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Family and Community Medicine Scholarly Activity

2025-26 Conference presentations

  • A.Capasso, Y. R. Villarreal, B. Manuel, S. Zelaya, S. Juarez Casillas, M.A. Xu, J. Brown, R.J. DiClemente, A.L. Stotts. Clinical Research Nurses’ Vital Role in Recruiting for Trials to Reduce Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancies: Lessons from the Safe Start Study. Presented at the APHA 2026 Annual Meeting and Expo. San Antonio, TX.
  • Acrey, K, Hyatt, T; McIntire, R; Roshan, T: Integrating Osteopathic Education into MD-Based Residency to Improve Low Back Pain Management to Reduce High-Risk Prescribing. Presented at the 2026 STFM Annual Spring Conference, New Orleans, LA.
  • Acrey, K, Um, D; Villegas, J; Nguyen, D; Mahmood, N; Nguyen, PD: Inter-family medicine programs collaborative CODE simulation PGY1s workshop. Presented at the 2026 STFM Annual Spring Conference, New Orleans, LA.
  • *Chu, D, Nguyen, PD: Code Bill: Improving Resident Knowledge and Self-Efficacy on Insurance and Billing in Clinic. Presented at the 2026 STFM Annual Spring Conference, New Orleans, LA.
  • DiFiore, E., Nguyen, A., Fischer, S., Mitra, S., McCurry, V.: Curricular innovation: creation of a street medicine/addiction medicine longitudinal track for family medicine residents. Presented at the 2026 Texas Substance Use Symposium. San Antonio, TX.
  • DiFiore, E; Nguyen, A, Mitra S; Nguyen, PD; McCurry, V: Curricular Innovation: creation of a street medicine/addiction medicine longitudinal track for family medicine residents. Presented at the 2026 STFM Annual Spring Conference, New Orleans, LA.
  • Duong, H, Giga, K; Hyatt, T; Mahmood, N; Nguyen, PD: Maximizing Simulation-Based Training Curriculum with Longitudinal Acute Care Scenarios toward CBME Framework. Presented at the 2026 STFM Annual Spring Conference, New Orleans, LA.
  • George, E, Fischer, SM; Ogunwale, A: Predictors of Telemedicine Preference Among Low Income Patients in Community Health Centers. Presented at the 2026 STFM Annual Spring Conference, New Orleans, LA.
  • George, E., Turner, R. J. A Boutonnniere Deformity Following Medicatioon-Induced Fall in a Post-CABG Patient. Presented at the 2026 American Medical Society for Sports Medicine 35th Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
  • Giyanani, D, Villegas, J; Fischer, SM; Nguyen, PD: Use of Interventional POCUS in Primary Care. Presented at the 2026 STFM Annual Spring Conference, New Orleans, LA.
  • Hansen, C, Nguyen, PD, Villegas, J: Building an Urgent Care Elective Pathway for Family Medicine: Launching Medical Student and Resident Tracks. Presented at the 2026 STFM Annual Spring Conference, New Orleans, LA.
  • Hyatt, T; Sulapas, I: Counting to 9: An Unexpected Outcome. Podium presentation at the 2026 American Medical Society of Sports Medicine, Seattle, WA.
  • Khan, S, Chu, J; Duong, H; Mallela, VJ; Villegas, J; Nguyen, PD: Inter-family medicine residency programs collaboration for multi-modal perineal-vaginal tear repair PGY1s workshop. Presented at the 2026 STFM Annual Spring Conference, New Orleans, LA.
  • Khan, S, Duong, H; Giga, K; Mallela, VJ; Aquino, P; Nguyen, PD: Collaborative inter-FM residency programs toward OB12 Hot Reads video review for Continuity FM OB delivery. Presented at the 2026 STFM Annual Spring Conference, New Orleans, LA.
  • McIntire, R; Um, D; Iyengar, D; Roshan, T: AI-Powered Resident Education to Improve Lipid Management and ASCVD Risk Reduction. Presented at the 2026 STFM Annual Spring Conference, New Orleans, LA.
  • *Nguyen, A, DiFiore, E; Stotts, AL; Mitra, S: Physician comfort with substance use disorder treatment across multiple clinic models. Presented at the 2026 STFM Annual Spring Conference, New Orleans, LA.
  • Nguyen, A., Nguyen, P.D., Mallela, V.: Educating residents on how to counsel patients during third trimester prenatal visit on perineal massage and how to push during delivery. Presented at Harris Health Research Day. October 15, 2025: Houston, TX.
  • Northrup, T. F., Heldebrandt, C.K., Stotts, A. L., Fischer, S., Villarreal, Y. R., Nguyen, A.M., DiFiore, E.R., Kadiri, K.O., Juarez Casillas, S. & Yammine, L. (2026). Tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis research opportunities among primary care patients prescribed a GLP-1 receptor agonist. Presented at the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) 32nd Annual Meeting. Baltimore, Maryland.
  • Northrup, TF; Fischer, SM; Stotts, AL and more: Women-Infant Dyads Breastmilk Exposure in ECHO Cohort. Presented at the 2026 STFM Annual Spring Conference, New Orleans, LA.
  • Northrup, TF; Stotts, AL; Fischer, SM; Villarreal, YR; Yammine, L. Tobacco, Alcohol, and Cannabis Research Opportunities Among Primary Care Patients Prescribed a GLP-1 Receptor Agonist. Presented at the SRNT 2026 Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
  • **Osei-Ameyaw, J., Giyanani, D., Nguyen, A., Hyatt, T., Nguyen, P.D.: Case Report: Non-uremic calciphylaxis (NUC): the woman with the painful blueberry muffin necrotic lesions. Presented at Regional Family Medicine Research Symposium. April 26, 2025: Galveston, TX.
  • Petrovitch, D., Vincent, J. N., Meyer, T. D., Stotts, A. L., Green, C., Weaver, M. F., Webber, H. E., Singh, M., & Schmitz, J. M. (2026, June). Prior psychedelic use and awareness, expectancies, and barriers to psilocybin therapy for cocaine use disorder: A cross-sectional survey study in an outpatient substance use research clinic. Presented at The 2026 College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) 88th Annual Scientific Meeting, Portland, OR.
  • Rasheed, Z., Simcox, T., Brown, R. The Cost of the Curveball: Elbow Pain in a Pediatric Softball Player. Presented at the 2026 American Medical Society for Sports Medicine 35th Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
  • Tomey, D., Aberger, W., Bhojani, R. Unrelenting Knee Pain in a Young Marathon Trainee: Distal Femoral Giant Cell Tumor of Bone Masquerading as a Sports Injury. Presented at the 2026 American Medical Society for Sports Medicine 35th Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
  • Um, D, Nguyen, PD: Grooving through the Musculoskeletal Maneuvers. Presented at the 2026 STFM Annual Spring Conference, New Orleans, LA.
  • Villarreal, Y.R., Lavoie, B., Juarez Casillas, S., Capasso, A., Brown, J., DiClemente, R., Stotts, A. L. Maternal Perceptions of PrEP: A Qualitative Sub-Study of Women Using Substances at Risk for HIV. Presented at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, 88th Annual Scientific Meeting. Portland, Oregon, June 13-17, 2026.
  • Villegas, J, Barrera, A: Educating and Inspiring Students about Family Medicine. Presented at the 2026 STFM Annual Spring Conference, New Orleans, LA.
  • Villegas, J, Stigers, B: Boosting AI Readiness in FM Trainees. Presented at the 2026 STFM Annual Spring Conference, New Orleans, LA.
  • (*STFM Blue Ribbon poster award  **2nd Place poster award)

