Division of Research

• Substance abuse
• Psychiatric disorders
• Mind-body interface
• Aging and caregiver health
• Health quality improvement
• Translational epidemiology
• Retrospective cohort study
• Big data
• Health and social policy
• Health services

Jennifer Bello Kottenstette, M.D.

Bello JK, Jaegers L. Interprofessional and community engagement for evaluating and growing evidence-based criminal justice practice and policy. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. 2023 7(1):E34.

Bello JK, Salas J, Grucza, R. Preconception health service provision among women with and without substance use disorders. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2022. Jan;230:109194. PMID: 34871977. 

Bello JK, Johnson A, Skiold-Hanlin, S. Perspectives on preconception health among formerly incarcerated women with substance use disorders. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 2021. Dec;131:108545. PMID: 34218993. 

Bello JK, Baxley C, Weinstock J. Preconception Health Services for Women with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD): A Review and Best Practice Recommendation. Translational Issues in Psychological Science. 2021. Jan;7(2): 154-165.  

Bello JK, Hearing C, Salas J, Weinstock J, Linhorst D. Trends in substance use by gender among participants in a jail-based substance use disorder treatment program: 1998-2016. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 2020. Jan;65(1):97-102. PMID: 31386191.

Jinmyoung Cho, Ph.D.

Wei, M., & Cho, J. (2023). Readmissions and post-discharge mortality by race and ethnicity among Medicare beneficiaries with multimorbidity. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Jan 27. doi: 10.1111/jgs.18251. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36705464.

Severance, J., Rivera, S., Cho, J., Hartos, J., Khan, A., & Knebl, J. (2022). A collaborative implementation strategy to increase falls prevention training using the Age-Friendly Health Systems approach. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(10), 5903; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19105903

Choi, S., Martin, P., Cho, J., Ryou, Y., & Heinz, M. (2022). Personality and compliance with COVID‐ 19 protective measures among older Americans: Moderating effects of age, gender, and race/ethnicity. Personality and Individual Differences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111499

Cho, J., Marishak-Simon, Smith, D. R., & Stevens, A. B. (2021). The impact of a nutrition counseling program on the use of hospital services for Meals on Wheels clients. Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community. doi: 10.1080/10852352.2021.1930818

Nakagawa, T., Cho, J., & Yeung, D. (2021). Successful aging in East Asia: Comparison among China, Korea, and Japan. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 76, S17-S26. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa042

Le, S. M., Copeland, L. A., Zeber, J. E., Benge, J., Allen, L., Cho, J., Liao, I-C., & Rasmussen, J. (2020). Factors affecting time between symptom onset and emergency department arrival in stroke patients. eNeurologicalSci. doi: 10.1016/j.ensci.2020.100285

Sarah Gebauer, Ph.D.

Gebauer S, Salas J, Scherrer J, et al. Which aspects of neighbourhood environment are most associated with meeting physical activity recommendations in American adults: an NHIS study. BMJ Open 2020;10:e038473. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038473 PMID 32994249

Gebauer S, Salas J, Scherrer JF, Burge S, Schneider D. Disability benefits and change in prescription opioid dose. Pop Health Manage 2019. PMID 30855207

Gebauer, S., Salas, J., & Scherrer, J. F. (2017). Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Receipt of Opioid Medication for New Back Pain Diagnosis. J Am Board Fam Med, 30(6), 775-783. PMID: 29180552

Gebauer S., Scherrer JF, Salas J, Burge S, Schneider FD. Disability and disability benefit seeking in chronic low back pain. Occup Med (Lond). 2015Jun;65(4):309-16. PMID 25754977

Gebauer S, Schootman M, Xian H, Xaverius P. Neighborhood Built and Social Environment and Meeting Physical Activity Recommendations Among Mid to Older Adults with Joint Pain. Preventive Medicine Reports. 18:101063 PMID 3214-385

Richard Grucza, Ph.D.

