Faculty publications of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Integrated Health Sciences (formerly the School of Allied Health Sciences) Faculty.
Submissions from 2022
Factors Predicting Fear of Falling Avoidance Behavior in Parkinsonisms, Jason K. Longhurst, John V. Rider, Kameron Eckard, Ryan Hammar, Franjo Vukojevic, Jillian Campbell, and Merrill R. Landers
Submissions from 2021
The Influence of Countermovement Strategy and External Load on Amortization Forces During Jump Squats, Leland Barker, Jake Siedlik, and John Mercer
The Revised 2019 Standards for Psychopharmacological Training: Model Education and Training Program in Psychopharmacology for Prescriptive Authority, Ronald T. Brown, Daniel J. Abrahamson, Deborah C. Baker, Rick A. Bevins, Catherine L. Grus, Marlin Hoover, Elaine S. LeVine, Alan J. Lincoln, and Elaine O. Foster
Inflammatory Cytokine Levels Implicated in Alzheimer's Disease Moderate the Effects of Sex on Verbal Memory Performance, Jessica Z.K. Caldwell, Jefferson W. Kinney, Aaron Ritter, Arnold Salazar, Christina G. Wong, Dietmar Cordes, and George M. Slavich
Program Survey Development, Chad Hensley
Introduction to the Special Issue: The Mutual Relationships of an Emerging Field, a Professional Organization, a Specialty Journal and the Advancement of Psychological Science in Medical Settings, Barry A. Hong and Ronald T. Brown
A Disaggregated, Categorical Analyses of Depression Among Sexual Gender Minority University Students, Sharon Jalene, Jennifer R. Pharr, Manoj Sharma, and Brach Poston
A Vicious Cycle of Fear of Falling Avoidance Behavior in Parkinson’s Disease: A Path Analysis, Merrill R. Landers, Kameron M. Jacobson, Nicole E. Matsunami, Hannah E. McCarl, Michelle T. Regis, and Jason K. Longhurst
Long-Term Application of Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Does Not Improve Motor Learning in Parkinson’s Disease, Lidio Lima de Albuquerque, Milan Pantovic, Mitchell G. Clingo, Katherine M. Fischer, Sharon Jalene, Merrill R. Landers, Zoltan Mari, and Brach Poston
Case Study: The Effect Of Stride Frequency On The Over Ground Running Characteristics, Boram Lim and John Mercer
Influence Of Running Direction On Metabolic Costs May Be Attenuated By Body Weight Support, Kenji Masumoto, Alina Swafford, Cordero Roche, and John A. Mercer
Rasagiline Effects on Glucose Metabolism, Cognition, and Tau in Alzheimer’s Dementia, Dawn C. Matthews, Aaron Ritter, Ronald G. Thomas, Randolph D. Andrews, Ana S. Lukic, Carolyn Revta, Jefferson W. Kinney, Babak Tousi, James B. Leverenz, Howard Fillit, Kate Zhong, Howard H. Feldman, and Jeffrey Cummings
An Improved in Vitro Photochemical Internalization Protocol for 3D Spheroid Cultures, Lina Nguyen, Steen J. Madsen, Kristian Berg, and Henry Hirschberg
Examining the Effects of a blood Glucose Rescue on Alzheimer's Disease-related Pathology in Hyperglycemic Mice, Andrew Ortiz, Ava Platt, and Jefferson W. Kinney
Altered Theta Rhythm and Hippocampal-Cortical Interactions Underlie Working Memory Deficits in a Hyperglycemia Risk Factor Model of Alzheimer’s Disease, Ryan A. Wirt, Lauren A. Crew, Andrew A. Ortiz, Adam M. McNeela, Emmanuel Flores, Jefferson W. Kinney, and James M. Hyman
Submissions from 2020
