Joan F. Hilton, ScD, MPH

Education

Spring Hill College, Mobile, BS, 1976, Biology
Tulane School of Public Health, New Orleans, MPH, 1982, Epidemiology
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MS, 1987, Biostatistics
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, ScD, 1990, Biostatistics

Honors & Awards

• 1976
  Most Outstanding Senior Woman, Spring Hill College
• 1980-82
  U.S. Public Health Service Training Grants
• 1985-88
  National Cancer Institute Training Grants
• 1990
  International Biometric Society, ENAR: Student Research Award
• 1997
  President, International Biometric Society, Western North American Region
• 2000
  Local Organizing Chair, International Biometric Conference
• 2008-2011
  Secretary, AAAS Section on Statistics
• 2009-2010
  Fulbright Scholar Award

Selected Publications

1. Yuan P, Westmaas JL, Thrul J, Toussaert S, Hilton JF, White JS. Effectiveness of Peer-Support Interventions for Smoking Cessation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Nicotine Tob Res. 2023 Apr 12.  View on PubMed
2. Rubio EM, Hilton JF, Bent S, Parvataneni R, Oberman E, Saberi NS, Varon S, Schembri M, Waetjen LE, Jacoby VL. Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Women with Symptomatic Uterine Fibroids. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2023 05; 32(5):546-552.  View on PubMed
3. Chowdhury S, Darragh TM, Berry-Lawhorn JM, Isaguliants MG, Vonsky MS, Hilton JF, Lazar AA, Palefsky JM. HPV Type Distribution in Benign, High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions and Squamous Cell Cancers of the Anus by HIV Status. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Jan 20; 15(3).  View on PubMed
4. Cowan MJ, Yu J, Facchino J, Fraser-Browne C, Sanford U, Kawahara M, Dara J, Long-Boyle J, Oh J, Chan W, Chag S, Broderick L, Chellapandian D, Decaluwe H, Golski C, Hu D, Kuo CY, Miller HK, Petrovic A, Currier R, Hilton JF, Punwani D, Dvorak CC, Malech HL, McIvor RS, Puck JM. Lentiviral Gene Therapy for Artemis-Deficient SCID. N Engl J Med. 2022 12 22; 387(25):2344-2355.  View on PubMed
5. Amara D, Hansen KS, Kupiec-Weglinski SA, Braun HJ, Hirose R, Hilton JF, Rickels MR, Odorico JS, Stock PG. Pancreas Transplantation for Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review, Critical Gaps in the Literature, and a Path Forward. Transplantation. 2022 10 01; 106(10):1916-1934.  View on PubMed
6. Cabana MD, LeCroy MN, Menard-Livingston A, Rodgers CRR, McKean M, Caughey AB, Fong L, Lynch S, Wong A, Leong R, Boushey HA, Hilton JF. Effect of Early Infant Probiotic Supplementation on Eczema, Asthma, and Rhinitis at 7 Years of Age. Pediatrics. 2022 05 01; 149(5).  View on PubMed
7. Sinkala E, Ahmed HY, Sibomana JP, Lee MH, Kassa B, Kumar R, Mazimba S, Binegdie AB, Mpisa S, Wamundila K, Graham BB, Hilton JF. Rationale and design of a screening study to detect schistosomiasis-associated pulmonary hypertension in Ethiopia and Zambia. Pulm Circ. 2022 Apr; 12(2):e12072.  View on PubMed
8. Rahaghi FN, Hilton JF, Corrêa RA, Loureiro C, Ota-Arakaki JS, Verrastro CGY, Lee MH, Mickael C, Nardelli P, Systrom DA, Waxman AB, Washko GR, San José Estépar R, Graham BB, Oliveira RKF. Arterial vascular volume changes with haemodynamics in schistosomiasis-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension. Eur Respir J. 2021 05; 57(5).  View on PubMed
9. Hull JC, Bloch EM, Ingram C, Crookes R, Vaughan J, Courtney L, Jauregui A, Hilton JF, Murphy EL, REDS-III South Africa Program. Slower response to treatment of iron-deficiency anaemia in pregnant women infected with HIV: a prospective cohort study. BJOG. 2021 Sep; 128(10):1674-1681.  View on PubMed
