Hedgeman E,  Lipworth L, Lowe K, Saran R, Do T, and Fryzek J. 2015. International burden of chronic kidney disease and secondary hyperparathyroidism: A systematic review of the literature and available data. Int J Nephrol 2015:184321.

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Nguyen-Nielsen M, Wang L, Pedersen L, Braae Olesen A, Hou K, Mackey H, McCusker M, Basset-Seguin N, Fryzek JP, Vyberg M. 2015. The incidence of metastatic basal cell carcinoma in Denmark 1997-2010. Eur J Dermatol 25, DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2015.2546.

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Miller PE, Bylsma LC, Alexander DD. A Review and Meta-Analysis of Red Meat Consumption and Type 2 Diabetes. Presented at the Experimental Biology Conference, March 28-April 1, 2015, Boston, MA.

Bylsma LC, Alexander DD.2015. A review and meta-analysis of prospective studies of red and processed meat, meat cooking methods, heme iron, heterocyclic amines and prostate cancer. Nutr J 14(1):125.

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Cohen SS, Kabagambe EK, Shirey-Rice J, Hardin J, Monda K, Fryzek JP, Fazio S, Denny JC, Wei WQ, Lipworth LL. Achievement of LDL-cholesterol reduction targets is associated with reduced cardiovascular disease risk among patients with familial hypercholesterolemia in a large electronic medical record database. Presented at the American Heart Association 2015 Scientific Sessions, November 7-11, 2015, Orlando, FL.

Liu B, Kerath SM, Sekeres MA, Fryzek JP, Sreekantaiah C, Mason CR, Kolitz J, Taioli E. 2015. Myelodysplastic syndromes spatial clusters in disease etiology and outcome. Leuk Lymphoma 5:1-8.

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Meddings J, Reichert H, Smith S, Iwashyna T, Langa K, Hofer T, McGuirk H, McMahon LF Jr. Functional status, social support and wealth impact readmissions for pneumonia and heart failure beyond standard Medicare risk-adjustors. Presented at the 11th International Conference on Health Policy Statistics, October 7-9, 2015, Providence, RI.

Fryzek J, Doucette A, Jiang X, Coalson J, McLaurin K, Ambrose CS. Trends in Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Bronchiolitis Infant Hospitalization Rates in High-Risk Infants in a US Nationally Representative Database (1997–2012). Presented at ID Week, October 7-11 2015, San Diego, CA.

Nguyen-Nielsen M, Wang L, Pedersen L, Braae Olesen A, Hou K, Mackey H, McCusker M, Basset-Seguin N, Fryzek JP, Vyberg M. 2015. The incidence of metastatic basal cell carcinoma in Denmark 1997-2010. Eur J Dermatol 25(5):463-8

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Meddings J, Reichert H, Smith SN, McMahon LF Jr. How do hospital grades publicly displayed on Medicare’s Hospital Compare website compare to whether a hospital was penalized for readmissions and hospital-acquired conditions? Presented at the 2015 Agency for Heathcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Research Conference, October 4-6, 2015, Crystal City, VA.

Lipworth LL, Shirey-Rice J, Wei WQ, Hardin J, Shi G, Monda K, Fryzek JP, Fazio S, Cohen SS, Denny JC. Identification and characterization of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia patients using the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Synthetic Derivative database. Presented at the European Society for Cardiology Congress, August 29 – September 1, 2015, London, United Kingdom.

Doucette A, Hedgeman E, Fryzek J. Assessing the Agreement of Hospitalization Estimates Between Three Nationally Representative US Hospital Discharge Databases, the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), the National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS) and the Kid’s Inpatient Database (KID). Presented at the International Conference of Pharmacoepidemiology, August 24-26 2015, Boston, MA.

Meddings J, Reichert H, Rogers MAM, Hofer TP, McMahon LF, Grazier KL. 2015. Under pressure: Financial impact of the Hospital‐Acquired Conditions Initiative. A statewide analysis of pressure ulcer development and payment. J Am Geriatr Soc 63(7):1407‐12.

