Amy Nowacki Research Program

Research

My primary research focus is on the communication and learning of statistical concepts, particularly in harmonizing with the case-based, clinical learning orientation of health professions education. Mentoring and providing biostatistical collaboration to Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine student researchers is a critical complement to my classroom teaching. The majority of such work entails guiding students through the entire research process from research question development and study design to data analyses and reporting. A second educational research interest, which has emerged through collaborative work, involves characterizations of innovative dissemination pathways, and information uptake, by medical patients and the broader public.

 

 

 

Selected Publications

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 PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (last 5 years):   

 1.     Shrestha NK, Shrestha P, Burke PC, Nowacki AS, Terpeluk P, Gordon SM. Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccine Boosting In Previously Infected or Vaccinated Individuals Clinical Infectious Diseases 75(12): 2169-2177 doi:10.1093/cid/ciac327 2022  

2.     Johnson J, Nowacki AS, Narang J, Young S, Fernandez AP. Severity of COVID-19 in Patients with Dermatomyositis: A Single Center, Retrospective Observational Cohort Study Skin The Journal of Cutaneous Medicine 6(6): 497 – 501. doi:10.25251/skin.6.6.6  2022  

3.     Bae E, Huang P, Muller-Greven G, Hambardzumyan D, Sloan A, Nowacki AS, Marko N, Carlin C, Gladson CM.  Integrin α3β1 Promotes Vessel Formation of Glioblastoma-associated Endothelial Cells Through Calcium-mediated Macropinocytosis and Lysosomal Exocytosis Nature Communications 13, 4268 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31981-2 2022  

4.     Benidir T, Lone Z, Zhang A, Nowacki AS, Munoz-Lopez C, Hegde P, Fung K, Fajnzylber J, Abouassaly R, Berglund R, Klein EA, Eltemamy M, Kaouk J, Weight CJ, Almassi N, Pascal-Haber G, Lee BH. Comparing Pathologic and Survival Outcomes between Primary and Secondary Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer when treated by Radical Cystectomy With or Without Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Urology 168: 137 – 142. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2022.06.012 2022  

5.     Shrestha NK, Burke PC, Nowacki AS, Terpeluk P, Gordon SM. Necessity of COVID-19 vaccination in persons who already had COVID-19 Clinical Infectious Diseases 75(1): e662 – e671. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac022 2022  

6.     Kaur N, Nowacki AS, Haut J, Klaas P, Ferguson L, Lachhwani D, Bingaman W, Lineweaver T, Busch R. Cognitive Outcomes Following Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Epilepsy Research 180:106859. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35042117/ 2022  

7.     Momin AA, Soni P, Shao J, Nowacki AS, Suh JH, Murphy ES, Chao ST, Angelov L, Mohammadi AM, Barnett GH, Recinos PF, Kshettry VR. Adjuvant Radiation Versus Observation with Salvage Radiation after Gross-total Resection of WHO Grade II Meningiomas: a Propensity Score-adjusted Analysis Journal of Neurosurgery 136(6): 1517-24. 2022  

8.     Christiano AV, London DA, Barbera JP, Frechette GM, Selverian SR, Nowacki AS. Statistical Assumptions in Orthopaedic Literature: Are Study Findings at Risk? Cureus 13(10): e18694 https://doi:10.7759/cureus.18694 2021  

9.     Bigelow C, Nowacki AS. Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences Resources Portal Chance 34(4): 30-33. https://chance.amstat.org/2021/11/resources-portal/  2021  

10.   Gaul E, Barbour T, Nowacki AS, Mace S. Intranasal Ketorolac for Acute Pain in Adult Emergency Department Patients Western Journal of Nursing Research https://doi.org/10.1177/01939459211030336 2021  

11.   Eversman A, Narang J, Zheng DX, Wei AH, Russell ER, Osei-Koomson W, Obi E, Morgan F, Kalra M, Nowacki AS, Carroll BT, Sharma TR. Factors Associated with Matching into Research Focused Dermatology Residency Programs Archives of Dermatological Research https://doi.org/10.1007/s00403-021-02271-6 2021  

12.   Kawczak S, Fernandez A, Frampton B, Mooney M, Nowacki AS, Yako M, Stoller JK. Observations from Transforming a Continuing Education Program in the COVID-19 Era and Preparing for the Future Journal of European CME 10(1) https://doi.org/10.1080/21614083.2021.1964315 2021  

