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Veterans Aging Cohort Study

Veterans Aging Cohort Study
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
950 Campbell Avenue
West Haven, CT 06516
Tel: 203.932.5711 x3541
Fax: 203.937.4926
angela.consorte@va.gov

Journal Articles

2010

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  1. The Antiretroviral Therapy Cohort Collaboration. Causes of Death in HIV-1–Infected Patients Treated with Antiretroviral Therapy, 1996–2006: Collaborative Analysis of 13 HIV Cohort Studies. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2010; 50(10):1387–1396.
  2. Fischer MJ, Wyatt CM, Gordon K, Gibert CL, Brown ST, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Justice AC, and Parikh CR for the VACS Project Team. Hepatitis C and the Risk of Kidney Disease and Mortality in Veterans With HIV. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr February 2010, Volume 53, Number 2, 222-226.
  3. Freiberg MS, McGinnis KA, Kraemer K, Samet JH, Conigliaro J, Ellison C, Bryant K, Kuller LH, and Justice AC for the VACS Project Team. The Association Between Alcohol Consumption and Prevalent Cardiovascular Diseases Among HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Men. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr February 2010, Volume 53, Number 2, 247-253.
  4. Green TC, Kershaw T, Lin H, Heimer R, Goulet JL, Kraemer KL, Gordon AJ, Maisto SA, Day NL, Bryant K, Fiellin DA, Justice AC. Patterns of drug use and abuse among aging adults with and without HIV: A latent class analysis of a US Veteran cohort. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 0376-8716, DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.02.020
  5. Hooshyar D, Goulet J, Chwastiak L, Crystal S, Gibert CL, Mattocks K, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas M, Justice AC for the VACS Project Team. Time to Depression Treatment in Primary Care Among HIV-infected and Uninfected Veterans. J Gen Intern Med 2010. DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1323-z.
  6. Justice AC. Aging with Complex Chronic Disease: The Wrinkled Face of AIDS. GMHC Treatment Issues June 2010.
  7. Justice AC. Commentary: Treated HIV infection is a chronic disease: the case against cause of death analyses. International Journal of Epidemiology 2010;39:146–148 DOI:10.1093/ije/dyp342.
  8. Justice AC. HIV and Aging: Time for a New Paradigm. HIV/AIDS Rep (2010) 7:69–76 DOI 10.1007/s11904-010-0041-9. 
  9. Kim N, Agostini JV, and Justice AC. Refill Adherence to Oral Hypoglycemic Agents and Glycemic Control in Veterans. The Annals of Pharmacotherapy May 2010, Volume 44. 
  10. Maisto SA, McGinnis K, Cook R, Conigliaro J, Bryant K, Justice AC. Factor Structure of Leigh’s (1990) Alcohol Sex Expectancies Scale in Individuals in Treatment for HIV Disease. AIDS Behav (2010) 14:174–180. DOI 10.1007/s10461-008-9457-2.
  11. Sueoka K, Goulet JL, Fiellin DA, Rimland D, Butt AA, Gibert C, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Bryant K, Crystal S, Justice AC. Depression Symptoms and Treatment Among HIV Infected and Uninfected Veterans. AIDS Behav (2010) 14(2:272-9). DOI 10.1007/s10461-008-9457-2. 

