Publications and Presentations

CHEK-D Publications

Vélez-Bermúdez M, Leyva Y, Loor JM, Dew MA, Zhu Y, Unruh ML, Boulware LE, Tevar AD, Myaskovsky L. Kidney patients’ healthcare perceptions and a concierge-based transplant evaluation approach. JAMA Network Open. 2024;7(11): e2447335. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.47335
Bouchonville M, Myaskovsky L, Leyva Y, Erhardt E, Unruh ML, Aurora S. Building diabetes care capacity in rural underserved communities: A comparison of cardiorenal risk factor outcomes in patients treated by ECHO-trained providers versus an academic medical center. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2024; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-024-08925-1
Swift S, Zhu Y, Elfassy T, Yakes-Jimenez E, Schneiderman N, Unruh M, Perreira K, Mossavar-Rahmani Y, Daviglus M, Lash J, Cai J, McClain M, Myaskovsky L. Associations between diets higher in subsidized foods and incident CKD among Hispanics: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. Journal of Public Health Policy. 2024; DOI: doi.org/10.1057/s41271-024-00482-5
Hamed AB, Bruce JG, Kuniyil V, Ahmed N, Mattila D, Williams EP, Dew MA, Myaskovsky L, Confer DL, Switzer GE. Factors associated with opting out of an unrelated hematopoietic stem cell donor registry: Differences and similarities across five key groups of young race/ethnically diverse potential donors in the United States. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. 2024; DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.jtct.2024.02.012
Loor JM, Ford CG, Leyva Y, Swift S, Ng YH, Zhu Y, Dew MA, Peipert JD, Unruh ML, Croswell EJ, Kendall K, Puttarajappa C, Shapiro R, Myaskovsky L. Do pre-transplant cultural factors predict health-related quality of life after kidney transplantation? Clinical Transplantation. 2024; 38(2): e15256. DOI: 10.1111/ctr.15256.
George NR, Stephens K, Ball E, Crandall C, Ouchi K, Unruh M, Kamdar N, Myaskovsky L. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for cardiac arrest: Does age matter? Critical Care Medicine. 2024; 52(1): 20-30. PMID: 37782526; DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000006039.
Ford CG, Leyva Y, Kruger ES, Zhu Y, Croswell EJ, Kendall K, Puttarajappa C, Dew MA, Ng YH, Unruh ML, Myaskovsky L. Predicting kidney transplant evaluation non-attendance. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. 2024; 31:153-162. PMID: 36959431; PMCID: PMC10035980; DOI: 10.1007/s10880-023-09953-5.
Hamed AB, Bruce JG, Kuniyil V, Mattila D, Williams EP, Dew MA, Myaskovsky L, Confer DL, Switzer GE. Factors associated with opting out of donation among registered young unrelated hematopoietic stem cell donors. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. 2023;29(3): 177.e1-177.e22. PMID: 36455856; PMCID: PMC9992223; DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2022.11.026.
Taber DJ, Gordon EJ, Jessie MT, Myaskovsky L, Peipert D, Jaure A, George R, Fitzsimmons W for the American Society of Transplantation Board of Directors. A viewpoint describing the American Society of Transplantation rationale to conduct a comprehensive patient survey assessing unmet immunosuppressive therapy needs. Clinical Transplantation. 2023; 37(3): e14876; PMID: 36465024; DOI: 10.1111/ctr.14876.
Dhande M, Myaskovsky L, Althouse A, Singh M, Weis R, Shalaby A, Al-Khatib S, Jain S, Saba S. Quality of life and type of cardiac resynchronization therapy device in older heart failure patients. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2023; 26(4):481-488. PMID: 36350362; PMCID: PMC10066768; DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2022.0217.
Loor JM, Judd N, Rice CM, Perea DD, Croswell EJ, Singh P, Unruh M, Zhu Y, Sehgal A, Goff S, Bryce C, Myaskovsky L. Protocol for the AKT-MP Trial: Access to Kidney Transplantation in Minority Populations. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications. 2022-12-01, Volume 30, Article 101015; PMID: 36246997; PMCID: PMC9562954; DOI: 10.1016/j.conctc.2022.101015.
