Mellisa Pensa, MD, MPH

• Beth Anne Jones
• Carrie A Redlich
• Margaret Pisani

Environment and Public Health; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation

• Patterns of Energy Drink Use and Associated Symptoms Among a Population of Connecticut Factory Workers.Pensa MA, Galusha DH, Stowe MH, Lefkowitz RY, Redlich CA. Patterns of Energy Drink Use and Associated Symptoms Among a Population of Connecticut Factory Workers. Journal Of Occupational And Environmental Medicine / American College Of Occupational And Environmental Medicine 2016, 58: e188-90. PMID: 27158968, DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000728.
• Mortality risk from comorbidities independent of triple-negative breast cancer status: NCI-SEER-based cohort analysis.Swede H, Sarwar A, Magge A, Braithwaite D, Cook LS, Gregorio DI, Jones BA, R Hoag J, Gonsalves L, L Salner A, Zarfos K, Andemariam B, Stevens RG, G Dugan A, Pensa M, A Brockmeyer J. Mortality risk from comorbidities independent of triple-negative breast cancer status: NCI-SEER-based cohort analysis. Cancer Causes & Control : CCC 2016, 27: 627-36. PMID: 27000206, PMCID: PMC5591028, DOI: 10.1007/s10552-016-0736-3.
• Integrating improvement learning into a family medicine residency curriculum.Pensa M, Frew P, Gelmon SB. Integrating improvement learning into a family medicine residency curriculum. Family Medicine 2013, 45: 409-16. PMID: 23743941.
• Prevalence and prognostic role of triple-negative breast cancer by race: a surveillance study.Swede H, Gregorio DI, Tannenbaum SH, Brockmeyer JA, Ambrosone C, Wilson LL, Pensa MA, Gonsalves L, Stevens RG, Runowicz CD. Prevalence and prognostic role of triple-negative breast cancer by race: a surveillance study. Clinical Breast Cancer 2011, 11: 332-41. PMID: 21729670, PMCID: PMC4459583, DOI: 10.1016/j.clbc.2011.04.004.
• Patterns of HER2 testing in the management of primary breast cancer.Pensa M, Swede H, Brockmeyer JA, Gregorio DI. Patterns of HER2 testing in the management of primary breast cancer. Cancer Epidemiology 2009, 33: 113-7. PMID: 19679057, DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2009.06.010.
• Oral Bromelain Attenuates Inflammation in an Ovalbumin-induced Murine Model of Asthma.Secor ER, Carson WF, Singh A, Pensa M, Guernsey LA, Schramm CM, Thrall RS. Oral Bromelain Attenuates Inflammation in an Ovalbumin-induced Murine Model of Asthma. Evidence-based Complementary And Alternative Medicine : ECAM 2008, 5: 61-9. PMID: 18317550, PMCID: PMC2249734, DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nel110.
• Trophic transition in a lake on the Virginia coastal plain.Pensa MA, Chambers RM. Trophic transition in a lake on the Virginia coastal plain. Journal Of Environmental Quality 2004, 33: 576-80. PMID: 15074809, DOI: 10.2134/jeq2004.5760.
• Community-based Participatory Research Is Needed to Address Pulmonary Health Disparities.Harris DA, Pensa MA, Redlich CA, Pisani MA, Rosenthal MS. Community-based Participatory Research Is Needed to Address Pulmonary Health Disparities. Annals Of The American Thoracic Society 2016, 13: 1231-8. PMID: 27249657, DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201601-054PS.