2019 Publications

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

  1. Baker-Henningham H, Francis T (2018) Parents' use of harsh punishment and young children’s behaviour and academic achievement in Jamaica A longitudinal study of Jamaican children with conduct problems. Global Mental Health 5: e32. https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2018.21

  2. Baker-Henningham H, Scott Y, Bowers M, Francis T (2019) Evaluation of a violence-prevention programme with Jamaican primary school teachers: A cluster randomised trial. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16: 2797. Doi:10.3390/ijerph16152797.

  3. Benn EKT, Deshpande R, Dotson-Newman O, Gordon S, Scott M, Amarasiriwardena C, Khan IA, Wang YH, Alexis A, Kaufman B, Moran H, Wen C, Charles CAD, Younger NOM, Mohamed N, Liu B. Skin Bleaching Among African and Afro-Caribbean Women in New York City: Primary Findings from a P30 Pilot Study. Dermatol Ther (Heidelb). 2019 Jun;9(2):355-367. doi: 10.1007/s13555-019-0297-y. Epub 2019 Apr 24. PubMed PMID: 31020513; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6522580.

  4. Blackman E, Ashing K, Gibbs D, Kuo YM, Andrews A, Ramakodi M, Devarajan K, Bucci J, Jean-Louis G, Richards-Waritay O, Wilson B, Bowen C, Edi E, Tolbert V, Noumbissi R, Cabral DN, Oliver J, Roberts R, Tulloch-Reid M, Ragin C. The Cancer Prevention Project of Philadelphia: preliminary findings examining diversity among the African diaspora. Ethn Health. 2018 Nov 19:1-17. doi:10.1080/13557858.2018.1548695. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30453751; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6526085.

  5. Brown CR, Hambleton I, Hercules SM, Unwin N, Murphy MM, Nigel Harris E, Wilks, R. MacLeish, M. Sullivan, L. Sobers-Grannum, N. The U.S. Caribbean Alliance for Health Disparities Research Group (USCAHDR). Social determinants of prostate cancer in the Caribbean: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Public Health. 2018;18(1):900. (Ferguson TS, Bennett N, Younger-Coleman N – members of U.S. Caribbean Alliance for Health Disparities Research Group [USCAHDR]).

  6. Cunningham-Myrie CA, Mabile E, Govia I, Younger NO, Tulloch-Reid MK, McFarlane S, Francis D, Gordon-Strachan G, Wilks R, Greene LG, Lyew-Ayee P, Theall KP. Neighbourhood characteristics and cumulative biological risk: evidence from the Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Survey 2008: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2018 Dec 14;8(12):e021952. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021952. PubMed PMID: 30552247; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6303643.

  7. Daya M, Rafaels N, Brunetti TM, Chavan S, Levin AM, Shetty A, Gignoux CR, Boorgula MP, Wojcik G, Campbell M, Vergara C, Torgerson DG, Ortega VE, Doumatey A, Johnston HR, Acevedo N, Araujo MI, Avila PC, Belbin G, Bleecker E, Bustamante C, Caraballo L, Cruz A, Dunston GM, Eng C, Faruque MU, Ferguson TS, Figueiredo C, Ford JG, Gan W, Gourraud PA, Hansel NN, Hernandez RD, Herrera-Paz EF, Jiménez S, Kenny EE, Knight-Madden J, Kumar R, Lange LA, Lange EM, Lizee A, Maul P, Maul T,

  8. Mayorga A, Meyers D, Nicolae DL, O'Connor TD, Oliveira RR, Olopade CO, Olopade O, Qin ZS, Rotimi C, Vince N, Watson H, Wilks RJ, Wilson JG, Salzberg S, Ober C, Burchard EG, Williams LK, Beaty TH, Taub MA, Ruczinski I, Mathias RA, Barnes KC; CAAPA. Association study in African-admixed populations across the Americas recapitulates asthma risk loci in non-African populations. Nat Commun. 2019 Feb 20;10(1):880. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-08469-7. Erratum in: Nat Commun. 2019 Sep 4;10(1):4082. PubMed PMID: 30787307; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6382865.

