Benjamin J. Brintz, PhD

Journal Article

1. Davis KL, Nieznanski C, Maisha F, Brintz BJ, Clutter C, Alam M, Saleem C, Ali A, Morris JG, Leung DT (2025). Kinetics of vibriocidal antibody responses among cholera patients in Goma, the Democratic Republic of Congo. (Read full article)
2. Williams RJ, Brintz BJ, Nicholson WL, Crump JA, Moorthy G, Maro VP, Kinabo GD, Ngocho J, Saganda W, Leung DT, Rubach MP (2025). Derivation and Internal Validation of a Clinical Prediction Model for Diagnosis of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses in Northern Tanzania. Open Forum Infect Dis, 12(3), ofaf100. (Read full article)
3. Brintz BJ, Operario DJ, Brown DG, Wu S, Wang L, Houpt ER, Leung DT, Liu J, Platts-Mills JA (2025). Automated post-run analysis of arrayed quantitative PCR amplification curves using machine learning. Gates Open Res, 9, 1. (Read full article)
4. Fonseca-Romero P, Brintz BJ, Vierkant DM, Dien Bard J, Cohen DM, Festekjian A, Leber AL, Jackson JT, Kanwar N, Larsen C, Selvarangan R, Chapin KC, Pavia AT, Ahmed SM, Leung DT, IMPACT study investigators (2024). Etiologies of Bloody Diarrhea in Children Presenting With Acute Gastroenteritis to US Emergency Departments. Open Forum Infect Dis, 11(12), ofae692. (Read full article)
5. Wu YP, Woodside LA, Kaphingst KA, Jensen JD, Hamilton JG, Kohlmann W, Haaland B, Brintz BJ, Phillips SM, Hay JL (2024). The risk information and skin-cancer education for undergraduate prevention (RISE-UP) study: Protocol for a trial of personalized sun protection interventions for skin cancer prevention among undergraduate students. Contemp Clin Trials, 107728. (Read full article)
6. Brintz BJ, Colston JM, Ahmed SM, Chao DL, Zaitchik BF, Leung DT (2024). Assessment and comparison of model estimated and directly observed weather data for prediction of diarrhoea aetiology. Epidemiol Infect, 152, e122. (Read full article)
7. Bouldin ED, Brintz BJ, Hansen J, Rupper R, Brenner R, Intrator O, Kinosian B, Viny M, Dang S, Pugh MJ, Elizabeth Dole Center of Excellence for Veteran and Caregiver Research Team (2024). Trajectories and Transitions in Service Use Among Older Veterans at High Risk of Long-Term Institutional Care. Med Care, 62(10), 650-659. (Read full article)
8. Hanson OR, Khan II, Khan ZH, Amin MA, Biswas D, Islam MT, Nelson EJ, Ahmed SM, Brintz BJ, Hegde ST, Qadri F, Watt MH, Leung DT, Khan AI (2024). Identification, mapping, and self-reported practice patterns of village doctors in Sitakunda subdistrict, Bangladesh. J Glob Health, 14, 04185. (Read full article)
9. Brintz BJ, Madaras-Kelly K, Nevers M, Echevarria KL, Goetz MB, Samore MH (2024). Predicting antibiotic resistance in Enterobacterales to support optimal empiric treatment of urinary tract infections in outpatient veterans. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol, 4(1), e118. (Read full article)
10. Mamun GM, Moretti K, Afroze F, Brintz BJ, Rahman AS, Gainey M, Sarmin M, Shaima SN, Chisti MJ, Levine AC, Garbern SC (2024). Modelling climate impacts on paediatric sepsis incidence and severity in Bangladesh. J Glob Health, 14, 04107. (Read full article)
11. Garcia-Davis S, Tyagi P, Bouldin ED, Hansen J, Brintz BJ, Noel P, Rupper R, Trivedi R, Kinosian B, Intrator O, Pugh MJ, Leykum LK, Dang S (2024). Sex differences in unmet needs between male and female older veterans. J Women Aging, 1-16. (Read full article)
