Injury Prevention Center Publications

Bromberg JR, Nimaja E, Kiragu A, Lawson K, Lee L, Nsar I, Pruitt C, Ruest S, Mello MJ. Developing and Implementing Electronic Consent Procedures for a Multi-Site Implementation Trial in Response to COVID-19 Restrictions. Ethics & Human Behavior. Ethics and Human Research. 2022 Jul;44(4):39-44.doi: 10.1002/eahr.500135.

Shenoi, RP, Linakis, JG, Bromberg JR, Casper C, Richards R, Chun T, Gonzalez VM, Mello MJ, Spirito A for the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. Effect of physical activity, sports and screen time on risky behavior and mental health in youth. Clinical Pediatrics. 2022;61(4):335-346.

Lee, JA, Ochola EO, Sugut, J, Ngila, B, Ojuka, DK, Mello, MJ, Aluisio, AR. Assessment of Substance Use Among Injured Persons Seeking Emergency Care in Nairobi, Kenya. African Journal of Emergency Medicine. Volume 12, Issue 4, 2022, 321-326.

Mello MJ, Baird J, Bromberg JR, Spirito A, Zonfrillo MR, Lee LK, Christison-Lagay ER, Ruest SM, Pruitt CW, Lawson KA, Kiragu AW, Nasr I, Aidlen JT, Ebel B, Maxson RT, Scott K, Becker SJ.  Variability in Opioid Pain Medication Prescribing for Adolescent Trauma Patients in a Sample of US Pediatric Trauma Centers. BMJ Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. April 2022; 7:e000894. 

Aluisio AR, Sugut J, Kinuthia J, Bosire R, Ojuka DK, Lee JA, Maingi A, Guthrie K, Liu T, Mugambi M, Katz DA, Farquhar C, Mello MJ. Delivery of Provider-Initiated Testing and Counseling for HIV Among Patients Seeking Emergency Injury Care in Nairobi, Kenya: A Prospective Cohort Study. PLOS Global Public Health 2(10).

Del Pozo B, Knorre A, Mello MJ, Chalfin A. Comparing risks of firearm-related death and injury among young adult males in US cities to wartime service in Iraq and Afghanistan. JAMA Open. 2022;5(12):e2248132. 

Linakis JG, Thomas S, Bromberg JR, Casper TC, Chun T, Mello MJ, Richards R, Simmons T, Ahmad F, Bajaj L, Brown KM, Chernick LS, Cohen DM, Dean JM, Fein J, Horeczko T, Levas MN, McAninch B, Monuteaux MC, Mull CC, Grupp-Phelan J, Powell EC, Rogers A, Shenoi RP, Suffoletto B, Vance C, Spirito A for the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. (2022) Adolescent alcohol use predicts cannabis use over a three year follow-up period, Substance Abuse, 43:1, 514-519.

Kendi S, Chamberlain JM, Pearman RL, Badolato GM, Zonfrillo MR. "Adequacy of Emergency Department Documentation of Child Restraint Use After a Motor Vehicle Crash." Pediatric Emergency Care, vol. 38, no. 12, 2022, pp. 686-691.

Lynch SD, Weaver AA, Barnard RT, Kiani B, Stitzel JD, Zonfrillo MR. "Age-based differences in the disability of spine injuries in pediatric and adult motor vehicle crash occupants." Traffic injury prevention, 2022, pp. 1-6.

Newgard CD, Lin A, Goldhaber-Fiebert JD, Marin JR, Smith M, Cook JNB, Mohr NM, Zonfrillo MR, Puapong D, Papa L, Cloutier RL, Burd RS, Pediatric Readiness Study Group. "Association of Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness with Mortality to 1 Year Among Injured Children Treated at Trauma Centers. " JAMA Surgery, vol. 157, no. 4, 2022, pp. e217419.

Kelly JM, Piotrowski J, Zonfrillo MR, Riese A. "Changes in Pediatricians' Child Passenger Safety Counseling With Initiation of a Booster Seat Program." Clinical Pediatrics, 2022, pp. 99228221139824.

Papa L, Rosenthal K, Cook L, Caire M, Thundiyil JG, Ladde JG, Garfinkel A, Braga CF, Tan CN, Ameli NJ, Lopez MA, Haeussler CA, Mendez Giordano D, Giordano PA, Ramirez J, Mittal MK, Zonfrillo MR. "Concussion severity and functional outcome using biomarkers in children and youth involved in organized sports, recreational activities and non-sport related incidents." Brain Injury, vol. 36, no. 8, 2022, pp. 939-947.

Piotrowski JI, Kelly J, Riese A, Zonfrillo MR. "Give Me A Boost: A Child Passenger Safety Educational Intervention." Rhode Island medical journal, vol. 105, no. 3, 2022, pp. 51-56.

Chin A, Zonfrillo MR, Heinly A, Ford SR, Quintos JB, Topor LS. "Screening and counseling for nicotine use in youth with diabetes." Pediatric Diabetes, vol. 23, no. 1, 2022, pp. 157-164.

Evans E, Gutman R, Resnik L, Krebill C, Lueckel SN, Zonfrillo MR, Thomas KS. "Successful Community Discharge Among Older Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury Admitted to Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities." Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation, vol. 4, no. 4, 2022, pp. 100241.

Shaw KM, West B, Kendi S, Zonfrillo MR, Sauber-Schatz E. "Urban and Rural Child Deaths from Motor Vehicle Crashes: United States, 2015-2019." The Journal of Pediatrics, vol. 250, 2022, pp. 93-99.
 

Linakis J, Thomas S , Bromberg J, Casper TC, Chun TH, Mello MJ, Richards R, Ahmad F, MD, Bajaj L, Brown KM, Chernick LS, Cohen DM, Dean JM, Fein J, Horeczko T, Levas MN, McAninch B, Monuteaux MC, Mull CC, Grupp-Phelan J, Powell EC, Rogers A, Shenoi RP, Suffoletto B, Vance C, Spirito A. Adolescent Alcohol Use Predicts Cannabis Use over a Three Year Follow-up Period. Substance Abuse. 2021 Jul 8:1-6. 

Kozhimala M, Asselin N, Zonfrillo MR. "A Cross-sectional Survey on the Use of Tranexamic Acid in the Pre-hospital Setting." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 104, no. 2, 2021, pp. 71-75.

Corwin DJ, Root JM, Zonfrillo MR, Thomas DG. "Concussion Referral and Practice Patterns by Pediatric Emergency Medicine Providers." Pediatric Emergency Care , 2021.

Zonfrillo MR, Haarbauer-Krupa J, Wang J, Durbin D, Jaffe KM, Temkin N, Bell M, Tulsky DS, Bertisch H, Yeates KO, Rivara FP. "Effect of parental education and household poverty on recovery after traumatic brain injury in school-aged children." Brain Injury, vol. 35, no. 11, 2021, pp. 1371-1381.

Corwin DJ, Grady MF, Master CL, Joffe MD, Zonfrillo MR. "Evaluation and Management of Pediatric Concussion in the Acute Setting." Pediatric Emergency Care, vol. 37, no. 7, 2021, pp. 371-379.

Delamerced A, Zonfrillo MR, Monteiro K, Watson-Smith D, Wills HE. "Factors affecting opioid management for injured children after hospital discharge." Journal of Pediatric Surgery, vol. 56, no. 3, 2021, pp. 506-511.

Evans E, Krebill C, Gutman R, Resnik L, Zonfrillo MR, Lueckel SN, Zhang W, Kumar RG, Dams-O'Connor K, Thomas KS. "Functional motor improvement during inpatient rehabilitation among older adults with traumatic brain injury." PM&R, 2021.

Kirschen MP, Myers SR, Neuman MI, Grubenhoff JA, Mannix R, Stence N, Yang E, Woodford AL, Rogers T, Nordell A, Vossough A, Zonfrillo MR. "Intracranial Traumatic Hematoma Detection in Children Using a Portable Near-infrared Spectroscopy Device." Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 22, no. 3, 2021, pp. 782-791.

Anderson MC, Evans E, Zonfrillo MR, Thomas KS. "Rural/urban differences in discharge from rehabilitation in older adults with traumatic brain injury." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2021.

Evans E, Gutman R, Resnik L, Zonfrillo MR, Lueckel SN, Kumar RG, DeVone F, Dams-O'Connor K, Thomas KS. "Successful Community Discharge Among Older Adults With Traumatic Brain Injury in Skilled Nursing Facilities." Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 2021.

Karim N, Mumporeze L, Nsengimana VJP, Gray A, Kearney A, Aluisio AR, Mutabazi Z, Baird J, Clancy CM, Lubetkin D, Uwitonze JE, Nyinawankusi JD, Nkeshimana M, Byiringiro JC, Levine AC. Epidemiology of Patients with Head Injury at a Tertiary Hospital in Rwanda. West J Emerg Med. 2021 Nov 5;22(6):1374-1378. 

Wang DX, Napoli AM, Webb AR, Etzel C, Baird J, Milzman D. Player age and initial helmet contact among American football players. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Sep;47:115-118. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.03.039. Epub 2021 Mar 18. PMID: 33794473.

Mello MJ, Becker SJ, Spirito A, Bromberg JR, Wills H, Barczyk A, Lee L, Pruitt C, Ebel BE, Zonfrillo MR, Nimaja E, Scott K, Kiragu A, Nasr IW, Aidlen JT, Maxson RT, Baird J. Screening Adolescent Trauma Patients for Substance Use at 10 Pediatric Trauma Centers. J Trauma Nurs. 2020 Nov/Dec;27(6):313-318. 

Wilson T, Singh G, Mendelsohn R, Mello MJ, Beaudoin F. Serum lactate is not a useful predictor of injury in blunt trauma patients. RI Medical Journal. October 2020.

Corwin DJ, Arbogast KB, Haber RA, Pettijohn KW, Zonfrillo MR, Grady MF, Master CL. "Characteristics and Outcomes for Delayed Diagnosis of Concussion in Pediatric Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department." The Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 59, no. 6, 2020, pp. 795-804.

Rubinstein M, Hirway P, Zonfrillo MR. "Identifying Risk Factors for Elbow Injury in Children Presenting to the Emergency Department with Distal Forearm Fractures." Pediatric Emergency Care, 2020.

McDonald CC, Delgado MK, Zonfrillo MR. "Opportunities to Reduce Distracted Driving and Adolescent Driver Motor Vehicle Crashes." Pediatrics, vol. 145, no. 6, 2020.

Gaw CE, Berthet E, Curry AE, Zonfrillo MR, Arbogast KB, Corwin DJ. "Pediatric Health Care Provider Perspectives on Injury Prevention Counseling in Acute and Primary Care Settings." Clinical Pediatrics, 2020, pp. 9922820941237.

Brown WD, Baird J, Kriz PK. A Battery of Easily Accessible, Simple Tools for the Assessment of Concussion in Children. J Pediatr. 2021 Feb;229:232-239.e1. 

Wing R, Baird J, Duffy S, Brown L, Overly F, Kelley MN, Merritt C. Pediatric Airway Assessment Tool (PAAT): A Rating Tool to Assess Resident Proficiency in Simulated Pediatric Airway Skills Performance. MedEdPORTAL. 2020 Oct 19;16:10997. 

Burstein D, Baird J, Bratberg J, Donovan E, Soipe A, Tapper A, Case P, Walley AY, Green TC. Pharmacist attitudes toward pharmacy-based naloxone: A cross-sectional survey study. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2020 Mar-Apr;60(2):304-310. 

Quinn M, Sexton R, Mezzanote T, Baird J, Raukar N. A Statewide Cross-Sectional Survey of School Nurses' Knowledge and their Role in the Management of Concussed Students. R I Med J (2013). 2020 Feb 3;103(1):42-45. PMID: 32013305.

Gil H, Tuttle AA, Dean LA, Johnson DA, Portelli D, Baird J, Raukar NP. Dedicated MRI in the emergency department to expedite diagnostic management of hip fracture. Emerg Radiol. 2020 Feb;27(1):41-44. 

Linakis JG, Bromberg J, Casper T, Chun T, Mello MJ, Richards R, Mull C, Shenoi R, Vance C, Ahmad F, Bajaj L, Brown K, Chernick L,Cohen D, Fein J, Horeczko T, Levas M, McAninch B, Monuteaux M, Grupp-Phelan J, Powell E, Rogers A, Suffoletto B, Dean MJ, Spirito A. for the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network.  Predictive Validity of a Two-Question Alcohol Screen at One, Two and Three Year Follow-Up. Pediatrics Feb 2019, e20182001; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2018-200.