Swift S, Leyva Y, Wang S, Chang CCH, Dew MA, Shapiro R, Unruh ML, Kendall K, Croswell EJ, Peipert JD, Myaskovsky L. Are cultural or psychosocial factors associated with patient-reported outcomes at the conclusion of kidney transplant evaluation? Clinical Transplantation. 2022; 36(11): e14796; PMID: 35988025; PMCID: PMC9772103; DOI: 10.1111/ctr.14796.
Dew MA, DiMartini AF, Posluszny DM, Myaskovsky L, Switzer GE, Puttarajappa C, Hickey GW, Sanchez PG, DeVito Dabbs AJ. Health-related quality of life and psychological indicators of thriving 15 to 19 years after heart or lung transplantation. Clinical Transplantation. 2022; 36:e14768. PMID: 35801650; DOI: 10.1111/ctr.14768.
Cervantes L, Robinson BM, Steiner JF, Myaskovsky L. Culturally concordant community-health workers: Building sustainable community-based interventions that eliminate kidney health disparities. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2022; 33(7):1252-1254. PMID: 35474023; PMCID: PMC9257810; DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2022030319.
Hamed AB, Bruce JG, Kuniyil V, Mattila D, Williams EP, Dew MA, Myaskovsky L, Confer DL, Switzer GE. Racial and ethnic differences in attitudes, perceptions, and knowledge about unrelated hematopoietic stem cell donation: A study of younger newly recruited potential donors. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. 2022; 28(6): 340.e1-340.e16. PMID: 35304318; PMCID: PMC9197924; DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2022.03.013.
Rice CM, Singh P, Judd NS, Jimenez EY, Washburn A, Calvin C, Steiber A, Argyropoulos C, Unruh M, Dew MA, Myaskovsky L. Protocol for the IMPACT Trial: Improving Healthcare Outcomes in American Transplant Recipients Using Culturally-Tailored Novel Technology. Journal of Renal Nutrition. 2022; 32(3):e1-e12. PMID: 35227873; PMCID: PMC9058226; DOI: 10.1053/j.jrn.2022.02.004.
Kataoka-Yahiro M, Myaskovsky L, Dagda R, Sood A, Conway K, Guerrero-Lopez J, Burge M, Sy F. Evidence-based practice strategies for faculty professional development in clinical translational research at Institutional Development Award (IDeA) state institutions in the Mountain West. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. 2022; 6(1), E83. PMID: 35949659; PMCID: PMC9305084; DOI: 10.1017/cts.2022.407.
Kano M, Adler Jaffe S, Rieder S, Kosich M, Guest D, Burgess E, Hurwitz A, Rutledge T, Dayao Z, Myaskovsky L. Opportunities and challenges for creating sexual and gender minority cancer health equity: Patient and caregiver perspectives from a mixed methods pilot study. Frontiers in Oncology: Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention. 2022; 12:833195. DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.833195; PMID: 35600396; PMCID: PMC9120769
DeBlasio RN, Myaskovsky L, DiMartini AF, Croswell EJ, Posluszny DM, Puttarajappa C, Switzer GE, Shapiro R, DeVito Dabbs AJ, Tevar AD, Hariharan S, Dew MA. The combined roles of race/ethnicity and substance use in predicting likelihood of kidney transplantation. Transplantation. 2022; 106(4):e219-e233. PMID: 35135973; PMCID: PMC9169160; DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004054.
Althouse A, Jain S, Shalaby A, Weiss R, Myaskovsky L, Al-Khatib S, Saba S. Feasibility of a randomized clinical trial of cardiac resynchronization therapy with or without an implantable defibrillator in elderly patients. Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. 2022; 15(4):e010795. PMID: 35357219; PMCID: PMC9018577; DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.121.010795.
