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Melissa Skanderson
Researcher at United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Publications - 131
Citations - 6341
Melissa Skanderson is an academic researcher from United States Department of Veterans Affairs. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Veterans Affairs. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 105 publications receiving 5237 citations. Previous affiliations of Melissa Skanderson include Yale University & University of Pittsburgh.
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HIV Infection and the Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction
Matthew S. Freiberg,Chung-Chou H. Chang,Lewis H. Kuller,Melissa Skanderson,Elliott Lowy,Kevin L. Kraemer,Adeel A. Butt,Matthew Bidwell Goetz,David A. Leaf,Krisann K. Oursler,David Rimland,Maria C. Rodriguez Barradas,Sheldon T. Brown,Cynthia Gibert,Kathy McGinnis,Kristina Crothers,Jason J. Sico,Heidi M. Crane,Alberta L. Warner,Stephen S. Gottlieb,John S. Gottdiener,Russell P. Tracy,Matthew J. Budoff,Courtney Watson,Kaku A. Armah,Donna Almario Doebler,Kendall Bryant,Amy C. Justice +27 more
TL;DR: Investigating whether HIV is associated with an increased risk of acute myocardial infarction after adjustment for all standard Framingham risk factors among a large cohort of HIV-positive and demographically and behaviorally similar uninfected veterans in care found infections with HIV are associated with a 50% increased risk beyond that explained by recognized risk factors.
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Development and verification of a "virtual" cohort using the National VA Health Information System.
Shawn L. Fultz,Melissa Skanderson,Larry A. Mole,Neel R. Gandhi,Kendall J. Bryant,Stephen Crystal,Amy C. Justice +6 more
TL;DR: In the HAART era, HIV-related codes are sufficient for identifying HIV-infected subjects from administrative data when patients with a single outpatient code are excluded.
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Patterns of COVID-19 testing and mortality by race and ethnicity among United States veterans: A nationwide cohort study.
Christopher T Rentsch,Christopher T Rentsch,Farah Kidwai-Khan,Farah Kidwai-Khan,Janet P. Tate,Janet P. Tate,Lesley S. Park,Joseph T. King,Joseph T. King,Melissa Skanderson,Ronald G. Hauser,Ronald G. Hauser,Anna Schultze,Christopher I Jarvis,Mark Holodniy,Mark Holodniy,Vincent Lo Re,Kathleen M. Akgün,Kathleen M. Akgün,Kristina Crothers,Kristina Crothers,Tamar H. Taddei,Tamar H. Taddei,Matthew S Freiberg,Matthew S Freiberg,Amy C. Justice,Amy C. Justice +26 more
TL;DR: In this nationwide study, it is found that Black and Hispanic individuals are experiencing an excess burden of SARS-CoV-2 infection not entirely explained by underlying medical conditions or where they live or receive care.
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Comparison of Risk and Age at Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction, End-Stage Renal Disease, and Non-AIDS-Defining Cancer in HIV-Infected Versus Uninfected Adults
Keri N. Althoff,Kathleen A. McGinnis,Christina M. Wyatt,Matthew S. Freiberg,Cynthia Gilbert,Krisann K. Oursler,Krisann K. Oursler,David Rimland,Maria C. Rodriguez-Barradas,Robert Dubrow,Lesley S. Park,Melissa Skanderson,Meredith S. Shiels,Stephen J. Gange,Kelly A. Gebo,Amy C. Justice +15 more
TL;DR: HIV-infected adults had a higher risk of these age-associated events, but they occurred at similar ages than those without HIV.
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Validating smoking data from the Veteran's Affairs Health Factors dataset, an electronic data source.
Kathleen A. McGinnis,Cynthia Brandt,Melissa Skanderson,Amy C. Justice,Shahida Shahrir,Adeel A. Butt,Sheldon T. Brown,Matthew S. Freiberg,Cynthia L. Gibert,Matthew Bidwell Goetz,Joon Kim,Margaret A. Pisani,David Rimland,Maria C. Rodriguez-Barradas,Jason J. Sico,Hilary A. Tindle,Kristina Crothers +16 more
TL;DR: Based on kappa statistics, agreement between the EMR Health Factors and survey sources is substantial and identification of current smokers nationally within the VHA can be used in future studies to track smoking status over time, to evaluate smoking interventions, and to adjust for smoking status in research.