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Rural Health Quarterly (RHQ)
Rural Health Quarterly is a publication produced by F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health with a focus on issues that affect the health of rural communities. RHQ Website
Publications
1. Humphreys, JD, Silva, M, Hobson, V, Schrimsher, G, Zhang, Y, & O'Bryant, SE (2008).
                                    An evaluation of the MMSE-adjusted score among rural-dwelling Mexican American Elders:
                                    The Cochran County Aging Study. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 23(6), 678.
2. O'Bryant, S.E., Zhang, Y., Owen, D., Cherry, B., Ramirez, V., Silva, M., Hudson,
                                    C., Hobson, V., Grammas, P., Schiffer, R.B., Manning, G., Schrimsher, G.W., Lucas,
                                    J.A., Sutker, P.B. for the Cochran County Aging Study Research Team (2009). The Cochran
                                    County Aging Study: Methodology and Descriptive Statistics. Texas Public Health Journal,
                                    61(1), 5-7.
3. Ashcraft, A., Owen, D., Braddock, E, Waring, S, & O'Bryant, S.E. (2009). Rural
                                    West Texans: Healthcare implications of "living the simple life." Texas Public Health
                                    Journal, 61(1), 8-12.
4. Zhang, Y., Ashcraft, A., Hobson, V., & O'Bryant, SE (2009). An examination of cardiovascular
                                    disease risk factors in a rural-dwelling ethnically diverse cohort. Texas Public Health
                                    Journal, 61(1), 13-16.
5. Zhang, Y., Spering, C, Jenkins, M, & O'Bryant, S.E. (2009). An examination of health-related
                                    gender differences in a rural-dwelling cohort. Texas Public Health Journal, 61(1),
                                    17-21.
6. Hobson, V., Spering, C., Humphreys, J.D., & O'Bryant, S.E. (in press). An evaluation
                                    of the age- and education-adjusted MMSE scores among rural dwelling Mexican American
                                    elders: The Cochran County Aging Study. Texas Public Health Journal, 61(1), 22-24.
7. Schrimsher, G, Cohen, L, & O'Bryant, SE. (2009). The relation between alcohol and
                                    tobacco use and cognitive functioning in the Cochran County Aging Study. Texas Public
                                    Health Journal, 61(1), 25-28.
8. Hargrave, K, Alyce, A., Bishara, J., Hobson, V, Zhang, Y, & O'Bryant, S.E. (2009).
                                    A description of migration patterns and disease prevalence in the Cochran County Aging
                                    Study cohort. Texas Public Health Journal, 61(1), 29-35.
9. Edwards, M., Johnson, L., & O'Bryant, S.E. (2010). The influence of thyroid on
                                    cognition in a sample of Hispanic and non-Hispanic rural-dwelling women: A Project
                                    FRONTIER Study. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 25, 521.
10. Johnson, L.A., Jenkins, M., Mauer, C., Hall, J.R., & O'Bryant, S.E. (2010). The
                                    relation between Vitamin D and depression in a rural dwelling sample: A Project FRONTIER
                                    Study. Texas Public Health Journal, 62(3), 16-19.
11. O'Bryant, S.E., Richardson, D., Perez, C., Nevarez, L., Rice, J., Wilbanks, L.,
                                    & Hobson, V. (2010). Physical activity is associated with cognitive and affective
                                    status among rural-dwelling Texans: A Project FRONTIER study. Texas Public Health
                                    Journal, 62(2), 12-15.
12. O'Bryant, S.E., Gong, G., Spallholz, J., Boylan, M., Edwards, M., Hargrave, K.,
                                    & Johnson, L.A. (October, 2010). Estimated Cumulative Residential Arsenic Groundwater
                                    Exposure and Cognitive Functioning: A Project FRONTIER Study. Archives of Clinical
                                    Neuropsychology, 25, 535.