Ng YH, Litvinovich I, Leyva Y, Ford CG, Zhu Y, Kendall KL, Croswell EJ, Puttarajappa C, Dew MA, Shapiro R, Unruh ML, Myaskovsky L. Medication, healthcare appointment and lifestyle nonadherence: do they share the same risk factors? Transplantation Direct. 2022; 8(1): e1256. PMID: 34912945; PMCID: PMC8670587; DOI: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001256.
Greenwood-Ericksen M, Kamdar N, Lin P, George N, Myaskovsky L, Crandall C, Mohr NM, Kocher K. Association of rural and critical access hospital status with patient outcomes after emergency department visits among Medicare beneficiaries. JAMA Network Open. 2021;4(11): e2134980. PMID: 34797370 PMCID: PMC8605483 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.34980.
Proaño GV, Papoutsakis C, Lamers-Johnson E, Moloney L, Bailey MM, Abram JK, Kelley K, Steiber A, McCabe GP, Myaskovsky L, Jimenez EY. Evaluating the Implementation of Evidence-Based Kidney Nutrition Practice Guidelines: The AUGmeNt Study Protocol. Journal of Renal Nutrition. 2021; S1051-2276(21)00233-8. PMID: 34728124; PMCID: PMC9733590; DOI: 10.1053/j.jrn.2021.09.006.
Switzer GE, Hamm ME, Bruce JG, Dawdani A, Kuniyil V, Mattila D, Williams EP, Dew MA, Myaskovsky L, Abress LK, Confer DL. Attitudes about donating stem cells during COVID-19 among African American and Hispanic members of an unrelated donor registry. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. 2021; 27(8): 629-631. PMID: 34048963; PMCID: PMC8424780; DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2021.05.014.
Lentine KL, Salvalaggio PR, Caliskan Y, Lam NN, McAdams-DeMarco M, Axelrod D, Segev DL, Myaskovsky L, Dew MA, Bruschwein H, Levine D, Sweet S, Hess GP, Kasiske BL, Schnitzler MA. Survival implications of prescription opioid and benzodiazepine use in lung transplant recipients: Analysis of linked transplant registry and pharmacy fill records. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2021; 40(6): 513-524. PMID: 33846078; PMCID: PMC8169588; DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2021.02.004.
Wesselman H, Ford CG, Leyva Y, Li X, Chang CH, Dew MA, Kendall KL, Croswell EJ, Pleis JR, Ng YH, Unruh ML, Shapiro R, Myaskovsky L. Social determinants of health and race disparities in kidney transplant. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2021; 16(2) 262-274. PMID: 33509963; PMCID: PMC7863655.
Lee J, Steel JL, Roumelioti ME, Erickson S, Myaskovsky L, Yabes J, Rollman B, Weisbord S, Unruh ML, Jhamb M. Psychosocial Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on patients with end-stage kidney disease on hemodialysis. Kidney 360. 2020; 1(12): 1390-1397. PMID: 35372893; PMCID: PMC8815537; DOI: 10.34067/kid.0004662020.
Johnson AE, Bell YK, Hamm ME, Saba SF, Myaskovsky L. A qualitative analysis of patient-related factors associated with implantable cardioverter defibrillator acceptance. Cardiology and Therapy. 2020; 9: 421–432. PMID: 32476091; PMCID: PMC7584700; DOI: 10.1007/s40119-020-00180-9.
Unruh ML, Arzhan S, Feldman HI; Looker HC, Nelson RG, Faber T, Johnson D, Son-Stone L, Pankratz VS, Myaskovsky L, Shah VO. American Indian Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort Study (AI-CRIC Study). BMC Nephrology. 2020; 21:291. PMID: 32698776; PMCID: PMC7376925 DOI: 10.1186/s12882-020-01954-y.
Ng YH, Pankratz VS, Kendall KL, Pleis JR, Croswell EJ, Dew MA, Switzer GE, Unruh ML, Shapiro R, Myaskovsky L. Does racial disparity in kidney transplant wait-listing persist after accounting for social determinants of health? Transplantation. 2020; 104(7): 1445-1455. PMID: 31651719; PMCID: PMC7153978; DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000003002.
