New lab members

• Margaret

• Delaram

• Michelle

Congratulations

Graduations

• Mahin: congratulations on your new job at TTI as a data scientist

Other

• Welcome back Mohammad, new post doc

• Nikita Wagle received Texas A&M University 2021-2022 Academic Excellence Award 

• Dr. Hye Chung Kum was inducted as a Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA). Click here to read more about this award.

Published papers:

1. Schmit, C., Giannouchos, T., Ramezani, M., Zheng, Q., Morrisey, M. A., & Kum, H.-C. (2021). US Privacy Laws Go Against Public Preferences and Impede Public Health and Research: Survey Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(7), e25266.

   • Congratulations on our first Conversation article in the Media! Schmit, C., Larson, B., and Kum, H.-C. Data privacy laws in the US protect profit but prevent sharing data for public good – people want the opposite. August 30, 2021. Conversation. 

2. Giannouchos T.*, Ferdinand, A., Ilangovan, G., Ragan, E., Nowell, B., Kum, H.-C, and Schmit, C. (2021). Identifying and Prioritizing Benefits and Risks of using Privacy Enhancing Software: A Nominal Group Technique Study with Patients Living with Chronic Conditions. J Am Med Inform Assoc (JAMIA). 28(8), August 2021, pp 1746–1755.

3. Park*, Sulki; Kum, Hye-Chung; Morrisey, Michael A.; Zheng, Qi; Lawley, Mark A. Adherence to Telemonitoring Therapy for Medicaid Patients With Hypertension: Case Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2021;23(9):e29018.

4. Wagle*, N.S., Park*, S., Washburn, D., Ohsfeldt, R.L., Rich, N.E., Singal, A.G. and Kum, H.-C. (2021), Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Disparities in Curative Treatment Receipt and Survival in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Hepatol Commun. https://doi.org/10.1002/hep4.1863

5.  Karim*, M., Ohsfeldt, R. L., Singal, A. G., Morrisey, M. A., & Kum, H. -C. (2021) Underinsurance, Out-of-Pocket Expenditure and Health Services Utilization Among Insured Cancer Survivors in the United States, 2011-2015. Cancer Medicine. 10(16), pp 5513-5523.

6. Karim*, M. A., Ohsfeldt, R. L., Khodakarami, N., & Kum, H. -C. (2021). Association of Sociodemographics with Out-of-Pocket Expenditure and Underinsurance in Skin Cancer Survivors. medRxiv. Presented at the 9th Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHECON).

7. Giannouchos, T.*, Gary, J., Anyatonwu, S.*, Kum, H.-C. (2021). Emergency Department utilization by adolescents experiencing homelessness in Massachusetts. Medical Care. 59, S187-S194.

8.  Giannouchos, T. V., Kum, H.-C., Gary, J. C., Morrisey, M. A., & Ohsfeldt, R. L. (2021). The effect of expanded insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act on emergency department utilization in New York. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 48, 183-190

9. Giannouchos, T. V., Kum, H.-C., Gary, J. C., Ohsfeldt, R. L., & Morrisey, M. A. (2021). The effect of the Medicaid expansion on frequent emergency department use in New York. Journal of Emergency Medicine. Sep 10 2021. 

10. Giannouchos, T. V., Washburn, D. J., Gary, J. C., & Foster, M. J. (2021). Frequent emergency department use in the paediatric population: A systematic literature review. Journal of evaluation in clinical practice, 27(1), 193-203.

11. Kim, J., Trueblood, A. B., Kum, H. -C., & Shipp, E. M. (2021). Crash narrative classification: Identifying agricultural crashes using machine learning with curated keywords. Traffic injury prevention, 22(1), 74-78. 

12. Myint WW*, Washburn DJ, Colwell B, Maddock J. HIV Testing Uptake among Women (aged 15-49) in Three Southeast Asian Countries. International Journal of Maternal and Child Health and AIDS. (in press)

13. Washburn DJ, Callaghan T, Thompson E*, Schmidt C, LaFleur M*, Ruiz Z, Martinez D* (2021). The Evolving Interprofessional Relationships of Community Health Workers in Urban and Rural America. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 1-7. doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2021.1974362

14. Lee S, Washburn DJ, Colwell B, Gwarzo IH, Kellstedt D, Ahenda P*, Maddock JE (2021). Examining social determinants of undiagnosed diabetes in Namibia and South Africa using a behavioral model of health services use. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2021.108814

15. Schmidt C, Washburn DJ, LaFleur M*, Martinez D*, Thompson E*, Callaghan T (2021). Community Health Worker Sustainability: Funding, Payment, and Reimbursement Laws in the United States. Public Health Reports. doi.org/10.1177/00333549211006072

Submitted papers:

1. [submitted to JMIR] Wagle, N., Schueler, J., Engler, S., Fields, S., Kum, H.-C. A Systematic Review of Patient-Perceived Barriers and Facilitators to the Adoption and Use of Remote Health Technology in Underserved Adult Populations.

