Research Funding

  • July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2025 - Screening for schistosomiasis-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension , PI . Sponsor: NIAID, Sponsor Award ID: 1R21AI171968-01
  • July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010 - Active Surveillance for Men with Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer , . Sponsor: Fulbright Scholar Award at Institut Gustav-Roussy, Paris, Sponsor Award ID:
  • April 1, 1987 - April 30, 2007 - ORAL MANIFESTATIONS OF AIDS , PI of Project 1: Epidemiology of Oral Lesions . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: P01DE007946

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. Kim LY, Schüssler-Fiorenza Rose SM, Mengelkoch S, Moriarity DP, Gassen J, Alley JC, Roos LG, Jiang T, Alavi A, Thota DD, Zhang X, Perelman D, Kodish T, Krupnick JL, May M, Bowman K, Hua J, Liao YJ, Lieberman AF, Butte AJ, Lester P, Thyne SM, Hilton JF, Snyder MP, Slavich GM. California Stress, Trauma, and Resilience Study (CalSTARS) protocol: A multiomics-based cross-sectional investigation and randomized controlled trial to elucidate the biology of ACEs and test a precision intervention for reducing stress and enhancing resilience. Stress. 2024 Jan; 27(1):2401788.  View on PubMed
  2. Hernandez AL, Hilton JF, Weatherly CS, Berry-Lawhorn JM, Jay N, Brickman C, Wang CJ, Kauffman J, Calderon J, Farhat S, Da Costa M, Akha AS, Darragh T, Palefsky JM. Prevalence of Anal Human Papillomavirus Infection and Anal High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions Among Men Who Have Sex With Men 50 Years and Older Living With or Without HIV. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2024 08 15; 96(5):439-446.  View on PubMed
  3. Graham BB, Hilton JF, Lee MH, Kumar R, Balladares DF, Rahaghi FN, Estépar RSJ, Mickael C, Lima RLB, Loureiro CMC, Lucena J, Oliveira RKF, Corrêa RA. Is pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with schistosomiasis distinct from pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with portal hypertension? JHLT Open. 2023 Oct; 1.  View on PubMed
  4. 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 08 19; 25(9):1515-1524.  View on PubMed
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. Hernandez AL, Weatherly CS, Gonzalez R, Farhat S, Da Costa M, Calderon J, Kauffman J, Akha AS, Hilton JF, Palefsky JM. Rationale and design of the Anal HPV, HIV and Aging (AHHA) study: Protocol for a prospective study of anal HPV infection and HSIL among men who have sex (MSM) or trans women living with and without HIV, ages 50 and older. Front Epidemiol. 2022; 2:992718.  View on PubMed
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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

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