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2021-2023 

 

  1. Castaneda, M. T., Vatcheva, K. P., Aguilar, A., Arevalo, F., Arteaga, A., Bazan, H., Castillo, J., Gonzalez, Z., Lopez, G., Torres, D., Torres, P., Chew, S. A. (2022). A Study of Mental Health and the Coping Strategies of College Students in a Hispanic Serving Institution During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Latinos and Education, Online article (DOI: 10.1080/15348431.2022.2110105 To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/15348431.2022.2110105), 15 Pages. 1714 Old Creek Ct 
  2. Emily, J. M., Milazzo, M., Chew, S. A., Danti, S. Biomaterials and devices for immunotherapy. Engineering technologies and clinical translation Volume 3 of Delivery strategies and engineering technologies in cancer immunotherapy (pp. M. M. Amiji and L. S. Milane). Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier. 
  3. Mito, S., Cheng, B., Garcia, B. A., Gonzalez, D., Ooi, X. Y., Ruiz, T. C., Elisarraras, F. X., Tsin, A., Chew, S. A., Arriaga, M. A. (2022). SAR study of niclosamide derivatives in the human glioblastoma U-87 MG cells. Medicinal Chemistry Research. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00044-022-02907-w 
  4. Garcia, C. R., Rad, A. T., Saeedinejad, F., Manojkumar, A., Roy, D., Rodrigo, H., Chew, S. A., Rahman, Z., Nieh, M.-P., Roy, U. (2022). Effect of drug-to-lipid ratio on nanodisc-based tenofovir drug delivery to the brain for HIV-1 infection. NANOMEDICINE, 17(13), 959-978. 
  5. Arriaga, M. A., Enriquez, D. M., Salinas, A. D., Garcia, Jr, R., De Trevino Leo, C., Lopez, S. A., Martirosyan, K., Chew, S. A. (2021). Application of iron oxide nanoparticles to control the release of minocycline for the treatment of glioblastoma. Future medicinal chemistry, 13(21), 1833-1843. 
  6. Hasbum, A., Quintanilla, J., JAA, Jr, Ding, M. H., Levy, A., Chew, S. A. (2021). Strategies to better treat glioblastoma: antiangiogenic agents and endothelial cell targeting agents. Future medicinal chemistry, 13(4), 393-418. 
  7. Zamora, M. L., Arriaga, M. A., Bejar, J., Chew, S. A., Karabulut, M. (in press). Acute Salivary Hormonal Responses to Resistance Training Exercises with And Without Blood Flow Restriction (vol. 55). Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 
  8. Hasbum, A., Karabulut, O., Reyes, R. E., Ricci, C., Franchi, A., Danti, S., Chew, S. A. (2022). Combined Application of Patient-Derived Cells and Biomaterials as 3D In Vitro Tumor Models (10th ed., vol. 14). CANCERS. 
  9. Forman, T. M., Vatcheva, K. (2021). In Melanie N. Clay, Ph.D. & Mia B. Fanning, M.Ed. (Ed.), Instructor Communication, or Academic Coaching, to Facilitate Student Engagement (vol. Proceedings of the DLA2021 Conference). University of West Georgia. https://www.westga.edu/~distance/dla/pastconferences.php 
  10. Forman, T. M., Miller, A. S. Best Practices for Collaborative Work in the Online Classroom. NAAAS & Affiliates National Virtual Conference Monograph Series. 
  11. Ghaddar, S. F. Plain Language and Health Literacy. In Pilar Ortega, Susana Ramirez, Glenn Martinez, Maichou Lor (Ed.), Handbook of Language in Public Health and Healthcare. Wiley Blackwell. 
  12. Ghaddar, S. (2021). Medicare for All: A health insurance literacy perspective. HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice, 5(4), e272-e275. 
  13. Hawes, C., Gomes, A., Byham-Gray, L., Henderson, S. (2022). The effect of oral nutrition supplements and appetite stimulants on weight status among pediatric cancer patients: a systematic review. Nutrition in Clinical Practice, 1-14. https://aspenjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ncp.10919 
  14. Hawes, C., Henderson, S. (2022). The role of oral nutritional supplements and appetite stimulants on weight status among children diagnosed with pediatric malignancy: A systematic review protocol. Open Science Framework. https://osf.io/d93cu/ 
