Loyola University Chicago

Institutionalizing LLM-assisted decision support for malaria risk-focused ITN reprioritization in Nigeria: Digital competency, workplace resource profiles, experiences, and pathways to routine integration

Background In Nigeria, the country with the greatest global malaria burden, funding constraints increasingly require insecticide-treated net (ITN) reprioritization to target those at highest risk. Large language models (LLM)- assisted decision-support tools may facilitate risk-in...

Changes in resting-state functional connectivity between large-scale brain networks after an intensive arts intervention for adolescents with depression

Emerging data support the benefits of creative arts interventions for addressing depression in adolescents, but the neural mechanisms are poorly understood. This study examined changes in connectivity among large-scale brain networks implicated in both depression and creativity,...

Crosstalk between SELENOF and the unfolded protein response in breast epithelium dictates cell fate

Abstract SELENOF is an understudied selenoprotein that contains selenium in the form of selenocysteine. Our previous findings indicate that SELENOF likely functions as a tumor suppressor in breast cancer; however, its precise molecular role and regulatory mechanisms remain poorly...

Sociodemographic Analysis of Pediatric Patients Undergoing Repeat Tympanostomy Tube Placement

Objective: The aim of this study is to assess sociodemographic and medical factors associated with repeat bilateral myringotomy with tympanostomy tube placement (rBMT) in the diverse patient population at our academic medical center. Study Design: Retrospective chart review. Sett...

Magnetic resonance imaging-based morphometric differences in the normal pituitary gland with functional and nonfunctional pituitary adenomas

Background: Pituitary adenomas (PAs) are common intracranial neoplasms classified as hormone-secreting or nonfunctional. Nonfunctional PAs (NFPAs) typically present at larger sizes and exert greater mass effect on surrounding structures, including the pituitary gland (PG) and pit...