Research

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I work at the Sexual Health Equity Lab (the SHEL) at San Diego State University's School of Public Health. Under the direction of Dr. Erik Storholm, the SHEL focuses on improving these inequities through behavioral and biomedical interventions that focus on improving mental health, reducing substance abuse, and preventing HIV/STI transmission. 

I also work as a graduate student researcher with Dr. Britt Skaathun as a predoctoral fellow in the T32 Substance Use, HIV and Related Infections (PI: Steffanie Strathdee) at UC San Diego. This work focuses on substance use and HIV prevention among people living along the US-Mexico border. 

Published manuscripts

1. Reynolds HE, Nacht CL, Opalo C, Marroquin M, Dopp A, Ling Murtaugh K, Flynn R, Baumgardner M, Storholm ED. “By us, for us": Qualitative insights to inform implementation of comprehensive pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) services in a trans community center. Annals of LGBTQ Public and Population Health. In press. 

2. Nacht CL, Contreras J, Ehlenbach M, McGregory K, Houser L, Allen BJ. Long-acting but Reversible: Opportunities to Address Provider Bias in Contraceptive Care. Hospital Pediatrics. In press.

3. Skaathun B, Strathdee SA, Shrader C, Nacht CL, Borquez A, Artamonova I, Harvey-Vera A, Vera CF, Rangel G, Ignacio C, Woodworth B, Chaillon A*, Vasylyeva*. HIV transmission among people who inject drugs on the US/Mexico border during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas. In press. 

*Indicates joint senior authors

4. Jessup O, Nacht CL, Amato M, Reynolds HE, Felner JK, Hong C, Siconolfi DE, Wagner GJ, Stephenson R, Muthuramalingam S, Storholm ED. How intimate partner violence is influenced by social identity among sexual minority men. LGBT Health. In press.

5. Scheer E, Werner NE, Coller R, Nacht CL, Petty L, Tang M, Ehlenbach M, Kelly MM, Finesilver S, Warner G, Katz B, Keim-Malpass J, Werner A, Lunsford CD, Letzkus L, Sanjiv Desai S, Valdez RS. Designing for caregiving networks: a case study of primary caregivers of children with medical complexity. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2024;doi:10.1093/jamia/ocae026

6. Nacht CL, Jacobson N, Shiyanbola O, Smith CA, Hoonakker PLT, Coller RJ, Dean SM, Sklansky DJ, Smith W, Sprackling CM, Kelly MM. Parent perception of physicians’ notes during child’s hospitalization: A comparison across health literacy levels. Hosp Pediatr. Feb 1 2024;14(2):108-115. doi:10.1542/hpeds.2023-007240

7. Webber S, Semia S, Nacht CL, Garcia S, Kloster H, Vellardita L, Kieren MQ, Kelly MM. The physician work-personal intersection: a scoping review of its definition and measurement. Acad Med. Dec 1 2023;doi:10.1097/acm.0000000000005579 

8. Sprackling CM, Kieren MQ, Nacht CL, Moreno MA, Wooldridge A, Kelly MM. Adolescent Access to Clinicians' Notes: Adolescent, Parent, and Clinician Perspectives. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2023/10/11/ 2023;doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.08.008

9. Storholm ED, Reynolds HE, Muthuramalingam S, Nacht CL, Felner JK, Wagner GJ, Stephenson R, Siconolfi DE. Intimate Partner Violence and the Sexual Health of Sexual Minority Men. LGBT Health. Sep 2023;10(S1):S39-s48. doi:10.1089/lgbt.2023.0134

10. Watkinson M, Ehlenbach M, Chung P, Marleau H, Nacht CL, Werner N, Kelly MM, Coller RJ. Interventions in the Home and Community for Medically Complex Children: A Systematic Review. Pediatrics. 2023;doi:10.1542/peds.2022-058352

11. Nacht CL, Felner JK, Muthuramalingam S, Towner W, Ling Grant D, Martos A, Chang JM, Hechter R, Storholm ED. Barriers and Opportunities to Improve the Implementation of Screening and Linkage to PrEP in Primary Care. Journal of Clinical Research In HIV AIDS And Prevention. 2// 2022;4(2):15-31. doi:https://doi.org/10.14302/issn.2324-7339.jcrhap-22-4371

12. Kelly MM, Hoonakker PLT, Nacht CL, Smith CA, Dean SM, Sklansky DJ, Smith W, Sprackling CM, Zellmer BM, Coller RJ. Parent Perspectives on Sharing Pediatric Hospitalization Clinical Notes. Pediatrics. 2022;151(1)doi:10.1542/peds.2022-057756