Geramita EM, DeVito Dabbs AJ, DiMartini AF, Pilewski JM, Switzer GE, Posluszny DM, Myaskovsky L, Dew MA. Impact of a mobile health intervention on long-term nonadherence after lung transplantation: Follow-up after a randomized controlled trial. 2020; 104(3): 640-651. PMID: 31335759; PMCID: PMC7170004; DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000002872.
Myaskovsky L, Kendall K, Li X, Chang CCH, Pleis JR, Croswell EJ, Ford CG, Switzer GE, Langone A, Mittal-Henkle A, Saha S, Thomas CA, Adams-Flohr J, Ramkumar M, Dew MA. Unexpected race and ethnicity differences in the U.S. National Veterans Affairs Kidney Transplant Program. Transplantation. 2019; 103(12): 2701-2714. PMID: 31397801; PMCID: PMC6937592; DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000002905.
Ng YH, Al Mawed S, Pankratz VS, Argyropoulos C, Singh P, Shaffi SK, Myaskovsky L, Unruh ML, Harford A. Cognitive assessment in a predominantly Hispanic and Native American population in New Mexico and its association with kidney transplant waitlisting. Clinical Transplantation. 2019; 33(10) e13674. PMID: 31332845; DOI: 10.1111/ctr.13674.
Myaskovsky L, Jesse M, Kuntz K, Leino A, Piepert JD, Russell C, Spivey C, Sulejmani N, and Dew MA. Report from the AST Adherence Task Force: Real World Options for Promoting Adherence. Clinical Transplantation. 2018; 32(9). PMID: 30022527; PMCID: PMC6549237; DOI: 10.1111/ctr.13353.
Dew MA, Posluszny DM, DiMartini AF, Myaskovsky L, Steel JL, DeVito Dabbs AJ. Posttransplant medical adherence: What have we learned and can we do better? Current Transplantation Reports: Topical Collection on Kidney Transplantation. 2018; 5(2): 174-188. PMID: 30416933; PMCID: PMC6224171; DOI: 10.1007/s40472-018-0195-8.
Johnson AE, Adhikari S, Althouse A, Thoma F, Marroquin OC, Koscumb S, Hausmann LRM, Myaskovsky L, Saba SF. Persistent gender disparities in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology: PACE. 2018; 41:1150-1157. PMID: 29959781; DOI: 10.1111/pace.13435.
Chong K, Myaskovsky L, Unruh ML. A timely evaluation of the psychometric properties of the KDQOL-36. [Editorial of Psychometric properties of the Kidney Disease Quality of Life 36-item Short-form Survey (KDQOL-36) in the United States.] American Journal of Kidney Disease. 2018; 71(4):449-451. PMID: 29579415; DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2017.10.028.
Goffman RM, Harris S, May JH, Milicevic AS, Monte RJ, Myaskovsky L, Rodriguez KL, Tjader YC, Vargas DL. Modeling patient no-show history and predicting future outpatient appointment behavior in the Veterans Health Administration. Military Medicine. 2017; 182(5): e1708-e1714. PMID: 29087915; DOI: 10.7205/milmed-d-16-00345.
Myaskovsky L, Gao S, Hausmann LRM, Bornemann K, Burkitt KH, Switzer GE, Fine MJ, Phillips S, Gater D, Spungen A, Boninger M. How are race, cultural, and psychosocial factors associated with outcomes in Veterans with spinal cord injury? Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2017; 98(9): 1812-1820. PMID: 28130083; PMCID: PMC6159211; DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2016.12.015.
Myaskovsky L, Gao S, Hausmann LRM, Bornemann K, Burkitt KH, Switzer GE, Fine MJ, Phillips S, Gater D, Spungen A, Worobey L, Boninger M. Quality and equity in wheelchairs used by Veterans. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2017; 98(3): 442-449. DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2016.09.116 PMID: 27713075; PMCID: PMC6141307.
