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Lesko CR, Mumford SL, Molino AR, Telljohann H, Biddle LE, Schisterman EF, Editorial Board OBOT. What Happens to Your Manuscript: Characteristics of Papers Published in Volume 188. Am J Epidemiol. 2020 Jul 1;189(7):627-630. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwaa076. PubMed PMID: 32378697.
Lesko CR, Keil AP, Edwards JK. The Epidemiologic Toolbox: Identifying, Honing, and Using the Right Tools for the Job. Am J Epidemiol. 2020 Jun 1;189(6):511-517. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwaa030. PubMed PMID: 32207771; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7368131.
Haber NA, Lesko CR, Fox MP, Powers KA, Harling G, Edwards JK, Salomon JA, Lippman SA, Bor J, Chang AY, Anglemyer A, Pettifor A. Limitations of the UNAIDS 90-90-90 metrics: a simulation-based comparison of cross-sectional and longitudinal metrics for the HIV care continuum. AIDS. 2020 Jun 1;34(7):1047-1055. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002502. PubMed PMID: 32044844; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7253182.
Calkins KL, Chander G, Joshu CE, Visvanathan K, Fojo AT, Lesko CR, Moore RD, Lau B. A comparison of cancer stage at diagnosis and treatment initiation between enrollees in an urban HIV clinic and SEER. Cancer Causes Control. 2020 May;31(5):511-516. doi: 10.1007/s10552-020-01289-x. Epub 2020 Mar 6. PubMed PMID: 32144680; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7416538.
Rich AJ, Williams J, Malik M, Wirtz A, Reisner S, DuBois LZ, Juster RP, Lesko CR, Davis N, Althoff KN, Cannon C, Mayer K, Elliott A, Poteat T. Biopsychosocial Mechanisms Linking Gender Minority Stress to HIV Comorbidities Among Black and Latina Transgender Women (LITE Plus): Protocol for a Mixed Methods Longitudinal Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2020 Apr 13;9(4):e17076. doi: 10.2196/17076. PubMed PMID: 32281542; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7186865.
Gellert KS, Keil AP, Zeng D, Lesko CR, Aubert RE, Avery CL, Lutsey PL, Siega-Riz AM, Windham BG, Heiss G. Reducing the Population Burden of Coronary Heart Disease by Modifying Adiposity: Estimates From the ARIC Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 Feb 18;9(4):e012214. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.012214. Epub 2020 Feb 6. PubMed PMID: 32067578; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7070207.
Calkins KL, Chander G, Joshu CE, Visvanathan K, Fojo AT, Lesko CR, Moore RD, Lau B. Immune Status and Associated Mortality After Cancer Treatment Among Individuals With HIV in the Antiretroviral Therapy Era. JAMA Oncol. 2020 Feb 1;6(2):227-235. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.4648. PubMed PMID: 31804663; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6902188.
Calkins KL, Chander G, Joshu CE, Visvanathan K, Fojo AT, Lesko CR, Moore RD, Lau B. Short Communication: Differences in 5-Year Survival After Cancer Diagnosis Between HIV Clinic Enrollees and the General U.S. Population. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2020 Feb;36(2):116-118. doi: 10.1089/AID.2019.0145. Epub 2019 Dec 17. PubMed PMID: 31679394; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7044775.
Windle M, Lee HD, Cherng ST, Lesko CR, Hanrahan C, Jackson JW, McAdams-DeMarco M, Ehrhardt S, Baral SD, D'Souza G, Dowdy DW. From Epidemiologic Knowledge to Improved Health: A Vision for Translational Epidemiology. Am J Epidemiol. 2019 Dec 31;188(12):2049-2060. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwz085. Review. PubMed PMID: 30927354; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8045479.
Singh K, Chander G, Lau B, Edwards JK, Moore RD, Lesko CR. Association of History of Injection Drug Use with External Cause-Related Mortality Among Persons Linked to HIV Care in an Urban Clinic, 2001-2015. AIDS Behav. 2019 Dec;23(12):3286-3293. doi: 10.1007/s10461-019-02497-6. PubMed PMID: 30955176; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6778696.
Lesko CR, Edwards JK, Moore RD, Lau B. Censoring for Loss to Follow-up in Time-to-event Analyses of Composite Outcomes or in the Presence of Competing Risks. Epidemiology. 2019 Nov;30(6):817-824. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001073. PubMed PMID: 31393316; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6768756.
