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Understanding disparities in asthma outcomes among African AmericansJean G Ford
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Clin Chest Med 27:423-30, vi. 2006..An overview of factors that may contribute to disparities in asthma prevalence, morbidity, and mortality,including contextual factors, is provided...- Barriers to recruiting underrepresented populations to cancer clinical trials: a systematic reviewJean G Ford
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Cancer 112:228-42. 2008.... - Defining "success" in recruitment of underrepresented populations to cancer clinical trials: moving toward a more consistent approachShari Bolen
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Cancer 106:1197-204. 2006.... - Invited commentary: Attendance and absence as markers of health status--the example of active and passive cigarette smokingAnthony J Alberg
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Epidemiol 157:870-3. 2003 - Effectiveness of strategies to recruit underrepresented populations into cancer clinical trialsGabriel Y Lai
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Welch 615 N. Wolfe St. E6531, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Clin Trials 3:133-41. 2006..The available evidence cannot be generalized to these heterogeneous groups. Further study is needed on efficacious strategies for recruitment of underrepresented populations into cancer-related trials... - Provider roles in the recruitment of underrepresented populations to cancer clinical trialsMollie W Howerton
Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Cancer 109:465-76. 2007..The purpose of the current systematic review was to describe provider-related factors influencing recruitment of underrepresented populations to cancer clinical trials... 
A genome-wide association study on African-ancestry populations for asthmaRasika A Mathias
Inherited Disease Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 125:336-346.e4. 2010..Of the limited genetic studies performed on populations of African descent, notable differences in susceptibility allele frequencies have been observed...- A culturally targeted intervention to promote breast cancer screening among low-income women in East Baltimore, MarylandMary A Garza
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Cancer Control 12:34-41. 2005..This culturally targeted intervention resulted in an unprecedented screening rate among low-income African American women in Baltimore, Maryland... - Association between lifestyle factors and CpG island methylation in a cancer-free populationMariana Brait
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21231, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:2984-91. 2009..It is important to reveal the molecular changes related to risk factors that could facilitate early detection, prevention, and overall control of cancer... - Applying justice in clinical trials for diverse populationsJon Tilburt
Department of Clinical Bioethics, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Clin Trials 4:264-9. 2007..However, doing so involves clarifying how to meet the demands of justice, or fairness, which provides the ethical mandate to enhance broad trial representation... - The science of recruiting minority populations to screening trialsJean G Ford
Clin Trials 1:341-2. 2004 - Reducing disparities in asthma care: priorities for research--National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute workshop reportRobert C Strunk
Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63108, USA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 109:229-37. 2002..Research is encouraged to identify strategies that improve cultural adaptation and adoption of proven programs in a variety of populations... - Risk for asthma in 1-year-old infants residing in New York City high-risk neighborhoodsIlan H Meyer
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health, New York, New York 10032, USA
J Asthma 40:545-50. 2003 - Daily versus as-needed corticosteroids for mild persistent asthmaHomer A Boushey
University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, USA
N Engl J Med 352:1519-28. 2005..Further studies are required to determine whether this novel approach to treatment should be recommended... - Roles of interleukin-13 and interferon-gamma in lung inflammationGabriele Grunig
Department of Pathology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Chest 121:88S. 2002 - Significant variability in response to inhaled corticosteroids for persistent asthmaStanley J Szefler
National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Denver, CO 80206, USA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 109:410-8. 2002..It is possible that higher doses of ICSs are necessary to manage more severe patients or to achieve goals of therapy not evaluated in this study, such as prevention of asthma exacerbations... - Epidemiology of lung cancer: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (2nd edition)Anthony J Alberg
Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, 86 Jonathan Lucas St, PO Box 250955, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Chest 132:29S-55S. 2007..The objective of this study was to summarize the published literature concerning the epidemiology of lung cancer... - Asthma-related limitations in sexual functioning: an important but neglected area of quality of lifeIlan H Meyer
Harlem Lung Center, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA
Am J Public Health 92:770-2. 2002 - Smoking affects response to inhaled corticosteroids or leukotriene receptor antagonists in asthmaStephen C Lazarus
University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, M 1083, San Francisco, CA 94143 0111, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 175:783-90. 2007..One-quarter to one-third of individuals with asthma smoke, which may affect response to therapy and contribute to poor asthma control... - Systemic effect comparisons of six inhaled corticosteroid preparationsRichard J Martin
National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, Colorado 80206, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 165:1377-83. 2002..This study represents the first step in evaluation of ICS efficacy based on equisystemic (cortisol suppression) effects of a given ICS, rather than doses judged arbitrarily to be comparable on a microgram basis... - ADAM33 is not associated with asthma in Puerto Rican or Mexican populationsDenise L Lind
University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0833, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 168:1312-6. 2003..We conclude that the ADAM33 gene is not an important risk factor for asthma or for asthma-associated phenotypes in Mexicans or in Puerto Ricans... - Lower bronchodilator responsiveness in Puerto Rican than in Mexican subjects with asthmaEsteban Gonzalez Burchard
University of California, San Francisco, 94143 0833, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 169:386-92. 2004..We conclude that Puerto Ricans with asthma respond less to albuterol than do Mexicans with asthma. These findings underscore the need for additional research on racial/ethnic differences in asthma morbidity and response to therapy... - Predicting asthma morbidity in Harlem emergency department patientsGene R Pesola
Harlem Lung Center and Hospital Emergency Department, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Acad Emerg Med 11:944-50. 2004..To determine predictors of asthma morbidity in African American patients with asthma. Proxies for asthma morbidity were emergency department (ED) visits for asthma and hospitalizations for asthma... - Use of regularly scheduled albuterol treatment in asthma: genotype-stratified, randomised, placebo-controlled cross-over trialElliot Israel
Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Lancet 364:1505-12. 2004..However, the existence of any genotype-dependent difference has not been tested in a prospective clinical trial... - Pharmacogenetic differences in response to albuterol between Puerto Ricans and Mexicans with asthmaShweta Choudhry
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 0833, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 171:563-70. 2005..We tested the association of beta(2)AR genotypes with asthma severity and bronchodilator response to albuterol in Puerto Ricans and Mexicans with asthma... - CD14 tobacco gene-environment interaction modifies asthma severity and immunoglobulin E levels in Latinos with asthmaShweta Choudhry
University of California San Francisco, DNA Bank Lung Biology Center, San Francisco General Hospital, Bldg 30, 5th Floor, Room 3501H, 1001 Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 172:173-82. 2005..A recent family-based genomewide screen revealed linkage between the 5q31 region and the diagnosis of asthma, but only in those exposed to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Among the candidate genes in this region is CD14...
Research Grants
- Determinants of asthma severity in Harlem (DASH)Jean Ford; Fiscal Year: 2005..The potential public health benefits are critical for the asthmatic population in general. ..