2022
Psychosocial Stress and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Stress Reactivity: Variations by Race and Socioeconomic Status Among Adults at Risk of Diabetes
Kalesnikava V, Clarke P, Mukherjee B, Sen S, Mezuk B. Psychosocial Stress and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Stress Reactivity: Variations by Race and Socioeconomic Status Among Adults at Risk of Diabetes. Psychosomatic Medicine 2022, 84: 813-821. PMID: 35980779, DOI: 10.1097/psy.0000000000001112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDomain-specific stressMeasures of psychosocial stressTrier Social Stress TestAssociated with cortisol recoveryHypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis reactivityPsychosocial stressPerceived stressEvidence of effect modificationCortisol responseHigh-SES neighborhoodsHigher perceived stressPsychosocial stress measuresSocioeconomically diverse cohortCortisol recoveryRisk of diabetesAssociated with cortisol responseNeighborhood SESHealth disparitiesEffect modificationNeurobiological stress responseSocioeconomic statusSocial Stress TestSelf-report measuresType 2 diabetesSalivary cortisol response
2019
Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study of the Diagnostic Yield and Patient Experience of Multiplex Gene Panel Testing For Hereditary Cancer Risk
Idos G, Kurian A, Ricker C, Sturgeon D, Culver J, Kingham K, Koff R, Chun N, Rowe-Teeter C, Lebensohn A, Levonian P, Lowstuter K, Partynski K, Hong C, Mills M, Petrovchich I, S. C, Hartman A, Allen B, Wenstrup R, Lancaster J, Brown K, Kidd J, Evans B, Mukherjee B, McDonnell K, Ladabaum U, Ford J, Gruber S. Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study of the Diagnostic Yield and Patient Experience of Multiplex Gene Panel Testing For Hereditary Cancer Risk. JCO Precision Oncology 2019, 3: po.18.00217. PMID: 34322651, PMCID: PMC8260917, DOI: 10.1200/po.18.00217.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMultiplex gene panel testProspective cohort studyGene panel testingPatient experiencePathogenic variantsDiagnostic yieldCohort studyNorris Comprehensive Cancer CenterHereditary cancer riskSocioeconomically diverse cohortComprehensive cancer centerPost-test surveysPanel testingCancer susceptibility genesMulticenter prospective cohort studyLos Angeles CountyUniversity of Southern California Medical CenterIdentified pathogenic variantsCancer riskSouthern California Medical CenterLess educationPatient regretProphylactic surgeryExpert clinical assessmentCalifornia Medical Center