Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Buehler Center for Health Policy and Economics

Publications

Read about high-impact publications stemming from our center's work on various topics here or on our news page. Browse the list below to see all of the latest scientific publications stemming from our center members’ work.

Cardiovascular Health

Janczewski, L.M., Hu, C.J., Zhan, T. Garg, R., Slocum, J., Furmanchuk, A., Berry, A., Nadig, N., Huml, J., Shamshuddin, L., Moklyak, Y., Davidson, L. D., Chou, S., AlQamari, A., Powell, E., Ankenman, B., Holl, J. L., Stey, A. (2026). Inter-clinician diagnostic agreement of shock etiology: a multicenter observational study. Health Inf Sci Syst 14, 27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13755-025-00423-w

Brenman JS, Berg AS, Heinemann AW, Chen Y, Felix ER & Farkas G.J. (2025). Associations Between Obesity and Cardiometabolic, Physical, and Psychosocial Health in Chronic Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2025.11.018

Phillips, D., Zmora, R., Rios, I., Ajibewa, T., Guzman, Z., Barrera, L., Castillo, L., Allen, N. (2025). Exploring parental views and perceptions of cardiovascular health: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-25764-9

Infectious Diseases

Mello, M. J., Baird, J., Spirito, A., Scott, K., Zonfrillo, M. R., Lee, L. K., Becker, S. (2026). Implementing an Education Intervention for Prescription Opioid Pain Medication at Pediatric Trauma Centers. Substance Use & Misuse, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2025.2609292

Masias, E., Keese, A., Menker, C., Bendelow, A., Sheehan, K. M., Heffernan, M. E. (2026). “A Survey of Parents’ Firearm Access in Chicago and Implications for Pediatrician Counseling.” Journal of Health Advocacy, January. https://doi.org/10.70440/001c.154729

Manhertz, R. E., Waddle, S. D., Thomas-Jonasson, A., Shilati, J., Paniagua-Perez, D., Shan, Y., Zhan, T., Slocum J. D., Jang, A., Tesorero, K., Manguerra, G., Ramirez, J., Chang, G., Dennis, A., Azu-Popow, L., Feinglass, J., Stey, A. M. (2025). Violence Survivors’ Quality of Life Assessment: An observational cohort study. Injury. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2025.112941

Zonfrillo, M. R., Baird, J., Spirito, A., Scott, K., Lee, L. K., Kiragu, A. W., Christison-Lagay, E., Bromberg, J.R., Ruest, S. M., Pruitt, C. W., Lawson, K. A., Nasr, I., Aidlen, J., Maxson, R.T., Becker, S. J., Mello, M. J. (2025). Comparing injury severity scores from trauma registries with those mapped from injury diagnosis codes in injured adolescents Injury Prevention. https://doi.org/10.1136/ip-2024-045525

Ibora, M. W., Talley, A. E., Quiballo, K., Kelsey S.W., Floresca, Y.B, Phillips, G. II. (2025). Examining the Role of Alcohol, Cannabis, and Other Drug Use in Potentiating HIV Prevention Behaviors Among Diverse, Sexually Active Youth. AIDS Behav. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-025-05018-w

Population Health

Vu, M., Nielson, M. K., Bui, L.N., Hsueh, L., Vu, C.B., Meng-Han Tsai, M. H. (2025). Utilization of Healthcare Among Asian Origin Groups and Citizenship Status. J GEN INTERN MED. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-025-10066-y

Phillips, G. II, Bowman, N. W. R., Boyce, A. S. (2025). Positionality as Dialog. American Journal of Evaluation, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/10982140251396831

Rossi, F. M., Franchi, L., Barreto, N., Chorniy, A., Weston, B. W., Meurer, J. R., Whittle, J., Ackermann, R. T., & Black, B. (2026). Comparing Predictive Power of Area-Level Socioeconomic Status Indices Across Health Outcomes and Geographic Levels. Medical care, 64(2), 77–88. https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000002272

Perez, P. D., Faulkner, K. C., Wu, Y., Schwartz, M. B., Caspi, C., Burgun, R., Ortiz, L., Jia, J., Cheng, J., Chang, Y., Levy, D.E., Thorndike, A.N. (2025). Behavioural economics intervention to implement a nutrition ranking system in food pantries: Be Well cluster randomised controlled trial protocol. BMJ Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2025-003650

Aging & Older Adult Health

Li, J. M., Gauen, A. M., Zmora, R., Stephen, J. J., Petito, L. C., Scholtens, D., Peterson, E. A., Kohli-Lynch C., Mansolf, M., Sedaghat, S., Giorgio, K., Gross, A. L., Helmer, C., Debette, S., Soumaré, A., Ikram, M. A., Wolters, F. J., Seshadri, S,. Satizabal, C. L., Himali, J., Levine, D. A., Briceño, E. M., Sorond, F. A., Launer, L. J., Li, D., Mbangdadji, D., Zhao, L., Lloyd-Jones, D. M., Lopez, O. L., Judd, S. E., Hughes, T. M., Gudnason, V., Aiello, A. E., Fohner, A., Singh-Manoux, A., Allen, N. B. (2026). Midlife and late-life population attributable fractions of risk factors for dementia in the United States: The Dementia Risk Prediction Project. Alzheimer's Dement. 22:e71065. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.71065

Krebs, B., Simon, L., Schwandt, H., Burn, S., Neidell, M. (2026). Community Water Fluoridation and Birth Outcomes. JAMA Netw Open. 9(1):e2554686. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.54686

