Epidemiology and Public Health
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Research Portfolio

Project Highlights

Behavioral Health & Problem Gambling Research

Support the Maryland Center of Excellence on Problem Gambling through data collection, management, analysis and reporting to inform programming strategy and policy decisions:

  • Conduct statewide Gambling Prevalence Study and related analysis to inform policy and prevention strategies
  • Analyze data for the Maryland Voluntary Exclusion Program (VEP)
  • Produce quarterly and annual reports for Gambling Helpline and Peer Support services

Program Evaluation

Conduct rigorous process, outcome, and impact evaluation of programs in a variety of community-based settings:

  • Evaluate CATALYST Training Program to assess effectiveness, measure outcomes, and identify opportunities for program improvement
  • Evaluated Maryland Department of Aging (MDoA) programs:
    • Evaluated the Community for LifeSM program to enhance service delivery
    • Evaluated the Maryland Access Point Hospital Transition Program to improve care coordination and outcomes; conducted ROI analysis
    • Evaluated Aging in Place initiative FY25 grantees and provided recommendations for expansion

Qualitative Research

Qualitative research conducted including in-depth interviews and systematic coding to generate actionable insights for the:

  • “Employment and Potential Outcomes of Working through Cancer Treatment” Project

Randomized Clinical Trials (RCT) & Data Management

  • Age-descending, randomized, placebo-controlled Phase 2 trial in three sites in sub-Saharan Africa to assess the safety and immunogenicity of a parenteral Trivalent Salmonella (S. Enteritidis/S. Typhimurium/S. Typhi Vi) Conjugate Vaccine (TSCV) versus placebo
  • Phase 1 Randomized Trial Assessing the Safety, Reactogenicity, and Immunogenicity of a Combination HTNV and PUUC DNA Vaccine Candidate
  • Measuring the Effectiveness and Impact of Typhoid Vaccine Introduction in Malawi (MITIMA)
  • A Phase II Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Trial of the Safety and Immunogenicity of Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (Vi-TCV) among Children Younger than 2 Years in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
  • A Phase III Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Trial of the Clinical Efficacy of Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (Vi-TCV) among Children Aged 9 Months through 12 Years in Blantyre, Malawi
  • A Phase IIb randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial of azithromycin to eradicate Ureaplasma respiratory tract infection in preterm infants

Sample Publications

  1. Osborn, TM, Tracy, JK, Dunne, JR, Pasquale, M, Napolitano, LM (2004). Epidemiology of sepsis in patients with traumatic injury. Critical Care Medicine, 32(11), 2234-40.
  2. Tracy, JK, Meyer, WA, Flores, RH, Hochberg, MC (2005). Racial differences in rate of decline in bone mineral density at the total hip: The Baltimore Men’s Osteoporosis Study (MOST). Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 20(7), 1228-34.
  3. Dubowitz, H, Feigelman, S, Lane, W, Prescott, L, Blackman, K, Grube, L., Meyer, W, & Tracy, JK. (2007). Screening for depression in an urban pediatric primary care clinic. Pediatrics, 119(3):435-43.
  4. Feigelman, S, Dubowitz, H, Lane, W, Prescott, L, Meyer, W, Tracy JK, Kim, J (2009). Screening for harsh punishment in a pediatric primary care clinic. Child Abuse & Neglect, 33(5):269-77.
  5. Fialkowski, MK, McCrory, MA, Roberts, SM, Tracy, JK, Grattan, LM, Boushey, CJ (2010) Estimated nutrient intakes from food generally do not meet dietary reference intakes among adult members of Pacific Northwest tribal nations. The Journal of nutrition 140 (5), 992-998
  6. Tracy, L, Gaff, HD, Burgess, C, Sow, S, Gravitt, PE, Tracy, JK. (2011). Estimating the impact of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination on HPV prevalence and cervical cancer incidence in Mali. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 52(5):641-5.
  7. Schluterman NH, Sow SO, Traore CB, Bakarou K, Dembelé R, Sacko F, Gravitt PE, Tracy JK (2013). Differences in patterns of high-risk human papillomavirus infection between urban and rural low-resource settings: cross-sectional findings from Mali. BMC Women's Health, 6(13):4.
  8. Tracy JK, Schluterman NH, Greene C, Sow SO, Gaff HD (2014). Planning for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in sub-Saharan Africa: A modeling-based approach. Vaccine. 2014 May 30;32(26):3316-22
  9. Raymond K. Cross, Guruprasad Jambaulikar, Patricia Langenberg, J. Kathleen Tracy, Joseph F. Collins, Jonathan Katz, Miguel Regueiro, David A. Schwartzf, Charlene C. Quinn (2015). TELEmedicine for Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (TELE-IBD): Design and implementation of randomized clinical trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials 42 (2015) 132-144.
  10. Guruprasad D. Jambaulikar, Joy Lee, Mahoussi Aholoukpe, Miguel Regueiro, David A. Schwartz, Leyla J. Ghazi, Seema Patil, Mark Flasar, Kathleen Tracy, Raymond Cross. Tu1262 Internal Locus of Control and Increased Self-Efficacy Are Associated With Higher Quality of Life in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Gastroenterology 04/2015; 148(4):S-841.
  11. Samantha Zullow, Mark H. Flasar, Deborah Greenberg, J. Kathleen Tracy, Ankur Rustgi, Raymond K. (2014). Cross. A health survey of gastroenterologist prescribing practices of adalimumab for treatment of Crohn's disease: Final results. Gastroenterology and Hepatology 10(8):503-509.Meiring, J.E., Laurens,
  12. Siamak Aram, Lauren Levy, Jigar B. Patel, Afrouz A. Anderson, Rachel Zaragoza, Hadis Dashtestani, Fatima A. Chowdhry, Amir Gandjbakhche, and J. Kathleen Tracy. (2019). The Iowa Gambling Task: A Review of the Historical Evolution, Scientific Basis, and Use in Functional Neuroimaging. Sage Open. 2019 July 2.
  13. M.B., Patel, P., Patel, P., Misiri, T., Simiyu, K., Mwakiseghile, F., Tracy, J.K., Masesa, C., Liang, Y., Henrion, M., Rotrosen, E., Gmeiner, M., Heyderman, R., Kotloff, K., Gordon, M.A., Neuzil, K.M. (2019). Typhoid Vaccine Acceleration Consortium Malawi: A Phase III, Randomized, Double-blind, Controlled Trial of the Clinical Efficacy of Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine Among Children in Blantyre, Malawi. Clin Infect Dis. 68(Supplement_2):S50-S58.