Landing Biomechanics in Adolescent Athletes With and Without a History of Sports-Related Concussion, Jason M. Avedesian, Tracey Covassin, and Janet S. Dufek
Inflammatory Cytokine Levels Implicated in Alzheimer’s Disease Moderate the Effects of Sex on Verbal Memory Performance, Jessica Z.K. Caldwell, Jefferson W. Kinney, Aaron Ritter, Arnold Salazar, Christina G. Wong, Dietmar Cordes, and George M. Slavich
Benchmarking Risk Predictions and Uncertainties in the Nscr Model of Gcr Cancer Risks With Revised Low Let Risk Coefficients, Francis A. Cucinotta, Eliedonna Cacao, Myung-Hee Y. Kim, and Premkumar B. Saganti
The Role of Clinical Trials in Preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease Drug Development Programs, Jeffrey Cummings MD, ScD
Criteria for Psychosis in Major and Mild Neurocognitive Disorders: International Psychogeriatric Association (IPA) Consensus Clinical and Research Definition, Jeffrey Cummings, Luiz Cortez Pinto, Manuel Cruz, Corinne E. Fischer, Debby L. Gerritsen, George T. Grossberg, Tzung-Jeng Hwang, Zahinoor Ismail, Dilip V. Jeste, Raymond Koopmans, Krista L. Lanctot, Susan Peschin, Cristina Sampaio, Debby Tsuang, Huali Wang, Kate Zhong, Lisa J. Bain, and Mary Sano
Kinematic Analyses of Parkour Landings From as High as 2.7 Meters, Boyi Dai, Jacob S. Layer, Taylour J. Hinshaw, Ross F. Cook, and Janet S. Dufek
Effects of Acute Cocoa Supplementation on Postprandial Apolipoproteins, Lipoprotein Subclasses, and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes after a High-Fat Meal, Dustin D. Davis, Rickelle Tallent, James W. Navalta, Anthony Salazar, Timothy J. Lyons, and Arpita Basu
An Acute Application of Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Does Not Improve Motor Performance in Parkinson’s Disease, Lidio Lima de Albuquerque, Milan Pantovic, Mitchel Clingo, Katherine Fischer, Sharon Jalene, Merrill Landers, Zoltan Mari, and Brach Poston
A Comparison of Two Techniques for Center of Pressure Measurements, Jessica DeBerardinis, Conner Neilsen, Daniel E. Lidstone, Janet S. Dufek, and Mohamed B. Trabia
Lesser Magnitudes of Lower Extremity Variability During Terminal Swing Characterizes Walking Patterns in Children With Autism, Jeffrey D. Eggleston, John R. Harry, Patrick A. Cereceres, Alyssa N. Olivas, Emily A. Chavez, Jason B. Boyle, and Janet S. Dufek
HARMONY Study: Pimavanserin Significantly Reduces Risk of Relapse of Dementia-Related Psychosis, Erin P. Foff, Jeffrey L. Cummings, Maria-Eugenia Soto-Martin, Pierre Tariot, Bradley McEvoy, and Srdjan Stankovic
Biomimetic Gold Nanoshell-Loaded Macrophage for Photothermal Biomedicine, Sung Hun Kang, Yong Kyu Lee, Il Seok Park, In-Kyu Park, Seok Min Hong, Soon Young Kwon, Young Hee Choi, Steen J. Madsen, Henry Hirschberg, and Seok Jin Hong
Biomimetic Gold Nanoshell-Loaded Macrophage for Photothermal Biomedicine, Sung Hun Kang, Yong Kyu Lee, Il Seok Park, In-Kyu Park, Seok Min Hong, Soon Young Kwon, Young Hee Choi, Steen J. Madsen, Henry Hirschberg, and Seok Jin Hong
A Mobile App Specifically Designed to Facilitate Exercise in Parkinson Disease: Single-Cohort Pilot Study on Feasibility, Safety, and Signal of Efficacy, Merrill R. Landers and Terry D. Ellis
