Adjunct Faculty
Adjunct faculty typically have an academic or research appointment at another institution and contribute or collaborate with one or more School of Medicine faculty members or programs.
Adjunct rank detailsKaigang Li, PhD
Assistant Professor AdjunctAbout
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2025
Greater readiness to cut down on drinking behaviors increases effects of a digital behavioral health intervention tool in reducing unhealthy alcohol use among Latino emergency department patients
Li K, Jolly T, Dziura J, Vaca F. Greater readiness to cut down on drinking behaviors increases effects of a digital behavioral health intervention tool in reducing unhealthy alcohol use among Latino emergency department patients. Alcohol And Alcoholism 2025, 60: agaf062. PMID: 41020495, PMCID: PMC12477594, DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agaf062.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnhealthy alcohol useHealth intervention toolDrinking behaviorAlcohol useEmergency departmentED patientsAlcohol Use Disorders Identification Test scoresDrinking ratioAverage weekly drinksBinge drinking episodesIntervention toolSpanish-speaking patientsEmergency department patientsAlcohol severityUnhealthy drinking behaviorsScreening interventionsDrinking episodesLatino adultsUnhealthy drinkingBaseline readinessWeekly drinkingAlcohol interventionsBehavioral healthLinear mixed modelsGeneralized linear mixed modelsTesting the Purported Mechanisms of the AgingPLUS Intervention: Effects on Physical Activity Outcomes
Diehl M, Tseng H, Rebok G, Li K, Nehrkorn-Bailey A, Rodriguez D, Chen D, Roth D. Testing the Purported Mechanisms of the AgingPLUS Intervention: Effects on Physical Activity Outcomes. Psychology And Aging 2025, 40: 355-370. PMID: 40208719, PMCID: PMC12088897, DOI: 10.1037/pag0000893.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNegative views of agingPA outcomesPhysical activitySelf-efficacy beliefsHealth education control groupAccelerometer-assessed PAPhysical activity outcomesSelf-reported PAEducation control groupBias-corrected bootstrapped mediation analysesActivity outcomesPA measuresIntervention effectsExperimental medicine approachOlder adultsBootstrapped mediation analysesIntervention programsControl group designSelf-EfficacyMiddle-agedInterventionViews of agingDelayed posttestMediation analysisParticipantsRiding With Alcohol-Impaired Drivers in Fatal Crashes: Modeling Historical Trends and Future Projections Using a System Dynamics Approach.
Hosseinichimeh N, MacDonald R, Li K, Fell J, Haynie D, Simons-Morton B, Banz B, Camenga D, Iannotti R, Curry L, Dziura J, Andersen D, Vaca F. Riding With Alcohol-Impaired Drivers in Fatal Crashes: Modeling Historical Trends and Future Projections Using a System Dynamics Approach. Journal Of Studies On Alcohol And Drugs 2025, 86: 849-861. PMID: 39913281, PMCID: PMC12576931, DOI: 10.15288/jsad.24-00199.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFatal crashesImpaired driversFatality Analysis Reporting SystemAlcohol-impaired driverSystem dynamics simulation modelSystem dynamics approachFemale driversYoung driversAlternative transportationPassengerCrashesDriver-passengerDriversIncreased enforcementTripsUnintended consequencesSimulation modelHistorical dataFatalitiesSensitivity analysisInvestigate factorsMultiple scenariosDynamic simulation modelReporting systemDynamic approachImpact of biophilic design on college student perception of mental health and environmental benefits: A dose-response study
Li K, Perrault A, DeYoung W, Cameron E, Miller C, O'Connor A, Gu M, Braun B. Impact of biophilic design on college student perception of mental health and environmental benefits: A dose-response study. Building And Environment 2025, 267: 112318. DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.112318.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCollege students' perceptionsCognitive performanceStudents' cognitive performanceComparison classroomsPerceived stressSelf-reported cognitive performancePerceptions of mental healthNature connectednessDose-response relationshipQuasi-experimental design studyEnvironmental quality perceptionHealth outcomesMental healthPsychosomatic healthStudents' perceptionsHealthDose-response studyOdor intensityWeek 4SleepinessClassroom environmentPerceptionNo significant differenceCollegeStudents
2024
Individual and social-environmental factors among young drivers informing decisions to ride with an impaired driver and drive impaired: A sequential mixed methods assessment