13. Gong G, and O'Bryant SE (2010). The Arsenic Exposure Hypothesis for Alzheimer's
                                    Disease. Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders, 24:311-316.
14. Hall, J, Johnson, L, Barber, R, Cullum, M, Lacritz, L, & O'Bryant, S.E. (2010).
                                    Depression symptoms and neuropsychological performance in a sample of Alzheimer's
                                    and normal elderly. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 25, 530-531.
15. Hobson, V.L., Hall, J.R., Harvey, M., Cullum, C.M., Lacritz, L., Massman, P.J.,
                                    Waring, S.C., & O'Bryant, S.E. (2010). An examination of the Boston Naming Test: Calculation
                                    of an "estimated' 60-item score from 30- and 15-item scores in a cognitively impaired
                                    population. International Journal of geriatric Psychiatry, 25(5), 525-530.
16. Wiechmann, A.R., Hall, J.R., & O'Bryant, S.E. (2010). The utility of spatial span
                                    in a clinical geriatric population. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 18(1),
                                    56-63.
17. Clark, J.H., Hobson, V.L., & O'Bryant, S.E. (2010) Diagnostic accuracy of percent
                                    retention scores on RBANS verbal memory subtests for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's
                                    disease and mild cognitive impairment. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 25(4),
                                    318-326.
18. Duff, K., Hobson, V., Beglinger, L.J., & O'Bryant, S.E. (2010). Diagnostic accuracy
                                    of the RBANS in Mild Cognitive Impairment: Limitations on assessing milder impairments.
                                    Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 25(5), 429-441.
19. O'Bryant, S.E., Falkowski, J., Hobson, V., Johnson, L., Hall, J., Schrimsher,
                                    G.W., Win, O., Ngo, B., & Dentino, A. (2011). Executive functioning mediates the link
                                    between other neuropsychological domains and daily functioning: A Project FRONTIER
                                    Study. International Psychogeriatrics, 23(1), 107-113.
20. O'Bryant, S.E., Lacritz, L., Hall, J., Waring, S., Chan, W., Khodr, Z.G., Massman,
                                    P.J., Hobson, V., & Cullum, C.M. (2010). Validation of the New Interpretive Guidelines
                                    for the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale Sum of Boxes Score in the NACC Database. Archives
                                    of Neurology, 67, 746-749.
21. Weichmann, A., Hall, J.R., & O'Bryant, S.E. (2010). The 4 point scoring of the
                                    Clock Drawing Test does not differentiate between Alzheimer's disease and vascular
                                    dementia. Psychological reports, 106(3), 941-948.
22. Hobson, V.L., Hall, J.R., Humphreys-Clark, J.D., Schrimsher, G.W., & O'Bryant,
                                    S.E. (2010). Identifying functional impairment with scores from the Repeatable Battery
                                    for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS). International Journal of
                                    Geriatric Psychiatry, 25(5), 525-530.
23. O'Bryant, S.E., Waring, S.C., Hobson, V., Hall, J.R., Moore, C.B., Bottiglieri,
                                    T., Massman, P., & Diaz-Arrastia, R. (2010). Decreased C-Reactive Protein Levels in
                                    Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 23, 49-53.
24. Clark JH, Hobson VL, O'Bryant SE. (June 2010). Diagnostic accuracy of percent
                                    retention scores on RBANS verbal memory subtests for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's
                                    disease and mild cognitive impairment. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 25(4):
                                    318-26.
25. O'Bryant SE, Hobson VL, Hall JR, Barber RC, Zhang S, Johnson L, Diaz-Arrastia
                                    R. Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Levels Are Specifically Associated with
                                    Memory Performance among Alzheimer's Disease Cases. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive
                                    Disorders. 2010 Dec 7; 31(1):31-36.