Freeman M, Pleis JL, Bornemann K, Croswell EJ, Dew MA, Chang CH, Switzer GE, Langone A, Mittalhenkle A, Saha S, Adams-Flohr J, Ramkumar M, Thomas C, Myaskovsky L. Has the Department of Veterans Affairs found a way to avoid racial disparities in the evaluation process for kidney transplantation? Transplantation. 2017; 101(6): 1191-1199. DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000001377 PMCID: PMC5288397.
Bornemann K, Croswell EJ, Abaye M, Bryce CL, Chang CH, Good D, Freehling C, Dew MA, Boulware LE, Tevar A, Myaskovsky L. Protocol of the KTFT-TALK study to reduce racial disparities in kidney transplant evaluation and living donor kidney transplantation. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2017; 53: 52-59. DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2016.11.011 PMCID: PMC5274577.
Gemmell LA, Terhorst L, Jhamb M, Unruh ML, Myaskovsky L, Kester L, Steel JL. Gender and racial differences in stress, coping, and health-related quality of life in chronic kidney disease. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2016; 52(6): 806-812. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.05.029 PMCID: PMC5156935.

Book Chapters

Ford CG, Unruh ML, Myaskovsky L. Measuring and improving quality of life. In Cukor D, Cohen S, Kimmel PL, eds. Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic Kidney Disease. Elsevier; 2020: 499-514.
Dew MA, Myaskovsky L, Steel JL, DiMartini AF. Posttransplant psychosocial and mental health care of the renal recipient. In: Sher Y, Maldonado J, eds. Psychosocial Care of the End-Stage Disease and Transplant Patient: Springer Publishing; 2018: 119-136.

CHEK-D Lectures and Presentations

Invited Research Lectures

Myaskovsky, L. “Data Driven Insights – Use Social Determinants to Improve Health and Race Disparities in Kidney Transplantation.” Invited speaker on panel, “Policies and Interventions Aimed at Decreasing Disparities in Kidney Transplantation for Under Represented Minorities,” at the annual meeting of the American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia, PA, June, 2024.
Myaskovsky, L. “Reducing Health Disparities by Addressing Structural Racism and Providing Culturally and Religiously Appropriate Transplant Care.” Invited panel moderator at the annual meeting of the American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia, PA, June, 2024.
Myaskovsky, L. “Enhancing Equity in Kidney Transplantation.” Invited lecture at the Annual Medical Directors Meeting of Dialysis Clinic Inc. (DCI), Albuquerque, NM, April, 2024.
Myaskovsky, L. “Enhancing Equity in Kidney Transplantation for Historically Marginalized and Medically Underserved Populations.” Health Services Research Talk Series, Center for Research on Health Care (CRHC), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, March, 2024.
Myaskovsky, L. “History and Overview of Health and Healthcare Equity Research.” Invited speaker at the annual meeting of the Mountain West Clinical and Translational Research Infrastructure Network, Las Vegas, NV, January, 2024.
Myaskovsky, L. “History and Overview of Health and Healthcare Equity Research.” Network of Minority Health Research Investigators (NMRI) West Regional Workshop, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, NV, October, 2023.
Myaskovsky, L. “Advancing Equity Across the Kidney Care Continuum.” Nephrology Division Grand Rounds presented at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, May, 2023.
Myaskovsky, L. “Native American Kidney Health Equity.” Invited speaker in scientific session entitled, “Achieving Health Equity in Kidney Care,” at the KidneyCON Virtual Annual Meeting, April, 2022 [virtual presentation due to COVID pandemic].
Myaskovsky, L. “Indigenous Perspective: Breaking Down the Barriers to Research Participation.” Invited speaker in scientific session entitled, “Beyond the Head of the Table: Uncovering the Power of the Patient Voice,” at the Virtual Annual Meeting of the American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week, November, 2021 [virtual presentation due to COVID pandemic].
Myaskovsky, L. “Enhancing Equity in Kidney Transplantation and Kidney Health Services.” Nephrology Division Grand Rounds presented at University of Washington, Seattle, WA, October, 2021 [virtual presentation due to COVID pandemic].
