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Catarina I. Kiefe is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant number of publications in cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. The main areas of specialization include cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, general health professions, health, public health, environmental and occupational health, and economics and econometrics.

The scientist's work spans several key topics, including cardiovascular health and risk factors, health disparities and outcomes, atrial fibrillation management and outcomes, cardiac health and mental health, obesity, physical activity and diet, birth, development and health, as well as health systems, economic evaluations, and quality of life.

Recent publications by Catarina I. Kiefe illustrate the breadth and focus of their research interests:

  • Theme Trends and Knowledge Structure on Mobile Health Apps: Bibliometric Analysis, 2020, JMIR mhealth and uhealth
  • Association of Childhood Psychosocial Environment With 30-Year Cardiovascular Disease Incidence and Mortality in Middle Age, 2020, Journal of the American Heart Association
  • Associations of Clinical and Social Risk Factors With Racial Differences in Premature Cardiovascular Disease, 2022, Circulation
  • Social Risk Factors for Medication Nonadherence: Findings from the CARDIA Study, 2020, American Journal of Health Behavior
  • Education, Race/Ethnicity, and Causes of Premature Mortality Among Middle-Aged Adults in 4 US Urban Communities: Results From CARDIA, 1985-2017, 2020, American Journal of Public Health

Catarina I. Kiefe frequently collaborates with a set of co-authors, reflecting ongoing partnerships in related research fields:

  • David D. McManus
  • Jane S. Saczynski (21 co-authored papers)
  • Penny Gordon-Larsen (20 co-authored papers)
  • Robert J. Goldberg (20 co-authored papers)
  • Hawa O. Abu (19 co-authored papers)

The scientist's research is commonly published in several high-profile academic journals and venues, indicating a focus on cardiovascular and public health topics. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Circulation (19 publications)
  • UNC Libraries (15 publications)
  • Journal of the American Heart Association (4 publications)
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology (4 publications)
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Prevalence, clinical characteristics, and mortality among patients with myocardial infarction presenting without chest pain.

    John G. Canto;Michael G. Shlipak;William J. Rogers;Judith A. Malmgren

  • Association of age and sex with myocardial infarction symptom presentation and in-hospital mortality

    John G. Canto;William J. Rogers;Robert J. Goldberg;Eric D. Peterson

  • Improving the Quality of Care for Medicare Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction: Results from the Cooperative Cardiovascular Project

    Thomas A. Marciniak;Edward F. Ellerbeck;Martha J. Radford;Timothy F. Kresowik

  • Improving Quality Improvement Using Achievable Benchmarks For Physician Feedback: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Catarina I. Kiefe;Jeroan J. Allison;O. Dale Williams;Sharina D. Person

  • γ-Glutamyltransferase Is a Predictor of Incident Diabetes and Hypertension: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study

    Duk Hee Lee;David R Jacobs;Myron D Gross;Catarina I. Kiefe

  • Psychosocial factors and Risk of hypertension: The Coronary Artery Risk development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study

    Lijing L. Yan;Kiang Liu;Karen A. Matthews;Martha L. Daviglus

  • Weight Gain Continues in the 1990s: 10-year Trends in Weight and Overweight from the CARDIA Study

    Cora E. Lewis;David R. Jacobs;Heather McCreath;Catarina I. Kiefe

  • Fast food restaurants and food stores: longitudinal associations with diet in young to middle-aged adults: the CARDIA study.

    Janne Boone-Heinonen;Penny Gordon-Larsen;Catarina I. Kiefe;James M. Shikany

  • The volume of primary angioplasty procedures and survival after acute myocardial infarction. National Registry of Myocardial Infarction 2 Investigators.

    John G. Canto;Nathan R. Every;David J. Magid;William J. Rogers

  • Self-Reported Experiences of Racial Discrimination and Black–White Differences in Preterm and Low-Birthweight Deliveries: The CARDIA Study

    Sarah Mustillo;Nancy Krieger;Erica P. Gunderson;Stephen Sidney

  • Area Characteristics and Individual-Level Socioeconomic Position Indicators in Three Population-Based Epidemiologic Studies

    A.V.Diez Roux;C.I Kiefe;D.R Jacobs;M Haan

  • Self-reported health, perceived racial discrimination, and skin color in African Americans in the CARDIA study.

    Luisa N. Borrell;Catarina I. Kiefe;David R. Williams;Ana V. Diez-Roux

  • The Incidence of Perioperative Myocardial Infarction in Men Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery

    Carol M. Ashton;Nancy J. Petersen;Nelda P. Wray;Catarina I. Kiefe

  • Relationship of Hospital Teaching Status With Quality of Care and Mortality for Medicare Patients With Acute MI

    Jeroan J. Allison;Catarina I. Kiefe;Norman W. Weissman;Sharina D. Person

  • Relationship of Early Life Stress and Psychological Functioning to Adult C-Reactive Protein in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study

    Shelley E. Taylor;Barbara J. Lehman;Catarina I. Kiefe;Teresa E. Seeman

  • Patient complexity: more than comorbidity. the vector model of complexity.

    Monika M. Safford;Monika M. Safford;Jeroan J. Allison;Catarina I. Kiefe;Catarina I. Kiefe

  • Long-term risk of mortality and end-stage renal disease among the elderly after small increases in serum creatinine level during hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction

    Britt B. Newsome;David G. Warnock;William M. McClellan;Charles A. Herzog

  • The importance of health insurance as a determinant of cancer screening: evidence from the Women's Health Initiative.

    Judith Hsia;Elizabeth Kemper;Catarina I. Kiefe;Jane G. Zapka

  • Use of Emergency Medical Services in Acute Myocardial Infarction and Subsequent Quality of Care Observations From the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction 2

    John G. Canto;Robert J. Zalenski;Joseph P. Ornato;William J. Rogers

  • Relation of race and sex to the use of reperfusion therapy in Medicare beneficiaries with acute myocardial infarction

    John G. Canto;Jeroan J. Allison;Catarina I. Kiefe;Contessa Fincher

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeroan J. Allison
Jeroan J. Allison University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Robert J. Goldberg
Robert J. Goldberg University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Cora E. Lewis
Cora E. Lewis University of Alabama at Birmingham
David R. Jacobs
David R. Jacobs University of Minnesota
Kiang Liu
Kiang Liu Northwestern University
Stephen Sidney
Stephen Sidney Kaiser Permanente
Penny Gordon-Larsen
Penny Gordon-Larsen University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Eric D. Peterson
Eric D. Peterson The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Karen A. Matthews
Karen A. Matthews University of Pittsburgh
William J. Rogers
William J. Rogers University of Alabama at Birmingham

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