Vaca F, Camenga D, Li K, Zuniga V, Banz B, Iannotti R, Grayton C, Simons-Morton B, Haynie D, Curry L. Individual and social-environmental factors among young drivers informing decisions to ride with an impaired driver and drive impaired: A sequential mixed methods assessment. Traffic Injury Prevention 2024, 25: s15-s24. PMID: 39485697, PMCID: PMC11563878, DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2024.2368595.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInterview transcriptsHealth-related quality of lifeLongitudinal nationally representative studyMixed methods assessmentHealth-related qualityQualitative interview guideSequential explanatory mixed methods approachNEXT Generation Health StudyExplanatory mixed methods approachNationally Representative StudySocial environmental factorsStage 1 findingsAssessment of impairmentQuality of lifeMixed methods approachHealth StudyInterview guideData immersionJoint displaysMeasures of resilienceQualitative interviewsLatent class analysisRepresentative studyQualitative dataImpaired driversModeling of drinking and driving behaviors among adolescents and young adults in the United States: Complexities and Intervention outcomes
Hosseinichimeh N, MacDonald R, Li K, Fell J, Haynie D, Simons-Morton B, Banz B, Camenga D, Iannotti R, Curry L, Dziura J, Andersen D, Vaca F. Modeling of drinking and driving behaviors among adolescents and young adults in the United States: Complexities and Intervention outcomes. Social Science & Medicine 2024, 354: 117087. PMID: 39043064, PMCID: PMC11334945, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117087.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAlcohol-impaired drivingAlcohol-related crash fatalitiesLikelihood of unintended consequencesUnited StatesAlcohol-related crashesPolicy-makersUnintended consequencesGroup model building sessionsInterconnected factorsModel building sessionsCrash fatalitiesYoung adultsModels of drinkingHistorical trendsPublic health problemStakeholder actionsCombined interventionSustained declineIntervention outcomesHealth problemsActivistsCrash deathsInterventionSubject matter expertsTesting the structural disconnection hypothesis: Myelin content correlates with memory in healthy aging
Mendez Colmenares A, Thomas M, Anderson C, Arciniegas D, Calhoun V, Choi I, Kramer A, Li K, Lee J, Lee P, Burzynska A. Testing the structural disconnection hypothesis: Myelin content correlates with memory in healthy aging. Neurobiology Of Aging 2024, 141: 21-33. PMID: 38810596, PMCID: PMC11290458, DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2024.05.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDisconnection hypothesisVirginia Cognitive Aging ProjectHypothesis of cognitive agingFractional anisotropyAssociated with reduced memory performanceDeterioration of white matterAge-related memory lossPrefrontal white matterGenu of the corpus callosumMyelin water fractionVoxel-wise analysisWhite matterCorpus callosumExecutive functionCognitive agingDiffusion tensor imagingMemory performancePrefrontal WMStructural equation modelingWM microstructureAge differencesProcessing speedStructural disconnectionCognitive declineHealthy participantsAdolescent Parental Monitoring Offers Protection Against Later Recurrent Driving After Drinking
Schulte R, Vaca F, Li K. Adolescent Parental Monitoring Offers Protection Against Later Recurrent Driving After Drinking. Journal Of Adolescent Health 2024, 75: 242-248. PMID: 38739054, DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.03.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNational Longitudinal Survey of YouthLongitudinal Survey of YouthEmerging adulthoodNational Longitudinal SurveySurvey of youthRecurrent drinkingParental monitoring knowledgeHousehold incomeMid-twentiesYouthLateral recurrenceBinary logistic regressionInverse associationPublic healthMonitoring knowledgeProtective effectLogistic regressionAnnual roundsProspective associationsMothersAgeHouseholdsTesting the Myelin Hypothesis of Cognitive Aging: Insights from Advanced MRI and Cognitive Testing (S28.007)
Colmenares A, Anderson C, Arciniegas D, Calhoun V, Kramer A, Li K, Choi I, Lee J, Lee P, Thomas M, Burzynska A. Testing the Myelin Hypothesis of Cognitive Aging: Insights from Advanced MRI and Cognitive Testing (S28.007). Neurology 2024, 102 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000205911.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCorrelates of axonal content in healthy adult span: Age, sex, myelin, and metabolic health
Burzynska A, Anderson C, Arciniegas D, Calhoun V, Choi I, Mendez Colmenares A, Kramer A, Li K, Lee J, Lee P, Thomas M. Correlates of axonal content in healthy adult span: Age, sex, myelin, and metabolic health. Cerebral Circulation - Cognition And Behavior 2024, 6: 100203. PMID: 38292016, PMCID: PMC10827486, DOI: 10.1016/j.cccb.2024.100203.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeurologically healthy adultsHealthy adultsLow metabolic riskAdult spanNeural targetsSex differencesIntracranial volumeModifiable health risk factorsMetabolic riskMyelin contentHealth risk factorsAlzheimer's diseaseWhite matterNeurite orientation dispersionPeripheral metabolismMRI approachModifiable factorsAdiposity scoreAdultsMetabolic healthRisk factorsMetabolic syndromeVulnerabilityNeurologyWM
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