Comparative Effectiveness associated With Buprenorphine and Naltrexone in Opioid Use Disorder and Cooccurring Polysubstance Use. Xu KY, Mintz CM, Presnall N, Bierut LJ, Grucza RA. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 May 2;5(5):e2211363. PMID: 35536575 

Consumer Access to Buprenorphine and Methadone in Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers: A secret shopper study. Presnall NJ, Butler GC, Grucza RA. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2022 Aug;139:108788. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2022.108788. Epub 2022 Apr 30. PMID: 35534359 

Increases in Secondhand Smoke After Going Smoke-Free: An Assessment of the Impact of a Mandated Smoke-Free Housing Policy. Plunk AD, Rees VW, Jeng A, Wray JA, Grucza RA. Nicotine Tob Res. 2020 Dec 12;22(12):2254-2256. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntaa040. PMID: 32080738 

Youth and Adult Arrests for Cannabis Possession After Decriminalization and Legalization of Cannabis. Plunk AD, Peglow SL, Harrell PT, Grucza RA. JAMA Pediatr. 2019 Aug 1;173(8):763-769. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.1539. 

Grucza RA, Sher KJ, Kerr WC, Krauss MJ, Lui CK, McDowell YE, Hartz S, Virdi G, Bierut LJ. Trends in Adult Alcohol Use and Binge Drinking in the Early 21st-Century United States: A Meta-Analysis of 6 National Survey Series.Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2018 Oct;42(10):1939-1950. doi: 10.1111/acer.13859. Epub 2018 Aug 23. PMID: 30080258

Jeffrey Scherrer, Ph.D.

Scherrer JF, Tucker J, Salas J, Zidong Zhang, Grucza R. Comparison of Opioids prescribed for patients at risk for opioid misuse before and after CDC opioid prescribing guidelines. JAMA Network Open.2020;3(12):e2027481. PMCID: PMC7711316

Scherrer JF, Salas J, Wiemken TL, Jacobs C, Morley JE, Hoft DF. Lower Risk for Dementia Following Adult Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis (Tdap) Vaccination. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2021;76(8):1436-1443. PMID: 33856020

Scherrer JF, Salas J, Norman SB, Schnurr PP, Chard KM, Tuerk P, Schneider FD, van den Berk-Clark C, Cohen BE, Friedman MJ, Lustman PJ. Association between clinically meaningful posttraumatic stress disorder improvement and risk of type 2 diabetes. JAMA Psychiatry. 2019 Aug 21;76(11):1159-1166 PMID: 31433443, PMCID: PMC6704751

Scherrer JF, Salas J, Lustman P, van den Berk-Clark C, Schnurr PP, Tuerk P, Cohen BE, Friedman MJ, Norman SB, Schneider FD, Chard KM. Role of obesity in the association between PTSD and Incident Diabetes. JAMA Psychiatry. 2018; 75(11):1189-1198. PMID: 30090920, PMCID: PMC6248094

Scherrer JF, Salas J, Copeland LA, Stock EM, Ahmedani BK, Sullivan M, Burroughs T, Schneider FD, Bucholz KK, Lustman PJ. Prescription opioid duration, dose, and increased risk of depression in 3 large patient populations. Ann Fam Med.  2016;14 (1):54-62 PMID: 26755784 PMCID PMC4709156

Carissa van den Berk-Clark, Ph.D.

van den Berk Clark, C., Federova, M., Duncan, E., Ju, T., & Pickard, J. Funding and Implementation of Recovery Oriented Treatment Programs in the US from 2004-2020. In press:  Journal of Drug Education 

van den Berk-Clark, C., Myerson, J., Green, L., & Grucza, R. (2018). Past trauma and future choices:  Differences in discounting in low-income, urban African Americans. Psychological Medicine,   https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291718000326

van den Berk-Clark, C. Secrest, S., Walls, J., Hallberg, E., Lustman, P.J., Schneider, F.D., & Scherrer, J. (2018). Is posttraumatic stress disorder associated with poor health behaviors associated with risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease?  A systematic review and meta-analysis.  Health Psychology, 37(5), 407-416. NIHMSID: 958646. 

van den Berk-Clark, C., Doucette, E., Rottnek, F., Hughes, R., Manard, W., Lawrence, T., Prada, M., & Schneider, F.D. (2017). Do patient-centered medical homes improve low income patients' health behaviors, outcomes and experiences?  A systematic review and metanalysis.  Health Services Research. DOI:10.1111/1475-6773.12737. PMID: 28670708 

van den Berk-Clark, C. (2015) The dilemmas of frontline staff working with the homeless:  Discretion and the task environment.  Housing Policy Debate, 26(1), 105-122. PMCID: 26900305.