2009

  1. The Antiretroviral Therapy Cohort Collaboration (ART-CC) (Justice AC on Writing Committee). Effect of baseline CD4 cell counts on the clinical significance of short-term immunologic response to antiretroviral therapy in individuals with virologic suppression. JAIDS (in press).
  2. The Antiretroviral Therapy Cohort Collaboration (ART-CC). (Justice AC on Writing Committee). Mortality of HIV-infected patients starting potent antiretroviral therapy: Comparison with the general population in eight industrialized countries. Int’l J Epidemiol (in press).
  3. The Antiretroviral Therapy Cohort Collaboration (ART-CC). Prognosis of patients treated with cART from 36 months after initiation, according to current and previous CD4 cell count and plasma HIV-1 RNA measurements AIDS 2009 23:2199–2208 DOI:10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283305a00.
  4. The Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Cohort Collaboration. When to Start Consortium (Justice AC on Data Acquisition/Interpretation, Writing and Steering Committees). Timing of initiation of antiretroviral therapy in AIDS-free HIV-1-infected patients: A collaborative analysis of 18 HIV cohort studies. Lancet 2009; 373:1352-1363.
  5. Bedimo R, McGinnis KA, Dullap M, Rodriguez-Barradas M, Justice AC. Incidence of non-AIDS-defining malignancies in HIV-infected vs. non-infected veterans in the HAART era: Impact of immunosuppression. JAIDS Volume 52, Number 2, October 1, 2009: 203-208.
  6. Braithwaite RS, Fiellin D, Justice AC. The payoff time: A flexible framework to help clinicians decide when patients with comorbid disease are not likely to benefit from practice guidelines. Med Care Volume 47, Number 6, June 2009: 610-617.
  7. Braithwaite RS, Roberts MS, Goetz MB, Gibert CL, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Nucifora K, Justice AC. Do benefits of earlier antiretroviral treatment initiation outweigh harms for individuals at risk for poor adherence? Clin Infect Des 2009; 48(6):822-826.
  8. Butt AA, McGinnis K, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Crystal S, Simberkoff M, Goetz MB, Leaf D, Justice AC for the Veterans Aging Cohort Study. HIV infection and the risk of diabetes mellitus. AIDS 2009 (19 June) 23(10): 1227-1234.
  9. Butt AA, McGinnis KA, Skanderson M and Justice AC. Hepatitis C treatment completion rates in routine clinical care. Liver International 2009, 240-250 DOI:10.1111/j.1478-3231.
  10. Butt AA, Xiaoqiang W, Budoff M, Leaf D, Kuller LH, Justice AC. Hepatitis C virus infection and the risk of coronary disease. CID 2009 (in press). [PMID: href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19508169">19508169] 
  11. Cook RL, McGinnis KA, Samet JH, Fiellin DA, Rodriquez-Barradas MC, Kraemer KL, Gibert CL, Braithwaite RS, Goulet JL, Mattocks K, Crystal S, Gordon AJ, Oursler K, and Justice AC. Erectile Dysfunction Drug Receipt, Risky Sexual Behavior and Sexually Transmitted Diseases in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected Men. J Gen Intern Med Nov 2009, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-009-1164-9
  12. Cotton S, Puchalski CM, Sherman SN, Mrus JM, Peterson AH, Feinberg J, Pargament KI, Justice AC, Leonard AC, and Tsevat J. Spirituality and Religion in Patients with HIV/AIDS. J Gen Intern Med 24(8):994. DOI: 10.1007/s11606-009-1052-3.
  13. Crothers K, Goulet JL, Rodriguez-Barradas MD, Gibert CL, Oursler KA, Goetz MB, Crystal S, Leaf DA, Butt AA, Braithwaite RS, Peck R, Justice AC. Impact of cigarette smoking on mortality in HIV-positive and HIV-negative veterans. AIDS Ed Prev 2009;21(Suppl 3):40-53.
  14. Fischer MJ, Wyatt CM, Gordon K, Gibert CL, Brown ST, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Justice AC, Parikh CR, and the VACS Project Team. Hepatitis C and the Risk of Kidney Disease and Mortality in Veterans with HIV. JAIDS (in press).  
  15. Freiberg MS, Leaf DA, Goetz MD, Goulet JL, Goetz MB, Oursler KA, Gibert CL, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Butt AA, Justice AC. The association between the receipt of lipid lowering therapy and HIV status among veterans who met NCEP/ATP III criteria for the receipt of lipid lowering medication. J Gen Intern Med 2009 (March); 24(3): 334-340.
  16. Gebo K, Justice AC. HIV Infection in the Elderly. Current Infectious Disease Reports 2009, 11:246–254.
  17. Justice AC. Editorial: Among Those in Treatment HIV Infection is a Chronic Disease: The Case Against Cause of Death Analyses.
  18. Justice AC. Invited review on article: Adeyemi O et al. Are We Meeting the American Diabetes Association Goals for HIV-Infected Patients with Diabetes Mellitus? Clin Infect Dis 2009 Jul 27. AIDS Clinical Care 2009.
  19. Justice AC. Leaky Pipes, Faustian Dilemmas, and a Room of One’s Own: Can We Build a More Flexible Pipeline to Academic Success? Ann Intern Med. 2009, 151, 818-819.
  20. Justice AC, McGinnis KA, Skanderson M, Chang CC, Gibert CL, Goetz MB, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Oursler KK, Brown ST, Braithwaite RS, May M, Covinsky KE, Roberts MS, Fultz SL, Bryant C for the VACS Project Team. Toward a Combined Prognostic Index for Survival in HIV Infection: The Role of "Non-HIV" Biomarkers. HIV Med 2009 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2009.00757.x.
  21. Kitahata MM, Gange SJ, Abraham A, Merriman B, Saag MS, Justice AC, Hogg RS, Deeks SG, Eron JJ, Brooks JT, Rouke SB, Gill MJ, Bosch RJ, Martin JN, Klein MB, Joacobson LP, Rodriguez B, Sterling TR, Kirk GD, Napravnik S, Rachlis AR, Calzavara LM, Horbert MA, Silverberg MJ, Gebo KA, Goedert JJ, Benson CA, Collier AC, Van Rompaey SE, Crane HM, McKaig RC, Lau B, Freeman AM, Moore RD for the North American AIDS Cohort Collaboration on Research and Design (NA-ACCORD). Effect of early versus deferred antiretroviral therapy for HIV on survival. N Engl J Med 2009; April 1 (Epub ahead of print).
  22. Losina E, Schackman BR, Sadownik SN, Gebo KA, Walensky RP, Chiosi JJ, Weinstein MC, Hicks PL, Aaronson WH, Moore RD, Paltiel D, and Freedberg KA. Racial and Sex Disparities in Life Expectancy Losses among HIV-Infected Persons in the United States: Impact of Risk Behavior, Late Initiation, and Early Discontinuation of Antiretroviral Therapy. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2009; 49:1570–8. DOI: 10.1086/644772.
  23. McGinnis KA, Skanderson M, Levin F, Brandt C, Erdos J,Justice AC. Comparison of two VA laboratory data repositories indicates that missing data vary despite originating from the same source. Med Care 2009 47: 121-124. [PMID: 19106740] 
  24. Mocroft A, Sterne J, Egger M, May M, Grabar S, Furrer H, Sabin C, Fatkenheuer G, Justice AC, Reiss P, d’Arminio Monforte A, Gill J, Hogg R, Bonnet F, Kitahata M, Staszewski S, Casabona J, Harris R, Saag M. Variable impact on mortality of AIDS defining events diagnosed during combination antiretroviral therapy: Not all AIDS defining conditions are created equal. Clin Infec Dis 2009; 48(8):1138-1151.
  25. Nader CM, Tsevat J,Justice AC, Mrus JM, Levin F, Kozal MJ, Mattocks K, Farber S, Rogers M, Erdos J, Brandt C, Kudel I, Braithwaite R. Development of an Electronic Medical Record-Based Clinical Decision Support Tool to Improve HIV Symptom Management. AIDS Pat Care May 2009 (in press).
  26. North American AIDS Cohort Collaboration on Research and Design (NA-ACCORD).  Trends in Multidrug Treatment Failure and Subsequent Mortality among Antiretroviral Therapy–Experienced Patients with HIV Infection in North America. CID 2009:49 (15 November).
  27. North American AIDS Cohort Collaboration on Research and Design (NA-ACCORD) of the International Epidemiological Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) project. Initiating rather than deferring HAART at a CD4+ count between 35 1-500 cells/mm3 is associated with improved survival. NEJM 2009 (in press).
  28. Sterne JC, May M, Costagliola D, deWolf F, Phillips AN, Harris R, Funk MJ, Geskus R, Gill J, Dabis F, Miró JM, Justice AC, Ledergerber B, Fätkenheuer Gerd, Hogg R, Monforte AD, Saag M, Smith C, Staszewski S, Egger M, Cole SR. When should AIDS-free HIV-1 infected persons initiate antiretroviral therapy? Collaborative analysis of HIV cohort studies. Lancet 2009 (in press).

