Kathleen McGinnis
Staff Affiliate - VAMCCards
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Publications
2026
Laboratory test availability and user fees in routine HIV care: a global analysis in 42 countries
Pan Z, Brazier E, Duda S, Ross J, Templeton D, Pujari S, Zalla L, Galiwango R, Fatti G, Murenzi G, Carriquiry G, Chenal H, Chaiwarith R, Lang R, Byakwaga H, Chinogurei C, Ebasone P, Cesar C, Ezechi O, Freeman A, Diero L, van Dongen N, Lelo P, Cordoso S, Mensah E, McGinnis K, Odhiambo F, Rambiki E, Twizere C, Luque M, Poda A, Kimmel A. Laboratory test availability and user fees in routine HIV care: a global analysis in 42 countries. Health Affairs Scholar 2026, qxag151. DOI: 10.1093/haschl/qxag151.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2025
Direct-Acting Antiviral Initiation Among People With Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and HIV on Antiretroviral Therapy in the United States and Canada: Factors Driving the HCV Treatment Gap
Lang R, Humes E, Lyass A, Borowsky L, Hogan B, Kim A, LaValley M, Silverberg M, Kim H, Napravnik S, Moore R, Horberg M, Palella F, Kirk G, Cachay E, Yendewa G, Kassaye S, McGinnis K, Coburn S, Sterling T, Klein M, Kitahata M, Lesko C, Triant V, Althoff K. Direct-Acting Antiviral Initiation Among People With Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and HIV on Antiretroviral Therapy in the United States and Canada: Factors Driving the HCV Treatment Gap. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2025, 12: ofaf454. PMID: 40893421, PMCID: PMC12391754, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf454.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchComparison of 2 electronic health record data extraction methods for laboratory tests used in the Veterans Aging Cohort Study Index
Ramsey-Hardy C, Skanderson M, Tate J, Justice A, Marconi V, Alcorn C, Hauser R, Anderson-Mellies A, McGinnis K. Comparison of 2 electronic health record data extraction methods for laboratory tests used in the Veterans Aging Cohort Study Index. JAMIA Open 2025, 8: ooaf074. PMID: 40727112, PMCID: PMC12303373, DOI: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooaf074.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCannabis Use Disorder Among People With and Without HIV
Haley D, So-Armah K, Justice A, Kidwai-Khan F, Xuan Z, Adams R, Fox M, Edelman E, Wrona A, Silverberg M, Satre D, Trickey A, Ingle S, McGinnis K. Cannabis Use Disorder Among People With and Without HIV. Journal Of Addiction Medicine 2025, 20: 38-43. PMID: 40358026, PMCID: PMC12673708, DOI: 10.1097/adm.0000000000001505.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCannabis Use and Self-Reported Bothersome Symptoms in People with HIV
Wrona A, Justice A, Tate J, Rentsch C, Gordon K, Kidwai-Khan F, Silverberg M, Satre D, Marconi V, Ingle S, Sterne J, Cavassini M, Bryant K, McGinnis K. Cannabis Use and Self-Reported Bothersome Symptoms in People with HIV. Cannabis 2025, 8: 177-190. PMID: 39968492, PMCID: PMC11831903, DOI: 10.26828/cannabis/2025/000269.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCorrigendum: Combining Charlson comorbidity and VACS indices improves prognostic accuracy for all-cause mortality for patients with and without HIV in the Veterans Health Administration
McGinnis K, Justice A, Marconi V, Rodriguez-Barradas M, Hauser R, Oursler K, Brown S, Bryant K, Tate J. Corrigendum: Combining Charlson comorbidity and VACS indices improves prognostic accuracy for all-cause mortality for patients with and without HIV in the Veterans Health Administration. Frontiers In Medicine 2025, 11: 1532350. PMID: 39845833, PMCID: PMC11750659, DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1532350.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersHarmonization of alcohol use data and mortality across a multi‐national HIV cohort collaboration
Ingle S, Trickey A, Lankina A, McGinnis K, Justice A, Cavassini M, Monforte A, van Sighem A, Gill M, Crane H, Obel N, Jarrin I, Wallner E, Guest J, Silverberg M, Vourli G, Wittkop L, Sterling T, Satre D, Burkholder G, Costagliola D, Sterne J. Harmonization of alcohol use data and mortality across a multi‐national HIV cohort collaboration. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2025, 49: 407-417. PMID: 39779221, PMCID: PMC11828971, DOI: 10.1111/acer.15522.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
The Contribution of Socioeconomic Factors to HIV RNA Suppression in Persons With HIV Engaged in Care in the NA-ACCORD
Chandran A, Feng X, Coburn S, Kasaie P, Malone J, Horberg M, Hogan B, Rebeiro P, Gill M, McGinnis K, Silverberg M, Karris M, Napravnik S, Konkle-Parker D, Lee J, Freeman A, Ghidey R, Garza V, Marconi V, Kirk G, Thorne J, Crane H, Lang R, Kitahata M, Moore R, Althoff K. The Contribution of Socioeconomic Factors to HIV RNA Suppression in Persons With HIV Engaged in Care in the NA-ACCORD. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2024, 97: 232-241. PMID: 39431507, PMCID: PMC11494146, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000003486.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUsing Phosphatidylethanol as an Adjunct to Self-Reported Alcohol Use Improves Identification of Liver Fibrosis Risk
Murnane P, Afshar M, Chamie G, Cook R, Ferguson T, Haque L, Jacobson K, Justice A, Kim T, Khalili M, Krupitsky E, McGinnis K, Molina P, Muyindike W, Myers B, Richards V, So-Armah K, Stewart S, Sulkowski M, Tien P, Hahn J. Using Phosphatidylethanol as an Adjunct to Self-Reported Alcohol Use Improves Identification of Liver Fibrosis Risk. The American Journal Of Gastroenterology 2024, 120: 1567-1575. PMID: 39480054, PMCID: PMC12041314, DOI: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000003178.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPain, Substance Use Disorders, Mental Health, and Buprenorphine Treatment among Patients With and Without HIV
Miller E, McGinnis K, Edelman E, Feinberg T, Gordon K, Kerns R, Marshall B, Patterson J, McRae M. Pain, Substance Use Disorders, Mental Health, and Buprenorphine Treatment among Patients With and Without HIV. AIDS And Behavior 2024, 28: 3994-4004. PMID: 39264485, PMCID: PMC11586311, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-024-04494-w.Peer-Reviewed Original Research