  9. Daya M, Rafaels N, Brunetti TM, Chavan S, Levin AM, Shetty A, Gignoux CR, Boorgula MP, Wojcik G, Campbell M, Vergara C, Torgerson DG, Ortega VE, Doumatey A, Johnston HR, Acevedo N, Araujo MI, Avila PC, Belbin G, Bleecker E, Bustamante C, Caraballo L, Cruz A, Dunston GM, Eng C, Faruque MU, Ferguson TS, Figueiredo C, Ford JG, Gan W, Gourraud PA, Hansel NN, Hernandez RD, Herrera-Paz EF, Jiménez S, Kenny EE, Knight-Madden J, Kumar R, Lange LA, Lange EM, Lizee A, Maul P, Maul T, Mayorga A, Meyers D, Nicolae DL, O'Connor TD, Oliveira RR, Olopade CO, Olopade O, Qin ZS, Rotimi C, Vince N, Watson H, Wilks RJ, Wilson JG, Salzberg S, Ober C, Burchard EG, Williams LK, Beaty TH, Taub MA, Ruczinski I, Mathias RA, Barnes KC; CAAPA. Author Correction: Association study in African-admixed populations across the Americas recapitulates asthma risk loci in non-African populations. Nat Commun. 2019 Sep 4;10(1):4082. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-12158-w. PubMed PMID: 31484942; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6726619.

  10. East J, Ferguson T, Newnham M, Titus I, Vickers I, Brown H. Guidelines on Management of the Patient with Diabetic Foot Infection. West Indian Med J. 2019; 68 (Suppl. 1): 18-26. DOI: 10.7727/wimj.2018.194 Available at: https://www.mona.uwi.edu/fms/wimj/article/3902

  11. Lincoln KD, Ailshire J, Nguyen A, Taylor RJ, Govia I, Ifatunji MA. Profiles of sleep and depression risk among Caribbean Blacks. Ethn Health. 2019 May 28:1-19. doi:10.1080/13557858.2019.1620179. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31137946.

  12. Murray AJ, Kaiser D, Valdebenito S, Hughes C, Baban A, Fernando AD, Madrid B, Ward CL, Osafo J, Dunne M, Sikander S, Walker S, Van Thang V, Tomlinson M, Eisner M. (2018) The Intergenerational Effects of Intimate Partner Violence in Pregnancy: Mediating Pathways and Implications for Prevention. Trauma, Violence and Abuse DOI: 10.1177/1524838018813563 journals.sagepub.com/home/tva.

  13. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults. Nature. 2019 May;569(7755):260-264. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1171-x. Epub 2019 May 8. PubMed PMID: 31068725.

  14. Smith JA, Baker-Henningham H, Brentani A, Mugweni R, Walker SP. (2018) Implementation of Reach Up early childhood parenting program: acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility in Brazil and Zimbabwe. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1419:120-40.

  15. Smith JA, Rocke KD, Charles SM, Chang SM, Wright AS, Walker SP, Taveras EM, Tulloch-Reid MK. The role of fathers in overweight prevention: an analysis of a Caribbean cohort. Glob Health Epidemiol Genom. 2018 Aug 28;3:e15. doi:10.1017/gheg.2018.12. eCollection 2018. PubMed PMID: 30263139; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6152493.

  16. Marshall K, Howell S, Badaloo A, Reid M, McFarlane-Anderson N, McKenzie C. Exploring putative genetic determinants of inter-individual phenotypic heterogeneity in sickle cell disease: A cross-sectional Jamaican cohort-based study. Blood Cells Mol Dis. 2018; 73:1-8.

  17. Bourdon C, Lelijveld N, Thompson D, Dalvi PS, Gonzales GB, Wang D, Alipour M, Wine E, Chimwezi E, Wells JC, Kerac M, Bandsma R, Nyirenda MJ. Metabolomics in plasma of Malawian children 7years after surviving severe acute malnutrition: "ChroSAM" a cohort study. EBioMedicine. 2019; 45:464-72.

  18. Debbie S. Thompson, Ingrid A. Tennant, Deanne P. Soares, Clive Osmond, Chris D. Byrne, Terrence E. Forrester, Michael S. Boyne. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in non-obese subjects of African origin has atypical metabolic characteristics. Journal of the Endocrine Society, js.2019-00138, https://doi.org/10.1210/js.2019-00138.

  19. Cunningham-Myrie CA, Royal-Thomas TYN, Bailey AE, Gustat J, Theall KP, Harrison JE, Reid ME. Use of a public park for physical activity in the Caribbean: evidence from a mixed methods study in Jamaica. BMC Public Health. 2019; 19(1):894.

