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Kirsha Gordon, PhD, MS

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Discontinuing postmenopausal hormone therapy: an observational study of tapering versus quitting cold turkey: is there a difference in recurrence of menopausal symptoms?Haskell SG, Bean-Mayberry B, Gordon K. Discontinuing postmenopausal hormone therapy: an observational study of tapering versus quitting cold turkey: is there a difference in recurrence of menopausal symptoms? Menopause (New York, N.Y.) 2009, 16:494-9.
Continuity in a VA patient-centered medical home reduces emergency department visits.Chaiyachati KH, Gordon K, Long T, Levin W, Khan A, Meyer E, Justice A, Brienza R. Continuity in a VA patient-centered medical home reduces emergency department visits. PloS One 2014, 9:e96356.
Long-term Prescription of Opioids and/or Benzodiazepines and Mortality Among HIV-Infected and Uninfected Patients.Weisberg DF, Gordon KS, Barry DT, Becker WC, Crystal S, Edelman EJ, Gaither J, Gordon AJ, Goulet J, Kerns RD, Moore BA, Tate J, Justice AC, Fiellin DA. Long-term Prescription of Opioids and/or Benzodiazepines and Mortality Among HIV-Infected and Uninfected Patients. Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999) 2015, 69:223-33.
Minority Men Who Have Sex with Men Demonstrate Increased Risk for HIV Transmission.Gordon KS, Edelman EJ, Justice AC, Fiellin DA, Akgün K, Crystal S, Duggal M, Goulet JL, Rimland D, Bryant KJ. Minority Men Who Have Sex with Men Demonstrate Increased Risk for HIV Transmission. AIDS And Behavior 2017, 21:1497-1510.
Immunological and infectious risk factors for lung cancer in US veterans with HIV: a longitudinal cohort study.Sigel K, Wisnivesky J, Crothers K, Gordon K, Brown ST, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Gibert C, Goetz MB, Bedimo R, Park LS, Dubrow R. Immunological and infectious risk factors for lung cancer in US veterans with HIV: a longitudinal cohort study. The Lancet. HIV 2017, 4:e67-e73.
Differentiating Types of Self-Reported Alcohol Abstinence.Gordon KS, McGinnis K, Dao C, Rentsch CT, Small A, Smith RV, Kember RL, Gelernter J, Kranzler HR, Bryant KJ, Tate JP, Justice AC. Differentiating Types of Self-Reported Alcohol Abstinence. AIDS And Behavior 2020, 24:655-665.
Toward a clarification of the taxonomy of "bias" in epidemiology textbooks.Schwartz S, Campbell UB, Gatto NM, Gordon K. Toward a clarification of the taxonomy of "bias" in epidemiology textbooks. Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) 2015, 26:216-22.
Guideline-concordant management of opioid therapy among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected and uninfected veterans.Gaither JR, Goulet JL, Becker WC, Crystal S, Edelman EJ, Gordon K, Kerns RD, Rimland D, Skanderson M, Weisberg DF, Justice AC, Fiellin DA. Guideline-concordant management of opioid therapy among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected and uninfected veterans. The Journal Of Pain : Official Journal Of The American Pain Society 2014, 15:1130-1140.
HIV as an independent risk factor for incident lung cancer.Sigel K, Wisnivesky J, Gordon K, Dubrow R, Justice A, Brown ST, Goulet J, Butt AA, Crystal S, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas M, Gibert C, Park LS, Crothers K. HIV as an independent risk factor for incident lung cancer. AIDS (London, England) 2012, 26:1017-25.
Comparative Effectiveness of Diabetic Oral Medications Among HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Veterans.Han JH, Gordon K, Womack JA, Gibert CL, Leaf DA, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Bisson GP. Comparative Effectiveness of Diabetic Oral Medications Among HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Veterans. Diabetes Care 2017, 40:218-225.
Correction to: Association of Cannabis, Stimulant, and Alcohol use with Mortality Prognosis Among HIV-Infected Men.Adams JW, Bryant KJ, Edelman EJ, Fiellin DA, Gaither JR, Gordon AJ, Gordon KS, Kraemer KL, Mimiaga MJ, Operario D, Tate JP, van den Berg JJ, Justice AC, Marshall BDL. Correction to: Association of Cannabis, Stimulant, and Alcohol use with Mortality Prognosis Among HIV-Infected Men. AIDS And Behavior 2018, 22:2382.
