Yue Zhang

Yue Zhang, PhD

Languages spoken: English, Chinese

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Internal Medicine , Adjunct - Family & Preventive Medicine , Adjunct - Population Health Sciences

Divisions: Epidemiology , Public Health

Research Interests

  • Development and Application of Statistical Methods in the Epidemiology and Clinical Trial
  • Clustered and Longitudinal Data Analysis
  • Multilevel and Joint Outcome Modeling Techniques
  • Latent Variable Methods
  • Bayesian Inference
  • MCMC Simulation
  • Flexible Semiparametric Regression
  • Survival Analysis
  • Stochastic Processes
  • Multivariate Analysis and Quantile Regression

Education History

Fellowship University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine
 Postdoctoral Research Associate
Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
 PhD
Graduate Training School of Nature Sciences and Mathematics, University of Texas at Dallas
 MS
Tianjin University
 BS

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Pham TM, Zhang Y, Nevers M, Li H, Khader K, Grad YH, Lipsitch M, Samore M (2024). Trends in infection incidence and antimicrobial resistance in the US Veterans Affairs Healthcare System: a nationwide retrospective cohort study (2007-22). Lancet Infect Dis. (Read full article)
  2. Zenger B, Spertus JA, Torre M, Lyons A, Bunch TJ, Hess R, Zhang Y, Piccini JP, Millar MM, Lobban T, Steinberg BA (2024). Discordant Treatment Goals for Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Clinical Trials Metrics. JACC Clin Electrophysiol. (Read full article)
  3. Holeman TA, Chester C, Hales JB, Zhang Y, Johnson CE, Brooke BS (2024). Long-term patient-reported outcomes among patients undergoing revascularization vs medical therapy for intermittent claudication. J Vasc Surg, 80(2), 466-477.e4. (Read full article)
  4. Zenger B, Torre M, Zhang Y, Boo L, Jamshidian F, Young J, Bunch TJ, Steinberg BA (2024). Comprehensive analysis of same day discharge after atrial fibrillation ablation: Clinical, cost, and patient reported outcomes. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol, 35(8), 1570-1578. (Read full article)
  5. Yoon J, Phibbs CS, Ong MK, Vanneman ME, Kizer KW, Chow A, Redd A, Jiang H, Zhang Y (2024). Acute hospitalizations and outcomes in Veterans Affairs Hospitals 2011 to 2017. Medicine (Baltimore), 103(30), e38934. (Read full article)
  6. Duong KNC, Nguyen DT, Kategeaw W, Liang X, Khaing W, Visnovsky LD, Veettil SK, McFarland MM, Nelson RE, Jones BE, Pavia AT, Coates E, Khader K, Love J, Vega Yon GG, Zhang Y, Willson T, Dorsan E, Toth DJA, Jones MM, Samore MH, Chaiyakunapruk N (2024). Incorporating social determinants of health into transmission modeling of COVID-19 vaccine in the US: a scoping review. Lancet Reg Health Am, 35, 100806. (Read full article)
  7. Kukhareva PV, Li H, Caverly TJ, Fagerlin A, Del Fiol G, Hess R, Zhang Y, Butler JM, Schlechter C, Flynn MC, Reddy C, Choi J, Balbin C, Warner IA, Warner PB, Nanjo C, Kawamoto K (2024). Lung Cancer Screening Before and After a Multifaceted Electronic Health Record Intervention: A Nonrandomized Controlled Trial. JAMA Netw Open, 7(6), e2415383. (Read full article)
  8. Dizon MP, Kizer KW, Ong MK, Phibbs CS, Vanneman ME, Wong EP, Zhang Y, Yoon J (2023). Differences in use of Veterans Health Administration and non-Veterans Health Administration hospitals by rural and urban Veterans after access expansions. J Rural Health, 40(3), 446-456. (Read full article)
