Pennell PB, Li D, Kerr WT, Pack AM, French J, Gerard E, Birnbaum AK, McFarlane KN, Meador KJ for the MONEAD Study Group.
Neurology 106(2) Jan 2026. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000214483.
PMID: 41461064.
Age- and sex-associated variability in lamotrigine prescription patterns and apparent clearance.
Avachat C, Long Y, Birnbaum AK, Petersen A, Patel SI.
Epilepsia. 2026 Mar;67(3):1256-1266. doi: 10.1111/epi.70028.
PMID: 41627130.
Li Y, Loring DW, Cohen MJ, Matthews AG, Birnbaum AK, Pennell PB, Meador KJ.
Epilepsia 2026 Jan 19. doi: 10.1002/epi.70103.
PMID: 41553327.
Summary of Research: Overview of acute seizure management in US nursing homes.
O’Dwyer R, Leppik IE, Eads P, Long Y, Birnbaum AK.
Neurol Ther (2026). doi: 10.1007/s40120-025-00878-9.
PMID: 41533026.
Maternal and umbilical cord plasma concentrations of antiseizure medications: results from the observational MONEAD Study.
Avachat C , Meador KJ, Pennell PB, Birnbaum AK.
In Press 2026.
Zylla D, Idossa D, Borrero M, Napurski C, Dahmer S, Cowger J, Gilmore G, Lou X, Birnbaum A, Blaes AH.
Cannabis Cannabinoid Res. 2026 Feb;11(1):30-35. doi: 10.1177/25785125251398286.
PMID: 41467893.
Chanruang A, Birnbaum AK, Sirilun S, Chupradit S, Cho YS, Shin JG, Avihingsanon A, Punyawudho B.
Pharmaceutics 2025 Nov 20;17(11):1499. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics17111499.
PMID: 41304835.
Pennell PB, Li D, Kerr WT, Pack AM, French J, Gerard E, Birnbaum AK, McFarland KN, Meador KJ.
Neurology. 2026 Jan 27;106(2):e214483. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000214483.
PMID: 41461064.
Voinescu PE, Seliger J, Garard E, Birnbaum AK, Johnson EL, Pennell PB, Tsai JJ, Nath A, Jacobs CS, Decker B, Mihaylova T, Singla L, Munger Clary H, Cavitt J, Gedzelman ER, Sazgar M, Krishnaiengar S, Zarroli F Smith K, Serrafini A, Hanna J, Velex-Ruiz N, Moore-Hill D, Meador KJ.
Neurology. 2025 Oct 21;105(8):e214219. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000214219. Epub 2025 Sep 30.
PMID: 41026990.
Oh JH, Reed SK, Riviere-Cazaux C, Kim M, Mladek AC, Illamola SM, Zhang W, Vaubel RA, Caron A, Regan MS, Birnbaum AK, Mohammad A, ZhangV, Dixon JG, Kaufmann TJ, Hu V, Ma DJ, Kizilbash S, Agar NYR, Giannini C, Geyer SM, Parney IF, Galanis E, Burns TC, Elmquist WF, Sarkaria JN.
Neuro Oncol. Jan 1;28(1):130-142. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noaf204.
PMID: 40916832.
Pharmacokinetic Profiles of Sertraline in Pregnancy as a Predictor of Postpartum Depressive Symptoms.
Illamola S, Stowe Z, Kalin M, M Evans, Sherwin C, Constatine CM, Newport DJ, Ritchie J, Birnbaum A.
Br J Clin Pharmacol, 2026 Mar;92(3):830-839. doi: 10.1002/bcp.70283.
PMID: 41058051.
Vancomycin dosing in neonates: enhancing outcomes using population pharmacokinetics and simulation.
Illamola SM, Bhongsatiern JJ, Birnbaum AK, Kumar SS, Courter JD, Haslam DB, Allegaert K, Reith DM, Desai PB, Sherwin CM.