26. Pedraza, O., Humphreys Clark, J., O'Bryant, S.E., Smith, G.E., Ivnik, R.J., Graff-Radford,
                                    N.R., Willis, F.B., Petersen, R.C., & Lucas, J.A. (in press). Diagnostic validity
                                    of age- and education-corrections for the MMSE in African American elders. Journal
                                    of the American Geriatrics Society.
27. Hall, J.R., Vo, H.T., Johnson, L.A., Winter, S., Barber, R.C., & O'Bryant, S.E.
                                    (in press). Biomarkers and depressive symptoms in cognitively intact and Alzheimer's
                                    disease elderly males. Neuroscience and Medicine.
28. Menon, C., Johnson, L.A., Hall, J., Hobson, V., & O'Bryant, S.E. (in press). Normative
                                    performance on the CLOX task in a multi-ethnic bilingual cohort: A Project FRONTIER
                                    study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
29. Humphreys Clark, J., Hobson, V.L., & O'Bryant, S.E. (in press). Diagnostic accuracy
                                    of percent retention scores on RBANS verbal memory subtests for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's
                                    disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology.
30. Gong, G., Hargrave, K.A., Hobson, V., Spallholz, J., Boylan, M., Lefforge, D.,
                                    & O'Bryant, S.E. (2011). Low-Level Groundwater Arsenic Exposure Impacts Cognition:
                                    A Project FRONTIER study. Journal of Environmental Health, 74, 16-22.
31. O'Bryant, S.E., Edwards, M., Menon C.V., Gong, G., & Barber, R. (2011) Long-Term
                                    Low-Level Arsenic Exposure Is Associated with Poorer Neuropsychological Functioning:
                                    A Project FRONTIER Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public
                                    Health, 8(3), 861-874, special issue: Advances in Environmental Neurotoxicology, 8(3),
                                    861-874.
32. O'Bryant, S.E., Hall, J.R., Cukrowizc, K., Edwards, M., Johnson, L.A., Lefforge,
                                    D., Jenkins, M. & Dentino, A. (2011). The differential impact of depressive symptom
                                    clusters on cognition in a rural multi-ethnic cohort: A Project FRONTIER study. International
                                    Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 26, 199-205.
33. Johnson, L.A., Hobson, V., Jenkins, M., Dentino, A., Ragain, M., & O'Bryant, S.E.
                                    (2011). The influence of thyroid function on cognition in a sample of ethnically diverse,
                                    rural-dwelling women: A Project FRONTIER Study. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical
                                    Neurosciences, 23(2), 219-222.
34. Duff, K., Spering, C.C., O'Bryant, S.E., Beglinger, L.J., Moser, D.J., Bayless,
                                    J.D., Culp, K., Mold, J.W., Adams, R.L., & Scott, J.G. (2011). The RBANS effort index:
                                    base rates in geriatric samples. Applied Neuropsychology, 18(1), 11-17.
35. O'Bryant, S.E., Schrimsher, G.W., Johnson, L.A., & Zhang, Y. (2011). The impact
                                    of sociodemographic factors on neuropsychological test performance in a rural sample:
                                    A Project FRONTIER Study. Journal of Rural Community Psychology, E14, 1.
36. Hall, J., Edwards, M., Barber, R., Johnson, L., Gong, G., O'Bryant, S.E. (March
                                    2012). Higher groundwater selenium exposure is associated with better memory: A Project
                                    FRONTIER Study. Neuroscience and Medicine, 3:18-25. http://www.SciRP.org/journal/nm.
37. Gordon Gong, Eric Belasco, Kristopher A Hargrave, Conrad Lyford and Billy U Philip.
                                    Determinants of delayed detection of cancers in Texas Counties in the United States
                                    of America. International Journal of Equity Health. 2012 May 29;11(1):29.
