Tennessee

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • 5 competencies needed by new baccalaureate graduates. 
  • A Multicenter Study of Early Anti-inflammatory Treatment in Patients With Acute Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear. 
  • A Multidisciplinary Housestaff-Led Initiative to Safely Reduce Daily Laboratory Testing. 
  • A comparative resident site visit project: a novel approach for implementing programmatic change in the duty hours era. 
  • Agency and communication challenges in discussions of informed consent in pediatric cancer research. 
  • Air pollution effects on ventilatory function of US schoolchildren. Results of studies in Cincinnati, Chattanooga, and New York. 
  • An exploratory study of environmental and medical factors potentially related to childhood cancer. 
  • Angiojet rheolytic thrombectomy in infants following cardiac surgery. 
  • Antipsychotics and the risk of sudden cardiac death. 
  • Apolipoprotein E4 polymorphism as a genetic predisposition to delirium in critically ill patients. 
  • Blood Pressure Trajectory, Gait Speed, and Outcomes: The Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study. 
  • Caffeine and miscarriage risk. 
  • Caring for the older adult: avoiding the lumping syndrome. 
  • Detection of left ventricular thrombus by delayed-enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance prevalence and markers in patients with systolic dysfunction. 
  • Distinct microbial communities within the endosphere and rhizosphere of Populus deltoides roots across contrasting soil types. 
  • Distribution of refractive error in healthy infants. 
  • Early physical abuse and later violent delinquency: a prospective longitudinal study. 
  • Effect of a mental health "carve-out" program on the continuity of antipsychotic therapy. 
  • Effects of Tennessee Medicaid managed care on obstetrical care and birth outcomes. 
  • Effects of the Office of National Drug Control Policy's Marijuana Initiative Campaign on high-sensation-seeking adolescents. 
  • Environmental impacts of the Tennessee Valley Authority Kingston coal ash spill. 1. Source apportionment using mercury stable isotopes. 
  • Environmental impacts of the Tennessee Valley Authority Kingston coal ash spill. 2. Effect of coal ash on methylmercury in historically contaminated river sediments. 
  • Environmental impacts of the coal ash spill in Kingston, Tennessee: an 18-month survey. 
  • Evaluation of the effectiveness of making Weight Watchers available to Tennessee Medicaid (TennCare) recipients. 
  • Healthcare technology: physician collaboration in reducing the surgical cost. 
  • Heller myotomy vs Heller myotomy plus Dor fundoplication: cost-utility analysis of a randomized trial. 
  • Helping poor mothers and children. 
  • Impact of medicaid managed care on utilization of obstetric care: evidence from TennCare's early years. 
  • Implementation of Individualized Music in Long-Term Care: Application of the PARiHS Framework. 
  • Improvements in medical school wellness and career counseling: A comparison of one-on-one advising to an Advisory College Program. 
  • Interaction between serotonin transporter polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) and stressful life events in adolescents' trajectories of anxious/depressed symptoms. 
  • Loneliness as a partial mediator of the relation between low social preference in childhood and anxious/depressed symptoms in adolescence. 
  • Long-term follow-up of unsuccessful violent suicide attempts: risk factors for subsequent attempts. 
  • Long-term safety and efficacy of triple combination ezetimibe/simvastatin plus extended-release niacin in patients with hyperlipidemia. 
  • Macular pigment optical density in the elderly: findings in a large biracial Midsouth population sample. 
  • Macular pigment optical density is related to cognitive function in older people. 
  • Medicaid, managed care, and the care of patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Medically Attended Catheter Complications Are Common in Patients With Outpatient Central Venous Catheters. 
  • Multiple risk factors in the development of externalizing behavior problems: group and individual differences. 
  • Overall diet quality and age-related macular degeneration. 
  • Peer rejection, affiliation with deviant peers, delinquency, and risky sexual behavior. 
  • Physician participation and nonparticipation in Medicaid managed care: the TennCare experience. 
  • Predicting methylphenidate response in long-term survivors of childhood cancer: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial. 
  • Predicting the intentions of women in domestic violence shelters to return to partners: does forgiveness play a role? 
  • Predictors of antipsychotic withdrawal or dose reduction in a randomized controlled trial of provider education. 
  • Prevalence and characteristics of dual sensory impairment (hearing and vision) in a veteran population. 
  • Provider-level effects on psychiatric inpatient length of stay for youth with mental health and substance abuse disorders. 
  • Racial differences in antidepressant treatment preceding suicide in a Medicaid population. 
  • Racial differences in the prevalence of severe aortic stenosis. 
  • Real-world outcomes in metastatic renal cell carcinoma: insights from a Joint Community-Academic Registry. 
  • Reducing long-term diazepam prescribing in office practice. A controlled trial of educational visits. 
  • Resident physician mentoring program in ophthalmology: the Tennessee experience. 
  • Retroperitoneal paraganglioma. 
  • Selenium speciation in coal ash spilled at the Tennessee Valley Authority Kingston site. 
  • Statins and delirium during critical illness: a multicenter, prospective cohort study. 
  • Survey of the potential environmental and health impacts in the immediate aftermath of the coal ash spill in Kingston, Tennessee. 
  • Telephone-based goal management training for adults with mild traumatic brain injury: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. 
  • TennCare patients in chronic pain: is Medicaid reform really different? 
  • The impact of TennCare on patient satisfaction with care. 
  • The impact of after-school peer contact on early adolescent externalizing problems is moderated by parental monitoring, perceived neighborhood safety, and prior adjustment. 
  • The influence of abdominal visceral fat on inflammatory pathways and mortality risk in obstructive lung disease. 
  • Total ankle arthroplasty with severe preoperative varus deformity. 
  • Ventilator Bundle Compliance and Risk of Ventilator-Associated Events. 
  • Weight change in pediatric TennCare recipients referred to a commercial weight loss program. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Dodge, Kenneth A., William McDougall Distinguished Professor of Public Policy Studies, Duke Science & Society
  • Hsu-Kim, Heileen, Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering