2025
Respiratory syncytial virus vaccine effectiveness among US veterans, September, 2023 to March, 2024: a target trial emulation study
Bajema K, Yan L, Li Y, Argraves S, Rajeevan N, Fox A, Vergun R, Berry K, Bui D, Huang Y, Lin H, Hynes D, Lucero-Obusan C, Schirmer P, Cunningham F, Huang G, Aslan M, Ioannou G. Respiratory syncytial virus vaccine effectiveness among US veterans, September, 2023 to March, 2024: a target trial emulation study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2025 PMID: 39848264, DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(24)00796-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRespiratory syncytial virusRespiratory syncytial virus vaccinePositive RSV testVaccine effectivenessRSV testCare encountersSecondary outcomesEmergency departmentRSV-associated hospitalisationsMedian follow-upUS Food and Drug AdministrationHealth-care useVeterans Health AdministrationRespiratory illness seasonMatched index dateElectronic health recordsLower respiratory tract diseaseRSV-related illnessFood and Drug AdministrationDepartment of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies ProgramVeterans Affairs Cooperative Studies ProgramCooperative Studies ProgramRSV infectionMedian ageUS Department
2024
Development of a prediction model for 30-day COVID-19 hospitalization and death in a national cohort of Veterans Health Administration patients–March 2022—April 2023
Bui D, Bajema K, Huang Y, Yan L, Li Y, Rajeevan N, Berry K, Rowneki M, Argraves S, Hynes D, Huang G, Aslan M, Ioannou G. Development of a prediction model for 30-day COVID-19 hospitalization and death in a national cohort of Veterans Health Administration patients–March 2022—April 2023. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0307235. PMID: 39365775, PMCID: PMC11451987, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0307235.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Health AdministrationCOVID-19 hospitalizationArea under the receiver operating characteristic curveComprehensive electronic health recordNational cohortElectronic health recordsAll-cause mortalityNational cohort of patientsFull modelHealth recordsHealth AdministrationReceipt of COVID-19 vaccineMortality riskEpidemiology of COVID-19COVID-19High-risk patientsBrier scoreCohort of patientsAnti-SARS-CoV-2 treatmentCOVID-19 vaccineReceiver operating characteristic curveCalibration interceptHospitalAntiviral treatmentAvailability of effective vaccinesCorrelates of suicidal behaviors and genetic risk among United States veterans with schizophrenia or bipolar I disorder
Bigdeli T, Barr P, Rajeevan N, Graham D, Li Y, Meyers J, Gorman B, Peterson R, Sayward F, Radhakrishnan K, Natarajan S, Nielsen D, Wilkinson A, Malhotra A, Zhao H, Brophy M, Shi Y, O’Leary T, Gleason T, Przygodzki R, Pyarajan S, Muralidhar S, Gaziano J, Huang G, Concato J, Siever L, DeLisi L, Kimbrel N, Beckham J, Swann A, Kosten T, Fanous A, Aslan M, Harvey P. Correlates of suicidal behaviors and genetic risk among United States veterans with schizophrenia or bipolar I disorder. Molecular Psychiatry 2024, 29: 2399-2407. PMID: 38491344, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-024-02472-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBipolar I disorderSuicidal behaviorElectronic health recordsPolygenic scoresVeterans Health AdministrationSelf-reported SBColumbia-Suicide Severity Rating ScaleBipolar I disorder patientsCorrelates of suicidal behaviorClasses of psychotropic medicationsSelf-injurious behaviorHealth recordsSeverity Rating ScaleDiagnosed mental illnessAssociated with clinical variablesElectronic health record codesEHR domainDepressive disorderC-SSRSLifetime diagnosisSubstance-relatedPsychotropic medicationsSuicidal ideationExternalizing behaviorsSuicide attemptsCorrelates of Risk for Disinhibited Behaviors in the Million Veteran Program Cohort
