Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., Belarusian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education (Republic of Belarus) 1999
  • Internship, Therapy, Belarusian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education (Republic of Belarus) 1992 - 1993
  • M.D., Belarusian State Medical University (Republic of Belarus) 1992
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Racial and Geographic Disparities in Risk and Survival of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2024
  • Determinants of geographic disparities in mortality and multimorbidity in the U.S. awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2024
  • Genetics of changes in population pyramids: Implications for health forecasting with a focus on Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias awarded by National Institute on Aging 2014 - 2023
  • Genetics of changes in population pyramids: Implications for health forecasting with a focus on Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2023
  • Fluoride and human health: Assessing novel biomarkers in detecting bone disorder awarded by National Institutes of Health 2015 - 2017
  • Causal Effects of Time-Dependent Treatment: Optimizing Care of Cancer Patients awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2015
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Akushevich, Igor, Julia Kravchenko, Arseniy P. Yashkin, Fang Fang, and Anatoliy I. Yashin. “Partitioning of time trends in prevalence and mortality of lung cancer..” Stat Med 38, no. 17 (July 30, 2019): 3184–3203. https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.8170.
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    • Akushevich, I., A. Yashkin, J. Kravchenko, F. Fang, K. Arbeev, F. Sloan, and A. I. Yashin. “A forecasting model of disease prevalence based on the McKendrick-von Foerster equation..” Math Biosci 311 (May 2019): 31–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mbs.2018.12.017.
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    • Akushevich, Igor, Julia Kravchenko, Arseniy P. Yashkin, and Anatoliy I. Yashin. “Time trends in the prevalence of cancer and non-cancer diseases among older U.S. adults: Medicare-based analysis..” Exp Gerontol 110 (September 2018): 267–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2018.06.017.
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    • Kravchenko, Julia, H Kim Lyerly, and William Ross. “The Health Impacts of Environmental Policy: The North Carolina Clean Smokestacks Act..” N C Med J 79, no. 5 (September 2018): 329–33. https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.79.5.329.
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    • Kravchenko, Julia, Sung Han Rhew, Igor Akushevich, Pankaj Agarwal, and H Kim Lyerly. “Mortality and Health Outcomes in North Carolina Communities Located in Close Proximity to Hog Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations..” N C Med J 79, no. 5 (September 2018): 278–88. https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.79.5.278.
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    • Kravchenko, Julia, and H Kim Lyerly. “The Impact of Coal-Powered Electrical Plants and Coal Ash Impoundments on the Health of Residential Communities..” N C Med J 79, no. 5 (September 2018): 289–300. https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.79.5.289.
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    • Akushevich, Igor, Arseniy P. Yashkin, Julia Kravchenko, Fang Fang, Konstantin Arbeev, Frank Sloan, and Anatoliy I. Yashin. “Identifying the causes of the changes in the prevalence patterns of diabetes in older U.S. adults: A new trend partitioning approach..” J Diabetes Complications 32, no. 4 (April 2018): 362–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2017.12.014.
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    • Yashkin, Arseniy P., Julia Kravchenko, Anatoliy I. Yashin, and Frank Sloan. “Mortality and Macrovascular Risk in Elderly With Hypertension and Diabetes: Effect of Intensive Drug Therapy..” Am J Hypertens 31, no. 2 (January 12, 2018): 220–27. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajh/hpx151.
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    • Akushevich, Igor, Arseniy P. Yashkin, Julia Kravchenko, Svetlana Ukraintseva, Eric Stallard, and Anatoliy I. Yashin. “Time Trends in the Prevalence of Neurocognitive Disorders and Cognitive Impairment in the United States: The Effects of Disease Severity and Improved Ascertainment..” J Alzheimers Dis 64, no. 1 (2018): 137–48. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-180060.
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    • Akushevich, I., A. P. Yashkin, J. Kravchenko, F. Fang, K. Arbeev, F. Sloan, and A. I. Yashin. “Theory of partitioning of disease prevalence and mortality in observational data..” Theor Popul Biol 114 (April 2017): 117–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tpb.2017.01.003.
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    • Zullig, Leah L., Heather E. Whitson, Susan N. Hastings, Chris Beadles, Julia Kravchenko, Igor Akushevich, and Matthew L. Maciejewski. “A Systematic Review of Conceptual Frameworks of Medical Complexity and New Model Development..” J Gen Intern Med 31, no. 3 (March 2016): 329–37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-015-3512-2.
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    • Goodson, William H., Leroy Lowe, David O. Carpenter, Michael Gilbertson, Abdul Manaf Ali, Adela Lopez de Cerain Salsamendi, Ahmed Lasfar, et al. “Assessing the carcinogenic potential of low-dose exposures to chemical mixtures in the environment: the challenge ahead..” Carcinogenesis 36 Suppl 1 (June 2015): S254–96. https://doi.org/10.1093/carcin/bgv039.
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    • Kravchenko, Julia, Emanuela Corsini, Marc A. Williams, William Decker, Masoud H. Manjili, Takemi Otsuki, Neetu Singh, et al. “Chemical compounds from anthropogenic environment and immune evasion mechanisms: potential interactions..” Carcinogenesis 36 Suppl 1 (June 2015): S111–27. https://doi.org/10.1093/carcin/bgv033.