Ultrasonic Activation of the Sonosensitizer Fimaporfin Enhances the Efficacy of Chemotherapy: An In Vitro Study on Rat Glioma Cells, Jimmy N. Le, Steen J. Madsen, Odrun A. Gederaas, Kristian Berg, Anders Høgset, and Henry Hirschberg
The Impact of Respiratory Motion and CT Pitch on the Robustness of Radiomics Feature Extraction in 4DCT Lung Imaging, Xiadong Li, Enle Chen, Bina Guo, Wan Yang, Ruozhen Han, Chengcheng Hu, Lidan Zhang, Chuandi Pan, Shenglin Ma, and Yu Kuang
Brain Volumes and Dual‑Task Performance Correlates Among Individuals with Cognitive Impairment: A Retrospective Analysis, Jason K. Longhurst, Morgan A. Wise, Daniel J. Krist, Caitlin A. Moreland, Jon A. Basterrechea, and Merrill R. Landers
Physical Therapy for Gait, Balance, and Cognition in Individuals with Cognitive Impairment: A Retrospective Analysis, Jason Longhurst, Jason Phan, Elbert Chen, Steven Jackson, and Merrill R. Landers
Behavior Change Following Pain Neuroscience Education in Middle Schools: A Public Health Trial, Adriaan Louw, Regina Landrus, Jessie Podolak, Patricia Benz, Jen DeLorenzo, Christine Davis, Alison Rogers, Kathy Cooper, Colleen Louw, Kory Zimney, Emilio J. Puentedura, and Merrill R. Landers
The Effects of Stride Frequency Manipulation on Physiological and Perceptual Responses During Backward and Forward Running With Body Weight Support, Kenji Masumoto, Daniel Denton, Andrew Craig-Jones, and John A. Mercer
Footwear and Footstrike Change Loading Patterns in Running, Andrew D. Nordin and Janet S. Dufek
Enhanced Gene Transfection of Macrophages by Photochemical Internalization: Potential For Gene-Directed Enzyme Prodrug Therapy of Gliomas, Gabrielle Romena, Lina Nguyen, Kristian Berg, Steen J. Madsen, and Henry Hirschberg
Alterations of GABA B Receptors in the APP/PS1 Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease, Arnold M. Salazar, Amanda M. Leisgang, Andrew A. Ortiz, Andrew S. Murtishaw, and Jefferson W. Kinney
A Brain Capital Grand Strategy: Toward Economic Reimagination, Erin Smith, Diab Ali, Bill Wilkerson, Walter D. Dawson, Kunmi Sobowale, Charles Reynolds III, Michael Berk, Helen Lavretsky, Dilip Jeste, Chee H. Ng, Jair C. Soares, Gowri Aragam, Zoe Wainer, Husseini K. Manji, Julio Licinio, Andrew W. Lo, Eric Storch, Ernestine Fu, Marion Leboyer, Ioannis Tarnanas, Agustin Ibanez, Facundo Manes, Sarah Caddick, Howard Fillit, Ryan Abbott, Ian H. Robertson, Sandra B. Chapman, Rhoda Au, Cara M. Altimus, William Hynes, and Patrick Brannelly
A Monte Carlo Study to Investigate the Feasibility of an On‐Board SPECT/Spectral‐CT/CBCT Imager for Medical Linear Accelerator, Hui Wang, Ke Nie, Jacqueline Chang, and Yu Kuang
Cancer Risk of Low Dose Ionizing Radiation, Ali F. Yasser, Francis A. Cucinotta, Liu Ning-Ang, and Guangming Zhou
Submissions from 2019
Enrichment Factors for Clinical Trials in Mild-to-Moderate Alzheimer’s Disease, Clive Ballard, Alireza Atri, Neli Boneva, Jeffrey L. Cummings, Lutz Frolich, Jose Luis Molinuevo, Pierre N. Tariot, and Lars Lau Raket
Selecting the Best Measure for Hospital-Acquired Deconditioning, Carmen E. Capo-Lugo, Erik H. Hoyer, and Daniel Young
The National Institute on Aging—Alzheimer’s Association Framework on Alzheimer’s disease: Application to clinical trials, Jeffrey L. Cummings
Treatment Combinations for Alzheimer’s Disease: Current and Future Pharmacotherapy Options, Jeffrey L. Cummings, Gary Tong, and Clive Ballard
