Maragatha Kuchibhatla | Scholars@Duke

Maragatha Kuchibhatla
Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics

Statistical research methodology, analysis of repeated measurements, latent growth curve models, latent class growth models, classification and regression trees,
designing clinical trials, designing clinical trials in psychiatry -- both treatment and non-treatment
trials in various comorbid populations.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Basic Science Departments 2018
Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Geriatric Behavioral Health, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2018
Senior Fellow in the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Institutes and Centers 2003

Contact Information

0508, Blue Zone, Busse Bldg, Trent Drive, DUMC, Durham, NC 27710
Duke Box 3003, Durham, NC 27710
maggie.kuchibhatla@duke.edu (919) 660-7526

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Texas A&M University 1992
Duke Appointment History
- Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Basic Science Departments 2008 - 2017
- Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Science Departments 2008 - 2017
- Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Basic Science Departments 2007 - 2008
- Assistant Research Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Basic Science Departments 2000 - 2007
- Assistant Research Professor in Community and Family Medicine, Community and Family Medicine, Clinical Science Departments 1996 - 2000
Research
Selected Grants
- Duke KURe Program awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2023
- Complement and CR2/CD21 in the Immune Pathogenesis of HIT awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2021
- Proteomic Signatures of Space Radiation Induced Cardiovascular Degeneration awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2016 - 2020
- Ketogenic Diet for Reduction of CNS Oxygen Toxicity Symptoms in Working Divers - Clin 0101 awarded by Naval Sea Systems Command 2017 - 2019
- A Novel Scaffold to Promote Skin Regeneration awarded by FirstString Research, Inc. 2017 - 2019
- Evaluation, analysis, and dissemination of population-based cancer-associated venous thromboembolism (VTE) data awarded by Association of University Centers on Disabilities 2018 - 2019
- Respiratory muscle training in late-onset Pompe disease awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2019
- Alzheimer's Disease, Genes, and Pesticide Use in the Agricultural Health Study awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2019
- Genes, environments, interactions, and cognitive decline in the HRS awarded by Wake Forest University 2015 - 2018
- Hernia Mesh Project awarded by Deep Blue Research, LLC 2016 - 2017
- A Structure Pharmacy Admission Process: Impact on Patient Outcomes awarded by American Society of Health-Systems Pharmicists Foundation 2014 - 2015
- Behavior And Physiology In Aging awarded by National Institutes of Health 1999 - 2015
- Increasing Access to Hospice Care for Older African Americans: A National Study awarded by National Institutes of Health 2012 - 2015
- Intrathecal therapy for autonomic dysreflexia awarded by National Institutes of Health 2012 - 2015
- Genes, environments, interactions, and cognitive decline in the HRS awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2015
- Nocturnal Deterusor Overactivity In Overactive Bladder Syndrome awarded by National Institutes of Health 2010 - 2014
- Expanding the Donor Pool for Heart Transplantation awarded by National Institutes of Health 2012 - 2014
- Responses of Myocardial Ischemia to Sertraline Treatment awarded by National Institutes of Health 2006 - 2013
- Organizational Variability and Racial Disparities in Hospice Use awarded by National Institutes of Health 2007 - 2013
- Cognitive Endophenotypes for Genetic Studies of Alzheimer's Disease awarded by National Institutes of Health 2007 - 2012
- Behavioral Insomnia Therapy for those with Insomnia and Depression awarded by National Institutes of Health 2008 - 2012
- Geriatric Depression: Risk Factors for Adverse Outcomes awarded by National Institutes of Health 1995 - 2012
- Genes and Alterations in Brain Structure and Function in Depression awarded by National Institutes of Health 2008 - 2012
- Candidate Genes and Longitudinal Disability Phenotypes awarded by National Institutes of Health 2006 - 2012
- Safety and Efficacy of Sertraline for Depression CHF awarded by National Institutes of Health 2003 - 2011
- Bipolar Disorder in Late Life awarded by National Institutes of Health 2005 - 2010
- PTSD & Childhood Sexual Abuse: Psychobiology awarded by National Institutes of Health 2002 - 2009
- Behavioral Insomnia Treatment in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome awarded by National Institutes of Health 2007 - 2009
- Evidence-Based Medicine in the Skilled Nursing Facility awarded by National Institutes of Health 2004 - 2009
- PTSD & Childhood Sexual Abuse: Psychobiology awarded by National Institutes of Health 2002 - 2008
- Child Neglect: Psychobiological Consequences awarded by National Institutes of Health 2000 - 2007
- Surveillance And Analysis Of The UNC Alumni Heart Study awarded by National Institutes of Health 1996 - 2007
- Neuromuscular Injury and Recovery after Vaginal Delivery awarded by National Institutes of Health 1999 - 2005
- Bipolar Disorder in Late Life awarded by National Institutes of Health 1997 - 2004
- Depression In Elderly Cardiac Patients awarded by National Institutes of Health 1994 - 2003
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Khandelwal, S, Ravi, J, Rauova, L, Johnson, A, Lee, GM, Gilner, JB, Gunti, S, Notkins, AL, Kuchibhatla, M, Frank, M, Poncz, M, Cines, DB, and Arepally, GM. "Polyreactive IgM initiates complement activation by PF4/heparin complexes through the classical pathway." Blood 132, no. 23 (December 6, 2018): 2431-2440. (Academic Article) Full Text Link to Item
  - Khandelwal, S, Ravi, J, Rauova, L, Johnson, A, Lee, GM, Gilner, JB, Gunti, S, Notkins, AL, Kuchibhatla, M, Frank, M, Poncz, M, Cines, DB, and Arepally, GM. "Polyreactive IgM initiates complement activation by PF4/heparin complexes through the classical pathway." Blood 132, no. 23 (December 2018): 2431-2440. Full Text
  - Cooper, M, Cheng, T, Truong, T, Kuchibhatla, M, Hachem, RA, and Jang, DW. "Factors Associated with Revision Surgery after Balloon Sinuplasty." Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery : Official Journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (November 20, 2018): 194599818813044-null. Full Text
  - Leraas, HJ, Kuchibhatla, M, Nag, UP, Kim, J, Ezekian, B, Reed, CR, Rice, HE, Tracy, ET, and Adibe, OO. "Cervical seatbelt sign is not associated with blunt cerebrovascular injury in children: A review of the national trauma databank." American Journal of Surgery (October 15, 2018). Full Text
  - Casanova, R, Saldana, S, Lutz, MW, Plassman, BL, Kuchibhatla, M, and Hayden, KM. "Investigating predictors of cognitive decline using machine learning." The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences (April 27, 2018). Full Text
  - Hunter, JC, Handing, EP, Casanova, R, Kuchibhatla, M, Lutz, MW, Saldana, S, Plassman, BL, and Hayden, KM. "Neighborhoods, sleep quality, and cognitive decline: Does where you live and how well you sleep matter?." Alzheimer'S & Dementia : the Journal of the Alzheimer'S Association 14, no. 4 (April 2018): 454-461. Full Text
  - Martin, JR, Wang, TY, Loriaux, D, Desai, R, Kuchibhatla, M, Karikari, IO, Bagley, CA, and Gottfried, ON. "Race as a predictor of postoperative hospital readmission after spine surgery." Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia 46 (December 2017): 21-25. Full Text
