Barcelona, V., Ray, M., Zhao, Y., Samari, G., Wu, H., Reho, P., McNeil, R., & Reddy, U. M. (2025). Epigenomic pathways from racism to preterm birth: secondary analysis of the Nulliparous Pregnancy Outcomes Study: monitoring Mothers-to-be (nuMoM2b) cohort study in the USA to examine how DNA methylation mediates the relationship between multilevel racism and preterm birth in black women: a study protocol. BMJ Open, 15(3), e091801. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-091801

Pachankis, J., Chiaramonte, D., Scheer, J. R., Ankrum, H., Eisenstadt, B., Hobbs, R., Baldwin, H., Kidd, J. D., Witkiewitz, K., Esserman, D. A., Plourde, K., Drabble, L., & Hughes, T. (2025). Randomised controlled trial of LGBTQ-affirmative cognitive-behavioural therapy for sexual minority women’s minority stress, mental health and hazardous drinking: Project EQuIP protocol. BMJ Open, 15(3), e086738. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086738

Goodwin, A. M., Gordon, S., Sahni, R., Vicari, F., Accardi, K., Crusco, S., Duer-Hefele, J., Friel, C., Suls, J., Cheung, Y. K., Vrany, E. A., & Davidson, K. W. (2025). Influencing basic behavioral mechanisms of action while targeting daily walking in sedentary adults at risk for cardiovascular disease: randomised factorial design protocol. BMJ Open, 15(1), e080307. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080307

Venkatesh, K. K., MacPherson, C., Clifton, R. G., Powe, C. E., Bartholomew, A., Gregory, D., Trinh, A., McAlearney, A. S., Fiechtner, L. G., Catalano, P., Rice, D., Cross, S., Kutay, H., Gabbe, S., Grobman, W. A., Costantine, M. M., Battarbee, A. N., Boggess, K., Katukuri, V., … Landon, M. B. (2024). Comparative effectiveness trial of metformin versus insulin for the treatment of gestational diabetes in the USA: clinical trial protocol for the multicentre DECIDE study. BMJ Open, 14(9), e091176. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-091176

Tang, V. F. Y., Jiang, D., Kwok, J. Y. Y., Qian, M., Yeung, D. Y., Chow, E. O. W., Choi, N. G., & Chou, K. L. (2024). Study protocol of a sequential, multiple assignment, randomised trial using an adaptive intervention to reduce loneliness among Chinese older adults in Hong Kong. BMJ Open, 14(8), e087245. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087245

(2024). Design, rationale and protocol for Glycemic Observation and Metabolic Outcomes in Mothers and Offspring (GO MOMs): an observational cohort study. BMJ Open, 14(6), e084216. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084216

Sevelius, J., Veras, M. A. S. M., Gomez, J. L., Saggese, G., Mocello, A. R., Bassichetto, K. C., Neilands, T. B., & Lippman, S. A. (2024). Reducing intersectional stigma among transgender women in Brazil to promote uptake of HIV testing and PrEP: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of Manas por Manas. BMJ Open, 14(6), e076878. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076878

Preston, E. V., Quinn, M. R., Williams, P. L., McElrath, T. F., Cantonwine, D. E., Seely, E. W., Wylie, B. J., Hacker, M. R., O’Brien, K., Brown, F. M., Powe, C. E., Bellavia, A., Wang, Z., Tomsho, K. S., Hauser, R., & James-Todd, T. (2024). Cohort profile: the Environmental Reproductive and Glucose Outcomes (ERGO) Study (Boston, Massachusetts, USA) — a prospective pregnancy cohort study of the impacts of environmental exposures on parental cardiometabolic health. BMJ Open, 14(5), e079782. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079782

Maduro, G., Li, W., Huynh, M., Bernard-Davila, B., Gould, L. H., & Van Wye, G. (2024). Descriptive study of causes of death and COVID-19-associated morbidities from the New York City electronic death record: first wave of the pandemic March–July 2020. BMJ Open, 14(4), e072441. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072441

