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JULY 2026    Volume 109, Number 7

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CONTACT
Editor-in-Chief

William Binder, MD
william_binder@brown.edu

Managing Editor
Mary Korr
mkorr@rimed.org

FOR AUTHORS
Publication Requirements
Pre-Submission Checklist
Peer Review Policy
Ethics Statement
Copyright Transfer
Financial Disclosure
Commentary Guide
Letters to the Editor Guide
Images in Medicine Guide
Videos in Medicine Guide

Associate Editor
Philip Chan, MD

Graphic Designer
Marianne Migliori

 

ADVANCE RI-CTR
SHARON ROUNDS, MD
Guest Editor
[37-page PDF]

Advance RI-CTR:
Advancing a Decade of Discovery for Clinical & Translational Research in Rhode Island

Sharon Rounds, MD; Edward Hawrot, PhD; Methodius Tuuli, MD, MPH, MBA;
Kerri Connolly, MPH; Stephen Kogut,
PhD, MBA; Judy Kimberly, PhD;
Nadia Tsado, MPH; Patricia Coulter

Augmentation of Meniscus Surgery with Cartilage Progenitor Cell Treatment
May Stimulate Healing and Improve Repair Efficacy

Chathuraka T. Jayasuriya, PhD

An Open Pilot Trial of a Physical Activity (PA) Intervention Designed to Address Barriers
Experienced by Hispanic and Black Mothers

Tayla von Ash, ScD; Sugandha K. Gupta-Louis, PhD; Belinda O’Hagan, MA;
Michael Onu, BS; Shira Dunsiger,
PhD; Zoe Maxwell, MPH; Ashlie Alacron, MPH;
Candace S. Brown,
PhD; Bess H. Marcus, PhD

Adaptation of a Multidomain Behavioral Intervention for Dementia Prevention
in Hispanic/Latino Adults: Protocol to Guide an Evidence-Based Cultural Adaptation

Angelica Y. De La Roca, BA; Jacob A. Lafo, PhD; Rochelle K. Rosen, PhD;
Jennifer E. Davis,
PhD; Idania Arias, BA; Laura E. Korthauer, PhD

The Impact of an Advance RI-CTR Award on Tuberculosis Infection Management in Rhode Island
Daria Szkwarko, DO, MPH; Steven Kim, MD; Roberta Goldman, PhD; E. Jane Carter, MD

Study Design, Methods, and Modeling in Networks to Inform HIV Interventions and Policy
in Marginalized Populations

Ashley Buchanan, DrPH, MS; Claire Pearsall, MPH; Stephen Kogut, PhD, MBA, RPh;
Jeffrey Bratberg,
PharmD, FAPhA; Joseph Hogan, PhD; Samuel R. Friedman, PhD;
Natallia Katenka,
PhD

CASE REPORTS
Isolated Extreme Thrombocytosis as the Presenting Feature of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
—An Unusual Phenotype Treated With Plateletpheresis

Kavya Balusu, MBBS; Abdullah Orakzai, MD; Farhan Imran, MD

Severe Babesiosis and Disseminated Lyme Presenting as Worsening Cognitive Dysfunction
in a Geriatric Patient: Special Considerations for Older Adults

Amelie Foumena Nkodo, MD, MS; Joshua Bennett, MD, PhD; Thomas Palladino, MD;
Jason M. Aliotta, MD

VIDEOS IN MEDICINE
Delayed Onset of Neurological Symptoms in Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Merve Kozak, MD; Joseph H. Friedman, MD

RESEARCH STUDIES
Developing an Automated Text Message Program in the Emergency Department
Meylakh Barshay, MD’26; Jared S. Anderson, MD

Impact of Acute, Major Infrastructure Failure on Emergency Medical Service
Transport Times in Rhode Island

Elise M. Solazzo; Sai Gopal Jarabana, MS; Janette Baird, PhD; Siraj Amanullah, MD, mph;
Kenneth Williams, MD; Emily J. Shearer, MD, MPP,
MSc

Interpreter Use in an Academic Pediatric Hospital
Elizabeth Stone, MD; Shuba Kamath, MD, MPH; Allison Heinly, MD;
Joshua Ray Tanzer,
PhD; Miranda Triedman; Delma-Jean Watts, MD

Improving Health Equity Training with an Integrated Simulation-Based Curriculum
Cassandra Mackey, MD; Simi Jandu, MD, MEd; Jazmin Hampton, MD, DrPH, MPH;
James Fidrocki, MD; Jennifer Carey, MD

PUBLIC HEALTH
Health by numbers
New HIV Diagnoses Among Hispanic/Latino Men Who Have Sex with Men,
2010–2024, Rhode Island

Meghan MacAskill, MPH, MS; Theodore Marak, MPH; Thomas Bertrand, MPH;
Philip A. Chan, MD, MS; Suzanne Bornschein, MD, MPH

Vital Statistics
Zuheil AmoreseI, DEPUTY STATE REGISTRAR

SPOTLIGHT
1776: Medical Care During the Revolutionary War
Mary Korr

In the News   [8-page pdf]
2027 State budget bill enacted

Bradley Hospital study shows teen cannabis use is linked to differences in developing
brain regions

Butler’s Memory and Aging program participates in Phase 2 CELIA study
advancing Alzheimer’s research

VA launches MDMA-assisted mental health therapy trial
Randomized, placebo-controlled trial will take place at VA Providence Healthcare System

Reed’s law leads to FDA approving the first new sunscreen ingredient in 25 years

Key committee advances Reed’s bill to renew and improve national bone marrow,
cord blood programs

Whitehouse and Hawley introduce bipartisan legislation to support mental health needs
of firefighters and EMTs

FDA approves first single-dose generic treatment for influenza

FDA broadens access to over-the-counter Naloxone nasal spray for opioid overdose

AMA adopts new policies to improve affordable access to obesity treatments
and comprehensive care

For adults with prediabetes, lifestyle intervention lowered risk of developing
multiple chronic conditions
NIH-supported, long-term clinical trial found no difference between metformin and placebo

Researchers discover single-cell brain activity that underlies human speech 
With neuronal data, AI models predicted grammar, meaning, and context of spoken sentences

People/Places   [4-page pdf]
APPOINTMENTS
Heather A. Smith, MD, MPH, elected to American Medical Association Board of Trustees

Kelly E. Dooley, MD, PhD, MPH, appointed Chief of Medicine for Brown University Health
and Chair of Medicine at Brown

Dellene Troy, DO, an interventional sports and spine physiatrist, joins University Orthopedics

Philip Philips, MD, joins Southcoast Health

RECOGNITION
Butler honors Steven A. Rasmussen, MD, and Providence Police Department at gala

PLACES
Saint Anne’s Hospital buries time capsule in celebration of 120 years of care

Saint Anne’s Hospital donates trauma bags to Somerset Police Department
to strengthen emergency response

Obituary  [1-page pdf]
Norberto G. Concepcion, MD

 
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