  - Meekins, AR, Siddiqui, NY, Amundsen, CL, Kuchibhatla, M, and Dieter, AA. "Improving Postoperative Efficiency: An Algorithm for Expedited Void Trials After Urogynecologic Surgery." Southern Medical Journal 110, no. 12 (December 2017): 785-790. Full Text
  - Stover, JT, Shaw, JR, Kuchibhatla, M, Horwitz, ME, and Engemann, AM. "Evaluation of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Mobilization Rates with Early Plerixafor Administration for Adult Stem Cell Transplantation." Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation 23, no. 8 (August 2017): 1290-1294. Full Text
  - Wilkinson, D, Ade, KK, Rogers, LL, Attix, DK, Kuchibhatla, M, Slade, MD, Smith, LL, Poynter, KP, Laskowitz, DT, Freeman, MC, Hoffer, ME, Saper, JR, Scott, DL, Sakel, M, Calhoun, AH, and Black, RD. "Preventing Episodic Migraine With Caloric Vestibular Stimulation: A Randomized Controlled Trial." Headache 57, no. 7 (July 2017): 1065-1087. Full Text
  - Boucher, NA, Kuchibhatla, M, and Johnson, KS. "Meeting Basic Needs: Social Supports and Services Provided by Hospice." Journal of Palliative Medicine 20, no. 6 (June 2017): 642-646. Full Text
  - Lee, GM, Joglekar, M, Kuchibhatla, M, Khandelwal, S, Qi, R, Rauova, L, and Arepally, GM. "Serologic characterization of anti-protamine/heparin and anti-PF4/heparin antibodies." Blood Advances 1, no. 11 (April 18, 2017): 644-651. Full Text
  - Carney, CE, Edinger, JD, Kuchibhatla, M, Lachowski, AM, Bogouslavsky, O, Krystal, AD, and Shapiro, CM. "Cognitive Behavioral Insomnia Therapy for Those With Insomnia and Depression: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial." Sleep 40, no. 4 (April 2017). Full Text
  - Gray, NA, Boucher, NA, Kuchibhatla, M, and Johnson, KS. "Hospice Access for Undocumented Immigrants." Jama Internal Medicine 177, no. 4 (April 2017): 579-580. Full Text
  - Kram, B, Kram, SJ, Sharpe, ML, James, ML, Kuchibhatla, M, and Shapiro, ML. "Analgesia and Sedation Requirements in Mechanically Ventilated Trauma Patients With Acute, Preinjury Use of Cocaine and/or Amphetamines." Anesthesia and Analgesia 124, no. 3 (March 2017): 782-788. Full Text
  - Hickey, PT, Kuchibhatla, M, Scott, B, Gauger, L, and Stacy, MA. "Dopamine Transporter Imaging has no Impact on Functional Outcomes in de Novo Probable Parkinson's Disease." Journal of Parkinson's disease 7, no. 2 (January 2017): 279-287. Full Text
  - Yen, DC, Watson, MH, Burgess, LD, Kuchibhatla, M, Patel, CB, Campbell, KB, and Vora, AK. "Positive Impact of Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation on Glycemic Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Advanced Chronic Systolic Heart Failure." Pharmacotherapy 36, no. 12 (December 2016): 1210-1216. Full Text
  - Jayes, FL, Liu, B, Moutos, FT, Kuchibhatla, M, Guilak, F, and Leppert, PC. "Loss of stiffness in collagen-rich uterine fibroids after digestion with purified collagenase Clostridium histolyticum." American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 215, no. 5 (November 2016): 596.e1-596.e8. Full Text
  - Martin, J, Wang, TY, Loriaux, DB, Desai, R, Adogwa, O, Kuchibhatla, M, Karikari, IO, Bagley, CA, and Gottfried, ON. "315 Race as a Predictor of Postoperative Hospital Readmission After Spine Surgery." Neurosurgery 63 Suppl 1 (August 2016): 191-null. Full Text
  - Martin, J, Wang, TY, Loriaux, DB, Desai, R, Adogwa, O, Kuchibhatla, M, Karikari, IO, Bagley, CA, and Gottfried, ON. "315 Race as a Predictor of Postoperative Hospital Readmission After Spine Surgery." Neurosurgery 63, no. CN_suppl_1 (August 2016): 191-.
  - Cho, EH, Garcia, RM, Pien, I, Kuchibhatla, M, Levinson, H, Erdmann, D, Levin, LS, and Hollenbeck, ST. "Vascular considerations in foot and ankle free tissue transfer: Analysis of 231 free flaps." Microsurgery 36, no. 4 (May 2016): 276-283. Full Text
  - Potts, LC, Feng, L, Seed, PC, Jayes, FL, Kuchibhatla, M, Antczak, B, Nazzal, MK, and Murtha, AP. "Inflammatory Response of Human Gestational Membranes to Ureaplasma parvum Using a Novel Dual-Chamber Tissue Explant System." Biology of reproduction 94, no. 5 (May 2016): 119-. Full Text
  - Johnson, KS, Payne, R, Kuchibhatla, MN, and Tulsky, JA. "Are Hospice Admission Practices Associated With Hospice Enrollment for Older African Americans and Whites?." Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 51, no. 4 (April 2016): 697-705. Full Text
  - Wang, TY, Martin, JR, Loriaux, DB, Desai, R, Shammas, RL, Adogwa, O, Moreno, J, Kuchibhatla, M, Bagley, CA, Karikari, IO, and Gottfried, ON. "Risk Assessment and Characterization of 30-Day Perioperative Myocardial Infarction Following Spine Surgery: A Retrospective Analysis of 1346 Consecutive Adult Patients." Spine 41, no. 5 (March 2016): 438-444. Full Text
  - Johnson, KS, Payne, R, and Kuchibhatla, MN. "What are Hospice Providers in the Carolinas Doing to Reach African Americans in Their Service Area?." Journal of palliative medicine 19, no. 2 (February 2016): 183-189. Full Text
  - Schechter, MA, Watson, MJ, Feger, BJ, Southerland, KW, Mishra, R, Dibernardo, LR, Kuchibhatla, M, Schroder, JN, Daneshmand, MA, Patel, CB, Rogers, JG, Milano, CA, and Bowles, DE. "Elevated Cardiac Troponin I in Preservation Solution Is Associated With Primary Graft Dysfunction." Journal of Cardiac Failure 22, no. 2 (February 2016): 158-162. Full Text
  - Gulack, BC, Schweitzer, M, Englum, BR, Kuchibhatla, M, Prasad, VK, and Adibe, OO. "Predictors of gastrostomy placement in children with inherited metabolic diseases treated by umbilical cord blood transplantation." Journal of pediatric surgery 50, no. 7 (July 2015): 1109-1111. Full Text
  - Gerardo, CJ, Evans, CS, Kuchibhatla, M, Mando-Vandrick, J, Drake, WG, Yen, M, Kopec, K, and Lavonas, EJ. "Time to antivenom administration is not associated with total antivenom dose administered in a copperhead-predominant snakebite population." Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 22, no. 3 (March 2015): 308-314. Full Text
  - Gerardo, CJ, Scott Evans, C, Kuchibhatla, M, Mando-Vandrick, J, Drake, WG, Yen, M, Kopec, K, and Lavonas, EJ. "Time to antivenom administration is not associated with total antivenom dose administered in a copperhead-predominant snakebite population." Academic Emergency Medicine 22, no. 3 (January 1, 2015): 308-314. Full Text
  - Hayden, KM, Lutz, MW, Kuchibhatla, M, Germain, C, and Plassman, BL. "Effect of APOE and CD33 on Cognitive Decline." PloS one 10, no. 6 (January 2015): e0130419-. Full Text
  - Hayden, KM, Lutz, MW, Kuchibhatla, M, Germain, C, and Plassman, BL. "Correction: Effect of APOE and CD33 on Cognitive Decline." PloS one 10, no. 7 (January 2015): e0134887-. Full Text
  - Martin, JR, Adogwa, O, Brown, CR, Kuchibhatla, M, Bagley, CA, Lad, SP, and Gottfried, ON. "Experience with intrawound vancomycin powder for posterior cervical fusion surgery." Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine 22, no. 1 (January 2015): 26-33. Full Text
  - Hayden, KM, Kuchibhatla, M, Romero, HR, Plassman, BL, Burke, JR, Browndyke, JN, and Welsh-Bohmer, KA. "Pre-clinical cognitive phenotypes for Alzheimer disease: a latent profile approach." The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry : Official Journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 22, no. 11 (November 2014): 1364-1374. Full Text
  - Keenan, JE, Speicher, PJ, Thacker, JKM, Walter, M, Kuchibhatla, M, and Mantyh, CR. "The preventive surgical site infection bundle in colorectal surgery: an effective approach to surgical site infection reduction and health care cost savings." Jama Surgery 149, no. 10 (October 2014): 1045-1052. Full Text