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Meddings J, Reichert H, Smith S, Iwashyna T, Langa K, Hofer T, McGuirk H, McMahon LF Jr. Functional status, social support and wealth impact readmissions for pneumonia and heart failure beyond standard Medicare risk-adjustors. Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, June 14-15, 2015, Minneapolis, MN.

Demond A, Jiang X, Broadwater K, Meeker J, Luksemburg W, Maier M, Garabrant D, Franzblau A. 2015. Serum concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins among ceramicists. Chemosphere 118:350-356.

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Proctor D, Suh M, Thompson C, Hixon, G. Inhalation cancer risk assessment of titanium dioxide. Presented at the Society of Toxicology’s 54th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 22-26 2015.

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Suh M, Mittal L, Hirsch S, Valdes R, Bartlett C, Rohr A, Proctor D. Lung cancer risk in chromate production workers exposed to hexavalent chromium. Presented at the Society of Toxicology’s 54th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 22-26, 2015 .

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Brorby G, Suh M, Bichteler A, Proctor D. Use of cluster analysis and homogeneity testing to characterize distributions of exposures among beryllium workers: Tools for developing occupational exposure limits from quantitative risk assessment.  Presented at International Society of Exposure Science 25th Annual Meeting, Henderson, NV, October 18-22, 2015.

Proctor DM, Suh M, Mittal L, Hirsch S, Salgado RV, Bartlett C, Van Landingham C, Rohr A, Crump K. 2015. Inhalation cancer risk assessment of hexavalent chromium based on updated mortality for Painesville chromate production workers. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 26(2):224-231. doi: 10.1038/jes.2015.77.

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Miller PE, Bylsma LC, Alexander, DD. A Review and Meta-Analysis of Red Meat Consumption and Type 2 Diabetes. Presented at the Experimental Biology Conference, March 28-April 1, 2015, Boston, MA.

Doucette A, Jiang X, Fryzek J, Coalson J, McLaurin K, Ambrose CS. Comparison of trends in bronchiolitis and respiratory syncytial virus infant hospitalizations rates in 3 US nationally representative databases. Presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, April 25-28 2015, San Diego, CA.

Liu B, Karath SM, Sekeres MA, Fryzek JP, Mutetwa BT, Sreekantaiah C, Mason C, Kolitz, Taioli E. Insights into the spatial clustering and disease etiology of myelodysplastic syndromes. Presented at the New York City Epidemiology Forum, February 27, 2015, New York City, NY.

Babik I, Libassi L, Movva N, Lobo MA. Rehabilitation intervention changing the dynamics of movement in children with arthrogryposis. Poster presentation at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Conference, Philadelphia, PA, March 2015.

Movva N, Babik I, Lobo MA. Reaching new levels with the Playskin LiftTM exoskeletal garment in infants born with brain injury. Poster presentation at the Undergraduate Research and Service Celebratory Symposium at UD, Newark, DE, August 2015.

Babik I, Movva N, Lobo MA. Manipulation of arm support changes the movement dynamics of the trunk, and hands in children with arthrogryposis. Poster presentation at the 12th Motor Control Summer School (MCSS-XII); Antiochian Village, Bolivar, PA, May/June 2015.

Movva N, Babik I, Lobo MA. Effectiveness of the first exoskeletal garment (Playskin LiftTM) to improve reaching and object exploration in infants born with brain injury. Poster presentation at the Northeast Regional IDeA Conference, Bar Harbor, Maine, September 2015.

Merrill RM, Frankenfeld CL, Mink M, Freeborne N (eds). 2015. Behavioral Epidemiology: Principles and Applications. Jones & Bartlett, ISBN: 9781449648275.

Movva N, Babik I, Galloway JC, Lobo MA. Use of an innovative rehabilitation device for infants to improve upper extremity functionality. Poster presentation at the Undergraduate Research and Service Celebratory Symposium, Newark, DE, August 2014.