2008

  1. The Antiretroviral Therapy Cohort Collaboration (ART-CC) Does short-term virologic failure translate to clinical events in antiretroviral-naïve patients initiating antiretroviral therapy in clinical practice? AIDS 2008, 22:2481-2492. [PMID: 19005271] 
  2. The Antiretroviral Therapy Cohort Collaboration (ART-CC) (Justice AC on writing and steering committee) Life expectancy of individuals on combination antiretroviral therapy in high-income countries: a collaborative analysis of 14 cohort studies Lancet 2008 372: 293-99. [PMID: 18657708] 
  3. The Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Cohort Collaboration; Prognostic importance of anaemia in HIV type-1-infected patients starting antiretroviral therapy: collaborative analysis of prospective cohort studies. Antiviral Therapy 2008 13:959-967. [PMID: 19195321]
  4. Braithwaite RS, Conigliaro J, McGinnis KA, Maisto SA, Bryant K, Justice AC. Adjusting alcohol quantity for mean consumption and intoxication threshold improves prediction of non-adherence in HIV patients and HIV-negative controls. Alcohol: Clin Exp Res 2008; 32(9):1645-1651
  5. Braithwaite RS, Goulet J, Kudel I, Tsevat J,Justice AC. Quantifying the decrement in utility from perceived side effects of combination antiretroviral therapies in patients with HIV; Value in Health; 11 (5): 975-979. [PMID: 18225989] 
  6. Braithwaite RS, Roberts MS, Chang CCH, Goetz MB, Gibert CL, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Shechter S, Schaefer A, Nucifora K, Koppenhaver R,Justice AC. Influence of alternative thresholds for initiating HIV treatment on quality-adjusted life expectancy: A decision model; Ann Intern Med 2008 148:178-185. [PMID: 18252681]
  7. Braithwaite RS, Rosen AB. Linking Cost Sharing to Value: An Unrivaled Yet Unrealized Public Health Opportunity. Annals of Internal Medicine, 2008 146:8: 602-606. [PMID: 17438319] 
  8. Effros RB, Fletcher CV, Gebo K, Halter JB, Hazzard WR, Horne FM, Huebner RE, Janoff EN, Justice AC, Kuritzkes D, Nayfield SG, Plaeger SF, Schmader KE, Ashworth JR, Campanelli C, Clayton CP, Rada B, Woolard NF, High KP. Workshop on HIV Infection and Aging: What is known and future research directions; Clin Infect Dis 2008:47 (15 August): 542-553. [PMID: 18627268] 
  9. Federman DG, Gordon KS, Goulet J, Kancir S, Levin W, Fultz SL, Justice AC. Managing Hypertension in Primary Care. Does Clinical Inertia Vary According to Provider Type? Federal Practitioner November 2008: 21-27. Online 
  10. Haskell SG, Bean-Mayberry B, Goulet J, Skanderson M, Good CB, Justice AC. Determinants of hormone therapy discontinuation among women veterans nationally. Mil Med 2008; 173(1):91-96.
  11. Justice AJ, Zingmond DS, Gordon KS, Fultz SL, Goulet JL, King JT Jr, Bravata DM, Valdez H, Kraft M, Mattocks KM, for the Veterans Aging Cohort Study Project Team. Drug Toxicity, HIV Progression, or Comorbidity of Aging: Does Tipranavir Use Increase the Risk of Intracranial Hemorrhage? HIV/AIDS 2008:47 (1 November):1226-1230. [PMID: 18831696]  
  12. Maisto SA, Gordon A, Conigliaro JC, McGinnis KA,Justice AC. An experimental study of the agreement of self-and telephone administration of the Timeline Followback Interview; J Studies Alcohol Drugs 69 (3): 468-471. [PMID: 18432391] 
  13. Maisto SA, McGinnis K, Cook R, Conigliaro J, Bryant K, Justice AC. Factor structure of Leigh’s (1990) alcohol sex expectancies scale in individuals in treatment for HIV disease. AIDS Behav 2008; Sep 15 (Epub ahead of print).
  14. Moore RD, Gebo KA, Lucas GM, and Keruly JC. Rate of Comorbidities Not Related to HIV Infection or AIDS among HIV-Infected Patients, by CD4 Cell Count and HAART Use Status. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2008; 47:1102–4, 42-44.
  15. Papas RK, Sidle JE, Wamalwa ES, Okumu TO, Bryant KL, Goulet JL, Maisto SA, Braithwaite RS, Justice AC. Estimating Alcohol Content of Traditional Brew in Western Kenya Using Culturally Relevant Methods: The Case for Cost Over Volume; AIDS Behav 2008. [PMID: 19015972]  
  16. Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Goulet J Brown S, Goetz MB, Rimland D, Simberkoff MS, Crothers K, Justice AC. Impact of pneumococcal vaccination by HIV status on the incidence of pneumonia among subjects enrolled in the Veterans Aging Cohort Five-Site Study; Clin Infect Dis 2008:46(11):1093-1100. [PMID: 18444830]  
  17. Schuur JD, Justice AJ. Measuring Quality of Care in Syncope: Case Definition Affects Reported Electrocardiogram Use but Does Not Bias Reporting; Academic Emergency Medicine 2008; 16:1-10. [PMID: 19076106]  
  18. Sueoka K, Goulet JL, Fiellin D, Rimland D, Butt AA, Gibert C, Rodriguez-Barradas M, Bryant K, Crystal S, Justice AC. Depression symptoms and treatment among HIV infected and uninfected veterans. AIDS Behav 2008; Jul 22 (Epub ahead of print).

