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Jesse Delarosa

Biostatistician II
Duke Clinical Research Institute
300 W. Morgan Street, Durham, NC 27701

Selected Publications


Comorbidities in Adolescents With Congenital Heart Disease: A Population-based Study

Journal Article Pediatrics Open Science · December 1, 2025 OBJECTIVESWe evaluated the frequency and patterns of comorbidity and multimorbidity in adolescents with congenital heart disease (CHD) using data from a multisite populati ... Full text Open Access Cite

Distal Radius Interventions for Fracture Treatment (DRIFT) trial: study protocol for a multicentre randomised clinical trial of completely translated distal radius fractures at paediatric hospitals in North America.

Journal Article BMJ Open · October 29, 2025 INTRODUCTION: Distal radius fractures are the most common fractures seen in the emergency department in children in the USA. However, no established or standardised guidelines exist for the optimal management of completely displaced fractures in younger ch ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Comorbidity and Multimorbidity in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: Findings From a Multi-Site Population-Based Study.

Journal Article Birth Defects Res · August 2025 BACKGROUND: Survival of individuals with congenital heart disease (CHD) has improved, leading to a growing and aging population of adults living with these conditions. Over their lifetime, they often face an array of comorbidities that affect outcomes and ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Novel linkage of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons database and hospital electronic health records.

Journal Article Cardiol Young · December 2024 BACKGROUND: Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database is the largest congenital heart surgery database worldwide but does not provide information beyond primary episode of care. Linkage to hospital electronic health records would captu ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

A Phase 1 Assessment of the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of (2R,6R)-Hydroxynorketamine in Healthy Volunteers.

Journal Article Clin Pharmacol Ther · November 2024 (R,S)-Ketamine (ketamine) is a dissociative anesthetic that also possesses analgesic and antidepressant activity. Undesirable dissociative side effects and misuse potential limit expanded use of ketamine in several mental health disorders despite promising ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Pediatric Preventive Health Care Among North Carolina Children Enrolled in Medicaid.

Journal Article J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc · December 26, 2023 BACKGROUND: Children enrolled in private insurance had reduced preventive health care during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. However, the impact of the pandemic on children enrolled in Medicaid has been minimally described. METHODS: We us ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

The longitudinal association between neighbourhood quality and cardiovascular risk factors among youth receiving obesity treatment.

Journal Article Pediatr Obes · December 2023 BACKGROUND: Neighbourhood factors are associated with cardiovascular health in adults, but these relationships are under-explored in youth. OBJECTIVES: To characterize the associations between neighbourhood factors and child and adolescent health among you ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

(083) Baseline Characteristics of Participants in a Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial of Vestibulodynia: Understanding Pathophysiology and Determining Appropriate Treatments (Vestibulodynia: UPDATe)

Journal Article The Journal of Sexual Medicine · May 24, 2023 AbstractIntroductionVestibulodynia (VBD) is a common cause of sexual pain that affects ~14 million women in the United States. Many di ... Full text Open Access Cite

SARS-CoV-2 Screening Testing Programs for Safe In-person Learning in K-12 Schools.

Journal Article J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc · February 27, 2023 BACKGROUND: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) screening testing is a recommended mitigation strategy for schools, although few descriptions of program implementation are available. METHODS: Kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12) ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Rationale and design of a multicenter randomized clinical trial of vestibulodynia: understanding pathophysiology and determining appropriate treatments (vestibulodynia: UPDATe).

Journal Article Ann Med · December 2022 BACKGROUND: Limited data are available to establish evidence-based management protocols for vestibulodynia (VBD), a chronic vulvar pain condition that affects approximately 14 million women in the U.S. For the purposes of the study, our group subdivided VB ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Predictors of engagement in young and older adults: The role of specific activity experience.

Journal Article Psychology and aging · March 2021 Activity that places demands on cognitive resources has positive effects on cognitive health in old age. To further understand determinants of age-group differences in participation, we examined how negative aging stereotypes and responses associated with ... Full text Open Access Cite

AGING STEREOTYPES MODERATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COSTS AND DISCOUNTING

Journal Article Innovation in Aging · November 8, 2019 AbstractAging is associated with normative declines in cognitive resources that increase the costs associated with mobilizing resources in cognitively demanding activities. Selective Engagement Theory (Hess, ... Full text Open Access Cite