38. Harris A, Topouzis F, Wilson MR, Founti P, Kheradiya NS, Anastasopoulos E, Gong
                                    G, Yu F, Jonescu-Cuypers CP, Pappas T, Koskosas A, Coleman AL. Association of the
                                    Optic Disc Structure With the Use of Antihypertensive Medications: The Thessaloniki
                                    Eye Study. J Glaucoma. 2012 Mar 8. [Epub ahead of print]
39. Gong, G., O'Bryant, S.E. (February 2012) Low-level arsenic exposure, AS3MT gene
                                    polymorphism and cardiovascular diseases in rural Texas counties. Journal of Environmental
                                    Research, 113:52-57. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22341486. Epub, 2012 Feb 15.
40. Eric Belasco, Billy Phillips and Gordon Gong. The Health Care Access Index as
                                    a Determinant of Delayed Cancer Detection through Principal Component Analysis. In
                                    : Principal Component Analysis - Multidisciplinary Applications. Editor: Parinya Sanguansat,
                                    Publisher: InTech. pp 143-166, 2012. ISBN 978-953-51-0129-1.
41. Billy U Philips, Jr., Eric Belasco, Kyriakos S. Markides, Gordon Gong. Socioeconomic
                                    Deprivation as a Determinant of Cancer Mortality and the Hispanic Paradox in Texas,
                                    USA. International Journal of Equity Health (under revision).
42. Menon, C, Johnson, LA, Hall, J, Hobson, V, & O'Bryant, SE (2012). Normative performance
                                    on the executive clock drawing task in a multi-ethnic bilingual cohort: A Project
                                    FRONTIER study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 27(9): 959-66.
43. Atchison T and O'Bryant SE. (2012, February) Self-report of Previous TBI Relationship
                                    to Current Cognitive Function in an Older Rural Population. Journal of the International
                                    Neuropsychological Society, Volume 18 - Supplement 1: 231.
44. Younes S, Hobson Balldin V, Benavides H, Johnson L, Hall J, Tshuma L & O'Bryant
                                    SE (2012, November). The link between B12 and neuropsychological functioning among
                                    non-Hispanic and Mexican American adults and elders. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology,
                                    27, 586.
45. Gavett B, Horwitz J, Edwards M, & O'Bryant SE (2012, November). Measurement invariance
                                    of the American National Adult Reading Test by age, cognitive status, gender and ethnic
                                    group. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 27, 657.
46. Edwards M, Hobson Balldin V, Hall J, Strutt A, Pavlik V, Maruquez de la Plata
                                    C, Cullum CM, Lacritz L, Reisch J, Massman P, Barber R, Royall D, Younes S, & O'Bryant
                                    SE (2012, November). Mexican American normative references on tasks of memory and
                                    language: The Texas Mexican American Normative Studies. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology,
                                    27, 659.
47. Johnson, L.A., Phillips, J.A., Mauer, C., Edwards, M., Balldin, V.H., Hall, J.R.,
                                    Barber, R., Conger, T.L., Ho, E. H. & O'Bryant, S.E. The impact of GPX1 on the association
                                    of groundwater selenium and depression: a project FRONTIER study. BMC Psychiatry 2013
                                    Jan 4, 13:7.
48. O'Bryant SE, Xiao G, Edwards M, Devous M, Gupta VB, Martins R, Zhang F, & Barber
                                    RC for the Texas Alzheimer's Research & Care Consortium (2013, in press). Biomarkers
                                    of Alzheimer's Disease among Mexican Americans. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.
49. 58. O'Bryant SE, Johnson LA, Edwards M, Soares H, Devous MD, Ross S, & Hall J
                                    for the Texas Alzheimer's Research & Care Consortium (2013, in press). The link between
                                    C-Reactive Protein and Alzheimer's disease among Mexican Americans. Journal of Alzheimer's
                                    Disease. PMID: 23254637
50. Menon, CV, Jahn, DR, Mauer, CB & O'Bryant, SE (2013). Executive functioning as
                                    a mediator of the relationship between premorbid verbal intelligence and health risk
                                    behaviors in a rural-dwelling cohort: A Project FRONTIER study. Archives of Clinical
                                    Neuropsychology, 28(2): 169-79.
