Mental Health

Our brain is in charge of most things in our body, including our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. When someone experiences a stroke, it can affect parts of the brain that control our mood and behavior so that they no longer work as they used to before the stroke. That is why stroke survivors often struggle with common mental health problems, such as anxiety, depression, and social isolation, during and after their recovery. In general, we call these concerns Post-Stroke Psychosocial Stress.

When stroke survivors do not get treatment for post-stroke psychosocial stress, it can take longer for them to feel better during their recovery. This can have a negative effect on survivors’ quality of life as well, which in turn can worsen the post-stroke psychosocial stress. Add to this the fact that stroke survivors often discharge directly home from the hospital without additional supportive services and are only able to receive care from family members, spouses, and loved ones, whom we call informal caregivers. Because informal caregivers usually don’t have any medical training, they can feel overwhelmed and develop caregiver burden and psychosocial stress. Increased caregiver burden can affect the informal caregiver’s ability to help the stroke survivor through their recovery. This means that both the stroke survivor and their informal caregiver’s psychosocial stress can increase, which can also make recovery more difficult.

Fortunately, there are helpful therapies and supports for stroke survivors and informal caregivers. Receiving these kinds of supports can improve the recovery process for the stroke survivor and their loved ones by reducing post-stroke psychosocial stress.

The Mental Health Program focuses on developing behavioral interventions, supports, and therapies for this crucial post-stroke period. We are interested in learning about how the interventions can improve post-stroke psychosocial stress so that we can improve the education and support services for stroke survivors and their informal caregivers in our communities.

For Health Care Professionals

The stroke institute holds a monthly mental health program meeting every 3rd Wednesday of the month at 4 PM CST on TEAMS to discuss current projects related to stroke and mental wellness and ideas for future projects. Interested in joining? Email Dr. Jennifer Beauchamp  

For Both Stroke Survivors and Informal Caregivers

Resources for Emotional Health

• Emotional Effects of Stroke, American Stroke Association
• Support Network, American Stroke Association
• Depression Basics, National Institute of Mental Health
• Mental Health Resources, Mental Health America of Greater Houston

Recursos en Español

Emotional Health and COVID-19

• Dealing with Stress, Anxiety, and Grief during COVID-19 
• Coping with Coronavirus: Managing Stress, Fear, and Anxiety, Director’s Messages, National Institute of Mental Health (NIH)
• Stress and Coping, Coronavirus, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Dr. Jennifer Hughes' Mental Health Youtube Channel
• Resources for Mental Health and COVID-19, The Hogg Foundation

For Stroke Survivor

Resources

• Life After Stroke, American Stroke Association
• Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery
• Integrative Medicine Center, MD Anderson Cancer Center                          

For Informal Caregivers

Resources

• Caregiver Guide to Stroke, American Heart Association
• How Should I Communicate as a Caregiver, American Heart Association
• What Is Caregiver Burnout?, American Heart Association
• Intimacy After Stroke, American Stroke Foundation
• Coping through COVID-19 (PDF)

Local Support Groups

Resources

• Stroke Support Group Finder, American Stroke Association

The Jung Center's Mind Body Spirit Institute Resources

Weekly Meditation Program

The Jung Center's Mind Body Spirit Institute offers free weekly meditation. This online and live streaming program can be taken from home, or anywhere with an internet connection. For more information and registration details, please visit the The Jung Center's Mind Body Spirit Institute

• The Power of Community
• Coping With Grief

Mindful Hand Washing

"Every time we wash our hands, we have a perfect opportunity to bring our attention to the present and let go of anxiety. Alejandro Chaoul, PhD, founding director of The Jung Center's Mind Body Spirit Institute, teaches this easy practice." Please check out this mindful handwashing video provided by The Jung Center of Houston.

The S.T.O.P. Formula

During the day, if you find your mind is racing, you are having trouble focusing, or you are feeling overwhelmed, angry, agitated, worried, or critical (of self and others), use the STOP Formula - Susan Bauer-Wu, PhD, RN, FAAN

S – Stop, pause

T – Take a few slow, deep breaths and tune in

O – Open and Observe – notice what is on your mind and how you feel

P – Proceed with awareness, kindness, and wise action (or inaction)

Dr. Alejandro Chaoul shares a few mindful "pills" to do between interpreting encounters, or stressful moments that can be viewed here. 