  15. Dowllah, I. M., Lopez-Alvarenga, J., Maestre, G., Karabulut, U., Lehker, M., Karabulut, M. (in press). Relationship Between Cognitive Performance, Physical Activity, And Socio- Demographic/Individual Characteristics Among Aging Americans. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. 
  16. Moya, B. (2021). 1.Moya, B. (2021). Leadership styles and job satisfaction among workers of a privately owned hospital located along the U.S.-Mexico border. Available from Dissertations & Theses @ Our Lady of the Lake University; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (2609684414). 
  17. Garcia, C. R., Rad, A. T., Saeedinejad, F., Manojkumar, A., Roy, D., Rodrigo, H., Chew, S. A., Rahman, Z., Nieh, M.-P., Roy, U. (2022). Effect of drug-to-lipid ratio on nanodisc-based tenofovir drug delivery to the brain for HIV-1 infection. NANOMEDICINE, 17(13), 959-978.  
  18. Salinas, L. M., Machiorlatti, M., Romero, Z., Wang, L., Alanis, E., Trevino-Pena, R. (2023). The Relationship Between Food Insecurity and Food Assistance Program Participation in Families of Preschool Children in the Rio Grande Valley. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/19320248.2023.2166802 
  19. Lozano, S., Padilla, V., Avila, M. L., Gil, M., Maestre, G., Wang, K., Xu, C. (2021). APOE Gene Associated with Cholesterol-Related Traits in the Hispanic Population. Genes, 12(11). 
  20. Wang K*, Xu C, Theeke LA, Xiao D, Luo X and Xie C; Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (2023) Linear mixed model analysis of polygenic hazard score on verbal memory decline in Alzheimer’s disease. Nursing Research72(1): 66-73 (Impact Factor = 2.364)(Role: senior author). 
  21. Xu C*, Garcia D, Lu Y, Ozuna K, Adjeroh DA and Wang K; Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (2022) Levels of angiotensin-converting enzyme and apolipoproteins are associated with Alzheimer’s disease and cardiovascular diseases. Cells 11(1):29 (Impact Factor = 7.666). (Role: corresponding author). 
  22. Zhang P, Li Y, Wang K*, Huang J, Su BB, Xu C, Wang Z, Tan S, Yang F and Tan Y (2022) Association of CYP2E1 gene methylation with tardive dyskinesia in schizophrenia. BMC Medical Genomics 15(1): 253 (Impact Factor = 3.622). (Role: senior author). 
  23. Wang KS, Zhang P, Li Y, Huang J, Su B, Xu C, etc. Altered DNA Methylation of CYP2E1 Gene in Schizophrenia Patients with Tardive Dyskinesia. BMC Med Genomics. 2022 Dec 9;15(1):253 
  24. Wang KS, Lu Y, Morrow D, Xiao D, Xu C; Associations of ARHGAP26 Polymorphisms with Alzheimer's Disease and Cardiovascular Disease, J Mol Neurosci. 2022 May;72(5):1085-1097(Impact Factor = 3.078). (Role: first and corresponding author). 
  25. Xu C*, Acevedo P, Lu Y, Su BB, Padilla V, and Wang KS, Racial Differences in the Effect of APOE-ε4 Genotypes on Trail Making Test Part B in Alzheimer’s disease. 2022 Indian Journal Medical Research https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-194964/v1 
  26. Xu C*, Garcia D, Lu Y, Ozuna K, Adjeroh D, Wang KS, On Behalf Of The Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. Levels of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme and Apolipoproteins Are Associated with Alzheimer's Disease and Cardiovascular Diseases Cells. 2021 Dec 23;11(1):29 
  27. Nwabueze C, Elom H, Liu S, Xu C, Piamjariyakul U, Wang KS, Gender differences in the associations of multiple psychiatric and chronic conditions with major depressive disorder among patients with opioid use disorder, Journal of Addictive Diseases, 2021, July 30 online https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10550887.2021.1957639 
  28. Liu S, Nwabueze C, Pan Y, Walter S, Su B, Xu C Polysubstance Use, Mood Disorders, and Chronic Conditions with Anxiety in Opioid Patients West J Nurs Res. 2021 Jul 23;1939459211031988. doi: 10.1177/01939459211031988 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34301163/   
  29. Wang KS, Xu C, Smith A, Xiao D et al., Genome-wide association study identified INSC gene associated with Trail Making Test Part A and Alzheimer's disease related cognitive phenotypes Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2021 Jul 2;110393. 

