Shenandoah University

Structural Vulnerability and the Pandemic: Widening Gaps in Nursing Home Antipsychotic Prescribing

To assess whether national reductions in antipsychotic prescribing in U.S. nursing homes were shared equitably or masked widening gaps between top and bottom performers, we examined distributional trends across facilities from 2013 to 2023 using national facility-level data (CMS...

Association of Three HIF ‐1α Genotypes With Susceptibility and Severity of Chronic Kidney Disease

Hypoxic signaling is a critical factor in the pathogenesis of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 (HIF-1) is a transcription factor that is highly expressed in the kidney and is associated with renal tubular hypoxic adaptation. Variation in the HIF-1α subunit...

Guided Toward Equity: Communities of Practice and Organizational Change in Community Colleges

ABSTRACT Although community colleges advance equity by providing opportunities for marginalized students to pursue higher education, barriers to earning credentials remain, particularly for students of color. Higher education stakeholders are investing in “equity work” as organiz...