2. [submitted to JNCCN] Wagle, N., Park, S. Washburn, D., Ohsfeldt, R., Singal, A., Kum, H.-C. Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Treatment Delay among Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the United States.

3. Schmit, C., Larson, B., and Kum, H.-C. Data Privacy in the Time of Plague (November 20, 2021). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3968130 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3968130. Under review at Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics.

4. [submitted to Academic Pediatrics] Anyatonwu S*, Giannouchos T, Washburn DJ, Quinonez RA, Kum HC. Predictors of Pediatric Frequent Emergency Department Use among 7.6 million Pediatric Patients in New York.

5. Callaghan T, Washburn DJ, Goidel K, Nuzhath T* Spiegelman A, Scobee J*, Moghtaderi A, Motta M. Imperfect Messengers? Vaccine Confidence among Primary Care Physicians.  

6. Ahenda P*, Washburn DJ, Lee S, Gwarzo I*, Kellstedt DK, Maddock J. The Social Determinants of Access to Vitamin A Supplementation from 2003-2014 in Kenya. 

7. Myint WW*, Washburn DJ, Colwell B, Gwarzo I*, Lee S, Ahenda P*, Maddock J. Media Exposure and Other Determinants of Awareness and Utilization of Male Condoms among Women in Four Southeast Asian Countries. 

8. Goidel K, Callaghan T, Washburn DJ, Nuzhath T*, Spiegelman A, Scobee J. Physician Trust in the News Media & Attitudes Toward COVID-19.

9. Callaghan T, McCord C, Washburn DJ, Goidel K, Schmit C, Nuzhath T, Spiegelman A, Scobee J. The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Telehealth Use among Primary Care Physicians in the United States.

10. Nuzhath T*, Spiegelman A, Scobee J*, Goidel K, Washburn DJ, Callaghan T. “Just Do It. Stop Whining”: Primary Care Physicians’ Rhetorical Strategies for Addressing COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy.

Presentations & Posters

1. Wagle, N. S., Washburn, D.J., & Kum, H.-C. Development, implementation, and perceptions of APMs: an experience from Texas’ Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) program. State Health Research and Policy Interest Group Session. Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, 2021.

2. [Submitted] Park, Sulki; Kum, Hye-Chung; Zheng, Qi; Lawley, Mark A. Adherence to home telemonitoring and effects on blood glucose control for diabetes in the real-world setting. AMIA 2022 Clinical Informatics Conference

3. [Submitted] Black, Margaret; Khakzad, Delaram; Lawley, Mark; Kum, Hye-Chung. Study of Hypertensive Telemonitored Patients Requiring 911 Intervention. AMIA 2022 Clinical Informatics Conference

4. Goidel K, Callaghan T, Washburn DJ. Media Trust, Partisan Affiliation, and Physician Perceptions of COVID-19. Southern Political Science Association Annual Conference, Jan 2022. (upcoming)

5. Callaghan T, Washburn DJ, Goidel K. Understanding Physician COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Politics, Race, and Rurality. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, Sep-Oct 2021.

6. Raza F*, Colwell B, Washburn DJ, Maddock J. Socio economic determinants of traditional versus modern contraception use in Pakistan, Bangladesh and India. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2021.

7. Anyatonwu S*, Giannouchos T, Washburn DJ, Quinonez R, Kum HC. Characteristics and Factors Associated with Pediatric Frequent ED Use: An Analysis of 7.6 Million Pediatric ED Patients in New York. AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 2021. (In-person meeting canceled due to COVID-19)

8. Wagle N*, Washburn DJ, Kum HC. Development, implementation, and perceptions of APMs: an experience from Texas’ Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment program. AcademyHealth State Heath Research and Policy Interest Group, June 2021. (In-person meeting canceled due to COVID-19)

9. Raza F*, Colwell B, Washburn DJ, Maddock J. Socioeconomic determinants of the choice of contraceptive methods: Analyzing the case of Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. Consortium of Universities for Global Health Annual Conference, March 2021.

10. Dubose J*, Colwell B, Washburn DJ, Maddock J. Factors related to anemia among children less than five in Senegal and The Gambia: A cross-country comparison using DHS data. Consortium of Universities for Global Health Annual Conference, March 2021.

