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Submissions from 2017
Guest lecture given for the Global Health (CHBE 9335), Department of Community Health, JPHCOPH at Georgia Southern University, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Insight into Potential Impact of Serum Levels of β-Carotenoid on Lung and Colorectal Cancer Mortality: An 18-Year Retrospective National Cohort Study, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, Blessing Odion, and Jian Zhang
Eastern Equine Encephalitis and YouTube: A Content Analysis, Corey H. Basch, Elizabeth Blankenship, Jingjing Yin, Christina C. Yarborough, and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
English Language YouTube Videos as a Source of Lead Poisoning and Other Lead-Related Information: A Cross-Sectional Study, Corey H. Basch, Ashley M. Jackson, Jingjing Yin, Rodney N. Hammond, Atin Adhikari, and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
Lyme Disease and Youtube: A Cross-Sectional Study of Video Contents, Corey H. Basch, Lindsay A. Mullican, Kwanza D. Boone, Jingjing Yin, Alyssa Berdnik, Marina E. Eremeeva, and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
TMJ Online: Investigating Temporomandibular Disorders as “TMJ” on YouTube, Corey H. Basch, Jingjing Yin, Aurea J. De Leon, and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
Information Available on YouTube Related to Tinnitus, Corey H. Basch, Jingjing Yin, Betty Kollia, Adeyemi Adedokun, Stephanie Trusty, Felicia Yeboah, and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
Contents Affect Retweets: A Cross-Sectional Study of Highly Retweeted Pro-Vaccine Tweets, Elizabeth B. Blankenship, Mary Elizabeth Goff, Jingjing Yin, King-Wa Fu, Zion Tsz Ho Tse, Hai Liang, and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
Contents Affect Retweets: A Cross-Sectional Study of Highly Retweeted Pro-Vaccine Tweets, Elizabeth B. Blankenship, Mary Elizabeth Goff, Jingjing Yin, King-Wa Fu, Zion Tsz Ho Tse, Hai Liang, and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
Prevalence and Correlates of Anxiety in Rural Populations of Southeast Georgia, R. Bohler, Jennifer O. Ahweyevu, B. Philpot, and Kelly L. Sullivan
Burning of Scrap Tires, Firewood and Liquefied Petroleum Gas as Fuel Sources for Singeing Meat in Ghana: Chemical Emissions via Smoke and Health Concerns, Alicia Brown, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, Haresh Rochani, and Rachel Barham
Pet Ownership, Indoor Air Quality. and the Prevalence of Respiratory Conditions: A Cross-Sectional Study in Rural Georgia, Amanda Brown, Jayanta Gupta, Errol Spence, and Atin Adhikari
Residential Exposure to PM2.5 and PM10 in Homes of South-Eastern Georgia, Amanda Brown, Deonte Martin, and Atin Adhikari
Periodontal Disease and Incident Venous Thromboembolism: The Atherosclerosis Risk in the Community (ARIC) Study, Logan T. Cowan, Jim S. Pankow, Pamela L. Lutsey, Kamakshi Lakshminarayan, and Aaron R. Folsom
Fish Consumption is Associated with a Decreased Risk of Death among Adults with Diabetes, a 15-Year Follow-Up of a National Cohort, Abraham Deng, Anunay Bhattacharya, Swaha Pattanaik, and Jian Zhang
Exposure to Nanoparticles Including Submicron Silica Dust in a Construction Site During Concrete Blasting, Imaobong Ekpo, Jefferson W. Doehling, Abbas Rashidi, Aniruddha Mitra, Shane Lewis, Jacob Schwartz, and Atin Adhikari
#GlobalHealth on Twitter: Analysis of Tweets on #Malaria, #HIV, #TB, #NCDS, and #NTDS, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, Ashley M. Jackson, Jennifer Ahweyevu, Jordan H. Grizzle, Jingjing Yin, Zion Tsz Ho Tse, Hai Liang, Juliet N. Sekandi, and King-Wa Fu
#GlobalHealth on Twitter: Analysis of Tweets on #Malaria, #HIV, #TB, #NCDS, and #NTDS, Isaac Fung, Ashley Jackson, Jennifer O. Ahweyevu, Jordan Grizzle, and Jingjing Yin
#CDCGrandRounds and #VitalSigns: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Twitter Data, Ashley Jackson, Lindsay Mullican, Jingjing Yin, Zion Tsz Ho Tse, Hai Liang, King-Wa Fu, Jennifer O. Ahweyevu, and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
Exposure to Airborne PM2.5, PM10, and Other Particles in Rural Georgia Farming Operations, Jawon Jones, Deonte Martin, Emmanuela Nwaonumah, and Atin Adhikari
Assessment of Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Depression Among Residents of Southeast Georgia, M. Lawrence, O. Oyibo, E. Enabulele, and Kelly L. Sullivan