For Health Care Professionals

• The stroke institute holds a monthly mental health program meeting every 3rd Wednesday of the month at 4 PM CST on TEAMS  to discuss current projects related to stroke and mental wellness and ideas for future projects. Interested in joining? Email Dr. Jennifer Beauchamp at  jennifer.e.beauchamp@uth.tmc.edu.

UTHealth Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease Faculty: Recent Publications (2020-2022)

Mental Health After Stroke

Jennifer Beauchamp, PhD, RN

• Beauchamp, J. E. S., Villarreal, Y., Ancer Leal, A., Savitz, S. I., & Sharrief, A. (2022). Reflections on Obstacles to Stroke Awareness in Spanish-Speaking Hispanic Populations: Lost in Translation. The Journal of Neuroscience Nursing: Journal of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses, 54(6), 228-230. DOI: 10.1097/JNN.0000000000000674.

• Castro, A., Leal, A. A., Montiel, T. C., Sharrief, A., Denny, M. C., & Beauchamp, J. E. S. (2022). RAPIDO: Promoting stroke awareness among Spanish speakers. Nursing, 52(1), 46–50. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NURSE.0000803488.93481.a2
• Daundasekara, S. S., Beauchamp, J. E. S., & Hernandez, D. C. (2021). Parenting stress mediates the longitudinal effect of maternal depression on child anxiety/depressive symptoms. Journal of Affective Disorders, 295, 33–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.08.002
• Naqvi, I. A., Montiel, T. C., Bittar, Y., Hunter, N., Okpala, M., Johnson, C., Weiner, M. G., Savitz, S., Sharrief, A., & Beauchamp, J. E. S. (2021). Internet Access and Usage Among Stroke Survivors and Their Informal Caregivers: Cross-sectional Study. JMIR Formative Research, 5(3), e25123. https://doi.org/10.2196/25123
• Achilike, S., Beauchamp, J. E. S., Cron, S. G., Okpala, M., Payen, S. S., Baldridge, L., Okpala, N., Montiel, T. C., Varughese, T., Love, M., Fagundes, C., Savitz, S., & Sharrief, A. (2020). Caregiver Burden and Associated Factors Among Informal Caregivers of Stroke Survivors. The Journal of Neuroscience Nursing: Journal of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses, 52(6), 277–283. https://doi.org/10.1097/JNN.0000000000000552
• Daundasekara, S. S., Schuler, B. R., Beauchamp, J. E. S., & Hernandez, D. C. (2021). The mediating effect of parenting stress and couple relationship quality on the association between material hardship trajectories and maternal mental health status. Journal of Affective Disorders, 290, 31–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.04.058
• Love, M. F., Wood, G. L., Wardell, D. W., & Beauchamp, J. E. S. (2021). Resilience and associated psychological, social/cultural, behavioural, and biological factors in patients with cardiovascular disease: A systematic review. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing: Journal of the Working Group on Cardiovascular Nursing of the European Society of Cardiology, 20(6), 604–617. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn/zvaa008
• Beauchamp, J.E.S., Casameni Montiel T., Cai, C., Tallavajhula, S., Hinojosa, E., Okpala, M.N., Vahidy, F. S., Savitz, S.I., Sharrief, A.Z. (2020). A Retrospective Study to Identify Novel Factors Associated with Post-stroke AnxietyJournal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2019.104582
• Fournier, L. E., Beauchamp, J. E. S., Zhang, X., Bonojo, E., Love, M., Cooksey, G., Hinojosa, E., Okpala, M. N., Savitz, S. I., & Sharrief, A. Z. (2020). Assessment of the Progression of Poststroke Depression in Ischemic Stroke Patients Using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases: The Official Journal of National Stroke Association, 29(4), 104561. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2019.104561
• Love, M.F., Sharrief, A., LoBiondo-Wood, G., Cron S.G., & Beauchamp E.S. (2020). The Effects of Meditation, Race, and Anxiety on Stroke Survivor Resilience. Journal of Neuroscience Nursing. DOI: 10.1097/JNN.0000000000000509
• Reddy, S. T., Satani, N., Beauchamp, J. E. S., Selvaraj, S., Rajan, S. S., Rahbar, M. H., Tahanan, A., Kim, S., Holder, T., Jiang, X., Chen, L., Kamal, H., Indupuru, H. K. R., Wu, T.-C., & Savitz, S. I. (2021). A meta-analysis of the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on stroke care & the Houston Experience. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, 8(4), 929–937. https://doi.org/10.1002/acn3.51322
• Rhoades, B. D., Beauchamp, J. E. S., Engebretson, J. C., & Wardell, D. W. (2020). Influencing factors on left ventricular assist device adaptation: A systematic review. Heart & Lung: The Journal of Critical Care, 49(5), 501–511. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrtlng.2020.01.015
• Streck, B. P., Wardell, D. W., LoBiondo-Wood, G., & Beauchamp, J. E. S. (2020). Interdependence of physical and psychological morbidity among patients with cancer and family caregivers: Review of the literature. Psycho-Oncology, 29(6), 974–989. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.5382