  9. Abedin Z, Herner M, Torre M, Zhang Y, Orton C, Lyons A, Bunch TJ, Steinberg BA (2024). Patient-reported symptomatic events do not adequately reflect atrial arrhythmia. Heart Rhythm. (Read full article)
  10. Dizon MP, Chow A, Ong MK, Phibbs CS, Vanneman ME, Zhang Y, Yoon J (2024). Lower comorbidity scores and severity levels in Veterans Health Administration hospitals: a cross-sectional study. BMC Health Serv Res, 24(1), 601. (Read full article)
  11. Nkoy FL, Stone BL, Zhang Y, Luo G (2024). A Roadmap for Using Causal Inference and Machine Learning to Personalize Asthma Medication Selection. JMIR Med Inform, 12, e56572. (Read full article)
  12. Winkler JR, Dixon BL, Singh I, Soto R, Qiu Y, Zhang Y, Porucznik CA, Stanford JB (2024). Prenatal exposure to environmental toxins and comprehensive dental findings in a population cohort of children. BMC Oral Health, 24(1), 326. (Read full article)
  13. Yoon J, Ong MK, Vanneman ME, Zhang Y, Dizon MP, Phibbs CS (2023). Hospital and Patient Factors Affecting Veterans' Hospital Choice. Med Care Res Rev, 81(1), 58-67. (Read full article)
  14. Yoon J, Phibbs CS, Ong MK, Vanneman ME, Chow A, Redd A, Kizer KW, Dizon MP, Wong E, Zhang Y (2023). Outcomes of Veterans Treated in Veterans Affairs Hospitals vs Non-Veterans Affairs Hospitals. JAMA Netw Open, 6(12), e2345898. (Read full article)
  15. Kukhareva PV, Li H, Caverly TJ, Del Fiol G, Fagerlin A, Butler JM, Hess R, Zhang Y, Taft T, Flynn MC, Reddy C, Martin DK, Warner IA, Rodriguez-Loya S, Warner PB, Kawamoto K (2023). Implementation of Lung Cancer Screening in Primary Care and Pulmonary Clinics: Pragmatic Clinical Trial of Electronic Health Record-Integrated Everyday Shared Decision-Making Tool and Clinician-Facing Prompts. Chest, 164(5), 1325-1338. (Read full article)
  16. Redmond SM, Ash AC, Zhang Y (2023). A preliminary study of the effects of stimulant medications on estimates of psycholinguistic abilities for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Clin Linguist Phon, 1-21. (Read full article)
  17. Hendrickson NR, Zhang Y, Amoafo L, Randell Z, Rasmussen M, Zeidan M, Shorten P, Brodke DS, Spina N, Lawrence BD, Spiker WR (2022). Risk Factors for Postoperative Ileus in Patients Undergoing Spine Surgery. Global Spine J, 13(8), 2176-2181. (Read full article)
  18. Garrett AL, Burch J, Zhang Y, Li H, Sundar KM, Farney RJ (2023). Depicting and defining sleep disturbed breathing associated with vagal nerve stimulation. Sleep Med, 110, 68-75. (Read full article)
  19. Myhre L, Olsen Z, Li H, Zhang Y, Cizik AM, Haller J (2022). Determining the clinical significance of the PROMIS physical function score in the setting of femur fractures. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol, 33(6), 2277-2282. (Read full article)
  20. Thorne T, Kellam P, Nelson C, Li H, Zhang Y, Cizik A, Marchand L, Haller JM (2023). Minimal Clinically Important Differences of Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Physical Function in Patients With Tibial Shaft Fracture. J Orthop Trauma, 37(8), 401-406. (Read full article)
  21. Hartsell JD, Leung DT, Zhang Y, Delgado JC, Alder SC, Samore MH (2023). Sex difference in the discordance between Abbott Architect and EuroImmun serological assays. PeerJ, 11, e15247. (Read full article)
  22. Thorne T, Cizik A, Dong W, Da Silva Z, Wei Y, Zhang Y, Haller JM (2023). The trajectory of patient-reported outcomes and minimal clinically important differences in isolated and polytraumatic pelvis and acetabular fractures. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. (Read full article)
