Positions

Selected Publications

Academic Article

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2023 Time to treatment initiation and its impact on real-world survival in metastatic colorectal cancer and pancreatic cancerCancer Medicine.  12:3488-3498. 2023
2022 Sex Differences in Airways at Chest CT: Results from the COPDGene CohortRadiology.  305:699-708. 2022
2022 Disparities in Healthcare Utilization: Superfund Site vs. Neighboring Comparison SiteInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.  19. 2022
2022 Willingness to participate in various nontherapeutic cancer research activities among urban and rural African American and Latinx healthy volunteersCancer Causes and Control.  33:1059-1069. 2022
2022 Healthcare Access in Rural Alabama: Patients' Perspective on Access and UtilizationSouthern Medical Journal.  115:414-419. 2022
2022 Latinx Immigrant Mothers’ Perceived Self-Efficacy and Intentions Regarding Human Papillomavirus Vaccination of Their DaughtersWomen's Health Issues.  32:293-300. 2022
2022 Fibrinogen mediates cadmium-induced macrophage activation and serves as a predictor of cadmium exposure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2022
2022 Video Telehealth Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Is Associated with Clinical Improvement Similar to Center-based Pulmonary RehabilitationAnnals of the American Thoracic Society.  19:332-335. 2022
2022 Local SARS-CoV-2 Peptide-Specific Immune Responses in Lungs of Convalescent and Uninfected Human Subjects. 2022
2022 Attitudes toward telemedicine among urban and rural residentsJournal of Telemedicine and Telecare2022
2021 Beyond words: Parental perceptions on human papilloma virus vaccination recommendations and its impact on uptakePreventive Medicine Reports.  24. 2021
2021 Correction to: Classical and lectin complement pathways and markers of inflammation for investigation of susceptibility to infections among healthy older adults (Immunity & Ageing, (2020), 17, 1, (18), 10.1186/s12979-020-00189-7)Immunity and Ageing.  18. 2021
2021 Dementia care in diverse older adults in the Deep South and the rest of the United StatesAlzheimer's and Dementia.  17:e054038. 2021
2021 Pneumococcal Antibody Function for Immunologic Evaluation: Normal Results in Older Adults, and a Novel Analytical Model for Vaccine ResponseJournal of Clinical Immunology.  41:1964-1968. 2021
2021 HLA-C and KIR permutations influence chronic obstructive pulmonary disease riskJCI Insight.  6. 2021
2021 Factors Associated with Perceived Susceptibility to COVID-19 Among Urban and Rural Adults in AlabamaJournal of Community Health.  46:932-941. 2021
2021 Mesenchymal stromal cell aging impairs the self-organizing capacity of lung alveolar epithelial stem cellseLife.  10. 2021
2021 Comparison of patient experience between primary care settings tailored for homeless clientele and mainstream care settingsMedical Care.  59:495-503. 2021
2021 Perceptions of care coordination among homeless veterans receiving medical care in the veterans health administration and community care settings results from a national surveyMedical Care.  59:504-512. 2021
2021 A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate a Community-Based Healthy Eating and Nutrition Label Interpretation Intervention Among Latinx Immigrant Mothers and Their DaughtersJournal of Community Health.  46:313-323. 2021
2021 Dementia Care in Diverse Older Adults in the U.S. Deep South and the Rest of the United StatesJournal of Alzheimer's Disease.  83:1753-1765. 2021
2021 Enhancing Primary Care Experiences for Homeless Patients with Serious Mental Illness: Results from a National SurveyJournal of Primary Care and Community Health.  12. 2021
2021 Willingness of latinx and African Americans to participate in nontherapeutic trials: It depends on who runs the research 2021
2020 Technical advance: The use of tree shrews as a model of pulmonary fibrosisPLoS One.  15. 2020
2020 Classical and lectin complement pathways and markers of inflammation for investigation of susceptibility to infections among healthy older adultsImmunity and Ageing.  17. 2020
2020 Classical and lectin complement pathways and markers of inflammation for investigation of susceptibility to infections among healthy older adults.Immunity and Ageing.  17:18. 2020
2020 HPV vaccine uptake among daughters of Latinx immigrant mothers: Findings from a cluster randomized controlled trial of a community-based, culturally relevant interventionVaccine.  38:4125-4134. 2020
