Research and Publications - Residents and Fellows

Accepted/ Published/ Presented Research

  • Effectiveness of Employee Wellness Program: A Pilot Study, Melanie Longhurst, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Peter Thompson, M.D., Co-Principal Investigator, Liza Dominguez Colman, M.D., Investigator, Lydia Montiel, M.A., Investigator, Pending IRB approval – ongoing
  • Heroin Use and Multiple Organ Dysfunction. A Case Report. Liza Dominguez-Colman, M.D.; Liliana Monroy, M.D.; Rafael Barrera, M.D.; Fabrizzio Delgado, M.D.; Silvina Tonarelli, M.D. Accepted to American Association of emergency psychiatry. 07/2020
  • Teaching Psychiatric Emergencies Using Simulation: Experience during the Boot-Camp. Liza Dominguez-Colman1 Shivani U Mehta1, Shiva Mansourkhani1, Neha Sehgal 2, Luis A. Alvarado ³, Jonathan Mariscal1 , Silvina Tonarelli1* Accepted to Medical Science Educator 07/01/2020
  • Vargas-Medrano, J., Diaz-Pacheco, V., Castaneda, C., Miranda-Arango, M., Longhurst, M., Martin, S. L., Ghumman, U., Mangadu, T., Chheda, S., Thompson, P. M., & Gadad, B. S. (2020). Psychological and Neurobiological Aspects of Suicide in Adolescents: Current Outlooks. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health, 100124. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2020.100124
  • The Interrelation of Neurological and Psychological Symptoms of COVID-19 Pandemic: Risks and Remedies. Mohammad Nami, Bharathi S Gadad, Li Chong, Usman Ghumman, Amogh Misra, Shrikanth S. Gadad, Dharmendra Kumar, George Perry, Samuel JK Abraham, Rao KS. Journal of Clinical Science
  • Ghumman, U., Muniz, J., Kirkham, C., Alvarado, L., Antony, T., & Alvarado, C. (2019). 1.20 Psychiatric Comorbidities In Children With Adhd And Asd On The Us-Mexico Border. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 58(10). doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2019.08.042
  • Can Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and ADHD Be on the Same Spectrum: Cross-Sectional Study Analyzing the Subtypes of ASD With Comorbid Subtypes of ADHD. Usman Ghumman, Cali Kirkham, Marrium Ghumman, Luis Alvarado, Carla Alvarado. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. "Data Blitz featuring Early Career Investigators." Award.
  • Review of Randomized Control Trials studying the benefits of Equine Assisted Activities and Therapy (EAAT) in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Usman Ghumman, Chris Conrad, Marrium Ghumman, Carla Alvarado.
  • Ghumman, U., San-Pedro, R., Delgado, J., Rana, T., Ghumman, M. Z., & Alvarado, C. (2019). 1.21 Discrete-Trial Teaching Of Medical Staff For Effective Management Of Patients With Asd At El Paso Psychiatric Center In El Paso, Texas. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 58(10). doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2019.08.043
  • Significance of Prolactin levels in Differentiating Psychogenic Non-Epileptic seizures from Epileptic seizures: A Case Report. Usman Ghumman, Roshni Mandania, Marrium Ghumman, Aghaegbulam Uga. American Psychiatric Association (APA) Annual Meeting 2020.
  • Amnesia Associated with Bilateral Hippocampal Lesions in Hypoxia with Heroin Use: Collaborative Care Model Approach. Usman Ghumman, Roshni Mandania, Shivani Mehta., Marrium Ghumman, Carla Alvarado. American Psychiatric Association (APA) Annual Meeting 2020.
  • Comorbidity of different subtypes of ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder in the US Mexico Border Area. Usman Ghumman, Cali Kirkham, Jonathan Muniz, Marrium Ghumman, Luis Alvarado, Carla Alvarado. American Psychiatric Association (APA) Annual Meeting 2020.