Jabakhanji, S. B., Ogungbe, O., Angell, S. Y., Appel, L., Byrne, D., Mehta, R., McCaffrey, J., Rosman, L., Gregg, E. W., & Matsushita, K. (2024). Disruption of diabetes and hypertension care during the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery approaches in the Latin America and Caribbean region: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 14(1), e074443. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074443

Adrian, M., McCauley, E., Gallop, R., Stevens, J., Jobes, D. A., Crumlish, J., Stanley, B., Brown, G. K., Green, K. L., Hughes, J. L., & Bridge, J. A. (2023). Advancing Suicide Intervention Strategies for Teens (ASSIST): study protocol for a multisite randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 13(12), e074116. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074116

Adhikari, S., Mukhyopadhyay, A., Kolzoff, S., Li, X., Nadel, T., Fitchett, C., Chunara, R., Dodson, J., Kronish, I., & Blecker, S. B. (2023). Cohort profile: a large EHR-based cohort with linked pharmacy refill and neighbourhood social determinants of health data to assess heart failure medication adherence. BMJ Open, 13(12), e076812. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076812

Tsze, D. S., Kuppermann, N., Casper, T. C., Barney, B. J., Richer, L. P., Liberman, D. B., Okada, P. J., Morris, C. R., Myers, S. R., Soung, J. K., Mistry, R. D., Babcock, L., Spencer, S. P., Johnson, M. D., Klein, E. J., Quayle, K. S., Steele, D. W., Cruz, A. T., Rogers, A. J., … Dayan, P. S. (2023). Stratification of risk for emergent intracranial abnormalities in children with headaches: a Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) study protocol. BMJ Open, 13(11), e079040. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079040

Zunza, M., Young, T., Cotton, M., Slogrove, A., Mbuagbaw, L., Kuhn, L., & Thabane, L. (2023). Evaluating interactive weekly mobile phone text messaging plus motivational interviewing for breastfeeding promotion among women living with HIV, giving normal birth at a primary healthcare facility in South Africa: a feasibility randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 13(10), e073385. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073385

Mahmoudinezhad, G., Nishida, T., Weinreb, R. N., Baxter, S. L., Chang, A. C., Nikkhoy, N., Walker, E., Liebmann, J. M., Girkin, C. A., & Moghimi, S. (2023). Associations of smoking and alcohol consumption with the development of open angle glaucoma: a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open, 13(10), e072163. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072163

Patel, A., Bann, C. M., Thorsten, V. R., Rao, S. R., Lokangaka, A., Tshefu Kitoto, A., Bauserman, M., Figueroa, L., Krebs, N. F., Esamai, F., Bucher, S., Saleem, S., Goldenberg, R. L., Chomba, E., Carlo, W. A., Goudar, S., Derman, R., Koso-Thomas, M., McClure, E., & Hibberd, P. L. (2023). Can the date of last menstrual period be trusted in the first trimester? Comparisons of gestational age measures from a prospective cohort study in six low-income to middle-income countries. BMJ Open, 13(9), e067470. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067470

Driscoll, A. J., Haidara, F. C., Tapia, M. D., Deichsel, E. L., Samake, O. S., Bocoum, T., Bailey, J. A., Fitzpatrick, M. C., Goldenberg, R. L., Kodio, M., Moulton, L. H., Nasrin, D., Onwuchekwa, U., Shaffer, A. M., Sow, S. O., & Kotloff, K. L. (2023). Antenatal, intrapartum and infant azithromycin to prevent stillbirths and infant deaths: study protocol for SANTE, a 2×2 factorial randomised controlled trial in Mali. BMJ Open, 13(8), e067581. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067581

Mahomed, S., Garrett, N., Potloane, D., Sikazwe, I. T., Capparelli, E., Harkoo, I., Gengiah, T. N., Zuma, N. Y., Osman, F., Mansoor, L., Archary, D., Myeni, N., Radebe, P., Samsunder, N., Rose, N. D., Carlton, K., Gama, L., Koup, R. A., Narpala, S., … Abdool Karim, S. (2023). Extended safety and tolerability of subcutaneous CAP256V2LS and VRC07-523LS in HIV-negative women: study protocol for the randomised, placebo-controlled double-blinded, phase 2 CAPRISA 012C trial. BMJ Open, 13(8), e076843. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076843