10. Sibomana JP, Campeche A, Carvalho-Filho RJ, Correa RA, Duani H, Pacheco Guimaraes V, Hilton JF, Kassa B, Kumar R, Lee MH, Loureiro CMC, Mazimba S, Mickael C, Oliveira RKF, Ota-Arakaki JS, Rezende CF, Silva LCS, Sinkala E, Ahmed HY, Graham BB. Schistosomiasis Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Front Immunol. 2020; 11:608883.  View on PubMed
11. Seidman D, Cavrois M, Hilton JF, Roan NR, Averbach S, Takeda M, Chang E, Raman N, Greenblatt R, Shacklett BL, Smith-McCune K. Reproductive tract immune cells from pregnant women or those using depot medroxyprogesterone acetate show no excess susceptibility to HIV-1: Results of an ex vivo fusion assay. Contraception. 2021 01; 103(1):44-47.  View on PubMed
12. Vassallo RR, Hilton JF, Bravo MD, Vittinghoff E, Custer B, Kamel H. Recovery of Iron Stores After Adolescents Donate Blood. Pediatrics. 2020 07; 146(1).  View on PubMed
13. Bruhn R, Karafin MS, Hilton JF, Kaidarova Z, Spencer BR, Qu L, Snyder EL, Olin R, Murphy EL, St Lezin E, NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study (REDS)-III Program. Early and sustained improvement in fatigue-related quality of life following red blood cell transfusion in outpatients. Qual Life Res. 2020 Oct; 29(10):2737-2744.  View on PubMed
14. Bloch EM, Hull J, Green-Thompson R, Ingram C, Crookes RL, Fawcus S, Anthony J, Courtney L, Roubinian N, Jauregui A, Hilton JF, Murphy EL, NHLBI REDS-III South Africa Program. Antenatal blood transfusion in South Africa: indications and practice in a high-HIV-prevalence setting. Transfusion. 2020 03; 60(3):479-487.  View on PubMed
15. Drammeh B, Laperche S, Hilton JF, Kaidarova Z, Ozeryansky L, De A, Kalou M, Benech I, Parekh B, Murphy EL, CDC Proficiency Testing Study Group. Proficiency Testing of Viral Marker Screening in African Blood Centers - Seven African Countries, 2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2019 Oct 25; 68(42):947-952.  View on PubMed
16. Cavrois M, Hilton JF, Roan NR, Takeda M, Seidman D, Averbach S, Chang E, Raman N, Greenblatt R, Shacklett BL, Smith-McCune K. Effects of the levonorgestrel-containing intrauterine device, copper intrauterine device, and levonorgestrel-containing oral contraceptive on susceptibility of immune cells from cervix, endometrium and blood to HIV-1 fusion measured ex vivo. PLoS One. 2019; 14(8):e0221181.  View on PubMed
17. Karafin MS, Bruhn R, Roubinian NH, Chowdhury D, Qu L, Snyder EL, Murphy EL, Brambilla D, Cable RG, Hilton JF, St Lezin E, NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation (REDS)-III Study. The impact of recipient factors on the lower-than-expected hemoglobin increment in transfused outpatients with hematologic diseases. Transfusion. 2019 08; 59(8):2544-2550.  View on PubMed
18. Harman SM, Blankenburg R, Satterfield JM, Monash B, Rennke S, Yuan P, Sakai DS, Huynh E, Chua I, Hilton JF, Patient Engagement Project. Promoting Shared Decision-Making Behaviors During Inpatient Rounds: A Multimodal Educational Intervention. Acad Med. 2019 07; 94(7):1010-1018.  View on PubMed
19. St Lezin E, Karafin MS, Bruhn R, Chowdhury D, Qu L, Bialkowski W, Merenda S, D'Andrea P, McCalla AL, Anderson L, Keating SM, Stone M, Snyder EL, Brambilla D, Murphy EL, Norris PJ, Hilton JF, Spencer BR, Kleinman S, Carson JL, NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study (REDS)-III Program. Therapeutic impact of red blood cell transfusion on anemic outpatients: the RETRO study. Transfusion. 2019 06; 59(6):1934-1943.  View on PubMed
20. Christopoulos KA, Riley ED, Carrico AW, Tulsky J, Moskowitz JT, Dilworth S, Coffin LS, Wilson L, Peretz JJ, Hilton JF. A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Text Messaging Intervention to Promote Virologic Suppression and Retention in Care in an Urban Safety-Net Human Immunodeficiency Virus Clinic: The Connect4Care Trial. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 08 16; 67(5):751-759.  View on PubMed

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