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    • Kravchenko, Julia, Mark Berry, Konstantin Arbeev, H Kim Lyerly, Anatoly Yashin, and Igor Akushevich. “Cardiovascular comorbidities and survival of lung cancer patients: Medicare data based analysis..” Lung Cancer 88, no. 1 (April 2015): 85–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2015.01.006.
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    • Akushevich, Igor, Konstantin Arbeev, Julia Kravchenko, and Mark Berry. “Causal effects of time-dependent treatments in older patients with non-small cell lung cancer..” Plos One 10, no. 4 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121406.
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    • Rango, Tewodros, Avner Vengosh, Marc Jeuland, Redda Tekle-Haimanot, Erika Weinthal, Julia Kravchenko, Christopher Paul, and Peter McCornick. “Fluoride exposure from groundwater as reflected by urinary fluoride and children's dental fluorosis in the Main Ethiopian Rift Valley..” Sci Total Environ 496 (October 15, 2014): 188–97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.07.048.
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    • Kravchenko, Julia, Tewodros Rango, Igor Akushevich, Behailu Atlaw, Peter G. McCornick, R Brittany Merola, Christopher Paul, et al. “The effect of non-fluoride factors on risk of dental fluorosis: evidence from rural populations of the Main Ethiopian Rift..” Sci Total Environ 488–489 (August 1, 2014): 595–606. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.12.087.
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    • Kravchenko, Julia, Thomas H. Darrah, Richard K. Miller, H Kim Lyerly, and Avner Vengosh. “A review of the health impacts of barium from natural and anthropogenic exposure..” Environ Geochem Health 36, no. 4 (August 2014): 797–814. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-014-9622-7.
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    • Merola, R Brittany, Julia Kravchenko, Tewodros Rango, and Avner Vengosh. “Arsenic exposure of rural populations from the Rift Valley of Ethiopia as monitored by keratin in toenails..” J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 24, no. 2 (March 2014): 121–26. https://doi.org/10.1038/jes.2013.77.
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    • Kravchenko, Julia, Igor Akushevich, Amy P. Abernethy, Sheila Holman, William G. Ross, and H Kim Lyerly. “Long-term dynamics of death rates of emphysema, asthma, and pneumonia and improving air quality..” Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis 9 (2014): 613–27. https://doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S59995.
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    • Akushevich, Igor, Julia Kravchenko, Svetlana Ukraintseva, Konstantin Arbeev, Alexander Kulminski, and Anatoliy I. Yashin. “Morbidity risks among older adults with pre-existing age-related diseases..” Exp Gerontol 48, no. 12 (December 2013): 1395–1401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2013.09.005.
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    • Akushevich, I., J. Kravchenko, K. Gersing, and K. K. Mane. “Predictive model of the treatment effect for patients with major depressive disorder.” 2013 Acm Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Biomedical Informatics, Acm Bcb 2013, November 28, 2013, 518–24. https://doi.org/10.1145/2506583.2506618.
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    • Akushevich, Igor, Julia Kravchenko, Svetlana Ukraintseva, Konstantin Arbeev, and Anatoliy I. Yashin. “Recovery and survival from aging-associated diseases..” Exp Gerontol 48, no. 8 (August 2013): 824–30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2013.05.056.
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    • Akushevich, Igor, Julia Kravchenko, Svetlana Ukraintseva, Konstantin Arbeev, and Anatoli I. Yashin. “Circulatory Diseases in the U.S. Elderly in the Linked National Long-Term Care Survey-Medicare Database: Population-Based Analysis of Incidence, Comorbidity, and Disability..” Res Aging 35, no. 4 (July 2013): 437–58. https://doi.org/10.1177/0164027512446941.
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    • Akushevich, Igor, Julia Kravchenko, Svetlana Ukraintseva, Konstantin Arbeev, and Anatoly I. Yashin. “Time trends of incidence of age-associated diseases in the US elderly population: Medicare-based analysis..” Age Ageing 42, no. 4 (July 2013): 494–500. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/aft032.
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    • Kravchenko, Julia, Amy P. Abernethy, Maria Fawzy, and H Kim Lyerly. “Minimization of heatwave morbidity and mortality..” Am J Prev Med 44, no. 3 (March 2013): 274–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2012.11.015.
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    • Rango, Tewodros, Julia Kravchenko, Behailu Atlaw, Peter G. McCornick, Marc Jeuland, Brittany Merola, and Avner Vengosh. “Groundwater quality and its health impact: An assessment of dental fluorosis in rural inhabitants of the Main Ethiopian Rift..” Environ Int 43 (August 2012): 37–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2012.03.002.
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    • Akushevich, Igor, Galina Veremeyeva, Julia Kravchenko, Svetlana Ukraintseva, Konstantin Arbeev, Alexander V. Akleyev, and Anatoly I. Yashin. “New stochastic carcinogenesis model with covariates: an approach involving intracellular barrier mechanisms..” Math Biosci 236, no. 1 (March 2012): 16–30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mbs.2011.12.002.