  20. Leake PA, Toppin P, Reid M, Plummer J, Roberts P, Harding-Goldson H, McFarlane M. Improving patient outcomes with inguinal hernioplasty-local anaesthesia versus local anaesthesia and conscious sedation: a randomized controlled trial. Hernia. 2019; 23(3):561-7.

  21. Reid M. Primary Health Care: Current and Future Models for the Caribbean. West Indian Medical Journal. 2019; Vol 68 (Suppl. 1): Caribbean Public Health Agency (2019) (Suppl 1):1.

  22. Reid ME. Hydroxyurea for Primary Stroke Prevention: The time draweth nigh. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2019; 66(3):e27536.

  23. Taylor-Bryan CR, Badaloo AV, Boyne MS, Osmond C, Forrester TE. The association of early life factors with body composition in peripubertal Jamaican children. Vol 67, Issue 5:2018: Special Issue Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of The University of the West Indies. Published 31 December, 2018 DOI: 10.7727/wimj.2018.166

  24. Rankine-Mullings Angela E., Serjeant Graham, Ramsay Zachary, Hanchard Neil A., Asnani Monika The additional genetic diagnosis of homozygous sickle cell disease in a patient with Waardenburg-Shah syndrome: a case report.

  25. Knight-Madden, J. Sickle Cell Disease: The approach in Jamaica in 2018. Ophthalmological Society of Jamaica 8th Annual Conference. West Indian Med J. 2018; 67 (Suppl.1): O-10

  26. Barton-Gooden A, Grindley M, Knight Madden J, Asnani M. Gender differences in knowledge and quality of life of adolescents with sickle cell disease. Psychology, Health & Medicine October 15, 2018. DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2018.1533985. (Impact factor: 1.603)

  27. Rankine-Mulling A, Serjeant G, Ramsay Z, Hanchard N, Asnani M. The Co-occurrence Association of Waardenburg Syndrome with Homozygous Sickle Cell Disease. BMC Medical Case Reports. 2019;13(1):10. doi: 10.1186/s13256-018-1953-z. (Impact factor: 0.58)

  28. Knight-Madden J, Lee K, Elana G, Elenga N, Marcheco-Teruel B, Keshi N, Etienne-Julan M, King L, Asnani M, Romana M, Hardy-Dessources MD for the CAREST network. Newborn screening for Sickle Cell disease in the Caribbean: an update of the present situation and of the disease prevalence. International Journal of Neonatal Screening. Jan 2019, 5(1), 5; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijns5010005 . (2018 CiteScore: 1.07)

  29. Asnani MR, Francis DK, Brandow AM, Hammond Gabbadon CEO, Ali A. Interventions for treating neuropathic pain in people with sickle cell disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2019, Issue 7. Published July 5, 2019. Art. No.: CD012943. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD012943.pub2. (Impact factor: 7.755)

  30. Sherman RM, Forman J, Antonescu V, Puiu D, Daya M, Rafaels N, Boorgula MP, Chavan S, Vergara C, Ortega VE, Levin AM, Eng C, Yazdanbakhsh M, Wilson JG, Marrugo J, Lange LA, Williams LK, Watson H, Ware LB, Olopade CO, Olopade O, Oliveira RR, Ober C, Nicolae DL, Meyers DA, Mayorga A, Knight-Madden J, Hartert T, Hansel NN, Foreman MG, Ford JG, Faruque MU, Dunston GM, Caraballo L, Burchard EG, Bleecker ER, Araujo MI, Herrera-Paz EF, Campbell M, Foster C, Taub MA, Beaty TH, Ruczinski I, Mathias RA, Barnes KC, Salzberg SL. Assembly of a pan-genome from deep sequencing of 910 humans of African descent. Nat Genet. 2019 Jan;51 (1):30 35.

  31. Daya M, Rafaels N, Brunetti TM, Chavan S, Levin AM, Shetty A, Gignoux CR, Boorgula MP, Wojcik G, Campbell M, Vergara C, Torgerson DG, Ortega VE, Doumatey A, Johnston HR, Acevedo N, Araujo MI, Avila PC, Belbin G, Bleecker E, Bustamante C, Caraballo L, Cruz A, Dunston GM, Eng C, Faruque MU, Ferguson TS, Figueiredo C, Ford JG, Gan W, Gourraud PA, Hansel NN, Hernandez RD, Herrera-Paz EF, Jiménez S, Kenny EE, Knight-Madden J, Kumar R, Lange LA, Lange EM, Lizee A, Maul P, Maul T, Mayorga A, Meyers D, Nicolae DL, O'Connor TD, Oliveira RR, Olopade CO, Olopade O, Qin ZS, Rotimi C, Vince N, Watson H, Wilks RJ, Wilson JG, Salzberg S, Ober C, Burchard EG, Williams LK, Beaty TH, Taub MA, Ruczinski I, Mathias RA, Barnes KC; CAAPA. Association study in African-admixed populations across the Americas recapitulates asthma risk loci in non-African populations. Nat Commun. 2019 Feb 20;10 (1):880.