  - Adogwa, O, Martin, JR, Huang, K, Verla, T, Fatemi, P, Thompson, P, Cheng, J, Kuchibhatla, M, Lad, SP, Bagley, CA, and Gottfried, ON. "Preoperative serum albumin level as a predictor of postoperative complication after spine fusion." Spine 39, no. 18 (August 2014): 1513-1519. Full Text
  - Kuchibhatla, M, and Freedland, SJ. "Predicting bone scan positivity after biochemical recurrence following radical prostatectomy in both hormone-naive men and patients receiving androgen-deprivation therapy: Results from the SEARCH database." Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases 17, no. 1 (March 1, 2014): 91-96. Full Text
  - Moreira, DM, Cooperberg, MR, Howard, LE, Aronson, WJ, Kane, CJ, Terris, MK, Amling, CL, Kuchibhatla, M, and Freedland, SJ. "Predicting bone scan positivity after biochemical recurrence following radical prostatectomy in both hormone-naive men and patients receiving androgen-deprivation therapy: results from the SEARCH database." Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases 17, no. 1 (March 2014): 91-96. Full Text
  - Martin, JR, Adogwa, O, Brown, CR, Bagley, CA, Richardson, WJ, Lad, SP, Kuchibhatla, M, and Gottfried, ON. "Experience with intrawound vancomycin powder for spinal deformity surgery." Spine 39, no. 2 (January 15, 2014): 177-184. Full Text
  - Hayden, KM, Kuchibhatla, M, Romero, HR, Plassman, BL, Burke, JR, Browndyke, JN, and Welsh-Bohmer, KA. "Pre-clinical cognitive phenotypes for alzheimer disease: A latent profile approach." American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 22, no. 11 (2014): 1364-1374. Full Text
  - Martin, JR, Adogwa, O, Brown, CR, Bagley, CA, Richardson, WJ, Lad, SP, Kuchibhatla, M, and Gottfried, ON. "Experience with intrawound vancomycin powder for spinal deformity surgery." Spine 39, no. 2 (January 2014): 177-184. Full Text
  - Tyson, CC, Kuchibhatla, M, Patel, UD, Pun, PH, Chang, A, Nwankwo, C, Joseph, MA, and Svetkey, LP. "Impact of Kidney Function on Effects of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (Dash) Diet." Journal of Hypertension : Open Access 3 (January 2014). Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Boyle, SH, Samad, Z, Becker, RC, Williams, R, Kuhn, C, Ortel, TL, Kuchibhatla, M, Prybol, K, Rogers, J, O'Connor, C, Velazquez, EJ, and Jiang, W. "Depressive symptoms and mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia in patients with coronary heart disease." Psychosomatic Medicine 75, no. 9 (November 2013): 822-831. Full Text
  - Johnson, KS, Kuchibhatla, M, Payne, R, and Tulsky, JA. "Race and residence: intercounty variation in black-white differences in hospice use." J Pain Symptom Manage 46, no. 5 (November 2013): 681-690. Full Text Link to Item
  - Johnson, KS, Kuchibhatla, M, Payne, R, and Tulsky, JA. "Race and residence: Intercounty variation in black-white differences in hospice use." Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 46, no. 5 (November 1, 2013): 681-690. Full Text
  - Castleberry, AW, Worni, M, Kuchibhatla, M, Lin, SS, Snyder, LD, Shofer, SL, Palmer, SM, Pietrobon, R, Davis, RD, and Hartwig, MG. "A comparative analysis of bronchial stricture after lung transplantation in recipients with and without early acute rejection." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 96, no. 3 (September 2013): 1008-1017. Full Text
  - Kuchibhatla, MN, Fillenbaum, GG, Kraus, WE, Cohen, HJ, and Blazer, DG. "Trajectory classes of body mass index in a representative elderly community sample." J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 68, no. 6 (June 2013): 699-704. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kuchibhatla, MN, Fillenbaum, GG, Kraus, WE, Cohen, HJ, and Blazer, DG. "Trajectory Classes of Body Mass Index in a Representative Elderly Community Sample." JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES 68, no. 6 (June 2013): 699-704. Full Text Link to Item
  - Jiang, W, Velazquez, EJ, Kuchibhatla, M, Samad, Z, Boyle, SH, Kuhn, C, Becker, RC, Ortel, TL, Williams, RB, Rogers, JG, and O'Connor, C. "Effect of escitalopram on mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia: results of the REMIT trial." Jama 309, no. 20 (May 2013): 2139-2149. Full Text
  - Barclay, JS, Kuchibhatla, M, Tulsky, JA, and Johnson, KS. "Association of hospice patients' income and care level with place of death." Jama Internal Medicine 173, no. 6 (March 2013): 450-456. Full Text
  - Mehta, AI, Babu, R, Sharma, R, Karikari, IO, Grunch, BH, Owens, TR, Agarwal, VJ, Sampson, JH, Lad, SP, Friedman, AH, Kuchibhatla, M, Bagley, CA, and Gottfried, ON. "Thickness of subcutaneous fat as a risk factor for infection in cervical spine fusion surgery." J Bone Joint Surg Am 95, no. 4 (February 20, 2013): 323-328. Full Text Link to Item
  - Guptill, JT, Oakley, D, Kuchibhatla, M, Guidon, AC, Hobson-Webb, LD, Massey, JM, Sanders, DB, and Juel, VC. "A retrospective study of complications of therapeutic plasma exchange in myasthenia." Muscle & Nerve 47, no. 2 (February 2013): 170-176. Full Text
  - Jiang, W, Samad, Z, Boyle, S, Becker, RC, Williams, R, Kuhn, C, Ortel, TL, Rogers, J, Kuchibhatla, M, O'Connor, C, and Velazquez, EJ. "Prevalence and clinical characteristics of mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia in patients with coronary heart disease." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 61, no. 7 (February 2013): 714-722. Full Text
  - Boyle, SH, Samad, Z, Becker, RC, Williams, R, Kuhn, C, Ortel, TL, Kuchibhatla, M, Prybol, K, Rogers, J, O'Connor, C, Velazquez, EJ, and Jiang, W. "Depressive symptoms and mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia in patients with coronary heart disease." Psychosomatic Medicine 75, no. 9 (January 1, 2013): 822-831. Full Text
  - Castleberry, AW, Worni, M, Kuchibhatla, M, Lin, SS, Snyder, LD, Shofer, SL, Palmer, SM, Pietrobon, R, Davis, RD, and Hartwig, MG. "A comparative analysis of bronchial stricture after lung transplantation in recipients with and without early acute rejection." Annals of Thoracic Surgery 96, no. 3 (2013): 1008-1018. Full Text
  - Babu, R, Park, JG, Mehta, AI, Shan, T, Grossi, PM, Brown, CR, Richardson, WJ, Isaacs, RE, Bagley, CA, Kuchibhatla, M, and Gottfried, ON. "Comparison of superior-level facet joint violations during open and percutaneous pedicle screw placement." Neurosurgery 71, no. 5 (November 2012): 962-970. Full Text
  - Germain, CM, Plassman, BL, and Kuchibhatla, M. "PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT NOT DEMENTIA (CIND) IN LATE LIFE." GERONTOLOGIST 52 (November 2012): 656-656. Link to Item
  - Jiang, W, Kuchibhatla, M, and O'Connor, C. "Response to the clarification of the REMIT trial protocol." American Heart Journal 164, no. 5 (November 1, 2012). (Letter) Full Text
  - Xiong, GL, Fiuzat, M, Kuchibhatla, M, Krishnan, R, O'Connor, CM, Jiang, W, and SADHART-CHF Investigators, . "Health status and depression remission in patients with chronic heart failure: patient-reported outcomes from the SADHART-CHF trial." Circulation. Heart Failure 5, no. 6 (November 2012): 688-692. Full Text
  - Hayden, KM, McEvoy, JM, Linnertz, C, Attix, D, Kuchibhatla, M, Saunders, AM, Lutz, MW, Welsh-Bohmer, KA, Roses, AD, and Chiba-Falek, O. "A homopolymer polymorphism in the TOMM40 gene contributes to cognitive performance in aging." Alzheimers Dement 8, no. 5 (September 2012): 381-388. Full Text Link to Item
  - Hughes, GC, Barfield, ME, Shah, AA, Williams, JB, Kuchibhatla, M, Hanna, JM, Andersen, ND, and McCann, RL. "Staged total abdominal debranching and thoracic endovascular aortic repair for thoracoabdominal aneurysm." Journal of Vascular Surgery 56, no. 3 (September 2012): 621-629. Full Text