Alejandro Chaoul, PhD

• Sinclair, K. L., Kiser, E., Ratcliff, C. G., Chaoul, A., Hall, M. H., Rinpoche, T. W., & Cohen, L. (2022). Sleep moderates the effects of Tibetan yoga for women with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy. Supportive Care in Cancer: Official Journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-022-06861-6
• Mama, S. K., Bhuiyan, N., Chaoul, A., Cohen, L., Fagundes, C. P., Hoover, D. S., Strong, L. L., Li, Y., Nguyen, N. T., & McNeill, L. H. (2020). Feasibility and acceptability of a faith-based mind-body intervention among African American adults. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 10(4), 928–937. https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/iby114
• Love, M. F., Sharrief, A., Chaoul, A., Savitz, S., & Beauchamp, J. E. S. (2019). Mind-Body Interventions, Psychological Stressors, and Quality of Life in Stroke Survivors. Stroke, 50(2), 434-440. DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.118.021150.

Christopher Fagundes, PhD

• Fagundes, C. P., Wu-Chung, E. L., & Christian, L. M. (2022). Special Issue: Social Determinants of Health: What we still need to know. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 140, 105713. DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105713.

• Brown, R. L., LeRoy, A. S., Chen, M. A., Suchting, R., Jaremka, L. M., Liu, J., Heijnen, C., & Fagundes, C. P. (2022) Grief Symptoms Promote Inflammation During Acute Stress Among Bereaved Spouses. Psychological Science, 33(6), 859-873. DOI: 10.1177/09567976211059502.

• Wu-Chung, E. L., Leal, S. L., Denny, B. T., Cheng, S. L., & Fagundes, C. P. (2022). Spousal caregiving, widowhood, and cognition: A systematic review and a biopsychosocial framework for understanding the relationship between interpersonal losses and dementia risk in older adulthood. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 134, 104487. DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.12.010.

• Madison, A. A., Andridge, R., Shrout, M. R., Renna, M. E., Bennett, J. M., Jaremka, L. M., Fagundes, C. P., Belury, M. A., Malarkey, W. B., & Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K. (2022). Frequent Interpersonal Stress and Inflammatory Reactivity Predict Depressive-Symptom Increases: Two Tests of the Social-Signal-Transduction Theory of Depression. Psychological Science, 33(1), 152-164. DOI: 10.1177/09567976211031225.

• Chen, M. A., Brown, R. L., Chen, J. Y., de Dios, M. A., Green, C. E., Heijnen, C. J., & Fagundes, C. P. (2022). Childhood maltreatment, subjective social status, and health disparities in bereavement. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 135, 105595. DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2021.105595.

• Brown, R. L., Fagundes, C. P., Thayer, J. F., & Christian, L. M. (2021). Longitudinal changes in HRV across pregnancy and postpartum: Effect of negative partner relationship qualities. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 129, 105216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2021.105216
• Wu, E. L., LeRoy, A. S., Heijnen, C. J., & Fagundes, C. P. (2021). Inflammation and future depressive symptoms among recently bereaved spouses. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 128, 105206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2021.105206
• Brown, R. L., Shahane, A. D., Chen, M. A., & Fagundes, C. P. (2020). Cognitive reappraisal and nasal cytokine production following experimental rhinovirus infection. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health, 1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2019.100012
• Fagundes, C. P., & Wu, E. L. (2020). Matters of the heart: Grief, morbidity, and mortality. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 29(3), 235–241. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721420917698
• Seiler, A., Sood, A. K., Jenewein, J., & Fagundes, C. P. (2020). Can stress promote the pathophysiology of brain metastases? A critical review of biobehavioral mechanisms. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 87, 860–880. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2019.12.013
• Shahane, A. D., LeRoy, A. S., Denny, B. T., & Fagundes, C. P. (2020). Connecting cognition, cardiology, and chromosomes: Cognitive reappraisal impacts the relationship between heart rate variability and telomere length in CD8+CD28- cells. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 112, 104517. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.104517

• Garcini, L. M., Brown, R. L., Chen, M. A., Saucedo, L., Fite, A. M., Ye, P., Ziauddin K., & Fagundes, C. P. (2021). Bereavement among widowed Latinos in the United States: A systematic review of methodology and findings. Death Studies, 45(5), 342-353. DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2019.1648328.