13.      Kalra A, Kumar A, Nowacki AS, Shahadat A, Shahzeb Khan M, Jabri A, Khan SU, Michos ED, Califf RM, Bhatt DL. Mapping and Quantification of the Twitter Footprint of Cardiologists The European Heart Journal – Digital Health https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjdh/ztab049 2021  

14.      Narang J, Eversman A, Kalra M, Morgan F, Obi E, Russell ER, Wei AH, Zheng DX, Osei-Koomson W, Nowacki AS, Carroll BT, Sharma TR. Trends of Research Output in Allopathic Medical Students Matching into Dermatology, 2007  - 2018. JAMA Dermatology 157(8): 983-987. https://doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2021.2000  2021  

15.      Kanyo EC, Nowacki AS, Gordon SM, Shrestha NK. Comparison of Mortality, Stroke, and Relapse, for Methicillin-resistant versus Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Infective Endocarditis: a Retrospective Cohort Study Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 100(4): 115395 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2021.115395 2021  

16.      Colbert CY, Brateanu A, Nowacki AS, Prelosky-Leeson A, French JC. An Examination of Resident Perspectives on Survey Participation and Methodology: Implications for Research and Educational Practice Journal of Graduate Medical Education 69(5): 1363-1369. 2021  

17.      Jain V, Kalra A, Panhwar MS, Bansal A, Nowacki AS, Bhatia K, Gupta T, Ineman NL, Khan SU, Krishnaswamy A, Reed GW, Puri R, Kapadia SR, Svensson LG, Kanaa’N A, Lahorra JA. Outcomes of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients with Cognitive Dysfunction: A National Perspective Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 69(5): 1363 – 1369. 2021

18.      Lauko A, Thapa B, Sharma M, Muhsen B, Barnett A, Rauf Y, Borghei-Razavi H, Patil P, Mohammadi A, Chao S, Murphy ES, Angelov L, Suh J, Barnett GH, Nowacki AS, Pennell N, Ahluwalia M. Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio Influences Impact of Steroids on Efficacy of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Lung Cancer Brain Metastases Scientific Reports 11: 7490. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85328-w 2021  

19.      Doherty C, Nowacki AS, McAndrews MP, McDonald CR, Reyes A, Kim MS, Hamberger M, Najm I, Bingaman W, Jehi L, Busch RM. Predicting Mood Decline Following Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Surgery in Adults Epilepsia 62(2): 450 – 459. 2021  

20.      Golubovsky JL, Karnuta JM, Lee M, Enders J, Banerjee A, Grits D, Nowacki AS, Ilyas H, Steinmetz MP. A Retrospective Cohort Study of Effects of Antihypertensive and Anticholinergic Medications on Outcomes Following Elective Posterior Lumbar Spine Surgery Clinical Spine Surgery 34(5): E295 – E302. 2021  

21.      Said SA, Okamoto T, Nowacki AS, Niikawa H, Ayyat KS, Sakanoue I, Yun JJ, McCurry KR. The Effect of Blood Transfusion in Lung Donors on Recipient Survival The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 112(4): 1109 – 1117. 2021  

22.      Naelitz B, Shah A, Nowacki AS, Bryk DJ, Farber N, Parekh N, Shoskes D, Hatipoglu B, Vij SC. Prolactin-to-Testosterone Ratio Predicts Pituitary Abnormalities in Mildly Hyperprolactinemic Men with Symptoms of Hypogonadism The Journal of Urology 205(3): 871 – 878. 2021  

23.      Ramos M, Xu L, Singuri S, Castillo Tafur JC, Arepalli S, Ehlers J, Kaiser P, Singh R, Rachitskaya A, Srivastava S, Sears J, Schachat A, Babiuch A, Sharma S, Martin D, Lowder C, Singh A, Yuan A, Nowacki AS. Patient-reported Complications after Intravitreal Injection and Their Predictive Factors Ophthalmology Retina 5(7): 625 – 632. 2021  

24.      Mace S, Ulintz A, Peterson B, Nowacki AS, Worley J, Zamborsky S. Fifteen Years’ Experience With Safe and Effective Procedural Sedation in Infants and Children in a General Emergency Department Pediatric Emergency Care 37(9): e500-e506. 2021  