Nonantiretroviral polypharmacy and adverse health outcomes among HIV-infected and uninfected individuals.Justice AC, Gordon KS, Skanderson M, Edelman EJ, Akgün KM, Gibert CL, Lo Re V, Rimland D, Womack JA, Wyatt CM, Tate JP. Nonantiretroviral polypharmacy and adverse health outcomes among HIV-infected and uninfected individuals. AIDS (London, England) 2018, 32:739-749.
Comparison of outpatient health care utilization among returning women and men veterans from Afghanistan and Iraq.Duggal M, Goulet JL, Womack J, Gordon K, Mattocks K, Haskell SG, Justice AC, Brandt CA. Comparison of outpatient health care utilization among returning women and men veterans from Afghanistan and Iraq. BMC Health Services Research 2010, 10:175.
Patient-reported symptoms on the antiretroviral regimen efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir.Edelman EJ, Gordon K, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Justice AC. Patient-reported symptoms on the antiretroviral regimen efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir. AIDS Patient Care And STDs 2012, 26:312-9.
Reply to Osborne & Serdarevic (2017): Potential impact of exposure definition when examining non-medical use of prescription opioids among US veterans.Banerjee G, Edelman EJ, Barry DT, Becker WC, Cerdá M, Crystal S, Gaither JR, Gordon AJ, Gordon KS, Kerns RD, Martins SS, Fiellin DA, Marshall BDL. Reply to Osborne & Serdarevic (2017): Potential impact of exposure definition when examining non-medical use of prescription opioids among US veterans. Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2017, 112:1510-1511.
Correction to: Complementary and Alternative Medicine Among Persons living with HIV in the Era of Combined Antiretroviral Treatment.Halpin SN, Carruth EC, Rai RP, Edelman EJ, Fiellin DA, Gibert C, Gordon KS, Huang W, Justice A, Marconi VC, Rimland D, Perkins MM. Correction to: Complementary and Alternative Medicine Among Persons living with HIV in the Era of Combined Antiretroviral Treatment. AIDS And Behavior 2018, 22:2381.
The next therapeutic challenge in HIV: polypharmacy.Edelman EJ, Gordon KS, Glover J, McNicholl IR, Fiellin DA, Justice AC. The next therapeutic challenge in HIV: polypharmacy. Drugs & Aging 2013, 30:613-28.
Sex disparities in overall burden of disease among HIV-infected individuals in the Veterans Affairs healthcare system.Blackstock OJ, Tate JP, Akgün KM, Crystal S, Duggal M, Edelman EJ, Gibert CL, Gordon KS, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Wang EA, Fiellin DA, Justice AC. Sex disparities in overall burden of disease among HIV-infected individuals in the Veterans Affairs healthcare system. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2013, 28 Suppl 2:S577-82.
Trends in Any and High-Dose Opioid Analgesic Receipt Among Aging Patients With and Without HIV.Becker WC, Gordon K, Jennifer Edelman E, Kerns RD, Crystal S, Dziura JD, Fiellin LE, Gordon AJ, Goulet JL, Justice AC, Fiellin DA. Trends in Any and High-Dose Opioid Analgesic Receipt Among Aging Patients With and Without HIV. AIDS And Behavior 2016, 20:679-86.
Delayed presentation for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care among veterans: a problem of access or screening?Gandhi NR, Skanderson M, Gordon KS, Concato J, Justice AC. Delayed presentation for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care among veterans: a problem of access or screening? Medical Care 2007, 45:1105-9.
Does social isolation predict hospitalization and mortality among HIV+ and uninfected older veterans?Greysen SR, Horwitz LI, Covinsky KE, Gordon K, Ohl ME, Justice AC. Does social isolation predict hospitalization and mortality among HIV+ and uninfected older veterans? Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2013, 61:1456-63.
Comorbid diabetes and the risk of progressive chronic kidney disease in HIV-infected adults: data from the Veterans Aging Cohort Study.Medapalli RK, Parikh CR, Gordon K, Brown ST, Butt AA, Gibert CL, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Chang CC, Justice AC, He JC, Wyatt CM. Comorbid diabetes and the risk of progressive chronic kidney disease in HIV-infected adults: data from the Veterans Aging Cohort Study. Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999) 2012, 60:393-9.
The Effect of Substance Use Disorders on the Association Between Guideline-concordant Long-term Opioid Therapy and All-cause Mortality.Gaither JR, Goulet JL, Becker WC, Crystal S, Edelman EJ, Gordon K, Kerns RD, Rimland D, Skanderson M, Justice AC, Fiellin DA. The Effect of Substance Use Disorders on the Association Between Guideline-concordant Long-term Opioid Therapy and All-cause Mortality. Journal Of Addiction Medicine 2016, 10:418-428.