2019-2020 

  1. Guerra, J., Hanes, M. A., Rasa, C., Loganathan, N., W., Gutierrez, E., Nair, S. and Banu, J., (2019). Modulation of bone turnover by Cissus quadrangularis after ovariectomy in rats. Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism, 37(5), 780-795. 
  2. Vora, N. J., Vatcheva, K., Saldivar, M., Nair, S., Lehker, M., Chew, S. A. (2020). Biomedical Freshman Research Initiative: A Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience at a Hispanic-Serving Institution. Journal of Latinos and Education, 19. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/citedby/10.1080/15348431.2020.1763352 
  3. Ding, M. H., Lozoya, E. G., Rico, R., Chew, S. A. (2020). The Role of Angiogenic Inducing microRNAs in Vascular Tissue Engineering. Tissue engineering. Part A. 
  4. Rodriguez de Anda, D. A., Ohannesian, N., Martirosyan, K., Chew, S. A. (2019). Effects of solvent used for fabrication on drug loading and release kinetics of electrosprayed temozolomide-loaded PLGA microparticles for the treatment of glioblastoma. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbm.b.34324 
  5. Chew, S. A., Moscato, S., George, S., Azimi, B., Danti, S. (2019). Liver Cancer: Current and Future Trends Using Biomaterials. Cancers, 11(12). 
  6. Levy, A., Leynes, C., Baig, M., Chew, S. A. (2019). The Application of Biomaterials in the Treatment of Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer. ChemMedChem, 14(21), 1810-1827. 
  7. Arriaga, M. A., Ding, M. H., Gutierrez, A. S., Chew, S. A. (2019). The Application of microRNAs in Biomaterial Scaffold-Based Therapies for Bone Tissue Engineering. Biotechnology journal, 14(10), e1900084. 
  8. Forman, T. M., David, A. A., Miller, A. (2020). A Review of Clinical Informatics Competencies in Nursing to Inform Best Practices in Education and Nurse Faculty Development. Nursing Education Perspectives, 41(4), E3-7. journals.lww.com/neponline/pages/default.aspx 
  9. Forman, T. M., Miller, A., Flores, D. (in press). An Integrative Review of the Use of Electronic Health Records for Clinical Nursing Education. Journal of Informatics Nursing. 
  10. Forman, T. M. (2019). Student Perceptions of Online Learning: Discussion Board Assignments. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship. www.degruyter.com/view/j/ijnes 
  11. Ghaddar, S. (in press). Medicare for All: A health insurance literacy perspective. Health Literacy Research and Practice. 
  12. Ghaddar, S., Vatcheva, K., Alvarado, S. G., Mykyta, L. (2020). Understanding the Intention to Utilize Telehealth Services in Underserved Hispanic Border Communities: Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 
  13. Asleh, J., Shofty, B., Cohen, N., Kavushansky, A., Lopez-Juarez, A., Constantini, S., Ratner, N., Kahn, I. (2020). Brain-wide structural and functional disruption in mice with oligodendrocyte-specific Nf1 deletion is rescued by inhibition of nitric oxide synthase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, doi/10.1073/pnas.2008391117, 8. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2008391117 
  14. De La Garza, R., Rodrigo, H., Fernandez, F., Roy, U. (2019). The Increase of HIV-1 Infection, Neurocognitive Impairment, and Type 2 Diabetes in The Rio Grande Valley. Current HIV Research, 17, 377-387. 
  15. Prashant Malhotra , Patrick Haslett , Barbara Sherry , David H Shepp , Paul Barber , Jonathan Abshier , Upal Roy , Helena Schmidtmayerova (2019) Increased Plasma Levels of the TH2 chemokine CCL18 associated with low CD4+ T cell counts in HIV-1-infected Patients with a Suppressed Viral Load Sci Rep. 9(1):5963.doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-41588-1. 
  16. Roy, U. The Membrane-Active Phytopeptide Cycloviolacin O2 Simultaneously Targets HIV-1-infected Cells and Infectious Viral Particles to Potentiate the Efficacy of Antiretroviral Drugs (2019 Feb ed., vol. 6). Medicines (Basel). 
  17. Adams, R., Johnson, S., Schwarzbach, A. (2020). Long distance gene flow facilitated by bird-dispersed seeds in wind-pollinated species: A story of hybridization and introgression between Juniperus ashei and J. ovata told by nrDNA and cpDNA. Phytologia, 102(2), 55-74. 
  18. Adams, R., Johnson, S., Miller, M., Low, C., Schwarzbach, A. (2019). Inheritance of single copy nuclear genes (SCNGs) in artificial hybrids of Hesperocyparis arizonica x H. macrocarpa: Potential for utilization in the detection of hybridization in natural populations. Phytologia, 101(1), 58-66. 
  19. Su, B. B., Villafranca, A., Hernandez, S., Padilla, L., Zarei, M. M., Wang, K., Nair, S., Xu, C. (2019). Updated Genes, Lifestyles, and Their Interactions for Human Longevity. EC Neurology, 11.7, 531-550. 
  20. Xu C*, Su BB, Lozano S, Wang KS, Book chapter, the Neuroscience of Dementia: The neuron navigator 2 gene and Alzheimer’s disease 2020  
  21. Ategbole M, Su B, Xu C, Gender differences in the associations of early onset poly tobacco and drug use prior to age 18 with the prevalence of adult bronchitis in the United States 2020 Journal of Affective Disease, Jun 2021;39:189-198 
  22. Wang K, Chen X, Ward SC, Liu Y, Ouedraogo Y, Xu C, Cederbaum AI, Lu Y: CYP2A6 is associated with obesity: studies in human samples and a high fat diet mouse model. Int J Obes (Lond). 2019 Mar;43(3):475-486 