  32. Mowatt L, Ajanaku A, Knight-Madden J. Knowledge, beliefs and practices regarding sickle cell eye disease of patients at the sickle cell unit, Jamaica. Pan Afr Med J. 2019 Feb 19;32:84.

  33. Barton-Gooden A, Grindley M, Knight-Madden J, Asnani M. Gender influences on the health of adolescents with sickle cell disease. Psychol Health Med. 2019 Apr;24(4):470-480.

Papers Presented

  1. Stanton S, Thompson T, Ferguson T. Clinical Performance of the qSOFA Score Among Non-ICU Inpatients with Infection at a Tertiary Hospital in Jamaica from 2015 To 2016. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2018; ofy210; DOI 10.1093/ofid/ofy210. Available at: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210 Infectious Disease Society of America, October 3-7, 2018, San Francisco, USA

  2. Ferguson TS, Younger-Coleman NO, Tulloch-Reid MK, Govia I, McKenzie JA, Bennett NR, McFarlane SR, Francis DK, Webster-Kerr K, Grant A, Davidson T, Wilks RJ, Williams DR. Prevalence of ideal cardiovascular health and its components in urban Jamaica: The Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Survey 2016‒2017. West Indian Med J 2018; 67 (Suppl. 4): Faculty of Medical Sciences Annual Research Conference Annual Research Conference November 8-9, 2018, Kingston, Jamaica

  3. Ferguson TS, Younger-Coleman NOM, Mullings JA, Francis DK, Greene L-G, Lyew-Ayee P, Wilks RJ. Neighbourhood Socioeconomic Status Inversely Associated With Blood Pressure Among Afro-Caribbean Youth (Abstract 11598). Circulation. 2018;138(Suppl_1):A11598-A. Available at: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circ.138.suppl_1.11598 American Heart Association Annual Session, November 10-14, 2018, Chicago, USA

  4. Walker SP. Reach Up an early childhood parenting programme. Ako Para sa Bata (I am for the child) Conference, Manila, Philippines November 19-20, 2018.

  5. Chang SM. Lessons from the expansion of the Reach Up Early Childhood Parenting Programme. 6th International Conference on Poverty Reduction and Child Development, November 5-6 2018, Beijing, China

  6. Chang SM. Home Visiting Studies in Early Childhood in Jamaica. Conference on Home Visiting in Comparative Perspective, June 27-28, 2019 – Beijing, China

  7. Tulloch-Reid MK. Identifying new partners in our approach to tacking the NCD epidemic NCD interventions Engaging the Church in Jamaica. Ministry of Health Annual Research Conference, Special Session: The Role of the Church in NCD Prevention, Kingston. Jamaica, November 22-23, 2018

  8. Govia IO. The Congregations Against Chronic Diseases (CONTACT) Study – overview and lessons learned. (10 minutes). Ministry of Health Annual Research Conference, Special Session: The Role of the Church in NCD Prevention, Kingston. Jamaica, November 22-23, 2018

  9. Dawkins Y, Lee M, Ferguson T, Mills M, Arthurs M, Donaldson K, Murphy T. Review of patients with inflammatory bowel disease at the university hospital of the West Indies between 1980-June 2018. American Journal of Gastroenterology 2019;114 (Suppl. 1): S20. DOI: 10.14309/01.ajg.0000578368.06770.5f Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Annual Meeting. December 12-15, 2019, Orlando, Florida

  10. Ferguson T. Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Survey 2016 - 2017: Prevalence of NCD Risk Factors and Cardiovascular Disease. Caribbean Institute of Nephrology Conference 11th Annual International Conference on Nephrology and Hypertension, January 18-19, 2019, Kingston, Jamaica

  11. Ferguson T. Social Determinants Hypertension: A Review of Studies from Jamaica. Caribbean Institute of Nephrology Conference 11th Annual International Conference on Nephrology and Hypertension, January 18-19, 2019, Kingston, Jamaica