  - Johnson, KS, Elbert-Avila, K, Kuchibhatla, M, and Tulsky, JA. "Characteristics and outcomes of hospice enrollees with dementia discharged alive." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 60, no. 9 (September 2012): 1638-1644. Full Text
  - Adams, J, Kuchibhatla, M, Christopher, EJ, Alexander, JD, Clary, GL, Cuffe, MS, Califf, RM, Krishnan, RR, O'Connor, CM, and Jiang, W. "Association of depression and survival in patients with chronic heart failure over 12 Years." Psychosomatics 53, no. 4 (July 2012): 339-346. Full Text
  - Siddiqui, NY, Fulton, RG, Kuchibhatla, M, and Wu, JM. "Sexual function after vaginal versus nonvaginal prolapse surgery." Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery 18, no. 4 (July 2012): 239-242. Full Text
  - Kuchibhatla, MN, Fillenbaum, GG, Hybels, CF, and Blazer, DG. "Trajectory classes of depressive symptoms in a community sample of older adults." Acta Psychiatr Scand 125, no. 6 (June 2012): 492-501. Full Text Link to Item
  - Jiang, W, Oken, H, Fiuzat, M, Shaw, LK, Martsberger, C, Kuchibhatla, M, Kaddurah-Daouk, R, Steffens, DC, Baillie, R, Cuffe, M, Krishnan, R, O'Connor, C, and SADHART-CHF Investigators, . "Plasma omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and survival in patients with chronic heart failure and major depressive disorder." Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research 5, no. 1 (February 2012): 92-99. Full Text
  - Jiang, W, Velazquez, EJ, Samad, Z, Kuchibhatla, M, Martsberger, C, Rogers, J, Williams, R, Kuhn, C, Ortel, TL, Becker, RC, Pristera, N, Krishnan, R, and O'Connor, CM. "Responses of mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia to escitalopram treatment: background, design, and method for the Responses of Mental Stress Induced Myocardial Ischemia to Escitalopram Treatment trial." Am Heart J 163, no. 1 (January 2012): 20-26. Full Text Link to Item
  - Teh, CA, Lee, T-S, Kuchibhatla, M, Ashley-Koch, A, Macfall, J, Krishnan, R, and Beyer, J. "Bipolar disorder, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) Val66Met polymorphism and brain morphology." PLoS One 7, no. 7 (2012): e38469-. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kuchibhatla, MN, and Fillenbaum, GG. "Trajectory classes of depression in a randomized depression trial of heart failure patients: a reanalysis of the SADHART-CHF trial." Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 9, no. 6 (December 2011): 483-494. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kuchibhatla, M, Hayden, K, and Fillenbaum, G. "CONJOINT TRAJECTORIES OF DEPRESSION AND SELF-RATED HEALTH IN COMMUNITY DWELLING ELDERLY." GERONTOLOGIST 51 (November 2011): 609-610. Link to Item
  - Asrani, S, Samuels, B, Thakur, M, Santiago, C, and Kuchibhatla, M. "Clinical profiles of primary open angle glaucoma versus normal tension glaucoma patients: a pilot study." Curr Eye Res 36, no. 5 (May 2011): 429-435. Full Text Link to Item
  - Jiang, W, Ladd, S, Martsberger, C, Feinglos, M, Spratt, SE, Kuchibhatla, M, Green, J, and Krishnan, R. "Effects of pregabalin on heart rate variability in patients with painful diabetic neuropathy." J Clin Psychopharmacol 31, no. 2 (April 2011): 207-213. Full Text Link to Item
  - Johnson, KS, Kuchibhatla, M, and Tulsky, JA. "Racial differences in location before hospice enrollment and association with hospice length of stay." J Am Geriatr Soc 59, no. 4 (April 2011): 732-737. Full Text Link to Item
  - Jiang, W, Krishnan, R, Kuchibhatla, M, Cuffe, MS, Martsberger, C, Arias, RM, O'Connor, CM, and SADHART-CHF Investigators, . "Characteristics of depression remission and its relation with cardiovascular outcome among patients with chronic heart failure (from the SADHART-CHF Study)." Am J Cardiol 107, no. 4 (February 15, 2011): 545-551. Full Text Link to Item
  - Tractenberg, RE, Fillenbaum, G, Aisen, PS, Liebke, DE, Yumoto, F, and Kuchibhatla, MN. "What the CERAD battery can tell us about executive function as a higher-order cognitive faculty." Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research 2010 (November 22, 2010). Full Text
  - Fillenbaum, GG, Kuchibhatla, MN, Whitson, HE, Batch, BC, Svetkey, LP, Pieper, CF, Kraus, WE, Cohen, HJ, and Blazer, DG. "Accuracy of self-reported height and weight in a community-based sample of older African Americans and whites." The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 65, no. 10 (October 2010): 1123-1129. Full Text
  - Kuchibhatla, M, and Fillenbaum, G. "TRAJECTORY CLASSES OF DEPRESSION IN AN OLDER COMMUNITY SAMPLE." GERONTOLOGIST 50 (October 2010): 294-294. Link to Item
  - O'Connor, CM, Jiang, W, Kuchibhatla, M, Silva, SG, Cuffe, MS, Callwood, DD, Zakhary, B, Stough, WG, Arias, RM, Rivelli, SK, Krishnan, R, and SADHART-CHF Investigators, . "Safety and efficacy of sertraline for depression in patients with heart failure: results of the SADHART-CHF (Sertraline Against Depression and Heart Disease in Chronic Heart Failure) trial." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 56, no. 9 (August 2010): 692-699. Full Text
  - Dew, RE, Daniel, SS, Goldston, DB, McCall, WV, Kuchibhatla, M, Schleifer, C, Triplett, MF, and Koenig, HG. "A prospective study of religion/spirituality and depressive symptoms among adolescent psychiatric patients." Journal of Affective Disorders 120, no. 1-3 (January 2010): 149-157. Full Text
  - Beyer, JL, Kuchibhatla, M, Payne, ME, Macfall, J, Cassidy, F, and Krishnan, KRR. "Gray and white matter brain volumes in older adults with bipolar disorder." Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 24, no. 12 (December 2009): 1445-1452. Full Text Link to Item
  - Johnson, KS, Kuchibhatla, M, and Tulsky, JA. "Racial differences in self-reported exposure to information about hospice care." J Palliat Med 12, no. 10 (October 2009): 921-927. Full Text Link to Item
  - Pieper, CF, Kuchibhatla, M, and Landerman, LR. "CENSORING AND DEATH AS FACTORS IN THE ANALYSIS OF GERONTOLOGIC DATA." GERONTOLOGIST 49 (October 2009): 247-247. Link to Item
  - Colón-Emeric, CS, Schmader, KE, Twersky, J, Kuchibhatla, M, Kellum, S, and Weinberger, M. "Development and pilot testing of computerized order entry algorithms for geriatric problems in nursing homes." J Am Geriatr Soc 57, no. 9 (September 2009): 1644-1653. Full Text Link to Item
  - Huffman, KM, Shah, SH, Stevens, RD, Bain, JR, Muehlbauer, M, Slentz, CA, Tanner, CJ, Kuchibhatla, M, Houmard, JA, Newgard, CB, and Kraus, WE. "Relationships between circulating metabolic intermediates and insulin action in overweight to obese, inactive men and women." Diabetes Care 32, no. 9 (September 2009): 1678-1683. Full Text
  - Fiuzat, M, Jiang, W, Spertus, J, Kuchibhatla, M, Cuffe, M, Krishnan, R, and O'Connor, C. "Effects of Successful Depression Intervention on Health Status in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure and Major Depressive Disorder: Findings from the SADHART-CHF Randomized Controlled Trial." JOURNAL OF CARDIAC FAILURE 15, no. 6 (August 2009): S86-S86. Full Text Link to Item
  - O'Connor, E, Jiang, W, Kuchibhatla, M, Clary, G, Cuffe, M, Christopher, E, Alexander, J, Fiuzat, M, O'Connor, C, and Krishnan, R. "Marital Status and Prognosis of Patients with Heart Failure." JOURNAL OF CARDIAC FAILURE 15, no. 6 (August 2009): S91-S91. Full Text Link to Item
  - Johnson, KS, Kuchibhatla, M, and Tulsky, JA. "Racial Differences in Self-Reported Exposure to Hospice Information." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY 57 (March 2009): S90-S91. Link to Item
  - Beyer, JL, Young, R, Kuchibhatla, M, and Krishnan, KRR. "Hyperintense MRI lesions in bipolar disorder: A meta-analysis and review." International Review of Psychiatry (Abingdon, England) 21, no. 4 (January 2009): 394-409. (Review) Full Text
