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Publications

Carpenter D., Hassell S., Mardon R., Fair S., Johnson M., Siegel S., and Nix M. (2018).

Using learning communities to support adoption of health care innovations.

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 44(10), 566-573.
DOI | PubMed
Robinson E., Lubar E., Singer J., Kellman D., Katz B., and Kuznicki S. (2018).

State of the practice for traveler information during nonrecurring events.

FHWA-HRT-17-014. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.
Source (PDF)
Daley T.C., Edwards J., Fiore T.A., and Johnson L. (2018).

National Evaluation of the State Deaf-Blind Projects.

NCEE 2018-4006. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education.
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Lipman P.D., Huang J.C., and Mullins C.D. (2017).

Bridging the divide: Building infrastructure to support community-academic partnerships and improve capacity to conduct patient-centered outcomes research.

Translational Behavioral Medicine 1-10.
DOI | PubMed
Rogers R.S. (2017).

Effective collaboration between statisticians and principal investigators.

AMSTAT News, Master's Notebook.
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Vidal S. (2017).

Juvenile parole.

In C.K. Schreck, M. Leiber, H.V. Miller, and K. Welch (Eds.), The encyclopedia of juvenile delinquency and justice. New York, NY: Wiley-Blackwell.
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Wolbach T., Bloomfield G., Xavier D., Belis D., Alam D., Davis P., Dorairaj P., Ghannem H., Gilman R., Kamath D., Kimaiyo S., Levitt N., Martinez H., Mejicano G., Miranda J., Perez-Koehlmoos T., Rabadan-Diehl C., Ramirez-Zea M., Rubinstein A., Sacksteder K., Steyn K., and Tandon N. (2016).

Training and capacity building in LMIC for research in heart and lung diseases: The NHLBI–UnitedHealth Global Health Centers of Excellence program review.

Global Heart, 11(1), 17-25.
DOI | PubMed
Feldman J.M., Dynarski M., and Betts J. (2016).

Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Features of schools in DC.

(NCEE 2016-4007). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education.
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Egan L.C., Marbach-Ad G., and Thompson K. (2016).

A disciplinary teaching and learning center: Applying pedagogical content knowledge to faculty development.

In G.C. Weaver, W.D. Burgess, A.L. Childress, and L. Slakey (Eds.), Transforming institutions: Undergraduate STEM education for the 21st century. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press.
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Cohn A., Stanton C.A., Niaura R., Elmasry H., and Ehlke S. (2016).

Characteristics of U.S. substance abuse treatment facilities offering HIV services: Results from a national survey.

Psychiatric Services, 67(6), 692-695.
DOI | PubMed
Sarr M., Mbengue M.A.S., Diaw P.A., Diall P.A.N., Toure M.D., Faye N.F.F.N., Gueye B., Kane N.C.T., and Mboup S. (2016).

Establishing a national laboratory quality system for HIV diagnosis and monitoring in resource-limited settings: Experience from Senegal.

African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 5(2), e1-e4.
DOI
Hamilton C.D., Swaminathan S., Christopher D.J., Ellner J., Gupta A., Sterling T.R., Rolla V., Srinivasan S., Karyana M., Siddiqui S., Stoszek S.K., and Kim P. (2015).

RePORT International: Advancing tuberculosis biomarker research through global collaboration.

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 61(suppl. 3), S155-S159.
DOI | PubMed
Gohagan J.K., Prorok P.C., Yurgalevitch S., Miller A.B., Feld R., Fontana R., Jatoi I., Lawrence W., Miller A., Rajput A., Sherman M., Welch G., Wright P., and Albertsen P. (2015).

Changes in and impact of the death review process in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial.

Reviews on Recent Clinical Trials, 10(3), 206-211.
Source | PubMed
Elci O.U., Wright S.W., Steenhoff A.P., Wolfe H.A., Ralston M., Kgosiesele T., Makone I., Mazhani L., Nadkarni V.M., and Meaney P.A. (2015).

Impact of contextualized pediatric resuscitation training on pediatric healthcare providers in Botswana.

Resuscitation, 88, 57-62.
PubMed
Avrunin-Becker S. (2015).

How to make a stunning state map using SAS/Graph for Beginners.

Proceedings of the SouthEast SAS Users Group Conference.
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Gohagan J.K., Gren L.H., Higgins D., Lappe K., O'Brien B., Prorok P.C., Shambaugh V., Yurgalevitch S., Wright P., Riley T., Broski K., Fouad M.N., Ogden S., and Pinsky P.F. (2015).

Managing multi-center recruitment in the PLCO Cancer Screening Trial.