51. Johnson LA, Mauer C, Jahn D, Song M, Wyshywaniuk L, Hall JR, Balldin V, & O'Bryant
                                    SE (2013). Cognitive differences among depressed and non-depressed MCI participants:
                                    A Project FRONTIER study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 28(4): 377-82.
52. Menon C, Westervelt HJ, Jahn DR, Dressel JA, O'Bryant SE. Normative Performance
                                    on the Brief Smell Identification Test (BSIT) in a Multi-Ethnic Bilingual Cohort:
                                    A Project FRONTIER Study. Clinical Neuropsychology. 2013 May 1. [Epub ahead of print]
                                    PMID:23634698
53. Cukrowicz, K.C, Jahn, D.R, Hall, J, & O'Bryant, SE (2012). Psychological symptoms
                                    and blood pressure among rural-dwellers. Journal of Health Psychology, 17(8):1203-11.
54. O'Bryant SE, Johnson LA, Balldin V, Edwards M, Barber RC, Devous M, Cushings B,
                                    Knebl J, & Hall J (2013). Characterization of Mexican Americans with Mild Cognitive
                                    Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 33(2): 373-9.
                                    PMID: 22976076
55. O'Bryant, S.E., Johnson, L., Reischc, J., Edwards, M., Hall, J., Barber, R., Devous,
                                    M.D., Royall, D., Singh, M. Risk factors for mild cognitive impairment among Mexican
                                    Americans. Alzheimer's & Dementia 9 (2013) 622-631.
56. Jahna, D. R., Mauera,C. B., Menona, C. V., Edwards, M. L., Dressel, J. A. & O'Bryant,
                                    S. E. (2013) A brief Spanish-English equivalent version of the Boston Naming Test:
                                    A Project FRONTIER Study. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. 35:8
                                    835-845.
57. Johnson, L. A., Mauer, C., Jahn, D., Song, M., Wyshywaniuk, L., Hall, J. R., Balldin,
                                    V. H. & O'Bryant, S. E. Cognitive differences among depressed and non-depressed MCI
                                    participants: a project FRONTIER study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
                                    2013; 28: 377-382.
58. Johnson LA, Hall JR, O'Bryant SE (2013) A Depressive Endophenotype of Mild Cognitive
                                    Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease. PLoS ONE 8(7): e68848. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0068848
59. Menon, C.V., Jahn, D.R., Mauer, C.B., & O'Bryant, S.E. Executive Functioning as
                                    a Mediator of the Relationship Between Premorbid Verbal Intelligence and Health Risk
                                    Behaviors in a Rural-Dwelling Cohort: A Project FRONTIER Study. Archives of Clinical
                                    Neuropsychology 28 (2013) 169-179.
60. Roane, B.M., Johnson, L., Edwards, M., Hall, J. Al-Farra, S., O'Bryant, S.E. The
                                    link between sleep disturbance and depression among Mexican Americans: A Project Frontier
                                    Study. Journal of clinical sleep medicine: 2014.
61. Gong,G., Mattevada, S., O'Bryant, S.E. Comparison of the accuracy of kriging and
                                    IDW interpolations in estimating groundwater arsenic concentrations in Texas. Journal
                                    of Environmental Resolution (April 2014), Epub 2014 Feb 20. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24559533.
62. Philips Jr, B. U., Belasco, E., Markides, K. S., & Gong, G. (2013). Socioeconomic
                                    deprivation as a determinant of cancer mortality and the Hispanic paradox in Texas,
                                    USA. International Journal for Equity in Health, 12(1), 1-9.
63. Belasco, E.J., Gong, G., Pence, B., Wilkes, E. (2014) The Impact of Rural Health
                                    Care Accessibility on Cancer-Related Behaviors and Outcomes. Applied Health Economics
                                    and Health Policy 12(4):461-470.