12. Quandt Z, Jacob S, Fadlullah MZH, Wu C, Wu C, Huppert L, Levine LS, Sison P, Tsai KK, Chow M, Kang JH, Hwang J, Lee JC, Oglesby A, Venegas J, Brintz BJ, Tan AC, Anderson MS, Rosenblum MD, Young A, Daud AI (2024). Phase II trial of pembrolizumab, ipilimumab, and aspirin in melanoma: clinical outcomes and translational predictors of response. BJC Rep, 2(1), 46. (Read full article)
13. Knudsen BS, Jadhav A, Perry LJ, Thagaard J, Deftereos G, Ying J, Brintz BJ, Zhang W (2024). A Pipeline for Evaluation of Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence Models to Quantify Programmed Death Ligand 1 Immunohistochemistry. Lab Invest, 104(6), 102070. (Read full article)
14. Fonseca-Romero P, Ahmed SM, Brintz BJ, Vierkant DM, Bard JD, Cohen DM, Festekjian A, Leber AL, Jackson JT, Kanwar N, Larsen C, Selvarangan R, Chapin KC, Pavia AT, IMPACT study investigators (2024). Etiologies of bloody diarrhea in children presenting with acute gastroenteritis to US emergency departments. (Read full article)
15. Williams RJ, Brintz BJ, Ribeiro Dos Santos G, Huang AT, Buddhari D, Kaewhiran S, Iamsirithaworn S, Rothman AL, Thomas S, Farmer A, Fernandez S, Cummings DAT, Anderson KB, Salje H, Leung DT (2024). Integration of population-level data sources into an individual-level clinical prediction model for dengue virus test positivity. Sci Adv, 10(7), eadj9786. (Read full article)
16. Ferrero A, Ghelichkhan E, Manoochehri H, Ho MM, Albertson DJ, Brintz BJ, Tasdizen T, Whitaker RT, Knudsen BS (2024). HistoEM: A Pathologist-Guided and Explainable Workflow Using Histogram Embedding for Gland Classification. Mod Pathol, 37(4), 100447. (Read full article)
17. Tonna JE, Pierce J, Brintz BJ, Bardsley T, Hatton N, Lewis G, Phillips JD, Skidmore CR, Selzman CH (2023). A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial of sterile filtered human amniotic fluid for treatment of COVID-19. BMC Infect Dis, 23(1), 864. (Read full article)
18. Brintz BJ, Colston JM, Ahmed SM, Chao DL, Zaitschik B, Leung DT (2023). Assessment of Model Estimated and Directly Observed Weather Data for Etiological Prediction of Diarrhea. (Read full article)
19. Dang S, Garcia-Davis S, Nol PH, Hansen J, Brintz BJ, Munoz R, Valencia Rodrigo WM, Rupper R, Bouldin ED, Trivedi R, Penney LS, Pugh MJ, Kinosian B, Intrator O, Leykum LK, Elizabeth Dole Center of Excellence for Veteran and Caregiver Research Team (2023). Measuring the unmet needs of American military Veterans and their caregivers: Survey protocol of the HERO CARE survey. J Am Geriatr Soc, 71(12), 3814-3825. (Read full article)
20. Williams RJ, Brintz BJ, Santos GRD, Huang A, Buddhari D, Kaewhiran S, Iamsirithaworn S, Rothman AL, Thomas S, Farmer A, Fernandez S, Cummings DAT, Anderson KB, Salje H, Leung DT (2023). Integration of population-level data sources into an individual-level clinical prediction model for dengue virus test positivity. (Read full article)
21. Mamun GMS, Zou M, Sarmin M, Brintz BJ, Rahman ASMMH, Parvin I, Ackhter MM, Chisti MJ, Leung DT, Shahrin L (2023). Derivation and validation of a clinical prediction model for risk-stratification of children hospitalized with severe pneumonia in Bangladesh. PLOS Glob Public Health, 3(8), e0002216. (Read full article)
22. Garbern SC, Islam MT, Islam K, Ahmed SM, Brintz BJ, Khan AI, Taniuchi M, Platts-Mills JA, Qadri F, Leung DT (2023). Derivation and External Validation of a Clinical Prediction Model for Viral Diarrhea Etiology in Bangladesh. Open Forum Infect Dis, 10(7). (Read full article)