Drug toxicity, HIV progression, or comorbidity of aging: does tipranavir use increase the risk of intracranial hemorrhage?Justice AC, Zingmond DS, Gordon KS, Fultz SL, Goulet JL, King JT, Bravata DM, Valdez H, Kraft M, Mattocks KM. Drug toxicity, HIV progression, or comorbidity of aging: does tipranavir use increase the risk of intracranial hemorrhage? Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication Of The Infectious Diseases Society Of America 2008, 47:1226-30.
Receipt of opioid analgesics by HIV-infected and uninfected patients.Edelman EJ, Gordon K, Becker WC, Goulet JL, Skanderson M, Gaither JR, Brennan Braden J, Gordon AJ, Kerns RD, Justice AC, Fiellin DA. Receipt of opioid analgesics by HIV-infected and uninfected patients. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2013, 28:82-90.
Does Clinical Inertia Vary According to Provider Type?Federman DG, Gordon KS, Goulet J, Kancir S, Levin W, Fultz SL, Justice AC. Does Clinical Inertia Vary According to Provider Type? Federal Practitioner : For The Health Care Professionals Of The VA, DoD, And PHS 2008, 25:21-27.
Patient and provider-reported symptoms in the post-cART era.Edelman EJ, Gordon K, Justice AC. Patient and provider-reported symptoms in the post-cART era. AIDS And Behavior 2011, 15:853-61.
Risk factors for hospitalization and medical intensive care unit (MICU) admission among HIV-infected Veterans.Akgün KM, Gordon K, Pisani M, Fried T, McGinnis KA, Tate JP, Butt AA, Gibert CL, Huang L, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Rimland D, Justice AC, Crothers K. Risk factors for hospitalization and medical intensive care unit (MICU) admission among HIV-infected Veterans. Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999) 2013, 62:52-9.
Acetaminophen receipt among HIV-infected patients with advanced hepatic fibrosis.Edelman EJ, Gordon KS, Lo Re V, Skanderson M, Fiellin DA, Justice AC. Acetaminophen receipt among HIV-infected patients with advanced hepatic fibrosis. Pharmacoepidemiology And Drug Safety 2013, 22:1352-6.
The Association Between Receipt of Guideline-Concordant Long-Term Opioid Therapy and All-Cause Mortality.Gaither JR, Goulet JL, Becker WC, Crystal S, Edelman EJ, Gordon K, Kerns RD, Rimland D, Skanderson M, Justice AC, Fiellin DA. The Association Between Receipt of Guideline-Concordant Long-Term Opioid Therapy and All-Cause Mortality. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2016, 31:492-501.
Association of Cannabis, Stimulant, and Alcohol use with Mortality Prognosis Among HIV-Infected Men.Adams JW, Bryant KJ, Edelman JE, Fiellin DA, Gaither JR, Gordon AJ, Gordon KS, Kraemer KL, Mimiaga MJ, Operario D, Tate JP, van den Berg JJ, Justice AC, Marshall BDL. Association of Cannabis, Stimulant, and Alcohol use with Mortality Prognosis Among HIV-Infected Men. AIDS And Behavior 2018, 22:1341-1351.
Hepatitis C and the risk of kidney disease and mortality in veterans with HIV.Fischer MJ, Wyatt CM, Gordon K, Gibert CL, Brown ST, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Justice AC, Parikh CR. Hepatitis C and the risk of kidney disease and mortality in veterans with HIV. Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999) 2010, 53:222-6.
Gender differences in rates of depression, PTSD, pain, obesity, and military sexual trauma among Connecticut War Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan.Haskell SG, Gordon KS, Mattocks K, Duggal M, Erdos J, Justice A, Brandt CA. Gender differences in rates of depression, PTSD, pain, obesity, and military sexual trauma among Connecticut War Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. Journal Of Women's Health (2002) 2010, 19:267-71.
Erratum to: Trends in Any and High-Dose Opioid Analgesic Receipt Among Aging Patients With and Without HIV.Becker WC, Gordon K, Edelman EJ, Kerns RD, Crystal S, Dziura JD, Fiellin LE, Gordon AJ, Goulet JL, Justice AC, Fiellin DA. Erratum to: Trends in Any and High-Dose Opioid Analgesic Receipt Among Aging Patients With and Without HIV. AIDS And Behavior 2017, 21:1228.