Mello, MJ; Bromberg, J; Rougas, S; Chun, T; Brown, L; Parnagian, C; Baird, J. Substance Use Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Training for Emergency Medicine Trainees.  Advances in Medical Education and Practice. 2019: 10 71-76.

Ahn S, Mello, M, Baird J, Strezsak V, Choo E. Emergency Department Patients are Receptive to Prayer-Based Interventions to Reduce Alcohol Use. J Relig Health. 2019. 

Baird J, Faul M, Green TC, Howland, J Adams CA, Hodne MJ, Bohlen N, & Mello MJ. (2019). Evaluation of a Safer Opioid Prescribing Protocol (SOPP) for Patients Being Discharged from a Trauma Service. J Trauma Nurs. 2019 May/June, 26:3.

Linakis JG, Bromberg JR, Casper TC, Chun TH, Mello, MJ, Ingrebresten H, Spirito A. Reliability and Validity of a Brief Screen for Alcohol and Cannabis Misuse in a Pediatric Emergency Department Sample. Journal of Pediatrics. 2019. NIHMS 1526573.

Vivier PM, Rogers ML, Linakis JG, Schlichting LE, Mello MJ. A statewide assessment of frequent emergency department use by children. Pediatric Emergency Care.  2019 10Jul.

Shenoi RP, Linakis JG, Bromberg JR, Casper TC, Richards R, Mello MJ, Chun TH, Spirito A for the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. Predictive Validity of the CRAFFT for Substance Use Disorder. Pediatrics. 2019 Aug;144(2). 

Rougas, S, Bromberg JR, Nimaja E, Brown L, Chun TH, Baird J. Reliability of the Clinical SBIRT Proficiency Checklist for Medical Students.  Medical Science Educator. 29, 1013–1016 (2019).

Chun TH, Chernick LS, Ahmad FA, Ranney ML, Shenoi RP, Casper TC, Fein JA, Grupp-Phelan J, McAninch B, Powell EC, Bromberg JR, Linakis JG, Spirito A; Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. Adolescent Substance Abuse Risk: A Comparison of Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network Emergency Department Patients and 2 Nationally Representative Samples. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2021 Sep 1;37(9):e560-e564. 

Spirito A, Bromberg JR, Casper TC, Chun TH, Mello MJ, Mull CC, Shenoi RP, Vance C, Ahmad F, Bajaj L, Brown KM, Chernick LS, Cohen DM, Fein J, Horeczko T, Levas MN, McAninch B, Monuteaux MC, Grupp-Phelan J, Powell EC, Rogers A, Suffoletto B, Linakis JG for the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. (2019). Screening for adolescent alcohol use in the emergency department: What does it tell us about cannabis, tobacco, and other drug use?  Subst Use Misuse. 54(6):1007-1016.

Gaffley M, Weaver AA, Talton JW, Barnard RT, Stitzel JD, Zonfrillo MR. "Age-based differences in the disability of extremity injuries in pediatric and adult occupants." Traffic injury prevention, 2019, pp. 1-6.

Abajas-Bustillo R, Amo-Setién FJ, Leal-Costa C, Ortego-Mate MDC, Seguí-Gómez M, Durá-Ros MJ, Zonfrillo MR. "Comparison of injury severity scores (ISS) obtained by manual coding versus "Two-step conversion" from ICD-9-CM." PLoS ONE, vol. 14, no. 5, 2019, pp. e0216206.

Wilson TT, Merck LH, Zonfrillo MR, Movson JS, Merck D. "Efficacy of Computed Tomography Utilization in the Assessment of Acute Traumatic Brain Injury in Adult and Pediatric Emergency Department Patients." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 102, no. 9, 2019, pp. 33-35.

Papa L, Zonfrillo MR, Welch RD, Lewis LM, Braga CF, Tan CN, Ameli NJ, Lopez MA, Haeussler CA, Mendez Giordano D, Giordano PA, Ramirez J, Mittal MK. "Evaluating glial and neuronal blood biomarkers GFAP and UCH-L1 as gradients of brain injury in concussive, subconcussive and non-concussive trauma: a prospective cohort study." BMJ paediatrics open, vol. 3, no. 1, 2019, pp. e000473.

Roehler DR, Elliott MR, Quinlan KP, Zonfrillo MR. "Factors Associated With Unrestrained Young Passengers in Motor Vehicle Crashes." Pediatrics, vol. 143, no. 3, 2019.

Goodman AD, Walsh DF, Zonfrillo MR, Eberson CP, Cruz AI Jr. "Fluoroscopy as Definitive Postreduction Imaging of Pediatric Wrist and Forearm Fractures Is Safe and Saves Time." Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, 2019.

Menz TJ, Herzlinger M, Ross A, Zonfrillo MR. "Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Pediatric Primary Care Providers on Management of Cholestasis." Global pediatric health, vol. 6, 2019, pp. 2333794X19829757.

Cohen ML, Tulsky DS, Boulton AJ, Kisala PA, Bertisch H, Yeates KO, Zonfrillo MR, Durbin DR, Jaffe KM, Temkin N, Wang J, Rivara FP. "Reliability and Construct Validity of the TBI-QOL Communication Short Form as a Parent-Proxy Report Instrument for Children With Traumatic Brain Injury." Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR, vol. 62, no. 1, 2019, pp. 84-92

Glerum KM, Zonfrillo MR, Fleisher L, McDonald CC. "Systematic review of child restraint system interventions (2007-2018)." Traffic injury prevention, vol. 20, no. 8, 2019, pp. 866-872.

Corwin DJ, Master CL, Grady MF, Zonfrillo MR. "The Economic Burden of Pediatric Postconcussive Syndrome." Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, 2019.

Corwin DJ, Durbin DR, Hayes KL, Zonfrillo MR. "Trends in Emergent Head Computed Tomography Utilization for Minor Head Trauma After Implementation of a Clinical Pathway." Pediatric Emergency Care , 2019.

Burstein D, Baird J, Bratberg J, Donovan E, Soipe A, Tapper A, Case P, Walley AY, Green TC. Pharmacist attitudes toward pharmacy-based naloxone: A cross-sectional survey study. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2020 Mar-Apr;60(2):304-310. 

Abajas Bustillo R, Leal Costa C, Ortego Mate MDC, Zonfrillo MR, Seguí Gómez M, Durá Ros MJ. "Classification of the severe trauma patient with the Abbreviated Injury Scale: degree of correlation between versions 98 and 2005 (2008 update)." Emergencias : revista de la Sociedad Espanola de Medicina de Emergencias, vol. 30, no. 1, 2018, pp. 41-44. 

Henry MK, French B, Feudtner C, Zonfrillo MR, Lindberg D, Anderst JD, Anderst JD, Berger RP, Wood JN. Cervical spine imaging and injuries in young children with non- motor vehicle crash-associated traumatic brain injury. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2018 Feb 15. 

Mello MJ, Becker SJ, Bromberg J, Baird J, Zonfrillo MR, Spirito A. Implementing Alcohol Misuse SBIRT in a National Cohort of Pediatric Trauma Centers-a type III hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial. Implement Sci. 2018 Feb 22;13(1):35. doi: 10.1186/s13012-018-0725-x.

Ali S, Ranney ML, Jarman A. “Transient orbital compartment syndrome caused by spontaneous  lamina papyracea dehiscence.” RI Med J. Feb 2018: 29-31.

Ranney ML, Bromberg J, Hozey A, Casper TC, Mello MJ, Spirito A, Chun TH, Linakis JG. Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. Problem Behaviors and Psychological Distress Among Teens Seen in a National Sample of Emergency Departments. Acad Pediatr. 2018 Aug;18(6):650-654.

Schoell SL, Weaver AA, Talton JW, Barnard RT, Baker G, Stitzel JD, Zonfrillo MR. Functional outcomes of motor vehicle crash thoracic injuries in pediatric and adult occupants. Traffic Inj Prev. 2018 Apr 3;19(3):280-286. 

Haarbauer-Krupa J, Arbogast KB, Metzger KB, Greenspan AI, Kessler R, Curry AE, Bell JM, DePadilla L, Pfeiffer MR, Zonfrillo MR, Master CL. Variations in Mechanisms of Injury for Children with Concussion. J Pediatr. 2018 Jun;197:241-248.

Fuentes MM, Wang J, Haarbauer-Krupa J, Yeates KO, Durbin DR, Zonfrillo MR, Jaffe JM, Temkin N, Tulsky D, Bertisch H, Rivara FP. Unmet rehabilitation needs in children after hospitalization for traumatic brain injury. Pediatrics. 2018 May;141(5). 

Zonfrillo M, Linakis JG, Yang E, Mello MJ. A systematic review of longitudinal cohort studies examining unintentional injury in young children. Global Pediatric Health, 2018 May 9:5: 2333794X18774219. 

Zonfrillo MR, Gittelman MA, Quinlan KP, Pomerantz WJ. Outcomes after injury prevention counselling in a paediatric office setting: a 25-year review. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2018 Jun 18;2(1):e000300. 

Alusio AR, Palaniappan A, Farquhar C, Mello MJ. Integrated HIV-Injury Programming: An Underutilized Intersection to Engage Young Adults in HIV Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. AIDS. 2018 Jun 19;32(10):1377-1379. 

McDonald CC, Kennedy E, Fleisher L, Zonfrillo MR. Factors Associated with Cell Phone Use While Driving: A Survey of Parents and Caregivers of Children Ages 4-10 Years. J Pediatr. 2018 Oct;201:208-214. 

Samuels EA, Bernstein SL, Marshall BDL, Krieger M, Baird J, Mello MJ. Peer navigation and Take-Home Naloxone for Opioid Overdose Emergency Department Patients: A preliminary outcome study. Journal of substance Abuse Treatment 94 (2018) 29–34. 

O'Neil J, Hoffman BD, Quinlan KP, Burns M, Denny S, Ebel B, Hirsh M, Melzer-Lange M, Powell E, Schaechter J, Zonfrillo MR. School Bus Transportation of Children with Special Health Care Needs. Pediatrics. 2018 May;141(5). 

McDonald CC, Kennedy E, Fleisher L, Zonfrillo MR. Situational Use of Child Restraint Systems and Carpooling Behaviors in Parents and Caregivers. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Aug 20;15(8). 

Samuels EA, Baird J, Yang E, Mello MJ. Adoption and Utilization of an Emergency Department Naloxone Distribution and Peer Recovery Coach Consultation Program. Academic Emergency Medicine. Published online August 2018.

Corwin DJ, Propert KJ, Zorc JJ, Zonfrillo MR, Wiebe DJ. Use of the vestibular and oculomotor examination for concussion in a pediatric emergency department. Am J Emerg Med. 2019 Jul;37(7):1219-1223.

Amanullah S, Schlichting LE, Linakis SW, Steele DW, Linakis JG. Emergency Department Visits Owing to Intentional and Unintentional Traumatic Brain Injury among Infants in the United States: A Population-Based Assessment. J Pediatr. 2018 Dec;203:259-265.

Zonfrillo MR, Spicer RS, Lawrence BA, Miller TR. Incidence and costs of injuries to children and adults in the United States. Inj Epidemiol. 2018 Oct 8;5(1):37.

Alderman EM, Johnston BD, Breuner C, Grubb LK, Powers M, Upadhya K, Wallace S, Hoffman BD, Quinlan K, Agran P, Denny S, Hirsh M, Lee L, Monroe K, Schaechter J, Tenenbein M, Zonfrillo MR. The Teen Driver (Policy Statement). Pediatrics. 2018 Oct; 142(4). 

Veras Y, Rogers ML, Smego R, Zonfrillo MR, Mello MJ, Vivier PM. Neighborhood Risk Factors for Pediatric Fall-Related Injuries: A Retrospective Analysis of a Statewide Hospital Network. Acad Pediatr. 2019 Aug;19(6):677-683.

Raukar N, Palms D, Boyle M, Baird J. A Case Report of Impaired Driving Performance after a Concussion. R I Med J (2013). 2018 Dec 3;101(10):56-57. 

Mello MJ, Bromberg JR, Wills H, Gaines BA, Lapidus G, et al. (2018) Alcohol and Other Drug Use in a Sample of Admitted Adolescent Trauma Patients. J Subst Abuse Alcohol 6(2): 1077.

