Publications

2025

Sharma, P., Kaushik, M. ., Ali, S. H., Bacong, A. M. ., Srinivasan, M., & Wang, N. E. (2025). How We Live: Characteristics of Multigenerational Households among Asian Americans (2006-2018). Journal of Asian Health, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.59448/jah.v5i1.66

Tivakaran, S. J., Raghu, J. L., Leung, J. C. K., Tong, K. S., Panyanouvong, N. L., Javier, C., Jiang, S. F., Uy, L.A.V., Jamal, A., Srinivasan, M., Rajeshuni, N., Kim, G. S., Huang, R. J., Palaniappan, L., & Velotta, J. B. (2025). Lung Cancer Screening Disparities in Asian American Subgroups in a Large Integrated Health System. The American surgeon. https://doi.org/10.1177/00031348251353073

Thakkar, Z., Khan, M., Wu, Y., Qi, X., Hung, G., Kikuta, N., Jamal, A., Bacong, A., Kim, K., Kim, G., Palaniappan, L., Srinivasan, M., Huang, R. (2025). Disaggregated Colorectal Cancer Mortality among Asian American Subgroups between 2005 and 2020. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-24-1688

Thakkar, Z., Wu, Y., Khan, M., Qi, X., Hung, G., Kikuta, N., Jamal, A., Srinivasan, M., Huang, R., Kim, K., Kim, G., Palaniappan, L., Bacong, A. (2025). Evaluating the Reliability and Robustness of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in Cardiometabolic Disease in NHANES, NHIS, and BRFSS (2015–2021). Journal of the American Heart Association. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.124.040029

Zhang, A., Neha Soogoor, Crowther, T., Vohra, S., Jamal, A., Srinivasan, M., Kim, G., Kim, K., Palaniappan, L., Huang, R., & Eggert, L. E. (2025). Disparities in Adult Asthma Outcomes Among Disaggregated Data Among Asian Americans in the National Health Interview Survey. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Global, 4(3), 100458–100458. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacig.2025.100458 ‌

2024

Bacong, A.M., Chu, R., Le, A., Bui, V., Wang, N.E., & Palaniappan, L.P. (2024). Increased COVID-19 mortality among immigrants compared with US-born individuals: A cross-sectional analysis of 2020 mortality data. Public Health, 231, 173-178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2024.03.016

Chen, M., Bacong, A. M., Feng, C., Kikuta, N. T., Datir, R. R., Chen, S., Srinivasan, M., Camargo, C. A., Palaniappan, L., & Arroyo, A. C. (2024). Asthma heterogeneity among Asian American children. Annals of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology, 132(3), 368-373.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anai.2023.10.030

Chhoa, D., Khay, N., Young, J., Srinivasan, M., & Wang, N. E. (2024). How We Feel: COVID-19 Pandemic Experiences Among Intergenerational Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese Americans in San Francisco. Journal of Asian Health, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.59448/jah.v4i2.58

Chu, R., Sarnala, S., Doan, T., Cheng, T., Chen, A. W., Jamal, A., Kim, G., Huang, R., Srinivasan, M., Palaniappan, L., & Gross, E. R. (2024). COVID-19 pandemic impact on opioid overdose deaths among racial groups within the United States: an observational cross-sectional study. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 132(1), 201–204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2023.10.024

Chu, R.V., Sarnala, S., Doan, T.V., Jamal, A., Phadke, A., So, S., So, R., Pham, H., Chaudhary, J., Huang, R., Kim, G., Palaniappan, L., Kim, K., & Srinivasan, M. (2024). Feasibility and acceptability of universal adult screening for chronic hepatitis B in primary care clinics. AJPM Focus, 100240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.focus.2024.100240

Huang, N., Shankar, V., Rezler, Z., Vittal, R., Pachipala, K., Ali, S., Huang, R., Srinivasan, M., Palaniappan, L., & Long, J. (2024). The prevalence and risk factors for presarcopenia among young and middle-aged Asian Americans: A cross-sectional study using NHANES data. Journal of Asian Health, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.59448/jah.v4i1.51

Hung, G. A., Vohra, S., Kim, G., Jamal, A., Srinivasan, M., Huang, R. J., Kim, G., Palaniappan, L., & A. Dimitrios Colevas. (2024). Nasopharyngeal cancer mortality in disaggregated Asian and non‐Asian Americans. Head & Neck. https://doi.org/10.1002/hed.27857