Lesko CR, Keil AP, Fojo AT, Chander G, Lau B, Moore RD. Recent Substance Use and Probability of Unsuppressed HIV Viral Load Among Persons on Antiretroviral Therapy in Continuity Care. Am J Epidemiol. 2019 Oct 1;188(10):1830-1837. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwz159. PubMed PMID: 31360995; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6768806.
Monroe AK, Lesko CR, Chander G, Lau B, Keruly J, Crane HM, Amico KR, Napravnik S, Quinlivan EB, Mugavero MJ. Ancillary service needs among persons new to HIV care and the relationship between needs and late presentation to care. AIDS Care. 2019 Sep;31(9):1131-1139. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2019.1576840. Epub 2019 Feb 19. PubMed PMID: 30776911; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7328012.
Hutton HE, Lesko CR, Li X, Thompson CB, Lau B, Napravnik S, Mayer KH, Mathews WC, McCaul ME, Crane HM, Fredericksen RJ, Cropsey KL, Saag M, Christopoulos K, Chander G. Alcohol Use Patterns and Subsequent Sexual Behaviors Among Women, Men who have Sex with Men and Men who have Sex with Women Engaged in Routine HIV Care in the United States. AIDS Behav. 2019 Jun;23(6):1634-1646. doi: 10.1007/s10461-018-2337-5. PubMed PMID: 30443807; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6830881.
Butler AM, Todd JV, Sahrmann JM, Lesko CR, Brookhart MA. Informative censoring by health plan disenrollment among commercially insured adults. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2019 May;28(5):640-648. doi: 10.1002/pds.4750. Epub 2019 Feb 20. PubMed PMID: 30788887; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6497556.
Fojo AT, Lesko CR, Calkins KL, Moore RD, McCaul ME, Hutton HE, Mathews WC, Crane H, Christopoulos K, Cropsey K, Mugavero MJ, Mayer K, Pence BW, Lau B, Chander G. Do Symptoms of Depression Interact with Substance Use to Affect HIV Continuum of Care Outcomes?. AIDS Behav. 2019 Mar;23(3):580-591. doi: 10.1007/s10461-018-2269-0. PubMed PMID: 30269230; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6408233.
Desir FA, Lesko CR, Moore RD, Horberg MA, Wong C, Crane HM, Silverberg M, Thorne JE, Rachlis B, Rabkin C, Mayor AM, Mathews WC, Althoff KN. One Size Fits (n)One: The Influence of Sex, Age, and Sexual Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Acquisition Risk on Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the HIV Care Continuum in the United States. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Feb 15;68(5):795-802. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy556. PubMed PMID: 30169624; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6376102.
Lesko CR, Lau B, Chander G, Moore RD. Death after diagnosis of noncommunicable disease comorbid conditions, stratified by injection drug use. AIDS. 2019 Feb 1;33(2):285-293. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002054. PubMed PMID: 30325772; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6301107.
Westreich D, Edwards JK, Lesko CR, Cole SR, Stuart EA. Target Validity and the Hierarchy of Study Designs. Am J Epidemiol. 2019 Feb 1;188(2):438-443. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwy228. PubMed PMID: 30299451; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6357801.
Miles DRB, Bilal U, Hutton HE, Lau B, Lesko CR, Fojo A, McCaul ME, Keruly J, Moore RD, Chander G. Tobacco Smoking, Substance Use, and Mental Health Symptoms in People with HIV in an Urban HIV Clinic. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2019;30(3):1083-1102. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2019.0075. PubMed PMID: 31422990; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7304241.
Lesko CR, Lau B, Chander G, Moore RD. Time Spent with HIV Viral Load > 1500 Copies/mL Among Persons Engaged in Continuity HIV Care in an Urban Clinic in the United States, 2010-2015. AIDS Behav. 2018 Nov;22(11):3443-3450. doi: 10.1007/s10461-018-2085-6. PubMed PMID: 29541913; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6467647.
Lesko CR, Keil AP, Moore RD, Chander G, Fojo AT, Lau B. Measurement of Current Substance Use in a Cohort of HIV-Infected Persons in Continuity HIV Care, 2007-2015. Am J Epidemiol. 2018 Sep 1;187(9):1970-1979. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwy092. PubMed PMID: 29701832; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6118067.
Lesko CR, Henderson NC, Varadhan R. Considerations when assessing heterogeneity of treatment effect in patient-centered outcomes research. J Clin Epidemiol. 2018 Aug;100:22-31. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2018.04.005. Epub 2018 Apr 11. Review. PubMed PMID: 29654822; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6467652.