• Shrout, M. R., Renna, M. E., Madison, A. A., Jaremka, L. M., Fagundes, C. P., Malarkey, W. B., & Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K. (2020). Cortisol slopes and conflict: A spouse's perceived stress matters. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 121, 104839. DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104839.

• Suglia, S. F., Campo, R. A., Brown, A. G. M., Stoney, C., Boyce, C. A., Appleton, A. A., Bleil, M. E., Boynton-Jarrett, R., Dube, S. R., Dunn, E. C., Ellis, B. J., Fagundes, C. P., Heard-Garris, N. J., Jaffee, S. R., Johnson, S. B., Mujahid, M. S., Slopen, N., Su, S., & Watamura, S. E. (2020). Social Determinants of Cardiovascular Health: Early Life Adversity as a Contributor to Disparities in Cardiovascular Diseases. The Journal of Pediatrics, 219, 267-273. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.12.063.

• Garcini, L. M., Chen, M. A., Brown, R., LeRoy, A. S., Cano, M. A., Peek, K., & Fagundes, C. (2020). "Abrazame Que Ayuda" (Hug Me, It Helps): Social Support and the Effect of Perceived Discrimination on Depression among US- and Foreign-Born Latinxs in the USA. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 7(3), 481-487. DOI: 10.1007/s40615-019-00676-8.

Jennifer Hughes, PhD

• Hughes, J. B., & Hellmann, J. J. (2005). The application of rarefaction techniques to molecular inventories of microbial diversity. Methods in enzymology, 397, 292–308. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0076-6879(05)97017-1
• Horner-Devine, M. C., Lage, M., Hughes, J. B., & Bohannan, B. J. (2004). A taxa-area relationship for bacteria. Nature, 432(7018), 750–753. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature03073
• Bohannan, B. J., Kerr, B., Jessup, C. M., Hughes, J. B., & Sandvik, G. (2002). Trade-offs and coexistence in microbial microcosms. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 81(1-4), 107–115. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1020585711378
• Ives, A. R., & Hughes, J. B. (2002). General relationships between species diversity and stability in competitive systems. The American naturalist, 159(4), 388–395. https://doi.org/10.1086/338994
• Hughes, J. B., & Roughgarden, J. (2000). Species Diversity and Biomass Stability. The American naturalist, 155(5), 618–627. https://doi.org/10.1086/303348

Sudhakar Selvaraj, MD, PhD

• DeMaster, D., Godlewska, B. R., Liang, M., Vannucci, M., Bockmann, T., Cao, B., & Selvaraj, S. (2022). Effective connectivity between resting-state networks in depression. Journal of Affective Disorders, 307, 79-86. DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.03.041.

• Dandekar, M. P., Diaz, A. P., Rahman, Z., Silva, R. H., Nahas, Z., Aaronson, S., Selvaraj, S., Fenoy, A. J., Sanches, M., Soares, J. C., Riva-Posse, P., & Quevedo, J. (2022). A narrative review on invasive brain stimulation for treatment-resistant depression. Revista Brasileira De Psiquiatria, 44(3), 317-330. DOI: 10.1590/1516-4446-2021-1874.

• Fang, F., Godlewska, B., Selvaraj, S., & Zhang, Y. (2022). Predicting Antidepressant Treatment Response Using Functional Brain Controllability Analysis. Brain Connectivity. DOI: 10.1089/brain.2022.0027.

• Sanches, M., Nguyen, L. K., Chung, T. H., Nestadt, P., Wilcox, H. C., Coryell, W. H., Soares, J. C., & Selvaraj, S. (2022). Anxiety symptoms and suicidal thoughts and behaviors among patients with mood disorders. Journal of Affective Disorders, 307, 171-177. DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.03.046.

• Fang, F., Godlewska, B., Cho, R. Y., Savitz, S. I., Selvaraj, S., & Zhang, Y. (2022) Effects of escitalopram therapy on functional brain controllability in major depressive disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 310, 68-74. DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.04.123.