Individual and Neighborhood Characteristics Associated with HIV Among Black and Latino Adults Who Use Drugs and Unaware of Their HIV-Positive Status, New York City, 2000-2004.Lewis CF, Rivera AV, Crawford ND, Gordon K, White K, Vlahov D, Galea S. Individual and Neighborhood Characteristics Associated with HIV Among Black and Latino Adults Who Use Drugs and Unaware of Their HIV-Positive Status, New York City, 2000-2004. Journal Of Racial And Ethnic Health Disparities 2016, 3:573-581.
Non-medical use of prescription opioids is associated with heroin initiation among US veterans: a prospective cohort study.Banerjee G, Edelman EJ, Barry DT, Becker WC, Cerdá M, Crystal S, Gaither JR, Gordon AJ, Gordon KS, Kerns RD, Martins SS, Fiellin DA, Marshall BD. Non-medical use of prescription opioids is associated with heroin initiation among US veterans: a prospective cohort study. Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2016, 111:2021-2031.
Reply to Ruan et al. (2017): Non-medical use of prescription opioids is associated with heroin initiation among US veterans.Banerjee G, Edelman EJ, Barry DT, Becker WC, Cerdá M, Crystal S, Gaither JR, Gordon AJ, Gordon KS, Kerns RD, Martins SS, Fiellin DA, Marshall BD. Reply to Ruan et al. (2017): Non-medical use of prescription opioids is associated with heroin initiation among US veterans. Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2017, 112:728-729.
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Among Persons living with HIV in the Era of Combined Antiretroviral Treatment.Halpin SN, Carruth EC, Rai RP, Jennifer Edelman E, Fiellin DA, Gibert C, Gordon KS, Huang W, Justice A, Marconi VC, Rimland D, Perkins MM. Complementary and Alternative Medicine Among Persons living with HIV in the Era of Combined Antiretroviral Treatment. AIDS And Behavior 2018, 22:848-852.
Personal health record use and its association with antiretroviral adherence: survey and medical record data from 1871 US veterans infected with HIV.Keith McInnes D, Shimada SL, Rao SR, Quill A, Duggal M, Gifford AL, Brandt CA, Houston TK, Ohl ME, Gordon KS, Mattocks KM, Kazis LE, Justice AC. Personal health record use and its association with antiretroviral adherence: survey and medical record data from 1871 US veterans infected with HIV. AIDS And Behavior 2013, 17:3091-100.
Racial disparities in discontinuation of long-term opioid therapy following illicit drug use among black and white patients.Gaither JR, Gordon K, Crystal S, Edelman EJ, Kerns RD, Justice AC, Fiellin DA, Becker WC. Racial disparities in discontinuation of long-term opioid therapy following illicit drug use among black and white patients. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2018, 192:371-376.
Duration of opioid prescriptions predicts incident nonmedical use of prescription opioids among U.S. veterans receiving medical care.Barry DT, Marshall BDL, Becker WC, Gordon AJ, Crystal S, Kerns RD, Gaither JR, Gordon KS, Justice AC, Fiellin DA, Edelman EJ. Duration of opioid prescriptions predicts incident nonmedical use of prescription opioids among U.S. veterans receiving medical care. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2018, 191:348-354.
Herpes Zoster and Herpes Zoster Vaccine Rates Among Adults Living With and Without HIV in the Veterans Aging Cohort Study.Hawkins KL, Gordon KS, Levin MJ, Weinberg A, Battaglia C, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Brown ST, Rimland D, Justice A, Tate J, Erlandson KM. Herpes Zoster and Herpes Zoster Vaccine Rates Among Adults Living With and Without HIV in the Veterans Aging Cohort Study. Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999) 2018, 79:527-533.
Association of Prescribed Opioids With Increased Risk of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Among Patients With and Without HIV.Edelman EJ, Gordon KS, Crothers K, Akgün K, Bryant KJ, Becker WC, Gaither JR, Gibert CL, Gordon AJ, Marshall BDL, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Samet JH, Justice AC, Tate JP, Fiellin DA. Association of Prescribed Opioids With Increased Risk of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Among Patients With and Without HIV. JAMA Internal Medicine 2019, 179:297-304.
Predictors of timely opioid agonist treatment initiation among veterans with and without HIV.Wyse JJ, Robbins JL, McGinnis KA, Edelman EJ, Gordon AJ, Manhapra A, Fiellin DA, Moore BA, Korthuis PT, Gaither JR, Gordon K, Skanderson M, Barry DT, Crystal S, Justice A, Kraemer KL. Predictors of timely opioid agonist treatment initiation among veterans with and without HIV. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2019, 198:70-75.