23. Le HDH, Sreekantaswamy S, Lind H, Birdsall MB, Jensen J, Foster-Palmer SC, Brintz BJ, Chow C, Richards B, Cipriano SD (2023). Skin Color Representation in Teaching Photographs: One Institution's Approach to Addressing Visual Racism in Medical Education. Teach Learn Med, 1-9. (Read full article)
24. Ahmed SM, Brintz BJ, Talbert A, Ngari M, Pavlinac PB, Platts-Mills JA, Levine AC, Nelson EJ, Walson JL, Kotloff KL, Berkley JA, Leung DT (2023). Derivation and external validation of a clinical prognostic model identifying children at risk of death following presentation for diarrheal care. PLOS Glob Public Health, 3(6), e0001937. (Read full article)
25. Etheridge T, Brintz BJ, Jensen MS, Peralta E, Ayesha A, Jebaraj A, Marx DP (2022). Incidence and severity of asymptomatic ocular injury in adult and pediatric orbital fractures. Orbit, 42(3), 273-278. (Read full article)
26. Pires GR, Moss WD, Memmott S, Wright T, Eddington D, Brintz BJ, Agarwal JP, Kwok AC (2022). Analysis of Readmissions and Reoperations in Pediatric Microvascular Reconstruction. J Reconstr Microsurg, 39(5), 343-349. (Read full article)
27. Garbern SC, Islam MT, Islam K, Ahmed SM, Brintz BJ, Khan AI, Taniuchi M, Platts-Mills JA, Qadri F, Leung DT (2023). Derivation and External Validation of a Clinical Prediction Model for Viral Diarrhea Etiology in Bangladesh. Open Forum Infect Dis, 10(7), ofad295. (Read full article)
28. Jensen NC, Cocks M, Brintz BJ, Stoff B, Cipriano SD (2023). Structured Case-Based Ethics Discussion for Trainees and Faculty on Dermatopathology. MedEdPORTAL, 19, 11314. (Read full article)
29. Ahmed SM, Brintz BJ, Pavlinac PB, Hossain MI, Khan AI, Platts-Mills JA, Kotloff KL, Leung DT (2023). Clinical Prediction Rule to Guide Diagnostic Testing for Shigellosis and Improve Antibiotic Stewardship for Pediatric Diarrhea. Open Forum Infect Dis, 10(3), ofad119. (Read full article)
30. Brown DG, Worby CJ, Pender MA, Brintz BJ, Ryan ET, Sridhar S, Oliver E, Harris JB, Turbett SE, Rao SR, Earl AM, LaRocque RC, Leung DT (2023). Development of a prediction model for the Acquisition of Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactam Resistant Organisms in U.S. international travellers. J Travel Med. (Read full article)
31. Ahmed SM, Brintz BJ, Pavlinac PB, Hossain MI, Khan AI, Platts-Mills JA, Kotloff KL, Leung DT (2023). Clinical Prediction Rule to Guide Diagnostic Testing for Shigellosis and Improve Antibiotic Stewardship for Pediatric Diarrhea. Open Forum Infect Dis, 10(3). (Read full article)
32. Brenner RJ, Hansen J, Brintz BJ, Bouldin ED, Pugh MJ, Rupper R, Munoz R, Garcia-Davis S, Dang S (2023). Association between specific unmet functional needs and desire to institutionalize among caregivers of older veterans. J Am Geriatr Soc, 71(7), 2264-2270. (Read full article)
33. Ahmed SM, Brintz BJ, Talbert A, Ngari M, Pavlinac PB, Platts-Mills JA, Levine AC, Nelson EJ, Walson JL, Kotloff KL, Berkley JA, Leung DT (2023). Derivation and external validation of a clinical prognostic model identifying children at risk of death following presentation for diarrheal care. (Read full article)
34. Brintz BJ, Madsen L, Fuentes C (2023). A spatially explicit N-mixture model for the estimation of disease prevalence. Stat Modelling, 23(1), 31-52. (Read full article)
35. Zhang W, Koh MY, Sirohi D, Ying J, Brintz BJ, Knudsen BS (2023). Predicting IHC staining classes of NF1 using features in the hematoxylin channel. J Pathol Inform, 14, 100196. (Read full article)