Spirito A, Bromberg JR, Casper TC, Chun T, Mello MJ, Mull CC, Shenoi RP, Vance C, Ahmad F, Bajaj L, Brown KM, Chernick LS, Cohen DM, Fein J, Horeczko T, Levas MN, McAninch B, Monuteaux MC, Grupp-Phelan J, Powell EC, Rogers A, Suffoletto B, Linakis JG; Pediatric Emergency Care Research Network (PECARN). Screening for Adolescent Alcohol Use in the Emergency Department: What Does It Tell Us About Cannabis, Tobacco, and Other Drug Use?  Subst Use Misuse. 2019,54:6, 1007-1016. 

Ranney ML, Pisani AR, Chernick LS. “The Role of Texting in Addressing Mental Health.” In Technology and Adolescent Mental Health. 2018 (pp. 207-215). Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-69638-6_15

Merchant RC, Zhang Z, Zhang Z, Liu T, Baird JR. Lack of efficacy in a randomized trial of a brief intervention to reduce drug use and increase drug treatment services utilization among adult emergency department patients over a 12-month period. Emergency medicine journal: EMJ. 2018; 35(5):282-288. PubMed [journal] PMID: 29437758

Mello MJ, Bromberg JR, Baird J, Wills H, Gaines BA, Lapidus G, Ranney ML, Parnagian C, Spirito A. Feasibility and Acceptability of an Electronic Parenting Skills Intervention for Parents of Alcohol-Using Adolescent Trauma Patients. Telemed J E Health. 2019 Sep;25(9):833-839. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2018.0201. Epub 2018 Nov 28. PMID: 30484743; PMCID: PMC6748401.

Mello, M. J., Gilbard, Z., Burstein, D., Baird, J., Zonfrillo, M. R., Flanagan, P., Linakis, J. G., Hackman, H., & Howland, J. (2019). Formative research to underpin a text messaging home safety intervention for young mothers. Health Education Journal, 78(3), 266–272. 

Chun TH, Chernick LS, Ahmad FA, Ranney ML, Shenoi RP, Casper TC, Fein JA, Grupp-Phelan J, McAninch B, Powell EC, Bromberg JR, Linakis JG, Spirito A; Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. Adolescent Substance Abuse Risk: A Comparison of Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network Emergency Department Patients and 2 Nationally Representative Samples. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2021 Sep 1;37(9):e560-e564. 

Mello MJ, Bromberg JR, Rougas S, Chun TH, Brown LL, Parnagian CS, Baird J. Substance use screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment training for emergency medicine trainees. Adv Med Educ Pract. 2019 Feb 14;10:71-76.

Kriz PK, Staffa SJ, Zurakowski D, MacAskill M, Kirchberg T, Robert K, Baird J, Lockhart G. Effect of Penalty Minute Rule Change on Injuries and Game Disqualification Penalties in High School Ice Hockey. Am J Sports Med. 2019 Feb;47(2):438-443. 
 

Abajas Bustillo R, Leal Costa C, Ortego Mate MDC, Zonfrillo MR, Seguí Gómez M, Durá Ros MJ. Classification of the severe trauma patient with the Abbreviated Injury Scale: degree of correlation between versions 98 and 2005 (2008 update). Emergencias. 2018 Feb;30(1):41-44. English, Spanish. PMID: 29437309.

Aluisio AR, Rege S, Stewart BT, Kinuthia J, Levine AC, Mello MJ, Farquhar C. Prevalence of HIV Seropositivity and Impact on Mortality among Injured Patients from Low-and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Current HIV Research, 2017, 15, 1-11.

Arbogast KB, Curry AE,Metzger KB, Kessler RS, Bell JM, Haarbauer-Krupa J, Zonfrillo MR, Breiding MJ, Master CL. Improving Primary Care Provider Practices in Youth Concussion Management. Clin Pediatrics. 2017 Aug;56(9):854-865.

Baird J, Faul M, Green TC, Howland J, Adams C, George A, Mello MJ. A retrospective review of unintentional opioid overdose risk and mitigating factors among acutely injured trauma patients. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2017 Sep 1;178:130-135. 

Baird J, Yang E, Strezsak V, Mello MJ. Examining motor vehicle crash involvement and readiness to change on drinking and driving behaviors among injured emergency department patients. Traffic Injury Prevention. 2017;18 (5):463-469. 

Bertisch H, Rivara FP, Kisala PA, Wang J, Yeates KO, Durbin D, Zonfrillo MR, Bell MJ, Temkin N, Tulsky DS. Psychometric evaluation of the pediatric and parent-proxy Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System and the Neurology and Traumatic Brain Injury Quality of Life measurement item banks in pediatric traumatic brain injury. Qual Life Res. 2017 Jul;26(7):1887-1899.

Betz ME, Ranney ML, Wintemute G. “Physicians, Patients and Firearms: The Courts Say ‘Yes’.” Ann Intern Med. 2017 May;166(10):745-746. 

Bromberg JR, Spirito A, Chun TH, Mello MJ, Casper CT, Ahmad F, Bajaj L, Brown K, Chernick L, Cohen D, Fein J, Horeczko T, Levas M, McAninch B, Monuteaux M, Mull C,  Grupp-Phelan J, Powell E, Rogers A, Shenoi R, Suffoletto B, Vance C, Linakis JG for the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. Methodology and demographics of a brief adolescent alcohol screen validation study. Pediatric Emergency Care. 2017. 

Burstein D, Zonfrillo M, Baird J, Mello M. Child Passenger Safety Technician Consultation in the Pediatric Primary Care Setting. Clinical Pediatrics, Volume 56(10), September 2017, p 928–933.

Carter PM, Cook LJ, Macy ML, Zonfrillo MR, Stanley RM, Chamberlain JM, Fein JA, Alpern ER, Cunningham R; The Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN). Individual and Neighborhood Characteristics of Children Seeking Emergency Department Care for Firearm Injuries Within the PECARN Network. Acad Emerg Med. 2017 Jul;24(7):803-813. 

Corwin DJ, Grady MF, Joffe MD, Zonfrillo MR. Pediatric mild traumatic brain injury in the acute setting. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2017 Sep;33(9):643-649.

Cruz AI Jr, DeFroda SF, Gil JA, Hansen H, Bolous A, Procaccini M, Zonfrillo MR. Patient and Parent Satisfaction With Sling Use After Pediatric Upper Extremity Fractures: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Customized Cast-Sling Versus Standard Cast and Sling. J Pediatr Orthop. 2019 Feb;39(2):e120-e124. 

Glerum KM, Zonfrillo MR. Validation of an ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM map to AIS 2005 Update 2008. Inj Prev. 2019 Apr;25(2):90-92. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2017-042519. Epub 2017 Nov 10. PMID: 29127113.

Goodman AD, Zonfrillo MR, Chiou D, Eberson CP, Cruz AI Jr. The Cost and Utility of Postreduction Radiographs After Closed Reduction of Pediatric Wrist and Forearm Fractures. J Pediatr Orthop. 2019 Jan;39(1):e8-e11. 

Jackson TL, Braun JM, Mello MJ, Triche EW, Buka, SL. The relationship between early childhood head injury and later life criminal behavior – a longitudinal cohort study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2017; 71(8): 800-805. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2016-208582.

Jiang Y, Ranney ML, Seaberry J, Shea LM, Sullivan B, Viner-Brown S. “Assault injury and homicide death profile in Rhode Island.” RI Med J 2017 April 100(4):23-28. 

Knoepke CE, Allen A, Ranney ML, Wintemute GJ, Matlock DD, Betz ME. Loaded Questions: Internet Commenters' Opinions on Physician-Patient Firearm Safety Conversations. West J Emerg Med. 2017 Aug;18(5):903-912. 

Kuska T, Zonfrillo MR. Child passenger safety: An assessment of emergency nurses' knowledge and provision of information in the emergency department. J Emerg Nurs. 2017 May;43(3):239-245. Epub 2017 Mar 28.

Myers RK, Eagan-Brown BL, Conway AT, Nagele DA, Vaccaro MJ, Kendi S, Zonfrillo MR. Examining a Statewide Educational Consulting Program for Pediatric Brain Injury. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2018 Jun;57(6):645-655. doi: 10.1177/0009922817732146. Epub 2017 Sep 21. PMID: 28933193; PMCID: PMC5832536.

Patton DU, Patel S, Ranney M, Crandall M, Hong JS, Dungy L, Leonard, P. “Tweets, gangs, and guns: A snapshot of gang communication in Detroit.” Violence & Victims, 2017 Aug 15. doi: 10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D- 16-00040. PMID: 28810937

Papa L, Mittal MK, Ramirez J, Silvestri S, Giordano P, Braga CF, Tan CN, Ameli NJ, Lopez M, Haeussler CA, Mendez Giordano D, Zonfrillo MR. Neuronal Biomarker Ubiquitin C-Terminal Hydrolase (UCH-L1) Detects Traumatic Intracranial Lesions on CT in Children and Youth with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. J Neurotrauma. 2017 Jul 1;34(13):2132-2140. 

Ranney ML, Fletcher J, Alter H, Barsotti C, Bebarta VS, Betz ME, Carter PM, Cerdá M, Cunningham RM, Crane P, Fahimi J, Miller MJ, Rowhani-Rahbar A, Vogel JA, Wintemute GJ, Shah MN. "A Consensus-Driven Agenda for Emergency Medicine Firearm Injury Prevention Research." Ann Emerg Med 2017 Feb 69(2):227-240. 

Ranney ML, Goldstick J, Eisman A, Carter PM, Walton M, Cunningham RM. "Effects of a brief ED-based alcohol and violence intervention on depressive symptoms." Gen Hosp Psych, 2017 May;46:44-48. doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2017.01.008.. 

Riese A, Gao H, Baird J, Mello MJ, Ranney ML. Including youth violence screening on pre-visit questionnaires and the effect on other health risk behavior discussions. Clinical Pediatrics. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2017 Mar;56(3):284-287. 

Schlichting LE, Rogers ML, Gjelsvik A, Linakis JG, Vivier PM. Pediatric Emergency Department Utilization and Reliance by Insurance Coverage in the United States. Academic Emergency Medicine. Published online October 18, 2017.

Schoell SL, Weaver AA, Talton JW, Barnard RT, Baker G, Stitzel JD, Zonfrillo MR. Functional outcomes of motor vehicle crash thoracic injuries in pediatric and adult occupants. Traffic Inj Prev. 2018 Apr 3;19(3):280-286. 

Strezsak V, Mello MJ, Lee C, Baird J. Cross-Sectional Study of Risky Substance Use of Injured Emergency Department Patients. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine.2017 Apr;18(3):345-348. DOI:10.5811/westjem.2017.1.32180.

Zonfrillo MR, Ramsay ML, Fennell JE, Andreasen A. Unintentional non-traffic injury and fatal events: Threats to children in and around vehicles. Traffic Inj Prev. 2018 Feb 17;19(2):184-188. 

Arbogast KB, Curry AE, Pfeiffer MR, Zonfrillo MR, Haarbauer-Krupa J, Breiding MJ, Coronado VG, Master CL. Point of healthcare entry for youth concussion within a large pediatric care network. JAMA Pediatr. 2016 May 31:e160294. 

Baird J, Yang E, Strezsak V, Mello MJ. Examining motor vehicle crash involvement and readiness to change on drinking and driving behaviors among injured emergency department patients. Traffic Inj Prev. 2017 Jul 4;18(5):463-469. doi: 10.1080/15389588.2016.1265953. Epub 2016 Dec 6. PMID: 27922270; PMCID: PMC6168940. 

Beaudoin FL, Banerjee G, Mello MJ. State level and system-level opioid prescribing policies: The impact on provider practices and overdose deaths: a systematic review. Journal of Opioid Management. 12:2 March/April 2016.

Bromberg JR, Spirito A, Chun T, Mello MJ, Casper TC, Ahmad F, Bajaj L, Brown KM, Chernick LS, Cohen DM, Fein J, Horeczko T, Levas MN, McAninch B, Monuteaux M, Mull CC, Grupp-Phelan J, Powell EC, Rogers A, Shenoi RP, Suffoletto B, Vance C, Linakis JG; Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. Methodology and Demographics of a Brief Adolescent Alcohol Screen Validation Study. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2019 Nov;35(11):737-744. 

Choo EK, Morrow K, Mello M, Wetle F, Ranney M, Tape C, Zlotnick C. I need to hear from women who have 'been there': Developing a woman-focused intervention for drug use and partner violence in the emergency department. Partner Abuse, 2016 Apr;7{2):193-220. 