Garrett, S. B., Walia, A., Miller, F., Jones, L., Powell, B., Chambers Butcher, B. D., Dohan, D., Simon, M. A. (2026). Shifting the Culture and the Way That We Practice: Perinatal Clinicians' Cognitive, Behavioral, and Team-Level Changes Following Equity-Focused Interventions. Birth (Berkeley, Calif.), 10.1111/birt.70050. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.70050

Welch, S. B., Hansen, A., Nawagi, F., Singaram, V., Nelson, G., van Schalkwyk, S., Doobay-Persaud, A., Hall, Z., Kiguli-Malwadde. (2026). Functions, challenges and opportunities of health professions education units in Africa: a qualitative study across Eastern, Southern and Western regions. BMC Med Educ 26, 41

Cong, L., Walubita, T., Epstein, R. A., Johnson, J., Beestrum, M., Abahuje, E., Slocum, J. D., Holl, J. L., Ankenman, B, Stey, A. M., Berry, A. (2026). User-centred prototyping solutions to solve adult critical care issues: a scoping review. BMJ Health & Care Informatics. 2026;33:e101477. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjhci-2025-101477

Burrage, H. (2026). Are ‘Anti-FGM’ Campaigns Harmful? EC Gynaecology 15.1: 01-05

Kennedy, K., Mcintosh, N., Haigh, S., Mohr, D. C., Phibbs, C., Mills, W. (2025). Facilitators of Nursing Assistant Job Commitment and Career Retention in VHA Community Living Centers. Innov Aging. 2025 Dec 31;9(Suppl 2):igaf122.2142. doi: 10.1093/geroni/igaf122.2142. PMCID: PMC12759992.

Kennedy, K., Mcintosh, N., Haigh, S., Mohr, D. C., Park, H., McConnell, E., Mills, W. (2025). “They’re quite talented”: Nursing Assistant Scope of Practice in VHA Community Living Centers. Innov Aging. 2025 Dec 31;9(Suppl 2):igaf122.1156. doi: 10.1093/geroni/igaf122.1156. PMCID: PMC12761560.

Kennedy, K., Mcintosh, N., Haigh, S., Mohr, D. C., Phibbs, C., Mills, W. (2025). Nursing Assistant Training in VHA Community Living Centers: Resources and Recommendations. Innov Aging. 2025 Dec 31;9(Suppl 2):igaf122.764. doi: 10.1093/geroni/igaf122.764. PMCID: PMC12759416.

Marino, V., Ferrie, J., Antic, M., Dorame, A., Spiro, A., Waldinger, R., Mroczek, D., Lee, L. (2025) Leveraging Administrative Data Linkages to Study Waterborne Lead Exposure in Longitudinal Aging Cohort Studies. Innov Aging. 2025 Dec 31;9(Suppl 2):igaf122.1460. doi: 10.1093/geroni/igaf122.1460. PMCID: PMC12762643.

Sifnugel, N., Cruz, D., Jeffery, M., Sangal, R., Carr, B., Dresden, S., Gettel, C., Hwang, U. (2025). Trends in older adults boarding in US EDs. Innov Aging. 2025 Dec 31;9(Suppl 2):igaf122.3349. doi: 10.1093/geroni/igaf122.3349. PMCID: PMC12763053.

Pearson, L. K., Zheng, Y., Nikita, N., Lu-Yao, G., Presley, C. J., Wagner, L. I., Simon, M. A. & Dotan, E. (2025). Unveiling Factors Associated With Older Adult Accrual to Cancer Clinical Trials: Lessons From the ECOG-ACRIN Experience. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 23(12)

Surgery & Orthopaedics

Agyemang Prempeh, A. G., Ayala Ortiz, J. L., Marquess, B., Farahani, F., Ghomrawi, H., McGwin, G., & Mabry, S. (2025). Patient-reported outcomes after total knee arthroplasty with xperience vs. standard irrigation: a retrospective cohort study. Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research, 21(1), 13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13018-025-06483-8

Angileri, H. S., Geier, J. A., Hadley, S. M., McLoughlin, D. E., Owen, M. M., May, J. M., Terry, M., Tjong, V. K. (2025). The Use of Fantasy Points to Evaluate Return-to-Play Performance After Time-Loss Injuries in the National Football League. Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.99333

Negrini, S., Arienti, C., Armijo-Olivo, S., Côté, P., Heinemann, A. W., Kiekens, C., Kumbhare, D., Levack, W., Meyer-Feil, T., Whyte, J. (2025). Reporting GUideline for Intervention DEscription in Rehabilitation (GUIDE-Rehab): a tool to open the ‘black box’ of rehabilitation complex interventions. BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjebm-2025-113997

Quique, Y. M., Larkin, E., Cavanaugh, R., Heinemann, A. W., Cherney, L. R. (2025). Using Open-Source Software to Help Spanish Speakers with Aphasia Learn Everyday Sentences: A Single-Case Experimental Design. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. https://pubs.asha.org/doi/abs/10.1044/2025_AJSLP-24-00550

Infant & Adolescent Health

Kwon, S., Gopagani, N. S., Zylka, I. R., et al. (2025). Validity of the Movement Behavior Questionnaire-Child (MBQ-C) Physical Activity Domain among Toddlers. Research Square. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-8139126/v1

Environmental Science

Nayaka, R. S., Chan, J. L., Michael S. Bloom, M. S., Purohit, H., Analyzing novel crowdsourced data sources and their role in understanding health outcomes of climate change-driven disasters. Hygiene and Environmental Health Advances, Volume 17, 2026, 100167, ISSN 2773-0492, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heha.2026.100167