Manuscripts and Publications
"The Study on Stress, Spirituality, and Health (SSSH): Psychometric Evaluation and Initial Validation of the SSSH Baseline Spirituality Survey".. Religions (Basel). 12(3)
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2021. Targeting family functioning, acculturative stress, and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption for obesity prevention: findings from the Hispanic community children's health study/study of Latino youth.. BMC Public Health. 20(1):1546.
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2020. Targeting physical activity interventions for adults: When should intervention occur? Prev Med. 97:13-18.
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2017. Testing measurement equivalence of neurocognitive assessments across language in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.. Neuropsychology. 35(4):423-433.
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2021. Theoretical foundations of the Study of Latino (SOL) Youth: implications for obesity and cardiometabolic risk.. Ann Epidemiol. 24(1):36-43.
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2014. Is there a link between wealth and cardiovascular disease risk factors among Hispanic/Latinos? Results from the HCHS/SOL sociocultural ancillary study. Ethn Health. 23(8):902-913.
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2017. Tooth Loss, Periodontal Disease, and Mild Cognitive Impairment Among Hispanic/Latino Immigrants: The Moderating Effects of Age at Immigration.. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 78(6):949-957.
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2023. Trans-ethnic analysis of metabochip data identifies two new loci associated with BMI.. Int J Obes (Lond). 42(3):384-390.
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2018. Trans-ethnic fine-mapping of genetic loci for body mass index in the diverse ancestral populations of the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) Study reveals evidence for multiple signals at established loci.. Hum Genet. 136(6):771-800.
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2017. Transethnic insight into the genetics of glycaemic traits: fine-mapping results from the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) consortium.. Diabetologia. 60(12):2384-2398.
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2017. Trans-ethnic meta-regression of genome-wide association studies accounting for ancestry increases power for discovery and improves fine-mapping resolution.. Hum Mol Genet. 26(18):3639-3650.
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2017. Transitions from Ideal to Intermediate Cholesterol Levels may vary by Cholesterol Metric.. Sci Rep. 8(1):2782.
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2018. Underuse of Cardiovascular Medications in Individuals With Known Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: HCHS/SOL.. J Am Heart Assoc. 9(16):e015451.
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2020. Unfair Treatment and Periodontitis Among Adults in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL).. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 5(5):1093-1106.
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2018. On the Use of Regression Calibration in a Complex Sampling Design With Application to the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.. Am J Epidemiol. 190(7):1366-1376.
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2021. Validation of interpersonal support evaluation list-12 (ISEL-12) scores among English- and Spanish-speaking Hispanics/Latinos from the HCHS/SOL Sociocultural Ancillary Study.. Psychol Assess. 26(2):384-94.
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2014. Validation of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being-Expanded (FACIT-Sp-Ex) Across English and Spanish-Speaking Hispanics/Latinos: Results From the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Sociocultural Ancillary. Psycholog Relig Spiritual. 9(4):337-347.
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2017. Variant Discovery and Fine Mapping of Genetic Loci Associated with Blood Pressure Traits in Hispanics and African Americans.. PLoS One. 11(10):e0164132.
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2016. Variant of the lactase LCT gene explains association between milk intake and incident type 2 diabetes. Nat Metab. 6(1):169-186.
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2024. Variants Associated with the Ankle Brachial Index Differ by Hispanic/Latino Ethnic Group: a genome-wide association study in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.. Sci Rep. 9(1):11410.
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2019. Variations of dietary intake by glycemic status and Hispanic/Latino heritage in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL).. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 6(1):e000486.
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2018. Vitamin D, Calcium, Magnesium, and Potassium Consumption and Markers of Glucose Metabolism in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.. J Am Nutr Assoc. 41(1):20-29.
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2022. Volunteerism and Cardiovascular Health: The HCHS/SOL Sociocultural Ancillary Study.. Health Behav Policy Rev. 7(2):120-135.
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