Front Antibiot, 2025 May 8:4:1568931. doi: 10.3389/frabi.2025.1568931.
PMID: 40406542.
Avachat C, Hung PL, Birnbaum AK, Healy DP, Sherwin CM, Lin AC.
Front Pharmacol 2025 Feb 26:16:1506793. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2025.1506793.
PMID 40078297.
Meador KJ, Cohen MJ, Loring DW, Matthews AG, Brown CA, Robalino C, Carmack A, Birnbaum AK, Voinescu PE, Gerard EE, Kalayjian LA, Gedzelman E, Hanna J, Cavitt J, Sam M, Hwang ST, Pack AM, French JA, Tsai JJ, Pennell PB.
JAMA Neurol 2025 Jan 1;82(1):30-39. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.3982.
PMID: 39585668.
Prediction of Lacosamide Concentrations to Support Dose Optimization During Pregnancy.
Barry JM, Illamola SM, Pennell PB, Sherwin C, Meador K, Birnbaum AK.
Feb;66(2):346-355, 2025. doi: 10.1111/epi.18184.
PMID: 39714113.
Karanam A, Pennell PB, Meador KJ, Long Y, Birnbaum AK.
Pharmacotherapy Jan 7 2025. doi: 10.1002/phar.4640, Jan;45(1):33-42, 2025.
PMID: 39764656.
Overview of Acute Seizure Management in US Nursing Homes.
O’Dwyer R, Leppik IE , Eads P, Long Y, Birnbaum AK.
Epilepsy Behav, 2024 Sep:158:109913. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2024.10991.
PMID: 38959744.
Meador KJ, Cohen MJ, Loring DW, Matthews AG, Brown CA, Robalino C, Carmack A, Sumners S, Birnbaum AK, Kalayjian LA, Gedzelman E, Voinescu PE, Gerard EE, Hanna J, Cavitt J, Sam M, Hwang ST, Pack AM, Tsai JJ, Pennell PB; MONEAD Investigator Group.
Neurology Jun 25:102(12):e209448. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000209448.
PMID: 38810172.
Behavioral Outcomes and Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Children of Women with Epilepsy.
Cohen MJ, Meador KJ, Loring DW, Matthews AG, Brown C, Robalino CP, Birnbaum AK, Voinescu PE, Kalayjian LA, Gerard EE, Gedzelman ER, Hanna J, Cavitt J, Sam M, French J, Hwang S, Pack AM, Pennell PB.
JAMA Neurology, Jan 1 18(1):19-29 2024. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.4315.
PMID: 3793058.
Avachat C, Younis I, Birnbaum AK.
Clin Pharmacol Ther 2023 Dec:114(6):1238-1242. doi: 10.1002/cpt.3059.
PMID: 37750407.
The Report of the 2022-2023 AACP Research and Graduate Affairs Committee.
Swanson SM, Birnbaum AK, Brackett C, Lipscomb J, Moniri NH, Swaan PW, Lei W, Farrell D.
Am J Pharm Educ Aug 87(8) 2023. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpe.2023.100556.
PMID 37442437.
Fike CD, Aschner JL, Avachat C, Birnbaum AK, Sherwin CMT.
J Perinatology, 2024 Feb;44(2):280-287. doi: 10.1038/s41372-023-01809-y.
PMID:37907796.
Lyu X, Illamola SM, Marino SE, Leppik IE, Dahmer S, Lehfeldt P, Conway JM, Remmel RP, Kingsley K, Birnbaum AK.
Curr Ther Res Clin Exp 2023 Jun 11:99:100709. doi: 10.1016/j.curtheres.2023.100709.
PMID: 37538850.
Empiric lamotrigine dosing strategies to predict concentrations during pregnancy.
Barry JM, French JA, Pennell PB, Karanam A, Harden CL, Birnbaum AK.
Pharmacotherapy. 2023 Oct;43(10):998-1006. doi: 10.1002/phar.2856.