Ih, D., Amaral, K., Shi, H., Jamal, A., Kikuta, N., Martin, G., Ren, L., Srinivasan, M., Palaniappan, L., & Geng, L. (2024). Improving the diagnosis of under-recognized, rare diseases in Asian populations: Systematic analysis of rare disease databases. Journal of Asian Health, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.59448/jah.v4i1.59

Jamal, A., & Vohra, S. (2024). Racial and ethnic trends in recommended vaccinations among US adults, National Health Interview Survey 2006–2021. Journal of Asian Health, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.59448/jah.v4i1.53

Maricar, I.N.Ý., Helkey, D., Nadarajah, S., Akiba, R., Bacong, A., Razdan, S., Palaniappan, L., Phibbs, C., Profit, J. Neonatal mortality among disaggregated Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander populations. J Perinatol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-024-02149-1

Nadarajah, S., Akiba, R., Maricar, I., Vohra, S., Jamal, A., Yano, Y., Srinivasan, M., Kim, G., Huang, R. J., Palaniappan, L., Kim, K., Elfassy, T., & Yang, E. (2024). Association between sleep duration and cardiovascular disease among Asian Americans. Journal of the American Heart Association. https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.124.034587

Patankar, A. V., Octaviano, R., Gurachar, N., Chen, A. W., Guan, A., Hung, G. A., Kikuta, N., Jamal, A., Srinivasan, M., Bacong, A. M., Huang, R. J., Kim, G. S., Palaniappan, L. P., & Gross, E. R. (2024). Opioid overdose deaths are prominent in urban counties within the USA: an observational cross-sectional study. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 133(5), 1108–1110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2024.07.020

Tran, K., Shon, H., Phan, J., Cheng, T., Kim, G. S., Jamal, A., Srinivasan, M., Palaniappan, L. P., Nguyen, L., & Huang, R. J. (2024). Leading causes of death in Vietnamese Americans: An ecological study based on national death records from 2005–2020. PloS One, 19(5), e0303195. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303195

Zhu, A. L., Le, A. D., Li, Y., Palaniappan, L. P., Srinivasan, M., Shah, N. S., Wong, S. S., Valero‐Elizondo, J., Elfassy, T., & Yang, E. (2024). Social determinants of cardiovascular risk factors among Asian American subgroups. Journal of the American Heart Association, 13(8). https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.123.032509

2023

Jamal, A., Srinivasan, M., Kim, G., Huang, R., & Palaniappan, L. (2023). Why are we going backward? Barriers to disaggregated racial information in federal data sets. American Journal of Public Health, 113, 852-855. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307339

Jamal, A., Srinivasan, M., Kim, G., Nevins, A.B., & Vohra, S. (2023). Factors associated with HIV testing within the National Health Interview Survey (2006–2018). Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-023-01728-w

Li, Y., Zhu, A., Le, A., Singh, J., Palaniappan, L.P., Srinivasan, M., Shah, N.S., Wong, S.S., Elfassy, T., Valero-Elizondo, J., & Yang, E. (2023). Association of acculturation with cardiovascular risk factors in Asian-American subgroups. American Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 13, 100437. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpc.2022.100437

Shokeen, D., Wang, N., Nguyen, N.P., Bakal, E., Tripathi, O., Palaniappan, L.P., & Huang, R.J. (2023). The association between local area immigrant fraction and prevalence of cardiovascular diseases in the United States: An observational study. Lancet Regional Health - Americas, 27, 100613. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2023.100613

Wang, R.Z., Jamal, A., Wang, Z., Dan, S., Srinivasan, M., Kim, G., Long, J., Palaniappan, L., Singh, J., & Eggert, L.E. (2023). Toward precision sleep medicine: Variations in sleep outcomes among disaggregated Asian Americans in the National Health Interview Survey (2006-2018). Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 19(7), 1259-1270. https://doi.org/10.5664/jcsm.10558

Wang, Z., Jamal, A., Wang, R., Dan, S., Kappagoda, S., Kim, G., Palaniappan, L., Long, J., Singh, J., & Srinivasan, M. (2023). Disparities and trends in routine adult vaccination rates among disaggregated Asian American subgroups, National Health Interview Survey 2006–2018. AJPM Focus, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.focus.2022.100044