64. Brismée, J.M., Yang, S., Lambert, M.E., Chyu, M.C., Tsai, P., Zhang, Y., Han,
                                    J.,Chung, E. and Shen, C.L. (2016) Differences in musculoskeletal health due to gender
                                    in a rural multiethnic cohort: a Project FRONTIER study. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
                                    17:181.
65. Johnson, C., & Curti, D., EMS Services Across State Lines, 16 Tex. Tech. Admin.
                                    L.J. 333 (2015).
66. Gong, G., Basom, J., Mattevada, S., Onger, F. (2015) Association of hypothyroidism
                                    with low-level arsenic exposure in rural West Texas. Environ Res 138:154-160.
67. Lambert, M. E. (2016) Differences in Neurocognitive Functioning Associated with
                                    Alcohol Consumption in a Multiethnic Rural Cohort: A Project FRONTIER. Applied Neuropsychology
                                    23:372-378.
68. Gordon Gong, Cassandra C. Huey, Coleman Johnson, Debra Curti, Billy U. Philips
                                    Jr. Enrollment in health insurance through the marketplace after implementation of
                                    the affordable care act in Texas. Tex Med. 2016;112(10):e1.
69. Gordon Gong. Cassandra C. Huey, Coleman Johnson, Debra Curti, Billy U. Philips,
                                    Jr., PhD, MPH. The health insurance gap after implementation of the affordable care
                                    act in Texas. Tex Med 2017; 113(3):e1.
1. O'Bryant, Sid E. (2008). 'Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) with rural
                                    elderly in Cochran County: The Cochran County Aging Study.' Invited presentation for
                                    the TTUHSC School of Nursing CBPR Workshop.
2. Zhang, Y., O'Bryant, S.E., Humphreys, J., Silva, M. (2008). An exploration into
                                    the relationship between alcohol and tobacco usage and mental status in a rural Hispanic
                                    community. Poster presentation at the American Academy of Health Behavior annual conference,
                                    Oxnard, CA.
3. O'Bryant, Sid E. (2010). 'Alzheimer's Disease: What does it look like and what
                                    to do?' Invited presentation for Seniors are Special.
4. Johnson, L.A., Jenkins, M., Dentino, A, Ragain, R.M, ' O'Bryant. The Association
                                    of Thyroid Function and Cognition in a Sample of Ethnically Diverse, Rural Women:
                                    A Project FRONTIER Study. The National Women's Health Conference. March 26-28, 2010.
5. Bichthy, N, Win, O, Dentino, A, Johnson, L, Hobson, V, ' O'Bryant, SE (2010). CLOX2
                                    is significantly related to functional status in a community based rural cohort: A
                                    Project FRONTIER Study. Poster presented at the 2010 annual meeting of the American
                                    Geriatric Society.
6. Win, O, Ngo, B, Johnson, L, Hobson, V, O'Bryant, S.E., ' Dentino, A. (2010). Preliminary
                                    normative data for the CLOX test among English and Spanish-speaking rural-dwellers:
                                    A Project FRONTIER Study. Poster presented at the 2010 annual meeting of the American
                                    Geriatric Society.
7. Edwards, M., Hobson, V., Johnson, L. ' O'Bryant, S. (2010). The Differential Impact
                                    of Depressive Symptom Clusters on Cognition in a Rural Multi-Ethnic Cohort: A Project
                                    FRONTIER Study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Psychological
                                    Association, Dallas, TX
8. Wyshywaniuk, L., Bhakta, K., Strange, C., Hobson, V. ' O'Bryant, S. (2010). Depression
                                    sub factors and the effects they have on cognitive decline in an MDC population. Poster
                                    presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Dallas,
                                    TX.
9. O'Bryant, S., Richardson, D., Perez, C., Nevarez, L., Rice, J., Wilbanks, L. '
                                    Hobson, V. (2010). Physical Activity is Associated with Cognitive and Affective Status
                                    among Rural-Dwelling Texans: A Project FRONTIER Study. Poster presented at the annual
                                    meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Dallas, TX.