2007

  1. The Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Cohort Collaboration; Importance of baseline prognostic factors with increasing time since initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Dec 15, 2007 46(5):607-615. [PMID: 18043315]
  2. The Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Cohort Collaboration. (Justice AC on Writing Committee). Tuberculosis after initiation of antiretroviral therapy in low-income and high-income countries. Clin Infect Dis 2007; 45(11):1518-1521.
  3. The Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Cohort Collaboration; Prognosis of HIV-1-infected patients up to 5 years after initiation of HAART: collaborative analysis of prospective studies. AIDS 2007 21(9):1185-1197. [PMID: 17502729]  
  4. Braithwaite RS, Concato J, Chang CC, Roberts MS, Justice AC. A framework for tailoring clinical guidelines to comorbidity at the point of care; Arch Intern Med 2007 167(21):2361-2365. [PMID: 18039996]  
  5. Braithwaite RS, Conigliaro J, Roberts MS, Shechter S, Schaefer A, McGinnis K, Rodriguez-Barrada M, Rabenek L, Bryant K, Justice AC. Estimating the impact of alcohol consumption on survival for HIV+ individuals; AIDS Care 2007 19:459-466. [PMID: 17453583]
  6. Braithwaite RS, Kozal MJ, Chang CCH, Roberts MS, Fultz SL Goetz MB, Gibert C, Rodriguez-Barradas M, Mole L, Justice AC. Adherence, virologic and immunologic outcomes for HIV-infected veterans starting combination antiretroviral therapies; AIDS 2007 21(12):1579-1589. [PMID: 17630553] 
  7. Braithwaite RS, Roberts MS, Justice AC.Incorporating quality of evidence into decision analytic modeling. Ann of Intern Med 2007: 146:133-141. [PMID: 17227937]
  8. Butt AA, Justice AC, Skanderson M, Rigsby MO, Good CB, Kwoh CQ. Rate and predictors of treatment prescription for hepatitis C. Gut 2007;56(3):385-389. [PMID: 17005764]
  9. Crothers K, Goulet JL, Rodriguez-Barradas M, Gilbert C, Butt A, Braithwaite RS, Peck R, Justice AC; Decreased awareness of current smoking among health care providers of HIV-positive compared to HIV-negative veterans. J Gen Intern Med June;22(6):749-754. [PMID: 17503106] 
  10. Gandhi NR, Skanderson M, Gordon KS, Concato J, Justice AC. Delayed presentation for HIV care among veterans: A problem of access or screening? Med Care 2007 45(11):1105-1109. [PMID: 18049352] 
  11. Gange SJ, Kitahata MM, Saag MS, Bangsberg DR., Bosch RJ, Brooks JT, Calzavara L, Justice AC, et al. Cohort Profile: The North American AIDS Cohort Collaboration on Research and Design (NA-ACCORD).Int J Epidemiol 2007:36:294-301. [PMID:17213214]   
  12. Goulet JL, Erdos J, Kancir S, Levin FL, Wright SM, Daniels SM, Nilan L, Justice AC. Measuring performance directly using the veterans health administration electronic medical record. Med Care 2007, 45(1):73-79. [PMID: 17279023]   
  13. Goulet J, Fultz S, Rimland D, Butt A, Gibert C, Rodriguez-Barradas M, Bryant K,Justice AC. Do patterns of comorbidity vary by HIV status, age, and HIV severity?; Clin Infect Dis 2007 45 (Dec 15):1593-1601. [PMID: 18190322]  

