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Overview

Michael J. Kozak was affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily focused on the field of Medicine, with contributions spanning key subfields such as Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Neurology, Safety Research, and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The scholar's work concentrated on several main topics, including:

  • Spinal Hematomas and Complications
  • Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
  • Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications
  • Career Development and Diversity
  • Diverse Educational Innovations Studies
  • Science Education and Perceptions
  • Anesthesia and Pain Management

Their recent publications consisted of research articles across various medical and educational venues. Notable papers include:

  • "Lumbar Puncture in Thrombocytopenia: The Floor Is Not Firm," published in 2023 in Cureus
  • "A Multi-Pronged Approach to Boosting STEM Engagement Through Low and No Cost Solutions," presented in 2022 at the IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC)
  • "Epidural Steroid Injection Prior to Spinal Surgery: A Step-Wise and Wise Approach," published in 2023 in Cureus
  • "Commensal Streptococcal Infective Endocarditis of the Native Mitral Valve in a Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) Patient: A Heartful, a Handful, and a Mouthful," published in 2023 in Cureus
  • "Introduction to the AI Special Edition Themed Issue," published in 2025 in the Impacting Education Journal on Transforming Professional Practice (co-authored with James Dunnigan)

Frequent publication venues for Kozak's work included:

  • Cureus
  • 2022 IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC)
  • Impacting Education Journal on Transforming Professional Practice

Collaborative research featured repeated coauthorship with several researchers, including:

  • David R Hallan
  • Elias Rizk
  • Mason Stoltzfus
  • Michael Kopack
  • Samantha Kupersmith

Their scholarly output reflected an interdisciplinary approach connecting clinical medicine with educational innovation and safety research. This blend of topics included clinical management of spinal and neurological conditions, alongside studies aimed at improving STEM engagement and professional development.

Best Publications

  • Emotional processing of fear : exposure to corrective information

    Edna B. Foa;Michael J. Kozak

  • Randomized, placebo-controlled trial of exposure and ritual prevention, clomipramine, and their combination in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Edna B. Foa;Michael R. Liebowitz;Michael J. Kozak;Sharon Davies

  • Cognitive assessment of obsessive-compulsive disorder

    Randy Frost;Gail Steketee;Nader Amir;Martine Bouvard

  • The Validation of a New Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Scale: The Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory

    Edna B. Foa;Michael J. Kozak;Paul M. Salkovskis;Meredith E. Coles

  • Developing constructs for psychopathology research: research domain criteria.

    Charles A. Sanislow;Daniel S. Pine;Kevin J. Quinn;Michael J. Kozak

  • The NIMH Research Domain Criteria Initiative: Background, Issues, and Pragmatics.

    Michael J. Kozak;Bruce N. Cuthbert

  • DSM-IV field trial: Obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    E B Foa;M J Kozak;W K Goodman;E Hollander

  • Processing of threat-related information in rape victims.

    Edna B. Foa;Ulrike Feske;Tamera B. Murdock;Michael J. Kozak

  • Effectiveness of exposure and ritual prevention for obsessive-compulsive disorder: Randomized compared with nonrandomized samples.

    Martin E. Franklin;Jonathan Stuart Abramowitz;Michael J. Kozak;Michael J. Kozak;Jill T. Levitt

  • Fear behavior, fear imagery, and the psychophysiology of emotion: the problem of affective response integration.

    Peter J. Lang;Daniel N. Levin;Gregory A. Miller;Michael J. Kozak

  • Emotional Imagery: Conceptual Structure and Pattern of Somato‐Visceral Response

    Peter J. Lang;Michael J. Kozak;Gregory A. Miller;Daniel N. Levin

  • Constructing constructs for psychopathology: the NIMH research domain criteria.

    Bruce N. Cuthbert;Michael J. Kozak

  • Treatment of Anxiety Disorders : Implications for Psychopathology

    Edna B. Foa;Michael J. Kozak

  • Emotional processing of fear: Exposure to corrective information.

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  • Obsessions, overvalued ideas, and delusions in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Michael J. Kozak;Edna B. Foa

  • Individual differences in imagery and the psychophysiology of emotion

    Gregory A. Miller;Daniel N. Levin;Michael J. Kozak;Edwin W. Cook

  • Learned helplessness in the rat: time course, immunization, and reversibility.

    Martin E. P. Seligman;Robert A. Rosellini;Michael J. Kozak

  • Cognitive-behavioral treatment of pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder: an open clinical trial.

    Martin E. Franklin;Michael J. Kozak;Laurie A. Cashman;Meredith E. Coles

  • Feared consequences, fixity of belief, and treatment outcome in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder

    Edna B. Foa;Jonathan S. Abramowitz;Martin E. Franklin;Michael J. Kozak

  • Process and outcome of exposure treatment with obsessive-compulsives: Psychophysiological indicators of emotional processing

    Michael J. Kozak;Edna B. Foa;Gail Steketee

  • Social Neuroscience: Progress and Implications for Mental Health.

    John T. Cacioppo;David G. Amaral;Jack J. Blanchard;Judy L. Cameron

  • Effects of comorbid depression on response to treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder

    Jonathan Stuart Abramowitz;Martin E. Franklin;Gordon P. Street;Michael J. Kozak

Frequent Co-Authors

Edna B. Foa
Edna B. Foa University of Pennsylvania
H. Blair Simpson
H. Blair Simpson Columbia University
Martin E. Franklin
Martin E. Franklin University of Pennsylvania
Jonathan S. Abramowitz
Jonathan S. Abramowitz University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jonathan D. Huppert
Jonathan D. Huppert Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Gail Steketee
Gail Steketee Boston University
Richard J. McNally
Richard J. McNally Harvard University
Michelle G. Newman
Michelle G. Newman Pennsylvania State University
Debra A. Hope
Debra A. Hope University of Nebraska–Lincoln
C. Barr Taylor
C. Barr Taylor Stanford University

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