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• Velásquez EE, Kiang MV. Real-world management of opioid use disorder in primary care 2015–2019: associations between clinical practice attributes, diagnosis, and treatment. Critical Public Health. 2026 May 25;36(1). doi: 10.1080/09581596.2026.2676423. PubMed PMID: 42433393; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC13354046. [Open Access]
• Kiang MV, Li ZR, Wrigley-Field E, Raquib RV, Lundberg DJ, Paglino E, Huynh B, Bibbins-Domingo K, Glymour MM, Stokes AC. Applying machine learning to identify unrecognized COVID-19 deaths recorded as other causes of death in the United States. Science Advances. 2026 Mar 20;12(12):eaef5697. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aef5697. Epub 2026 Mar 18. PubMed PMID: 41849604; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12998511. [Open Access] [Code] [Data] [AP News] [CNN] [Fox] [NBC]
• Fattah M^†, Stoffel LA^†, Bubar KM, Bents SJ, Maldonado Y, Hotez PJ, Kiang MV^‡, Lo NC^‡. Trends in county-level childhood vaccination exemptions in the US. JAMA. 2026 Feb 10;335(6):546-549. doi: 10.1001/jama.2025.24407. PubMed PMID: 41533386; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12805488. ^†First authors contributed equally. ^‡Senior authors contributed equally. [Open Access] [Code] [Data] [NPR] [Washington Post] [KPBS] [Medical News Today]
• Elser HE^†, Kiang MV^†, Humphreys K, Zhang J. High-risk emergency department visits and risk of all-cause mortality, suicide, and fatal overdose among US military veterans. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2026 Jan 8;195(1):102-108. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwaf002. PubMed PMID: 39780412; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC13218352. ^†First authors contributed equally.
• Lo NC, Maldonado Y, Chu HY, Hotez PJ, Kiang MV. Modeling the health impact of discontinuing COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy in the US. JAMA Pediatrics. 2025 Dec 1;179(12):1353-1355. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.3561. PubMed PMID: 41021249; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12481355.
• Potter AL, Schlüter B-S, Alexander MJ, Yang CJ^‡, Kiang MV^‡. Youths experiencing parental death due to cancer. JAMA Network Open. 2025 Jul 1;8(7):e2519106. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.19106. PubMed PMID: 40622718; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12235492. ^‡Senior authors contributed equally. [Open Access] [Code] [Data]
• Kiang MV, Bubar KM, Maldonado Y, Hotez PJ, Lo NC. Modeling reemergence of vaccine-eliminated infectious diseases under declining vaccination in the US. JAMA. 2025 Jun 24;333(24):2176-2187. doi: 10.1001/jama.2025.6495. PubMed PMID: 40272967; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12022863. [Open Access] [Code] [Data] [ABC] [CBS] [CNN] [Los Angeles Times]
• Smith DA, Lavertu A, Salecha A, Hamamsy T, Humphreys K, Lembke A, Kiang MV, Altman RB, Eichstaedt JC. Monitoring the opioid epidemic via social media discussions. npj Digital Medicine. 2025 May 15;8(1):284. doi: 10.1038/s41746-025-01642-x. PubMed PMID: 40374984; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12081907. [Open Access] [Code] [Data] [The Conversation] [The Philadelphia Inquirer]
• Kiang MV, Humphreys K. Recent drug overdose mortality decline compared with pre-COVID-19 trend. JAMA Network Open. 2025 Feb 3;8(2):e2458090. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.58090. PubMed PMID: 39908021; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11800014. [Open Access] [Code] [Data]
• Kiang MV, Alexander MJ. Invited commentary: motivating better methods-and better data collection-for measuring the prevalence of drug misuse. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2025 Jan 8;194(1):12-16. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwae156. PubMed PMID: 38932578; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11735954. [Open Access]
• Geldsetzer P, Fridljand D, Kiang MV, Bendavid E, Heft-Neal S, Burke M, Thieme AH, Benmarhnia T. Disparities in air pollution attributable mortality in the US population by race/ethnicity and sociodemographic factors. Nature Medicine. 2024 Oct 1;30(10):2821-2829. doi: 10.1038/s41591-024-03117-0. Epub 2024 Jul 1. PubMed PMID: 38951636.