  - Li, Y, Howell, EA, Lagoo, AS, Kuchibhatla, M, Pan, H, Cohen, HJ, and Lagoo, SA. "Differential gene expression of interleukin-1 receptor associated kinase-1 and interleukin-1 receptor associated kinase-M in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of young and aged rats following preconditioning with endotoxin." Shock 31, no. 1 (January 2009): 55-63. Full Text Link to Item
  - Beyer, JL, Kuchibhatla, M, Cassidy, F, and Krishnan, KRR. "Stressful life events in older bipolar patients." Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 23, no. 12 (December 2008): 1271-1275. Full Text Link to Item
  - O'Connor, CM, Jiang, W, Kuchibhatla, M, Mehta, RH, Clary, GL, Cuffe, MS, Christopher, EJ, Alexander, JD, Califf, RM, and Krishnan, RR. "Antidepressant use, depression, and survival in patients with heart failure." Archives of Internal Medicine 168, no. 20 (November 2008): 2232-2237. Full Text
  - Johnson, KS, Kuchibhatla, M, and Tulsky, JA. "What explains racial differences in the use of advance directives and attitudes toward hospice care?." J Am Geriatr Soc 56, no. 10 (October 2008): 1953-1958. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kuchibhatla, M, Taylor, D, Ostybe, T, and Fillenbaum, G. "TRAJECTORY CLASSES OF ADL AND INSTRUMENTAL ADL AMONG VETERANS WITH DEMENTIA." GERONTOLOGIST 48 (October 2008): 696-696. Link to Item
  - Taylor, WD, Kuchibhatla, M, Payne, ME, Macfall, JR, Sheline, YI, Krishnan, KR, and Doraiswamy, PM. "Frontal white matter anisotropy and antidepressant remission in late-life depression. (Published online)" PLoS One 3, no. 9 (September 24, 2008): e3267-. Full Text Link to Item
  - Jiang, W, O'Connor, C, Silva, SG, Kuchibhatla, M, Cuffe, MS, Callwood, DD, Zakhary, B, Henke, E, Arias, RM, Krishnan, R, and SADHART-CHF Investigators, . "Safety and efficacy of sertraline for depression in patients with CHF (SADHART-CHF): a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of sertraline for major depression with congestive heart failure." American Heart Journal 156, no. 3 (September 2008): 437-444. Full Text
  - Abernethy, AP, Currow, DC, Fazekas, BS, Luszcz, MA, Wheeler, JL, and Kuchibhatla, M. "Specialized palliative care services are associated with improved short- and long-term caregiver outcomes." Supportive Care in Cancer : Official Journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 16, no. 6 (June 2008): 585-597. Full Text
  - Taylor, DH, Kuchibhatla, M, and Østbye, T. "Trajectories of caregiving time provided by wives to their husbands with dementia." Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders 22, no. 2 (April 2008): 131-136. Full Text
  - Beyer, JL, Kuchibhatla, M, Cassidy, F, and Krishnan, RR. "Frontal Gray Matter Changes in Late Life Bipolar Disorder." AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY 16, no. 3 (March 2008): A89-A90. Link to Item
  - Taylor, DH, Ezell, M, Kuchibhatla, M, Østbye, T, and Clipp, EC. "Identifying trajectories of depressive symptoms for women caring for their husbands with dementia." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 56, no. 2 (February 2008): 322-327. Full Text
  - Johnson, KS, Kuchibhatla, M, Tanis, D, and Tulsky, JA. "Racial differences in hospice revocation to pursue aggressive care." Archives of Internal Medicine 168, no. 2 (January 2008): 218-224. Full Text
  - Purser, JL, Kuchibhatla, MN, Miranda, ML, Blazer, DG, Cohen, HJ, and Fillenbaum, GG. "Geographical segregation and IL-6: a marker of chronic inflammation in older adults." Biomark Med 2, no. 4 (2008): 335-348. Full Text Link to Item
  - Taylor, DH, Kuchibhatla, M, Ostbye, T, Plassman, BL, and Clipp, EC. "The effect of spousal caregiving and bereavement on depressive symptoms." Aging & Mental Health 12, no. 1 (January 2008): 100-107. Full Text
  - Johnson, KS, Kuchibhatla, M, Tanis, D, and Tulsky, JA. "Racial differences in the growth of noncancer diagnoses among hospice enrollees." J Pain Symptom Manage 34, no. 3 (September 2007): 286-293. Full Text Link to Item
  - Jiang, W, Kuchibhatla, M, Clary, GL, Cuffe, MS, Christopher, EJ, Alexander, JD, Califf, RM, Krishnan, RR, and O'Connor, CM. "Relationship between depressive symptoms and long-term mortality in patients with heart failure." American Heart Journal 154, no. 1 (July 2007): 102-108. Full Text
  - Catanzaro, AM, Meador, KG, Koenig, HG, Kuchibhatla, M, and Clipp, EC. "Congregational health ministries: a national study of pastors' views." Public Health Nurs 24, no. 1 (January 2007): 6-17. Full Text Link to Item
  - Fillenbaum, GG, Burchett, BM, Kuchibhatla, MN, Cohen, HJ, and Blazer, DG. "Effect of cancer screening and desirable health behaviors on functional status, self-rated health, health service use and mortality." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 55, no. 1 (January 2007): 66-74. Full Text
  - Purser, JL, Kuchibhatla, MN, Fillenbaum, GG, Harding, T, Peterson, ED, and Alexander, KP. "Identifying frailty in hospitalized older adults with significant coronary artery disease." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 54, no. 11 (November 2006): 1674-1681. Full Text
  - De Bellis, MD, and Kuchibhatla, M. "Cerebellar volumes in pediatric maltreatment-related posttraumatic stress disorder." Biological Psychiatry 60, no. 7 (October 2006): 697-703. Full Text
  - Johnson, KS, Elbert-Avila, K, Kuchibhatla, M, and Tulsky, JA. "Racial differences in next-of-kin participation in an ongoing survey of satisfaction with end-of-life care: a study of a study." J Palliat Med 9, no. 5 (October 2006): 1076-1085. Full Text Link to Item
  - Heflin, MT, Pollak, KI, Kuchibhatla, MN, Branch, LG, and Oddone, EZ. "The impact of health status on physicians' intentions to offer cancer screening to older women." The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 61, no. 8 (August 2006): 844-850. Full Text
  - Hedayati, SS, Bosworth, HB, Kuchibhatla, M, Kimmel, PL, and Szczech, LA. "The predictive value of self-report scales compared with physician diagnosis of depression in hemodialysis patients." Kidney International 69, no. 9 (May 2006): 1662-1668. Full Text
  - Denny, SD, Kuchibhatla, MN, and Cohen, HJ. "Impact of anemia on mortality, cognition, and function in community-dwelling elderly." Am J Med 119, no. 4 (April 2006): 327-334. Full Text Link to Item
  - Buhr, GT, Kuchibhatla, M, and Clipp, EC. "Caregivers' reasons for nursing home placement: clues for improving discussions with families prior to the transition." Gerontologist 46, no. 1 (February 2006): 52-61. Link to Item
  - Beyer, JL, Taylor, WD, MacFall, JR, Kuchibhatla, M, Payne, ME, Provenzale, JM, Cassidy, F, and Krishnan, KRR. "Cortical white matter microstructural abnormalities in bipolar disorder." Neuropsychopharmacology : Official Publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 30, no. 12 (December 2005): 2225-2229. Full Text
  - Fillenbaum, GG, Kuchibhatla, MN, Hanlon, JT, Artz, MB, Pieper, CF, Schmader, KE, Dysken, MW, and Gray, SL. "Dementia and Alzheimer's disease in community-dwelling elders taking vitamin C and/or vitamin E." The Annals of Pharmacotherapy 39, no. 12 (December 2005): 2009-2014. Full Text
  - Kuchibhatla, M, and Fillenbaum, GG. "Modeling association in longitudinal binary outcomes: a brief review." Aging & Mental Health 9, no. 3 (May 2005): 196-200. Full Text
  - Fillenbaum, GG, McCurry, SM, Kuchibhatla, M, Masaki, KH, Borenstein, AR, Foley, DJ, Heyman, A, Larson, EB, and White, L. "Performance on the CERAD neuropsychology battery of two samples of Japanese-American elders: norms for persons with and without dementia." Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : Jins 11, no. 2 (March 2005): 192-201.