2020 Prevalence of and Risk Factors Associated With Nonfatal Overdose Among Veterans Who Have Experienced HomelessnessJAMA Network Open.  3:e201190. 2020
2020 Glucose-Regulated Protein 78 Autoantibodies Are Associated with Carotid Atherosclerosis in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease PatientsImmunoHorizons.  4:108-118. 2020
2020 Factors influencing decline in quality of life in smokers without airflow obstruction: The COPDGene studyRespiratory Medicine.  161. 2020
2020 The association between social media use for health related information and compliance with breast and cervical cancer screenings. 2020
2020 The association of low income and high stress with acute care use in COPD patientsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.).  7:107-117. 2020
2020 The senescence-associated matricellular protein CCN1 in plasma of human subjects with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosisRespiratory Medicine.  161. 2020
2019 Decrements of body mass index are associated with poor outcomes of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patientsPLoS One.  14. 2019
2019 Cyclic O3 exposure synergizes with aging leading to memory impairment in male APOE ε3, but not APOE ε4, targeted replacement miceNeurobiology of Aging.  81:9-21. 2019
2019 The peak index: Spirometry metric for airflow obstruction severity and heterogeneityAnnals of the American Thoracic Society.  16:982-989. 2019
2019 Predicting outcome in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: Addition of fibrotic score at thin-section ct of the chest to gender, age, and physiology score improves the prediction model 2019
2018 Centrilobular emphysema and coronary artery calcification: Mediation analysis in the SPIROMICS cohortRespiratory Research.  19. 2018
2018 New Spirometry Indices for Detecting Mild Airflow ObstructionScientific Reports.  8. 2018
2018 Unique Lipid Signatures of Extracellular Vesicles from the Airways of AsthmaticsScientific Reports.  8. 2018
2018 Additive effects of obesity and loneliness on C-reactive proteinPLoS One.  13. 2018
2018 Habit formation intervention to prevent obesity in low-income preschoolers and their mothers: A randomized controlled trial protocolContemporary Clinical Trials.  70:88-98. 2018
2018 Smoking duration alone provides stronger risk estimates of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease than pack-yearsThorax.  73:414-421. 2018
2018 Paratracheal paraseptal emphysema and expiratory central airway collapse in smokersAnnals of the American Thoracic Society.  15:479-484. 2018
2017 The Effect of Knowledge of Consumers on Evaluation about Brand Extension Using a Sub-brandJournal of Business.  2:19-23. 2017
2017 Development of Participant-Informed Text Messages to Promote Physical Activity Among African American Women Attending College 2017
2017 Development of Participant-Informed Text Messages to Promote Physical Activity Among African American Women Attending College: A Qualitative Mixed-Methods InquiryJournal of Transcultural Nursing.  28:236-242. 2017
2017 Lung cancer specialist physicians' attitudes towards e-cigarettes: A nationwide surveyPLoS One.  12. 2017
2016 Demonstrating Diagnostic Error in the Care of Simulated Pediatric InpatientsMedical Science Educator.  26:623-629. 2016
2016 Web-Based Intervention for Transitioning Smokers From Inpatient to Outpatient Care: An RCT 2016
2016 Web-Based Intervention for Transitioning Smokers From Inpatient to Outpatient Care: An RCT.American Journal of Preventive Medicine.  51:620-629. 2016
2016 A bundled care approach to patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis improves transplant-free survival 2016
2016 A bundled care approach to patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis improves transplant-free survivalRespiratory Medicine.  115:33-38. 2016
2016 Results of a Culturally Adapted Internet-Enhanced Physical Activity Pilot Intervention for Overweight and Obese Young Adult African American WomenJournal of Transcultural Nursing.  27:136-146. 2016
2016 β-Blockers are associated with a reduction in COPD exacerbationsThorax.  71:8-14. 2016
2015 Differences in Electronic Cigarette Awareness, Use History, and Advertisement Exposure Between Black and White Hospitalized Cigarette SmokersJournal of Cancer Education.  30:648-654. 2015
2015 Comparison of clinicopathological features and treatment results between invasive lobular carcinoma and ductal carcinoma of the breastJournal of Breast Cancer.  18:285-290. 2015
