Clarissa Jonas Diamantidis

Clarissa Jonas Diamantidis
Associate Professor of Medicine

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2019
Assistant Professor in Population Health Sciences, Population Health Sciences, Basic Science Departments 2018

Contact Information

200 Morris St, Suite 3410, Durham, NC 27701
Box 104427, Durham, NC 27701
clarissa.diamantidis@duke.edu (919) 668-1261

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Fellowship in Nephrology, Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 2007 - 2010
- M.H.S., Johns Hopkins University 2010
- Internal Medicine Residency, Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine 2004 - 2007
- M.D., New York Medical College 2004
Duke Appointment History
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2014 - 2019
Research
Selected Grants
- National Study of Community-Acquired Acute Kidney Injury Epidemiology and Outcomes awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2022
- Duke Resident Physician-Scientist Program- NHLBI awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2022
- Improving Quality by Measuring and Reporting Health Disparities in Vulnerable Populations awarded by National Committee for Quality Assurance 2017 - 2020
- Multi-factorial Intervention to Slow Progression of Diabetic Kidney Disease awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2019
- Is there a digital divide in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)? awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2018
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Telford, Onala, Clarissa J. Diamantidis, Hayden B. Bosworth, Uptal D. Patel, Clemontina A. Davenport, Megan M. Oakes, and Matthew J. Crowley. “The relationship between Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index subscales and diabetes control..” Chronic Illn 15, no. 3 (September 2019): 210–19. https://doi.org/10.1177/1742395318759587.
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  - Hall, Rasheeda K., Clemontina A. Davenport, Mario Sims, Cathleen Colón-Emeric, Tiffany Washington, Jennifer St Clair Russell, Jane Pendergast, et al. “Association of functional and structural social support with chronic kidney disease among African Americans: the Jackson Heart Study..” Bmc Nephrol 20, no. 1 (July 15, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-019-1432-9.
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  - Farhy, Eli, Clarissa Jonas Diamantidis, Rebecca M. Doerfler, Wanda J. Fink, Min Zhan, and Jeffrey C. Fink. “Use of a Medical-Alert Accessory in CKD: A Pilot Study..” Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 14, no. 7 (July 5, 2019): 994–1001. https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.13531118.
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  - Greer, Raquel C., Yang Liu, Kerri Cavanaugh, Clarissa Jonas Diamantidis, Michelle M. Estrella, C John Sperati, Sandeep Soman, et al. “Primary Care Physicians' Perceived Barriers to Nephrology Referral and Co-management of Patients with CKD: a Qualitative Study..” Journal of General Internal Medicine 34, no. 7 (July 2019): 1228–35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-019-04975-y.
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  - Tyson, Crystal C., Clemontina A. Davenport, Pao-Hwa Lin, Julia J. Scialla, Rasheeda Hall, Clarissa J. Diamantidis, Joseph Lunyera, et al. “DASH Diet and Blood Pressure among Black Americans with and without Chronic Kidney Disease: the Jackson Heart Study..” Am J Hypertens, June 11, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajh/hpz090.
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  - Weaver, Anne M., Yi Wang, Gregory A. Wellenius, Bessie Young, Luke D. Boyle, DeMarc A. Hickson, and Clarissa J. Diamantidis. “Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and renal function in African Americans: the Jackson Heart Study..” J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 29, no. 4 (June 2019): 548–56. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41370-018-0092-3.
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  - Lewinski, Allison A., Uptal D. Patel, Clarissa J. Diamantidis, Megan Oakes, Khaula Baloch, Matthew J. Crowley, Jonathan Wilson, et al. “Addressing Diabetes and Poorly Controlled Hypertension: Pragmatic mHealth Self-Management Intervention..” J Med Internet Res 21, no. 4 (April 9, 2019). https://doi.org/10.2196/12541.
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  - Doerfler, Rebecca M., Clarissa J. Diamantidis, Lee-Ann Wagner, Beth M. Scism, Monifa Vaughn-Cooke, Wanda J. Fink, Thomas Blakeman, and Jeffrey C. Fink. “Usability Testing of a Sick-Day Protocol in CKD..” Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 14, no. 4 (April 5, 2019): 583–85. https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.13221118.