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    • Akushevich, Igor, Julia Kravchenko, Svetlana Ukraintseva, Konstantin Arbeev, and Anatoliy I. Yashin. “Age patterns of incidence of geriatric disease in the U.S. elderly population: Medicare-based analysis..” J Am Geriatr Soc 60, no. 2 (February 2012): 323–27. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03786.x.
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    • Kravchenko, Julia, Igor Akushevich, Amy P. Abernethy, and H Kim Lyerly. “Evaluating the number of stages in development of squamous cell and adenocarcinomas across cancer sites using human population-based cancer modeling..” Plos One 7, no. 5 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037430.
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    • Kravchenko, Julia, Igor Akushevich, Staci L. Sudenga, Craig M. Wilson, Emily B. Levitan, and Sadeep Shrestha. “Transitional probability-based model for HPV clearance in HIV-1-positive adolescent females..” Plos One 7, no. 1 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030736.
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    • Kravchenko, Julia, Igor Akushevich, Victoria L. Seewaldt, Amy P. Abernethy, and H Kim Lyerly. “Breast cancer as heterogeneous disease: contributing factors and carcinogenesis mechanisms..” Breast Cancer Res Treat 128, no. 2 (July 2011): 483–93. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-011-1347-z.
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    • Akushevich, Igor, Julia Kravchenko, Lucy Akushevich, Svetlana Ukraintseva, Konstantin Arbeev, and Anatoliy I. Yashin. “Medical cost trajectories and onsets of cancer and noncancer diseases in US elderly population..” Comput Math Methods Med 2011 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/857892.
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    • Yashin, Anatoli I., Konstantin G. Arbeev, Igor Akushevich, Liubov Arbeeva, Julia Kravchenko, Dora Il’yasova, Alexander Kulminski, et al. “Dynamic determinants of longevity and exceptional health..” Curr Gerontol Geriatr Res, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/381637.
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    • Ruhl, Laura, Avner Vengosh, Gary S. Dwyer, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Amrika Deonarine, Mike Bergin, and Julia Kravchenko. “Survey of the potential environmental and health impacts in the immediate aftermath of the coal ash spill in Kingston, Tennessee..” Environ Sci Technol 43, no. 16 (August 15, 2009): 6326–33. https://doi.org/10.1021/es900714p.
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    • Kravchenko, J. S. “Diet and cancer,” December 1, 2008, 169–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012373960-5.00435-4.
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    • Kravchenko, J. S. “Nutrition and the elderly,” December 1, 2008, 578–87. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012373960-5.00107-6.
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    • Akushevich, Igor, Julia S. Kravchenko, and Kenneth G. Manton. “Health-based population forecasting: effects of smoking on mortality and fertility..” Risk Anal 27, no. 2 (April 2007): 467–82. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6924.2007.00898.x.
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    • Akushevich, I., K. G. Manton, A. Kulminski, M. Kovtun, J. Kravchenko, and A. Yashin. “Population models for the health effects of ionizing radiation..” Radiats Biol Radioecol 46, no. 6 (November 2006): 663–74.
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    • Manton, K. G., A. Kulminski, I. Akushevich, and J. Kravchenko. “Modeling the effects of biologically incorporated radionuclides and chronic low-dose ionizing radiation exposure on both cancer and chronic non-cancer diseases..” Radiats Biol Radioecol 46, no. 6 (November 2006): 675–86.
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    • Ivanov, V. K., M. A. Maksioutov, S Yu Chekin, A. V. Petrov, A. P. Biryukov, Z. G. Kruglova, V. A. Matyash, A. F. Tsyb, K. G. Manton, and J. S. Kravchenko. “The risk of radiation-induced cerebrovascular disease in Chernobyl emergency workers..” Health Phys 90, no. 3 (March 2006): 199–207. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.HP.0000175835.31663.ea.
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    • Kravchenko, Julia, Pascal J. Goldschmidt-Clermont, Tiffany Powell, Eric Stallard, Igor Akushevich, Michael S. Cuffe, and Kenneth G. Manton. “Endothelial progenitor cell therapy for atherosclerosis: the philosopher's stone for an aging population?.” Sci Aging Knowledge Environ 2005, no. 25 (June 22, 2005). https://doi.org/10.1126/sageke.2005.25.pe18.
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    • Ivanov, V. K., K. G. Manton, I. Akushevich, A. I. Gorski, A. M. Korelo, J. S. Kravchenko, M. A. Maksioutov, and A. F. Tsyb. “Risk of thyroid cancer after irradiation in children and adults.” Current Oncology 12, no. 2 (June 1, 2005): 55–64.

  • Book Sections

    • Kravchenko, J. S. “Diet and Cancer.” In International Encyclopedia of Public Health, 294–304, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-803678-5.00110-7.
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    • Kravchenko, J. “Aging: Nutrition and the Older Adults.” In International Encyclopedia of Public Health, 22–30, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-803678-5.00307-6.
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    • Kravchenko, J. “Aging: Nutrition and the Older Adults.” In Reference Module in Biomedical Research, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.02704-5.
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