13. Storholm ED, Siconolfi DE, Wagner GJ, Huang W, Nacht CL, Sallabank G, Felner JK, Wolf J, Lee SD, Stephenson R. Intimate Partner Violence and HIV Prevention Among Sexual Minority Men: Protocol for a Prospective Mixed Methods Cohort Study. Protocol. JMIR Res Protoc. 2022;11(11):e41453. doi:10.2196/41453

14. Storholm ED, Ogunbajo A, Nacht CL, Opalo C, Horvath K, Lyman P, Flynn R, Reback CJ, Blumenthal J, Moore DJ, Bolan R, Morris S. Facilitators of PrEP Persistence among Black and Latinx Transgender Women in a PrEP Demonstration Project in Southern California. Behavioral Medicine. 2022:1-12. doi:10.1080/08964289.2022.2105794

15. Werner NE, Fleischman A, Warner G, Barton HJ, Kelly MM, Ehlenbach ML, Wagner T, Finesilver S, Katz BJ, Howell KD, Nacht CL, Scheer N, Coller RJ. Feasibility Testing of Tubes@HOME: A Mobile Application to Support Family-Delivered Enteral Care. Hosp Pediatr. Jun 7 2022;doi:10.1542/hpeds.2022-006532

16. Webber S, Nackers K, Kelly MM, Nacht CL, Tiedt K, Allen A, Eickhoff J, Babal JC. Gender-Based Linguistic Analysis of Pediatric Clinical Faculty Evaluations. Academic pediatrics. Mar 2022;22(2):324-331. doi:10.1016/j.acap.2021.12.009

17. Tiedt K, Webber S, Babal J, Nackers KAM, Allen A, Nacht CL, Coller RJ, Eickhoff J, Sklansky DJ, Kieren M, Shadman KA, Kelly MM. Gender difference in teaching evaluation scores of pediatric faculty. Academic pediatrics. 2022/07/29/ 2022;doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2022.07.017

18. Shadman KA, Edmonson MB, Coller RJ, Sklansky DJ, Nacht CL, Zhao Q, Kelly MM. US Hospital Stays in Children and Adolescents With Acetaminophen Poisoning. Hosp Pediatr. Feb 1 2022;12(2):e60-e67. doi:10.1542/hpeds.2021-005816

19. Nacht CL, Kelly MM, Edmonson MB, Sklansky DJ, Shadman KA, Kind AJH, Zhao Q, Barreda CB, Coller RJ. Association Between Neighborhood Disadvantage and Pediatric Readmissions. Maternal and child health journal. 2022/01/11 2022;doi:10.1007/s10995-021-03310-4

20. Kelly MM, DeMuri GP, Barton HJ, Nacht CL, Butteris SM, Katz B, Burns R, Koval S, Ehlenbach ML, Stanley J, Wald ER, Warner G, Wilson LF, Myrah GE, Parker DE, Coller RJ. Priorities for Safer In-Person School for Children With Medical Complexity During COVID-19. Pediatrics. Mar 1 2022;149(3)doi:10.1542/peds.2021-054434

21. Coller RJ, Lerner CF, Chung PJ, Klitzner TS, Cushing CC, Warner G, Nacht CL, Thompson LR, Eickhoff J, Ehlenbach ML, Garrity BM, Bowe T, Berry JG. Caregiving and Confidence to Avoid Hospitalization for Children with Medical Complexity. J Pediatr. May 13 2022;doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.05.011

22. Babal JC, Webber S, Nacht CL, Nackers KAM, Tiedt K, Allen A, Allen BJ, Kelly MM. Recognizing and Mitigating Gender Bias in Medical Teaching Assessments. J Grad Med Educ. Apr 2022;14(2):139-143. doi:10.4300/jgme-d-21-00774.1

23. Zellmer BM, Nacht CL, Coller RJ, Hoonakker PLT, Smith CA, Sklansky DJ, Dean SM, Smith W, Sprackling CM, Ehlenfeldt BD, Kelly MM. BedsideNotes: Sharing Physicians’ Notes With Parents During Hospitalization. Hospital Pediatrics. 2021;11(5):503-508. doi:10.1542/hpeds.2020-005447

24. Williams BS, Nacht C, Fiore MC, Kelly MM. Smoke Exposure Disclosure: Parental Perspectives of Screening in the Inpatient Setting. Hospital Pediatrics. 2021:hpeds.2021-005808. doi:10.1542/hpeds.2021-005808

25. Kelly MM, Smith CA, Hoonakker PLT, Nacht CL, Dean SM, Sklansky DJ, Smith W, Moreno MA, Thurber AS, Coller RJ. Stakeholder Perspectives in Anticipation of Sharing Physicians' Notes With Parents of Hospitalized Children. Academic pediatrics. Mar 2021;21(2):259-264. doi:10.1016/j.acap.2020.11.018

