Faculty Publications

Department of Internal Medicine faculty publish in a wide variety of journals and on topics pertaining to all our divisions. Faculty members, house officers, postdoctoral fellows, students, and staff members support the research mission of the department. The Internal Medicine Research Council provides research advocacy and training.

Internal Medicine Publications of the Quarter

At the conclusion of each quarter of the year, an Internal Medicine faculty publication is recognized for its outstanding quality of research and scientific impact, known as the Publication of the Quarter. The following authors have been recognized with this award for their outstanding publications:

Quarter Two, 2025

Kesireddy M, Masih D, Shostrom VK, Yellala A, Asif S, Krishnamurthy J. Overall Survival and Prognostic Factors in De Novo Metastatic Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (HER)-2-Positive Breast Cancer: A National Cancer Database Analysis. Cancers (Basel). 2025 May 30;17(11):1823. doi: 10.3390/cancers17111823. PMID: 40507304; PMCID: PMC12153553.

Quarter One, 2025

Kim S, Damialis A, Charalampopoulos A, Voelker DH, Rorie AC. The Effect of Climate Change on Allergen and Irritant Exposure. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2025 Feb;13(2):266-273. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2024.12.019. Epub 2024 Dec 20. PMID: 39710224.

Honorable Mention:

Wheeler AM, Baker JF, Riley T, Yang Y, Roul P, Wysham KD, Cannon GW, Kunkel G, Kerr G, Ascherman DP, Monach P, Reimold A, Poole JA, Merriman TR, Mikuls TR, England BR. Development and internal validation of a clinical and genetic risk score for rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2025 Jan 1;64(1):268-275. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keae001. PMID: 38243706; PMCID: PMC11701303.

England BR, Baker JF, George MD, Johnson TM, Yang Y, Roul P, Frideres H, Sayles H, Yu F, Matson SM, Rojas J, Sauer BC, Cannon GW, Curtis JR, Mikuls TR. Advanced therapies in US veterans with rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease: a retrospective, active-comparator, new-user, cohort study. Lancet Rheumatol. 2025 Mar;7(3):e166-e177. doi: 10.1016/S2665-9913(24)00265-0. Epub 2025 Jan 7. PMID: 39793598.

2024 Publications of the Quarter

Quarter Four, 2024:

Villageliu DN, Cunningham KC, Smith DR, Knoell DL, Mandolfo M, Wyatt TA, Samuelson DR. Natural killer cell effector function is critical for host defense against alcohol-associated bacterial pneumonia. NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes. 2024 Sep 3;10(1):79. doi: 10.1038/s41522-024-00558-w. PMID: 39227647; PMCID: PMC11372167.

Honorable Mention:

Kalil AC, Chandak A, Moore LSP, Ahuja N, Kolditz M, Casciano R, Kadambi A, Yaghoubi M, Tsiodras S, Malin JJ, Mozaffari E, Bartoletti M. Public Health Benefits of Applying Evidence-Based Best Practices in Managing Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Dec 13;79(Supplement_4):S160-S166. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae517. PMID: 39449663; PMCID: PMC11638767.

Brooks RT, Luedders B, Wheeler A, Johnson TM, Yang Y, Roul P, Ganti AK, Singh N, Sauer BC, Cannon GW, Baker JF, Mikuls TR, England BR. The Risk of Lung Cancer in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2024 Dec;76(12):1730-1738. doi: 10.1002/art.42961. Epub 2024 Aug 16. PMID: 39073264; PMCID: PMC11605274.

Quarter Three, 2024:

Crowley R, Cline K, Hilden D, Beachy M; Health and Public Policy Committee of the American College of Physicians. Regulatory Framework for Cannabis: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med. 2024 Aug;177(8):1104-1105. doi: 10.7326/M24-0638. Epub 2024 Jul 23. PMID: 39038289.

Q3 honorable mention:
Leuva H, Zhou M, Jamaleddine N, Meseha M, Faiena I, Anna Park YH, McWilliams G, Luhrs C, Maxwell KN, Von Hoff D, Bates SE, Fojo T. Assessing olaparib efficacy in U.S. Veterans with metastatic prostate cancer utilizing a time-indifferent g-rate method ideal for real-world analyses. EBioMedicine. 2024 Sep;107:105288. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105288. Epub 2024 Aug 23. PMID: 39180789; PMCID: PMC11388178.

Luedders BA, Wheeler AM, Ascherman DP, Baker JF, Duryee MJ, Yang Y, Roul P, Wysham KD, Monach P, Reimold A, Kerr GS, Kunkel G, Cannon GW, Poole JA, Thiele GM, Mikuls TR, England BR. Plasma Matrix Metalloproteinase Concentrations and Risk of Interstitial Lung Disease in a Prospective Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2024 Jul;76(7):1013-1022. doi: 10.1002/art.42812. Epub 2024 Feb 15. PMID: 38268499; PMCID: PMC11213673.