10. Hobson, V., Johnson, L. ' O'Bryant, S. (2010). Anxiety Symptoms Are Differentially
                                    Related to HbA1c Levels among Rural-Dwelling Female Adults. Poster presented at the
                                    annual meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Dallas, TX.
11. Edwards, M, Mauer, CB, Hall, J, Barber, RC, ' O'Bryant, SE (2011, August). APOE
                                    moderates the link between affective status and cognition: A Project FRONTIER study.
                                    Poster presented at the annual American Psychological Association Convention, Washington,
                                    DC.
12. Mauer, CB, Edwards, M, Johnson, L, Hall, J, ' O'Bryant, SE (2011, August). Examining
                                    the link between groundwater selenium and symptoms of depression and anxiety: A Project
                                    FRONTIER study. Poster presented at the annual American Psychological Association
                                    Convention, Washington, DC.
13. Mauer, CB, Johnson, L, Hall, J, ' O'Bryant, SE (2011, August). The link between
                                    anxiety and neuropsychological functioning with depression as a moderating factor:
                                    A Project FRONTIER study. Poster presented at the annual American Psychological Association
                                    Convention, Washington, DC.
14. Williams, MM, O'Bryant, SE, Meisel, MM, Williams, J, Braddock, E, Ramirez, V,
                                    Hudson, C, Damper, J, ' Dentino, AN (2011, July). Social marketing for minority recruitment
                                    in rural and urban settings. Poster presented at 11th annual meeting of the International
                                    Conference on Alzheimer's Disease (ICAD), Paris, France.
15. Gong, G., ' O'Bryant, S.E. (2011, June). Low-Level Arsenic Exposure, AS3MT Gene
                                    Polymorphism and Cardiovascular Diseases in Rural Texas Counties. Oral presentation
                                    at the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), Columbus, OH.
16. Phillips, J.A., O'Bryant, S.E., Mauer, C., Edwards, M., Mattevada, S., Johnson,
                                    L., Gong, G., ' Hall, J.; Groundwater selenium is associated with lower depression
                                    scores: A Project FRONTIER Study.
17. Imhof, B., Liston, K., ' O'Bryant, S. Creation of the Cochran County Community-Based
                                    Respite Program: A Project FRONTIER Study
18. Buie, R.R., Schrimsher, G.W., Edwards, M., ' O'Bryant, S.E. (2011, April). Alternate
                                    scoring method for the RBANS Figure Copy and Figure Recall subtests based on individual
                                    elements present within the overall figure: A Project FRONTIER Study. Poster presented
                                    at TTU Undergraduate Research Conference; Lubbock, TX, April 2011.
19. Mathew, M., Johnson, L., ' O'Bryant, S.E. (2011, April) The relation between HbA1c
                                    levels and depression symptoms in an ethnically diverse rural sample: A Project FRONTIER
                                    Study; TTU Undergraduate Research Conference. Lubbock, TX.
20. Buie, R.R., Schrimsher, G.W., Edwards, M., ' O'Bryant, S.E. (2011, April) Alternate
                                    scoring method for the RBANS Figure Copy and Figure Recall subtests based on individual
                                    elements present within the overall figure: A Project FRONTIER Study. Poster presented
                                    at the TTU Undergraduate Research Conference; Lubbock, TX.
21. Hall J, Edwards M, Hobson Balldin V, Strutt A, Pavlik V, Marquez de la Plata C,
                                    Cullum CM, Lacritz L, Reisch J, Massman P, Royall D, Barber R, Younes S, Weichmann
                                    A, ' O'Bryant (2012, November). Normative data for Mexican Americans on tasks of executive
                                    and physiometric functions: The Texas Mexican American Normative Studies. Archives
                                    of Clinical Neuropsychology, 27, 582.