36. Ahmed SM, Brintz BJ, Pavlinac PB, Shahrin L, Huq S, Levine AC, Nelson EJ, Platts-Mills JA, Kotloff KL, Leung DT (2023). Derivation and external validation of clinical prediction rules identifying children at risk of linear growth faltering. Elife, 12. (Read full article)
37. Le HDH, Sreekantaswamy S, Lind H, Birdsall MB, Jensen J, Foster-Palmer SC, Brintz BJ, Chow C, Richards B, Cipriano SD (2023). Skin Color Representation in Teaching Photographs: One Institution’s Approach to Addressing Visual Racism in Medical Education. Teach Learn Med. (Read full article)
38. Zhang W, Koh MY, Sirohi D, Ying J, Brintz BJ, Knudsen BS (2023). Predicting IHC staining classes of NF1 using features in the hematoxylin channel. J Pathol Inform, 14. (Read full article)
39. Kaiser JE, Kurtz T, Glasser A, Brintz BJ, Gawron LM, Turok DK, Sanders JN (2022). Mifepristone for miscarriage treatment in Utah: A survey of clinician knowledge and assessment of an educational video on future use. AEM Educ Train, 6(6), e10834. (Read full article)
40. Kaiser JE, Kurtz T, Glasser A, Brintz BJ, Gawron LM, Turok DK, Sanders JN (2022). Mifepristone for miscarriage treatment in Utah: A survey of clinician knowledge and assessment of an educational video on future use. AEM Educ Train, 6(6). (Read full article)
41. Moss WD, Pires GR, Samlowski E, Webb J, DeAngelo MM, Eddington D, Brintz BJ, Agarwal J, Kwok AC (2022). Characterizing the volume of surgery and post-operative complications during the COVID-19 pandemic. Langenbecks Arch Surg, 407(8), 3727-3733. (Read full article)
42. Reynolds MS, Katz BJ, Digre KB, Brintz BJ, Olson LM, Warner JEA (2022). Sharp Edge Eye Syndrome: A Case Report and Survey of Self-Identified Individuals. J Neuroophthalmol, 42(4), 524-529. (Read full article)
43. Park SSE, Wilkinson SW, Ungricht EL, Trapnell M, Nydegger J, Brintz BJ, Mamalis N, Olson RJ, Werner L (2022). Corneal endothelium protection provided by ophthalmic viscosurgical devices during phacoemulsification: experimental study in rabbit eyes. J Cataract Refract Surg, 48(12), 1440-1445. (Read full article)
44. Bhuiyan MS, Brintz BJ, Whitcombe AL, Markmann AJ, Bartelt LA, Moreland NJ, Azman AS, Leung DT (2022). Combining antibody markers for serosurveillance of SARS-CoV-2 to estimate seroprevalence and time-since-infection - CORRIGENDUM. Epidemiol Infect, 150, e188. (Read full article)
45. Wilkinson SW, Park SSE, Ungricht EL, Trapnell M, Nydegger J, Cardenas IA, Brintz BJ, Mamalis N, Olson RJ, Werner L (2022). Effect of simulated lenticular debris on corneal endothelial cells: experimental study in rabbit eyes. J Cataract Refract Surg, 48(11), 1325-1330. (Read full article)
46. Gray L, Olson J, Brintz BJ, Cipriano SD (2022). Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome: Clinical features, ancillary testing, and patient management. Pediatr Dermatol, 39(6), 908-913. (Read full article)
47. Etheridge T, Kennedy B, Millar MM, Brintz BJ, Wu C, Pettey J (2022). Cognitive enhancing supplements and medications in United States Resident Physicians. BMC Med Educ, 22(1), 744. (Read full article)
48. Kyriakopoulos, Christos P and Visker, Joseph R and Brintz, Ben J and Taleb, Iosif and Badolia, Rachit and Haaland, Benjamin and Shankar, Thirupura S and Ling, Jing and Hamouche, Rana and Tseliou, Eleni and others (2023). Machine Learning Identification Of Transcriptomics And Clinical Characteristics Associated With Myocardial Recovery In Heart Failure Patients Undergoing Mechanical Circulatory Support. Journal of Cardiac Failure, 29(4), 547.