Myaskovsky, L. “Enhancing Equity in Kidney Transplantation.” Nephrology Division Grand Rounds presented at Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, June, 2021 [virtual presentation due to COVID pandemic].
Myaskovsky, L. “Disparities in access to transplantation.” Invited speaker for the American Society of Transplantation’s Timely Topics in Transplantation webinar, November, 2020.
Myaskovsky, L. “Overcoming geographic challenges to transplantation.” Invited speaker in scientific session entitled, “Rural Nephrology: Obstacles to Care and Solutions,” at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week, San Diego, CA, October, 2018.
Myaskovsky, L. “Unexpected race and ethnicity differences in the U.S. National Veterans Affairs kidney transplant program.” Invited research presentation at the New Mexico VA Healthcare System, Albuquerque, NM, June, 2018.

Presentations

Velez-Bermudez M, Leyva Y, Puttarajappa C, Kalaria A, Zhu Y, Ng YH, Boulware LE, Tevar A, Dew MA, Myaskovsky L. "Medical mistrust predicts lower likelihood of waitlisting in kidney transplant candidates." Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology (Kidney Week), San Diego, CA, October, 2024.
Velez-Bermudez M, Rice C, Adler-Jaffe S, Leyva Y, Jimenez EY, Zhu Y, Singh PP, Argyropoulos C, Unruh ML, Myaskovsky L. “Determining the feasibility and acceptability of a culturally-tailored lifestyle intervention to improve the health of Hispanic and Native American kidney transplantation recipients.” Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology (Kidney Week), San Diego, CA, October, 2024.
Krashin JW, Trujillo V, Rodriguez-Hernandez J, Diaz M, Villarreal A, Mandagaran A, Myaskovsky L, Willging C. “Rural-specific determinants of evidence-based miscarriage care.” Poster to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Implementation Research Collaboration, Denver, CO, September, 2024.
Myaskovsky L, Kalaria A, Puttarajappa C, Ng YH, Leyva Y, Zhu Y, Velez-Bermudez M, Bryce C, Chang J, Boulware LE, Tevar A, Dew MA. “The Kidney Transplant Fast Track Intervention Reduced Time to Kidney Transplant Waitlisting.” Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia, PA, June, 2024.
Velez-Bermudez M, Rice C, Adler-Jaffe S, Leyva Y, Jimenez EY, Zhu Y, Singh PP, Argyropoulos C, Unruh ML, Myaskovsky L. “Determining the feasibility and acceptability of a culturally-tailored lifestyle intervention to improve the health of Hispanic and Native American kidney transplantation recipients.” Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia, PA, June, 2024.
Vélez-Bermúdez M, Rishel-Brakey H, Myaskovsky L, Unruh ML, Singh PP, Pandhi N. “Experiences of ethnically diverse living kidney donors: A qualitative pilot study.” Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia, PA, June, 2024.
Myaskovsky L, Kalaria A, Puttarajappa C, Ng YH, Leyva Y, Zhu Y, Velez-Bermudez M, Bryce C, Chang J, Boulware LE, Tevar A, Dew MA. “The Kidney Transplant Fast Track (KTFT) Intervention Reduced Time to Kidney Transplant Waitlisting.” Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology (Kidney Week), Philadelphia, PA, November, 2023.
Loor JM, Leyva YL, Croswell EJ, Dew MA, Boulware LE, Myaskovsky L. "Experiencing discrimination reduced the effectiveness of the TALK intervention on kidney failure patients" Oral presentation presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology (Kidney Week), Philadelphia, PA, November, 2023.
Vélez-Bermúdez M, Leyva Y, Loor J, Dew MA, Zhu Y, Unruh ML, Boulware LE, Tevar AD, Myaskovsky L. “Healthcare system intervention changed negative perceptions of healthcare in kidney transplant candidates.” Rapid oral and poster presentation at the Top Trainee session at the annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology (Kidney Week), Philadelphia, PA, November, 2023.