Reviews on Recent Clinical Trials, 10(3), 187-193.
PubMed
Gohagan J.K., Yurgalevitch S., Carrick D.M., Black A., Khan A.I., Pettit K.A., Williams C., Yu K., Huang W.Y., and Zhu C. (2015).

The PLCO Biorepository: Creating, maintaining, and administering a unique biospecimen resource.

Reviews on Recent Clinical Trials, 10(3), 212-222.
PubMed
Bouhaddou O., Pan E.C., Botts N., Lyle J., Swall M., Cullen T., Donahue M., and Hsing N. (2015).

Veterans Health Administration experience with data quality surveillance of continuity of care documents: Interoperability challenges for eHealth exchange participants.

AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings (pp. 870-879). Bethesda, MD: American Medical Informatics Association.
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Worrell C., Harris D.R., Hazra R., Abreu T., Ferreira F.G., Ruz N.P., and Krauss M.R. (2015).

Tuberculosis in HIV-infected infants, children, and adolescents in Latin America.

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 19(1), 23-29.
DOI | PubMed
Egan L.C., Tompson K., and Marbach-Ad G. (2015).

A discipline-based teaching and learning center: A model for professional development.

New York, NY: Springer.
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Claus R.E., Hagen C.A., Harmon M.A., Crosse S.B., Bauer E., and Greene A. (2015).

Kiosk supervision: A guidebook for community corrections professionals.

National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice. Rockville, MD: Westat.
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Raithel M.A. (2014).

Supporting SAS In a research environment.

Proceedings of SAS Global Forum 2014 Conference. Cary, NC: SAS Institute Inc.
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O'Hara N., Munk T.E., Reedy K., D'Agord C., Inglish J., and DuRant S. (2014).

Equity, inclusion, and opportunity: Addressing success gaps, white paper.

Rockville, MD: IDEA Data Center, Regional Resource Center Program, National RTI Center, Data Accountability Center.
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Levi S., Kislev S., Golan E., and Tal S. (2014).

Increasing child passenger safety via a national action plan.

Protection of Children in Cars Conference Proceedings. Munich, Germany: Tuv Sud Group.
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Feldman J.M., Koenig K., Siegel D., and Cohen S. (2014).

Issues in implementing a comprehensive intervention for public school children with autism spectrum disorders.

Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community, 42(4), 248-263.
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Harris D.R., Mold J.W., Fox C., Lipman P.D., Aspy C.B., Smith P.D., Zink T., Knox L., Solberg L., Krauss M.R., and Cohen R.A. (2014).

Leveraging practice-based research networks to accelerate implementation and diffusion of chronic kidney disease guidelines in primary care practice: A prospective cohort study.

Implementation Science, 9, 169.
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Lipman P.D., Lange C.J., Peterson K.A., and Cohen R.A. (2014).

A mixed-methods study of research dissemination across practice-based research networks.

Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 37(2), 179-188.
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Green T. and Berktold J. (2014).

NACCHO’s National Community of Practice support for local evidence-based chronic disease self-management program.

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 20(5), 551-553.
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Dougherty R.H., Lyman D.R., George P., Ghose S.S., Daniels A.S., and Delphin-Rittmon M.E. (2014).

Assessing the evidence base for behavioral health services: Introduction to the series.

Psychiatric Services, 65(1), 42689.
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Simbiri K.O., Biddle J., Kinyera T., Were P.A., Tenge C., Kawira E., Masalu N., Sumba P.O., Lawler-Heavner J., Stefan C.D., Buonaguro F.M., Robinson D., Newton R., Harford J., Bhatia K., and Mbulaiteye S.M. (2014).

Burkitt lymphoma research in East Africa: Highlights from the 9th African Organization for Research and Training in Cancer Conference held in Durban, South Africa in 2013.

Infectious Agents and Cancer, 9, 32.
DOI | PubMed
Loureiro P., de Almeida-Neto C., Carneiro-Proietti A.B., Capuani L., Gonçalez T.T., Oliveira C.D., Leão S.C., Lopes M.I., Sampaio D., Patavino G.M., Ferreira J.E., Blatyta P.F., Lopes M.D., Mendrone A., Salles N.A., King M.R., Murphy E.L., Busch M.P., Custer B., and Sabino E.C. (2014).

Contribution of the Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study (REDS) to research on blood transfusion safety in Brazil.

Brazilian Hematology and Hemotherapy.
PubMed
Edwards J.M., Stein-Seroussi A., Flewelling R.L., Orwin R.G., and Landy A.L. (2014).

Effects of the Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentives Grant (SPF SIG) on state prevention infrastructure in 26 states.

Journal of Primary Prevention, 35(3), 163-180.
DOI | PubMed

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