Objective Juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (JIIM) are rare, chronic autoimmune
muscle diseases of childhood, with the potential for significant morbidity. Data on long-term …

Advance care planning for persons with chronic kidney disease is under-utilized despite
evidence it can improve care at the end of life. Motivational interviewing and Stages of Change …

Background Drug resistance limits options for antiretroviral therapy (ART) and results in
poorer health outcomes among HIV-infected persons. We sought to characterize resistance …

Rationale & Objective Although guidelines recommend more and earlier advance care
planning (ACP) for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), scant evidence exists to guide …

Results One center dropped out due to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Among the
remaining nine centers, 20%(273 of 1395) of patients were identified as seriously ill …

Objectives: Violence and HIV/AIDS syndemic highly prevalent among women impairs HIV
prevention efforts. Prolonged exposure to violence results in physical trauma and …

To examine how to increase research career outcomes among medical graduates, we
analyzed the impact of the Research Scholarly Concentration at The George Washington …

Broader adoption of effective school-based obesity prevention interventions is critical to the
success of ongoing efforts to address the childhood obesity epidemic. School-level barriers …

Problem HIV/AIDS and sexual violence act synergistically and compromise women's health.
Yet, immuno‐biological mechanisms linking sexual violence and increased HIV …

Current care models for older patients with kidney failure in the United States do not
incorporate supportive care approaches. The absence of supportive care contributes to poor …