Lee K, Hutton HE, Lesko CR, Monroe AK, Alvanzo A, McCaul ME, Chander G. Associations of Drug Use, Violence, and Depressive Symptoms with Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Women with Alcohol Misuse. Womens Health Issues. 2018 Jul-Aug;28(4):367-374. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2018.04.004. Epub 2018 May 18. PubMed PMID: 29784276; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6592607.
Lau B, Lesko C. Missingness in the Setting of Competing Risks: from missing values to missing potential outcomes. Curr Epidemiol Rep. 2018 Jun;5(2):153-159. doi: 10.1007/s40471-018-0142-3. Epub 2018 Mar 19. PubMed PMID: 30386717; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6205187.
Lesko CR, Jacobson LP, Althoff KN, Abraham AG, Gange SJ, Moore RD, Modur S, Lau B. Collaborative, pooled and harmonized study designs for epidemiologic research: challenges and opportunities. Int J Epidemiol. 2018 Apr 1;47(2):654-668. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyx283. PubMed PMID: 29438495; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5913631.
Calkins KL, Canan CE, Moore RD, Lesko CR, Lau B. An application of restricted mean survival time in a competing risks setting: comparing time to ART initiation by injection drug use. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2018 Mar 9;18(1):27. doi: 10.1186/s12874-018-0484-z. PubMed PMID: 29523081; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5845164.
Calkins KL, Lesko CR, Chander G, Moore RD, Lau B. Influence of Injection Drug Use-Related HIV Acquisition on CD4 Response to First Antiretroviral Therapy Regimen Among Virally Suppressed Individuals. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2018 Mar 1;77(3):317-324. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001607. PubMed PMID: 29210833; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5807112.
Lesko CR, Edwards JK, Cole SR, Moore RD, Lau B. When to Censor?. Am J Epidemiol. 2018 Mar 1;187(3):623-632. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwx281. PubMed PMID: 29020256; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6248498.
Lesko CR, Buchanan AL, Westreich D, Edwards JK, Hudgens MG, Cole SR. The Authors Respond. Epidemiology. 2018 Mar;29(2):e14-e15. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000770. PubMed PMID: 29023242; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7314580.
Cole SR, Edwards JK, Westreich D, Lesko CR, Lau B, Mugavero MJ, Mathews WC, Eron JJ Jr, Greenland S. Estimating multiple time-fixed treatment effects using a semi-Bayes semiparametric marginal structural Cox proportional hazards regression model. Biom J. 2018 Jan;60(1):100-114. doi: 10.1002/bimj.201600140. Epub 2017 Oct 27. PubMed PMID: 29076182; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6771415.
Lesko CR, Todd JV, Cole SR, Edmonds A, Pence BW, Edwards JK, Mack WJ, Bacchetti P, Rubtsova A, Gange SJ, Adimora AA. Mortality under plausible interventions on antiretroviral treatment and depression in HIV-infected women: an application of the parametric g-formula. Ann Epidemiol. 2017 Dec;27(12):783-789.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2017.08.021. Epub 2017 Sep 5. PubMed PMID: 28939001; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5714697.
Presti RM, Flores SC, Palmer BE, Atkinson JJ, Lesko CR, Lau B, Fontenot AP, Roman J, McDyer JF, Twigg HL 3rd. Mechanisms Underlying HIV-Associated Noninfectious Lung Disease. Chest. 2017 Nov;152(5):1053-1060. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2017.04.154. Epub 2017 Apr 17. Review. PubMed PMID: 28427967; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5812764.
Sinha S, McCaul ME, Hutton HE, Monroe AK, Alvanzo A, Lesko C, Lau B, Keruly J, Moore RD, Chander G. Marijuana use and HIV treatment outcomes among PWH receiving care at an urban HIV clinic. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2017 Nov;82:102-106. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2017.09.009. Epub 2017 Sep 15. PubMed PMID: 29021107; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5935451.
Westreich D, Edwards JK, Lesko CR, Stuart E, Cole SR. Transportability of Trial Results Using Inverse Odds of Sampling Weights. Am J Epidemiol. 2017 Oct 15;186(8):1010-1014. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwx164. PubMed PMID: 28535275; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5860052.
Hutton H, Lesko CR, Chander G, Lau B, Wand GS, McCaul ME. Differential effects of perceived stress on alcohol consumption in moderate versus heavy drinking HIV-infected women. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2017 Sep 1;178:380-385. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.05.021. Epub 2017 Jun 23. PubMed PMID: 28704766; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5604751.