Occupational Exposure to Bacteria, Molds and Particulate Matter in Citrus Greenhouses, Deonte Martin, Jawon Jones, Emmanuela Nwaonumah, and Atin Adhikari
Identifying Factors Associated With Autism Spectrum Disorder Based on a Comprehensive National Survey, Chen Mo, Kotwoallama Zerbo, Jingjing Yin, and Hani Samawi
#GrandRounds and #VitalSigns: A Twitter Analysis, Lindsay Mullican, Jimmy Jenkins, Ashley M. Jackson, Jingjing Yin, Zion Tsz Ho Tse, Hai Liang, King-Wa Fu, Jennifer O. Ahweyevu, and Isaac Fung
Association of Obesity’s and Participation in Preventive Health Activities in Southeast Georgia, K. Nance, L. Cooper, D. Oguoma-Richards, and Kelly L. Sullivan
Association of Education and Physical Activity in Rural Georgia, Olanipekun Ianny Ntukidem, P. Durflinger, Zachariah A. Coles, and Kelly L. Sullivan
Occupational Exposure to Bacteria and Molds in a South-Eastern Citrus Farm, Emmanuela Nwaonumah, Deonte Martin, Jawon Jones, and Atin Adhikari
Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in People with Cardiovascular Disease in Southeast Rural Georgia, Chimuanya Okoli, Sewuese Akuse, Stacy Carswell, and Kelly L. Sullivan
Description of State Laws Governing Administration of Naloxone for Opioid Emergency Treatment, Eniola Olatunji, Julie Reagan, and Yelena N. Tarasenko
Subjective Sleep Quality Among Residents of Southeast Georgia, C. O. Ordiah, Oluwaseun Oguntomole, A. Nikaj, and Kelly L. Sullivan
Association of Socioeconomic Factors and Breast, Cervical and Prostate Cancer Screening in Southeast Georgia, S. Oseghale, B. Okoro, B. Buchanan, and Kelly L. Sullivan
Health Care Provider Practices around Emergency Contraception: An Analysis of a Nationwide Provider Survey, H. Pamela Pagano, James H. Stephens, Haresh Rochani, Julie Reagan, Lauren Zapata, Maura Whiteman, and Kate Curtis
Hot Deck Imputation for Mixed Typed Datasets using Model Based Clustering, Sarbesh Raj Pandeya and Haresh Rochani
Efficient Sampling Design for Making Inference on Mean Estimation in Longitudinal Data, Haresh Rochani, Daniel F. Linder, Hani Samawi, and Viral Panchal
Kernel Density Estimation Based on Progressive Type-II Censoring, Hani Samawi, Amal Helu, Haresh Rochani, Jingjing Yin, and Robert L. Vogel
A Simpler Approach for Mediation Analysis for Dichotomous Mediators in Logistic Regression, Hani M. Samawi, Jingxian Cai, Daniel F. Linder, Haresh Rochani, and Jingjing Yin
Notes on the Overlap Measure as an Alternative to the Youden Index: How Are They Related?, Hani M. Samawi, Jingjing Yin, Haresh Rochani, and Viral Panchal
Twitter Reactions to Global Health News Related to Five Different Countries: A Case Study of #Polio, Braydon J. Schaible, Kassandra R. Snook, Jingjing Yin, Ashley M. Jackson, Jennifer O. Ahweyevu, Zion Tsz Ho Tse, Hai Liang, King-Wa Fu, and Isaac Fung
Capacity Building in Public Health Through Strategic Interdisciplinary Partnerships, Jessica S. Schwind
Exploring the Importance of Health Journalism in Risk Communication from a One Health Perspective: A Case Study in Nepal, Jessica S. Schwind
Public Health Informatics, Jessica S. Schwind
Application of the Misclassification Simulation Extrapolation Procedure to Log-Logistic Accelerated Failure Time Models in Survival Analysis, Varadan Sevilimedu, Lili Yu, Hani Samawi, and Haresh Rochani
Barriers to a Quality Diet: Cultural and Socioeconomic Influences among Residents of Rural Southeast Georgia, M. Smith, Daneisha Hawkins, T. Madandola, and Kelly L. Sullivan
Association of Insufficient Sleep With Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression in the General Population, Kelly L. Sullivan
GSU Alumni Association, Invited Speaker, Kelly L. Sullivan
Sleep Duration and Feeling Rested Are Differentially Associated With Having Children Among Men and Women, Kelly L. Sullivan
Diagnostic Validity of Static and Dynamic Postural Assessments Within 24-48 Hours Post-Concussion, Brian Szekely, Nicholas G. Murray, Megan E. Mormile, Katelyn E. Grimes, Jingjing Yin, and Doug W. Powell
Social Determinants of Diabetes and Disease Management in Low and Middle Income Countries: Evidence from the Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health, Allan Tate, Logan T. Cowan, Rachel Ogilvie, Duke Appiah, and Benjamin D. Capistrant
Confidence Intervals for Differences Between Volumes Under ROC Surfaces and Generalized Youden Indices, Jingjing Yin