  - Beyer, J, Kuchibhatla, M, Gersing, K, and Krishnan, KRR. "Medical comorbidity in a bipolar outpatient clinical population." Neuropsychopharmacology 30, no. 2 (February 2005): 401-404. Full Text Link to Item
  - Jiang, W, Kuchibhatla, M, Cuffe, MS, Christopher, EJ, Alexander, JD, Clary, GL, Blazing, MA, Gaulden, LH, Califf, RM, Krishnan, RR, and O'Connor, CM. "Prognostic value of anxiety and depression in patients with chronic heart failure." Circulation 110, no. 22 (November 22, 2004): 3452-3456. Full Text
  - Beyer, JL, Kuchibhatla, M, Payne, ME, Moo-Young, M, Cassidy, F, Macfall, J, and Krishnan, KRR. "Hippocampal volume measurement in older adults with bipolar disorder." Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 12, no. 6 (November 2004): 613-620. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kuchibhatla, M, and Fillenbaum, G. "Classification tree analysis to determine dementia groups; M. Kuchibhatla, G.G. Fillenbaum; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC." GERONTOLOGIST 44 (October 2004): 107-107. Link to Item
  - Hedayati, SS, Jiang, W, O'Connor, CM, Kuchibhatla, M, Krishnan, KR, Cuffe, MS, Blazing, MA, and Szczech, LA. "The association between depression and chronic kidney disease and mortality among patients hospitalized with congestive heart failure." Am J Kidney Dis 44, no. 2 (August 2004): 207-215. Link to Item
  - White, HK, McConnell, ES, Bales, CW, and Kuchibhatla, M. "A 6-month observational study of the relationship between weight loss and behavioral symptoms in institutionalized Alzheimer's disease subjects." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 5, no. 2 (March 2004): 89-97. Full Text
  - Beyer, JL, Kuchibhatla, M, Payne, M, Moo-Young, M, Cassidy, F, MacFall, J, and Krishnan, KRR. "Caudate volume measurement in older adults with bipolar disorder." Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 19, no. 2 (February 2004): 109-114. Full Text Link to Item
  - Colón-Emeric, C, Kuchibhatla, M, Pieper, C, Hawkes, W, Fredman, L, Magaziner, J, Zimmerman, S, and Lyles, KW. "The contribution of hip fracture to risk of subsequent fractures: data from two longitudinal studies." Osteoporosis International : a Journal Established as Result of Cooperation Between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the Usa 14, no. 11 (November 2003): 879-883. Full Text
  - Kuchibhatla, M, and Fillenbaum, GG. "Comparison of methods for analyzing longitudinal binary outcomes: cognitive status as an example." Aging & Mental Health 7, no. 6 (November 2003): 462-468. Full Text
  - Heflin, M, Pollak, K, and Kuchibhatla, M. "The impact of comorbidity and disability on physicians' intentions to offer cancer screening to older patients." GERONTOLOGIST 43 (October 2003): 188-189. Link to Item
  - Kuchibhatla, M, and Fillenbaum, G. "Analyzing ordered longitudinal outcomes of self-rated health." GERONTOLOGIST 43 (October 2003): 345-345. Link to Item
  - Kuchibhatla, M, and Fillenbaum, GG. "Alternative statistical approaches to identifying dementia in a community-dwelling sample." Aging Ment Health 7, no. 5 (September 2003): 383-389. Full Text Link to Item
  - Ruby, CM, Fillenbaum, GG, Kuchibhatla, MN, and Hanlon, JT. "Laxative use in the community-dwelling elderly." Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 1, no. 1 (September 2003): 11-17. Link to Item
  - Beyer, JL, Kuchibhatla, M, Looney, C, Engstrom, E, Cassidy, F, and Krishnan, KRR. "Social support in elderly patients with bipolar disorder." Bipolar Disorders 5, no. 1 (February 2003): 22-27. Full Text
  - Morey, MC, Dubbert, PM, Doyle, ME, MacAller, H, Crowley, GM, Kuchibhatla, M, Schenkman, M, and Horner, RD. "From supervised to unsupervised exercise: Factors associated with exercise adherence." Journal of Aging and Physical Activity 11, no. 3 (January 1, 2003): 351-368. Full Text
  - Kuchibhatla, M, and Fillenbaum, GG. "Assessing risk factors for mortality in elderly White and African American people: implications of alternative analyses." The Gerontologist 42, no. 6 (December 2002): 826-834. Full Text
  - Martin, M, Shinberg, M, Kuchibhatla, M, Ray, L, Carollo, JJ, and Schenkman, ML. "Gait initiation in community-dwelling adults with Parkinson disease: comparison with older and younger adults without the disease." Phys Ther 82, no. 6 (June 2002): 566-577. Link to Item
  - Clary, GL, Davenport, C, Biracree, D, Kuchibhatla, M, Shah, D, O'Connor, CM, and Krishnan, RR. "Effects of antidepressant medication on mortality in patients with congestive heart failure." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY 39, no. 5 (March 6, 2002): 168A-168A. Link to Item
  - Hanlon, JT, Fillenbaum, GG, Kuchibhatla, M, Artz, MB, Boult, C, Gross, CR, Garrard, J, and Schmader, KE. "Impact of inappropriate drug use on mortality and functional status in representative community dwelling elders." Medical Care 40, no. 2 (February 2002): 166-176. Full Text
  - Schenkman, M, Cutson, TM, Kuchibhatla, M, Scott, BL, and Cress, EM. "Application of the continuous scale physical functional performance test to people with parkinson disease." Neurology Report 26, no. 3 (January 1, 2002): 130-138. Full Text
  - Barber, MD, Kuchibhatla, MN, Pieper, CF, and Bump, RC. "Psychometric evaluation of 2 comprehensive condition-specific quality of life instruments for women with pelvic floor disorders." American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 185, no. 6 (December 2001): 1388-1395. Full Text
  - Jiang, W, Alexander, J, Christopher, E, Kuchibhatla, M, Gaulden, LH, Cuffe, MS, Blazing, MA, Davenport, C, Califf, RM, Krishnan, RR, and O'Connor, CM. "Relationship of depression to increased risk of mortality and rehospitalization in patients with congestive heart failure." Archives of Internal Medicine 161, no. 15 (August 2001): 1849-1856. Full Text
  - Schenkman, ML, Clark, K, Xie, T, Kuchibhatla, M, Shinberg, M, and Ray, L. "Spinal movement and performance of a standing reach task in participants with and without Parkinson disease." Physical Therapy 81, no. 8 (August 2001): 1400-1411. Full Text
  - Bastian, LA, Lipkus, IM, Kuchibhatla, MN, Weng, HH, Halabi, S, Ryan, PD, Skinner, CS, and Rimer, BK. "Women's interest in chemoprevention for breast cancer." Archives of Internal Medicine 161, no. 13 (July 2001): 1639-1644. Full Text
  - Bosworth, HB, Bastian, LA, Kuchibhatla, MN, Steffens, DC, McBride, CM, Skinner, CS, Rimer, BK, and Siegler, IC. "Depressive symptoms, menopausal status, and climacteric symptoms in women at midlife." Psychosom Med 63, no. 4 (July 2001): 603-608. Link to Item
  - Hanlon, JT, Fillenbaum, GG, Kuchibhatla, M, Ruby, C, Gross, C, Boult, C, Garrard, J, and Schmader, K. "Inappropriate drug prescribing, mortality and functional status decline in community dwelling elders." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY 49, no. 4 (April 2001): S12-S13. Link to Item
  - Lipkus, IM, Kuchibhatla, M, McBride, CM, Bosworth, HB, Pollak, KI, Siegler, IC, and Rimer, BK. "Relationships among breast cancer perceived absolute risk, comparative risk, and worries." Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention : a Publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, Cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 9, no. 9 (September 2000): 973-975.