Barr P, Bigdeli T, Meyers J, Peterson R, Sanchez-Roige S, Mallard T, Dick D, Harden K, Wilkinson A, Graham D, Nielsen D, Swann A, Lipsky R, Kosten T, Aslan M, Harvey P, Kimbrel N, Beckham J, Aslan M, Antonelli M, de Asis M, Bauer M, Brophy M, Concato J, Cunningham F, Freedman R, Gaziano M, Gleason T, Harvey P, Huang G, Kelsoe J, Kosten T, Lehner T, Lohr J, Marder S, Miller P, O Leary T, Patterson T, Peduzzi P, Przygodski R, Siever L, Sklar P, Strakowski S, Zhao H, Fanous A, Farwell W, Malhorta A, Mane S, Palacios P, Bigdeli T, Corsey M, Zaluda L, Johnson J, Sueiro M, Cavaliere D, Jeanpaul V, Maffucci A, Mancini L, Deen J, Muldoon G, Whitbourne S, Canive J, Adamson L, Calais L, Fuldauer G, Kushner R, Toney G, Lackey M, Mank A, Mahdavi N, Villarreal G, Muly E, Amin F, Dent M, Wold J, Fischer B, Elliott A, Felix C, Gill G, Parker P, Logan C, McAlpine J, DeLisi L, Reece S, Hammer M, Agbor-Tabie D, Goodson W, Aslam M, Grainger M, Richtand N, Rybalsky A, Al Jurdi R, Boeckman E, Natividad T, Smith D, Stewart M, Torres S, Zhao Z, Mayeda A, Green A, Hofstetter J, Ngombu S, Scott M, Strasburger A, Sumner J, Paschall G, Mucciarelli J, Owen R, Theus S, Tompkins D, Potkin S, Reist C, Novin M, Khalaghizadeh S, Douyon R, Kumar N, Martinez B, Sponheim S, Bender T, Lucas H, Lyon A, Marggraf M, Sorensen L, Surerus C, Sison C, Amato J, Johnson D, Pagan-Howard N, Adler L, Alerpin S, Leon T, Mattocks K, Araeva N, Sullivan J, Suppes T, Bratcher K, Drag L, Fischer E, Fujitani L, Gill S, Grimm D, Hoblyn J, Nguyen T, Nikolaev E, Shere L, Relova R, Vicencio A, Yip M, Hurford I, Acheampong S, Carfagno G, Haas G, Appelt C, Brown E, Chakraborty B, Kelly E, Klima G, Steinhauer S, Hurley R, Belle R, Eknoyan D, Johnson K, Lamotte J, Granholm E, Bradshaw K, Holden J, Jones R, Le T, Molina I, Peyton M, Ruiz I, Sally L, Tapp A, Devroy S, Jain V, Kilzieh N, Maus L, Miller K, Pope H, Wood A, Meyer E, Givens P, Hicks P, Justice S, McNair K, Pena J, Tharp D, Davis L, Ban M, Cheatum L, Darr P, Grayson W, Munford J, Whitfield B, Wilson E, Melnikoff S, Schwartz B, Tureson M, D Souza D, Forselius K, Ranganathan M, Rispoli L, Sather M, Colling C, Haakenson C, Kruegar D, Muralidhar S, Ramoni R, Breeling J, Chang K, O Donnell C, Tsao P, Moser J, Brewer J, Warren S, Argyres D, Stevens B, Humphries D, Do N, Shayan S, Nguyen X, Pyarajan S, Cho K, Hauser E, Sun Y, Wilson P, McArdle R, Dellitalia L, Harley J, Whittle J. Correlates of Risk for Disinhibited Behaviors in the Million Veteran Program Cohort. JAMA Psychiatry 2024, 81: 188-197. PMID: 37938835, PMCID: PMC10633411, DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.4141.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSubstance use disordersPolygenic risk scoresMillion Veteran ProgramCorrelates of riskElectronic health recordsPsychiatric problemsComorbid psychiatric problemsViral hepatitis C.Chronic airway obstructionHealth recordsElectronic health record dataUS veteran populationMillion Veteran Program cohortCommon etiologic pathwayHealth care centersHealth record dataInternational Statistical ClassificationSuicide-related behaviorsAirway obstructionCohort studyHepatitis C.Recent genome-wide association studiesLiver diseaseUS veteransCare center