Vélez-Bermúdez M, Rishel-Brakey H, Myaskovsky L, Unruh ML, Singh PP, Pandhi N. “Experiences of ethnically diverse living kidney donors: A qualitative pilot study.” Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology (Kidney Week), Philadelphia, PA, November, 2023.
Vélez-Bermúdez M, Leyva Y, Loor J, Dew MA, Zhu Y, Unruh ML, Boulware LE, Tevar AD, Myaskovsky L. “Can patient perceptions of discrimination and mistrust in healthcare change with a patient-centered approach to kidney transplant evaluation?” Poster presented at the NIDDK NMRI West Region Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, October, 2023.
Vélez-Bermúdez M, Rishel-Brakey H, Myaskovsky L, Unruh ML, Singh PP, Pandhi N. “Experiences of ethnically diverse living kidney donors: A qualitative study.” Poster presented at the NIDDK NMRI West Region Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, October, 2023.
Vélez-Bermúdez M, Leyva Y, Loor JM, Dew MA, Zhu Y, Unruh ML, Boulware LE, Tevar AD, Myaskovsky L. “Undergoing an organizational-level intervention reduces perceived discrimination and medical mistrust among kidney transplant candidates.” Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Transplant Congress, San Diego, CA, June, 2023.
Vélez-Bermúdez M, Adamowicz JL, Lutgendorf SK, Myaskovsky L, Fraer M, Christensen AJ. “Disparities in dialysis psychosocial outcomes among patients from well-resourced clinics.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, San Juan, PR, March, 2023.
Loor JM, Leyva YL, Croswell EJ, Dew MA, Boulware LE, Myaskovsky L. “Can an Education Only Intervention Promote LDKT?” Oral presentation at the annual meeting of the American Transplant Congress, Boston, MA, June 2022.
Kano M, Adler Jaffe S, Rieder S, Guest D, Burgess E, Hurwitz A, Rutledge T, Dayao Z, Warren B, Pandhi N, Myaskovsky L. “Opportunities and challenges for creating sexual and gender minority cancer health equity: Patient and caregiver perspectives from a qualitative pilot study.” Oral presentation at the 45th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Preventive Oncology (ASPO), Virtual, March, 2021.
Swift S, Wang S, Chang CCH, Pleis JL, Dew MA, Shapiro R, Unruh ML, Kendall K, Croswell EJ, Peipert JD, Myaskovsky L. Do Social Determinants of Health Predict Patient Reported Outcomes in Kidney Failure Patients Being Evaluated for Transplant? Oral presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Nephrology (Kidney Week), Virtual Meeting, October 2020.
Ford CG, Kruger E, Leyva YL, Zhu Y, Croswell EJ, Kendall KL, Dew MA, Puttarajappa C, Unruh ML, Ng Y, Myaskovsky L. “Predictors of Kidney Transplant Evaluation Non-Attendance.” Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Nephrology (Kidney Week), Virtual Meeting, October 2020.
Ford CG, Leyva YL, Zhu Y, Croswell EJ, Kendall KL, Puttarajappa C, Dew MA, Unruh ML, Ng Y, Myaskovsky L. “Predictors of kidney transplant evaluation clinic attendance.” Poster presented at the 41st Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Francisco, CA, April 2020.
Ng YH, Litvinovich Y, Leyva Y, Ford CG, Zhu YL, Kendall K, Croswell EJ, Puttarajappa CM, Dew MA, Shapiro R, Unruh ML, Myaskovsky L. “Can social determinants of health pre-transplant predict adherence post-transplant?” Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Nephrology, Kidney Week, Washington DC, November 2019.
Gangwish D, Nellos T, Harford A, Ng YH, Myaskovsky L, Leyva Y, Riley JM. Renal transplant study on the effect of time from initial evaluation to wait-listing on renal allograft outcomes. Poster presented at the 98th Annual Meeting of the South Central Section of the American Urological Association, Colorado Springs, CO, September 2019.