 

For more on research interests and publications, view individual faculty profiles. 

Jennifer Bello Kottenstette, M.D.

• Funding Agency: National Institute of Drug Abuse
  Title: A Preconception Health Intervention to Reduce Substance Exposed Pregnancies Among Incarcerated Women 
  Role: Principal Investigator 
  3/1/2022 – 2/28/2027 
  $694,910 
• Funding Agency: Applied Health Sciences Research Grant Program 
  Title: Developing and Implementing a Smoking Cessation Intervention through Evidence based Navigation and Collaborative Education (Team SCIENCE) among Pregnant Women with Substance Use Disorders: Adopting an Implementation Science Approach 
  Role: Co-investigator 
  5/1/2022 – 4/30/2023 
  $19,945 
• Funding Agency: Applied Health Sciences Research Grant Program 
  Title: From Success Stories to Best Practices: A Qualitative Study of Medication Transitions for People with Opioid Use Disorders 
  Role: Collaborator 
  5/1/2022 – 4/30/2023 
  $5,000 

Jinmyoung Cho, Ph.D.

• Funding Agency: HMORN-OAICs AGING Initiative Pilot Project Program (NIA 1R33AG057806, PI: Jerry H. Gurwitz)
  Title: Impact of Race‒Ethnicity on Health and Health Care Access among Oldest-Old Patients 
  Role: Pilot Project PI
  07/2021-06/2022
• Funding agency:National Institutes of Aging (R21)Title: A multidimensional approach to studying the impact of caregiving on health among dementia caregivers (1R21AG072395, PI: Cho, J.)
  Role: PI
  05/2021-04/2023
• Funding Agency: National Institutes of Aging (R01)
  Title: GamePlan4Care: Web-based Delivery System for REACH II (Principal Investigator: Stevens, A. B.) 
  Role: Co-Investigator
  09/2018 – 05/2023

Sarah Gebauer, Ph.D.

• Funding Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse 
  Title: Pathways from Chronic Prescription Opioid Use to New Onset Mood Disorder 
  Role: Co-Investigator, (PI: Scherrer) 
  4/1/2019-3/31/2024 
  $3,653,634 
• Funding Agency: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases 
  Title: Neighborhood Barriers and Facilitators to Walking and the Epidemiology of Knee Osteoarthritis and Developing Effective Exercise Prescriptions 
  Role: Principal Investigator 
  4/1/2022-3/31/2027 
  $629,684

Jeffrey Scherrer, Ph.D.

• Funding Agency: National Health, Lung and Blood Institute
  Title: Clinically Meaningful PTSD Improvement: Reducing Risk for Adverse Outcomes in Comorbid Cardiometabolic Disease
  Role: Principal Investigator
  08/15/2022-06/30/2025
  $1,278,861
• Funding Agency: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
  Title: Long-term Opioid Therapy, Depression and Suicide Mortality Risk in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer
  Role: site Principal Investigator (PI: Nosayaba Osazuwa-Peters)
  09/15/2022-09/14/2024
  $447,950
• Funding Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse
  Title: Pathways from Chronic Prescription Opioid Use to New Onset Mood Disorder
  Role: Principal Investigator
  4/1/2019-3/31/2024
  $3,653,634

As part of its effort to advance evidence-based medicine, the division also provides hands-on support for departmental faculty, residents and medical students, including:

• Research design
• Research methods
• Research analyses
• Presentations
• Manuscript development
• IRB applications
• Grant writing