• Schlüter BS, Alburez-Gutierrez D, Bibbins-Domingo K, Alexander MJ^‡, Kiang MV^‡. Youth experiencing parental death due to drug poisoning and firearm violence in the US, 1999–2020. JAMA. 2024 May 28;331(20):1741-1747. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.8391. PubMed PMID: 38703404; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11070062. ^‡Senior authors contributed equally. [Open Access] [Code] [Data] [CNN] [Albany Herald] [Philadelphia Tribune] [US News]
• Huynh BQ, Chin ET, Kiang MV. Estimated childhood lead exposure from drinking water in Chicago. JAMA Pediatrics. 2024 May 1;178(5):473-479. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.0133. PubMed PMID: 38497944; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10949143. [Open Access] [Code] [Data] [ABC] [CBS] [CNN] [NBC]
• Huynh BQ, Chin ET, Koenecke A, Ouyang D, Ho DE, Kiang MV^‡, Rehkopf DH^‡. Mitigating allocative tradeoffs and harms in an environmental justice data tool. Nature Machine Intelligence. 2024 Feb 16. doi: 10.1038/s42256-024-00793-y. ^‡Senior authors contributed equally. [Open Access] [Code] [Data] [AP News] [San Francisco Chronicle] [CalMatters] [KPBS]
• Heft-Neal S, Gould CF, Childs ML, Kiang MV, Nadeau KC, Duggan M, Bendavid E, Burke M. Emergency department visits respond nonlinearly to wildfire smoke. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2023 Sep 26;120(39):e2302409120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2302409120. Epub 2023 Sep 18. PubMed PMID: 37722035; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10523589. [Open Access] [Code] [Data] [NPR] [CNET] [KPBS]
• Velásquez EE, Benmarhnia T, Casey JA, Aguilera R, Kiang MV. Quantifying exposure to wildfire smoke among schoolchildren in California, 2006 to 2021. JAMA Network Open. 2023 Apr 3;6(4):e235863. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.5863. PubMed PMID: 37017969; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10077104. [Open Access] [Code] [Data]
• Kiang MV, Carlasare LE, Thadaney Israni S, Norcini JJ, Zaman JAB, Bibbins-Domingo K. Excess mortality among US physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2023 Apr 1;183(4):374-376. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.6308. PubMed PMID: 36745424; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10071333. [Open Access] [Code] [ABC] [MedPage Today] [Medscape] [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
• Aschmann HE^†, Riley AR^†, Chen R, Chen Y-H, Bibbins-Domingo K, Stokes AC, Glymour MM, Kiang MV. Dynamics of racial disparities in all-cause mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2022 Oct 4;119(40):e2210941119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2210941119. Epub 2022 Sep 20. PubMed PMID: 36126098; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9546535. ^†First authors contributed equally. [Open Access] [Code] [Data] [Scientific American] [The Medical News]
• Chen R, Aschmann HE, Chen Y-H, Glymour MM, Bibbins-Domingo K, Stokes AC, Kiang MV. Racial and ethnic disparities in estimated excess mortality from external causes in the US, March to December 2020. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2022 Jul 1;182(7):776-778. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.1461. PubMed PMID: 35532918; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9086931. [Open Access] [Code] [Data]
• Kiang MV, Acosta RJ, Chen Y-H, Matthay EC, Tsai AC, Basu S, Glymour MM, Bibbins-Domingo K, Humphreys K^‡, Arthur KN^‡. Sociodemographic and geographic disparities in excess fatal drug overdoses during the COVID-19 pandemic in California: a population-based study. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas. 2022 Jul 1;11:100237. doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2022.100237. Epub 2022 Mar 19. PubMed PMID: 35342895; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8934030. ^‡Senior authors contributed equally. [Open Access] [Code]