Gangwish D, Nellos T, Harford A, Ng YH, Myaskovsky L, Leyva Y, Riley JM. Renal transplant study on the effect of time from initial evaluation to wait-listing on renal allograft outcomes. Poster presented at the University of New Mexico Annual Surgery Research Symposium, Albuquerque, NM, July 2019.
DeBlasio RN, Myaskovsky L, Kendall KL, DiMartini AF, Switzer GE, Posluszny DM, Puttarajappa C, Tevar AD, Hariharan S, Shapiro R, Dew MA. Race and substance use as predictors of candidacy for kidney transplantation. Oral presentation at the annual meeting of the American Transplant Congress, Boston, MA, June 2019.
Wesselman H, Wang S, Chang C-C, Pleis JR, Kendall KL, Croswell EJ, Dew MA, Unruh M, Shapiro R, Myaskovsky L. Social determinants of quality of life in patients evaluated for kidney transplant. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Transplant Congress, Boston, MA, June 2019.
DeBlasio RN, Myaskovsky L, Kendall KL, DiMartini AF, Switzer GE, Posluszny DM, Puttarajappa C, Shapiro R, Dew MA. Race and substance use as predictors of candidacy for kidney transplantation. Poster presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, Indianapolis, IN, November 2018.
Wesselman H, Li X, Chang CH, Kendall KL, Pleis JR, Croswell EJ, Dew MA, Shapiro R, Myaskovsky L. Social determinants of quality of life in patients evaluated for kidney transplant. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week, San Diego, CA, October 2018.
Kendall KL, Chang CH, Li X, Pleis JL, Croswell EJ, Dew MA, Langone A, Mittalhenkle A, Saha S, Adams-Flohr J, Ramkumar M, Thomas C, Myaskovsky L. Non-medical factors predict receipt and type of kidney transplant in Veterans. Oral presentation at the annual meeting of the American Transplant Congress, Seattle, WA, June 2018.
Wesselman H, Li X, Chang CH, Kendall KL, Pleis JR, Croswell EJ, Dew MA, Shapiro R, Myaskovsky L. Non-medical factors predict receipt and type of kidney transplant. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Transplant Congress, Seattle, WA, June 2018.
Myaskovsky L, Jesse M, Kuntz K, Leino A, Piepert JD, Russell C, Spivey C, Sulejmani N, and Dew MA. "Report from the AST Adherence Task Force: Real World Options for Promoting Adherence" Panel Discussion presented at the 39th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 2018.
Ng Y, Pankratz VS, Bornemann KL, Croswell EJ, Pleis JR, Unruh ML, Shapiro R, Myaskovsky L. “Factors impacting racial disparity in kidney transplant wait-listing.” Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Nephrology (Kidney Week), New Orleans, LA, November 2017.
Fyffe D, Worobey L, Myaskovsky L. “Demographic, cultural, psychosocial, and health factors associated with wheelchair outcomes in spinal cord injury.” Symposium presented at the Annual Conference of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Atlanta, GA, October 2017.
Ng Y, Pankratz VS, Bornemann KL, Croswell EJ, Pleis JR, Unruh ML, Shapiro R, Myaskovsky L. “Non-medical factors contributing to racial disparity in kidney transplant wait-listing.” Poster presented at the 17th Annual American Transplant Congress, Chicago, IL, May 2017.
Bornemann K, Croswell EJ, Abaye M, Bryce CL, Chang CH, Good D, Freehling C, Dew MA, Boulware LE, Tevar A, Myaskovsky L. Protocol of the KTFT-TALK Study to reduce racial disparities in kidney transplant evaluation and living donor kidney transplantation.” Poster presented at the 17th Annual American Transplant Congress, Chicago, IL, May 2017.
Myaskovsky L, Kuntz K, Jesse M, Peipert JD, Spivey C, Russell C, Dew MA. “Report from the AST Adherence Task Force: Real world options for promoting adherence.” Symposium presented at the 17th Annual American Transplant Congress, Chicago, IL, May 2017.