Collaborative Publications

I have an extensive list of collaborative publications that can be found in PubMed.

I support the American Statistical Association statement regarding Statistics as a collaborative discipline.

Some highlights are below.

Trials

  • Silvestre OM, Farias AQ, Ramos DS, Furtado MS, Rodrigues AC, Ximenes RO, de Campos M, Daniel F, Yoshimura Zitelli PM, Diniz MA, Andrade JL. β-Blocker therapy for cirrhotic cardiomyopathy: a randomized-controlled trial. European journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 2018 Aug 1;30(8):930-7. PMID: 29979644

  • Terrabuio DR, Diniz MA, de Moraes Falcão LT, Guedes AL, Nakano LA, Evangelista AS, Lima FR, Abrantes‐Lemos CP, Carrilho FJ, Cancado EL. Chloroquine Is Effective for Maintenance of Remission in Autoimmune Hepatitis: Controlled, Double‐Blind, Randomized Trial. Hepatology communications. 2019 Jan;3(1):116.

  • Asher A, Kim S, Diniz MA, Mack A, Shirazipour CH. The Impact of Improvisational Theater/Comedy on Well-Being Among Breast Cancer Survivors: A Pilot Feasibility Study. Alternative and Complementary Therapies. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers; 2021 Dec 1;27(6):276–284.

  • Asher A, Shirazipour CH, Capaldi JM, Kim S, Diniz MA, Jones B, Wertheimer J. A 6-Week Program to Strengthen Resiliency Among Women With Metastatic Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial. The Oncologist. 2023 Apr 27:oyad091.

Design of Trials

  • IsHak WW, Korouri S, Darwish T, Vanle B, Dang J, Edwards G, Black JT, Aronow H, Kimchi A, Spiegel B, Hedrick R, Diniz MA, Mirocha J, Manoukian V, Harold J, Ong Michael, Wells K, Hamilton M, Danovitch I. Personalized treatments for depressive symptoms in patients with advanced heart failure: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial. Plos one. 2021 Jan 7;16(1):e0244453.

  • Cáceres NA, Yu Q, Capaldi J, Diniz MA, Raynor H, Foster GD, Seitz AR, Salvy SJ. Evaluating environmental and inhibitory control strategies to improve outcomes in a widely available weight loss program. Contemporary clinical trials. 2022 Aug 1;119:106844. PMCID: PMC9420799

  • Shirazipour CH, Raines C, Liu E, Ruggieri RM, Capaldi JM, Luna-Lupercio B, Diniz MA, Gresham G, Bhowmick N, Haile RW, Asher A. Benefits of nature-based walking for breast cancer survivors. BMJ open. 2023 Jun 1;13(6):e071041. PMCID: PMC10277127

  • Berdahl CT, Henreid AJ, Cohen TN, Coleman BL, Seferian EG, Leang D, Kim S, Diniz MA, Grissinger M, Kaiser K, McCleskey S. Comparing the Safety Action Feedback and Engagement (SAFE) loop with an established incident reporting system: Study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications. 2023 Jul 18:101192. PMCID: NA

Pre-Clinical

  • Osada T, Morse MA, Hobeika A, Diniz MA, Gwin WR, Hartman Z, Wei J, Guo H, Yang XY, Liu CX, Kaneko K. Vaccination targeting human HER3 alters the phenotype of infiltrating T cells and responses to immune checkpoint inhibition. OncoImmunology. 2017 Jun 18:e1315495. PMCID: PMC5486174

  • Osada T, Hartman ZC, Wei J, Lei G, Hobeika AC, Gwin WR, Diniz MA, Spector N, Clay TM, Chen W, Morse MA. Polyfunctional anti-human epidermal growth factor receptor 3 (anti-HER3) antibodies induced by HER3 vaccines have multiple mechanisms of antitumor activity against therapy resistant and triple negative breast cancers. Breast Cancer Research. 2018 Aug;20(1):90. PMCID: PMC6085609

  • Kaneko K, Osada T, Morse MA, Gwin WR, Ginzel JD, Snyder JC, Yang XY, Liu CX, Diniz MA, Bodoor K, Hughes PF. Heat shock protein 90-targeted photodynamic therapy enables treatment of subcutaneous and visceral tumors. Communications biology. 2020 May 8;3(1):1-4. PMID: 32385408

  • Lyden PD, Bosetti F, Diniz MA, Rogatko A, Koenig JI, Lamb J, Nagarkatti KA, Cabeen RP, Hess DC, Kamat PK, Khan MB. The Stroke Preclinical Assessment Network: Rationale, Design, Feasibility, and Stage 1 Results. Stroke. 2022 Mar 31:10-161.

