Home Internal Medicine Epidemiology News 2026 06 Epidemiology Selected Publications Close Internal Medicine Epidemiology Department of Epidemiology Epidemiology Overview April 2026 Wooten NR, Amaun ME, Myers M, Addo PNO, Bowers J, Carey FR, Rull RP, Boyko EJ, Bell N, DeFede-Lopéz A, Pugh MJV. Physical and Behavioral Health Diagnoses and Comorbidities Associated With Transition From Military Health System to Veterans Health Care Among Post-9/11 Veterans. Health Serv Res. Apr 2026;61(2):e70087.Balke JE, Stewart IJ, Amuan ME, Howard JT, Brown JE, Kennedy E, Haigney M, Pugh MJ. Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes After Traumatic Brain Injury. JACC Adv. Apr 2026;5(4):102658.Saleh S, Sanford EM, McGeary DD, Cortez MM, Hayward M, Bouldin ED, Kean J, Pugh MJV. Efficacy and outcomes of pharmacological treatments for headaches after traumatic brain injury: A systematic review. Cephalalgia. Apr 2026;46(4):3331024261441563.Fritz JM, Skolasky RL, Brennan G, Minick K, Wegener ST, Lane E, Garland EL, Aaron RV, Bardsley T, Fino N, Zhang Y, Shen J, Conroy MB, Hunter S, Hanley A, Thackeray A, Rassu FS, McLaughlin K, Cook D, Greene T. Effectiveness of Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Chronic Low Back Pain : A Sequential, Multiple-Assignment, Randomized Trial. Ann Intern Med. Apr 21 2026.Berchie RO, Inker LA, Heerspink HJL, Haaland B, Greene T. Implications of acute change in estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) for the effect of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT-2i) on long-term endpoints. PLoS One. 2026 Apr 29;21(4):e0347741. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0347741. PMID: 42054403; PMCID: PMC13128134.Bouldin ED, Cheney A, Pugh MJ, Morales K, Delgado RE. Home- and Community-Based Service Use and Preferences Among Post-9/11 Veterans With or at High Risk of Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementia and Their Caregivers: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Observational Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2026 Apr 29;15:e83629. doi: 10.2196/83629. PMID: 42054703; PMCID: PMC13128170 March 2026 Stromberg KM, Bouldin ED, Vogt D, Miles SR, Vanneman ME, Maloney TN, Kean J, Presson AP, Pugh MJ. Linking Neurobehavioral Symptoms to Productive Activities in Post-9/11 Veterans: A Correlational Analysis Using TVMI Data. Mil Med. Mar 1 2026;191(3-4):e737-e745.Shoemaker H, Li H, Zhang Y, Mayer J, Stevens V, Fagerlin A, Rubin M, Haroldsen C, Millar MM, Pavia AT, Gesteland PH, Keegan LT, Samore M. Impact of local COVID-19 incidence on health care personnel risk perception and social activity. Am J Infect Control. Mar 2026;54(3):303-309.Peterson KS, Dalton C, Kalvesmaki A, Vuong J, Gordon C, Nachimuthu S, Pugh MJ, Jones MM. Identifying Early Signals From Emerging Public Health Events Using Natural Language Processing. Interdiscip Perspect Infect Dis. 2026;2026:6176855.Khader K, Haroldsen C, Stevens V, Visnovsky L, Evans M, Simbartl L, McCauley B, Samore M, Rubin M. Estimating changes in facility MRSA infection rates due to changes in MRSA precaution policy. Clin Infect Dis. Mar 13 2026Henion A, Alshanbari M, Thompson A, Cheney A, George R, Leykum LK, Dang S, Rupper R, Bouldin ED. Subjective cognitive decline prevalence, impacts, and discussions with healthcare professionals among middle-aged and older women veterans and non-veterans, 2021-2022. Aging Ment Health. Mar 23 2026:1-12.Bedrov A, Bouldin ED, Delgado RE, Pugh MJ. The "healthy dyad" bias in veteran-caregiver dyadic research: a methodological caution. Innov Aging. 2026 Mar 30;10(5):igag028. doi: 10.1093/geroni/igag028. PMID: 42065014; PMCID: PMC13127415.