  23. Schlechter CR, Reese TJ, Wirth J, Gibson B, Kawamoto K, Siaperas T, Pruhs A, Dinkins CP, Zhang Y, Friedrichs M, George S, Lam CY, Pierce JH, Borsato EP, Cornia RC, Stevens L, Martinez A, Bradshaw RL, Kaphingst KA, Hess R, Del Fiol G, Wetter DW (2023). Rapid-cycle designs to adapt interventions for COVID-19 in safety-net healthcare systems. Transl Behav Med, 13(6), 389-399. (Read full article)
  24. Schliep KC, Shaaban CE, Meeks H, Fraser A, Smith KR, Majersik JJ, Foster NL, Wactawski-Wende J, stbye T, Tschanz J, Padbury JF, Sharma S, Zhang Y, Facelli JC, Abdelrahman CS, Theilen L, Varner MW (2023). Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and subsequent risk of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. Alzheimers Dement (Amst), 15(2), e12443. (Read full article)
  25. Pei S, Blumberg S, Vega JC, Robin T, Zhang Y, Medford RJ, Adhikari B, Shaman J, CDC MIND-Healthcare Program (2023). Challenges in Forecasting Antimicrobial Resistance. Emerg Infect Dis, 29(4), 679-685. (Read full article)
  26. Schlechter CR, Reese TJ, Wirth J, Gibson B, Kawamoto K, Siaperas T, Pruhs A, Pariera Dinkins C, Zhang Y, Friedrichs M, George S, Lam CY, Pierce JH, Borsato EP, Cornia RC, Stevens L, Martinez A, Bradshaw RL, Kaphingst KA, Hess R, Del Fiol G, Wetter DW (2023). Rapid-cycle designs to adapt interventions for COVID-19 in safety-net healthcare systems. Transl Behav Med, 13(6), 389-399. (Read full article)
  27. Tjilos M, Drainoni ML, Burrowes SAB, Butler JM, Damschroder LJ, Bidwell Goetz M, Madaras-Kelly K, Reardon CM, Samore MH, Shen J, Stenehjem EA, Zhang Y, Barlam TF (2023). A qualitative evaluation of frontline clinician perspectives toward antibiotic stewardship programs. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 1-7. (Read full article)
  28. Graber CJ, Simon AR, Zhang Y, Goetz MB, Jones MM, Butler JM, Chou AF, Glassman PA (2022). Performance of infectious diseases specialists, hospitalists, and other internal medicine physicians in antimicrobial case-based scenarios: Potential impact of antimicrobial stewardship programs at 16 Veterans' Affairs medical centers. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 44(3), 400-405. (Read full article)
  29. Bakian AV, Chen D, Zhang C, Hanson HA, Docherty AR, Keeshin B, Gray D, Smith KR, VanDerslice JA, Yu DZ, Zhang Y, Coon H (2021). A population-wide analysis of the familial risk of suicide in Utah, USA. Psychol Med, 53(4), 1448-1457. (Read full article)
  30. Jenkinson RH, Wendahl A, Zhang Y, Sindt JE (2023). Creating Realistic Definitions of Clinically Significant Radiographic Lead Migration - A Response to "Migration of Epidural Leads During Spinal Cord Stimulator Trials" [Response to Letter]. J Pain Res, 16, 513-514. (Read full article)
  31. Peck A, Handy RG, Sleeth DK, Schaefer C, Zhang Y, Pahler LF, Ramsay J, Collingwood SC (2023). Aerosol Measurement Degradation in Low-Cost Particle Sensors Using Laboratory Calibration and Field Validation. Toxics, 11(1). (Read full article)
  32. Zenger B, Li H, Bunch TJ, Crawford C, Fang JC, Groh CA, Hess R, Navaravong L, Ranjan R, Young J, Zhang Y, Steinberg BA (2022). Major drivers of healthcare system costs and cost variability for routine atrial fibrillation ablation. Heart Rhythm O2, 4(4), 251-257. (Read full article)
  33. Zhang Y, Li Haojia Jones, Barbara E Rubin, Michael Haroldsen, Candace, Willson, Tina M and Effiong, Atim and Cole, Jessica and Khader, Karim (2022/12). Predictors of Co-infection with Multidrug Resistant Organisms among Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19: An Exploratory Analysis. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 9(Supplement_2).