25.      Knorr JM, Ericson KJ, Zhang JJH, Murthy PB, Nowacki AS, Munoz-Lopez C, Thomas LJ, Haber G-P, Lee B. Comparison of Major Complications at 30 and 90 days Following Radical Cystectomy Urology 148: 192 – 197. 2021  

26.      Knettle M, Nowacki AS, Hrehocik M, Stoller JK. Matching Allied Health Student Need with Supply: Description of a New Index Journal of Allied Health 50(1): e23-29. 2021  

27.      Narang J, Nowacki AS, Seballos S, Wang PR, Mace SE. D-Dimer Can Help Differentiate Suspected Pulmonary Embolism Patients That Require Anti-Coagulation American Journal of Emergency Medicine 45: 361-367. 2021  

28.      Lubelski D, Feghali J, Nowacki AS, Alentado V, Planchard R, Abdullah KG, Sciubba DM, Steinmetz MP, Benzel EC, Mroz TE. Patient-Specific Prediction Model for Clinical and Quality-of-Life Outcomes after Lumbar Spine Surgery Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 34(4): 580-588. 2021  

29.      Lee MMY, Docherty KF, Sattar N, Mehta N, Kalra A, Nowacki AS, Solomon SD, Vaduganathan M, Petrie MC, Jhund PS, McMurray JJV. Renin-angiotensin system blockers, risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and outcomes from CoViD-19: Systematic review and meta-analysis European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjcvp/pvaa138  2020  

30.      Misra-Hebert AD, Jehi L, Ji X, Nowacki AS, Gordon S, Terpeluk P, Chung MK, Mehra R, Dell KM, Pennell N, Hamilton A, Milinovich A, Kattan MW, Young JB. Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Healthcare Workers’ Risk of Infection and Outcomes in a Large, Integrated Health System. Journal of General Internal Medicine 35(11): 3293 – 3301. 2020  

31.      Kalra A, Hawkins ES, Nowacki AS, Jain V, Milinovich A, Saef J, Thomas G, Gebreselassie SK, Karnik SS, Jehi L, Young JB, Svensson LG, Chung MK, Mehta N. Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors Versus Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers: A Comparison of Outcomes in Patients With COVID-19 Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 13(10): e007115. 2020  

32.      Shrestha NK, Marco Canosa F, Nowacki AS, Procop GW, Vogel S, Fraser TG, Erzurum SC, Terpeluk P, Gordon SM. Distribution of Transmission Potential During Nonsevere COVID-19 Illness Clinical Infectious Diseases 71(11): 2927 – 2932. 2020  

33.      Jabri A, Kalra A, Kumar A, Alameh A, Adroja S, Bashir H, Nowacki AS, Shah R, Khubber S, Kanaa’N A, Hedrick DP, Sleik KM, Mehta N, Chung M, Khot UN, Kapadia SR, Puri R, Reed GW. Incidence of Stress Cardiomyopathy During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic JAMA Network Open 3(7): e2014780. 2020  

34.      Mehta N, Kalra A, Nowacki AS, Anjewierden S, Han Z, Bhat P, Carmona-Rubio AE, Jacob M, Procop GW, Harrington S, Milinovich A, Svensson LG, Jehi L, Young JB, Chung MK. Association of Use of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers With Testing Positive for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) JAMA Cardiology 5(9): 1020-1026. 2020  

35.      Ya J, Hu JZ, Nowacki AS, Khanna U, Mazloom S, Kabbur G, Husni ME, Fernandez AP. Family history of psoriasis,  psychological stressors, and tobacco use are associated with the development of tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitor-induced psoriasis: A case-control study Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 83(6): 1599 – 1605. 2020  

36.      Brateanu A, Switzer B, Scott SC, Ramsey J, Thomascik J, Nowacki AS, Colbert CY. Higher Grit Scores Associated with Less Burnout in a Cohort of Internal Medicine Residents The American Journal of Medical Sciences 360(4): 357-62. 2020  

37.      Kaur N, Singletary A, Engineer R, Nowacki AS, Fertel B, Smalley CM. The Relationship Between Two Laboratory Assays: High Sensitivity Troponin  T and N-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide The American Journal of Emergency Medicine 38(12): 2750-2751. 2020  