26. Kelly MM, Sklansky DJ, Nackers KAM, Coller RJ, Dean SM, Eickhoff JC, Bentley NL, Nacht CL, Shadman KA. Evaluation and Improvement of Intern Progress Note Assessments and Plans. Hospital Pediatrics. 2021;11(4):401-405. doi:10.1542/hpeds.2020-003244

27. Coller RJ, Lerner CF, Berry JG, Klitzner TS, Allshouse C, Warner G, Nacht CL, Thompson LR, Eickhoff J, Ehlenbach ML, Bonilla AJ, Venegas M, Garrity BM, Casto E, Bowe T, Chung PJ. Linking Parent Confidence and Hospitalization through Mobile Health: A Multisite Pilot Study. The Journal of Pediatrics. 2021/03/01/ 2021;230:207-214.e1. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.11.049

28. Nackers KAM, Shadman KA, Kelly MM, Waterman HG, Bentley NL, Gorski DP, Chorney C, Eickhoff JC, Nacht CL, Sklansky DJ. Resident Workshop to Improve Inpatient Documentation Using the Progress Note Assessment and Plan Evaluation (PNAPE) Tool. MedEdPORTAL. 2020;16:11040. doi:doi:10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11040

29. Nacht C, Agingu W, Otieno F, Odhiambo F, Mehta SD. Antimicrobial resistance patterns in Neisseria gonorrhoeae among male clients of a sexually transmitted infections clinic in Kisumu, Kenya. Int J STD AIDS. Jan 2020;31(1):46-52. doi:10.1177/0956462419881087

30. Kelly MM, Coller RJ, Hoonakker PLT, Nacht CL, Dean SM. Provider Experiences With Offering Families Bedside Health Record Access Across a Children's Hospital. Hosp Pediatr. Nov 2020;10(11):1002-1005. doi:10.1542/hpeds.2020-0044

31. Cheng CF, Werner NE, Doutcheva N, Warner G, Barton HJ, Kelly MM, Ehlenbach ML, Wagner T, Finesilver S, Katz BJ, Nacht C, Coller RJ. Codesign and Usability Testing of a Mobile Application to Support Family-Delivered Enteral Tube Care. Hosp Pediatr. Aug 2020;10(8):641-650. doi:10.1542/hpeds.2020-0076

32. Telles S, Sayal N, Nacht C, Chopra A, Patel K, Wnuk A, Dalvi P, Bhatia K, Miranpuri G, Anand A. Yoga: Can it be integrated with treatment of neuropathic pain? Ann Neurosci. Apr 2019;26(2):82-91. doi:10.5214/ans.0972.7531.260208

33. Miranpuri GS, Meethal SV, Sampene E, Chopra A, Buttar S, Nacht C, Moreno N, Patel K, Liu L, Singh A, Singh CK, Hariharan N, Iskandar B, Resnick DK. Folic Acid Modulates Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 Expression, Alleviates Neuropathic Pain, and Improves Functional Recovery in Spinal Cord-Injured Rats. Ann Neurosci. May 2017;24(2):74-81. doi:10.1159/000475896

34. Ahmed MM, Lee H, Clark Z, Miranpuri GS, Nacht C, Patel K, Liu L, Joslin J, Kintner D, Resnick DK. Pathogenesis of spinal cord injury induced edema and neuropathic pain: expression of multiple isoforms of wnk1. Ann Neurosci. Jul 2014;21(3):97-103. doi:10.5214/ans.0972.7531.210305 

Manuscripts under review, revise & resubmit, or in press

1. Nacht CL, Reynolds H, Jessup O, Amato M, Storholm ED. Social support and PrEP use among Sexual Minority Men: A Scoping Review. AIDS and Behavior. Submitted.

2. Nacht CL*, Reynolds HE*, Kielhold K, Vincent W, Siconolfi DE, Ramos S, Kegeles SM, Pollack L, Tebbetts S, Campbell CK. Syndemic intimate partner violence, mental health, substance use, and ART non-adherence among Black Sexual Minority Men Living with HIV in the US South. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. Submitted.

     *Indicates joint first authors

Manuscripts in preparation

1. Nacht CL, Lentz C, Siconolfi DE, Vincent W, Pollock L, Kegeles S, Storholm ED. An exploratory investigation on the correlates of viral suppression among young Black sexual minority men living with HIV in the US South.

2. Nacht CL, Ramos S, Pollack L, Vincent W, Siconolfi DE, Kegeles SM, Tebbetts S, Storholm ED. Psychometrics of the Berlin Social Support Scale among Black sexual minority men living with HIV in the US South.