Further Analyses of the Safety of Verubecestat in the Phase 3 EPOCH Trial of Mild-To-Moderate Alzheimer’s Disease, Michael F. Egan, Yuki Mukai, Tiffini Voss, James Kost, Julie Stone, Christine Furtek, Erin Mahoney, Jeffrey L. Cummings, Pierre N. Tariot, Paul S. Aisen, Bruno Vellas, Christopher Lines, and David Michaelson
Efficacy and Safety of Brexpiprazole for the Treatment of Agitation in Alzheimer's Dementia: Two 12-Week, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trials, George T. Grossberg, Eva Kohegyi, Victor Mergel, Mette Krog Josiassen, Didier Meulien, Mary Hobart, Mary Slomkowski, Ross A. Baker, Robert D. McQuade, and Jeffrey L. Cummings
Estimated Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is Associated With Reported Depression in College Students, Sharon Jalene, Jennifer Pharr, Guogen Shan, and Brach Poston
Subjective Memory Complaints in White and African American Participants, Samantha E. John, Sarah E. Evans, John Hanfelt, David W. Loring, and Felicia C. Goldstein
Historical Analysis: Editors’ Reflections on 50 Years of the Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Anne E. Kazak, Michael C. Roberts, Ronald T. Brown, Grayson N. Holmbeck, Gerald P. Koocher, Annette M. La Greca, Donald Routh, Diane Willis, and Tonya M. Palermo
A High-Intensity Exercise Boot Camp for Persons With Parkinson Disease: A Phase II, Pragmatic, Randomized Clinical Trial of Feasibility, Safety, Signal of Efficacy, and Disease Mechanisms, Merrill R. Landers PT, DPT, PhD; James W. Navalta PhD; Andrew S. Murtishaw PhD; Jefferson W. Kinney PhD; and Sarah Pririo Richardson MD
Concurrent Validity of an Automated Footprint Detection Algorithm to Measure Plantar Contact Area During Walking, Daniel E. Lidstone MS, Louise M. Porcher BS, Jessica DeBerardinis BS, Janet S. Dufek, and Mohamed B. Trabia
A Controlled Clinical Trial of Preoperative Pain Neuroscience Education for Patients About to Undergo Total Knee Arthroplasty, Adriaan Louw, Emilio J. Puentedura, Jordan Reed, Korey Zimney, Derek Grimm, and Merrill R. Landers
Interdisciplinary Pain Neuroscience Continuing Education in the Veterans Affairs: Live Training and Live-Stream With 1-Year Follow-up, Adriaan Louw, Rebecca Vogsland, Lindsay Marth, Peter Marshall, Terry Cox, and Merrill Landers
Macrophages as Delivery Vehicles for Anticancer Agents, Steen J. Madsen and Henry Hirschberg
Reviewing the Variability-Overuse Injury Hypothesis: Does Movement Variability Relate to Landing Injuries?, Andrew D. Nordin and Janet S. Dufek
Concentrations and Loadings of Organophosphate and Replacement Brominated Flame Retardants in House Dust from the Home Study During the PBDE Phase-Out, Zana Percy, Mark J. La Guardia, Yingying Yu, Robert C. Hale, Kim N. Dietrich, Bruce P. Lanphear, Kimberly Yolton, Ann M. Vuong, Kim M. Cecil, Joseph M. Braun, Changchun Xie, and Aimin Chen
Relation Between Relative Handgrip Strength, Chronological Age and Physiological Age with Lower Functional Capacity in Older Women, Wylker Souza Saraiva, Jonato Prestes, Silvana Schwerz Funghetto, James Wilfred Navalta, Ramires Alsamir Tibana, and Dahan da Cunha Nascimento
Submissions from 2018