PMID: 37475496.
Meador KJ, Cohen MJ, Loring DW, Matthews AG, Brown C, Robalino CP, Birnbaum AK, Voinescu PE, Kalayjian LA, Gerard EE, Gedzelman ER, Hanna J, Cavitt J, Sam M, French J, Hwang S, Pack AM, Pennell PB, for the MONEAD Investigator Group.
Lancet Neurol 2023 Aug;22(8):712-722. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(23)00199-0.
PMID: 37479375.
Acute Abortive Therapies for seizure clusters in Long-Term Care.
Ramsay RE, Becker D, Vazquez B, Birnbaum A, Misra SN, Carrazana E, Rabinowicz AL.
J Am Med Dir Associ 2023 Aug 24(8):1225-1232. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2023.04.015.
PMID: 37253432.
Haslund-Krog SS, Barry J, Birnbaum A, Dalhoff K, Brink Henriksen T, Sherwin CM, Avachat C, Poulsen S, Christensen U, Remmel R, Wilkins D, van den Anker J, Holst H.
Br J Clin Pharmacol 2023 Nov;89(11):3421-3431. doi: 10.1111/bcp.15834.
PMID: 37353311.
Women of childbearing age: what antiseizure medications are they taking?
Avachat C and Birnbaum AK.
Br J Clin Pharmacol, Jan 89(1):46-48 2023. doi: 10.1111/bcp.15555.
PMID: 36261929.
Fike CD, Avachat C, Birnbaum AK, Aschner JL, Sherwin CMT.
Paediatr Drugs. 25(1):87-96. Jan 2023. doi: 10.1007/s40272-022-00542-x.
PMID: 36316628.
Management of antiseizure medications during pregnancy: Advancements in the past decade.
Avachat C, Barry JM, Lyu X, Sherwin CM, Birnbaum AK.
Pharmaceutics 14(12) 2733, 2022. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14122733.
PMID: 36559227.
Sherwin CM, Tran N.K., Sullivan K, Wead S, Birnbaum AK, Avachat C, Kagan RJ, Healy DP.
J Burn Care Res. Mar 2: 44(2):353-362 2023. doi: 10.1093/jbcr/irac147.
PMID: 36194537.
New onset (Incidence) of Epilepsy and Seizures in Nursing Home Residents.
Leppik IE, Birnbaum AK, Svensden K, Eberly LE.
J Am Med Dir Assoc. Sept 23(9)1589.e11-1589. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2022.06.001.
PMID: 35779573.
Antiseizure medication concentrations during pregnancy: Results from the MONEAD Study.
Pennell PB, Karanam A, Meador KJ, Gerrard E, Kalayjian L, Penovich P, Matthews A, McElrath TM, Birnbaum AK for the MONEAD Study Group.
JAMA Neurology Apr 1:79(4):370-379, 2022. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2021.5487.
PMID: 35157004.
Avachat C, Barry JM, Lyu X, Sherwin CM, Birnbaum AK.
Pharmaceutics. 2022 Dec 6;14(12):2733. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14122733.
PMID: 3655922.
Maternal Exposure and Neonatal Effects of Drugs of Abuse.
Barry JM, Birnbaum AK, Jasin LR, Sherwin CM.
J Clin Pharmacol. 2021 Aug;61 Suppl 2:S142-S155. doi: 10.1002/jcph.1928.
PMID: 34396555.
Illamola SM, Amaeze OU, Krepkova LV, Birnbaum AK, Karanam A, Job KM, Bortnikova VV, Sherwin C, Enioutina EY.
Frontiers in Pharmacology (2020), 10, 1483. doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2019.01483.
PMID: 31998122.
Callisto SP, Illamola SM, Birnbaum AK, Barkley CM, Bathena SPR, Leppik IE, Marino SE.
J Clin Pharmacol. 2020 Sep;60(9):1166-1176. doi: 10.1002/jcph.1611. Epub 2020 Apr 16.