  34. Rizzi SA, Torre M, Bunch TJ, Fang J, Hess R, Rodriguez-Correa C, Spertus JA, Stehlik J, Zhang M, Zhang Y, Steinberg BA (2022). Ejection Fraction Improvement Does Not Reflect Changes in Quality of Life Following Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy. Crit Pathw Cardiol, 21(4), 201-205. (Read full article)
  35. Xu Y, Greene TH, Bress AP, Bellows BK, Zhang Y, Zhang Z, Kolm P, Weintraub WS, Moran AS, Shen J (2022). An efficient approach for optimizing the cost-effective individualized treatment rule using conditional random forest. Stat Methods Med Res, 31(11), 2122-2136. (Read full article)
  36. Myhre L, Olsen Z, Li H, Zhang Y, Cizik AM, Haller J (2022). Determining the clinical significance of the PROMIS physical function score in the setting of femur fractures. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol, 33(6), 2277-2282. (Read full article)
  37. Wei B, Zhang Y, Gong X (2022). DeepLPI: a novel deep learning-based model for protein-ligand interaction prediction for drug repurposing. Sci Rep, 12(1), 18200. (Read full article)
  38. Jenkinson RH, Wendahl A, Zhang Y, Sindt JE (2022). Migration of Epidural Leads During Spinal Cord Stimulator Trials. J Pain Res, 15, 2999-3005. (Read full article)
  39. Zhai Y, Dong S, Li H, Zhang Y, Shami P, Chen M (2022). Antibody-mediated depletion of programmed death 1-positive (PD-1(+)) cells. J Control Release, 349, 425-433. (Read full article)
  40. Steinberg BA, Woolley S, Li H, Crawford C, Groh CA, Navaravong L, Ranjan R, Zenger B, Zhang Y, Bunch TJ (2022). Patient-reported outcomes and costs associated with vascular closure and same-day discharge following atrial fibrillation ablation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol, 33(8), 1737-1744. (Read full article)
  41. Myhre L, Kellam P, Dekeyser G, Li H, Zhang Y, Cizik AM, Haller J (2022). Minimal Clinically Important Differences of PROMIS PF in Ankle Fracture Patients. Foot Ankle Int, 43(7), 968-972. (Read full article)
  42. Randall DJ, Zhang Y, Li H, Hubbard JC, Kazmers NH (2022). Establishing the Minimal Clinically Important Difference and Substantial Clinical Benefit for the Pain Visual Analog Scale in a Postoperative Hand Surgery Population. J Hand Surg Am, 47(7), 645-653. (Read full article)
  43. Yoon J, Kizer KW, Ong MK, Zhang Y, Vanneman ME, Chow A, Phibbs CS (2022). Health Care Access Expansions and Use of Veterans Affairs and Other Hospitals by Veterans. JAMA Health Forum, 3(6), e221409. (Read full article)
  44. Sulkar HJ, Knighton TW, Amoafo L, Aliaj K, Kolz CW, Zhang Y, Hermans T, Henninger HB (2021). In Vitro Simulation of Shoulder Motion Driven by Three-Dimensional Scapular and Humeral Kinematics. J Biomech Eng, 144(5). (Read full article)
  45. Kukhareva PV, Caverly TJ, Li H, Katki HA, Cheung LC, Reese TJ, Del Fiol G, Hess R, Wetter DW, Zhang Y, Taft TY, Flynn MC, Kawamoto K (2021). Inaccuracies in electronic health records smoking data and a potential approach to address resulting underestimation in determining lung cancer screening eligibility. J Am Med Inform Assoc, 29(5), 779-788. (Read full article)
  46. Hubbard JC, Zhang Y, Qiu Y, Yoo M, Stephens AR, Zeidan M, Kazmers NH (2022). Establishing the Substantial Clinical Benefit in a Non-Shoulder Hand and Upper Extremity Population for the QuickDASH and PROMIS Upper Extremity and Physical Function Computer Adaptive Tests. J Hand Surg Am, 47(4), 358-369.e3. (Read full article)