• Lakkireddy, S. P., Balachander, S., Dayalamurthy, P., Bhattacharya, M., Joseph, M. S., Kumar, P., Kannampuzha, A. J., Mallappagari, S., Narayana, S., Alexander, A. C., Muthukumaran, M., Sheth, S., Puzhakkal, J. C., Ramesh, V., Thatikonda, N. S., Selvaraj, S., Ithal, D., Sreeraj, V. S., Mahadevan, J., Holla, B., Venkatasubramanian, G., John, J. P., Murthy, P., Benegal, V., Reddy, Y. C. J, Jain, S., ADBS Consortium, & Viswanath, B. (2022). Neurocognition and its association with adverse childhood experiences and familial risk of mental illness. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, 119, 110620. DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2022.110620.

• Fenoy, A. J., Schulz, P. E., Sanches, M., Selvaraj, S., Burrows, C. L., Asir, B., Conner, C. R., Quevedo, J., & Soares, J. C. (2022). Deep brain stimulation of the "medial forebrain bundle": sustained efficacy of antidepressant effect over years. Molecular Psychiatry, 27(5), 2546-2553. DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01504-y.

• Zingg, A., Carter, L., Rogith, D., Selvaraj, S., Franklin, A., & Myneni, S. (2022). Mobile Health Applications for Postpartum Depression Management: A Theory-Informed Analysis of Change-Use-Engagement (CUE) Criteria in the Digital Environment. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 290, 844-848. DOI: 10.3233/SHTI220198.

• Fang, F., Godlewska, B., Cho, R. Y., Savitz, S. I., Selvaraj, S., & Zhang, Y. (2022). Personalizing repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for precision depression treatment based on functional brain network controllability and optimal control analysis. NeuroImage, 260, 119465. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119465.

• Chung, T. H., Hanley, K., Le, Y. C., Merchant, A., Nascimento, F., De Figueiredo, J. M., Wilcox, H. C., Coryell, W. H., Soares, J. C., & Selvaraj, S. (2022). A validation study of PHQ-9 suicide item with the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale in outpatients with mood disorders at National Network of Depression Centers. Journal of Affective Disorders, 320, 590-594. DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.09.131.

• Fang, F., Gao, Y., Schulz, P. E., Selvaraj, S., & Zhang, Y. (2021). Brain controllability distinctiveness between depression and cognitive impairment. Journal of Affective Disorders, 294, 847–856. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.07.106
• Reddy, S. T., Satani, N., Beauchamp, J. E. S., Selvaraj, S., Rajan, S. S., Rahbar, M. H., Tahanan, A., Kim, S., Holder, T., Jiang, X., Chen, L., Kamal, H., Indupuru, H. K. R., Wu, T.-C., & Savitz, S. I. (2021). A meta-analysis of the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on stroke care & the Houston Experience. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, 8(4), 929–937. https://doi.org/10.1002/acn3.51322
• Selvaraj, S., Arora, T., Casameni Montiel, T., Grey, I., Alfraih, H., Fadipe, M., Suchting, R., Savitz, S., Sanner Beauchamp, J. E., & Östlundh, L. (2021). Early screening for post-stroke depression, and the effect on functional outcomes, quality of life and mortality: A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open, 11(8), e050451. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050451
• Selvaraj, S., & John, V. (2020). Taking care of medical students: The pillars of future healthcare. Revista Brasileira De Psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil: 1999), 43(1), 4–5. https://doi.org/10.1590/1516-4446-2020-1037
• Stamenkovic, D. M., Selvaraj, S., Venkatraman, S., Arshad, A., Rancic, N. K., Dragojevic-Simic, V. M., Miljkovic, M. N., & Cattano, D. (2020). Anesthesia for patients with psychiatric illnesses: A narrative review with emphasis on preoperative assessment and postoperative recovery and pain. Minerva Anestesiologica, 86(10), 1089–1102. https://doi.org/10.23736/S0375-9393.20.14259-7
• Wu, Z., Peng, Y., Selvaraj, S., Schulz, P. E., & Zhang, Y. (2020). Development of Brain Structural Networks Over Age 8: A Preliminary Study Based on Diffusion Weighted Imaging. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 12, 61. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2020.00061

Anjail Sharrief, MD, MPH

• Varughese, T., Casameni Montiel T., Engebretson, J., Savitz, S. I., Sharrief, A., & Beauchamp, J. E. S. (2022). A Person-Centered Approach Understanding Stroke Survivor and Family Caregiver Emotional Health. Journal of Neuroscience Nursing: Journal of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses, 54(2), 68-73. DOI: 10.1097/JNN.0000000000000640.

