Advancing Science

CTSI has supported a wide range of cutting-edge research, some of which has been recently featured in leading scientific journals including the Journal of the American Medical Association, Nature, The New England Journal of Medicine, PLoS One, and Science.

Journal of the American Medical Association

Risk of Cervical Precancer and Cancer Among HIV-Infected Women With Normal Cervical Cytology and No Evidence of Oncogenic HPV Infection

JAMA. 2012;308(4):362-369. doi:10.1001/jama.2012.5664
Joel Palefsky, MD; Supported with funds from CTSI.

Prognostic Indices for Older Adults

JAMA. 2012;307(2):182-192. doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.1966
Alexander K. Smith, MD, MPH; Eric Widera, MD; Sei Lee, MD; Supported with funds from CTSI.

Factors associated with closures of emergency departments in the U.S.

JAMA. 2011;305(19):1978-1985. doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.620
Renee Hsia, MD
: CTSI K2 Scholar, and recipient of SOS pilot funding and consultations in bioinformatics.

Association between ambulance diversion and survival among patients with acute myocardial infarction

JAMA. 2011;305(23):2440-2447. Published online June 12, 2011. doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.811
Renee Hsia, MD
: CTSI K2 Scholar, and recipient of SOS pilot funding and consultations in bioinformatics.

Trends and characteristics of US emergency department visits, 1997-2007

JAMA. 2010;304(6):664-670. doi: 10.1001/jama.2010.1112
Renee Hsia, MD: CTSI K2 Scholar, and recipient of SOS pilot funding and consultations in bioinformatics.

Goals of glycemic control in frail older patients with diabetes

JAMA. 2011;305(13):1350-1351. doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.404
Sei Jai Lee, MD
: CTSI KL2 Scholar

Association of cardiovascular risk factors with mental health diagnoses in Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans using VA health care

JAMA. 2009;302(5):489-492. doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1084
Beth Ellen Cohen, MD
: CTSI K Scholar

Fibroblast growth factor 23 and risks of mortality and end-stage renal disease in patients with chronic kidney disease

JAMA. 2011;305(23):2432-2439. doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.826
Joan Lo, MD
: CTSI Clinical Research Services support for multi-center protocol (Kaiser-based study)

Effect of vitamin E or metformin for treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in children and adolescents: the TONIC randomized controlled trial

JAMA. 2011;305(16):1659-1668. doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.520
Philip Rosenthal, MD
: CTSI Clinical Research Services support for multi-center protocol

Association of Emergency Department Length of Stay With Safety-Net Status

JAMA. 2012;307(5):476-482. doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.41
Renee Hsia, MD
: CTSI K2 Scholar, and recipient of SOS pilot funding and consultations in bioinformatics; Christopher Fee, MD

Nature

Commentary: The Toxic Truth About Sugar

Nature. 482, 27–29 (02 February 2012) doi:10.1038/482027a
Robert Lustig, MD; Laura Schmidt, PhD: and Claire Brindis, DP: Research funding from CTSI

Differential microRNA regulation of HLA-C expression and its association with HIV control

Nature. 472, 495–498 (28 April 2011) doi:10.1038/nature09914
Steven G Deeks, MD
, and Peter Hunt, MD: CTSI Clinical Research Services support

The New England Journal of Medicine

Projected effect of dietary salt reductions on future cardiovascular disease

N Engl J Med 2010; 362:590-599 | February 18, 2010
Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, PhD, MAS
: CTSI Career Development Award

A randomized trial of prenatal versus postnatal repair of myelomeningocele

N Engl J Med 2011; 364:993-1004 | March 17, 2011
Diana Farmer, MD
: CTSI Clinical Research Services support

Efficacy of quadrivalent HPV vaccine against HPV Infection and disease in males

N Engl J Med 2011; 364:401-411 | February 3, 2011
Joel Palefsky, MD
: CTSI Clinical Research Services support

Preexposure chemoprophylaxis for HIV prevention in men who have sex with men

N Engl J Med 2010; 363:2587-2599 | December 30, 2010
Robert M. Grant, MD, MPH
; Albert Y. Liu, M.D., M.P.H.; Susan Buchbinder, MD; Kathleen Mulligan, MD; Furong Wang, M.D.; and David V. Glidden, PhD:  CTSI Clinical Research Services support
(Selected as one of ten publications nationwide for presentation at the 2011 Clinical & Translational Science Awards (CTSA) steering committee meeting).

PLoS One

Leukocyte telomere length in major depression: correlations with chronicity, inflammation and oxidative stress--preliminary findings

PLoS ONE 6(3): e17837. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017837
Heather M. Burke, PhD
: CTSI K Scholar and Clinical Research Services support

Science

The major genetic determinants of HIV-1 control affect HLA class I peptide presentation

Science 10 December 2010: Vol. 330 no. 6010 pp. 1551-1557 DOI: 10.1126/science.1195271
Jay A. Levy, MD
; Jeffery N. Martin, MD, MPH; Harry Lampiris, MD; Peter Hunt, MD; Steven G. Deeks, MD; Frederick Hecht, MD: CTSI Clinical Research Services support