PMID: 32297992.
Birnbaum AK, Meador KJ, Karanam A, Brown C, May RC, Gerard EE, Gedzelman ER, Penovich PE, Kalayjian LA, Cavitt J, Pack AM, Miller JW, Stowe ZN, Pennell PB, & MONEAD Investigator Group.
JAMA Neurology (2019), 77(4), 441–450. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2019.4443.
PMID: 31886825.
Karanam A, Pennell PB, French JA, Harden CL, Allien S, Lau C, Barnard S, Callisto SP, Birnbaum AK.
Annals of Neurology (2018), 84(4), 556–563. doi.org/10.1002/ana.25321.
PMID: 30168175.
Roslawski MJ, Remmel RP, Karanam A, Leppik IE, Marino SE, Birnbaum AK.
Ther Drug Monit. 2018 Dec 4. doi: 10.1097/FTD.0000000000000583.
PMID: 30520828.
Baruffaldi F, Kelcher AH, Laudenbach M, Gradinati V, Limkar A, Roslawski M, Birnbaum A, Lees A, Hassler C, Runyon S, Pravetoni M.
Mol Pharm. 2018 Nov 5;15(11):4947-4962. doi: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.8b00592. Epub 2018 Oct 10.
PMID: 30240216.
Polepally AR, Brundage RC, Remmel RP, Leppik IE, Pennell PB, White JR, Ramsay RE, Kistner BM, Birnbaum AK.
Epilepsia. 2018 Sep;59(9):1718-1726. doi: 10.1111/epi.14519.
PMID: 30101556.
Babu Henry Samuel I, Barkley C, Marino SE, Wang C, Han SM, Birnbaum AK, Cibula JE, Ding M.
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2018 May 2:1-13. doi: 10.1080/13803395.2018.1458822.
PMID: 29720037.
Raleigh MD, Laudenbach M, Baruffaldi F, Peterson SJ, Roslawski MJ, Birnbaum AK, Carroll FI, Runyon SP, Winston S, Pentel PR, Pravetoni M.
J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2018 May;365(2):346-353. doi: 10.1124/jpet.117.247049. Epub 2018 Mar 13.
PMID: 29535156.
Conway JM, Eberly LE, Collins JF, Macias FM, Ramsay RE, Leppik IE, Birnbaum AK.
Pharmacotherapy. 2017 Oct;37(10):1197-1203. doi: 10.1002/phar.2012. Epub 2017 Sep 19.
PMID: 28801938.
Tak CR, Job KM, Schoen-Gentry K, Campbell SC, Carroll P, Costantine M, Brixner D, Birnbaum AK, Sherwin CMT.
Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2017 Sep;73(9):1055-1069. doi: 10.1007/s00228-017-2269-4.
PMID: 28600701.
Lim CN, Liang S, Feng K, Chittenden J, Henry A, Mouksassi S, Birnbaum AK.
Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 2017 Mar;140:121-129. doi: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2016.12.002. Epub 2016 Dec 7.
PMID: 28254068.
Bathena SPR, Leppik IE, Kanner AM, Birnbaum AK.
Epilepsy Behav. 2017 Apr;69:116-120. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.01.027. Epub 2017 Feb 24.
PMID: 28242474.
Birnbaum AK, Leppik IE, Svensden K, Eberly LE.
Neurology. 2017 Feb 21;88(8):750-757. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000003629. Epub 2017 Jan 20.
PMID: 28108639
Ahmed GF, Bathena SP, Brundage RC, Leppik IE, Conway JM, Schwartz JB, Birnbaum AK.
AAPS J. 2017 Mar;19(2):551-556. doi: 10.1208/s12248-016-0022-z. Epub 2017 Jan 9.
PMID: 28070716
Patel SI, Birnbaum AK, Cloyd JC, Leppik IE.