Choo E, Tape C, Glerum K, Zlotnick C, Morrow K. "That's Where the Arguments Come in": A Qualitative Analysis of Booster Sessions Following a Brief Intervention for Drug Use and Intimate Partner Violence in the Emergency Depariment. Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment. 2016; 10: 77-87.

Fishe JN, Luberti AA, Master CL, Robinson RL, Grady MF, Arbogast KB, Zonfrillo MR. After-hours call center triage of pediatric head injury: outcomes after a concussion initiative Pediatr Emerg Care. 2016 Mar;32(3):149-53

Gaw CE, Zonfrillo MR. Emergency department visits for head trauma in the United States. BMC Emerg Med. 2016 Jan 19;16(1):5.

Henderson A, Beaudoin F, Mello MJ, Baird J. Prevalence of Sedating Medication Use Among Older Drivers Presenting in the Emergency Department. Rhode Island Medical Journal. January 2016. www.rimed.org.

Henry MK, Zonfrillo MR, French B, Song L, Feudtner C, Wood JN. Hospital Variation in Cervical Spine Imaging of Young Children With Traumatic Brain Injury. Acad Pediatr. 2016 Sep-Oct;16(7):684-91. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2016.01.017. Epub 2016 Feb 4. PMID: 26854208; PMCID: PMC4974148.

Jiang Y., Ranney, M.L., Perez, B., & Viner-Brown, S. "Burden of Violent Death on Years of Life Lost in Rhode Island, 2006-2013." Am J Prev Med. 2016 Nov; 51(583):8251-8259.

Macy ML, Zonfrillo MR, Cook LJ, Funai T, Goldstick J, Stanley RM, Chamberlain JM, Cunningham RM, Lipton R, Alpern ER. Patient and community-level socio-demographic characteristics associated with emergency department visits for childhood injury. J Pads 2015 Sep;167{3):711-8.e1-4. Epub 2015 Jul 2.

Mello MJ, Baird J, Lee CS, Strezsak V, French M, Longabaugh R. A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Telephone Intervention for Alcohol Misuse with Injured Emergency Department Patients. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 67:2, February 2016. 

Merchant RC, Liu T, Baird J. Variations in the estimates of substance use and need for interventions among adult emergency department patients based on different screening strategies using the ASSIST. West J Emerg Med. 2016; 17(3):302-

Morrissey D, Riese A, Violano P, Lapidus G, Baird J, Mello MJ. Child Passenger Safety Training for Pediatric Interns: Does it Work? Rhode Island Medical Journal. March 2016. 

Norman C, Choi B, Mello MJ. Describing Frequent Users of an Urban Emergency Medical Service. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2016;17{1):1-7.

Patton DU, Patel S, Hong JS, Ranney ML, Crandall M, Dungy L. Tweets, Gangs, and Guns: A Snapshot of Gang Communications in Detroit. Violence Vict. 2017 Oct 1;32(5):919-934. doi: 10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-16-00040. Epub 2017 Aug 15. 

Patton R, Blow F, Lau C, Ranney M, Cunningham R. "Prevalence and correlates of depression and drinking behaviors among adolescents and emerging adults in a suburban emergency department." Subst Use Misuse, 2016 Jan 2;51(1):34-40. 

Poland KM, McKay MP, Zonfrillo MR, Barth TH, Kaminski R. Changes in baseline concussion assessment scores following a school bus crash. Traffic lnj Prev 2016 Sep;17 Suppl 1:6-10.

Ranney ML, Chang B, Freeman JR, Norris B, Silverberg M, Choo EK. "Tweet Now, See You In the ED Later?: Examining the Association Between Alcohol-Related Tweets and Emergency Care Visits." Acad Emerg Med, 2016 Jul;23(7):831-4. 

Ranney ML, Duarte C, Baird J, Patry EJ, Green TC. "Correlation of Digital Health Use and Chronic Pain Coping Strategies." mHealth, published online 2016 Sep 6. 

Ranney ML, Fletcher J, Alter H, Barsotti C, Bebarta VS, Betz ME, Carter PM, Cerdá M, Cunningham RM, Crane P, Fahimi J, Miller MJ, Rowhani-Rahbar A, Vogel JA, Wintemute GJ, Waseem M, Shah MN; ACEP Technical Advisory Group on Firearm Injury Research, a Subcommittee of the ACEP Research Committee. A Consensus-Driven Agenda for Emergency Medicine Firearm Injury Prevention Research. Ann Emerg Med. 2017 Feb;69(2):227-240.

Ranney ML, Freeman JR, Connell G, Spirito A, Boyer E, Walton M, Guthrie KM, Cunningham RM. A Depression Prevention Intervention for Adolescents in the Emergency Department. J Adolesc Health. 2016 Oct;59(4):401-10.

Ranney ML, Patena JV, Nugent N, Spirito A, Boyer E, Zatzick D, Cunningham R. PTSD, cyberbullying and peer violence: prevalence and correlates among adolescent emergency department patients. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2016 Mar-Apr;39:32-8. 

Resko SM, Reddock EC, Ranney ML, Epstein-Ngo Q, Mountain SK, Zimmerman MA, Cunningham RM, Walton MA. Reasons for Fighting among Violent Female Adolescents: A Qualitative Investigation from an Urban, Midwestern Community. Soc Work Public Health. 2016;31(3):99-112.

Riese A, Gao H, Baird J, Mello MJ, Ranney ML. Including Youth Violence Screening on Previsit Questionnaires and the Effect on Other Health Risk Behavior Discussions. Clin Pediatrics. 2017 Mar;56(3):284-287. 

Roszko P, Ameli J, Carter P, Cunningham R, Ranney ML. "Clinician Attitudes, Screening Practices, and Interventions to Reduce Firearm-Related Injury." Epidemiol Rev, 2016;38(1):87-110. 

Ryan KM, Nathanson AT, Baird J, Wheelhouse J. Injuries and Fatalities on Sailboats in the United States 2000-2011: An Analysis of US Coast Guard Data. Wilderness Environ Med. 2016 Mar;27(1):10-8. 

Samuels E, Dwyer K, Mello MJ, Baird J, Kellogg A, Bernstein E. Emergency Department Opioid Harm Reduction: assessing providers willingness. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2016; 23:455-465.

Schoell SL, Weaver AA, Talton JW, Baker G, Doud AN, Barnard RT, Stitzel JD, Zonfrillo MR. Functional outcomes of motor vehicle crash head injuries in pediatric and adult occupants. Traffic lnj Prev 2016 Sep;17 Suppl 1:27-33.

Shook JE, Chun TH, Conners GP, Conway EE Jr, Dudley NC, Fuchs SM, Lane NE, Macias CG, Moore BR, Wright JL, Quinlan K, Agran PF, Burns M, Denny S, Hirsh M, Johnston B, Monroe K, Powell EC, Schaechter J, Zonfrillo MR, et al,. Management of Pediatric Trauma. Pediatrics. 2016 Aug;138(2):e20161569.

Spirito A; Bromberg J, Casper T, Chun T, Michael MJ, Dean MJ, Linakis JG for Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (2016). Reliability and Validity of a Two-Question Alcohol Screen in the Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatrics; 138 (6);10.1542/peds.2016-0691.

Thorsen MM, Patena JV, Guthrie KM, Spirito A, Ranney ML. Using High-Risk Adolescents' Voices to Develop a Comprehensible Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-Based Text-Message Program. Behav Med. 2018 Apr-Jun;44(2):89-99. 

Turcotte Benedict F, Amanullah S, Linakis JG, Ranney M. Emergency Department Utilization Among Assault-Injured Youth: Implications for Youth Violence Screening. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2017 Sep;33(9):607-612. 

Vinograd AM, Zonfrillo MR, Pawel B. Retropharyngeal abscess and mediastinitis in a well-appearing infant with prolonged fever. Pediatr Emerg Care 2016 Aug 20.

Whiteside L, Russo J, Wang J, Ranney ML, Neam V, Zatzick OF. "Predictors of Sustained Prescription Opioid Use After Admission for Trauma in Adolescents." J Adolesc Health, 2016 Jan;58(1):92-7. 

Zonfrillo MR. "Tertiary Precision Prevention" for Concussion: Customizing Care by Predicting Outcomes. J Pediatr. 2016 Jul;174:6-7. 

Zonfrillo MR, Janigian NG, Maron BA. Death or severe injury at the ball game. Curr Sports Med Rep. 2016 May­ Jun;15(3):132-3.

Zonfrillo MR, Macy ML, Cook LJ, Funai T, Stanley RM, Chamberlain JM, Cunningham RM, Alpern ER. Anticipated resource utilization for injury versus non-injury pediatric visits to emergency departments. lnj Epidemiol. 2016;3:12. 

Bohnert KM, Walton MA, Ranney M, Bonar E, Blow FC, Zimmerman MA, Booth BM, Cunningham RM. Understanding the Service Need Assault-injured, Drug-using Youth Presenting for Care in an Urban Emergency Department Addict Behav. 2015 Feb; 41:97-105. 

Carreiro S, Smelson D, Ranney M, Horvath KJ, Picard RW, Boudreaux ED, Hayes R, Boyer E. Real-Time Mobile Detection of Drug Use with Wearable Biosensors A Pilot Study. J Med Toxicol. 2015 Mar; 11(1) 73-9.

Choo EK, Benz M, Rybarczyk M, Broderick K, Linden J, Boudreaux ED, Ranney ML. The intersecting roles of violence, gender, and substance use in the emergency department: a research agenda. Acad Emerg Med. 2014 Dec;21(12):1447-52. doi: 10.1111/acem.12525. Epub 2014 Nov 24. PMID: 25421993; PMCID: PMC4393747.

Choo E, Morrow K, Mello MJ, Wetle T, Ranney M, Tape C, Zlotnick C. “I need to hear from women who have ‘been there’”: Developing a woman-focused intervention for drug use and partner violence in the emergency department. Partner Abuse. Volume 7, Number 2, 2016.

Choo EK, Ranney ML, Wetle T, Morrow K, Mello MJ, Squires D, Garro A, Tape C, Zlotnick C. Attitudes Toward Computer-Based Interventions for Partner Abuse and Drug Use Among Women in the Emergency Department. Addict Disord Their Treat 2015 Jun; 14(2) 95-104.

Choo EK, Zlotnick C, Strong DR, Squires DD, Tape C, Mello MJ. B-SAFER. A Web-Based Intervention for Drug Use and Intimate Partner Violence Demonstrates Feasibility and Acceptability Among Women in the Emergency Department Substance Abuse. Published online December 2015.

Cunningham RM, Carter PM, Ranney M, Zimmerman MA, Blow FC, Booth BM, Goldstick J, Walton MA Violent Re-Injury and Mortality Among Emergency Department Youth Seeking Care For Assault: A Two-Year Prospective Cohort Study. JAMA Pediatr. 2014 Jan; 133(1):e96-105. doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-1864.

McDonald EM, Gittelman MA, Rains CM, Hoffman BO, Zonfrillo MR. Towards a centralized database for child safety resource centers: results of a feasibility pilot study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2015 Sep; 79(3 Suppl 1) S15-S20.

Mirman JH, Seifert SJ, Zonfrillo MR, Metzger K, Durbin DR, Arbogast KB. Evaluating the Effect of a Mechanical Adjunct to Improve the Installation of Child Restraint Systems to Vehicles. Traffic lnj Prev. 2015 Oct 8; 16 Suppl 2:S24-31.

Morrissey D, Riese A, Violano P, Lapidus G, Baird J, Mello MJ. Child Passenger Safety Training for Pediatric Interns: Does it Work? R I Med J (2013). 2016 Mar 1;99(3):29-32. 

Nathanson AT, Young JM, Young C. Pre-Participation Medical Evaluation for Adventure and Wilderness Watersports Wilderness and Environmental Medicine. 2015; 26 S55-S62 (Co-published in Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine)

Nathanson AT, Young JM, Young C. Pre-Participation Medical Evaluation for Adventure and Wilderness Watersports. Clin J Sport Med 2015; 25425-431. 

Papa L, Zonfrillo MR, Ramirez J, Silvestri S, Giordano P, Braga CF, Tan CN, Ameli NJ, Lopez M, Mittal MK. Performance of Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein in Detecting Traumatic Intracranial Lesions on Computed Tomography in Children and Youth With Mild Head Trauma. Acad Emerg Med. 2015 Nov;22(11):1274-82. 