2015 Consumer Preferences of Emotional Design Factors in Evaluating Utilitarian versus Hedonic Products 2015
2014 Radiological correlates and clinical implications of the paradoxical lung function response to β2 agonists: An observational study 2014
2014 PRS46 Resources For Implementing Transition2quit, A Smoking Cessation Intervention For Hospitalized SmokersValue in Health.  17:a177. 2014
2014 Electronic cigarette awareness, use history, and expected future use among hospitalized cigarette smokersNicotine and Tobacco Research.  16:1512-1517. 2014
2014 FEV1/FEV6to diagnose airflow obstruction: Comparisons with computed tomography and morbidity indicesAnnals of the American Thoracic Society.  11:335-341. 2014
2014 Performance Evaluation of Multivariate SPC for Monitoring Batch Processes 2014
2013 Effects of therapeutic goal management (TGM) on treatment attendance and drug abstinence among men with co-occurring substance use and axis i mental disorders who are homeless: Results of the Birmingham EARTH programAddiction Science and Clinical Practice.  8. 2013
2013 Addressing the unexpected: Lessons learned from a randomized controlled trial conducted in partnership with a low- income, rural communityJournal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved.  24:1624-1635. 2013
2013 Gender differences in colon cancer treatmentJournal of Women's Health.  22:344-351. 2013
2012 Vaccine-induced CD8+ T cells control AIDS virus replicationNature.  491:129-133. 2012
2012 The Effects of Design Attributes on Product Life Cycle in Product Design 2012
2012 'Too much trouble for what I get out of it': Acceptability of cancer screening tests among low-income rural men and women in the Deep SouthPublic Health.  126:64-66. 2012
2011 STEPS outpatient program improves alcohol treatment outcomes in Ukrainian regional narcologic dispensaryAddictive Disorders and Their Treatment.  10:6-13. 2011
2011 Surgical factors affecting return of renal function after partial nephrectomyGeriatric Nephrology and Urology.  43:131-137. 2011
2011 Characteristics of multivariate time series and review for clustering methods 2011
2011 Medication adherence among rural, low-income hypertensive adults: A randomized trial of a multimedia community-based interventionAmerican Journal of Health Promotion.  25:372-378. 2011
2011 Performance evaluation of forecasting models for demand of ductile pipe 2011
2011 Simple statistical test for synergy effect on combined use of promotions 2011
2010 Taking less than prescribed: Medication nonadherence and provider-patient relationships in lower-income, rural minority adults with hypertensionJournal of the CardioMetabolic Syndrome.  12:706-713. 2010
2010 Multivariate SPC for recipe preservation of batch processesQuality and Reliability Engineering International.  26:267-277. 2010
2010 Alcohol consumption in young adults and incident hypertension: 20-year follow-up from the coronary artery risk development in young adults studyAmerican Journal of Epidemiology.  171:532-539. 2010
2010 Less-than-standard treatment in rectal cancer patients: Which patients are at risk?Journal of the National Medical Association.  102:190-198. 2010
2010 Treatment for older prostate cancer patients: Disparities in a southern stateMedical Care.  48:915-922. 2010
2009 The relationship between computerized physician order entry and pediatric adverse drug events: A nested matched case-control studyPharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety.  18:751-755. 2009
2009 Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are associated with an increased risk of secondary vertebral compression fractures: A population-based cohort studyOsteoporosis International.  20:819-826. 2009
2009 Statistical process control and more about multi-way principal component analysis 2009
2008 Online monitoring of machine operations by neural network 2008
2008 Relationship of health behavior theories with self-efficacy among insufficiently active hypertensive African-American womenPatient Education and Counseling.  72:137-145. 2008
2007 Burden of comorbid medical conditions and quality of diabetes careDiabetes reviews (Alexandria, Va.).  30:2999-3004. 2007
2007 Characteristics of insufficiently active hypertensive black women who volunteer to be in a physical activity promotion intervention: An application of social cognitive theory and the transtheoretical model 2007
2006 Osteoporosis in the home health care setting: A window of opportunity?Arthritis and Rheumatism.  55:971-975. 2006