2006

  1. The Antiretroviral Therapy Cohort Collaboration (ART-CC) (Justice AC on Writing Committee). Rates of disease progression according to initial highly active antiretroviral therapy regimen: A collaborative analysis of 12 prospective cohort studies. J Infect Dis 2006; 194(5):612-622.
  2. Braithwaite RS, Shechter S, Roberts MS, Schefer A, Bangsberg DR, Harrigan PR, Justice AC. Explaining variability in the relationship between antiretroviral adherence and HIV accumulation. J Antimicrob Chemother 2006; 58:1036-1043. [PMID: 17023498]
  3. Braitstein P, Justice AC, Bangsberg D, Yip B, Alfonso V, Schechter M, Hogg R, Montaner JSG. Hepatitis C co-infection with HIV is independently associated with decreased adherence to antiretroviral therapy in a population-based HIV cohort. AIDS 2006;20:323-331.  [PMID:16907891]
  4. Butt AA, Justice AC, Skanderson M, Good C, Kwoh CK. Rates and predictors of hepatitis C virus treatment in HCV-HIV-coinfected subjects. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2006;24(4):585-591. [PMID: 16907891] 
  5. Conigliaro J, Justice AC, Gordon AJ, Bryant K; VACS Alcohol and Behavior Change Research Group. Role of alcohol in determining human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-relevant outcomes: a conceptual model to guide the implementation of evidence-based interventions into practice. Med Care 2006;44(Suppl 2):S1-S6. [PMID: 16849963] 
  6. Cook RL, McGinnis KA, Kraemer KL, Gordon AJ, Conigliaro J, Maisto SA, Samet JH, Crystal S, Rimland D, Bryant KJ, Braithwaite RS, Justice AC. Intoxication before intercourse and risky sexual behavior in male veterans with and without human immunodeficiency virus infection. Med Care 2006;44(Suppl 2):S31-S36. [PMID: 16849966] 
  7. Cotton S, Puchalski CM, Sherman SN, Mrus JM, Peterman AH, Feinberg J, Pargament KI, Justice AC, Leonard AC, Tsevat J. Spirituality and religion in patients with HIV/AIDS. J Gen Intern Med 2006;21:S5-S13. [PMID: 17083501] 
  8. Crothers K, Butt AA, Gibert CL, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Crystal S and Justice AC, for the VACS 5 Project Team. Increased COPD among HIV-positive compared to HIV-negative veterans. Chest 2006 130: 1326-1333. [PMID: 17099007]
  9. Diero L, Kimaiyo S, Siika AM, Shaffer D, Rotich JK, Smith FE, Mamlin JJ, Einterz R, Justice AC, Carter EJ, Tierney WM. Characteristics of HIV infected patients cared for at "academic model for the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS" clinics in western Kenya. East Afr Med J 2006; 83(8):424-433. [PMID: 17153655]
  10. Fultz SL, Skanderson M, Mole LA, Gandhi N, Bryant K, Crystal S, Justice AC. Development and verification of a “virtual” cohort using the national VA health information system. Med Care 2006;44(Suppl 2):S25-S30. [PMID:16849965] 
  11. Gordon AJ, McGinnis KA, Conigliaro J, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Rabeneck L, Justice AC, for the VACS-3 Project Team. Associations between alcohol use and homelessness with healthcare utilization among HIV infected veterans. Med Care 2006;44(Suppl 2):S37-S43. [PMID: 16849967] 
  12. Justice AC. Prioritizing primary care in HIV: comorbidity, toxicity, and demography. Topics in HIV Med 2006 14(5): 159-163. [PMID: 17237557] 
  13. Justice AC, Dombrowski E, Conigliaro J, Fultz SL, Gibson D, Madenwald T, Goulet J, Simberkoff M, Butt AA, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Gibert CL, Oursler KAK, Brown S, Leaf DA, Goetz MB, Bryant K. Veterans aging cohort study (VACS): overview and description. Med Care 2006:44(Suppl 2):S13-S24. [PMID: 16849964] 
  14. Justice AC, Erdos J, Brandt C, Conigliaro J, Tierney W, Bryant K. The Veterans Affairs Healthcare System: a unique laboratory for observational and interventional research. Med Care 2006;44(Suppl 2):S7-S12). [PMID: 16849970] 
  15. Justice AC, Lasky E, McGinnis KA, Skanderson M, Conigliaro J, Fultz SL, Crothers K, Rabeneck L, Rodriguez-Barradas M, Weissman S, Bryant K, for the VACS 3 Project Team. Medical disease and alcohol use among veterans with human immunodeficiency infection. Med Care 2006;44(Suppl 2):S52-S60. [PMID: 16849969] 
  16. Kraemer KL , McGinnis KA, Skanderson M, Cook R, Gordon A, Conigliaro J, Shen Y, Fiellin DA, Justice AC. Alcohol problems and health care services use in human immunodeficiency virus HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected veterans. Med Care 2006;44(Suppl 2):S44-S51. [PMID:16849968] 
  17. May MT, Sterne JAC, Costagliola D, Sabin CA, Phillips AN, Justice AC, Dabis F, Gill J, Lundgren J, Hogg RS, de Wolf F, Fätkenheuer G, Staszewski S, d’Arminio Monforte A, Egger M. HIV treatment response and prognosis in Europe and North America in the first decade of highly active antiretroviral therapy: a collaborative analysis. Lancet 2006;368(9534):451-458.  [PMID:16890831] 
  18. McGinnis KA, Fultz SL, Skanderson M, Conigliaro J, Bryant K, Justice AC. Hepatocellular carcinoma and non-hodgkin’s lymphoma: the roles of HIV, hepatitis C infection, and alcohol abuse. J Clin Oncol 2006;24(31):5005-5009. [PMID: 17075119] 
  19. Mrus JM, Leonard AC, Yi MS, Sherman SN, Fultz S, Justice AC, Tsevat J. Health-related quality of life in veterans and non-veterans with HIV/AIDS. J Gen Intern Med 2006;21:S39-S47. [PMID:17083499] 
  20. Oursler KK, Goulet J, Leaf D, Akingicil A, Katzel L, Justice AC, Crystal S. Association of comorbidity with physical disability in older HIV-infected adults: the veterans aging cohort five-site study. AIDS Patient Care and STD 2006;20(11):782-791. [PMID: 17134352]