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  - Singh, Karandeep, Clarissa J. Diamantidis, Shreyas Ramani, Nrupen A. Bhavsar, Peter Mara, Julia Warner, Jorge Rodriguez, Tianshi Wang, and Julie Wright-Nunes. “Patients' and Nephrologists' Evaluation of Patient-Facing Smartphone Apps for CKD..” Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 14, no. 4 (April 5, 2019): 523–29. https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.10370818.
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  - Cabacungan, A. N., C. J. Diamantidis, J. St Clair Russell, T. S. Strigo, I. Pounds, A. Alkon, J. A. Riley, et al. “Development of a Telehealth Intervention to Improve Access to Live Donor Kidney Transplantation..” Transplant Proc 51, no. 3 (April 2019): 665–75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2018.12.032.
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  - Lunyera, Joseph, Clemontina A. Davenport, Chandra L. Jackson, Dayna A. Johnson, Nrupen A. Bhavsar, Mario Sims, Julia J. Scialla, et al. “Evaluation of Allostatic Load as a Mediator of Sleep and Kidney Outcomes in Black Americans..” Kidney Int Rep 4, no. 3 (March 2019): 425–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2018.12.005.
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  - Lunyera, Joseph, and Clarissa J. Diamantidis. “The dilemma of lumping versus splitting evidence: Study design: systematic reviews..” Bjog 126, no. 4 (March 2019). https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.15202.
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  - Diamantidis, Clarissa J., Clemontina A. Davenport, Joseph Lunyera, Nrupen Bhavsar, Julia Scialla, Rasheeda Hall, Crystal Tyson, et al. “Low use of routine medical care among African Americans with high CKD risk: the Jackson Heart Study..” Bmc Nephrol 20, no. 1 (January 10, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-018-1190-0.
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  - Olivo, Robert E., Sarah L. Hale, Clarissa J. Diamantidis, Nrupen A. Bhavsar, Crystal C. Tyson, Katherine L. Tucker, Teresa C. Carithers, et al. “Dietary Phosphorus and Ambulatory Blood Pressure in African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study..” Am J Hypertens 32, no. 1 (January 1, 2019): 94–103. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajh/hpy126.
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  - Sperati, C John, Sandeep Soman, Varun Agrawal, Yang Liu, Khaled Abdel-Kader, Clarissa J. Diamantidis, Michelle M. Estrella, et al. “Primary care physicians' perceptions of barriers and facilitators to management of chronic kidney disease: A mixed methods study..” Plos One 14, no. 8 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221325.
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  - Lunyera, Joseph, and Clarissa Jonas Diamantidis. “Novel Models for Health Care Delivery for CKD for Disadvantaged Populations..” Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : Cjasn 13, no. 12 (December 2018): 1779–80. https://doi.org/10.2215/cjn.12591018.
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  - Green, J. A., P. L. Ephraim, F. F. Hill-Briggs, T. Browne, T. S. Strigo, C. L. Hauer, R. A. Stametz, et al. “Putting patients at the center of kidney care transitions: PREPARE NOW, a cluster randomized controlled trial..” Contemp Clin Trials 73 (October 2018): 98–110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2018.09.004.
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  - Diamantidis, Clarissa J., Hayden B. Bosworth, Megan M. Oakes, Clemontina A. Davenport, Jane F. Pendergast, Sejal Patel, Jivan Moaddeb, et al. “Simultaneous Risk Factor Control Using Telehealth to slOw Progression of Diabetic Kidney Disease (STOP-DKD) study: Protocol and baseline characteristics of a randomized controlled trial..” Contemp Clin Trials 69 (June 2018): 28–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2018.04.003.
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  - Olivo, Robert E., Clemontina A. Davenport, Clarissa J. Diamantidis, Nrupen A. Bhavsar, Crystal C. Tyson, Rasheeda Hall, Aurelian Bidulescu, et al. “Obesity and synergistic risk factors for chronic kidney disease in African American adults: the Jackson Heart Study..” Nephrol Dial Transplant 33, no. 6 (June 1, 2018): 992–1001. https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfx230.