  47. Gibson B, Simonsen S, Jensen JD, Yingling L, Schaefer J, Sundaresh V, Zhang Y, Altizer R (2022). Mobile Virtual Reality Versus Mobile 360° Video to Promote Enrollment in the Diabetes Prevention Program Among Hispanic Adults: Pilot Study. JMIR Diabetes, 7(1), e26013. (Read full article)
  48. Butler JM, Gibson B, Patterson OV, Damschroder LJ, Halls CH, Denhalter DW, Samore MH, Li H, Zhang Y, DuVall SL (2022). Clinician documentation of patient centered care in the electronic health record. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak, 22(1), 65. (Read full article)
  49. Xu Y, Greene TH, Bress AP, Sauer BC, Bellows BK, Zhang Y, Weintraub WS, Moran AE, Shen J (2020). Estimating the optimal individualized treatment rule from a cost-effectiveness perspective. Biometrics, 78(1), 337-351. (Read full article)
  50. Stratakis N, Garcia E, Chandran A, Hsu T, Alshawabkeh A, Aris IM, Aschner JL, Breton C, Burbank A, Camargo CA Jr, Carroll KN, Chen Z, Claud EC, Dabelea D, Dunlop AL, Elliott AJ, Ferrara A, Ganiban JM, Gern JE, Gold DR, Gower WA, Hertz-Picciotto I, Karagas MR, Karr CJ, Lester B, Leve LD, Litonjua AA, Ludena Y, McEvoy CT, Miller RL, Mueller NT, OConnor TG, Oken E, OShea TM, Perera F, Stanford JB, Rivera-Spoljaric K, Rundle A, Trasande L, Wright RJ, Zhang Y, Zhu Y, Berhane K, Gilliland F, Chatzi L, program collaborators for Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (2021). The Role of Childhood Asthma in Obesity Development: A Nationwide US Multicohort Study. Epidemiology, 33(1), 131-140. (Read full article)
  51. Dodson MW, Cirulis MM, Li H, Yue Z, Brown LM, Elliott CG (2022). Frequency of Thrombotic Risk Factors in Patients with Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension and Acute Pulmonary Embolism: A Case-Control Study. Clin Appl Thromb Hemost, 28, 10760296211073277. (Read full article)
  52. Johnson SA, Mendoza DL, Zhang Y, Pirozzi CS (2021). Effects of Short-Term Air Pollution Exposure on Venous Thromboembolism: A Case-Crossover Study. Ann Am Thorac Soc, 18(12), 1988-1996. (Read full article)
  53. Zhang Y, Eckel SP, Berhane K, Garcia E, Muchmore P, Molshatzki NB, Rappaport EB, Linn WS, Habre R, Gilliland FD (2021). Long-term exposures to air pollutants affect F (eNO) in children: a longitudinal study. Eur Respir J, 58(5). (Read full article)
  54. Burrowes SAB, Drainoni ML, Tjilos M, Butler JM, Damschroder LJ, Goetz MB, Madaras-Kelly K, Reardon CM, Samore MH, Shen J, Stenehjem E, Zhang Y, Barlam TF (2021). Survey of physician and pharmacist steward perceptions of their antibiotic stewardship programs. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol, 1(1), e48. (Read full article)
  55. Toth DJA, Beams AB, Keegan LT, Zhang Y, Greene T, Orleans B, Seegert N, Looney A, Alder SC, Samore MH (2021). High variability in transmission of SARS-CoV-2 within households and implications for control. PLoS One, 16(11), e0259097. (Read full article)
  56. Samore MH, Looney A, Orleans B, Greene T, Seegert N, Delgado JC, Presson A, Zhang C, Ying J, Zhang Y, Shen J, Slev P, Gaulin M, Yang MJ, Pavia AT, Alder SC (2021). Probability-Based Estimates of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Seroprevalence and Detection Fraction, Utah, USA. Emerg Infect Dis, 27(11), 2786-2794. (Read full article)