• Love, M. F., Brooks, A. N., Cox, S. D., Okpala, M., Cooksey, G., Cohen, A. S., & Sharrief, A. Z. (2022). The effects of racism and resilience on Black stroke- survivor quality of life: Study protocol and rationale for a mixed-methods approach. Frontiers in Neurology, 13, 885374. DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.885374.

• Sharma, M., Smith, E. E., Pearce, L. A., Shoamanesh, A., Perera, K. S., Coutts, S. B., Damgaard, D., Ameriso, S. F., Rha, J. H., Modrau, B., Yoon, B. W., Romano, M., Messé, S. R., Barlinn, J., Lambeck, J., Saad, F., Berkowitz, S. D., Mundl, H., Connolly, S. J., Hart, R. G., & NAVIGATE ESUS MIND MRI Substudy Investigators. (2022). Frequency and Patterns of Brain Infarction in Patients With Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source: NAVIGATE ESUS Trial. Stroke, 53(1), 45-52. DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.032976.

• Fifi, J. T., Nguyen, T. N., Song, S., Sharrief, A., Pujara, D. K., Shaker, F., Fournier, L. E., Jones, E. M., Lechtenberg, C. G., Slavin, S. J., Ifejika, N. L., Diaz, M. V., Martin-Schild, S., Schaafsma, J., Tsai, J. P., Alexandrov, A. W., Tjoumakaris, S. I., Sarraj, A., & SELECT Investigators. (2022). Sex differences in endovascular thrombectomy outcomes in large vessel occlusion: a propensity-matched analysis from the SELECT study. Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery, 018348. DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2021-018348.

• Denny, M. C., Ancer Leal A., Montiel, T. C., Wynne, K., Edquilang, G., Vu, K. Y. T., Vahidy, F., Savitz, S. I., Beauchamp, J. E. S., & Sharrief, A. Z. (2022). Stroke Literacy Video for Patients and Families: Symptoms, Risk Factors, and Prevention. JMIR Formative Research. DOI: 10.2196/31903.

• Kleindorfer, D. O., Towfighi, A., Chaturvedi, S., Cockroft, K. M., Gutierrez, J., Lombardi-Hill, D., Kamel, H., Kernan, W. N., Kittner, S. J., Leira, E. C., Lennon, O., Meschia, J. F., Nguyen, T. N., Pollak, P. M., Santangeli, P., Sharrief, A. Z., Smith, S. C. Jr., Turan, T. N., & Williams, L. S. (2021). 2021 Guideline for the Prevention of Stroke in Patients With Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack: A Guideline From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Stroke, 52(7), e364-e467. DOI: 10.1161/STR.0000000000000375.

• Sarraj, A., Pizzo, E., Lobotesis, K., Grotta, J. C., Hassan, A. E., Abraham, M. G., Blackburn, S., Day, A. L., Dannenbaum, M. J., Hicks, W., Vora, N. A., Budzik, R. F., Sharrief, A. Z., Martin-Schild, S., Sitton, C. W., Pujara, D. K., Lansberg, M. G., Gupta, R., Albers, G. W., Kunz, W. G., & SELECT Investigators. (2021). Endovascular thrombectomy in patients with large core ischemic stroke: a cost-effectiveness analysis from the SELECT study. Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery, 13(10):875-882. DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2020-016766.

• Reddy, S., Wu, T. C., Zhang, J., Rahbar, M. H., Ankrom, C., Zha, A., Cossey, T. C., Aertker, B., Vahidy, F., Parsha, K., Jones, E., Sharrief, A., Savitz, S. I., & Jagolino-Cole, A. (2021). Lack of Racial, Ethnic, and Sex Disparities in Ischemic Stroke Care Metrics within a Tele-Stroke Network. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases: The Official Journal of National Stroke Association, 30(1), 105418. DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.105418.

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Abstracts

• Ancer Leal, A., Castro, A., Kadiyala,A., Casameni Montiel, T., Beauchamp, J., Sharrief, A., Denny, C. (August 2020). Video-based Stroke Education: Stroke Messaging for Spanish-speakers. Virtual 4th Annual International Neuroscience Nursing Research Symposium (INNRS). First place for best poster.

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