2017-2018 

 

  1. Banu J and Fernandes G. Effects of fish oil and exercise on postmenopausal bone loss. Journal of Osteoporosis and Physical Activity. 2017. 5:1 DOI: 10.4172/2329-9509.1000188. 
  2. Krishnaswami J, Jaini PA, Howard R, Ghaddar S. Community-Engaged Lifestyle Medicine: Building Health Equity through Preventive Medicine Residency Training. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2018;(18)31695-7. Abstract. 
  3. Schembri S, Ghaddar S. The Affordable Care Act, the Medicaid Coverage Gap, and Hispanic Consumers: A phenomenology of Obamacare. The Journal of Consumer Affairs. 2018;52(1):138-165. 
  4. Benham G, Ghaddar S, Talavera-Garza L. Short Sleep Duration Is Associated with Obesity in Hispanic Manufacturing Workers. Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved. 2017;28(4): 1304–1313. Abstract. 
  5. Boeta‐Lopez*,J. Duran, D. Elizondo*, E. Gonzales*,  A. Rentfro, A. E. Schwarzbach, and S. Nair  Association of interleukin‐6 polymorphisms with obesity or metabolic traits in young Mexican‐Americans: Obesity Science and  Practice 2017 Dec 14;4(1):85-96. doi: 10.1002/osp4.138. eCollection 2018 Feb. 
  6. Upal Roy, Drozd V, et al (2017). Characterization of Nanodiamond based anti-HIV drug Delivery to the Brain. Sci Rep. 2018 Jan 25;8(1):1603. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-16703-9.PMID: 29371638 
  7. Adams, R.P., A Boratynski, T. Mataraci, A.N. Tashev and E. Schwarzbach. 2017. Discovery of Juniperus sabina var. balkanensis in southwestern Turkey. Phytologia 99(1): 22-31. 
  8. Adams, R.P., M. Socorro Gonzalez-Elizondo, M. Gonzalez-Elizondo, D. Ramirez Noya and E. Schwarzbach. 2017. DNA sequencing and taxonomy of unusual serrate Juniperus from Mexico: Chloroplast capture and incomplete lineage sorting in J. coahuilensis and allied taxa. Phytologia 99(1): 62-73. 
  9. Adams, R.P., A Boratynski, M.D Dagher-Kharrat, H.V. Leschner, T. Mataraci, and E. Schwarzbach. 2017. Geographic variation in Juniperus drupacea: DNA sequencing and volatile leaf oils: Further evidence of putative Pleistocene genetic isolation between Europe and Asia. Phytologia 99(4): 249-257. 
  10. Adams, R.P., M. Socorro Gonzalez-Elizondo, M. Gonzalez-Elizondo, and A. E. Schwarzbach. The Juniperus flaccida-J. poblana complex revisited: Insights from molecular and oil analysis. Phytologia 100(1): 19-26. 
  11. Gong S, Su B, Tovar H, Mao CX, Gonzalez V, Wang KS, Xu C*, Polymorphisms within RYR3 gene are associated with risk and age at onset of hypertension, diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease, in press in the American Journal of Hypertension, 2018 (underline indicates the persons who are UTRGV students) Link: https://academic.oup.com/ajh/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ajh/hpy046/4953423 
  12. Cho M, Contreras A, Garza A, Olvera S, Castillo D, de Erausquin G and Xu C* The impact of drug and gene interaction on the antipsychotic medication for schizophrenia. Bipolar Disorder 2017, 3(1) 1000117, (underline indicates the persons who are UTRGV students) Link: https://www.omicsonline.org/peer-reviewed/the-impact-of-drug-and-gene-interaction-on-the-antipsychotic-medicationrnfor-schizophrenia-87453.html 
  13. Chen Y, Xu C, Harirforoosh S, Luo X, Wang KS. Analysis of PTPRK polymorphisms in association with risk and age at onset of Alzheimer's disease, cancer risk, and cholesterol. Journal Psychiatric Research. 2018 Jan; 96:65-72 
  14. Wang K, Liu Y, Ouedraogo Y, Wang N, Xie X, Xu C, Luo X, Principal component analysis of early alcohol, drug and tobacco use with major depressive disorder in US adults Journal Psychiatric Research 2018 May;100:113-120 
  15. Wang KS, Liu Y,  Xie X,  Gong S, Xu C, Sha Z. Principal Component Regression Analysis of Nutrition Factors and Physical Activity with Diabetes. 2017. Journal of Biometrics & Biostatistics 2017, 8 (4) 1000364 
  16. Wang K and Xu C* Applications of Next-Generation Sequencing in Cancer Research and Molecular Diagnosis, 2017, 5:1 Journal of Clinical and Medical Genomics 
  17. Gong S, Xu C, Wang L, Liu Y, Owusu D, Bailey BA, Li Y, Wang K: Genetic association analysis of polymorphisms in PSD3 gene with obesity, type 2 diabetes, and HDL cholesterol. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2017, 126:105-114 