2005

  1. The Antiretroviral Therapy Cohort Collaboration (ART-CC) (Justice AC on Writing Committee). AIDS events among individuals initiating HAART: Do some patients experience a greater benefit from HAART than others? AIDS 2005; 19(17):1995-2000.
  2. Arminio Monforte A, Sabin CA, Sterne J, May M, Justice A, Phillips A, Dabis F, Graber S, Ledergerber B, Gill J, Reiss P, Egger M, for the ART Cohort Collaboration The changing incidence of clinical AIDS events in patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy Arch of Intern Med 2005 Feb 28;165(4):416-423. [PMID:15738371] 
  3. Braithwaite RS, Justice AC, Chang CC, Fusco JS, Raffanti SR, Wong JB, Roberts MS Estimating the proportion of patients infected with HIV who will die of comorbid diseases Am J Med 2005;118(8):890-898. [PMID: 16084183]
  4. Braithwaite RS, McGinnis KA, Conigliaro J, Maisto S, Crystal S, Day N, Cook RL, Gordon A, Bridges MW, Seiler JFS, Justice AC. A temporal and dose-response association between alcohol consumption and medication adherence among veterans in care Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2005;29(7):1190-1197. [PMID: 16046874] 
  5. Crothers K, Griffith TA, McGinnis KA, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Leaf DA, Weissman S, Gibert CL, Butt AA, Justice AC. The impact of cigarette smoking on mortality, quality of life, and comorbid illness among HIV-positive veterans. J Gen Intern Med 2005; 20(12):1142-1145.
  6. Federman DG, Krishnamurthy R, Kancir S, Goulet J, Justice AC. Relationship between provider type and the attainment of treatment goals in primary care Am J Manag Care 2005;11:561-566. [PMID: 16159046] 
  7. Fultz SL, Goulet JL, Weissman S, Rimland D, Leaf D, Gibert C, Rodriquez-Barradas MC, Justice AC. Differences between Infectious diseases-certified physicians and general medical-certified physicians in the level of comfort with providing primary care to patients Clin Infect Dis 2005:41(5):738-743. [PMID: 16080098]
  8. Girardi E, Sabin CA, d’Arminio MA, Hogg B, Phillips AN, Gill MJ, Dabis F, Reiss P, Kirk O, Bernasconi E, Grabar S, Justice AC, Staszewski S, Fatkenheuer G, Sterne JA. Antiretroviral therapy cohort collaboration. Incidence of Tuberculosis among HIV-infected patients receiving higly active antiretroviral therapy in Europe and North America Clin Infect Dis 2005;41(12):1772-1782. [PMID: 16288403] 
  9. Goulet JL, Fultz SL, McGinnis KA, Justice AC. Relative prevalence of comorbidities and treatment contraindications in HIV Mono-infected and in HIV/HCV Co-infected Veterans AIDS 2005;19(Suppl 3):S99-S105. [PMID: 16251836]  
  10. Kilbourne AM, Reynolds CF 3rd, Good CB, Sereika SM, Justice AC, Fine MJ How does depression influence diabetes medication adherence in older patients? Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2005 Mar;13(3):202-210. [PMID: 15728751]
  11. Kilbourne AM, Good CB, Sereika SM, Justice AC, Fine MJ Algorithm for assessing patients’ adherence to oral hypoglycemic agents Am J Health-System Pharm 2005 Jan15;62(2):198-204. [PMID: 15700895] 
  12. Lim HJ, Gordon NH, Justice AC. Evaluation of multiple failure time analyses of observational data in patients treated for HIV HIV Clin Trials 2005;6(2):81-91. [PMID: 15983892] 

2004

  1. Butt AA, Fultz SL, Kent KC, Kelly D, Skanderson M, and Justice AC Risk of Diabetes in HIV Infected Veterans Pre- and Post-HAART and the Role of HCV Coinfection Hepatology 2004; 40:115-119. [PMID: 15239093]
  2. Conigliaro J, Madenwald T, Bryant K, Braithwaite S, Gordon A, Fultz S, Maisto S, Samet J, Kraemer K, Cook R, Day N, Roach D, Richey S, Justice AC Observational studies of alcohol use, abuse and outcomes among HIV infected veterans Alcoh Clin Exp Res 2004, 28 (2):313-321. [PMID: 15112939] 
  3. Fultz SL, McGinnis KA, Skanderson M, Ragni MV, and Justice AC Association of Venous Thromboembolism with Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Mortality in Veterans American Journal of Medicine 2004; 116:420-423. [PMID: 15006592]
  4. Justice AC, McGinnis KA, Atkinson JH, Heaton RK, Young c, Sadek J, Madenwald T, Becker JT, Conigliaro J, Brown ST, Rimland D, Crystal S, Simberkoff M: Veterans Aging Cohort 5-Site Study Project Team Psychiatric and neurocognitive disorders among HIV-positive and negative veterans in care: Veterans Aging Cohort 5-Site Study Journal article AIDS. 18 Suppl 1:S49-59. January 2004, UI: 15075498. [PMID: 15075498]
  5. Justice AC, Stein DC, Fusco G, Sherill BS, Fusco JS, Danehower SC, Becker S, Hansen NI, Graham NMH, and the CHORUS Program Team Disease Progression in HIV-Infected patients treated with stavudine vs. zidovudine J Clin Epidemiol 2004;57:89-97. [PMID: 15019015]
  6. May M, Royston P, Egger M, Justice AC, Sterne J, for the ART Cohort Collaboration Development and validation of a prognostic model for survival time data: application to prognosis of HIV positive patients treated with antiretroviral therapy Stat Med 2004;23:2375-2398. [PMID: 15273954] 
  7. The PLATO Collaboration (Justice AC on writing committee) Predictors of CD4 count trend and mortality among HIV-1 infected persons with virologic failure to all three antiretroviral drug classes Lancet 2004;364:51-62. [PMID: 15234856]
  8. Polgreen PM, Fultz SL, Justice AC, Wagner JH, Diekema DJ, Rabeneck L, Weissman S, Stapleton JT, for the VACS 3 Project Team. Association of hypocholesterolemia with hepatitis C virus infection in HIV infected people HIV Med 2004;5:144-150. [PMID: 15139979]
  9. Raffanti SR, Fusco JS, Sherrill BH, Hansen NI, Justice AC, D’Aquila R, Mangialardi WJ, and Fusco GP for the CHORUS Project Effect of persistent moderate viremia on disease progression during HIV therapy JAIDS 2004;37:1147-1154. [PMID: 15319674] 
  10. Shaffer DN, Njeri R, Justice AC, Odero WW, and Tierney WM Alcohol abuse among patients with and without HIV infection attending public clinics in Western Kenya East African Medical Journal Vol. 81 No. 11 November 2004, pp. 594-599.  [PMID: 15868970]