38.      Momin AA, Barksdale EM, Lone Z, Enders JJ, Nowacki AS, Winkelman RD, Hardy DM, Steinmetz MP. Exploring Perioperative Complications of Anterior Lumber Interbody Fusion in Patients with a History of Prior Abdominal Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study The Spine Journal 20(7): 1037 – 1043. 2020  

39.      Shrestha NK, Shah SY, Hussain ST, Pettersson GB, Griffin BP, Nowacki AS, Gordon SM. Association of Surgical Treatment with Survival in Patients with Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Annals of Thoracic Surgery 109: 1834 – 44. 2020  

40.      Stallings AM, Majhail NS, Nowacki AS, Onimoe GI, Hanna R, Piccone CM. Paediatric Haematologists’ Attitudes Regarding Haematopoietic Cell Transplantation as Treatment for Sickle Cell Disease British Journal of Haematology 188(6): 976-984. 2020  

41.      Niforatos JD, Nowacki AS, Avery A, Gripshover BM, Yax JA. Clinical Knowledge of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Sexually Transmitted Infections among Emergency Medicine Providers International Journal of STD & AIDS 30(13): 1290 – 1297. 2019  

42.      Attaway A, Majumdar U, Nowacki AS, Sandhaus R, Stoller JK. An Analysis of the Degree of Concordance Among International Guidelines Regarding Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 14: 2089 – 2101. 2019  

43.      Keller LJ, Alentado VJ, Tanenbaum JE, Lee BS, Nowacki AS, Benzel EC, Mroz TE, Steinmetz MP. Assessment of Postoperative Outcomes in Spinal Epidural Abscess Following Surgical Decompression Spine Journal 19(5): 888 – 895. 2019  

44.      Niforatos J, Nowacki AS, Cavendish J, Gripshover BM, Yax JA. Emergency Provider Documentation of Sexual Health Risk Factors and its Association with HIV Testing: A Retrospective Cohort Study The American Journal of Emergency Medicine 37(7): 1365 – 1367. 2019  

45.      McVey J, Sasaki K, Margonis GA, Nowacki AS, Firl D, He J, Berber E, Wolfgang C, Miller C, Weiss M, Aucejo F. The Impact of Resection Margin on Overall Survival for Patients with Colon Cancer Liver Metastasis Varied According to the Primary Cancer Location HPB 21(6): 702 – 710. 2019  

46.      Gao Y, Twigg AR, Hirose R, Roll GR, Nowacki AS, Maytin EV, Vidimos AT, Rajalingam R, Arron ST. Association of HLA Antigen Mismatch with Risk of Developing Skin Cancer after Solid-Organ Transplant JAMA Dermatology 155(3): 307 – 314. 2019  

47.      Tejwani V, Nowacki AS, Fye E, Sanders C, Stoller J. The Impact of Delayed Diagnosis of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency: The Association Between Diagnostic Delay and Worsened Clinical Status Respiratory Care 64(8): 915 – 922. 2019  

48.      Makin V, Nowacki AS, Colbert C. A pilot assessment of primary care providers’ knowledge of   adrenal insufficiency diagnosis and management Journal of Primary Care and Community Health 10: 1 – 10. 2019  

49.      Stallings AM, Majhail NS, Nowacki AS, Onimoe GI, Hanna R, Wen J, Umana J, Quinn CT, Hsu LL, Piccone CM. Parent and Guardian Knowledge of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation as a Treatment Option for Sickle Cell Disease Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 41(3): 187 – 193. 2019  

50.      Zhou Q, Nemes A, Lee D, Ro EJ, Zhang J, Nowacki AS, Dymecki S, Najm I, Suh H. Chemogenetic silencing of hippocampal neurons suppresses epileptic neural circuits Journal of Clinical Investigation 129(1): 310 – 23. 2019  

51.      Garber A, Nowacki AS, Chaitoff A, Brateanu A, Colbert CY, Bauer SR, Arora Z, Mehdi A, Lam S, Spencer A, Rothberg MB. Frequency, Timing and Types of Medication Errors Made by Residents in the Electronic Medical Records Era Southern Medical Journal 112(1): 25 – 31. 2019  

