2022
Breast cancer screening during the COVID-19 pandemic: moving from disparities to health equity
Richman I, Tessier-Sherman B, Galusha D, Oladele CR, Wang K. Breast cancer screening during the COVID-19 pandemic: moving from disparities to health equity. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2022, 115: 139-145. PMID: 36069622, PMCID: PMC9494402, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djac172.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer screeningCancer screeningHealth systemHealth equityBreast cancer controlRoutine health careCOVID-19 pandemicCOVID-19 waveMammography ratesCancer controlMammography useMultifactorial conditionHealth disparitiesWhite womenScreening mammographyHealth careWomenCOVID-19Subsequent COVID-19 wavesLower ratesNumber of studiesMammographyDisparitiesPandemicSpecific patterns
2021
Racial disparities in the SOFA score among patients hospitalized with COVID-19
Tolchin B, Oladele C, Galusha D, Kashyap N, Showstark M, Bonito J, Salazar MC, Herbst JL, Martino S, Kim N, Nash KA, Tiako M, Roy S, Greeno R, Jubanyik K. Racial disparities in the SOFA score among patients hospitalized with COVID-19. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0257608. PMID: 34535009, PMCID: PMC8448580, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257608.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-Hispanic white patientsNon-Hispanic black patientsNon-Hispanic blacksSOFA scoreHours of admissionNon-Hispanic whitesWhite patientsHispanic patientsBlack patientsCOVID-19Yale New Haven Health SystemSequential Organ Failure Assessment scoreOrgan Failure Assessment scoreElevated SOFA scoreRetrospective cohort studyCrisis standardsMedical resourcesFull multivariate modelHospital mortalityCohort studyConsecutive patientsMedian agePrimary outcomeFirst admissionInclusion criteria