49. Sharareh N, Wallace AS, Brintz BJ, Wan N, Guo JW, Wong B (2022). Associated factors with patient-reported unmet food needs among emergency department adult patients – A social need perspective. Prev Med Rep, 29. (Read full article)
50. Burton E, Jebaraj A, Eddington D, Brintz BJ, Simpson RG, Pettey JH (2022). Gender Representation Among Presenters in Ophthalmology Subspecialties in 2019: A Retrospective Review. Am J Ophthalmol, 242, 18-25. (Read full article)
51. Nelson EJ, Khan AI, Keita AM, Brintz BJ, Keita Y, Sanogo D, Islam MT, Khan ZH, Rashid MM, Nasrin D, Watt MH, Ahmed SM, Haaland B, Pavia AT, Levine AC, Chao DL, Kotloff KL, Qadri F, Sow SO, Leung DT (2022). Improving Antibiotic Stewardship for Diarrheal Disease With Probability-Based Electronic Clinical Decision Support: A Randomized Crossover Trial. JAMA Pediatr, 176(10), 973-979. (Read full article)
52. Young MP, Ployprasith W, Brintz BJ, Rutar T (2022). Refractive error in unilateral Duane syndrome. J AAPOS, 26(5), 247.e1-247.e5. (Read full article)
53. Sharareh N, Wallace AS, Brintz BJ, Wan N, Guo JW, Wong B (2022). Associated factors with patient-reported unmet food needs among emergency department adult patients - A social need perspective. Prev Med Rep, 29, 101974. (Read full article)
54. Swiston CJ, Hu KS, Simpson A, Burton E, Brintz BJ, Lin A (2022). Prevention of Exposure Keratopathy in the Intensive Care Unit: Evaluation of an EMR-Based Lubrication Order Protocol for Ventilated Patients. J Acad Ophthalmol (2017), 14(2), e141-e146. (Read full article)
55. Pender MA, Smith T, Brintz BJ, Pandey P, Shrestha SK, Anuras S, Demons S, Sornsakrin S, Bodhidatta L, Platts-Mills JA, Leung DT (2021). Weather variables as important clinical predictors of bacterial diarrhoea among international travellers. J Travel Med, 29(4). (Read full article)
56. Keita AM, Brintz BJ, Khan AI, Taufiqul Islam M, Khan ZH, Keita Y, Hwang J, Nelson EJ, Qadri F, Sow S, Leung DT, Watt MH (2022). Introduction of an Electronic Clinical Decision Support Tool to Inform Prescribing for Pediatric Diarrhea in Bangladesh and Mali: Do Provider Expectations Predict Experiences? Am J Trop Med Hyg, 107(1), 32-34. (Read full article)
57. Thorman A, Engle A, Brintz B, Simmons RG, Sanders JN, Gawron LM, Turok DK, Kaiser JE (2022). Quantitative and qualitative impact of One Key Question on primary care providers' contraceptive counseling at routine preventive health visits. Contraception, 109, 73-79. (Read full article)
58. Song K, Brintz BJ, Wang CP, McGeary DD, McGeary CA, Potter JS, Jaramillo CA, Eapen BC, Pugh MJ (2022). Complex pain phenotypes: Suicidal ideation and attempt through latent multimorbidity. PLoS One, 17(4), e0267844. (Read full article)
59. Ungricht EL, Culp C, Qu P, Harris JT, Brintz BJ, Mamalis N, Olson RJ, Werner L (2021). Effect of phacoemulsification fluid flow on the corneal endothelium: experimental study in rabbit eyes. J Cataract Refract Surg, 48(4), 481-486. (Read full article)
60. Garbern SC, Nelson EJ, Nasrin S, Keita AM, Brintz BJ, Gainey M, Badji H, Nasrin D, Howard J, Taniuchi M, Platts-Mills JA, Kotloff KL, Haque R, Levine AC, Sow SO, Alam NH, Leung DT (2022). External validation of a mobile clinical decision support system for diarrhea etiology prediction in children: A multicenter study in Bangladesh and Mali. Elife, 11. (Read full article)
61. Brady ST, Vegunta S, Olson LM, Brintz BJ, Pettey JH, Jardine GJ (2022). A Double-Flipped Virtual Classroom Format for Medical Students Learning Ophthalmology: An Approach to Clinical Rotations in the Context of COVID-19. J Acad Ophthalmol (2017), 14(1), e18-e22. (Read full article)
