.103187
  44. Xian S, Smoller JW, Luo Y, Walunas TL, Liu C, Khan A, Weng C, Kullo IJ, Wei WQ, Jarvik GP  et al.  Unsupervised characterization of 100,272 EHR patients identifies high-risk groups and comorbidities linked to premature aging.  NPJ Digit Med  2026 Jun 23;. doi:10.1038/s41746-026-02913-x
  45. Bodelon C, Amgad M, Hodge JM, Elsebaie MAT, Landry M, Peng C, Tamimi RM, Kraft P, McCullough LE, Sherman ME  et al.  Effects of breast cancer risk factors on the tumor microenvironment: a morphological deep-learning analysis of three prospective cohorts.  NPJ Breast Cancer  2026 Jun 22;. doi:10.1038/s41523-026-00994-1
  46. Sethi I, Khan S, Lyons PG, Gao CA, Luo Y, Miltz D, Tovar S, Lohuis CT, Polly DM, Dave SB  et al.  Large Language Models Provide Accurate but Potentially Unsafe Answers to Multimodal Critical Care Medicine Board Review Questions.  Crit Care Med  2026 Jun 18;. doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000007228
  47. Oh D, Choi HS, Mohr DC, Na H  Effects of a mobile-based self-management program on mental health in young adults: a randomized controlled trial.  Front Public Health  2026;14:1830292. pii:1830292
  48. Cheema BS, Boztepe B, Awofolaju MO, Hubbard MS, Marcus WB, Palella FJ, Abdel-Mohsen M, Liebovitz DM, Gill MK, Cotton RJ  et al.  Functional, molecular, and digital measurements of biological age.  J Clin Invest  2026 Jun 15;136(12). pii:e205777
  49. Xian S, Grabowska ME, Kullo IJ, Luo Y, Smoller JW, Walunas TL, Wei WQ, Jarvik G, Mooney S, Crosslin D  Author Correction: Transformer patient embedding using electronic health records enables patient stratification and progression analysis.  NPJ Digit Med  2026 Jun 11;9(1). pii:445
  50. Doi S, Kazui S, Akashi N, Patel RB, Komtebedde J, Mylavarapu U, Swarup V, Winkler S, Backhaus SJ, Litwin SE  et al.  Heart Failure Duration, Cardiac Remodeling, Dysfunction, and Hemodynamic Severity in HFpEF and HFmrEF: Insights From REDUCE LAP-HF II.  JACC Heart Fail  2026 Jun 05;:103167. doi:10.1016/j.jchf.2026.103167

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