Research Overview

  • -Statistical Processes Control
    -Time Series Analysis
    -Multi-way Principal Component Analysis
  • Investigator On

  • A Pathogenic Smoke Associated Neutrophilic Exosomal Pathway  awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Active - Biostatistics and Bioinformatics - Comprehensive Cancer Center Core Support Grant  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Active - Self-Collection & HPV Testing in Unscreened Women: A Feasibility Study in Brazil - Comprehensive Cancer Center Core Support Grant  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Adaptation and Evaluation of a Culturally- and Gender-Relevant Tobacco Cessation Among Women in Brazil: An Integrated mHealth Approach  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Bromodomain-Containing Protein 4 in Profibrotic Gene Expression and Lung Fibrosis  awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • CITY Health II - The Center for the Study of Community Health  awarded by National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promo./CDC/DHHS
  • COMPLETED - Obesity Health Disparities Research Center (OHDRC) - Leveraging Ongoing Home Visitation Programs to Address Obesity Disparities Among Underserved, Low-Income Mothers  awarded by NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES/NIH/DHHS
  • Comprehensive Cancer Center Core Support Grant  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Comprehensive Cancer Center Core Support Grant  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Comprehensive Cancer Center Core Support Grant  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Comprehensive Cancer Center Core Support Grant  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Comprehensive Cancer Center Core Support Grant  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Comprehensive Cancer Center Core Support Grant - Cancer Prevention and Control in Rural Alabama: Development of a Participatory and Integrated Action Plan  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Comprehensive Cancer Center Core Support Grant - Cancer Prevention and Control in Rural Alabama: Development of a Participatory and Integrated Action Plan 2.0  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Comprehensive Cancer Center Core Support Grant - Cancer Prevention and Control in Rural Alabama: Development of a Participatory and Integrated Action Plan 2.0  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Comprehensive Cancer Center Core Support Grant - Prevalence and Genotype Distribution of Cervical and Oral HPV Infection in HIV+Brazilian Women  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Comprehensive Cancer Center Core Support Grant - Self-Collection & HPV Testing in Unscreened Women: A Feasibility Study in Brazil  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Coronary Artery Risk Development In Young Adults (CARDIA) Study -Birmingham Field Center  awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Coronary Artery Risk Development In Young Adults (CARDIA) Study -Birmingham Field Center  awarded by NIH - National Institutes of Health/DHHS
  • Coronary Artery Risk Development In Young Adults (CARDIA) Study-Coordinating Center  awarded by NIH - National Institutes of Health/DHHS
  • Coronary Artery Risk Development In Young Adults (CARDIA) Study-Coordinating Center  awarded by NIH - National Institutes of Health/DHHS
  • Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study - Birmingham, Alabama Field Center  awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study - Coordinating Center  awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Deep Learning and Fluid Dynamics Based Phenotyping of Expiratory Central Airway Collapse  awarded by National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering/NIH/DHHS
  • Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Smoking Cessation Intervention Tailored to Rural Young Adult African American Men: Toward Scalability  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Tobacco Cessation Intervention Tailored to Patients Living with HIV (PLWH) in Brazil: A Feasibility Study  awarded by National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS
  • EMPaCT: Phase II  awarded by University of Minnesota
  • Environmental Cadmium and COPD  awarded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/NIH/DHHS
  • FIT HARRT (Fitness with Technology - Heart Risk Factor Reduction Tool): Walking, CVD Risk Factors and Young Black Women  awarded by American Heart Association
  • Impact of Airborne Heavy Metals on Lung Disease and the Environment  awarded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/NIH/DHHS
  • Impact of Airborne Heavy Metals on Lung Diseases & the Environment - Data Management and Analysis - Core B  awarded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/NIH/DHHS