62. Bhuiyan MS, Brintz BJ, Whitcombe AL, Markmann AJ, Bartelt LA, Moreland NJ, Azman AS, Leung DT (2022). Combining antibody markers for serosurveillance of SARS-CoV-2 to estimate seroprevalence and time-since-infection. Epidemiol Infect, 150, e20. (Read full article)
63. Kaiser JE, Galindo E, Sanders JN, Simmons RG, Gawron LM, Herrick JS, Brintz B, Turok DK (2021). Determining the impact of the Zika pandemic on primary care providers' contraceptive counseling of non-pregnant patients in the US: a mixed methods study. BMC Health Serv Res, 21(1), 1215. (Read full article)
64. Pupaibool J, Walaliyadda H, Tasevac B, Brintz BJ, Park IK, Graves M, Benson LS, Hale P, Powell J, Leung DT (2021). Travel-Related Behaviors and Health Outcomes of Adolescents Compared with Adults on Short-Term International Service Missions. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 106(1), 345-350. (Read full article)
65. Wahlig TA, Brintz BJ, Prettyman M, Azman AS, Leung DT (2021). A Novel Luminescence-Based Serum Bactericidal Assay for Vibrio cholerae Reduces Assay Variation, Is Time- and Cost-Effective, and Directly Measures Continuous Titer Values. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 105(3), 622-626. (Read full article)
66. Ungricht EL, Culp C, Qu P, Jensen N, Harris JT, Brintz BJ, Mamalis N, Olson RJ, Werner L (2021). The effect of longitudinal and torsional ultrasound on corneal endothelium cells: An experimental study in rabbit eyes. J Cataract Refract Surg, 48(3), 349-354. (Read full article)
67. Ahmed SM, Shah RU, Fernandez V, Grineski S, Brintz B, Samore MH, Ferrari MJ, Leung DT, Keegan LT (2021). Robust Testing in Outpatient Settings to Explore COVID-19 Epidemiology: Disparities in Race/Ethnicity and Age, Salt Lake County, Utah, 2020. Public Health Rep, 136(3), 345-353. (Read full article)
68. Reimer JR, Ahmed SM, Brintz B, Shah RU, Keegan LT, Ferrari MJ, Leung DT (2021). Using a clinical prediction rule to prioritize diagnostic testing leads to reduced transmission and hospital burden: A modeling example of early SARS-CoV-2. Clin Infect Dis, 73, 1822-1830. (Read full article)
69. Brintz BJ, Haaland B, Howard J, Chao DL, Proctor JL, Khan AI, Ahmed SM, Keegan LT, Greene T, Keita AM, Kotloff KL, Platts-Mills JA, Nelson EJ, Levine AC, Pavia AT, Leung DT (2021). A modular approach to integrating multiple data sources into real-time clinical prediction for pediatric diarrhea. Elife, 10. (Read full article)
70. Malhotra NR, Smith JD, Jacobs AC, Johnson CE, Khan US, Ellison HB, Brintz BJ, Millar MM, Cloud WG, Nahmias J, Hendershot KM, Smith BK (2020). High value care education in general surgery residency programs: A multi-institutional needs assessment. Am J Surg, 221(2), 291-297. (Read full article)
71. Shahrin L, Chisti MJ, Brintz B, Islam Z, Shahid ASMSB, Hassan MZ, Leung DT, Chowdhury F (2020). Clinical and laboratory predictors of 30-day mortality in severe acute malnourished children with severe pneumonia. Trop Med Int Health, 25(11), 1422-1430. (Read full article)
72. Brintz BJ, Howard JI, Haaland B, Platts-Mills JA, Greene T, Levine AC, Nelson EJ, Pavia AT, Kotloff KL, Leung DT (2020). Clinical predictors for etiology of acute diarrhea in children in resource-limited settings. PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 14(10), e0008677. (Read full article)
73. Brintz B, Fuentes C, Madsen L (2018). An asymptotic approximation to the N-mixture model for the estimation of disease prevalence. Biometrics, 74(4), 1512-1518. (Read full article)
74. Kroll AJ, Garcia TS, Jones JE, Dugger K, Murden B, Johnson J, Peterman S, Brintz B, Rochelle M (2015). Evaluating Multi-Level Models to Test Occupancy State Responses of Plethodontid Salamanders. PLoS One, 10(11), e0142903. (Read full article)