  • 15-year old male with manic symptoms post right Middle Cerebral Artery stroke treated with Quetiapine. Usman Ghumman, Asad K. Niazi, Andres Diocares, Pamela Lopez. American Psychiatric Association (APA) Annual Meeting 2020.
  • An Unusual Presentation of Concomitant Cervical Spinal Cord and Cerebellar Acute Ischemic Stroke in a Patient on Weight Loss Medications.Mushtaq Qureshi, Shayan Ul Haque, Usman Ghumman, Sheharyar Hakeem, Jose Gavito- Higuera, Paisith Piriyawat, Alberto Maud, Salvador Cruz-Flores, Anantha Vellipuram. American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting 2020.
  • Case Report: Heroin Use and Multiple Organ Dysfunction. A Case Report. Liza Dominguez-Colman, M.D.; Liliana Monroy, M.D.; Rafael Barrera, M.D.;Fabrizzio Delgado, M.D.; Silvina Tonarelli, M.D. Accepted to American Association of emergency psychiatry. 07/2020
  • Teaching Psychiatric Emergencies Using Simulation: Experience during the Boot-Camp. Liza Dominguez-Colman1 Shivani U Metha1, Shiva Mansourkhani1, Neha Sehgal 2, Luis A. Alvarado ³ ,Jonathan Mariscal1 , Silvina Tonarelli1* Accepted to Medical Science Educator. 07/01/2020
  • Passarotti AM, Balaban L, Colman LD, et al. A Preliminary Study on the Functional Benefits of Computerized Working Memory Training in Children With Pediatric Bipolar Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Front Psychol. 2020;10:3060. Published 2020 Feb 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.03060
  • Unaccompanied migrant children and their challenges, a reintegration model. American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 20th annual conference. Cecilia DevargasM.D., Charles OdomM.D, Ijeoma IbeanuM.D, Aisha S. Shariq M.D
  • Intracellular signalling cascades in bipolar disorder, Gregory Jones, Carola Rong, Aisha S. Shariq, Abhinav Mishra, Rodrigo Machado-Vieira. Current topics in behavioral neuroscience, book chapter
  • Teaching Psychiatric Emergencies Using Simulation: Experience during the Boot-Camp. Oral presentation in the 1st Annual Southwest Region Simulation Educator and Operations Conference at Texas Tech. 2/2019. Liza Dominguez-Colman1 Shivani U Mehta1, Shiva Mansourkhani1
  • Shariq, A., Haque, D., Rios, A. E., De Vargas, C. C., Martin, S. L., & Escamilla, M. A. (2019). 3.46 School suspensions and arrests in children and adolescents at risk for bipolar disorder. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 58(10), S209-S210.
  • Shariq AS, Rosenblat JD, Alageel A, Mansur RB, Rong C, Ho RC, Ragguett RM, PanZ, Brietzke E, McIntyre RS. Evaluating the role of orexins in the pathophysiologyand treatment of depression: A comprehensive review. Prog NeuropsychopharmacolBiol Psychiatry. 2019 Jun 8;92:1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2018.12.008. Epub 2018 Dec 18. Review. PubMed PMID: 30576764. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnpbp.2018.12.008
  • Odom, C., Walyzada, F. and Sher, L. (2018), Impact of hospital murder‐suicide on behavior of patients and staff. Acta Psychiatr Scand, 137: 528-528. doi: 1111/acps.12876. https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.12876.
  • Parent EE, Benayoun M, Ibeanu I, et al. [18F]Fluciclovine PET discrimination between high- and low-grade gliomas. EJNMMI Res. 2018;8(1):67. Published 2018 Jul 25. doi:10.1186/s13550-018-0415-3.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13550-018-0415-3.
  • Shariq AS,Brietzke E, Rosenblat JD, Barendra V, Pan Z, McIntyre RS. Targeting cytokines in reduction of depressive symptoms: A comprehensive review. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2018 Apr 20;83:86-91. doi: 10.1016/j.pnpbp 2018.01.003. Epub 2018 Jan 5. R view. PubMed PMID: 29309829. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnpbp.2018.01.003.