Patton R, Lau CH, Blow FC, Ranney ML, Cunningham RM, Walton MA. Prevalence and Correlates of Depression and Drinking Behaviors Among Adolescents and Emerging Adults in a Suburban Emergency Department. Subst Use Misuse. 2016 Jan 2;51(1):34-40. 

Ranney ML, Limkakeng AT, Carr B, Zink B, Kaji AH. Improving the emergency care research investigator pipeline- SAEM/ACEP recommendations. Acad Emerg Med. 2015 Jul; 22(7) 849-51. 

Ranney ML, Meisel Z, Choo E, Garro A, Sasson C, Morrow K. Interview-Based Qualitative Research in Emergency Care, Part II: Data Collection, Analysis and Results Reporting. Acad Emerg Med. 2015 22(9) 1103-12.

Ranney ML, Patena JV, Nugent N, Spirito A, Boyer E, Zatzick D, Cunningham R. PTSD, cyberbullying and peer violence: prevalence and correlates among adolescent emergency department patients. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2016 Mar-Apr;39:32-8. 

Resko SM, Reddock EC, Ranney ML, Epstein-Ngo Q, Mountain SK, Zimmerman MA, Cunningham RM, Walton MA. Reasons for Fighting among Violent Female Adolescents: A Qualitative Investigation from an Urban, Midwestern Community. Soc Work Public Health. 2016;31(3):99-112. 

Riese A, Mello MJ, Baird J, Steele D, Ranney ML. Prompting discussions of youth violence using electronic pre-visit questionnaires in primary care A cluster randomized trial. Acad Pediatr. 2015 May-June; 15(3) 345-352.

Riese A, Ranney ML, Gjelsvik A. Extracurricular Activities and Bullying Perpetration Results from a Nationally Representative Sample of School Health. 2015 Aug; 85(8) 544-51. 

Roszko PJ, Ameli J, Carter PM, Cunningham RM, Ranney ML. Clinician Attitudes, Screening Practices, and Interventions to Reduce Firearm-Related Injury. Epidemiol Rev. 2016;38(1):87-110. doi: 10.1093/epirev/mxv005. 

Ryan KM, Nathanson AT, Baird J, Wheelhouse J. Injuries and Fatalities on Sailboats in the United States 2000-2011: An Analysis of US Coast Guard Data. Wilderness Environ Med. 2016 Mar;27(1):10-8. 

Samuels EA, Dwyer K, Mello MJ, Baird J, Kellogg AR, Bernstein E. Emergency Department-based Opioid Harm Reduction: Moving Physicians From Willing to Doing. Acad Emerg Med. 2016 Apr;23(4):455-65. 

Turcotte Benedict F, Amanullah S, Linakis JG, Ranney M. Emergency Department Utilization Among Assault-Injured Youth: Implications for Youth Violence Screening. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2017 Sep;33(9):607-612. 

Whiteside L, Russo J, Wang J, Ranney ML, Neam V, Zatzick OF. Predictors of Sustained Prescription Opioid Use After Admission for Trauma in Adolescents. J Adolesc Health. 2015 Oct 14. 

Wintemute G, Ranney ML. Emergency Physicians and Firearm Violence. Ann Emerg Med. 2015 65(5): 595-599.

Zonfrillo MR, Ferguson RW, Walker L. Reasons for child passenger non-restraint in motor vehicles. Traffic lnj Prev. 2015 Oct 8; 16 Sup 2 S41-5.

Zonfrillo MR, Kim KH, Arbogast KB. In Reply to de Koning et al Acad Emerg Med. 2015 Dec 15.

Zonfrillo MR, Weaver AA, Gillich PJ, Price JP, Sitzel JD. New methodology for an expert-designed map from International Classificatior of Diseases (ICD) to Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) 3+ severity injury. Traffic lnj Prev. 2015 Oct 8; 16 Suppl 2 S197-200.

Zonfrillo MR, Zaniletti I, Hall M, Fieldston ES, Colvin JD, Bettenhausen JL, Macy ML, Alpern ER, Cutler GJ, Raphael JL, Morse RB, Si MR, Shah SS. Socioeconomic status and hospitalization costs for children with brain and spinal cord injury. J Peds. 2015 Nov 9. 

Nathanson AT, Young JM, Young C. Pre-Participation Medical Evaluation for Adventure and Wilderness Watersports. Wilderness Environ Med. 2015 Dec;26(4 Suppl):S55-62. 

Nathanson AT, Young JM, Young C. Pre-Participation Medical Evaluation for Adventure and Wilderness Watersports. Clin J Sport Med. 2015 Sep;25(5):425-31.

Amanullah S, Heneghan JA, Steele OW, Mello MJ, Linakis JG: Emergency department visits resulting from intentional injury in and out of school. Pediatrics, 2014, 133(2):254-261. PMID: 24420809

Armstrong GW, Chen AJ, Linakis JG, Mello MJ, Greenberg PB: Motor vehicle crash-associated eye injuries presenting to United States Emergency Departments. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2014, 15(6):693-700. PMID: 25247045

Beaudoin FL, Lin C, Guan W, Merchant RM. Low Dose Ketamine Improves Pain Relief in Patients Receiving Intravenous Opioids for Acute Pain in the Emergency Department: Results of a Randomized, Double-Blind, Clinical Trial. Acad Emerg Med. 2014 Nov; 21(11):1193-1202.

Beaudoin FL, Merchant RC, Janicki A, McKaig DM, Babu KM. Preventing iatrogenic overdose: a review of in-emergency department opioid-related adverse drug events and medication errors. Ann Emerg Med. 2015 Apr;65(4):423-31. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.11.016. Epub 2014 Dec 18. PMID: 25534653.

Beaudoin FL, Straube S, Lopez J, Mello MJ, and Baird J. Prescription opioid misuse among ED patients discharged with opioids. American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2014 Jun;32(6):580-5.

Bohnert KM, Walton MA, Ranney M, Bonar EE, Blow FC, Zimmerman MA, Booth BM, Cunningham RM. Understanding the service needs of assault-injured, drug-using youth presenting for care in an urban Emergency Department. Addict Behav. 2014 Sep 28;41C:97-105.

Carreiro S, Smelson D, Ranney M, Horvath KJ, Picard RW, Boudreaux ED, Hayes R, Boyer EW. Real-Time Mobile Detection of Drug Use with Wearable Biosensors: A Pilot Study. J Med Toxicol. 2014 Oct 21.

Chen AJ, Chan JJ, Linakis JG, Mello MJ, Greenberg PB: Age and consumer product-related eye injuries in the United States. Rhode Island Medical Journal, 2014 Jan; 97(1):44-48.

Choo EK, Benz M, Rybarczyk M, Broderick K, Linden J, Boudreaux ED, Ranney ML. The intersecting roles of violence, gender, and substance use in the emergency department:  a research agenda. Acad Emerg Med. 2014 Dec;21(12):1447-52.

Choo EK, Douriez C, Green, TC. Gender and Prescription Opioid Misuse in the Emergency Department. Academic Emergency Medicine, 2014 Dec;21(12):1493-1498.

Choo EK, Ranney ML, Chan TM, Trueger NS, Walsh AE, Tegtmeyer K, McNamara SO, Choi RY, Carroll CL. Twitter as a tool for communication and knowledge exchange in academic medicine: A guide for skeptics and novices. Med Teach. 2014 Dec 19.

Choo EK, Zaller N, Benz M, Warren 0, Rising K, McConnell KJ. The Impact of State Medical Marijuana Legislation on Adolescent Marijuana Use. Journal of Adolescent Health, 2014; 55(2):160-6.

Constantine E, Tsze OS, Steele OW, Eberson C, Machan JT, Linakis JG: Evaluating the hematoma block as an adjunct to procedural sedation for closed reduction of distal forearm fractures. Pediatric Emergency Care, 2014, 30(7):474-478. PMID: 24977996

Cunningham RM, Carter PM, Ranney M, Zimmerman MA, Blow FC, Booth BM, Goldstick J, Walton MA. Violent Reinjury and Mortality Among Youth Seeking Emergency Department Care for Assault-Related Injury: A 2-Year Prospective Cohort Study. JAMA Pediatr. 2014 Nov 3.

Cunningham RM, Ranney M, Newton M, Woodhull W, Zimmerman M, Walton MA. Characteristics of youth seeking emergency care for assault injuries. Pediatrics. 2014 Jan;133(1):e96-105. 

Greve M, Baird J, Mello MJ. Health Conditions and Injury Patterns in Avid US Cyclists. International Journal of Sports Medicine. International SportMed Journal, Vol.15 No.3, September 2014, pp. 245-254.

Henderson AW, Babu KM, Merchant RC, Beaudoin FL. Prescription Opioid Use and Misuse Among Older Adult Rhode Island Hospital Emergency Department Patients. R I Med J (2013). 2015 Mar 3;98(3):28-31.

Kim DJ, Choo EK, Ranney ML. Impact of gender on patient preferences for technology-based behavioral interventions. West J Emerg Med. 2014 Aug;15(5):593-9. 

Madsen TE, Riese A, Choo EK, Ranney ML. Effects of a web-based educational module on pediatric emergency medicine physicians' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding youth violence. West J Emerg Med. 2014 Aug;15(5):615-22. 

Monti PM, Colby SM, Mastroleo N, Barnett N, Gwaltney C, Apodaca T, Rosenhow D, Magill M, Gogineni A, Mello MJ, Biffl W, Cioffi W. Individual versus Significant Other-Enhanced Motivational Intervention for Alcohol in Emergency Care. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 2014.

Morrissey D, Mello MJ. Commentary: reducing teen motor vehicle crash fatalities: do parents hold the key? Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2014 Oct;64(4):413-5. PMID:25261055

Morrissey D, Raukar N, Andrade-Koziol J, Mello, MJ. Statewide Assessment of the Rhode Island School and Youth Programs Concussion Act. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 2014.77 S8-11.

Ranney ML, Choo EK, Cunningham RM, Spirito A, Thorsen M, Mello MJ, Morrow K. Acceptability, Language, and Structure of Text Message-Based Behavioral Interventions for High-Risk Adolescent Females: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2014 Feb 8. pii: S1054-139X(13)00840-9.

Ranney ML, Locci N, Adams EJ, Betz M, Burmeister DB, Corbin T, Dalawari P, Jacoby JL, Linden J, Purtle J, North C, Haury DE. Gender-specific Research on Mental Illness in the Emergency Department: Current Knowledge and Future Directions. Acad Emerg Med. 2014 Dec;21(12):1395-402.

Ranney ML, Suffoletto B. Extending our reach: use of mHealth to support patients after emergency care. Ann Emerg Med. 2014 Jun;63(6):755-6.

Riese A, Turcotte Benedict F, Clark MA. A survey of resident attitudes and behaviors regarding youth violence prevention in the acute care setting. The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. Sep 2014;77(3 Suppl 1):S29- 35.

Rogers R, Baird J, He JK, Adams C, Mello MJ. Using the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) to Determine Substance Abuse Prevalence in the RI Trauma Population. Rhode Island Medical Journal. Feb 2014; 37-39.

Tseng VL, Linakis JG, Mello MJ, Greenberg PB. Patterns of ocular injury from paintball trauma. Eye (Lond). 2014 Oct;28(10):1266-7. 

Jackson TL, Mello MJ. Injury patterns and severity among motorcyclists treated in U.S. emergency departments 2001-2008: A comparison of younger and older riders. Injury Prevention. 2013; Sept (5):297-302. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040619.

Nirenberg TD, Baird J, Longabaugh R, Mello MJ. Treatment may influence self-report and jeopardize our understanding of outcome. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 2013 Sept;74(5):770

Taggert I, Ranney ML, Howland J, Mello MJ. A Systematic Review of Emergency Department Interventions for College Drinkers. The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2013; 45 (6): 962–968.PMID 24063880.

Houry DE, Ranney ML. “Public Scholarship and the Role for Injury Practitioners.” Injury Prevention, 2013 Aug;19(4):296.

Ranney ML, Walton M, Whiteside L, Epstein-Ngo Q, Patton R, Chermack S, Blow F, Cunningham RM. “Correlates of depressive symptoms among at-risk youth presenting to the emergency department.” Gen Hosp Psych, 2013 Jun 27.

Cruz T, Gallagher S, Ranney ML. “Advocacy: Translating injury research into policy.” Injury Prevention, 2013 Sept.

Baird J, Nirenberg TD, Longabaugh RL, Mello MJ. The effect of Group Adapted Motivational Interviewing on traffic convictions and driving behaviors of Court-Adjudicated Youth. Traffic Injury Prevention. 2013;14(6):572-7.