2022

Artandi, M., Barman, L., Srinivasan, M., Thomas, S., Singh, J., Asch, S. M., & Vilendrer, S. (2022). A specialized acute COVID-19 outpatient clinic at an academic medical center. American Journal of Medical Quality, 37(3), 221-226. https://doi.org/10.1097/JMQ.0000000000000006

Balaraman, K. K., Dan, S., Ortega, N., Srinivasan, M., Palaniappan, L., Singh, J., Chung, S., & Joshi, S. V. (2022). Psychological distress and mental health service utilization disparities in disaggregated Asian American populations, 2006–2018. Asian American Journal of Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/aap0000294

Fernandez Perez, C., Xi, K., Simha, A., Shah, N. S., Huang, R. J., Palaniappan, L., Chung, S., Au, T., Sharp, N., Islas, N., & Srinivasan, M. (2022). Leading causes of death in Asian Indians in the United States (2005-2017). PLoS One, 17(8), e0271375. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271375

Le, A. D., Li, Y., Zhu, A., Singh, J., Xu, J. Y., Srinivasan, M., Palaniappan, L. P., Long, J., & Gross, E. R. (2022). Effect of race on opioid drug overdose deaths in the United States: An observational cross-sectional study. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 129(3), e66-e68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2022.06.005

Pachipala, K., Shankar, V., Rezler, Z., Vittal, R., Ali, S. H., Srinivasan, M. S., Palaniappan, L., Yang, E., Juul, F., & Elfassy, T. (2022). Acculturation and associations with ultra-processed food consumption among Asian Americans: NHANES, 2011–2018. The Journal of Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxac082

Shah, N. S., Xi, K., Kapphahn, K. I., Srinivasan, M., Au, T., Sathye, V., Vishal, V., Zhang, H., & Palaniappan, L. (2022). Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease mortality in Asian American subgroups. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.121.008651

Shudo, Y., Leipzig, M., He, H., Ingle, S. M., Bhatt, R. H., Shin, H.-S., & Woo, Y. J. (2022). Combined heart-lung transplantation outcomes in Asian populations. JACC: Asia, 2(4), 504-512. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacasi.2022.03.012

Tripathi, O., He, Y., Han, B. Y., Paragas, D. G., Sharp, N., Dan, S., Srinivasan, M., Palaniappan, L. P., & Thompson, C. A. (2021). Cancer mortality in U.S.-born versus foreign-born Asian American groups (2008–2017). Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, 31(1), 58-65. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.epi-21-0359

Vaidyanathan, S., Trumbull, A. M., Bar, L., Rao, M., Yu, Y., & Sellers, Z. M. (2022). CFTR genotype analysis of Asians in international registries highlights disparities in the diagnosis and treatment of Asian patients with cystic fibrosis. Genetics in Medicine: Official Journal of the American College of Medical Genetics, 24(10), 2180-2186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gim.2022.06.009

2021

Bhatt, R., Ingle, S., Sackpraseuth, A., Sharp, N., Chung, D. S., Long, J., Palaniappan, D. L., & Srinivasan, D. M. (2021). Differences in the age of diagnosis of diabetes in Asian subgroups: Analysis of data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) 2006-2018. Journal of Asian Health, 1(1). Retrieved from https://journalofasianhealth.org/index.php/jasianh/article/view/4

Edwards, L. M., Kim, Y., Stevenson, M., Johnson, T., Sharp, N., Reisman, A., & Srinivasan, M. (2021). When it’s needed most: A blueprint for resident creative writing workshops during inpatient rotations. BMC Medical Education, 21(1), 535. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-021-02935-x

Huang, R. J., Sharp, N., Talamoa, R., Kapphahn, K., Sathye, V., Lin, B., Srinivasan, M., & Palaniappan, L. P. (2021). Disaggregated mortality from gastrointestinal cancers in Asian Americans: Analysis of United States death records. International Journal of Cancer, 148(12), 2954-2963. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.33490

Rao, M., Bar, L., Yu, Y., Srinivasan, M., Mukherjea, A., Li, J., Chung, S., Venkatraman, S., Dan, S., & Palaniappan, L. (2021). Disaggregating Asian American cigarette and alternative tobacco product use: Results from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) 2006–2018. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-021-01024-5

2020

Huang, R. J., Sharp, N., Talamoa, R. O., Ji, H. P., Hwang, J. H., & Palaniappan, L. P. (2020). One size does not fit all: Marked heterogeneity in incidence of and survival from gastric cancer among Asian American subgroups. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, 29(5), 903-909. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.epi-19-1482