High-dose prescribed opioids are associated with increased risk of heroin use among United States military veterans.Banerjee G, Edelman EJ, Barry DT, Crystal S, Gordon KS, Gordon AJ, Gaither JR, Green TC, Kerns RD, Manhapra A, Moore BA, Fiellin DA, Marshall BD. High-dose prescribed opioids are associated with increased risk of heroin use among United States military veterans. Pain 2019, 160:2126-2135.
Association of prescription opioids and incident cardiovascular risk factors among post-9/11 Veterans.Chui PW, Gordon KS, Dziura J, Burg MM, Brandt CA, Sico JJ, Leapman MS, Cavanagh CE, Rosman L, Haskell S, Becker WC, Bastian LA. Association of prescription opioids and incident cardiovascular risk factors among post-9/11 Veterans. Preventive Medicine 2020, 134:106036.
Trajectories of Self-Reported Opioid Use Among Patients With HIV Engaged in Care: Results From a National Cohort Study.Edelman EJ, Li Y, Barry D, Brennan Braden J, Crystal S, Kerns RD, Gaither JR, Gordon KS, Manhapra A, Merlin JS, Moore BA, Oldfield BJ, Park LS, Rentsch CT, Skanderson M, Williams EC, Justice AC, Tate JP, Becker WC, Marshall BDL. Trajectories of Self-Reported Opioid Use Among Patients With HIV Engaged in Care: Results From a National Cohort Study. Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999) 2020, 84:26-36.
Are we missing opioid-related deaths among people with HIV?Becker WC, Gordon KS, Edelman EJ, Goulet JL, Kerns RD, Marshall BDL, Fiellin DA, Justice AC, Tate JP. Are we missing opioid-related deaths among people with HIV? Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2020, 212:108003.
Polypharmacy and frailty among persons with HIV.Sung M, Gordon K, Edelman EJ, Akgün KM, Oursler KK, Justice AC. Polypharmacy and frailty among persons with HIV. AIDS Care 2020, 1-8.
Strategy for addressing research-site overlap in pragmatic clinical trials: lessons learned from the NIH-DOD-VA Pain Management Collaboratory (PMC).Geda M, George SZ, Burgess DJ, Scarton DV, Roddy WT, Gordon KS, Pasquina PF, Brandt CA, Kerns RD, Peduzzi P. Strategy for addressing research-site overlap in pragmatic clinical trials: lessons learned from the NIH-DOD-VA Pain Management Collaboratory (PMC). Trials 2020, 21:1021.
Designing Trials with Purpose: Pragmatic Clinical Trials of Nonpharmacological Approaches for Pain Management.Gordon KS, Peduzzi P, Kerns RD. Designing Trials with Purpose: Pragmatic Clinical Trials of Nonpharmacological Approaches for Pain Management. Pain Medicine (Malden, Mass.) 2020, 21:S7-S12.
Long-term Patterns of Self-reported Opioid Use, VACS Index, and Mortality Among People with HIV Engaged in Care.Adams JW, Li Y, Barry DT, Gordon KS, Kerns RD, Oldfield BJ, Rentsch CT, Marshall BDL, Edelman EJ. Long-term Patterns of Self-reported Opioid Use, VACS Index, and Mortality Among People with HIV Engaged in Care. AIDS And Behavior 2021.
Difference in HIV testing behavior by injection status, among users of illicit drugs.Gordon KS, Chiasson MA, Hoover DR, Martins SS, Wilson PA, Lewis CF. Difference in HIV testing behavior by injection status, among users of illicit drugs. AIDS Care 2021, 1-8.
The Impact of Removing Former Drinkers from Genome-wide Association Studies of AUDIT-C.Dao C, Zhou H, Small A, Gordon KS, Li B, Kember RL, Ye Y, Gelernter J, Xu K, Kranzler HR, Zhao H, Justice AC. The Impact of Removing Former Drinkers from Genome-wide Association Studies of AUDIT-C. Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2021.
Sociodemographic and clinical correlates of gabapentin receipt with and without opioids among a national cohort of patients with HIV.Oldfield BJ, Li Y, Vickers-Smith R, Becker WC, Barry DT, Crystal S, Gordon KS, Kerns RD, Rentsch CT, Marshall BDL, Edelman EJ. Sociodemographic and clinical correlates of gabapentin receipt with and without opioids among a national cohort of patients with HIV. AIDS Care 2021, 1-11.

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