Jackson DAE, Cotter BV, Merchant RC, Babu KM, Baird JR, Nirenberg T, Linakis JG: Behavioral and physiologic adverse effects associated with energy drink and caffeine use among adolescents and young adult emergency department patients. Clinical Toxicology 2013, 51(7): 557-565. 

Chun TH, Duffy SJ, Linakis JG: Emergency department screening for adolescent mental health disorders: The who, what, when, where, why, and how it could and should be done. Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 2013, 14(1): 3-11. 

Chen WS, Dunn RY, Chen AJ, Linakis JG: Epidemiology of non-fatal bicycle injuries presenting to United States emergency departments, 2001-2008. Academic Emergency Medicine, 2013, 20(6): 570-575. 

Chen AJ, Kim JG, Linakis JG, Mello MJ, Greenberg PB. Eye Injuries in the Elderly from Consumer Products in the United States: 2001-2007. Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 2013: 251(3):645-651.

Mello MJ, Baird J, Nirenberg TD, Lee C, Woolard R, Longabaugh R. DIAL: a randomized trial of a telephone brief intervention for alcohol. Injury Prevention. 2013; 19: 44-48 doi:10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040334.

Woolard R, Baird J, Longabaugh R, Nirenberg T, Lee CS, Mello MJ, Becker B. Addictive Behaviors. Project Reduce: reducing alcohol and marijuana misuse: effects of a brief intervention in the emergency department. 2013 Mar; 38(3):1732-9. 

Ranney ML, Choo EK, Spirito AS, Mello MJ. “Adolescents' preference for technology-based emergency department behavioral interventions: Does it depend on risky behaviors?" Pedi Emergency Care, 2013 Apr;29(4):475-81.

Mello MJ, Longabaugh RL. A brief intervention reduces hazardous and harmful drinking in emergency department patients. Evidence based Medicine. 2013.

Kim, J, Linakis JG, Mello MJ, Armstrong GW, Greenberg, PB. Eye Injuries in the Elderly Presenting to United States Emergency Departments: 2001-2007. Journal of the American Geriatric Society. 2013 Mar;61(3).

Chen A, Linakis JG, Mello MJ, Greenberg, PB. Epidemiology of Infant Ocular and Periocular Injuries from Consumer Products in the United States: 2001-2008. Journal of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. 2013 Jun;17(3):239-42. 

Choo EK, McGregor AJ, Mello MJ, Baird J. Gender, violence and brief interventions for alcohol in the emergency department. Drug Alcohol Depend 2013;127(1–3):115-121.

Mello MJ, Bromberg J, Baird J, Nirenberg T, Chun T, Lee C, Linakis J. Translation of Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Guidelines to Pediatric Trauma Centers. Journal of Trauma. 2013.  

Mello MJ, Merchant RC, Clark MA. Surveying Emergency Medicine. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2013 Apr;20(4):409-12. 

Nirenberg, T.D., Baird, J., Longabaugh, R., Mello, M.J. Motivational Counseling reduces future police charges in court referred youth. Accident Analysis and Prevention. 2013 Apr;53:89-99. 

Linakis JG, Bromberg J, Baird JR, Nirenberg T, Chun TH, Mello MJ, Jackson KM, Spirito A: Feasibility and acceptability of a pediatric emergency department (PED) alcohol prevention intervention for young adolescents. Pediatric Emergency Care. 2013 Nov; 29(11):1180-1188. 

Cotter BV, Jackson DAE, Merchant RC, Babu KM, Baird JR, Nirenberg T, and Linakis JG. Energy drink and other substance usage among adolescent and young adult emergency department patients. Pediatric Emergency Care. 2013;29(10):1091-1097.

Ranney ML, Sankoff J, Newman D, Fenton A, Mukau L, Durston B, Ballard D, Wintemute G. "A Call to Action: Gun Violence, Public Health, and Emergency Medicine," Ann Emerg Med, 2013 Jun;61(6):700-2. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.02.015. 

Whiteside L, Ranney ML, Chermack S, Zimmerman M, Walton M, Cunningham RM. “The Overlap of Youth Violence Among Aggressive Adolescents with Past Year Alcohol Use, A Latent Class Analysis: Aggression and Victimization in Peer and Dating Violence in an Inner City Emergency Department Sample.” J Studies Alc Drugs, 2013 Jan;74(1):125-35. 

TC Green, N Zaller, W Palacious, P Case, S Bowman, M Ray, R Heimer. Law enforcement attitudes toward overdose prevention and response. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 133(2):677-84.

TC Green, SE Bowman, N Zaller,M Ray, P Case, R Heimer. Barriers to medical provider support for prescription naloxone as overdose antidote for lay responders. Substance Use and Misuse. 2013 May;48(7):558-67.

TC Green, SE Bowman, M Ray, N Zaller, R Heimer, P Case. Collaboration or coercion? Partnering to Divert Prescription Opioid Medications. Journal of Urban Health. 2013 Aug;90(4):758-67.

TC Green, MR Mann, SE Bowman, N Zaller, X Soto, J Gadea, C Cordy, P Kelly, PD Friedmann. How does use of a prescription monitoring program change pharmacy practice? Journal of the American Pharmacy Association. 2013 May-Jun;53(3):273-81.

Armstrong GW, Linakis JG, Mello MJ, Greenberg, PB. Pediatric Eye Injuries Presenting to United States Emergency Departments: 2000-2007. Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 2012. Jan PMID: 22245950. 

Baird J, Ranney M, Mello MJ. Commentary. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 2012 Mar; 36(3):395-7. 

Baird J, Nirenberg T, Longabaugh R, Mello MJ. The effect of group adapted motivational interviewing on traffic convictions and driving behaviors of court-adjudicated youth. Traffic Injury Prevention, December 2012. 

Beutel B, Trehan S, Shalvoy R, Mello MJ. The Ottawa Knee Rule: Examining Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors in an Academic Emergency Department. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2012; 13(4):366-373. 

Chen AJ, Kim JG, Linakis JG, Mello MJ, Greenberg PB. Eye Injuries in the Elderly from Consumer Products in the United States: 2001-2007. Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 2012. April 1435-702X. 

Choo EK, Ranney ML, Mello MJ, Clark MA, Charest T, Garro CF, Bertsch K, Larsen S, Zlotnick C. High Risk Health Behaviors and Healthcare Access Among Female Adult Entertainment Club Employees. Women & Health. 2012; 52(7):646-57. 

 Choo EK, Ranney ML, Aggarwal N, Boudreaux ED. “"A Systematic Review of Emergency Department Technology-Based Behavioral Health Interventions" Academic Emergency Medicine, 2012 19(3):318-28. 

Choo EK, Ranney ML, Wong Z, Mello MJ. Attitudes toward Technology-Based Health Information among Adult Emergency Department Patients with Drug or Alcohol Misuse. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 2012 Dec; 43(4):397-401. 

 Chun TH, Linakis JG: Interventions for adolescent alcohol use. Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 2012, Apr; 24(2):238-242. 

Green TC, S McGowan, M Yokell, ER Pouget, JD Rich. HIV Infection and Risk of Overdose: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. AIDS 2012 Feb 20; 26(4):403-17. 

Harrington M, Baird J, Lee C, Nirenberg T, Longabaugh R, Mello MJ, Woolard R. Identifying subtypes of dual alcohol and marijuana users: a methodological approach using cluster analysis. Addictive Behaviors. 2012 Jan; 37(1):119-23. 

Kim JG, Linakis JG, Mello MJ, Armstrong GW, Greenberg PB. Eye injuries in elderly adults presenting to U.S. emergency departments. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Mar;61(3):470-2. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12137. PMID: 23496190.

Chen AJ, Linakis JG, Mello MJ, Greenberg PB. Epidemiology of infant ocular and periocular injuries from consumer products in the United States, 2001-2008. J AAPOS. 2013 Jun;17(3):239-42. doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2012.11.023. Epub 2013 May 11. PMID: 23672882. 

Mello MJ, Baird J, Nirenberg TD, Lee C, Woolard R, Longabaugh R. DIAL: a randomized trial of a telephone brief intervention for alcohol. Injury Prevention. 10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040334. 

Mello MJ, Longabaugh RL. A brief intervention reduces hazardous and harmful drinking in emergency department patients. Evidence based Medicine. doi:10.1136/eb-2012-101024. 

Ranney ML, Choo EC, Wang Y, Baum A, Clark MA, Mello MJ. “Emergency department patient preferences for technology-based behavioral interventions.” Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2012. Aug; 60(2):218-227. 

Ranney ML, Choo EK, Spirito A, Mello MJ. Adolescents' preference for technology-based emergency department behavioral interventions: does it depend on risky behaviors? Pediatr Emerg Care. 2013 Apr;29(4):475-81. 

Ranney ML, Madsen T, Gjelsvik A. Predictors of Being Unsafe: Participation in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2006 Intimate Partner Violence Module. J Interpersonal Violence, 2012 27(1):84-102. 

Trillo AD, Merchant RC, Baird J, Liu T, Nirenberg TD. Sex differences in alcohol misuse and estimated blood alcohol concentrations among emergency department patients: implications for brief interventions. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2012; 19: 924-933.

Woolard R, Baird J, Longabaugh R, Nirenberg TD, Mello MJ. Project REDUCE: Reducing alcohol and marijuana misuse: Effects of a brief intervention in the Emergency Department. Addictive Behaviors. 2012 Sept 23; 38(3):1732-1739. 

Whiteside L, Ranney ML, Chermack S, Zimmerman M, Walton M, Cunningham RM. The Overlap of Youth Violence Among Aggressive Adolescents with Past Year Alcohol Use, A Latent Class Analysis: Aggression and Victimization in Peer and Dating Violence in an Inner City Emergency Department Sample. Journal of Studies Alcohol Drugs, 2013 Jan; 74(1):125-35. PMID: 23200158.

Yokell MA, TC Green, JD Rich. Prescription monitoring programs and overdose. Letter. JAMA 2012;307(9):912 

Mello MJ on behalf of the Pediatric Trauma SBIRT Workgroup, Implementation of Alcohol Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment Policies in Pediatric Trauma Centers. 2012.
 

Case SD, Case BG, Olfson M, Linakis JG, Laska EM: Length of stay of pediatric mental health emergency department visits in the United States. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2011, 50:1110-1119.

Choo EK, Nicolaidis C, Newgard CD, Hall MK, Lowe RA, McConnell MK, McConnell KJ. Association between emergency department resources and diagnosis of intimate partner violence. Eur J Emerg Med. 2012 Apr;19(2):83-8. doi: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e328348a9f2. PMID: 22391615; PMCID: PMC3296282.

Choo EK, Newgard CN, Lowe RA, Hall MK, McConnell KJ. “Rural-Urban Disparities in Intimate Partner Violence Resources in the Emergency Department.” West J Emerg Med. 2011;12(2):178-83.

Kim T, Nunes A, Mello MJ, Greenberg P. Incidence of Sports-Related Eye Injuries in the United States: 1999-2009. Archive for Clinical and Experimental -Ophthalmology. 2011 Nov; 249(11):1743-4.

Green TC, EF Donnelly. Preventable death: Accidental drug overdose in Rhode Island. Medicine & Health Rhode Island. 2011; 24(11):341-343.

Green TC, N Zaller, S Bowman, JD Rich, PD Friedmann. Revisiting Paulozzi et al.’s “Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs and Death Rates from Drug Overdose”. Letter. Pain Medicine 2011; 12 (6):982-985.

Green, TC,LE Grau, HW Carver, M Kinzly, R Heimer. Epidemiologic and geographic trends in fatal opioid intoxications in Connecticut, USA: 1997-2007. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2011 Jun 1;115(3):221-8.

Ranney ML, Rennert-May E, Spitzer R, Chitai MA, Mamlin SE, Mabeya H. A novel ED-based sexual assault centre in western Kenya: description of patients and analysis of treatment patterns. Emerg Med J. 2011 Nov;28(11):927-31. doi: 10.1136/emj.2010.096412. Epub 2010 Oct 14. PMID: 20947922.

Ranney ML, Mello MJ. A comparison of female and male adolescent victims of violence seen in the emergency department.  Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2011; 41(6): 701–706. PMID:21536402.

Ranney ML, Madsen T, Gjelsvik A. Predictors of being unsafe: participation in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2006 intimate partner violence module. J Interpers Violence. 2012 Jan;27(1):84-102. doi: 10.1177/0886260511416470. Epub 2011 Aug 1. PMID: 21810792.

