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Jiang S, Wu S, Zhao G, He Y, Guo X, Zhang Z, et al.
Emerg Microbes Infect . 2022 Feb; 11(1):730-740. PMID: 35171086
The COVID-19 disease caused by infection with SARS-CoV-2 and its variants is devastating to the global public health and economy. To date, over a hundred COVID-19 vaccines are known to...
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Jiang S, Wu S, Zhao G, He Y, Bao L, Liu J, et al.
Hum Vaccin Immunother . 2022 Jan; 18(1):2016201. PMID: 35061975
Genetic optimization of Nucleic Acid immunogens is important for potentially improving their immune potency. A COVID-19 DNA vaccine is in phase III clinical trial which is based on a promising...
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Newman L, Fejerman L, Pal T, Mema E, McGinty G, Cheng A, et al.
Curr Breast Cancer Rep . 2021 Aug; 13(3):110-112. PMID: 34394841
Purpose Of Review: The emergency medicine and critical care needs of the COVID-19 pandemic forced a sudden and dramatic disruption of cancer screening and treatment programs in the USA during...
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Jones A, Gicas K, Mostafavi S, Woodward M, Leonova O, Vila-Rodriguez F, et al.
Psychol Med . 2021 Jan; 52(13):2559-2569. PMID: 33455593
Background: People living in precarious housing or homelessness have higher than expected rates of psychotic disorders, persistent psychotic symptoms, and premature mortality. Psychotic symptoms can be modeled as a complex...
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Gicas K, Cheng A, Panenka W, Kim D, Yau J, Procyshyn R, et al.
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry . 2020 Sep; 106:110084. PMID: 32890696
Longitudinal studies of cannabis exposure during early adolescence in the general population frequently report an increased risk of subsequently developing psychotic symptoms or a psychotic illness. However, there is a...
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Alexander P, Gicas K, Cheng A, Lang D, Procyshyn R, Vertinsky A, et al.
Psychopharmacology (Berl) . 2019 Jun; 236(12):3385-3399. PMID: 31230145
Rationale: Schizophrenia and stimulant-induced psychosis (SIP) represent two different forms of psychotic disorder, with different etiologies. While many of the symptoms of psychosis are common to both disorders, there have...
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Gicas K, Cheng A, Rawtaer I, Willi T, Panenka W, Lang D, et al.
Brain Behav . 2019 Feb; 9(3):e01233. PMID: 30724486
Objective: We investigated white matter differences associated with distinct neurocognitive profiles derived from a large cohort of marginally housed persons with comorbid physical and mental illnesses. Our prior work identified...
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Schmitt T, Thornton A, Rawtaer I, Barr A, Gicas K, Lang D, et al.
J Neurotrauma . 2017 Jul; 34(23):3301-3310. PMID: 28741437
We characterized traumatic brain injury (TBI) and studied its associations with mental and physical health in a community cohort of homeless and vulnerably housed individuals. Detailed mental and physical health...
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Williams L, Seki Y, Delahaye F, Cheng A, Fuloria M, Einstein F, et al.
Diabetologia . 2016 May; 59(8):1714-23. PMID: 27185256
Aims/hypothesis: Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is associated with increased susceptibility to obesity, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. Although the mechanisms underlying the developmental origins of metabolic disease are poorly...
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Hollingsworth J, Rogers M, Krein S, Hickner A, Kuhn L, Cheng A, et al.
Ann Intern Med . 2013 Sep; 159(6):401-10. PMID: 24042368
Background: Although the epidemiology of catheter-associated urinary tract infection is well-described, little is known about noninfectious complications resulting from urethral catheter use. Purpose: To determine the frequency of noninfectious complications...