Understanding the Influence of Perceived Fatigue on Coordination during Endurance Running, Joshua P. Bailey, Janet S. Dufek, Julia Freedman Silvernail, James Navalta, and John Mercer
Master’s Level Practice: Introduction, History, and Current Status, Linda F. Campbell, Frank C. Worrell, Andrew T. Dailey, and Ronald T. Brown
Pion-Heavy Ion Scattering Total and Inelastic Cross Sections for Space Radiation Applicationslastic Cross Sections for Space Radiation Applications, Francis A. Cucinotta, Myung-Hee Y. Kim, and Premkumar B. Saganti
The Influence of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of the Motor Cortex on Balance in Parkinson's Disease, Lidio Lima De Albuquerque, I. Munoz, K. Fisher, M. R. Landers, and Brach Poston
Assessing the Validity of Pressure-measuring Insoles in Quantifying Gait Variables, Jessica DeBerardinis, Janet S. Dufek, Mohamed B. Trabia, and Daniel E. Lidstone
Walking Mechanics and Movement Pattern Variability in Monozygotic Twins with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Janet S. Dufek, John R. Harry, Jeffrey D. Eggleston, and Robbin A. Hickman
Lower Extremity Joint Stiffness during Walking Distinguishes Children With and Without Autism, Jeffrey D. Eggleston, John R. Harry, and Janet S. Dufek
Weighted Walking Influences Lower Extremity Coordination in Children on the Autism Spectrum, Jeffrey D. Eggleston, Merrill Razzaq Landers, Barry T. Bates, Ed Nagelhout, and Janet S. Dufek
Examination of Gait Parameters during Perturbed Over-Ground Walking In Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Jeffrey D. Eggleston, Merrill R. Landers, Barry T. Bates, Ed Nagelhout, and Janet S. Dufek
Evaluating Performance During Maximum Effort Vertical Jump Landings, John D. Harry, Leland A. Barker, Jeffrey D. Eggleston, and Janet S. Dufek
Performance Differences among Skilled Soccer Players of Different Playing Positions during Vertical Jumping and Landing, John R. Harry, Leland A. Barker, Roger James, and Janet S. Dufek
Weighted Vest Effects on Impact Forces and Joint Work during Vertical Jump Landings in Men and Women, John R. Harry, C. Roger James, and Janet S. Dufek
Kinetic and Electromyographic Subphase Characteristics With Relation to Countermovement Vertical Jump Performance, John R. Harry, Maximilian R. Paquette, Brian K. Schilling, Leland A. Barker, C. Roger James, and Janet S. Dufek
Immediate Preoperative Outcomes of Pain Neuroscience Education for Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Case Series, Adriaan Louw PhD, Kory Zimney, Jordan Reed, Merrill R. Landers, and Emilio J. Puentedura
Introduction to Photodynamic Therapy Issue, Steen Madsen PhD and David Kessel
Potential Utility of a Loaded Treadmill Protocol for Tactical Athletes, James T. Swearingen, Lawrence W. Weiss, Webb A. Smith, Mark D. Stephenson, and Brian K. Schilling
Commentary: Consensus Findings and Future Directions, Frank C. Worrell, Linda F. Campbell, Andrew T. Dailey, and Ronald T. Brown
Submissions from 2017
A Comparative Evaluation of Gait between Children with Autism and Typically Developing Matched Controls, Janet S. Dufek, Jeffrey D. Eggleston, John R. Harry, and Robbin Hickman
A Novel Approach to Assessing Head Injury Severity in Pediatric Patient Falls, Janet S. Dufek, Nancy A. Ryan-Wenger, Jeffrey D. Eggleston, and Kyle C. Mefferd