Quarter Two, 2024:

Helget LN, Davis-Karim A, O'Dell JR, Mikuls TR, Newcomb JA, Androsenko M, Brophy MT, England BR, Ferguson R, Pillinger MH, Neogi T, Wu H, Palevsky PM. Efficacy and Safety of Allopurinol and Febuxostat in Patients With Gout and CKD: Subgroup Analysis of the STOP Gout Trial. Am J Kidney Dis. 2024 Nov;84(5):538-545. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2024.04.017. Epub 2024 Jun 19. PMID: 38906504.

Honorable mention:
Kesireddy M, Elsayed L, Shostrom VK, Agarwal P, Asif S, Yellala A, Krishnamurthy J. Overall Survival and Prognostic Factors in Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: A National Cancer Database Analysis. Cancers (Basel). 2024 May 8;16(10):1791. doi: 10.3390/cancers16101791. PMID: 38791870; PMCID: PMC11120599.

Quarter One, 2024

Bares SH, Wu X, Tassiopoulos K, Lake JE, Koletar SL, Kalayjian R, Erlandson KM. Weight Gain After Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation and Subsequent Risk of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Disease. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Feb 17;78(2):395-401. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad545. PMID: 37698083; PMCID: PMC10874261.

Honorable mention:
Krutsinger DC, Maloney SI, Courtright KR, Bartels K. Barriers and Facilitators of Surrogates Providing Consent for Critically Ill Patients in Clinical Trials: A Qualitative Study. Chest. 2024 Feb 20:S0012-3692(24)00262-9. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2024.02.027. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38387647.

2023 Publications of the Quarter

Quarter Four, 2023

Shi W, Mirza S, Kuss M, Liu B, Hartin A, Wan S, Kong Y, Mohapatra B, Krishnan M, Band H, Band V, Duan B. Embedded Bioprinting of Breast Tumor Cells and Organoids Using Low-Concentration Collagen-Based Bioinks. Adv Healthc Mater. 2023 Oct;12(26):e2300905. doi: 10.1002/adhm.202300905. Epub 2023 Jul 14. PMID: 37422447; PMCID: PMC10592394.

Honorable mention:
Wiedel NA, Sayles H, Larson J, Wardian JL, Hewlett A, McClay J, Ge J, Anzalone AJ; N3C consortium. Associations between COVID-19 therapies and inpatient gastrointestinal bleeding: A multisite retrospective study. J Med Virol. 2023 Oct;95(10):e29100. doi: 10.1002/jmv.29100. PMID: 37786247.

Quarter Three, 2023

Johnson TM, Mahabir CA, Yang Y, Roul P, Goldsweig AM, Binstadt BA, Baker JF, Sauer BC, Cannon GW, Mikuls TR, England BR. Aortic Stenosis Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis. JAMA Intern Med. 2023 Jul 31;183(9):973–81. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.3087. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37523173; PMCID: PMC10391353.

Honorable mention:
Stuver R, Horwitz SM, Advani RH, Vose JM, Lee HJ, Mehta-Shah N, Zain JM, Haverkos B, Lechowicz MJ, Moskowitz AJ, Pham LQ, Leyden E, Ansell SM, Lunning MA. Final results of a phase II study of CHOEP plus lenalidomide as initial therapy for patients with stage II-IV peripheral T-cell lymphoma. Br J Haematol. 2023 Aug;202(3):525-529. doi: 10.1111/bjh.18885. Epub 2023 May 22. PMID: 37217196.

Quarter Two, 2023

El-Kersh K, Zhao C, Elliott G, Farber HW, Gomberg-Maitland M, Selej M, Garcia-Ferrer J, Benza R. Derivation of a Risk Score (REVEAL-ECHO) Based on Echocardiographic Parameters of Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Chest. 2023 May;163(5):1232-1244. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.12.045. Epub 2023 Jan 9. PMID: 36634897; PMCID: PMC10268808.

Quarter One, 2023

Johnson J, Goldner W, Abdallah D, Qiu F, Ganti AK, Kotwal A. Hypophysitis and Secondary Adrenal Insufficiency From Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: Diagnostic Challenges and Link With Survival. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2023 Feb 24;21(3):281-287. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2022.7098. PMID: 36828029.

Honorable Mention:
England BR, Yang Y, Roul P, Haas C, Najjar L, Sayles H, Yu F, Sauer BC, Baker JF, Xie F, Michaud K, Curtis JR, Mikuls TR. Identification of Multimorbidity Patterns in Rheumatoid Arthritis Through Machine Learning. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2023 Feb;75(2):220-230. doi: 10.1002/acr.24956. Epub 2022 Oct 19. PMID: 35588095; PMCID: PMC10009900.

Roslyn B. Mannon, MD

Vice Chair of Research, UNMC Department of Internal Medicine
Professor, UNMC Division of Nephrology
Associate Chief of Research, UNMC Division of Nephrology

Phone: 402-559-9227

Fax: 402-559-9504

Toni Goeser
Research Program Associate
UNMC Department of Internal Medicine
toni.goeser@unmc.edu