11. Myint WW*, Washburn DJ, Colwell B, Maddock J. HIV Testing Uptake among Women (aged 15-49) in Three Southeast Asian Countries. Consortium of Universities for Global Health Annual Conference, March 2021.

Technical Reports submitted to government agencies

1. Kum, H.-C., Ragan, E., Ferdinand, A., and Schmit., C. 2022. Developing Methods for Record Linkage that Protect Patient Privacy. Population Informatics Lab. Submitted to PCORI for final peer review report. 

2. Washburn, D., Leroux, T., Morrisey, M., Ohsfeldt, R., Shipp, E., Smith, C., Spiegelman, A., Trueblood, A., Ukert, B., Zheng, Q., Wagle, N., Anyatonwu, S., & Kum, H.-C. 2021. Interim Report: Evaluation of the 1115 Medicaid Waiver Demonstration Renewal in Texas DY6-DY11. Population Informatics Lab. Texas A&M University. Submitted to HHSC for CMS

3. Black, M., Lawley, M., Sivakumar, H., Ramezani, M., Ohsfeldt, R., & Kum, H.-C. 2021. Cost Effectiveness Analysis Tool. Technical Report 2021-001-1. Submitted to HHSC https://vidal.tamu.edu/cea/

Projects

New in 2021

• X-Grants program, Texas A&M University. 09/01/2021-08/31/2023. Effective Real-World Telemonitoring of Chronic Disease for the Underserved.

• NIH- National Institute of General Medical Science, 7/1/2021-6/30/2022; K. Butler-Purry (PI), N. Duffield (co-PI), H.-C. Kum, C Schmit, & others (coI); IMSD at Texas A&M University:  Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity in Biomedical Sciences.

Ongoing in 2021

• Texas Health and Human Services Commission (TX-HHSC), 9/1/2019-8/30/2024; H.-C. Kum (PI); R. Ohsfeldt (co-PI); D. Washburn (co-PI). Evaluation of the 1115 Medicaid Waiver Demonstration Renewal in Texas DY6-DY11 

• Texas Health and Human Services Commission (TX-HHSC), 3/15/2020-2/28/2021; H.-C. Kum (PI); M. Lawley (co-PI); B. Ukert (co-PI); R. Ohsfeldt (co-PI). Teleservices Evaluation in Texas Medicaid

• T3: Measuring Perceptions Of Legal And Ethical Frameworks For Authorized Data Use. ; C. Schmit (PI); H.-C. Kum (co-PI); Brian Larson (co-PI)

• Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), 2/01/2017-3/15/2022; H.-C. Kum (PI); A. Ferdinand (co-PI). Privacy Preserving Interactive Record Linkage (PPIRL) via Information Suppression.  

• The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) through the Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention, and Education at UT Health Northwest, 09/30/2016 - 09/29/2020; 9/1/2021-9/30/2022. E. Shipp (PI), H.-C. Kum (site-PI); Centers for Agricultural Safety and Health (Cooperative Agreement U50 OH07541).

• Ernst Strüngmann Forum (ESF), 2019-2022. Co-Chairs: Tomáš Paus and H.-C. Kum (invited). Towards a Digital Ethology of Adolescence and Youth. Funded to host an invitation only international intellectual retreat (week-long think tank) with international leaders in diverse fields to hold open dialogue and co-edit a book from based on the workshop. 

• Veterans Affairs (VA); 10/1/2020-9/30/2022; J. Benzer (PI); H.-C. Kum (site-PI); Validating a data science methodology for patterns of mental health services use: The patient record of clinical experience sequence study (PROCESS).

• Research Development Fund, Texas A&M University, 7/1/2018-6/30/2023; H.-C. Kum (PI); Texas Virtual Data Library (Tx-ViDaL): A Secure and Compliant Data Infrastructure.

Ending in 2021

• National Science Foundation (NSF), 8/1/2017-7/31/2021; H.-C. Kum (site PI); Collaborative Research: A Benchmark Data Linkage Repository (DLRep). Collaboration with ICPSR, University of Michigan.

• National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Center for Precise Advanced Technologies and Health Systems for Underserved Populations (PATHS-UP) Seed Grant; 10/1/2019 – 9/30/2021; H.-C. Kum (PI). Effective Remote Monitoring Systems to Manage Hypertension for the Underserved Population in Texas

• Texas A&M University, Presidential Impact Fellow Award. 9/1/2018-8/31/2021; H.-C. Kum (PI); Population Informatics.