Katherine James, MPH/MSPH
Assistant Professor, Colorado School of Public Health

Publications

• Fernald D, Hamer M, James K, Tutt B, West D. Launching a Laboratory Testing Process Quality Improvement Toolkit: From the Shared Networks of Colorado Ambulatory Practices and Partners (SNOCAP). J Am Board Fam Med. 2015 Sep-Oct;28(5):576-83. PubMed PMID: 26355129
• James KA, Byers T, Hokanson JE, Meliker JR, Marshall JA. Response to "Comment on 'Association between Lifetime Exposure to Inorganic Arsenic in Drinking Water and Coronary Heart Disease in Colorado Residents'". Environ Health Perspect. 2015 Jul;123(7):A169. PubMed PMID: 26132290
• James KA, Hall DA. Groundwater pesticide levels and the association with Parkinson disease. Int J Toxicol. 2015 May-Jun;34(3):266-73. PubMed PMID: 25939349
• James KA, Ross SE, Vance B, Radcliffe T, Harrison MI, West D. Inefficiency in primary care: common causes and potential solutions. Fam Pract Manag. 2015 Mar-Apr;22(2):18-22. PubMed PMID: 25884969
• Fox DJ, Kumar A, West NA, DiRienzo AG, James KA, Oleszek J, Muscular Dystrophy Surveillance, Tracking, and Research Network (MD STARnet). Trends with corticosteroid use in males with duchenne muscular dystrophy born 1982-2001. J Child Neurol. 2015 Jan;30(1):21-6. PubMed PMID: 24682290
• Romitti PA, Zhu Y, Puzhankara S, James KA, Nabukera SK, Zamba GK, Ciafaloni E, Cunniff C, Druschel CM, Mathews KD, Matthews DJ, Meaney FJ, Andrews JG, Conway KM, Fox DJ, Street N, Adams MM, Bolen J. Prevalence of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies in the United States. Pediatrics. 2015 Mar;135(3):513-21. PubMed PMID: 25687144
• James KA, Cunniff C, Apkon SD, Mathews K, Lu Z, Holtzer C, Pandya S, Ciafaloni E, Miller L. Risk Factors for First Fractures Among Males With Duchenne or Becker Muscular Dystrophy. J Pediatr Orthop. 2015 Sep;35(6):640-4. PubMed PMID: 25379822
• James KA, Byers T, Hokanson JE, Meliker JR, Zerbe GO, Marshall JA. Association between lifetime exposure to inorganic arsenic in drinking water and coronary heart disease in Colorado residents. Environ Health Perspect. 2015 Feb;123(2):128-34. PubMed PMID: 25350952
• Fox DJ, Kumar A, West NA, DiRienzo AG, James KA, Oleszek J. Trends with corticosteroid use in males with Duchenne muscular dystrophy born 1982-2001. J Child Neurol. 2015 Jan;30(1):21-6. PubMed PMID: 24682290
• James KA, Meliker JR, Buttenfield BE, Byers T, Zerbe GO, Hokanson JE, Marshall JA. Predicting arsenic concentrations in groundwater of San Luis Valley, Colorado: implications for individual-level lifetime exposure assessment. Environ Geochem Health. 2014 Jan 16. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24429726
• James KA, Fernald DH, Huff J, Ross S, Staton EW, West D, Ricciardi R. GAPS in implementing health assessments in primary care: a literature review. J Ambul Care Manage. 2014 Jan-Mar;37(1):2-10. PubMed PMID: 24309390
• West DR, James KA, Fernald DH, Zelie C, Smith ML, Raab SS. Laboratory medicine handoff gaps experienced by primary care practices: A report from the shared networks of collaborative ambulatory practices and partners (SNOCAP). J Am Board Fam Med. 2014 Nov-Dec;27(6):796-803. PubMed PMID: 25381077
• James KA, Cunniff C, Apkon SD, Mathews K, Lu Z, Holtzer C, Pandya S, Ciafaloni E, Miller L. Risk Factors for First Fractures Among Males With Duchenne or Becker Muscular Dystrophy. J Pediatr Orthop. 2014 Nov 6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25379822
• James KA, Byers T, Hokanson JE, Meliker JR, Zerbe GO, Marshall JA. Association between Lifetime Exposure to Inorganic Arsenic in Drinking Water and Coronary Heart Disease in Colorado Residents. Environ Health Perspect. 2014 Oct 28. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25350952
• James KA, Meliker JR, Buttenfield BE, Byers T, Zerbe GO, Hokanson JE, Marshall JA. Predicting arsenic concentrations in groundwater of San Luis Valley, Colorado: implications for individual-level lifetime exposure assessment. Environ Geochem Health. 2014 Aug;36(4):773-82. PubMed PMID: 24429726
• James KA, Fernald DH, Huff J, Ross S, Staton EW, West D, Ricciardi R. GAPS in implementing health assessments in primary care: a literature review. J Ambul Care Manage. 2014 Jan-Mar;37(1):2-10. PubMed PMID: 24309390
• James KA, Meliker JR. Environmental cadmium exposure and osteoporosis: a review. Int J Public Health. 2013 Oct;58(5):737-45. PubMed PMID: 23877535
• James KA, Marshall JA, Hokanson JE, Meliker JR, Zerbe GO, Byers TE. A case-cohort study examining lifetime exposure to inorganic arsenic in drinking water and diabetes mellitus. Environ Res. 2013 May;123:33-8. PubMed PMID: 23507312
• James KA, Meliker JR, Marshall JA, Hokanson JE, Zerbe GO, Byers TE. Validation of estimates of past exposure to arsenic in drinking water using historical urinary arsenic concentrations. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2013 Jul;23(4):450-4. PubMed PMID: 23443236
• Smith ML, Raab SS, Fernald DH, James KA, Lebin JA, Grzybicki DM, Zelie C, West DR. Evaluating the connections between primary care practice and clinical laboratory testing: a review of the literature and call for laboratory involvement in the solutions. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2013 Jan;137(1):120-5. PubMed PMID: 23276182
• Nabukera SK, Romitti PA, Caspers KM, Street N, Cunniff C, Mathews KD, Fox DJ, Puzhankara S, Ciafaloni E, James KA, Su Y, MD STARnet. Reproductive patterns among mothers of males diagnosed with Duchenne or Becker muscular dystrophy. Am J Med Genet A. 2013 Jan;161A(1):70-5. PubMed PMID: 23239595
• James K, Meliker JR. Is arsenic a contributor to CKD?. Am J Kidney Dis. 2013 Mar;61(3):364-5. PubMed PMID: 23414728