Santamaria, V., Ai, X., Chin, K., Dutkowsky, J. P., Gordon, A. M., & Agrawal, S. K. (2023). Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial to determine the efficacy of an intensive seated postural intervention delivered with robotic and rigid trunk support systems. BMJ Open, 13(8), e073166. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073166

Griffin, D., McNeil, C., Okusa, J., Berrent, D., Guo, Y., & Daugherty, S. E. (2023). Does monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19 impact short and long-term outcomes in a large generalisable population? A retrospective cohort study in the USA. BMJ Open, 13(8), e069247. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069247

Tobin, K., Heidari, O., Volpi, C., Sodder, S., & Duncan, D. (2023). Use of geofencing interventions in population health research: a scoping review. BMJ Open, 13(8), e069374. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069374

Arabadjian, M., Nicolas, B., Montgomery, S., Pleasure, M., Collins, M., Reuter, M., Massera, D., Shimbo, D., & Sherrid, M. (2023). Clinical course and outcomes in adults with co-occurring hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and hypertension: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 13(7), e075087. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075087

Irvine, M. K., Abdelqader, F., Levin, B., Thomas, J., Avoundjian, T., Peterson, M., Zimba, R., Braunstein, S. L., Robertson, M. M., & Nash, D. (2023). Study protocol for data to suppression (D2S): a cluster-randomised, stepped-wedge effectiveness trial of a reporting and capacity-building intervention to improve HIV viral suppression in housing and behavioural health programmes in New York City. BMJ Open, 13(7), e076716. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076716

Khalifa, A., Ssekubugu, R., Lessler, J., Wawer, M., Santelli, J. S., Hoffman, S., Nalugoda, F., Lutalo, T., Ndyanabo, A., Ssekasanvu, J., Kigozi, G., Kagaayi, J., Chang, L. W., & Grabowski, M. K. (2023). Implications of rapid population growth on survey design and HIV estimates in the Rakai Community Cohort Study (RCCS), Uganda. BMJ Open, 13(7), e071108. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-071108

Ogungbe, O., Cazabon, D., Moran, A. E., Neupane, D., Himmelfarb, C. D., Edward, A., Pariyo, G. W., Appel, L. J., Matsushita, K., Hongwei, Z., Tong, L., Dessie, G. A., Worku, A., Choudhury, S. R., Jubayer, S., Bhuiyan, M. R., Islam, S., Osi, K., Odu, J., … Commodore-Mensah, Y. (2023). Landscape of team-based care to manage hypertension: results from two surveys in low/middle-income countries. BMJ Open, 13(7), e072192. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072192

Kane, J. C., Allen, I., Fatch, R., Scheffler, A., Emenyonu, N., Puryear, S. B., Chirayil, P., So-Armah, K., Kahler, C. W., Magidson, J. F., Conroy, A. A., Edelman, E. J., Woolf-King, S., Parry, C., Kiene, S. M., Chamie, G., Adong, J., Go, V. F., Cook, R. L., … Hahn, J. A. (2023). Efficacy of alcohol reduction interventions among people with HIV as evaluated by self-report and a phosphatidylethanol (PEth) outcome: protocol for a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis. BMJ Open, 13(6), e070713. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070713

Devries, K., Cerna-Turoff, I., Fabbri, C., Turner, E., Nyakuwa, R., Nherera, C. M., Nhenga-Chakarisa, T., Nengomasha, B. C., & Moyo, R. (2023). Exploring children’s formal help-seeking behaviour for violence in Zimbabwe: analysis of national survey and routine service provider data. BMJ Open, 13(5), e067818. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067818

Greene, M. E., Siddiqi, M., & Abularrage, T. F. (2023). Systematic scoping review of interventions to prevent and respond to child marriage across Africa: progress, gaps and priorities. BMJ Open, 13(5), e061315. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061315

