January 2026 Publications, Presentations, and Awards

Publications

Melissa Beauchemin, PhD ’19, was among the authors of “Disparities in Delays and Outcomes in Patients with HER2-Positive Breast Cancer,” published in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, and “Healthcare Utilization and Communication Patterns Among Survivors of Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer: Results from the Health Information National Trends Survey,” published in Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 

Lauren Bochicchio and Ryan Herman were among the authors of “’A Standard of How We Want to See People Be Treated’: Developing LGBTQ+ Community Guidelines,” published in International Journal of LGBTQ+ Youth Studies. 

Maeve Brin and Rebecca Schnall, PhD ’09, were among the authors of “Acceptability and Perceived Usefulness of the MyPEEPS Mobile App for Young Transgender Men,” published in Nursing Outlook. 

Jean-Marie Bruzzese was among the authors of “Developing the Adolescent Asthma Self-Management Behavioral Framework: Centering Adolescent Autonomy in Theory and Practice,” published in Advances in Nursing Science, and “Development and Tailoring of a Peer-Administered Asthma Management Intervention for Urban Latino Middle School Children,” published in the Journal of Asthma. 

Billy Caceres was among the authors of “Physical Activity Phenotypes in Endometriosis Using Unsupervised Learning Via Functional Mixture Models,” published in BMC Women’s Health. 

Kyle Featherston and Lusine Poghosyan were among the authors of “Adapting the Nurse Practitioner Primary Care Organizational Climate Questionnaire for Acute Care Nurse Practitioners,” published in Journal of Nursing Measurement. 

Maureen George, Safa Elkefi, Jean-Marie Bruzzese, and Phoenix Matthews were among the authors of “Community Partners Identified Implementation Considerations Prior to a Randomized Clinical Trial for Uncontrolled Asthma in Federally Qualified Health Centers,” published in Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. 

Rita Marie John was the author of “Painting the Real Picture: A Primer of Legal Issues,” published in Journal of Pediatric Health Care. 

Jianfang Liu, Monica O’Reilly Jacob, Miles DeGrazia, and Lusine Poghosyan were among the authors of “Predicting All-Cause Mortality Using Two Claims-Based Measures in Medicare Beneficiaries with Dementia,” published in Medical Care Research and Review. 

Susan Maloney, Tyler Gaedecke, PhD ’25, Celine Esguerra, Jean-Marie Bruzzese, and Kasey Jackman, PhD '17, were the authors of “A Scoping Review of Policy and Health Outcomes for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Adolescents in the United States,” published in Nursing Outlook. 

Rebecca Schnall, PhD ’09, was among the authors of “Global Measures of HIV Care Accessibility Across Urban, Suburban, and Rural Areas,” published in Journal of Urban Health. 

Niurka Suero-Tejada, Walter Bockting, and Billy Caceres were among the authors of “My Heart, My Self: An Intensive Longitudinal Study Examining the Influence of Intersectional Discrimination on Blood Pressure,” published in BMC Public Health. 

Yihong Zhao was among the authors of “Brain Plasticity Underlying Acquisition of New Organizational Skills in Children: A Rashomon Analysis,” published in Frontiers in Neuroimaging. 

Presentations 

Gregory Alexander presented “AI/HIT in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living” at the virtual MaineHealth Geriatric Grand Rounds on January 22, 2026. 

Awards  

Billy Caceres is the recipient of the 2025 Neal Miller New Investigator Award from the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, to be presented at the organization’s annual meeting in June 2026.