Imaging Biomarkers

  • Wu F, Ma Q, Song H, Guo X, Diniz MA, Song SS, Gonzalez NR, Bi X, Ji X, Li D, Yang Q, Fan Z. Differential Features of Culprit Intracranial Atherosclerotic Lesions: A Whole‐Brain Vessel Wall Imaging Study in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke. Journal of the American Heart Association. 2018 Aug 7;7(15):e009705. PMCID: PMC6201468

  • Kaisey M, Solomon AJ, Guerrero BL, Renner B, Fan Z, Ayala N, Luu M, Diniz MA, Sati P, Sicotte NL. Preventing multiple sclerosis misdiagnosis using the “central vein sign”: A real-world study. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. 2020 Dec 15:102671.

  • Azadani PN, Miller RJ, Sharir T, Diniz MA, Hu LH, Otaki Y, Gransar H, Liang JX, Eisenberg E, Einstein AJ, Fish MB. Impact of early revascularization on major adverse cardiovascular events in relation to automatically quantified ischemia. JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging. 2021 Mar 1;14(3):644-53.

  • Leggett CB, Naqvi M, Esakoff TF, Diniz MA, Wong MS. Incorporating personal-device-based point-of-care ultrasound into obstetric care: a validation study. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 2021 Nov 11.

Women’s Health

  • Iribarren A, Diniz MA, Merz CNB, Shufelt C, Wei J. Are we any WISER yet? Progress and contemporary need for smart trials to include women in coronary artery disease trials. Contemp Clin Trials. United States; 2022 Jun;117:106762. PMCID: PMC9156573

  • Fenske SJ, Liu J, Chen H, Diniz MA, Stephens RL, Cornea E, Gilmore JH, Gao W. Sex differences in resting state functional connectivity across the first two years of life. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. 2023 Apr 1;60:101235. PMCID: PMC10066534

  • Mastali M, Asif A, Fu Q, Wei J, Korley FK, Peacock WF, Sobhani K, Cook-Wiens G, Diniz MA, Merz CNB, Van Eyk JE. Ultra-highly sensitive cardiac troponin I: Age and sex differences in healthy individuals. American Heart Journal Plus: Cardiology Research and Practice. 2022 Jan 1;13:100110.

  • Thadhani R, Lemoine E, Rana S, Costantine MM, Calsavara VF, Boggess K, Wylie BJ, Moore Simas TA, Louis JM, Espinoza J, Gaw SL, Murtha A, Wiegand S, Gollin Y, Singh D, Silver RM, Durie DE, Panda B, Norwitz ER, Burd I, Plunkett B, Scott RK, Gaden A, Bautista M, Chang Y, Diniz MA, Karumanchi SA, Kilpatrick S. Circulating Angiogenic factor levels in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. NEJM Evidence. 2022 Nov 22;1(12):EVIDoa2200161.

Observational studies

  • Rosen BT, Halbert RJ, Hart K, Diniz MA, Isonaka S, Black JT. The Enhanced Care Program: Impact of a Care Transition Program on 30-Day Hospital Readmissions for Patients Discharged From an Acute Care Facility to Skilled Nursing Facilities. J Hosp Med. United States; 2018 Apr 1;13(4):229–236. PMID: 29069115

  • Chagas AL, Felga GEG, Diniz MA, Silva RF, Mattos AA, Silva RCMA, Boin IFSF, Garcia JHP, Lima AS, Coelho JCU, Bittencourt PL, Alves VAF, D’Albuquerque LAC, Carrilho FJ. Hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after liver transplantation in a Brazilian multicenter study: clinical profile and prognostic factors of survival. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. England; 2019 Sep;31(9):1148–1156. PMCID: PMC6687037

  • Pinheiro RS, Andraus W, Waisberg DR, Nacif LS, Ducatti L, Rocha-Santos V, Diniz MA, Arantes RM, Lerut J, D’Albuquerque LAC. Abdominal hernias in cirrhotic patients: Surgery or conservative treatment? Results of a prospective cohort study in a high volume center: Cohort study. Ann Med Surg (Lond). England; 2020 Jan;49:9–13. PMCID: PMC6911966

  • Chagas AL, Mattos AA, Diniz MA, Felga GE, Boin IF, Silva RC, Silva RF, Garcia JH, Lima AS, Coelho JC, Bittencourt PL. Impact of Brazilian expanded criteria for liver transplantation in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: a multicenter study. Annals of Hepatology. 2021 May 1;22:100294.