  - Schenkman, M, Morey, M, and Kuchibhatla, M. "Spinal flexibility and balance control among community-dwelling adults with and without Parkinson's disease." The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 55, no. 8 (August 2000): M441-M445. Full Text
  - Hanlon, JT, Fillenbaum, GG, Schmader, KE, Kuchibhatla, M, and Horner, RD. "Inappropriate drug use among community-dwelling elderly." Pharmacotherapy 20, no. 5 (May 2000): 575-582. Full Text
  - Kuchibhatla, M, Pieper, C, and Schenkman, M. "An application of generalizability theory to study a physical performance measure in Parkinson's disease." Aging (Milano) 12, no. 1 (February 2000): 29-34. Link to Item
  - O'Connor, C, Jiang, W, Alexanda, J, Christopher, E, Kuchibhatla, M, Davenport, C, Simons, C, and Krishnan, RR. "Depression in heart failure: Clinical characteristics and impact on outcomes." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY 35, no. 2 (February 2000): 178A-178A. Link to Item
  - Bosworth, HB, Steffens, DC, Kuchibhatla, MN, Jiang, WJ, Arias, RM, O'Connor, CM, and Krishnan, KRR. "The relationship of social support, social networks and negative events with depression in patients with coronary artery disease." Aging and Mental Health 4, no. 3 (January 1, 2000): 253-258. Full Text
  - Cavanaugh, JT, Shinberg, M, Ray, L, Shipp, KM, Kuchibhatla, M, and Schenkman, M. "Kinematic characterization of standing reach: comparison of younger vs. older subjects." Clinical Biomechanics (Bristol, Avon) 14, no. 4 (May 1999): 271-279. Full Text
  - Purser, JL, Pieper, CF, Duncan, PW, Gold, DT, McConnell, ES, Schenkman, MS, Morey, MC, and Branch, LG. "Reliability of physical performance tests in four different randomized clinical trials." Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 80, no. 5 (May 1999): 557-561. Full Text
  - Koplas, PA, Gans, HB, Wisely, MP, Kuchibhatla, M, Cutson, TM, Gold, DT, Taylor, CT, and Schenkman, M. "Quality of life and Parkinson's disease." The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 54, no. 4 (April 1999): M197-M202. Full Text
  - Steffens, DC, O'Connor, CM, Jiang, WJ, Pieper, CF, Kuchibhatla, MN, Arias, RM, Look, A, Davenport, C, Gonzalez, MB, and Krishnan, KR. "The effect of major depression on functional status in patients with coronary artery disease." J Am Geriatr Soc 47, no. 3 (March 1999): 319-322. Link to Item
  - Koenig, HG, George, LK, Larson, DB, McCullough, ME, Branch, PS, and Kuchibhatla, M. "Depressive symptoms and nine-year survival of 1,001 male veterans hospitalized with medical illness." The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry : Official Journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 7, no. 2 (January 1999): 124-131. Full Text
  - Koenig, HG, and Kuchibhatla, M. "Use of health services by medically ill depressed elderly patients after hospital discharge." Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 7, no. 1 (1999): 48-56. Link to Item
  - Bales, CW, Moreno, KL, Guyton, JR, Yunker, PA, McGee, MK, Currie, KL, Brown, S, Kuchibhatla, M, and Drezner, MK. "Comparison of proximate composition and fatty acid and cholesterol content of lean and typical commercial pork." J Am Diet Assoc 98, no. 11 (November 1998): 1328-1330. Full Text Link to Item
  - Schenkman, M, Cutson, TM, Kuchibhatla, M, Chandler, J, Pieper, CF, Ray, L, and Laub, KC. "Exercise to improve spinal flexibility and function for people with Parkinson's disease: a randomized, controlled trial." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 46, no. 10 (October 1998): 1207-1216. Full Text
  - Hanlon, J, Fillenbaum, GG, Wall, W, Kuchibhatla, M, Horner, R, and Schmader, K. "Inappropriate medication use among community dwelling elderly residents." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY 46, no. 9 (September 1998): S53-S53. Link to Item
  - Hanlon, J, Fillenbaum, GG, Wall, W, Kuchibhatla, M, Horner, R, and Schmader, K. "Inappropriate medication use among community dwelling elderly residents." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY 46, no. 9 (September 1998): S53-S53. Link to Item
  - Koenig, HG, and Kuchibhatla, M. "Use of health services by hospitalized medically ill depressed elderly patients." The American Journal of Psychiatry 155, no. 7 (July 1998): 871-877. Full Text
  - Koenig, HG, Larson, DB, Hays, JC, McCullough, ME, George, LK, Branch, PS, Meader, KG, and Kuchibhatla, M. "Religion and the survival of 1010 hospitalized veterans." Journal of Religion and Health 37, no. 1 (1998): 15-29.
  - Gentili, A, Weiner, DK, Kuchibhatil, M, and Edinger, JD. "Factors that disturb sleep in nursing home residents." Aging (Milan, Italy) 9, no. 3 (June 1997): 207-213.