Ranney ML, Whiteside L, Walton MA, Chermack ST, Zimmerman MA, Cunningham RM. “Sex Differences in Characteristics of Adolescents Presenting to the Emergency Department With Acute Assault-Related Injury.” Acad Emerg Med, 2011 18(10):1027-35.

Rich R, TC Green, M McKenzie. Naloxone to prevent opiate overdose deaths. Letter. New England Journal of Medicine; 364: 686-687, Feb 17, 2011.

Seidman CJ, Linakis JG, Mello MJ, Greenberg PG: Aerosol container-related eye injuries in the United States: 1997-2009. American Journal of Ophthalmology, 2011, 151(6):1041-1046.

Yokell MA, ND Zaller, TC Green, JD Rich. Buprenorphine and buprenorphine/naloxone diversion, misuse, and illicit use: An international review. Current Drug Abuse Reviews. 2011 Mar 1;4(1):28-41.

Yokell MA, TC Green, S Bowman, M McKenzie, JD Rich. Opioid overdose prevention and naloxone distribution in Rhode Island. Medicine & Health Rhode Island. 2011; 94 (8): 240-242.

Harada SY, Goto RS, Nathanson AT. Analysis of lifeguard-recorded data at Hanauma Bay, Hawaii. Wilderness Environ Med. 2011 Mar;22(1):72-6. doi: 10.1016/j.wem.2010.10.012. Epub 2010 Nov 3. PMID: 21377124.

Park, M; Christian, JB; Weiss-Laxer N; Mello, MJ. Composite Playground Safety Measure to Correlate the Rate of Supracondylar Humerus Fractures with Safety: An Ecologic Study. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics. 2010; 30(2): 101-5.

Myers R, Linakis S, Mello MJ, Linakis J. Competitive Wrestling-Related Injuries Treated in U.S. Emergency Departments, 2000-2006. West J Emerg Med. 2010; 11(5):442-449.

Cunningham RM , Harrison SR, McKay M , Mello MJ , Sochor M , Shandro JR , Walton MA , D' Onofrio G. (2010) National Survey of Emergency Department Alcohol Screening and Intervention Practices. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2010; 55:556-562.

Nathanson A, Mello MJ, Baird J. Sailing injury and illness: results of an on-line survey. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine. 2010; 21, 291-297.

Lee C, Baird J, Longabaugh R, Nirenberg TD, Mello MJ, Woolard R. The change plan as an active ingredient of Brief Motivational Interventions for reducing negative consequences of drinking in hazardous drinking Emergency Department patients. The Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 2010; 71:726.

Arellano N, Mello MJ, Clark, M. The Role of Motorcycle Taxi Drivers in the Pre-Hospital Care of Road Traffic Injury Victims in Rural Dominican Republic. Injury Prevention. 2010; 16(4):272-4.

Ranney ML, Mello MJ, Baird JB, Chai PR, Clark MA. Correlates of helmet use among newly licensed motorcyclists: a survey. Accident Analysis and Prevention. 2010; 42: 2057–2062.

Mello MJ, Baird JB with The Academic ED SBIRT Research Collaborative. The Impact of Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral for Treatment in Emergency Department Patients’ Alcohol Use: A 3, 6, & 12 month Follow-up. Alcohol and Alcoholism. 2010; 1-6.

Woolard, RH; Mello, MJ; Baird, J; Nirenberg, T: "Changes in Clinical Practice Regarding Alcohol and Motor Vehicle Crashes" book chapter. In Alcohol and Injuries- Emergency Department Studies in an International Perspective. Edited by Daniel W. Hungerford, Alcohol Research Group, WHO press, 2010.

Carr, B, Mello, MJ. Emergency Medicine and Injury Research: Challenges and Opportunities. Injury Prevention. 2010; 16:70.

Mello, MJ. SBIRT at Pediatric Trauma Centers Project. American College of Emergency Physicians Section of Trauma and Injury Prevention, Newsletter. 2010 14(2).

Pressley, J, Mello, MJ. Global Injury Surveillance - Opportunities and Challenges. Injury Prevention. 2010; 16:432.

Field CA, Baird J, Saitz R, Caetano R, Monti PM. The mixed evidence for brief intervention in emergency departments, trauma centers, and inpatient hospital settings: What should we do? Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research. 2010, 34(12): 2004-10.

Ranney ML, Rennert-May E, Spitzer R, Chitai MA, Mamlin SE, Mabeya H. A novel ED-based sexual assault centre in western Kenya: description of patients and analysis of treatment patterns. Emerg Med J. 2011 Nov;28(11):927-31. doi: 10.1136/emj.2010.096412. Epub 2010 Oct 14. PMID: 20947922.

Ranney ML, Madsen T, Gjelsvik A. Predictors of being unsafe: participation in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2006 intimate partner violence module. J Interpers Violence. 2012 Jan;27(1):84-102. doi: 10.1177/0886260511416470. Epub 2011 Aug 1. PMID: 21810792.

Ranney ML. “The value of an injury prevention fellowship.” American College of Emergency Physicians Section of Trauma and Injury Prevention, Newsletter. 2010 14(1).

Bakhos LL, Lockhart GR, Myers R, Linakis JG. Emergency department visits for concussion in young child athletes. Pediatrics 2010;126:e550-6.

Mello MJ; Pressley J; Stephens-Stidham S; Annest JL; Fingerhut L. Global Injury Surveillance Opportunities and Challenges. Presented at Safety 2010 World Conference, London UK, September 2010.

Ranney ML, Mello MJ, Baird JB, Chai PR, Clark MA. Correlates of helmet use among newly licensed motorcyclists: a survey. Presented at Safety 2010 World Conference, London UK, September 2010.

Ranney ML, Mello MJ. Adolescent victims of violence seen in the emergency department: A comparison of females v. males. Presented at American College of Emergency Physicians Research Forum, Las Vegas, NV, September 2010.

Nathanson AT, Baird J, Mello M. Sailing injury and illness: results of an online survey. Wilderness Environ Med. 2010 Dec;21(4):291-7. doi: 10.1016/j.wem.2010.06.006. Epub 2010 Jun 11. PMID: 21168780.

Ranney, M; Odero, W; Mello, MJ; Waxman, M; Fife, R. Injuries from Interpersonal Violence Presenting to a Rural Health Center in Western Kenya. Injury Prevention. 2009 15, 36-40.

Mello, MJ; Meyers, R; Christian, J; Palmisciano, L; Linakis, JL. Injuries in Youth Football: National Emergency Department Visits during 2001-2005 for Young and Adolescent Players. Academic Emergency Medicine.2009; 16:243-248.

Mello MJ, Kerr HD, Cheng D, Sochor MR, McAteer K. Motor Vehicle Safety: An update for the Emergency Medicine Practitioner. ACEP website. 2009. 

Woolard R, Baird J, Mello MJ, Harrington M, Nirenberg T, Becker B, Stein L, Longabaugh R. Injury Prevention for Alcohol and Marijuana Users. Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock. Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock. 2009, 2(1), 23-28.

Linakis, JG; Chun, TH; Mello, MJ; Baird, J. Alcohol related visits to the emergency department by injured adolescents: A national perspective. Adolescent Health. 2009; 45(1): 84-90.

Mello, MJ; Baird, J; Nirenberg, T; Smith, J; Woolard, R; Dinwoodie, R. Project Integrate: Translating Screening and Brief Interventions for Alcohol Problems to a Community Hospital Emergency Department. Substance Abuse. 2009, 30:223-229.

Greve M, Zink B: Pathophysiology of Traumatic Brain Injury: Mt Sinai J Med. 2009 April;76 (2):97-104

Ranney ML, Verhoek-Oftedahl W, Rommel J, Mello MJ. Analysis of intentional and unintentional injuries caused by firearms and cutting/piercing instruments among Providence youth, Nov 2004-Dec 2007. RI Medicine and Health. 2009; 92:6, 200-203.

Stein, LAR; Minugh, A; Longabaugh, D; Wirtz, P; Baird, J; Woolard, R; Lee, C; Mello, MJ; Nirenberg, T; Becker, B; Carty, K; Gogineni, A. Readiness to change as a mediator of the effect of a brief Motivational Intervention on post-treatment alcohol related consequences of injured ED hazardous drinkers. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 2009, 23:2, 185-195.

Nirenberg TD, Baird J, Mello MJ, Longabaugh R. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Motivational Counseling and Hospital ED Observation for Court Mandated Young Drivers. RI Medicine and Health. 2009; 92:6,196-199.

Weiss-Laxer N, Mello MJ, Nolan P. Evaluating the educational component of a hospital based child passenger safety program. Journal of Trauma. 2009; 67(1): S30-3.

Ranney ML, Mello MJ. Editorial: Beyond Our Doors: Emergency Physicians and Public Health. Rhode Island Medicine and Health. RI Medicine and Health. 2009; 92:6, 196.

Lee M, Mello MJ, Reinert S. The Costs of Evaluating Minimally Injured Alcohol Impaired Drivers in the Emergency. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2009; 54:593-599.

Mello MJ, Peek-Asa C. The CDC Injury Agenda. Injury Prevention. Injury Prevention 2009; 15:358.

Nirenberg TD, Baird J, Harrington M, Mello MJ, Woolard R, Longabaugh R. A cross-sectional study of the self-report of stress among emergency department patients. Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock. 2009; 2:155-8.

Woolard R, Degutis L, Mello M, Rothman R, Cherpitel C, Post L, Hirshon JM, Haukoos J. Public Health in the ED: Surveillance, Screening, and Intervention Funding and Sustainability. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2009,16:1138-1142.

Vaca F, Mello MJ, Hargarten S. Historical Parallel Evolution of Injury Prevention and Control Science and Emergency Medicine. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2009, 16:1049-1053.

Carr BG, Mello MJ. Emergency medicine and injury research: challenges and opportunities. Inj Prev. 2010 Feb;16(1):70. doi: 10.1136/ip.2009.025809. PMID: 20179040.

Park MJ, Baldwin K, Weiss-Laxer N, Christian JB, Mello MJ, Eberson C, Spiegel DA. Composite playground safety measure to correlate the rate of supracondylar humerus fractures with safety: an ecologic study. J Pediatr Orthop. 2010 Mar;30(2):101-5. doi: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181d07689. PMID: 20179553.

Ranney, M; Mello, MJ; Baird, J. Helmet Use by Injured Motorcyclists in a State with Limited Helmet Laws. RI Medicine and Health. 2008,91(4) 100-103.

Mello, MJ; Longabaugh, R; Baird, J; Nirenberg, T; Woolard, R; DIAL: A Telephone Brief Intervention For High-Risk Alcohol Use With Injured Emergency Department Patients. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2008, 51:755-764.

Nathanson, A; Fischer, EG; Mello, MJ; Baird, J. Injury and Illness in the Newport Bermuda Race 1998 – 2006. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine. 2008, 19:129-132.

Ranney ML, Odero W, Mello MJ, Waxman M, Fife RS. Injuries from interpersonal violence presenting to a rural health center in Western Kenya: characteristics and correlates. Inj Prev. 2009 Feb;15(1):36-40. doi: 10.1136/ip.2008.019547. PMID: 19190274.

Corl, K; Mello, MJ; Baird, J; Jagminas, L; Siclari, M; Kazim, A. Medical Clearance and Routine Laboratory Testing of Psychiatric Patients in the Emergency Department. Rhode Island Medicine and Health. 2008 91(11), 339-341.

Nilsen, P; Baird, J; Mello, MJ; Nirenberg, T; Woolard, R; Bendtsen, P; Longabaugh, R. A Systematic Review of Emergency Care Brief Alcohol Interventions for Injured Patients. Journal of Substance Abuse and Treatment. 2008, 35:184-201.

Woolard R, Baird J, Mello MJ, Lee C, Harington M, Nirenberg T, Becker B, Stein L, Longabaugh R. Injuries, negative consequences, and risk behaviors among both injured and uninjured emergency department patients who report using alcohol and marijuana. J Emerg Trauma Shock. 2009 Jan;2(1):23-8. doi: 10.4103/0974-2700.44679. PMID: 19561952; PMCID: PMC2700582.

Mello MJ, Myers R, Christian JB, Palmisciano L, Linakis JG. Injuries in youth football: national emergency department visits during 2001-2005 for young and adolescent players. Acad Emerg Med. 2009 Mar;16(3):243-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00357.x. Epub 2009 Feb 4. PMID: 19210487.

