Hunter College

“I never thought to bring them up to the doctor”: examining symptom appraisal, help-seeking behaviors, and diagnostic delays among young adults with cancer

Abstract Purpose Cancer incidence is rising among young adults (20–39 years), and it is one of the top five causes of death for this age group. Young adults often experience longer delays in diagnosis than children and older adults, which negatively impacts survival and quality o...

A Systematic Review of Empirical Intraverbal Research: 2021–2025

ABSTRACT Skinner's conceptual analysis of verbal behavior has had a notable influence within the field of behavior analysis. Yet empirical verbal behavior research has historically focused on the mand and tact, with relatively less attention directed toward the intraverbal. Encou...

Severe cutaneous adverse reactions and their association with autoimmune disease: an update

Severe cutaneous adverse reactions (SCARs), including Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS)/toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS), and acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP), are T-cell-mediated hypersensitivity reacti...

SynCellNet: generative AI framework for single-cell RNA sequencing data generation and validation

Generative AI plays a pivotal role in addressing the challenges of data scarcity and class imbalance in single-cell transcriptomics. In this work, we present SynCellNet, a generative AI technique for synthesis of single-cell gene expression profiles. SynCellNet can be used to enr...

A Qualitative Study Identifying Behavioral Science Communication Strategies to Improve Client Engagement and HIV Prevention by Disease Interventionists

Background: Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS), essential implementers of HIV prevention efforts, have increasingly relied on learned empathy, rather than evidence-based strategies for client engagement. Given the mismatch between DIS demands and training, as well as demonstr...

Targeting Oncogenic KRAS Using Peptide Nucleic Acid Oligomers Attached to Cell-Penetrating Peptides

Approximately 30% of tumors contain an activating mutation in the oncogene KRAS, leading to increased cell proliferation that often promotes non-small cell lung cancers, colorectal adenocarcinomas, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDAC), and other cancers. Among the most common...

Measuring racial attitudes pre-treatment in survey experiments

Abstract Experimental researchers often need to assess the moderating effect of racial attitudes. However, it is unclear whether the racial attitude battery deployed may bias treatment effects. Less subtle batteries could bias treatment effects toward zero if measuring racial att...