  - Schenkman, M, Laub, KC, Kuchibhatla, M, Ray, L, and Shinberg, M. "Measures of shoulder protraction and thoracolumbar rotation." J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 25, no. 5 (May 1997): 329-335. Full Text Link to Item
  - Schenkman, M, Cutson, TM, Kuchibhatla, M, Chandler, J, and Pieper, C. "Reliability of impairment and physical performance measures for persons with Parkinson's disease." Phys Ther 77, no. 1 (January 1997): 19-27. Link to Item
  - Kochersberger, G, McConnell, E, Kuchibhatla, MN, and Pieper, C. "The reliability, validity, and stability of a measure of physical activity in the elderly." Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 77, no. 8 (August 1996): 793-795. Full Text
  - Schenkman, M, Shipp, KM, Chandler, J, Studenski, SA, and Kuchibhatla, M. "Relationships between mobility of axial structures and physical performance." Phys Ther 76, no. 3 (March 1996): 276-285. Link to Item
  - Kuchibhatla, M, and Hart, JD. "Smoothing-based lack-of-fit tests: Variations on a theme." Journal of Nonparametric Statistics 7, no. 1 (January 1, 1996): 1-22. Full Text
  - Gentili, A, Weiner, DK, Kuchibhatla, M, and Edinger, JD. "Test-retest reliability of the Pittsburgh sleep quality index in nursing home residents." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 43, no. 11 (November 1995): 1317-1318. (Letter) Full Text
  - Fillenbaum, GG, Kuchibhatla, M, Henderson, VW, Clark, CM, and Taussig, IM. "Comparison of performance on the CERAD neuropsychological battery of hispanic patients and cognitively normal controls at two sites." Clinical Gerontologist 30, no. 3 (April 12, 2007): 1-22. Full Text
- Conference Papers
  - Jones, H, Crisp, K, Marcus, J, Batten, M, Edds, A, Hobson-Webb, L, Kuchibhatla, M, and Kishnani, P. "Respiratory muscle training in Pompe disease." February 2018. Full Text
  - Cerdena, S, Mackey, MC, Kuchibhatla, M, Rizzieri, DA, and Moorman, MT. "Evaluation of Residual Disease Positivity Rates in Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Patients Treated with Asparaginase Versus Non-Asparaginase Containing Regimens." 59th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Hematology (ASH). Atlanta, GA. December 9, 2017 - December 12, 2017.: AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY, December 7, 2017. Link to Item
  - Johnson, K, and Kuchibhatla, M. "Did you get the DNR? Black-White Differences in Code Status Among Older Adults Before and After Inpatient Palliative Care Consultation." May 2016. Link to Item
  - Yeh, JS, Daubert, M, Kuchibhatla, M, Stanczyk, FZ, and Price, TM. "The effect of postpartum progestogen on cardiac function, NT-ProBNP, and inflammatory biomarkers in women with gestational hypertension." : Elsevier BV, September 2015. Full Text
  - Hickey, PT, Kuchibhatla, M, Scott, BL, Gauger, L, and Stacy, MA. "Assessment of outcomes in Parkinson's disease subjects randomized to SPECT imaging of the dopamine transporter." June 2015. Link to Item
  - Johnson, K, and Kuchibhatla, M. "Does age matter? The relationship between race and hospice use in the young old to the oldest old." April 2015. Link to Item
  - Schechter, M, Southerland, K, Watson, M, Feger, B, Mishra, R, Schroder, J, Dibernardo, L, Kuchibhatla, M, Daneshmand, M, Patel, C, Rogers, J, Milano, C, and Bowles, D. "Cardiac Troponin I Levels in Preservation Solution Predict Primary Graft Dysfunction After Heart Transplant." April 2015. Full Text
  - Harris, M, Irish, W, Pura, J, Barbas, A, Englum, B, Sanoff, S, Ellis, M, Vikraman, D, Ravindra, K, Kuchibhatla, M, Sudan, D, and Patel, U. "Comparative Effectiveness of Triple Immunosuppressive Therapy Versus Steroid Avoidance or Early Withdrawal Among Kidney Transplant Recipients Over Age 65." July 15, 2014. Link to Item
  - Harris, M, Irish, W, Pura, J, Barbas, A, Englum, B, Sanoff, S, Ellis, M, Vikraman, D, Ravindra, K, Kuchibhatla, M, Sudan, D, and Patel, U. "Comparative Effectiveness of Triple Immunosuppressive Therapy Versus Steroid Avoidance or Early Withdrawal Among Kidney Transplant Recipients Over Age 65." June 2014. Link to Item
  - Schechter, MA, Castleberry, AW, Kuchibhatla, M, Patel, CB, Blue, LJ, Rogers, JG, Berry, MF, Schroder, JN, and Milano, CA. "The Utility of Pulmonary Function Tests in Predicting Pulmonary Outcomes Following Destination Therapy Left Ventricular Assist Device Placement." : Elsevier BV, April 2014. Full Text
  - Beri, N, Friedman, DR, Simms, TM, Kuchibhatla, M, Weinberg, JB, and Lanasa, MC. "Molecular and Clinical Associations Between Vitamin D and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia." November 15, 2013. Link to Item
  - Harrison, RW, Becker, R, Ortel, T, Kuchibhatla, M, Boyle, S, Samad, Z, Velazquez, E, Wilson, J, Kuhn, C, and Williams, R. "ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PLATELET AGGREGATION AND MENTAL STRESS INDUCED MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA: RESULTS FROM THE REMIT TRIAL." : Elsevier BV, March 2013. Full Text
  - Johnson, KS, Kuchibhatla, MN, and Tulsky, JA. "What are Hospice Providers Doing to Reach African Americans .. and what works?." April 2012. Link to Item
  - Johnson, K, and Kuchibhatla, M. "What Are Hospice Providers Doing To Reach African Americans?." February 2012. Full Text Link to Item
  - Guptill, JT, Oakley, D, Kuchibhatla, M, Guidon, A, Hobson-Webb, LD, Massey, JM, Sanders, DB, and Juel, VC. "PLASMA EXCHANGE COMPLICATIONS ARE RELATED TO THE VENOUS ACCESS ROUTE." October 2011. Link to Item
  - Johnson, KS, Kuchibhatla, M, and Tulsky, JA. "P24 Encore Presentation Race and Residence: County-level Variation in Black-White Disparities in Hospice Use." April 2011. Link to Item
  - Johnson, K, Kuchibhatla, M, and Tulsky, J. "Race and Residence: County-Level Variation in Black-White Disparities in Hospice Use." January 2011. Full Text Link to Item
  - Preud'homme, XA, Amundsen, CL, Webster, GD, Jiang, W, Kuchibhatla, M, and Krystal, AD. "AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM ACTIVITY PRECEDING NOCTURIA IN OLDER ADULTS." 2011. Link to Item
  - Johnson, KS, Kuchibhatla, MN, and Tulsky, JA. "Intercounty Variability in Hospice Use: Does Race Matter?." April 2010. Link to Item
  - O'Connor, CM, Jiang, W, Silva, SG, Kuchibhatla, M, Cuffe, MS, Callwood, DD, Zakhary, B, Henke, E, Arias, RM, and Krishnan, R. "Safety and Efficacy of Sertraline plus Nurse Facilitated Supportive Intervention (NFSI) versus Placebo plus Nurse Facilitated Supportive Intervention for Depression in Patients with CHF (SADHART-CHF) (10/6/08)." : Elsevier BV, November 2008. Full Text
  - Johnson, KS, Kuchibhatla, M, and Tulsky, JA. "What explains racial differences in the completion of advance directives?." April 2008. Link to Item
  - Johnson, KS, Kuchibhatla, M, and Tulsky, JA. "Racial differences in location prior to hospice enrollment and association with hospice length of stay." March 2008. Link to Item
  - Jiang, W, Kuchibhatla, M, Clay, GL, Cuffe, MS, Christopher, EJ, O'Connor, CM, and Krishnan, RR. "Depression, antidepressants, and prognosis of patients with heart failure." October 31, 2006. Link to Item
  - Johnson, KS, Kuchibhatla, M, Tanis, D, and Tulsky, JA. "Racial differences in survival after hospice revocation to pursue aggressive care." April 2006. Link to Item
  - Elbert-Avila, KI, Johnson, KS, Kuchibhatla, M, Tanis, D, and Tulsky, JA. "Predictors of extended prognosis in hospice patients with dementia." April 2005. Link to Item
  - Jiang, W, Kuchibhatla, M, Cuffe, MS, Clary, GL, Christopher, E, Alex, J, Krishnan, RR, and O'Connor, CM. "Long-term prognosis of patients with CHF associated with depression." February 1, 2005. Link to Item
  - Denny, S, Kuchibhatla, M, and Cohen, HJ. "The impact of anemia on mortality, cognition and function in a racially diverse community-dwelling elderly population." November 16, 2004. Link to Item
  - Heflin, MT, Kuchibhatla, MN, and Pollak, KI. "The impact of health status on primary care physicians' intentions to offer colorectal cancer screening to older adults." April 2004. Link to Item
  - Lagoo, SA, Lagoo, AS, Howell, A, Kuchibhatla, M, Eubanks, WS, and Cohen, HJ. "Age related differences in TLR2 expression on neutrophils and monocytes in the perioperative period." April 2004. Link to Item
  - Colon-Emeric, CS, Kuchibhatla, M, Pieper, C, Hawkes, W, Fredman, L, Magaziner, J, Zimmerman, S, and Lyles, K. "The contribution of hip fracture to risk of subsequent non-hip skeletal fractures: Data from two longitudinal studies." April 2003. Link to Item

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