  57. Kazmers NH, Qiu Y, Yoo M, Stephens AR, Zeidan M, Zhang Y (2021). Establishing the Minimal Clinically Important Difference for the PROMIS Upper Extremity Computer Adaptive Test Version 2.0 in a Nonshoulder Hand and Upper Extremity Population. J Hand Surg Am, 46(10), 927.e1-927.e10. (Read full article)
  58. Randall DJ, Zhang Y, Harris AP, Qiu Y, Li H, Stephens AR, Kazmers NH (2021). The minimal clinically important difference of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) physical function and upper extremity computer adaptive tests and QuickDASH in the setting of elbow trauma. JSES Int, 5(6), 1132-1138. (Read full article)
  59. Mendoza, Daniel L and Benney, Tabitha M and Ganguli, Rajive and Pothina, Rambabu and Pirozzi, Cheryl S and Quackenbush, Cameron and Baty, Samuel R and Crosman, Erik T and Zhang, Yue (2021). The Role of Structural Inequality on COVID-19 Incidence Rates at the Neighborhood Scale in Urban Areas. COVID, 1(1), 186--202.
  60. McKenzie P, Fang J, Davis J, Qiu Y, Zhang Y, Adler DG, Gawron AJ (2020). Safety of endoscopist-directed nurse-administered balanced propofol sedation in patients with severe systemic disease (ASA class III). Gastrointest Endosc, 94(1), 124-130. (Read full article)
  61. Weidhaas J, Aanderud ZT, Roper DK, VanDerslice J, Gaddis EB, Ostermiller J, Hoffman K, Jamal R, Heck P, Zhang Y, Torgersen K, Laan JV, LaCross N (2021). Correlation of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater with COVID-19 disease burden in sewersheds. Sci Total Environ, 775, 145790. (Read full article)
  62. Gibson B, Simonsen S, Barton J, Zhang Y, Altizer R, Lundberg K, Wetter DW (2021). Motivation and Problem Solving Versus Mobile 360° Videos to Promote Enrollment in the National Diabetes Prevention Program's Lifestyle Change Program Among People With Prediabetes: Protocol for a Randomized Trial. JMIR Res Protoc, 10(6), e28884. (Read full article)
  63. Uehara H, Zhang X, Pereira F, Narendran S, Choi S, Bhuvanagiri S, Liu J, Ravi Kumar S, Bohner A, Carroll L, Archer B, Zhang Y, Liu W, Gao G, Ambati J, Jun AS, Ambati BK (2021). Start codon disruption with CRISPR/Cas9 prevents murine Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy. Elife, 10. (Read full article)
  64. Kazmers NH, Qiu Y, Ou Z, Presson AP, Tyser AR, Zhang Y (2021). Minimal Clinically Important Difference of the PROMIS Upper-Extremity Computer Adaptive Test and QuickDASH for Ligament Reconstruction Tendon Interposition Patients. J Hand Surg Am, 46(6), 516-516.e7. (Read full article)
  65. Wang L, Nielsen K, Goldberg J, Brown JR, Rumsfeld JS, Steinberg BA, Zhang Y, Matheny ME, Shah RU (2021). Association of Wearable Device Use With Pulse Rate and Health Care Use in Adults With Atrial Fibrillation. JAMA Netw Open, 4(5), e215821. (Read full article)
  66. Meredith HR, Arehart E, Grantz KH, Beams A, Sheets T, Nelson R, Zhang Y, Vinik RG, Barfuss D, Pettit JC, McCaffrey K, Dunn AC, Good M, Frattaroli S, Samore MH, Lessler J, Lee EC, Keegan LT (2021). Coordinated Strategy for a Model-Based Decision Support Tool for Coronavirus Disease, Utah, USA. Emerg Infect Dis, 27(5), 1259-1265. (Read full article)
  67. Alderden, Jennyand Amoafo, Lindaand Zhang, Yueand Fife, Carolineand Yap, Davidand Yap, Tracey (2021/Aug). Comparing Risk Profiles in Critical Care Patients With Stage 2 and Deep Tissue Pressure Injuries: Exploratory Retrospective Cohort Study. JMIR Dermatol, 4(2), e29757.