Linakis JG, Chun TH, Mello MJ, Baird J. Alcohol-related visits to the emergency department by injured adolescents: a national perspective. J Adolesc Health. 2009 Jul;45(1):84-90. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.11.008. Epub 2009 Feb 28. PMID: 19541254.

Lee M, Mello MJ, Reinert S. The Costs of Evaluating Minimally Injured Alcohol Impaired Drivers in the Emergency. Presented at Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, June 2008.

Woolard R, Baird J, Mello MJ, Nirenberg TD, Lee C, Becker B, Longabaugh R. Patients who use alcohol and marijuana REDUCE subsequent binge use after a Brief Intervention in the ED. Presented at Research Society on Alcohol, Washington, DC, June 2008.

Mello MJ, Baird J, Nirenberg T, Longabaugh R, Woolard R. DIAL: Decreasing Injuries from Alcohol. Presented at American College of Emergency Physicians Research Forum, Chicago, IL, October 2008.

Ward J, Baird J, Mello M. Marijuana Use and Associated Motor Vehicle Crash Risk Factors in Emergency Department Patients. Presented at American College of Emergency Physicians Research Forum, Chicago, IL, October 2008.

Weiss-Laxer N, Mello MJ, Nolan P. Evaluating a new educational component of a hospital based child passenger safety program. Presented at Annual IFCK National Meeting, Ft Lauderdale, FL, December 2008.

Nathanson AT, Fischer EG, Mello MJ, Baird J. Injury and illness at the Newport-Bermuda race 1998- 2006. Wilderness Environ Med. 2008 Summer;19(2):129-32. doi: 10.1580/07-WEME-BR-1471.1. PMID: 18513105.

Ajudua S, Mello MJ. Shedding some light on laser pointer eye injuries. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2007 Sep;23(9):669-72. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31814b2dc4. PMID: 17876263.

Baird J, Longabaugh R, Lee CS, Nirenberg TD, Woolard R, Mello MJ, Becker B, Carty K, Allison Minugh P, Stein L, Clifford PR, Gogineni A. Treatment completion in a brief motivational intervention in the emergency department: the effect of multiple interventions and therapists' behavior. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2007 Oct;31(10 Suppl):71s-75s. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00498.x. PMID: 17880351; PMCID: PMC2728218.

Becker, BM; Woolard, R; Baird, J; Mello, MJ; Nirenberg, T; Lee, C; Longabaugh, R. Injured and Uninjured ED Patients: Alcohol and Marijuana Use, Risky, Behavior, and Readiness to Change. 2007 American College of Emergency Physicians Research Forum, Seattle, WA, October 2007.

Bernstein, S; Bernstein, E; Irvin, C; Mello, MJ; Kapur, A; Becker, BM; Sattin, R; Cohen, V; D’Onofrio, G; Public Health Considerations in Knowledge Translation in the ED. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2007, 14(11); 1036-1041.

Lee, C., Longabaugh, R., Baird, J., Abrantes, A., Borrelli, B., Stein, L.A.R., Woolard, R., Nirenberg, T., Mello, M.J., Becker, B., Carty, K., Clifford, P.R., Minugh, P.A., Gogineni, A. Do patient intervention ratings predict alcohol-related consequences? Addictive Behaviors. 2007, 32; 3136-3141.

Linakis, J.; Mello, MJ; Machan, J; Amanullah, S; Palmisciano, L. Injuries to Children in the United States Related to Trampolines: An Update. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2007,14:539-544.

McClure, C; Mello MJ; Becker, B; Ragsdale L; Baird, J. Emergency department elders’ interest in fall prevention programs. 2007 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November 2007.

Mello, MJ; Baird, J. with The Academic ED SBIRT Research Collaborative. An Evidence Based Alcohol SBIRT Curriculum for ED Providers Improves Skills and Utilization. Substance Abuse 2007 28.3.

Mello, M.J., Baird, J., Nirenberg, T.D., Woolard, R.H., Longabaugh, R. DIAL: A Telephone Brief Intervention For High-Risk Alcohol Use With Injured Emergency Department Patients. 2007 American College of Emergency Physicians Research Forum, Seattle, WA, October, 2007.

Mello, M.J., Baird, J., Nirenberg, T.D., Smith, J. Project Integrate: Translating Screening and Brief Interventions for Alcohol to a Community Emergency Department. 2007 American College of Emergency Physicians Research Forum, Seattle, WA, October 2007.

Mello, MJ; Getz, MA; Lapidus, G; Moss, J; Soulos, P. Innovations in Injury Prevention Education. Journal of Trauma. 2007;63:S7-9.

Mello MJ, Longabaugh R, Baird J, Nirenberg T, Woolard R. DIAL: a telephone brief intervention for high-risk alcohol use with injured emergency department patients. Ann Emerg Med. 2008 Jun;51(6):755-64. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.11.034. Epub 2008 Apr 23. PMID: 18436341.

Mello, MJ; Baird, J. with The Academic ED SBIRT Research Collaborative. The Impact of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral for Treatment on Emergency Department Patients’ Alcohol Use. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2007, 50:699-710.

Mello, MJ. Dangerous liaisons: Alcohol’s role in injury occurrence. Digest of Addiction Theory and Application. 2007 26(8): 8.

Nathanson A, Bird S, Dao L, Tam-Sing K. Competitive surfing injuries: a prospective study of surfing-related injuries among contest surfers. Am J Sports Med. Jan 2007;35(1):113-117.

Nirenberg, T.D., Baird, J; Woolard, R; Mello, MJ; Longabaugh, R; Lee, C, Becker, BM . Brief Motivational Intervention for Alcohol/Marijuana Using Injured and Uninjured Patients in the Emergency Department. American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA, August 2007.

Nilsen P, Baird J, Mello MJ, Nirenberg T, Woolard R, Bendtsen P, Longabaugh R. A systematic review of emergency care brief alcohol interventions for injury patients. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2008 Sep;35(2):184-201. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2007.09.008. Epub 2008 Feb 20. PMID: 18083321.

Perron-Burdick M; Weiss-Laxer, N; Mello, MJ. Screen Time and Physical Activity: Are Kids Ready for Change? 2007 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November 2007.

Schears RM, Watters A, Schmidt TA, Marco CA, Larkin GL, Marshall JP, Mason JD, McBeth BD, Mello MJ, The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Position on Ethical Relationships with Biomedical Industry. Academic Emergency Medicine, 2007 14: 179-181.

Ajudua S, Mello MJ. Shedding some light on laser pointer eye injuries. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2007 Sep;23(9):669-72. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31814b2dc4. PMID: 17876263.

Linakis, J.G., Amanullah, S., Mello, M.J. (2006). Emergency Department visits for nonfatal injuries occurring at school in school-aged children in the United States: 2001-2002. Acad Emerg Med, 13: 567-570.

Nathanson A, Bird S, Dao L, Tam-Sing K. Competitive surfing injuries: a prospective study of surfing-related injuries among contest surfers. Am J Sports Med. 2007 Jan;35(1):113-7. doi: 10.1177/0363546506293702. Epub 2006 Oct 4. PMID: 17021312.

Skarbek-Borowska, S.E., Amanullah, S., Mello, M.J., Linakis, J.G. (2006). Emergency department visits for sledding injuries in the United States. Acad Emerg Med, 13:181-185.

Mello MJ, Nirenberg T, McMahon-Downer M, Baird J. SOS: Screening for Our Safety. AAAFTS press, December 2006.

Mello MJ, Nirenberg TD, Longabaugh R, Woolard R, Minugh A, Becker B, Baird J, Stein L. Emergency department brief motivational interventions for alcohol with motor vehicle crash patients. Ann Emerg Med. 2005 Jun;45(6):620-5. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.01.026. PMID: 15940095; PMCID: PMC2754120.

Mello MJ, Linakis J, Meyer S, Nirenberg TD, Baird J, Renza G. Bicycle related traumatic brain injury at Hasbro Children's Hospital: 1997-2003. Med Health R I. 2005 Jun;88(6):192-3. PMID: 16173449.

Skarbek-Borowska S, Amanullah S, Mello MJ, Linakis JG. Emergency department visits for sledding injuries in children in the United States in 2001/2002. Acad Emerg Med. 2006 Feb;13(2):181-5. doi: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.09.009. Epub 2006 Jan 25. PMID: 16436798.

Linakis JG, Amanullah S, Mello MJ. Emergency department visits for injury in school-aged children in the United States: a comparison of nonfatal injuries occurring within and outside of the school environment. Acad Emerg Med. 2006 May;13(5):567-70. doi: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.11.073. Epub 2006 Mar 21. PMID: 16551772.

Linakis JG, Mello MJ, Machan J, Amanullah S, Palmisciano LM. Emergency department visits for pediatric trampoline-related injuries: an update. Acad Emerg Med. 2007 Jun;14(6):539-44. doi: 10.1197/j.aem.2007.01.018. Epub 2007 Apr 20. PMID: 17449791.

Baird J, Longabaugh R, Lee CS, Nirenberg TD, Woolard R, Mello MJ, Becker B, Carty K, Allison Minugh P, Stein L, Clifford PR, Gogineni A. Treatment completion in a brief motivational intervention in the emergency department: the effect of multiple interventions and therapists' behavior. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2007 Oct;31(10 Suppl):71s-75s. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00498.x. PMID: 17880351; PMCID: PMC2728218.

Lee CS, Longabaugh R, Baird J, Abrantes AM, Borrelli B, Stein LA, Woolard R, Nirenberg TD, Mello MJ, Becker B, Carty K, Clifford PR, Minugh PA, Gogineni A. Do patient intervention ratings predict alcohol-related consequences? Addict Behav. 2007 Dec;32(12):3136-41. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2007.07.011. Epub 2007 Aug 3. PMID: 17720325; PMCID: PMC2847830.

Nirenberg, T., Mello, MJ, Whitford, L., Baird, J., Longabaugh, R., Woolard, R. The Reduction of Alcohol Consumption and High-Risk Driving Behaviors in Court Mandated Young Drivers. SAEM Annual Meeting, New York, NY, May 2005.

 Linakis JG, Palmisciano LM, Mello MJ, Amanullah S: Injuries to children in the United States related to trampolines: An update. Pediatric Academic Societies National Meeting, May 2005.

Linakis JG, Mello MJ, Brady AC, Kollett M, Park JG: Emergency department visits for diabetic emergencies occurring at school. Pediatric Academic Societies National Meeting, May 2005.

Palmisciano LM, Linakis JG, Mello MJ. A National Comparison of Nonfatal Football Injuries Treated in US Emergency Departments Between 8-13 Year Olds and 14-19 Year Olds, 2001-2002. American Academy of Pediatrics National Meeting, Washington DC, Oct. 2005.

Palmisciano L, Mello, MJ, T. Nirenberg, T. Linakis JG, Bromberg, J. Project MET: Overcoming the Challenges of Community Based Research. Annual IFCK National Meeting, Ft Lauderdale, FL, December 2005.

Nathanson AT, Reinert SE. Windsurfing injuries: results of a paper- and Internet-based survey. Wilderness Environ Med. 1999 Winter;10(4):218-25. doi: 10.1580/1080-6032(1999)010[0218:wiroap]2.3.co;2. PMID: 10628281.

Mello MJ, Nirenberg TD. Alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes in Rhode Island. Med Health R I. 2002 Oct;85(10):302-3. PMID: 12412516.

Mello MJ. The burden of injury in Rhode Island. Med Health R I. 2002 Oct;85(10):300-1. PMID: 12412515.

Rosenthal A, Mello MJ, Rangel M. Firearm injury surveillance in Rhode Island. Med Health R I. 2002 Oct;85(10):309-10. PMID: 12412519.

Zonfrillo MR, Mello MJ, Palmisciano LM. Usefulness of computerized pediatric motor vehicle safety discharge instructions. Acad Emerg Med. 2003 Oct;10(10):1131-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2003.tb00587.x. PMID: 14525750.

Mello MJ, Nirenberg TD, Lindquist D, Cullen HA, Woolard R. Physicians' attitudes regarding reporting alcohol-impaired drivers. Subst Abus. 2003 Dec;24(4):233-42. doi: 10.1023/a:1026012030492. PMID: 14574089.

Mello MJ, Nirenberg TD. Alcohol use by Rhode Island recreational boaters. Med Health R I. 2004 Jan;87(1):13-4. PMID: 14989075.