2022
Evaluation of Racial Disparities in Quality of Care for Patients With Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer Treated With Surgery
Bakkila BF, Kerekes D, Nunez-Smith M, Billingsley KG, Ahuja N, Wang K, Oladele C, Johnson CH, Khan SA. Evaluation of Racial Disparities in Quality of Care for Patients With Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer Treated With Surgery. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e225664. PMID: 35377425, PMCID: PMC8980937, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.5664.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGastrointestinal tract cancerNegative resection marginsTract cancerNegative surgical marginsBlack patientsAdequate lymphadenectomyWhite patientsQuality of careRacial disparitiesSurgical resectionResection marginsSurgical marginsSurgical careNational Cancer DatabaseRetrospective cohort studySite of cancerLonger median survivalHealth careStandard of careCommon age rangeSignificant racial disparitiesAdjuvant chemotherapyBiliary resectionAdjuvant therapyAdult patients
2020
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Population-Level Covid-19 Mortality
Gross CP, Essien UR, Pasha S, Gross JR, Wang SY, Nunez-Smith M. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Population-Level Covid-19 Mortality. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2020, 35: 3097-3099. PMID: 32754782, PMCID: PMC7402388, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-020-06081-w.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Differences in words used to describe racial and gender groups in Medical Student Performance Evaluations
Ross DA, Boatright D, Nunez-Smith M, Jordan A, Chekroud A, Moore EZ. Differences in words used to describe racial and gender groups in Medical Student Performance Evaluations. PLOS ONE 2017, 12: e0181659. PMID: 28792940, PMCID: PMC5549898, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181659.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRacial Disparities in Medical Student Membership in the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
Boatright D, Ross D, O’Connor P, Moore E, Nunez-Smith M. Racial Disparities in Medical Student Membership in the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. JAMA Internal Medicine 2017, 177: 659-665. PMID: 28264091, PMCID: PMC5818775, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.9623.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdultAsianAwards and PrizesBlack or African AmericanClinical CompetenceEducation, Medical, UndergraduateEducational MeasurementEthnicityFemaleHispanic or LatinoHumansLeadershipLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMinority GroupsMultivariate AnalysisOdds RatioProfessionalismRacismSocial WelfareSocieties, MedicalStudents, MedicalUnited StatesWhite PeopleYoung Adult
2012
Institutional variation in the promotion of racial/ethnic minority faculty at US medical schools.
Nunez-Smith M, Ciarleglio MM, Sandoval-Schaefer T, Elumn J, Castillo-Page L, Peduzzi P, Bradley EH. Institutional variation in the promotion of racial/ethnic minority faculty at US medical schools. American Journal Of Public Health 2012, 102: 852-8. PMID: 22420820, PMCID: PMC3483910, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2011.300552.Peer-Reviewed Original Research