  68. Kolz CW, Sulkar HJ, Aliaj K, Tashjian RZ, Chalmers PN, Qiu Y, Zhang Y, Bo Foreman K, Anderson AE, Henninger HB (2021). Age-related differences in humerothoracic, scapulothoracic, and glenohumeral kinematics during elevation and rotation motions. J Biomech, 117, 110266. (Read full article)
  69. Tanner WD, Leecaster MK, Zhang Y, Stratford KM, Mayer J, Visnovsky LD, Alhmidi H, Cadnum JL, Jencson AL, Koganti S, Bennett CP, Donskey CJ, Noble-Wang J, Reddy SC, Rose LJ, Watson L, Ide E, Wipperfurth T, Safdar N, Arasim M, Macke C, Roman P, Krein SL, Loc-Carrillo C, Samore MH (2020). Environmental Contamination of Contact Precaution and Non-Contact Precaution Patient Rooms in Six Acute Care Facilities. Clin Infect Dis, 72(Suppl 1), S8-S16. (Read full article)
  70. Stevens VW, Russo EM, Young-Xu Y, Leecaster M, Zhang Y, Zhang C, Yu H, Cai B, Gonzalez EN, Gerding DN, Lawrence J, Samore MH (2020). Identification of patients at risk of Clostridioides difficile infection for enrollment in vaccine clinical trials. Vaccine, 39(3), 536-544. (Read full article)
  71. Alderden J, Cowan LJ, Dimas JB, Chen D, Zhang Y, Cummins M, Yap TL (2020). Risk Factors for Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injury in Surgical Critical Care Patients. Am J Crit Care, 29(6), e128-e134. (Read full article)
  72. Mendoza DL, Pirozzi CS, Crosman ET, Liou TG, Zhang Y, Cleeves JJ, Bannister SC, Anderegg WRL, Robert P 3rd (2020). Impact of low-level fine particulate matter and ozone exposure on absences in K-12 students and economic consequences. Environ Res Lett, 15(11). (Read full article)
  73. Kolz CW, Sulkar HJ, Aliaj K, Tashjian RZ, Chalmers PN, Qiu Y, Zhang Y, Foreman KB, Anderson AE, Henninger HB (2020). Reliable interpretation of scapular kinematics depends on coordinate system definition. Gait Posture, 81, 183-190. (Read full article)
  74. Graber CJ, Jones MM, Goetz MB, Madaras-Kelly K, Zhang Y, Butler JM, Weir C, Chou AF, Youn SY, Samore MH, Glassman PA (2019). Decreases in Antimicrobial Use Associated With Multihospital Implementation of Electronic Antimicrobial Stewardship Tools. Clin Infect Dis, 71(5), 1168-1176. (Read full article)
  75. Taylor CE, Drew AJ, Zhang Y, Qiu Y, Bachus KN, Foreman KB, Henninger HB (2020). Upper extremity prosthetic selection influences loading of transhumeral osseointegrated systems. PLoS One, 15(8), e0237179. (Read full article)
  76. Stevens VW, Khader K, Echevarria K, Nelson RE, Zhang Y, Jones M, Timbrook TT, Samore MH, Rubin MA (2019). Use of Oral Vancomycin for Clostridioides difficile Infection and the Risk of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci. Clin Infect Dis, 71(3), 645-651. (Read full article)
  77. Garcia E, Zhang Y, Rappaport EB, Berhane K, Muchmore P, Silkoff PE, Molshatzki N, Gilliland FD, Eckel SP (2020). Patterns and determinants of exhaled nitric oxide trajectories in schoolchildren over a 7-year period. Eur Respir J, 56(1). (Read full article)
