2024
DiaBetter Together: Clinical trial protocol for a strengths-based Peer Mentor intervention for young adults with type 1 diabetes transitioning to adult care
Carreon S, Minard C, Lyons S, Levy W, Camey S, Desai K, Duran B, Streisand R, Anderson B, McKay S, Tang T, Devaraj S, Ramphul R, Hilliard M. DiaBetter Together: Clinical trial protocol for a strengths-based Peer Mentor intervention for young adults with type 1 diabetes transitioning to adult care. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2024, 147: 107713. PMID: 39395533, DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2024.107713.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdult careHealth outcomesHealthcare systemYoung adultsDiabetes self-management behaviorsPeer mentoringPediatric to adult careSelf-management behaviorsPoor health outcomesPeer mentoring interventionAdult healthcare systemEvidence-based programsPsychosocial well-beingType 1 diabetesT1D self-managementOlder young adultsRandomized controlled trialsUsual careCare visitsSupport interventionsSelf-managementStudy teamYoung adult yearsCareMentoring interventionExperiences of Parent Coaches in an Intervention for Parents of Young Children Newly Diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes
Tully C, Sinisterra M, Levy W, Wang C, Barber J, Inverso H, Hilliard M, Monaghan M, Streisand R. Experiences of Parent Coaches in an Intervention for Parents of Young Children Newly Diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. Children 2024, 11: 1036. PMID: 39334569, PMCID: PMC11430371, DOI: 10.3390/children11091036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchParent coachingDiabetes-specific social supportT1D diagnosisIn-person visitsParents of young childrenType 1 diabetesIntervention armSocial supportYoung childrenIn-personQualitative interviewsHigh satisfactionCoachingRelationship buildingInterventionPersonal growthParticipantsCoaching experienceParentsSurveyChildrenT1DMonthly surveysTrialsClinical trials1848-LB: Peer Mentors in a Young Adult Transition Intervention
BAUDINO M, LEVY W, CARREON S, STREISAND R, TANG T, LYONS S, MCKAY S, ANDERSON-THOMAS B, MINARD C, HILLIARD M. 1848-LB: Peer Mentors in a Young Adult Transition Intervention. Diabetes 2024, 73 DOI: 10.2337/db24-1848-lb.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPeer mentoringDigestive and Kidney DiseasesPsychosocial measuresImprove health-related outcomesPeer support interventionPeer mentoring interventionHealth-related outcomesSelf-reported demographicsYoung adultsTransition interventionsSupport interventionsNational Institute of DiabetesDeliver supportEmotional supportPsychosocial profileIntervention trialsMentoring interventionPsychosocial functioningType 1 diabetesInterventionKidney diseaseMentor profilesNational InstituteDiabetesMentor characteristics
2019
Neuropsychological and socioeconomic outcomes in adult survivors of pediatric low‐grade glioma
Ris M, Leisenring W, Goodman P, Di C, Noll J, Levy W, Robison L, Armstrong G. Neuropsychological and socioeconomic outcomes in adult survivors of pediatric low‐grade glioma. Cancer 2019, 125: 3050-3058. PMID: 31231797, PMCID: PMC6690772, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.32186.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric low-grade gliomasLow-grade gliomasSurvivors treated with surgerySocioeconomic status outcomesCentral nervous systemSocioeconomic statusAssociated with tumor locationTreated with surgeryYounger ageLong-term morbiditySurvivors of childhood CNS tumorsSurvivors treated with radiotherapyChildhood CNS tumorsSocioeconomic status assessmentChildhood Cancer Survivor StudyAdult survivorsLifelong surveillanceTumor locationCNS tumorsSibling comparison groupMultivariate regression modelIncreased riskEstimated IQAttention/processing speedSurgery