2003

  1. The Antiretroviral Therapy Cohort Collaboration (ART-CC) (Justice AC on Writing Committee). Prognostic importance of initial response in HIV-1 infected patients starting potent antiretroviral therapy: Analysis of prospective studies. Lancet 2003; 362(9385):679-686.
  2. Bisson G, Gross R, Miller V, Weller I, Walker A, Arlett P, Carr A, Evans S, Graham D, Justice A, Kreft-Jais C, Lundgren JD, Munk B, Murray J, Pirmohamed M, Pizzuti D, Szarfman A, Writing group. Monitoring of long-term toxicities of HIV treatments: An international perspective. AIDS 2003; Nov 2; 17(17):2407-2417.
  3. Conigliaro J, Gordon AJ, McGinnis KA, Rabeneck L, Justice AC for the Veterans Aging Cohort 3-site study. How harmful is hazardous alcohol use and abuse in HIV infection: Do health care providers know who is at risk? JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes . JAIDS 2003; 33:521-525. [PMID: 12869842]
  4. Fultz SL, Butt AA, Rabeneck L, Weissman SB, Rodriguez-Barradas M, and Justice AC for the VACS-3 Project Team. Testing, Referral, and Treatment Patterns for Hepatitis C Virus Coinfection in a Cohort of Veterans with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2003; 36:1039-1046. [PMID: 12684917]  
  5. King JT Jr., Justice AC, Roberts M, Chang CH, Fusco J, West N, for the CHORUS Project Team. Markov modeling of long-term survival in the HAART Era. Med Decis Making 2003; 23:9-20. [PMID: 12583451]
  6. McGinnis KA, Fine MJ, Sharma RK, Skanderson M, Wagner JH, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Rabeneck L, and Justice AC Understanding Racial Disparities in HIV Using Data From the Veterans Aging Cohort 3-Site Study and VA Administrative Data. American Journal of Public Health 2003; 93:1728-1733. [PMID: 14534229] 
  7. Zingmond DS, Kilbourne AM, Justice AC, Wenger NS; Rodriguez-Barradas M, Rabeneck L, Taub D, Weissman S, Briggs J, Wagner J, Smola S, Bozzette SA. Differences in symptom expression in older HIV-positive patients: The VACS and HCSUS experience. JAIDS 2003; 33:S84-S92. [PMID: 12853857]

2002

  1. Egger M, May M, Chêne G, Phillips AN, Ledergerber B, Dabis F, Costagliola D, Monforte AD, de Wolf F, Reiss P, Lundgren JD, Justice AC, Staszewski S, Leport C, Hogg RS, Sabin CA, Gill MJ, Salzberger B, Sterne JAC, for the ART Cohort Collaboration. Prognosis of HIV-1 infected patients starting highly active antiretroviral therapy: A collaborative analysis of prospective studies Lancet 2002;360:119-29. [PMID: 12126821]
  2. Kilbourne AM, Justice AC, Rollman BL, McGinnis KA, Rabeneck L, Weissman S, Smola S, Shultz R, Whittle J, Rodriguez-Barradas M. Clinical Importance of HIV and Depressive Symptoms Among Veterans with HIV Infection. J GEN INTERN MED 2002;17:512-520. [PMID: 12133141] 
  3. McGinnis KA, Justice AC. Factors associated with dementia/cognitive impairments in veterans with HIV [letter]. Arch Neurol 2002;59:490. [PMID: 11890862]