  78. Barlam TF, Childs E, Zieminski SA, Meshesha TM, Jones KE, Butler JM, Damschroder LJ, Goetz MB, Madaras-Kelly K, Reardon CM, Samore MH, Shen J, Stenehjem E, Zhang Y, Drainoni ML (2020). Perspectives of Physician and Pharmacist Stewards on Successful Antibiotic Stewardship Program Implementation: A Qualitative Study. Open Forum Infect Dis, 7(7), ofaa229. (Read full article)
  79. Zhang Y, Chen Z, Berhane K, Urman R, Chatzi VL, Breton C, Gilliland FD (2018). The Dynamic Relationship Between Asthma and Obesity in Schoolchildren. Am J Epidemiol, 189(6), 583-591. (Read full article)
  80. Carolyn E Taylor and Yue Zhang and Yuqing Qiu and Heath B Henninger and K Bo Foreman and Kent N Bachus (2020). Estimated forces and moments experienced by osseointegrated endoprostheses for lower extremity amputees. Gait & Posture, 80, 49-55.
  81. Suter T, Krhenbhl N, Howell CK, Zhang Y, Henninger HB (2019). Viewing perspective malrotation influences angular measurements on lateral radiographs of the scapula. J Shoulder Elbow Surg, 29(5), 1030-1039. (Read full article)
  82. Kazmers NH, Qiu Y, Yoo M, Stephens AR, Tyser AR, Zhang Y (2020). The Minimal Clinically Important Difference of the PROMIS and QuickDASH Instruments in a Nonshoulder Hand and Upper Extremity Patient Population. J Hand Surg Am, 45(5), 399-407.e6. (Read full article)
  83. Brown CT, Nam K, Zhang Y, Qiu Y, Dean SM, Dos Santos HT, Lei P, Andreadis ST, Baker OJ (2020). Sex-dependent Regeneration Patterns in Mouse Submandibular Glands. J Histochem Cytochem, 68(5), 305-318. (Read full article)
  84. Shah RU, Mukherjee R, Zhang Y, Jones AE, Springer J, Hackett I, Steinberg BA, Lloyd-Jones DM, Chapman WW (2020). Impact of Different Electronic Cohort Definitions to Identify Patients With Atrial Fibrillation From the Electronic Medical Record. J Am Heart Assoc, 9(5), e014527. (Read full article)
  85. Wambaugh JL, Wright S, Nessler C, Mauszycki SC, Bunker L, Boss E, Zhang Y, Hula WD, Doyle PJ (2020). Further Study of the Effects of Treatment Intensity on Outcomes of Sound Production Treatment for Acquired Apraxia of Speech: Does Dose Frequency Matter? Am J Speech Lang Pathol, 29(1), 263-285. (Read full article)
  86. Sayahi T, Kaufman D, Becnel T, Kaur K, Butterfield AE, Collingwood S, Zhang Y, Gaillardon PE, Kelly KE (2019). Development of a calibration chamber to evaluate the performance of low-cost particulate matter sensors. Environ Pollut, 255(Pt 1), 113131. (Read full article)
  87. Yeum D, Ju S, Cox KJ, Zhang Y, Stanford JB, Porucznik CA (2019). Association between peri-conceptional bisphenol A exposure in women and men and time to pregnancy-The HOPE study. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol, 33(6), 397-404. (Read full article)
  88. Ozudogru S, Neufeld A, Katz BJ, Baggaley S, Pippitt K, Zhang Y, Digre KB (2019). Reduced Visual Quality of Life Associated with Migraine is Most Closely Correlated with Symptoms of Dry Eye. Headache, 59(10), 1714-1721. (Read full article)
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