Photochemical Internalization Enhanced Macrophage Delivered Chemotherapy, Diane Shin, Catherine Christie, David Ju, Rohit Kumar Nair, Stephanie Molina, Kristian Berg, Tatiana B. Krasieva, Steen J. Madsen, and Henry Hirschberg
Submissions from 2015
Cognitive Sequelae of Cancer Treatment, B. P. Daly and Ronald T. Brown
Self-regulatory theory and weight-loss maintenance, Rylan Testa and Ronald T. Brown
Submissions from 2014
Imagine the Possibilities, Ronald Brown
Reinventing higher education in the 21st century, Ronald Brown
Training in Academic Health Centers: A Noble Calling, Ronald Brown
Health Related and Somatic Symptom Disorders, Ronald Brown, D. Ellis, and S. Naar-King
Submissions from 2012
The Health Education for Lupus Patients (H.E.L.P.) Study: A Randomized Controlled Cognitive-behavioral Intervention Targeting Psychosocial Adjustment and Quality of Life in Adolescent Females with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Ronald Brown, Stephanie R. Shafman, Barbara C. Tilley, Kelly K. Anthony, Melanie J. Bonner, Mary C. Kral, Bonnie Maxson, Larry Volger, Laura E. Schanberg, Mark A. Connelley, Janelle L. Wagner, Richard M. Silver, and Paul J. Nietert
Central Nervous System, Brian Daly, Dawn Eichen, Brooke Bailer, Ronald Brown, and Cindy Buchanan
Ameliorating Attention Problems in Children With Sickle Cell Disease: A Pilot Study of Methylphenidate, Brian Daly, Kral Mary, Ronald Brown, David Elkin, Avi Madan-Swain, Monica Mitchell, Lori Crosby, David DeMatteo, Angela LaRosa, and Sherron Jackson
Submissions from 2011
Pharmacotherapy, Ronald Brown
Gilles de la Tourette’s Syndrome, A. Hughes, Brian Daly, and Ronald Brown
A Research Model for Investigating the Effects of Artificial Food Colorings on Children With ADHD, Ronald Kleinman, Ronald T. Brown, Gary Cutter, George DuPaul, and Fergus Clydesdale
ADHD: Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents, M. Wolraich, L. Brown, Ronald Brown, George DuPaul, M. Earls, H. Feldman, T. Ganiats, B. Kaplanek, B. Meyer, J. Perrin, K. Pierce, M. Reiff, M. Stein, and S. Visser
Submissions from 2010
Rheumatology, Ronald Brown, Brian Daly, and R Beidas
Pediatric Psychology, Ronald Brown and Abby Harvey
Long-Term Efficacy of Methylphenidate in Enhancing Attention Regulation, Social Skills, and Academic Abilities of Childhood Cancer Survivors, Heather Conklin, Wilburn Reddick, Jason Ashford, Susan Ogg, Scott Howard, Brannon Morris, Ronald Brown, Melanie Bonner, Robbin Christensen, Shengjie Wu, Xiaoping Xiong, and Raja Khan
Incorporating Recognition and Management of Perinatal and Postpartum Depression Into Pediatric Practice, Marian Earls, B. Siegel, M. Dobbins, A. Garner, L. McGuinn, J. Pascoe, D. Wood, Ronald Brown, M. Kupst, D. Martini, and M. Sheppard
Submissions from 2009
A time to consider health care reform: A reply to Rudd, Cordero, and Bryan, Ronald Brown
Neuropsychological Effects of Stimulant Medication on Children’s Learning and Behavior, Ronald Brown and Brian Daly
Mentoring In Research: A Developmental Approach, Ronald Brown, Brian P. Daly, and Frederick T. Leong
Pediatric Pharmacology and Psychopharmacology, Ronald T. Brown, Brian Daly, Johanna Carpenter, and Jeremy Cohen
Psychopharmacology in School-age Children, Ronald Brown and D Zygmont