  12. Nepaul DS, Ferguson FS, Younger-Coleman NO, Wilks RJ, Tulloch-Reid MK. A non-laboratory based score for detecting dysglycaemia in a predominantly black Caribbean Population. Endocrine Practice: April 2019, Vol. 25, No. Supplement 1, pp. 1-357. https://doi.org/10.4158/1934-2403-25.s1.1 American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE), Los Angeles, California, April 24-29, 2019

  13. Ferguson TS. Recent blood pressure treatment guidelines: Can we harmonize the Message? Jamaican Journal of Science and Technology 2019; 29 (Suppl. 4): 34-35 University Diabetes Outreach Project (UDOP), April 25-27, 2019, Runaway Bay, Jamaica

  14. McKenzie JA, Younger-Coleman NO, Tulloch-Reid MK, Govia I, Bennett NR, McFarlane SR, Walters R, Francis DK, Webster-Kerr K, Grant A, Davidson T, Wilks RJ, Williams DR, Ferguson TS. Community property value and ideal cardiovascular health: findings from urban participants in the Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Survey 2016–2017. West Indian Med J Vol 68 (Suppl 1)17-43. Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Port of Spain, Trinidad, June 20-22, 2019

  15. Bennett NR, Ferguson TS, Younger-Coleman NO, Tulloch-Reid MK, Cruickshank JK. Arterial stiffness in relation to birth characteristics in the Jamaican 1986 Birth Cohort. West Indian Med J Vol 68 (Suppl 1)17-43. Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Port of Spain, Trinidad, June 20-22, 2019

  16. Williamson GA, Rodrigo S, Ragin CC, Blackman E, Beck JR, Tulloch-Reid MK. An evaluation of regional cardiovascular disease and cancer research needs using conference abstracts. West Indian Med J Vol 68 (Suppl 1)17-43. Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Port of Spain, Trinidad, June 20-22, 2019

  17. AV Badaloo, B Chambers O Brown. Use of deuterium dilution technique to assess sarcopenic obesity in urban Jamaican elderly. International Symposium on Understanding the Double Burden of Malnutrition for Effective Interventions. Vienna, Austria, 10–13 December 2018.

  18. AV Badaloo. Application of stable isotope techniques in nutrition (total body water & body composition, protein turnover, synthesis and oxidation, lipid kinetics, rates of synthesis of compounds, breast milk intake & total energy expenditure). IAEA-sub-regional training course for Caribbean islands on introduction to the use of stable isotopes in human nutrition studies: Jamaica, October 22, 2018.

  19. AV Badaloo. Application of stable isotope techniques in nutrition. First Coordination Meeting on Nutrition Projects Using Nuclear Techniques in SIDS under the IAEA technical cooperation project INT0093, "Applying Nuclear Science and Technology in Small Island Developing States in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals and the SAMOA Pathway", Austria, Vienna, December, 10 ‒ 14, 2018.

  20. B Chambers, AV Badaloo, M Reid, O Brown, L Wilson. The association of lean body mass and muscle strength with co-morbidities in elderly urban Jamaicans. West Indian Medical Journal. 2019; Vol 68 (Suppl. 1): Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Port of Spain, Trinidad, June 20-22, 2019.

  21. CR Taylor-Bryan, AV Badaloo, MS Boyne, C Osmond, TE Forrester. The association of early life factors with bone mass in Jamaican adolescent children. West Indian Medical Journal. 2019; Vol 68 (Suppl. 1): Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Port of Spain, Trinidad, June 20-22, 2019

  22. Debbie Thompson. Metabolic profiles of adult survivors of severe acute malnutrition. IAEA Symposium on the Double Burden of Malnutrition. December 10-13, 2018. Vienna, Austria.

  23. DJ Thomas, SM Howell, AV Badaloo, ME Reid. Measurement of plasma volume in childhood severe acute malnutrition: a comparison of two methods of calculation using Evan’s Blue technique. West Indian Medical Journal. 2019; Vol 68 (Suppl. 1): Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Port of Spain, Trinidad, June 20-22, 2019.