2001 and earlier

  1. Covinsky KE, Kahana EM, Kahana B, Kercher K, Schumacher JG, Justice AC. History and mobility exam index to identify community living elders at risk of falling. J Gerontol Med Sci 2001; 56A:M253-M259.
  2. Danielson, ME, Justice AC for the FACS Project Team. Veterans aging cohort study (VACS) meeting summary. J Clin Epidemiol 54(supplement 1):S9-S11, 2001. [PMID: 11750203]
  3. Justice AC, Chang CH , Zackin R, Rabeneck L. Clinical importance of provider-reported HIV symptoms compared to patient-report. Med Care 2001; 39:397-408.
  4. Justice AC, Holmes W, Gifford A, Rabeneck L, Zackin R, Sinclair G, Weissman S, Neidig J, Marcus C, Chesney M, Cohen SE, Wu AW, for the Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Unit Outcomes Committee. Development and validation of a self-completed HIV symptom checklist. J Clin Epidemiol 2001; 54:S77-S90.
  5. Justice AC, Landefeld SC, Asch SM, Gifford A, Whalen C, Covinsky K. Justification for a new cohort study of people aging with and without HIV infection J Clin Epidemiol 2001;54:S3-S8. [PMID: 11750202]
  6. Kilbourne AM, Justice AC, Rabeneck L, Rodriguez-Barradas M, Weissman S, for the VACS 3 Project Team General medical and psychiatric comorbidity among HIV- infected veterans in the post-HAART era J Clin Epidemiol 54(supplement 1):S22-S28, 2001. [PMID: 11750206]
  7. Landefeld SC, Justice AC, Covinsky K, Gifford A, Whalen C, Asch S. Introduction to the Supplement J Clin Epidemiol 2001;54:S1-S2. DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(01)00439-5 
  8. Smola S, Justice AC, Wagner J, Rabeneck L, Rodriguez-Barradas M, Weissman S, for the VACS Project Team Veterans aging cohort three-site study (VACS 3): overview and description J Clin Epidemiol 54(supplement 1):S61-S76, 2001. [PMID: 11750212]  
  9. Wagner JH, Justice AC, Chesney M, Sinclair G, Weissman S, Rodriguez-Barradas M, for the VACS Project Team. Patient- and provider-reported adherence: toward a clinically useful approach to measuring antiretroviral adherence J Clin Epidemiol 54(supplement 1):S91-S98, 2001. [PMID: 11750214]
  10. Covinsky KE, Martin GE, Beyth RJ, Justice AC, Sehgal AR, Landefeld CS. The relationship between clinical assessments of nutritional status and adverse outcomes in older hospitalized medical patients. J Am Geriatr Soc 1999; 47(5):532-538.
  11. Justice AC, Covinsky KE, Berlin JA. Assessing the generalizability of prognostic information. Ann Intern Med 1999; 130:515-524.
  12. Justice AC, Rabeneck L, Hays R, Wu AW, Bozzette SA. Sensitivity, specificity, reliability, and clinical validity of provider-reported symptoms: A comparison with self-reported symptoms. Outcomes Committee of the AIDS Clinical Trials Group. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 1999; 21(2):126-133.
  13. Sobecks NW, Justice AC, Hinze S, Chirayath HT, Lasek RJ, Chren M, Aucott J, Juknialis B, Fortinsky R, Youngner S, Landefeld CS. When doctors marry doctors: A survey exploring the professional and family lives of young physicians. Ann Intern Med 1999; 130(4):312-319.
  14. Cho MK, Justice AC, Winker MA, Berlin JA,, Waeckerle JF, Callaham ML, Rennie D, and the Peer Investigators. Masking author identity in peer review: What factors influence masking success? JAMA 1998; 280(3):243-245.
  15. Covinsky KE, Rosenthal GE, Chren MM, Justice AC, Fortinsky RH, Palmer RH, Landefeld CS. The relation between health status changes and patient satisfaction in older hospitalized medical patients. J Gen Intern Med 1998; 13(4):223-229.
  16. Justice AC, Cho M, Winker M, Berlin JA, Rennie D, and the Peer Investigators. Does masking author identity improve peer review quality? A randomized controlled trial. JAMA 1998; 280:240-242.
  17. Justice AC, Weissman S The survival experiences of older and younger adults with AIDS Res on Aging 20:665-685, 1998. [DOI:10.1177/0164027598206002]
  18. Shepardson LB, Justice AC, Harper DL, Rosenthal GE. Associations between the use of do-not resuscitate orders and length of stay in-patients with stroke. Med Care 1998; 36(8):AS57-AS67.
  19. Tary-Lehmann M, Hricik DE, Justice AC, Potter NS, Heeger PS. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay spot detection of interferon-gamma and interleukin 5-producing cells as a predictive marker for renal allograft failure. Transplantation 1998; 66(2):219-224.
  20. Weiss MF, Rodby RA, Justice AC, Hricik DE, and the Collaborative Study Group. Free pentosidine and neopterin as markers of progression rate in diabetic nephropathy. Kidney Int 1998; 54:193-202.
  21. Covinsky KE, Justice AC, Rosenthal GE, Palmer RM, Landefeld CS. Measuring prognosis and case-mix in hospitalized elders: The importance of functional status. J Gen Intern Med 1997; 12(4):203-208.
  22. King JT Jr., Justice AC, Aaron D. Management of incidental pituitary microadenomas: A cost-effectiveness analysis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997; 82(11):3625-3632.
  23. King JT Jr., Sperling MR, Justice AC, O’Connor MJ. A cost-effectiveness analysis of anterior temporal lobectomy for intractable temporal lobe epilepsy. J Neurosurg 1997; 87:20-28.
  24. Justice AC. The development, validation, and evaluation of prognostic systems: An application to the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Wharton doctoral dissertation, University of Pennsylvania. Accepted without revision, March 6, 1996.
  25. Justice AC, Aiken LH, Smith HL, Turner BJ. The role of functional status in predicting inpatient mortality with AIDS: A comparison with current predictors. J Clin Epidemiol 1996; 49:193-201.
  26. Justice AC, Whalen C Aging in AIDS; AIDS and aging [editorial] J Gen Intern Med 11(10):645-647, 1996. [PMID: 8945700]
  27. Justice AC, Berlin JA, Fletcher SW, Fletcher RH, Goodman SN. Do readers and peer reviewers agree on manuscript quality? JAMA 1994; 272:117-119.
  28. Justice AC, Feinstein AR, Wells CK. A new prognostic staging system for the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. N Engl J Med 1989; 320:1388-1393.
  29. Justice AC, Feinstein AR, Wells CK. An effective new prognostic staging systems for AIDS. Trans Assoc Am Physicians 1988; 10 1:18-23.