22. Hobson Balldin, V, Menon C, Younes S, Hall J, Strutt A, Pavlik V, Marquez de la
                                    Plata C, Cullum CM, Lacritz, Reisch J, Massman P, Royall D, Barber R, ' O'Bryant SE
                                    (2012, November). Normative performance on the RBANS in a multi-ethnic bilingual cohort:
                                    The Texas Mexican American Normative Studies. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology,
                                    27, 652-653.
23. Torrence N, John S, Gavett B, ' O'Bryant SE (2012, November). A comparison of
                                    second-order facto structures for the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological
                                    Status. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 27, 685.
24. Mauer, C., Johnson, L., Schrimsher, G., ' O'Bryant, S. (August, 2012). The Link
                                    Between Diabetes Diagnosis and Anxiety Among Mexican Americans Versus non-Hispanic
                                    Adults. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, Orlando,
                                    FL.
25. Cukrowicz, K.C., O'Bryant, S., Hirsh, J., ' Gong, G. (2012). Suicide Risk in Rural
                                    Adults: The Prevalence of Suicide Ideation and Its Association with Health and Psychological
                                    Variables. Poster presentation at the 45th Annual Conference of the American Association
                                    of Suicidology, Baltimore, MD.
26. Hewitt, B., Hudson, C., Gong, G., ' Philips, B.U. (2013). 'Colorectal Cancer Screening
                                    Rate and Its Determinants in Rural Texas.' Oral presentation at the 2013 NAACCR Annual
                                    Conference, Austin, TX.
27. Poindexter, E.K., Cukrowicz, K.C., Philips, B., Lambert, M.E., Gong, G.,O'Bryant,
                                    S. ' Hirsch, J.K. Suicide Ideation and Suicidal Behaviors Among Rural Adults: Frequency
                                    and Risk Factors. Paper presented at the American Association of Suicidology. April
                                    11, 2014
28. Cukrowicz, K.C., Poindexter, E.K., Philips, B., Lambert, M.E., Gong, G.,O'Bryant,
                                    S. ' Hirsch, J.K. Assessing Suicide Risk in Rural Adults: Feasibility and Acceptability.
                                    Paper presented at the American Association of Suicidology. April 11, 2014
29. Effects of ethnicity, gender, migration, immigration, age distribution, and rural
                                    residence on the proportion of centenarians in Texas counties. Presented at The 92nd
                                    Texas Public Health Association Annual Education Conference, Galveston, Texas, April
                                    11 to April 13, 2016.
30. Gordon Gong, Mohammad Allauddin, Billy U. Phillips, Jr. Concentrations of inorganic
                                    arsenic species are highly correlated with the concentration of the sum of all arsenic
                                    subspecies in nails. Presented at The 92nd Texas Public Health Association Annual
                                    Education Conference, Galveston, Texas, April 11-13, 2016.
31. Bell Bailey, Gordon Gong, Catherine Hudson. Mild cognitive impairment and its
                                    relationship to C-reactive protein and albumin levels in blood. A Project FRONTIER
                                    study. Poster presented at TTUHSC Student Research Week. March 10-13, 2016. Lubbock
                                    Texas.
32. Coleman Johnson, Gordon Gong, Debra Curti, Billy U. Philips, Jr. The Benchmark
                                    of Rural Health: Top 10 leading causes of death in rural Texas in 2010. To be presented
                                    at Texas Public Health Association 2017 Annual Education Conference in Fort Worth,
                                    March 27-29, 2017.
33. Brady Miller, Catherine Hudson, Gordon Gong. Depression is associated with lower
                                    American National Adult Reading Test scores among rural dwellers aged between 50 and
                                    64 years in Texas: A Project FRONTIER Study. To be presented at Texas Public Health
                                    Association 2017 Annual Education Conference in Fort Worth, March 27-29, 2017.
 
  
 