2026 grants awarded to members of our department

Title: CTN-0139 – Collaborative Care for Polysubstance use in Primary Care Settings (Co-Care) trial

Status: Current, A. L. Stotts, PI, T.F. Northrup, co-Site PI/Project Manager

Source: NIH/NIDA

 

Title: Treatment of alcohol use disorders in adults in office-based addiction treatment clinics vs. psychiatric clinics in a county system: medication prescribing behaviors

Status: current, A. M. Nguyen, PI

Source: TAFP

 

Title: Treating Alcohol Use Disorders in Primary Care with Semaglutide: Leveraging a Randomized Bayesian Adaptive Enrichment Design

Status: Current, T. F. Northrup, A. L. Stotts, L. Yammine, MPIs

Source: NIH/NIAAA

 

Title: Psilocybin-Assisted ACT for Co-Occurring Cocaine Use Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder

Status: A. L. Stotts, J. M. Schmitz, T. D. Meyer, MPIs

Source: NIH/NIDA

Select Publications

  • Nguyen, A., Giyanani, D., Hyatt, T., Nguyen, P.D. Non-uremic calciphylaxis without end-stage renal disease: a case report. TFMRJ. 1:8-14. 2025
  • Cioffi CC, Baloh J, Brunner M, Cheng H, DiFiore E, et al. A scoping review of implementation strategies to reduce stigma toward people who use substances in healthcare settings. J. Subst. Use Addict. Treat. In press.
  • Hyatt, T., Sulapas, I. Counting to 9: An Unexpected Outcome. Clin J Sport Med. 36(3):e38, May 2026
  • Villarreal, Y.R., Northrup, T.F., Fischer, S.M., Norwood J., & Stotts, A.L. (2025) Negotiating Health: A Qualitative Analysis of Home Smoking Rules among Families with Medically Vulnerable Infants. Tobacco Induced Diseases, in press.
  • Northrup, T.F., Stotts, A.L., Fischer, S.M., von Sternberg, K.L., & Velasquez, M.M. (in press).  Increased Risk for Alcohol- and Other Substance-Exposed Pregnancies among Women who Smoke Tobacco: A Secondary Analysis of a Primary Care-Based Intervention.  Tobacco Induced Diseases, 22, 10-18332, 2024.