Attributes of Videos Related to Cupping Therapy on YouTube, Jingjing Yin, Corey H. Basch, Md Mohiuddin Adnan, M. Dottington Fullwood, Anthony Menafro, and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
Comparing Two Biomarkers for Disease of Three Categories, Jingjing Yin and Christos T. Nakas
Survival Data Analysis, Lili Yu
Weighted least squares method for AFT model, Lili Yu, Liang Liu, and Ding-Geng Chen
Quasi-likelihood Ratio Tests for Homoscedasticity of Variance in Linear Regression, Lili Yu, Varadan Sevilimedu, Hani Samawi, and Robert L. Vogel
EPI-743 (Alpha-Tocotrienol Quinone) Demonstrates Long-Term Improvement in Neurological Function and Disease Progression in Friedreich’s Ataxia, Theresa A. Zesiewicz, Susan Perlman, Kelly L. Sullivan, Jason Salemi, Yangxin Huang, Charles Isaacs, Matthew Klein, Jessica Shaw, Clifton Gooch, and David Lynch
The Spike-and-Slab Lasso Cox Model for Survival Prediction and Associated Genes Detection, Xinyan Zhang, Zaixiang Tang, Yueping Shen, and Nengjun Yi
#PublicHealthChat: An Analysis of a Twitter Health Communication Event, Yuner Zhu, King-Wa Fu, Lindsay Mullican, Ferdous Ahmed, Hai Liang, Zion Tsz Ho Tse, Jingjing Yin, Nitin Saroha, and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
Submissions from 2016
Bacterial Exposure and Microbial Activity in Dental Clinics during Cleaning Procedures, Atin Adhikari, Sushma Kurella, Pratik Banerjee, Nabanita Mukherjee, Yamini M. Chandana Gollapudi, and Bushra Shah
Respiratory Protection Against Airborne Bacteria in Dental Clinics During Cleaning Procedures, Atin Adhikari, Sushma Kurella, Aniruddha Mitra, Brenden Jenkins, Alexander Purdy, William Aslaner, and Christopher Drew
Guest Lecture given at Cultural Foods (NTFS 4630), Nutrition and Food Science Program, Health and Kinesiology Department at Georgia Southern University, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Guest Lecture given at Environmental Health (PUBH 6532), Environmental Health Sciences, JPHCOPH at Georgia Southern University, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Guest Lecture given at Principles of Environmental Health (PUBH 3136), Undergraduate program in (BSPH), Department of Community Health, JPHCOPH at Georgia Southern University, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Guest Lecture given at Principles of Environmental Health (PUBH 3136), Undergraduate program in (BSPH), Department of Community Health, JPHCOPH at Georgia Southern University, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Guest Lecture given at Toxicology (BIOL 5243), Biology Department at Georgia Southern University, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Guest lecture given for the Global Health (CHBE 9335), Department of Community Health, JPHCOPH at Georgia Southern University, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Influence of Serum Lypocene on Lung Cancer Mortality: An 18-Year Follow-Up Study of a National Cohort, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, Sewuese Akuse, Oreoluwa Adeyinka, and Jian Zhang
Chemical Emissions via Smoke Produced Through Burning of Scrap Tires, Firewood and Liquefied Petroleum Gas as Fuel Sources for Singeing Meat in Ghana, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, Alicia Brown, Rachel Barham, and Haresh Rochani
Serum Lycopene Levels and Prostate Cancer Mortality: An 18-Year Follow-Up Study of a National Cohort, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, Deborah Kanda, and Jian Zhang
Influence of Serum Folate Levels on Fatality Among Diabetic Adults in the U.S. Using a 15-Year Follow-Up Cohort Study, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, Brittany Bianca Kyte, Sambridhi Shrestha, Emeka Ifebi, and Jian Zhang
Effects of Serum Levels of Vitamin A and Its Precursors on Colorectal Cancer Mortality: An 18-Year Follow-Up Study of a National Cohort, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, Titilope Ogunleke, Chimuanya Okoli, and Jian Zhang
Sources of Enterococci and Their Relation with Environmental Factors at an Inland Beach, Asli Aslan
Microbiological Assessment of Sachet Water in Ghana, West Africa, Asli Aslan, Christina J. Beslin, Asheley L. Poole, Kendall Anderson, Javier Gallard, Kathryn McGowan, Kevin Ofuri-Gyawu, Akmasi Ampofo-Yeboah, and Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Influence of Social Media on the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Southeast Georgia, Elizabeth B. Blankenship, Mary Elizabeth Goff, Jimmy C. Jenkins, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, and Kelly L. Sullivan
