Description of Research Expertise

public health, telehealth, digital health, medication adherence, health outcomes, measurement, health literacy, healthcare quality, healthcare utilization, public health

Selected Publications

Mahmud N, Panchal S, Abu-Gazala S, Serper M, Lewis JD, Kaplan DE.: Association Between Bariatric Surgery and Alcohol Use-Related Hospitalization and All-Cause Mortality in a Veterans Affairs Cohort JAMA Surg 158 (2): 162-171,2023.

Serper M, Tapper EB, Kaplan DE, Taddei TH, Mahmud N.: Patterns of Care Utilization and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Surveillance: Tracking Care Across the Pandemic Am J Gastroenterol 118 (2): 294-303,2023.

Deutsch-Link S, Bittermann T, Nephew L, Ross-Driscoll K, Weinberg EM, Weinrieb RM, Olthoff KM, Addis S, Serper M.: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Psychosocial Evaluation and Liver Transplant Waitlisting Am J Transplant : 2023.

Horvatits T, Mahmud N, Serper M, Seiz O, Reher D, Drolz A, Sarnast N, Gu W, Erasmus HP, Allo G, Ferstl P, Wittmann S, Piecha F, Groth S, Zeuzem S, Schramm C, Huber S, Rösch T, Lohse AW, Trebicka J, Ogola G, Asrani SK, Kluwe J.: MELD-Lactate Predicts Poor Outcome in Variceal Bleeding in Cirrhosis Dig Dis Sci 68 (3): 1042-1050,2022.

Groff AJ, Serper M, Tao SY, Bloomer PM, Dunn MA, Duarte-Rojo A.: A Novel Method Using the Level of Mobility to Predict Mortality in Patients Admitted for Decompensated Cirrhosis: A Prospective Study Liver Transpl 29 (2): 226-228,2022.

Serper M, Kaplan DE, Taddei TH, Tapper EB, Cohen JB, Mahmud N.: Non-selective Beta Blockers, Hepatic Decompensation and Mortality in Cirrhosis: A National Cohort Study Hepatology 77 (2): 489-500,2022.

Saleh ZM, Salim NE, Nikirk S, Serper M, Tapper EB.: The emotional burden of caregiving for patients with cirrhosis Hepatol Commun 6 (10): 2827-2835,2022.

Yoon ES, Hur S, Curtis LM, Wynia AH, Zheng P, Nair SS, Bailey SC, Serper M, Reese PP, Ladner DP, Wolf MS.: A Multifaceted Intervention to Improve Medication Adherence in Kidney Transplant Recipients: An Exploratory Analysis of the Fidelity of the TAKE IT Trial JMIR Form Res 6 : e27277,2022.

Thomson MJ, Serper M, Khungar V, Weiss LM, Trinh H, Firpi-Morell R, Roden M, Loomba R, Barritt AS 4th, Gazis D, Mospan AR, Fried MW, Reddy KR, Lok AS: Prevalence and factors associated with statin use among patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in TARGET-NASH Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 20 (2): 458-60,2022.

Lovett RM, Opsasnick L, Russell A, Yoon E, Weiner-Light S, Serper M, Cooper Bailey S, Wolf MS.: Prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms and impact on self-management among adults with chronic conditions in Chicago, Illinois, USA, during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey BMJ Open 12 : e052495,2022.

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