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  - Cedillo-Couvert, Esteban A., Ana C. Ricardo, Jinsong Chen, Janet Cohan, Michael J. Fischer, Marie Krousel-Wood, John W. Kusek, et al. “Self-reported Medication Adherence and CKD Progression..” Kidney Int Rep 3, no. 3 (May 2018): 645–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2018.01.007.
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  - Duronville, John V., and Clarissa J. Diamantidis. “Medical safety in the care of the person with end-stage kidney disease..” Semin Dial 31, no. 2 (March 2018): 140–48. https://doi.org/10.1111/sdi.12672.
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  - Lunyera, Joseph, Clemontina A. Davenport, Nrupen A. Bhavsar, Mario Sims, Julia Scialla, Jane Pendergast, Rasheeda Hall, et al. “Nondepressive Psychosocial Factors and CKD Outcomes in Black Americans..” Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 13, no. 2 (February 7, 2018): 213–22. https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.06430617.
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  - Zullig, Leah L., Clarissa J. Diamantidis, Hayden B. Bosworth, Manjushri V. Bhapkar, Huiman Barnhart, Megan M. Oakes, Jane F. Pendergast, Julie J. Miller, and Uptal D. Patel. “Racial differences in nocturnal dipping status in diabetic kidney disease: Results from the STOP-DKD (Simultaneous Risk Factor Control Using Telehealth to Slow Progression of Diabetic Kidney Disease) study..” J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 19, no. 12 (December 2017): 1327–35. https://doi.org/10.1111/jch.13088.
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  - Zhan, Min, Wendy L. St Peter, Rebecca M. Doerfler, Corinne M. Woods, Jacob B. Blumenthal, Clarissa J. Diamantidis, Chi-Yuan Hsu, et al. “Patterns of NSAIDs Use and Their Association with Other Analgesic Use in CKD..” Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : Cjasn 12, no. 11 (November 2017): 1778–86. https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.12311216.
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  - Wang, Virginia, Clarissa J. Diamantidis, JaNell Wylie, and Raquel C. Greer. “Minding the gap and overlap: a literature review of fragmentation of primary care for chronic dialysis patients..” Bmc Nephrol 18, no. 1 (August 29, 2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-017-0689-0.
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  - Crowley, Matthew J., Clarissa J. Diamantidis, Jennifer R. McDuffie, C Blake Cameron, John W. Stanifer, Clare K. Mock, Xianwei Wang, et al. “Clinical Outcomes of Metformin Use in Populations With Chronic Kidney Disease, Congestive Heart Failure, or Chronic Liver Disease: A Systematic Review..” Ann Intern Med 166, no. 3 (February 7, 2017): 191–200. https://doi.org/10.7326/M16-1901.
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  - Diamantidis, Clarissa Jonas. “A Fundamental Theorem of Telehealth..” Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease 24, no. 1 (January 2017): 4–5. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.ackd.2016.11.001.
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  - Hsu, Chi-Yuan, Dawei Xie, Sushrut S. Waikar, Joseph V. Bonventre, Xiaoming Zhang, Venkata Sabbisetti, Theodore E. Mifflin, et al. “Urine biomarkers of tubular injury do not improve on the clinical model predicting chronic kidney disease progression..” Kidney Int 91, no. 1 (January 2017): 196–203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2016.09.003.
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  - Mertens, Alexander, Christopher Brandl, Talya Miron-Shatz, Christopher Schlick, Till Neumann, Andreas Kribben, Sven Meister, et al. “A mobile application improves therapy-adherence rates in elderly patients undergoing rehabilitation: A crossover design study comparing documentation via iPad with paper-based control..” Medicine (Baltimore) 95, no. 36 (September 2016). https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000004446.
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  - Fink, Jeffrey C., Rebecca M. Doerfler, Marni R. Yoffe, Clarissa J. Diamantidis, Jacob B. Blumenthal, Tariq Siddiqui, James F. Gardner, Soren Snitker, and Min Zhan. “Patient-Reported Safety Events in Chronic Kidney Disease Recorded With an Interactive Voice-Inquiry Dial-Response System: Monthly Report Analysis..” J Med Internet Res 18, no. 5 (May 26, 2016). https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.5203.