  • Impaired Pneumococcal Antibody Function and Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease  awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Longitudinal Studies of Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors in Young Adults (CARDIA) - Coordinating Center  awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Longitudinal Studies of Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors in Young Adults-CARDIA-Field Center (Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study-Field Center and Study Follow-Up Field Center)  awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Lung Macrophage Metabolic Reprogramming in Asbestos-Induced Toxicity  awarded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/NIH/DHHS
  • Mechanosignaling Regulates Macrophage Immunometabolism  awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Modeling Dynamic Immune Cell Modulation in a 3-D Tissue Engineered Platform to Enhance Patient-specific Immunotherapy for Lung Cancer  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Myeloid-Derived Regulatory Cells in Asthma  awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • National Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center for African American Men's Health  awarded by NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES/NIH/DHHS
  • National Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center for African American Men's Health - Research Project I: Patient Navigation to Reduce Readmissions among Black Men with Heart Failure (NAVI-HF)  awarded by NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES/NIH/DHHS
  • Obesity Health Disparities Research Center (OHDRC)  awarded by NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES/NIH/DHHS
  • Obesity Health Disparities Research Center (OHDRC) - COVID-19 Testing Model among Vulnerable Populations: From Community Engagement to Follow-Up  awarded by NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES/NIH/DHHS
  • Obesity Health Disparities Research Center (OHDRC) - Investigating the Interconnection of Social Determinants of Health and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Care for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia of Older Adults in the Deep South and the Rest of the United States  awarded by NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES/NIH/DHHS
  • Obesity Health Disparities Research Center (OHDRC) - Research Project 2 - Leveraging Ongoing Home Visitation Programs to Address Obesity Disparities Among Underserved, Low-Income Mothers  awarded by NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES/NIH/DHHS
  • Reducing Ethical and Social Prejudicial Effects of COVID-19 Testing in Underserved Populations (RESPECT-UP)  awarded by NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES/NIH/DHHS
  • Silent Zones of Lung Disease in COPD  awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Structural Determinants of Disease Progression in COPD  awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Therapeutic Targeting of the Myofibroblast in Fibrotic Lung Disease  awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Therapeutic Targeting of the Myofibroblast in Fibrotic Lung Disease  awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Therapeutic Targeting of the Myofibroblast in Fibrotic Lung Disease  awarded by TULANE UNIVERSITY
  • Therapeutic Targeting of the Myofibroblast in Fibrotic Lung Disease - Core A: Administrative and Biostatistical Core  awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Therapeutic Targeting of the Myofibroblast in Fibrotic Lung Disease: Core C - Clinical Core  awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Trial of Physical Activity Self-Management Intervention for Patients with COPD  awarded by UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER (TYLER)
  • UAB Mentoring Program In COPD Patient Oriented Research  awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • UAB Nutrition Obesity Research Center  awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS
  • UAB Nutrition Obesity Research Center - NORC Core D - Biostatistics Core  awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS
  • Web-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention: Transition from Inpatient to Outpatient  awarded by National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS
  • Web-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention: Transition from Inpatient to Outpatient  awarded by National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS
  • Education And Training

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Statistics, University of Alabama 2006
  • Master of Sciences or Mathematics in Statistics, University of Alabama 2003
  • Master of Arts in Economics, University of Alabama 2001
  • Bachelor's Level Degree in Research and Development Management, Wonkwang University 1999
  • Full Name

  • Young-il Kim
  • Fax

  • 205-934-4262