Richard D'Aquila, MPH
Lecturer in Public Health (Health Policy)Cards
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2024
HIV, inflammation, and initiation of methamphetamine use in sexual and gender minorities assigned male at birth
Carrico A, Ryan D, Berona J, Dominguez B, Schrock J, McDade T, Newcomb M, D’Aquila R, Mustanski B. HIV, inflammation, and initiation of methamphetamine use in sexual and gender minorities assigned male at birth. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2024, 121: e2407046121. PMID: 39348540, PMCID: PMC11474050, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2407046121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMethamphetamine useHIV diagnosisRate of incidenceRisk factorsHigh C-reactive proteinC-reactive proteinCox proportional-hazards modelPrevalence of methamphetamine useProportional-hazards modelSGM peopleIdentified risk factorsGender minoritiesInitiation of methamphetamine useHIV seroconversionInflammatory measuresPoisson regression analysisCohort studyHIVMethamphetaminePreventive interventionsBirthInflammationRegression analysisIncidenceDiagnosisAsymptomatic Rectal Bacterial Pathogens Show Large Prospective Relationships With HIV Incidence in a Cohort of Young Sexual and Gender Minorities: Implications for STI Screening and HIV Prevention
Baiers R, Ryan D, Clifford A, Munson E, D’Aquila R, Newcomb M, Mustanski B. Asymptomatic Rectal Bacterial Pathogens Show Large Prospective Relationships With HIV Incidence in a Cohort of Young Sexual and Gender Minorities: Implications for STI Screening and HIV Prevention. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2024, 11: ofae444. PMID: 39183815, PMCID: PMC11342390, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofae444.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHIV seroconversionGeneralized estimating equationsChlamydia trachomatisNeisseria gonorrhoeaeHIV infectionPredictors of HIV seroconversionLongitudinal cohort studyPrevent HIV infectionGender minoritiesSTI screeningRectal NGHIV preventionBiobehavioral interventionsHIV incidenceMultivariate GEE analysisAsymptomatic screeningMethods DataStatistically significant predictorsProspective relationshipHIVChicago metropolitan areaPredictive valueEstimating equationsGEE analysisStatistically significant pairwise differencesThe Global Impact of Diversifying PrEP Options: Results of an International Discrete Choice Experiment of Existing and Potential PrEP Strategies with Gay and Bisexual Men and Physicians
Rael C, Giguere R, Tfaily E, Sutton S, Horn E, Schieffer R, Hendrix C, D’Aquila R, Hope T. The Global Impact of Diversifying PrEP Options: Results of an International Discrete Choice Experiment of Existing and Potential PrEP Strategies with Gay and Bisexual Men and Physicians. AIDS Research And Human Retroviruses 2024, 40: 591-605. PMID: 38753738, DOI: 10.1089/aid.2023.0120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNorthwestern University resource and education development initiatives to advance collaborative artificial intelligence across the learning health system
Luo Y, Mao C, Sanchez‐Pinto L, Ahmad F, Naidech A, Rasmussen L, Pacheco J, Schneider D, Mithal L, Dresden S, Holmes K, Carson M, Shah S, Khan S, Clare S, Wunderink R, Liu H, Walunas T, Cooper L, Yue F, Wehbe F, Fang D, Liebovitz D, Markl M, Michelson K, McColley S, Green M, Starren J, Ackermann R, D'Aquila R, Adams J, Lloyd‐Jones D, Chisholm R, Kho A. Northwestern University resource and education development initiatives to advance collaborative artificial intelligence across the learning health system. Learning Health Systems 2024, 8: e10417. PMID: 39036530, PMCID: PMC11257059, DOI: 10.1002/lrh2.10417.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLearning health systemCollaborative AIMultidisciplinary workforceHealth systemArtificial intelligenceCollaborative artificial intelligenceDevelopment of artificial intelligenceLanguage processing pipelinePeer-reviewed publicationsHealth workforceHealthcare initiativesExtract structural informationAI/machine learningHealth informationHospital administratorsClinical specialtiesHealthcare dataEducational resourcesAI methodsAI scientistsUnmet needsPractical resourcesData modelHealthcareProcessing pipeline
2023
Serologic correlation of a research-use-only Treponema pallidum transcription-mediated amplification assay performed on rectal swabs from a longitudinal cohort of young men who have sex with men
Zapp A, Hudson H, Munson E, Thelen E, Ryan D, D’Aquila R, Mustanski B. Serologic correlation of a research-use-only Treponema pallidum transcription-mediated amplification assay performed on rectal swabs from a longitudinal cohort of young men who have sex with men. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 2023, 62: e01351-23. PMID: 38047639, PMCID: PMC10793340, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01351-23.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBarriers and facilitators to recruitment of underrepresented research participants: Perspectives of clinical research coordinators
Heffernan M, Barrera L, Guzman Z, Golbeck E, Jedraszko A, Hays P, Herzog K, D’Aquila R, Ison M, McColley S. Barriers and facilitators to recruitment of underrepresented research participants: Perspectives of clinical research coordinators. Journal Of Clinical And Translational Science 2023, 7: e193. PMID: 37745931, PMCID: PMC10514687, DOI: 10.1017/cts.2023.611.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImplicit bias measuresCultural competency trainingClinical research coordinatorsFacilitators to recruitmentBias measuresImpact of cultural competence trainingCompetency trainingProspective participantsGeneralizability of research findingsResearch participantsResearch coordinatorsPediatric academic medical centerIn-person study visitsParticipants' languageAcademic medical centerAssociated with intentionExamined barriersImprove recruitmentParticipantsIn-personResearch literacySurvey topicsMedical CenterStudy visitsCompensate participants