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  - Hsu, Kailin L., Jeffrey C. Fink, Jennifer S. Ginsberg, Marni Yoffe, Min Zhan, Wanda Fink, Corinne M. Woods, and Clarissa J. Diamantidis. “Self-reported Medication Adherence and Adverse Patient Safety Events in CKD..” Am J Kidney Dis 66, no. 4 (October 2015): 621–29. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2015.03.026.
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  - Diamantidis, Clarissa J., Jennifer S. Ginsberg, Marni Yoffe, Lisa Lucas, Divya Prakash, Saurabh Aggarwal, Wanda Fink, Stefan Becker, and Jeffrey C. Fink. “Remote Usability Testing and Satisfaction with a Mobile Health Medication Inquiry System in CKD..” Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 10, no. 8 (August 7, 2015): 1364–70. https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.12591214.
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  - Weir, Matthew R., Lisa Gravens-Muller, Nadiesda Costa, Anastasia Ivanova, Wana Manitpisitkul, Andrew G. Bostom, Clarissa J. Diamantidis, and Clarissa J. FAVORIT Study Investigators. “Safety events in kidney transplant recipients: results from the folic Acid for vascular outcome reduction in transplant trial..” Transplantation 99, no. 5 (May 2015): 1003–8. https://doi.org/10.1097/TP.0000000000000454.
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  - Wu, Juliana, Jennifer S. Ginsberg, Min Zhan, Clarissa J. Diamantidis, Jingjing Chen, Corinne Woods, and Jeffrey C. Fink. “Chronic pain and analgesic use in CKD: implications for patient safety..” Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 10, no. 3 (March 6, 2015): 435–42. https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.06520714.
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  - Tuot, Delphine S., Clarissa Jonas Diamantidis, Cynthia F. Corbett, L Ebony Boulware, Chester H. Fox, Donna H. Harwood, Robert A. Star, Krystyna E. Rys-Sikora, and Andrew Narva. “The last mile: translational research to improve CKD outcomes..” Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 9, no. 10 (October 7, 2014): 1802–5. https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.04310514.
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  - Ginsberg, Jennifer S., Min Zhan, Clarissa J. Diamantidis, Corinne Woods, Jingjing Chen, and Jeffrey C. Fink. “Patient-reported and actionable safety events in CKD..” Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : Jasn 25, no. 7 (July 2014): 1564–73. https://doi.org/10.1681/ASN.2013090921.
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  - Diamantidis, Clarissa J., and Stefan Becker. “Health information technology (IT) to improve the care of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD)..” Bmc Nephrol 15 (January 9, 2014). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-15-7.
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  - De Silva, Lalitha, Clarissa J. Diamantidis, Divya Prakash, Marni Zuckerman, and Matthew R. Weir. “Usability of mobile technology to screen for drug-drug interactions in kidney transplant patients..” Am J Nephrol 40, no. 2 (2014): 97–104. https://doi.org/10.1159/000364910.
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  - Ricardo, Ana C., Wei Yang, Claudia M. Lora, Elisa J. Gordon, Clarissa J. Diamantidis, Virginia Ford, John W. Kusek, et al. “Limited health literacy is associated with low glomerular filtration in the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) study..” Clin Nephrol 81, no. 1 (January 2014): 30–37. https://doi.org/10.5414/CN108062.
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  - Hartley, Iris R., Jennifer S. Ginsberg, Clarissa J. Diamantidis, Min Zhan, Loreen Walker, Gail B. Rattinger, and Jeffrey C. Fink. “Consideration of ICD-9 code-derived disease-specific safety indicators in CKD..” Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : Cjasn 8, no. 12 (December 2013): 2123–31. https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.12671212.
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  - Diamantidis, Clarissa Jonas, Wanda Fink, Shiming Yang, Marni R. Zuckerman, Jennifer Ginsberg, Peter Hu, Yan Xiao, and Jeffrey C. Fink. “Directed use of the internet for health information by patients with chronic kidney disease: prospective cohort study..” J Med Internet Res 15, no. 11 (November 15, 2013). https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.2848.