Wilkerson, A. H., Sharma, M., Davis, R. E., Stephens, P. M., Kim, R. W., Bhati, D., & Nahar, V. K. (2023). Predisposing, enabling and reinforcing factors associated with opioid addiction helping behaviour in tri-state Appalachian counties: application of the PRECEDE–PROCEED model–cross-sectional analysis. BMJ Open, 13(5), e066147. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066147

Du, M., Griecci, C. F., Cudhea, F., Eom, H., Wong, J. B., Wilde, P., Kim, D. D., Michaud, D. S., Wang, Y. C., Mozaffarian, D., & Zhang, F. F. (2023). What is the cost-effectiveness of menu calorie labelling on reducing obesity-associated cancer burdens? An economic evaluation of a federal policy intervention among 235 million adults in the USA. BMJ Open, 13(4), e063614. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063614

Hakimjavadi, R., Karunananthan, S., Alexander, G., Fung, C., Gazarin, M., Houghton, D., Hsu, A. T., LaPlante, J., Levi, C., Tanuseputro, P., & Liddy, C. (2023). What is the level of information technology maturity in Ontario’s long-term care homes? A cross-sectional survey study protocol. BMJ Open, 13(2), e064745. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064745

Marziali, M. E., Giordano, M., Gleit, Z., Prigoff, J., Landau, R., & Martins, S. S. (2023). Development and design of a mobile application for prescription opioid clinical decision-making: a feasibility study in New York City, USA. BMJ Open, 13(2), e066427. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066427

Divecha, A. A., Bialek, A., Kumar, D. S., Garn, R. M., Currie, L. E. J., Campos, T., & Friel, K. M. (2023). Effects of a 12-week, seated, virtual, home-based tele-exercise programme compared with a prerecorded video-based exercise programme in people with chronic neurological impairments: protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 13(1), e065032. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065032

Shivakoti, R., Slogrove, A. L., Laughton, B., Shafiq, M., Schoeman, E., Glashoff, R. H., Leu, C.-S., Wang, S., Bode, L., Aldrovandi, G., & Kuhn, L. (2022). Mitigating Infectious morbidity and Growth deficits in HIV-exposed uninfected infanTs with human Milk Oligosaccharide (MIGH-T MO): a randomised trial protocol. BMJ Open, 12(12), e069116. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069116

Pascoe, S., Fox, M., Kane, J., Mngadi, S., Manganye, P., Long, L. C., Metz, K., Allen, T., Sardana, S., Greener, R., Zheng, A., Thea, D. M., & Murray, L. K. (2022). Study protocol: A randomised trial of the effectiveness of the Common Elements Treatment Approach (CETA) for improving HIV treatment outcomes among women experiencing intimate partner violence in South Africa. BMJ Open, 12(12), e065848. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065848

Al-Ajlouni, Y. A., Al Ta’ani, O., Shamaileh, G., Mushasha, R., Makarem, N., & Duncan, D. T. (2022). Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on sleep health among Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) populations: a systematic review of the literature. BMJ Open, 12(12), e066964. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066964

Price, R. K., Bender, A. K., Milazzo, F. H., Rich, E. G., Roman, N. V., Zhang, S. X., & Koegler, E. L. (2022). Prevalence estimates of trafficking in persons using statistical definitions: a cross-sectional high-risk community survey in Cape Town, South Africa. BMJ Open, 12(12), e063617. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063617

Hirsch, J. A., Michael, Y. L., Moore, K. A., Melly, S., Hughes, T. M., Hayden, K., Luchsinger, J. A., Jimenez, M. P., James, P., Besser, L. M., Sánchez, B., & Diez Roux, A. V. (2022). Longitudinal neighbourhood determinants with cognitive health and dementia disparities: protocol of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis Neighborhoods and Aging prospective cohort study. BMJ Open, 12(11), e066971. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066971

Jia, H., & Lubetkin, E. (2022). Use of a microsimulation method for assessing dynamics of smoking status and gains in life expectancy after quitting in a longitudinal cohort of US older adults. BMJ Open, 12(11), e062189. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062189