  24. G Junor, M Reid, A Badaloo. Effect of β-hydroxy-β-methyl butyrate supplementation in conjunction with resistance exercise on muscle strength, protein metabolism and body composition in underweight adults with sickle cell anaemia. West Indian Medical Journal. 2019;Vol 68 (Suppl. 1): Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Port of Spain, Trinidad, June 20-22, 2019

  25. K Marshall "Establishing a CAIHR-based biospecimen repository core". Oral presentation delivered at the CRCRE Annual Scientific Retreat, The University of the West Indies, Mona, April 9, 2019

  26. PD Jackson, FE Morris, ME Reid. Communication channels influence on parental attitudes towards nutrition of children with disabilities. West Indian Medical Journal. 2019; Vol 68 (Suppl. 1): Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Port of Spain, Trinidad, June 20-22, 2019

  27. R Gobin, O Perreira, S Goberdhan, M Sharma, M Ramdeen, A Cort, D VanVeen, T Thomas, S MacFarlane, I Govia, M Rambaran, R Emmanuel,R Nasiro, A Abdulkadri, T Palmer, J Sandall,L Poston, U Read, TA Samuels, R Wilks, KCruickshank, S Harding. Strengthening Guyana’s primary healthcare system: use of participatory methods to prepare for a community-based, task-shifting intervention in the CONgregations Taking ACTion against NCDs (CONTACT) Study. West Indian Medical Journal. 2019; Vol 68 (Suppl. 1): Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Port of Spain, Trinidad, June 20-22, 2019

  28. Marvin Reid. Hydroxyurea and Stroke: The Jamaican Experience. The Caribbean Association of Researchers of Sickle Disease and Thalassemia, 5th Caribbean Conference on Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassemia. October 2019. French Guiana

  29. Marvin Reid. Treatment of Sickle Cell Anemia in the Caribbean. American Society of Hematology Meeting. December 2018. San Diego.

  30. S McFarlane, R Wilks, K Webster-Kerr, N Younger-Coleman, G Gordon-Strachan. Mental health in the Jamaican population – results of the Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Survey. West Indian Medical Journal. 2019; Vol 68 (Suppl. 1): Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Port of Spain, Trinidad, June 20-22, 2019

  31. S McFarlane, Smart Health Futures 2030: Towards a Compassionate Cancer Care Ecosystem in the Caribbean, A reality? Hampton University's 1st Annual Caribbean Health Disparities Conference and the 24th Annual School of Science Research Symposium, April 2019, Virginia, USA

  32. S McFarlane, Science of Cannabis; 'Medical Cannabis: The Way Forward', Inaugural Conference, April 2018, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kingston, Jamaica

  33. James K, Asnani M, George K. Patient’s Perspective: Hydroxyurea Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease. Poster presentation at Vth Caribbean Congress on SCD. Held French Guiana, October 24-26, 2018.

  34. Blake A, Guthrie-Dixon N, Grindley M, Barton-Gooden A, Knight-Madden J, Asnani M. Levels of agreement between adolescents’ self-assessment and parent proxy report of health-related quality of life in adolescents with sickle cell disease. Oral presentation at 27th Annual Research Conference of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, UWI, Mona, Kingston-7, Jamaica. November 8-9, 2018.

  35. Asnani V, Black K, Harris J, Knight-Madden J, Asnani M. Use of the daycare ward for management of acute complications of sickle cell disease: a retrospective review. Poster presentation at 27th Annual Research Conference of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, UWI, Mona, Kingston-7, Jamaica. November 8-9, 2018.

  36. Bulgin D, Tanabe P, Asnani M, Douglas C. Health Related Stigma and Quality of Life in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease in Jamaica. Poster presentation at American Society of Hematology 60th ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition, December 1-4, 2018, San Diego, CA, USA.

  37. Malik P, Grimley M, Quinn C, Shova A, Little C, Lutzko C, Loo H, Grassman E, Nordling D, Shreshta A, Felker S, Mehta P, Chandra S, Bushman FD, Kalinyak K, Davies S, Knight-Madden J, Asnani M. Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Anemia Using a Gamma Globin Expressing Lentivirus Vector and Reduced Intensity Conditioning Transplant Results in Successful Correction of Disease Phenotype. Oral presentation at American Society of Hematology 60th ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition, December 1-4, 2018, San Diego, CA, USA.

  38. Knight-Madden J. A Case from Jamaica: A Pulmonologist’s Approach to SCD in Low-resource Settings. American Thoracic Society, Dallas, May 2019.

  39. M. Asnani, Knight-Madden J. Review of newborn screening for sickle cell disease in the Anglophone Caribbean. Vth Caribbean Congress on SCD. Held French Guiana, October 24-26, 2018.

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