52.      Hashemi-Sadraei N, Muller-Greven G, Abdul-Karim F, Ulasov I, Downs-Kelly E, Burgett M, Lauko A, Qadan M, Weil R, Ahluwalia M, Du L, Prayson R, Chao S, Budd T, Barnholtz-Sloan J, Nowacki AS, Keri R, Gladson CL. Expression of LC3B and FIP200/Atg17 in Brain Metastases of Breast Cancer Journal of Neuro-Oncology 140(2): 237 – 48. 2018  

53.      Bowen AJ, Huang TL, Nowacki AS, Trask D, Kaltenbach J, Taliercio R, Benninger MS, Milstein CF, Bryson PC. Tachyphylaxis and Dependence in Pharmacotherapy for Unexplained Chronic Cough Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 159(4): 705 – 11. 2018  

54.      Brearley AM, Bigelow C, Poisson LM, Grambow SC, Nowacki AS. The TSHS Resources Portal: A Source of Real and Relevant Data for Teaching Statistics in the Health Sciences. Technology Innovations in Statistics Education 11(1). https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8qh9b82c 2018  

55.      Shrotriya S, Nowacki AS, Lorton C, Aktas A, Hullihen B, Hauser K, Estfan B, Ayvaz S, Bennani N, Walsh D. Serum C-Reactive Protein is an Important and Powerful Prognostic Biomarker in Most Adult Solid Tumors PLoS One 13(8): e0202555. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202555. 2018  

56.      Libert DM, Nowacki AS, Natowicz M. Metabolomic analysis of obesity, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes: amino acid and acylcarnitine levels change along a spectrum of metabolic wellness PeerJ 6:e5410; DOI 10.7717/peerj.5410. 2018  

57.      Sharaf N, Mace SE, Nowacki AS, Stoller JK, Carl J. D-dimer in Adolescent Pulmonary Embolism Academic Emergency Medicine 25(11): 1235 – 41. 2018  

58.      Bowen AJ, Nowacki AS, Contrera K, Trask D, Kaltenbach J, Milstein CF, Adessa M, Benninger MS, Taliercio R, Bryson PC. Short- and Long-term effects of Neuromodulators for Unexplained Chronic Cough Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery 159(3): 508 – 515. 2018  

59.      Halkar M, Nowacki AS, Kendall K, Efeovbokhan N, Gorodeski EZ, Moazami N, Starling RC, Young JB, Lee S, Tang WHW. Utility of the Psychosocial Assessment of Candidates for Transplantation in Patients Undergoing Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation Progress in Transplantation 28(3): 220 – 25. 2018  

60.      Rogula T, Koprivanac M, Janik M, Petrosky JA, Nowacki AS, Dombrowska A, Kroh M, Brethauer S, Aminian A, Schauer P. Does Robotic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Provide Outcome Advantages Over Standard Laparoscopic Approaches? Obesity Surgery 28(9): 2589 – 96. 2018  

61.      Foshee CM, Nowacki AS, Shivak J, Bierer SB. Making Much of the Mundane: A Retrospective Examination of Undergraduate Medical Students' Completion of Routine Tasks and USMLE Step 1 Performance Medical Science Educator 28(2): 351 – 57. 2018  

62.      Bowen AJ, Nowacki AS, Benninger MS, Lamarre ED, Bryson PC. Is Tracheotomy on the Decline in Otolaryngology? A Single Institutional Analysis. American Journal of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery 39(2): 97 – 100. 2018  

63.      Bowen AJ, Benninger M, Kominsky A, Trask D, Nowacki AS, Bryson PC. Voice and Swallowing Outcomes Following Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation for Obstructive Sleep Apnea. American Journal of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery 39(2): 122 – 26. 2018  

64.      Lubelski D. Alentado V, Nowacki AS, Shriver M, Abdullah KG, Steinmetz MP, Benzel EC, Mroz TE. Preoperative Nomograms Predict Patient-Specific Cervical Spine Surgery Clinical and Quality of Life Outcomes Neurosurgery 83(1): 104-113. 2018  

65. Miller DB, Cage J, Nowacki AS, Jackson B, Modlin C. Health Literacy and Health-related Quality of Life Among Minority Men Journal of the National Medical Association 110(2): 124 – 29. 2018

 

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