Mantell, J., Franks, J., Zerbe, A., Lamb, M. R., Reed, D. M., Omollo, D., Lahuerta, M., Naitore, D., El-Sadr, W. M., & Agot, K. (2022). MPrEP+ study protocol: a prospective cohort study assessing the feasibility and acceptability of an HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) strategy for male clients of female sex workers in Kisumu, Kenya. BMJ Open, 12(11), e064037. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064037

Jibb, L. A., Nanos, S. M., Alexander, S., Malfitano, C., Rydall, A., Gupta, S., Schimmer, A. D., Zimmermann, C., Hales, S., Nissim, R., Marmar, C., Schultebraucks, K., Mah, K., & Rodin, G. (2022). Traumatic stress symptoms in family caregivers of patients with acute leukaemia: protocol for a multisite mixed methods, longitudinal, observational study. BMJ Open, 12(11), e065422. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065422

Butler, M., D’Angelo, S., Lewis, C., Miller, D., Perrin, A., Suls, J., Chandereng, T., Cheung, Y. K., & Davidson, K. W. (2022). Series of virtual light therapy interventions for fatigue: a feasibility pilot study protocol for a series of personalised (N-of-1) trials. BMJ Open, 12(10), e055518. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055518

Goldstein, K. M., Perry, K. R., Lewinski, A., Walsh, C., Shepherd-Banigan, M. E., Bosworth, H. B., Weidenbacher, H., Blalock, D. V., & Zullig, L. L. (2022). How can equitable video visit access be delivered in primary care? A qualitative study among rural primary care teams and patients. BMJ Open, 12(8), e062261. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062261

Ostropolets, A., & Hripcsak, G. (2022). COVID-19 vaccination effectiveness rates by week and sources of bias: a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open, 12(8), e061126. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061126

Martinez, O., Levine, E., Munoz-Laboy, M., Carballo-Diéguez, A., Bauermeister, J. A., Chacon, A., Jacobson, J., Bettiker, R., Sutton, M., Rudolph, A. E., Wu, E., Rhodes, S. D., Tanner, A. E., Mann, L., Valentin, O., Ilarraza, A., Pardes, M., Davison, R., & Fernandez, M. I. (2022). More than just oral PrEP: exploring interest in rectal douche, dissolvable implant, removable implant and injection HIV prevention approaches among racially diverse men who have sex with men in the Northeast Corridor. BMJ Open, 12(8), e063474. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063474

Ensari, I., Lipsky-Gorman, S., Horan, E. N., Bakken, S., & Elhadad, N. (2022). Associations between physical exercise patterns and pain symptoms in individuals with endometriosis: a cross-sectional mHealth-based investigation. BMJ Open, 12(7), e059280. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059280

Hashim, F., Hennayake, S., Walsh, C. M., Dun, C., Paturzo, J. G., Das, I. G., Stewart, E. A., Vervoort, D., Teinor, J. A., Schochet, M. A., Keslar, A., Bai, G., & Makary, M. (2022). Characteristics of US hospitals using extraordinary collections actions against patients for unpaid medical bills: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 12(7), e060501. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060501

Low, A., Gummerson, E., Schwitters, A., Bonifacio, R., Teferi, M., Mutenda, N., Ayton, S., Juma, J., Ahpoe, C., Ginindza, C., Patel, H., Biraro, S., Sachathep, K., Hakim, A. J., Barradas, D., Hassani, A. S., Kirungi, W., Jackson, K., Goeke, L., … Findley, S. (2022). Food insecurity and the risk of HIV acquisition: findings from population-based surveys in six sub-Saharan African countries (2016–2017). BMJ Open, 12(7), e058704. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058704

Khera, R., Schuemie, M. J., Lu, Y., Ostropolets, A., Chen, R., Hripcsak, G., Ryan, P. B., Krumholz, H. M., & Suchard, M. A. (2022). Large-scale evidence generation and evaluation across a network of databases for type 2 diabetes mellitus (LEGEND-T2DM): a protocol for a series of multinational, real-world comparative cardiovascular effectiveness and safety studies. BMJ Open, 12(6), e057977. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057977