  • Shariq AS, Brietzke E, Rosenblat JD, Pan Z, Rong C, Ragguett RM, Park C, McIntyre RS. Therapeutic potential of JAK/STAT pathway modulation in mood disorders. Rev Neurosci. 2018 Jun 14. pii: /j/revneuro.ahead-of-print/revneuro-2018-0027/revneuro-2018-0027.xml. doi: 10.1515/revneuro-2018-0027. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29902157. https://doi.org/10.1515/revneuro-2018-0027.
  • Cao B, Chen Y, Brietzke E, Cha D, Shaukat A, Pan Z, Park C, Subramaniapillai M, Zuckerman H, Grant K, Mansur RB, McIntyre RS. Leptin and adiponectin levels in major depressive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Affect Disord. 2018 Jun 2;238:101-110. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2018.05.008. [Epub ahead of print] Review. PubMed PMID: 29870819. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2018.05.008.
  • Zuckerman H, Pan Z, Park C, Brietzke E, Musial N, Shariq AS, Iacobucci M, Yim SJ, Lui LMW, Rong C, McIntyre RS. Recognition and Treatment of CognitiveDysfunction in Major Depressive Disorder. Front Psychiatry. 2018 Dec 4;9:655.doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00655. eCollection 2018. Review. PubMed PMID: 30564155; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6288549. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00655.
  • Varela-Ramirez, A., Abendroth, J,  Mejia, A.A., Phan, I.Q, Lorimer, D.D, Edwards, T.E,, Aguilera, R.J (2017). Structure of Acid Deoxyribonuclease. Nucleic Acid Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkx222
  • Liza Dominguez-Colman. Resting State Neural Signatures of Approach-Reward Sensitivity in Adolescents and Adults. Poster presented at: AACP; San Antonio, TX, USA. and UIC College of medicine research building. 2017
  • Liza Dominguez-Colman. Poster Presentation: Can Cognitive Training Help Improve Executive Dysfunction in Children with ADHD and PBD? Poster presented at: The Undergraduate Research Conference at UIC; Posters Under the Dome: Illinois Undergraduate Research Day; Springfield, IL. 2017
  • Liza Dominguez-Colman. Poster Presentation: A Study on Cognitive Remediation in Children with ADHD and Pediatric Bipolar Disorder. Poster presented at: AACP; San Antonio, TX, USA. 2016
  • Rooks CR, Ibeanu I, Shah A, et al. Young women post-MI have higher plasma concentrations of interleukin-6 before and after stress testing. Brain Behav Immun. 2016;51:92-98. doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2015.08.008. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2015.08.008.
  • Pimple, P., Shah, A. J., Rooks, C., Bremner, J. D., Nye, J., Ibeanu, I., . . . Vaccarino, V. (2015). Angina and mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 78(5), 433-437. doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2015.02.007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2015.02.007.
  • Pimple, P., Shah, A., Rooks, C., Bremner, J. D., Nye, J., Ibeanu, I., . . . Vaccarino, V. (2015). Association between anger and mental stress–induced myocardial ischemia. American Heart Journal, 169(1). doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2014.07.031. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2014.07.031.
  • Vaccarino, V., Shah, A. J., Rooks, C., Ibeanu, I., Nye, J. A., Pimple, P., . . . Raggi, P. (2014). Sex Differences in Mental Stress–Induced Myocardial Ischemia in Young Survivors of an Acute Myocardial Infarction. Psychosomatic Medicine, 76(3), 171-180. doi:10.1097/psy.0000000000000045. https://doi.org/10.1097/psy.0000000000000045.
  • Wei, J., Pimple, P., Shah, A. J., Rooks, C., Bremner, J. D., Nye, J. A., Ibeanu, I. . . Vaccarino, V. (2014). Depressive Symptoms Are Associated with Mental Stress-Induced Myocardial Ischemia after Acute Myocardial Infarction. PLoS ONE, 9(7). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0102986. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102986.