CNS Drugs. 2015 Dec;29(12):1009-22. doi: 10.1007/s40263-015-0289-0. Review.
PMID: 26603741
Lim CN, Birnbaum AK, Brundage RC, Leppik IE, Cloyd JC, Clark A, Marino SE.
J Clin Pharmacol. 2016 Jun;56(6):714-22. doi: 10.1002/jcph.646. Epub 2015 Dec 21.
PMID: 26395889
Polepally AR, Remmel RP, Brundage RC, Leppik IE, Rarick JO, Ramsay RE, Birnbaum AK.
J Clin Pharmacol. 2015 Oct;55(10):1101-8. doi: 10.1002/jcph.522. Epub 2015 Aug 18.
PMID: 25903807
Ahmed GF, Marino SE, Brundage RC, Pakhomov SV, Leppik IE, Cloyd JC, Clark A, Birnbaum AK.
Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2015 May;79(5):820-30. doi: 10.1111/bcp.12556.
PMID: 25403343.
Leppik IE, Birnbaum AK.
Cleve Clin J Med. 2014 Aug;81(8):499-500. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.81a.14030.
PMID: 25085988.
Polepally AR, Pennell PB, Brundage RC, Stowe ZN, Newport DJ, Viguera AC, Ritchie JC, Birnbaum AK.
Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2014 Feb;1(2):99-106. doi: 10.1002/acn3.29.
PMID: 24883336.
Conway JM, Birnbaum AK, Leppik IE, Pennell PB, White JR, Rarick JO, Remmel RP.
Seizure. 2014 May;23(5):390-2. doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2014.01.019. Epub 2014 Jan 31.
PMID: 24560492.
Ahmed GF, Brundage RC, Marino SE, Cloyd JC, Leppik IE, Pennell PB, Ramsay RE, Birnbaum AK.
J Clin Pharmacol. 2013 Mar;53(3):276-84. doi: 10.1002/jcph.8. Epub 2013 Feb 13.
PMID: 23408495.
Ghodke-Puranik Y, Thorn CF, Lamba JK, Leeder JS, Song W, Birnbaum AK, Altman RB, Klein TE.
Pharmacogenet Genomics. 2013 Apr;23(4):236-41. doi: 10.1097/FPC.0b013e32835ea0b2.
PMID: 23407051.
Puranik YG, Birnbaum AK, Marino SE, Ahmed G, Cloyd JC, Remmel RP, Leppik IE, Lamba JK.
Pharmacogenomics. 2013 Jan;14(1):35-45. doi: 10.2217/pgs.12.180.
PMID: 23252947.
Jones JM, Raleigh MD, Pentel PR, Harmon TM, Keyler DE, Remmel RP, Birnbaum AK.
J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2013 Feb 23;74:291-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jpba.2012.10.033. Epub 2012 Nov 15.
PMID: 23245263.
Raleigh MD, Pravetoni M, Harris AC, Birnbaum AK, Pentel PR.
J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2013 Feb;344(2):397-406. doi: 10.1124/jpet.112.201194. Epub 2012 Dec 7.
PMID: 23220743.
Leppik IE, Walczak TS, Birnbaum AK.
Lancet. 2012 Sep 29;380(9848):1128-30. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61517-7.
PMID: 23021270.
Passey C, Birnbaum AK, Brundage RC, Schladt DP, Oetting WS, Leduc RE, Israni AK, Guan W, Matas AJ, Jacobson PA.
Pharmacogenomics. 2012 Jul;13(10):1141-7. doi: 10.2217/pgs.12.98.
PMID: 22909204.
Marino SE, Pakhomov SV, Han S, Anderson KL, Ding M, Eberly LE, Loring DW, Hawkins-Taylor C, Rarick JO, Leppik IE, Cibula JE, Birnbaum AK.
Epilepsy Behav. 2012 Jul;24(3):365-72. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.04.120. Epub 2012 May 30.
PMID: 22658432.
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