Scholar Publications B2BMED

Mateo Joya-Ayala – B2BMED Cohort 3 (2022-2024)
Blanca I. Restrepo, Julia M. Scordo, Génesis P. Aguillón-Durán, Doris Ayala, Ana Paulina Quirino-Cerrillo, Raúl Loera-Salazar, America Cruz-González, Jose A. Caso, Mateo Joya-Ayala, Esperanza M. García-Oropesa , Alejandra B. Salinas, Leonardo Martinez, Larry S. Schlesinger, Jordi B. Torrelles and Joanne Turner, "Differential Role of Type 2 Diabetes as a Risk Factor for Tuberculosis in the Elderly versus Younger Adults", Pathogens, 2022.

 

Angela Jimenez – B2BMED Cohort 1 (2020-2022)
Marco A. Arriaga, Juan A. Amieva Jr., Jaqueline Quintanilla, Angela Jimenez, Julio Ledezma, Silverio Lopez, Karen S. Martirosyan and Sue Anne Chew, “The application of electrosprayed minocycline-loaded PLGA microparticles for the treatment of glioblastoma” Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 2023.

 

Stella Rios – B2BMED Cohort 2 (2021-2023)
Swati Dhasmana, Anupam Dhasmana, Stella Rios, Iris A. Enriquez-Perez, Sheema Khan, Farrukh Afaq, Shafiul Haque, Upender Manne, Murali M. Yallapu, Subhash C. Chauhan, “An integrated computational biology approach defines the crucial role of TRIP13 in pancreatic cancer”, Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 2023

  • B2BMED Cohort 1 Scholar, Karina Cantu, UT Health San Antonio Ph.D. in Integrated Biomedical Sciences program
  • B2BMED Cohort 1 Scholar, Natasha Garcia-Rodriguez, UT Health San Antonio Ph.D. in integrated Biomedical Sciences program
  • B2BMED Cohort 1 Scholar, Jose Martinez, UT Health San Antonio Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP)
  • B2BMED Cohort 1 Scholar, Megan Zamora, Pinnacle Clinical Research Research Assistant in Austin, Texas

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