Edwards JK, Lesko CR, Keil AP. Invited Commentary: Causal Inference Across Space and Time-Quixotic Quest, Worthy Goal, or Both?. Am J Epidemiol. 2017 Jul 15;186(2):143-145. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwx089. PubMed PMID: 28679174; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5859978.
Barai N, Monroe A, Lesko C, Lau B, Hutton H, Yang C, Alvanzo A, McCaul ME, Chander G. The Association Between Changes in Alcohol Use and Changes in Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence and Viral Suppression Among Women Living with HIV. AIDS Behav. 2017 Jul;21(7):1836-1845. doi: 10.1007/s10461-016-1580-x. PubMed PMID: 27752873; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5393959.
Lesko CR, Buchanan AL, Westreich D, Edwards JK, Hudgens MG, Cole SR. Generalizing Study Results: A Potential Outcomes Perspective. Epidemiology. 2017 Jul;28(4):553-561. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000664. Review. PubMed PMID: 28346267; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5466356.
Todd JV, Cole SR, Pence BW, Lesko CR, Bacchetti P, Cohen MH, Feaster DJ, Gange S, Griswold ME, Mack W, Rubtsova A, Wang C, Weedon J, Anastos K, Adimora AA. Effects of Antiretroviral Therapy and Depressive Symptoms on All-Cause Mortality Among HIV-Infected Women. Am J Epidemiol. 2017 May 15;185(10):869-878. doi: 10.1093/aje/kww192. PubMed PMID: 28430844; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5430940.
Canan C, Lesko C, Lau B. Instrumental Variable Analyses and Selection Bias. Epidemiology. 2017 May;28(3):396-398. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000639. PubMed PMID: 28169934; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5378646.
Lesko CR, Tong W, Moore RD, Lau B. Retention, Antiretroviral Therapy Use and Viral Suppression by History of Injection Drug Use Among HIV-Infected Patients in an Urban HIV Clinical Cohort. AIDS Behav. 2017 Apr;21(4):1016-1024. doi: 10.1007/s10461-016-1585-5. PubMed PMID: 27752872; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5344751.
Lesko CR, Lau B. Bias Due to Confounders for the Exposure-Competing Risk Relationship. Epidemiology. 2017 Jan;28(1):20-27. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000565. PubMed PMID: 27748680; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5489237.
Edwards JK, Hester LL, Gokhale M, Lesko CR. Methodologic Issues When Estimating Risks in Pharmacoepidemiology. Curr Epidemiol Rep. 2016 Dec;3(4):285-296. doi: 10.1007/s40471-016-0089-1. Epub 2016 Sep 13. PubMed PMID: 28824834; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5557056.
Lesko CR, Edwards JK, Moore RD, Lau B. A longitudinal, HIV care continuum: 10-year restricted mean time in each care continuum stage after enrollment in care, by history of IDU. AIDS. 2016 Sep 10;30(14):2227-34. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001183. PubMed PMID: 27314178; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5063502.
Edwards JK, Cole SR, Lesko CR, Mathews WC, Moore RD, Mugavero MJ, Westreich D. An Illustration of Inverse Probability Weighting to Estimate Policy-Relevant Causal Effects. Am J Epidemiol. 2016 Aug 15;184(4):336-44. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwv339. Epub 2016 Jul 28. PubMed PMID: 27469514; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4983650.
Lesko CR, Moore RD, Tong W, Lau B. Association of injection drug use with incidence of HIV-associated non-AIDS-related morbidity by age, 1995-2014. AIDS. 2016 Jun 1;30(9):1447-55. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001087. PubMed PMID: 26990627; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4864121.
Lesko CR, Cole SR, Hall HI, Westreich D, Miller WC, Eron JJ, Li J, Mugavero MJ. The effect of antiretroviral therapy on all-cause mortality, generalized to persons diagnosed with HIV in the USA, 2009-11. Int J Epidemiol. 2016 Feb;45(1):140-50. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyv352. Epub 2016 Jan 15. PubMed PMID: 26772869; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5013889.
Lesko CR, Todd JV. The Best of Both Worlds: Collaborations Can Improve Epidemiological Analyses of Public Health Data. Sex Transm Dis. 2016 Jan;43(1):41-3. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000396. PubMed PMID: 26650995; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4674836.
Lesko CR, Sampson LA, Miller WC, Clymore J, Leone PA, Swygard H, Powers KA. Measuring the HIV Care Continuum Using Public Health Surveillance Data in the United States. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015 Dec 15;70(5):489-94. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000788. PubMed PMID: 26258570; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4644460.
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