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  - Diamantidis, Clarissa J., Marni Zuckerman, Wanda Fink, Saurabh Aggarwal, Divya Prakash, and Jeffrey C. Fink. “Usability testing and acceptance of an electronic medication inquiry system for CKD patients..” American Journal of Kidney Diseases : The Official Journal of the National Kidney Foundation 61, no. 4 (April 2013): 644–46. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2012.09.016.
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  - Becker, Stefan, Andreas Kribben, Sven Meister, Clarissa Jonas Diamantidis, Nicole Unger, and Anna Mitchell. “User profiles of a smartphone application to support drug adherence--experiences from the iNephro project..” Plos One 8, no. 10 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078547.
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  - Diamantidis, Clarissa J., Marni Zuckerman, Wanda Fink, Peter Hu, Shiming Yang, and Jeffrey C. Fink. “Usability of a CKD educational website targeted to patients and their family members..” Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 7, no. 10 (October 2012): 1553–60. https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.03690412.
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  - Diamantidis, Clarissa J., Stephen L. Seliger, Min Zhan, Loreen Walker, Gail B. Rattinger, Van Doren Hsu, and Jeffrey C. Fink. “A varying patient safety profile between black and nonblack adults with decreased estimated GFR..” Am J Kidney Dis 60, no. 1 (July 2012): 47–53. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2012.01.023.
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  - Patel, Krupa, Clarissa Diamantidis, Min Zhan, Van Doren Hsu, Loreen D. Walker, James Gardner, Matthew R. Weir, and Jeffrey C. Fink. “Influence of creatinine versus glomerular filtration rate on non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug prescriptions in chronic kidney disease..” Am J Nephrol 36, no. 1 (2012): 19–26. https://doi.org/10.1159/000339439.
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  - Seliger, Stephen L., Amy D. Zhang, Matthew R. Weir, Loreen Walker, Van Doren Hsu, Afshin Parsa, Clarissa J. Diamantidis, and Jeffrey C. Fink. “Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents increase the risk of acute stroke in patients with chronic kidney disease..” Kidney Int 80, no. 3 (August 2011): 288–94. https://doi.org/10.1038/ki.2011.49.
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  - Diamantidis, Clarissa Jonas, Neil R. Powe, Bernard G. Jaar, Raquel Charles Greer, Misty U. Troll, and L Ebony Boulware. “Primary care-specialist collaboration in the care of patients with chronic kidney disease..” Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 6, no. 2 (February 2011): 334–43. https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.06240710.
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  - Becker, Stefan, Talya Miron-Shatz, Nikolaus Schumacher, Johann Krocza, Clarissa Diamantidis, and Urs-Vito Albrecht. “mHealth 2.0: Experiences, Possibilities, and Perspectives.” Jmir Mhealth and Uhealth 2, no. 2 (n.d.): e24–e24. https://doi.org/10.2196/mhealth.3328.
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- Digital Publications
  - Lunyera, Joseph, Clemontina A. Davenport, Jane Pendergast, Solomon K. Musani, Nrupen A. Bhavsar, Mario Sims, Stanford Mwasongwe, et al. “Modifiers of Plasma 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Chronic Kidney Disease Outcomes in Black Americans: The Jackson Heart Study.,” June 1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2018-01747.
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- Conference Papers
  - Machen, Leah, Clemontina Davenport, Megan Oakes, Uptal Patel, and Clarissa J. Diamantidis. “RACIAL VARIATIONS IN MEDICAL CARE SPENDING PATTERNS AMONG HIGH-RISK PRIMARY CARE PATIENTS: RESULTS FROM THE STOP-DKD STUDY.” In Journal of General Internal Medicine, 32:S299–S299. SPRINGER, 2017.
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  - Bhaysar, Nrupen A., Tina A. Davenport, Julia J. Scialla, Rasheeda K. Hall, Crystal C. Tyson, Tara S. Strigo, Bessie Young, et al. “Socioeconomic and Psychosocial Determinants of Cardiovascular Events Among Individuals with or at Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease: The Jackson Heart Study.” In Circulation, Vol. 133. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2016.
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Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
- Bass Connections Faculty Team Member. Spirituality, Self-management and Chronic Disease among Ethnic Groups of Robeson County, North Carolina . August 2016 - May 2017 2016 - 2017

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Education, Training, & Certifications

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