High Performance Compute Applications: Biostatistics, Curtis Combs and Jingjing Yin
Metagenomics of Head Lice Using the Ion-Torrent PGM, Gregory A. Dasch, Z. C. Holmes, T. B. Shirey, Marina E. Eremeeva, and S. Zohdy
Utility of 16S rRNA Gene Published Primers for Detection of Wolbachia in Human Lice and Cat Fleas, Marina E. Eremeeva and Matthew L. Anderson
Flea-borne Rickettsiae in Southeastern Georgia, USA, Marina E. Eremeeva, Daniel Capps, A.J. Williams-Newkirk, Gregory A. Dasch, L. Beati, and Lance A. Durden
Rickettsiologist Paul F. Zdrodovskyi - Larger Than Life and Not Just for His Famous Book, Marina E. Eremeeva, S. N. Shpynov, and I. V. Tarasevich
Zika-Virus Related Photo-Sharing on Pinterest and Instagram, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, Elizabeth B. Blankenship, Mary Elizabeth Goff, Lindsay A. Mullican, Kwun Cheung Chan, Nitin Saroha, Carmen H. Duke, Marina E. Ermeeva, King-Wa Fu, and Zion Tsz Ho Tse
MERS and Twitter: South Korea, 2015, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, Jing Zeng, Chung-Hong Chan, Hai Liang, Jingjing Yin, Zhaochong Liu, Zion Tsz Ho Tse, and King-Wa Fu
More Efficient Treatment Comparison in Cross-Over Design by Allocating Subject Based on Ranked Auxiliary Variables, Yisong Huang and Hani M. Samawi
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Prevalence and Patterns in the Southeastern United States, Ashley M. Jackson, Lindsay Mullican, Jordan H. Grizzle, and Kelly L. Sullivan
Barriers and Facilitators of Substance Abuse Treatment in Ghana (West Africa): a Social-ecological Perspective Using Photovoice, Ahmed Kabore, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, Ashley D. Walker, Melissa Hester, and Andrew R. Hansen
Risk and Protective Factors of Substance Abuse in Ghana: A Social-Ecological Perspective Using Photovoice, Ahmed Kabore, Ashley D. Walker, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, Melissa Hester, and Andrew R. Hansen
Predictors of Having HPV Vaccination Among Young Adults: A BRFSS 2014 Study, Deborah Kanda, Kelly L. Sullivan, and Robert L. Vogel
Environmental Health: Land Use Program Overview, C. G. Kumnick and R. Christopher Rustin
How Did Ebola Information Spread on Twitter?, Hai Liang, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, Zion Tsz Ho Tse, Jingjing Yin, Chung-Hong Chan, L. Pechta, B. Smith, Rolando J. Marquez, Martin Meltzer, K. Lubell, and King-Wa Fu
Multivariate Mean Estimation Under Efficient Sampling Designs, Daniel F. Linder, Haresh Rochani, Hani M. Samawi, and Viral Panchal
Adherence to Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines Among Latina Immigrant Women in Coastal South Carolina, John S. Luque, Caroline Davila, Yelena N. Tarasenko, and Nicole Knight
Preparation of Biotinylated Baits for Capturing Ehrlichia Genes, Megan Mears and Marina E. Eremeeva
Detection of Free-Living Amoebae and Amoeba-Resisting Bacteria in Beach Waters in Southeastern Georgia, Megan Mears, C. Karcs, Daniel Capps, Shamta Warang, Asli Aslan, and Marina E. Eremeeva
A Systematic Review of Efforts to Monitor Reproductive Health Outcomes in Cancer Survivors, Anthony L. Moore, Chen Chen, and Yelena N. Tarasenko
Preterm Births in Cancer Survivors and Their Characteristics, 2004-2011 HCUP NIS, Anthony L. Moore, Chen Chen, and Yelena N. Tarasenko
Confidence Intervals for Differences Between Volumes Under ROC Surfaces and Generalized Youden Indices, Christos T. Nakas, Jingjing Yin, Lili Tian, and Benjamin Reiser
Analysis of Microsatellite Markers in Head Lice from Madagascar, Titilope Ogunleke, Lance A. Durden, S. Zohdy, and Marina E. Eremeeva
Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in People with Heart Disease in Southeast/Rural Georgia, Chimuanya Okoli, Sewuese Akuse, Sydney E. Carswell, and Kelly L. Sullivan
The Bayesian Multivariate Regression for High Dimensional Longitudinal Data with Heavy-Tailed Errors, Viral Panchal, Daniel Linder, and Hani M. Samawi
Whys and Hows of Adverse Event Monitoring, Karl E. Peace
MLEs for Diagnostic Measures of Accuracy by Log-Linear Models for Correction of Workup Bias, Haresh Rochani, Hani M. Samawi, Robert L. Vogel, and Jingjing Yin
