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   Pipeline Basic Research Phase 1 Translation Human (Clinical) Research Phase 2 Translation Practice-Based Research Phase 3 Translation = Quality Improvement Policy Research & Action


Human Studies:

Duff K, Schoenberg MR, Mold JW, Scott JG, Adams RL. Gender Differences on the RBANS Subtests in Older Adults: Baseline and Retest Data. Journal of Clinical & Experimental Neuropsychology In Press.

Duff K, Patton DE, Schoenberg MR, Mold JW, Scott JG, Adams RL. Inter-Subtest Discrepancies on the RBANS: Results from the OKLAHOMA Study. JCEN In Press.

Duff K, Mold JW, Gidron Y. Cognitive functioning predicts survival in the elderly. J Clinical and Exp Neuropsychol 2009;31(1):90-5.

Schoenberg M, Duff K, Beglinger L, Scott JG, Adams RL, Bayless J, Mold JW, Moser D. Retention rates on RBANS memory subtests in the elderly. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 2008 Mar;21(1):26-33.

Duff K, Schoenberg MR, Beglinger LJ, Moser DJ, Bayless JD, Culp KR, Carnahan R, Mold J, Scott JG, Adams RL. Premorbid intellect and current RBANS performance: Discrepancy scores in three geriatric samples. Applied Neuropsychology 2008;15:241-9.

Duff K, Mold JW, Roberts MM. Walking Speed and Global Cognition: Results from the OKLAHOMA Study. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 2007. 1-9.


Duff K, Leber WR, Patton DE, Schoenberg MR, Mold JW, Scott JG, Adams RL. Modified Scoring Criteria for the RBANS Figures. Appl Neuropsychol. 2007;14(2):73-83.


Duff K, Mold JW, Roberts MM, McKay SL. Medical burden and cognition in older patients in primary care: Selective deficits in attention. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2007 Apr;30


Duff K, Schoenberg MR, Patton DE, Mold JW, Scott JG, Adams RL. Predicting Cognitive Change Across Three Years in Community Dwelling Elders. Clinical Neuropsychologist 2007 Aug;20:1-11.


Duff K, Schoenberg MR, Mold J, Scott JG, Adams RL. Normative and retest data on the RBANS Cortical/Subcortical Index in Older Adults.  Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology 2007 Aug;20:1-11


Duff K, Langbehn DR, Schoenberg, MR, Moser DJ, Baade LE, Mold JW, Scott JG, Adams RL, Examining the RBANS: Factor analytic studies in an elderly sample. Am J Geriatric Psychiatry, 2006, 14, 976-979.


Patton D, Duff K, Schoenberg MR, Mold J, Scott JG, Adams RL. RBANS Index discrepancies: Base rates for older Adults. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology 2006, 21(2): 151-160.


Duff K, Beglinger LJ, Schoenberg MR, Patton DE, Mold J, Scott JG, Adams RL. Test-retest stability and practice effects of the RBANS in a community dwelling elderly sample. J Clinical and Experiemental Neuropsychology 2005;27(5):565-75.

Patton DE, Duff K, Schoenberg MR, Mold J, Scott JG, Adams RL. Base rates of longitudinal RBANS discrepancies at one- and two-year intervals in community-dwelling older adults. Clinical Neuropsycholgist 2005;29:27-44.

Duff K, Schoenberg MR, Patton D, Paulsen JS, Bayless JD, Mold J, Scott JG, Adams RL. Regression-based formulas for predicting change in RBANS subtests with older adults. Arch Clin Neuropsychol 2005;20(3):281-90.

Gontkovsky ST, Beatty WW, Mold JW. Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status in a normal, geriatric sample. Clinical Gerontologist 2004;27(3):79-86.

Beatty WW, Mold JW, Gontkovsky ST. RBANS performance: Influences of sex and education. J Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology 2003;25(8):1065-9.

Duff K, Patton D, Schoenberg MR, Mold J, Scott JG, Adams RL. Age- and education-corrected independent normative data for the RBANS in a community dwelling elderly sample. Clinical Neuropsychologist 2003;17(3):351-66.

Patton DE, Duff K, Schoenberg MR, Mold J, Scott JG, Adams RL. Performance of cognitively normal African Americans on the RBANS in community dwelling older adults. Clin Neuropsychol 2003;17(4):515-30.

Beatty WW, Ryder KA, Gontkovsky ST, Scott JG, McSwan KL, Bharucha KJ. Analyzing the subcortical demential syndrome of Parkinson’s disease using the RBANS. Archives of Clinical neuropsychology 2003;18:509-20.

Gontkovsky ST, Mold JW, Beatty WW. Age and educational influences on RBANS index scores in a nondemented geriatric sample. The Clinical Neuropsychologist 2002; 16(3):258-63.

Soetaert D, Heinrichs R, Baade L, Duff K, Schoenberg M, Mold JW, Scott J, Adams R. RBANS Index Scores in Geriatric Inpatients. Poster at the National Academy of Neuropsychology, 2007.


Phase 2 Translation:

Fox A, Gandhi S, Aspy CB, Mold JW. Which Adults Should be Tested or Treated for Vitamin D Deficiency? JOSMA 2009; 297-298.

Shah N, DeLeon D, Schwiebert P, Mold JW. Does anticoagulation benefit patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) who have reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and are in normal sinus rhythm? JOSMA 2009; 102(4):126-127.

Arshad, M., R.M. Hamm, and J.W. Mold, Does secondary smoke exposure increase the incidence and/or severity of asthma in children? J Okla State Med Assoc, 2006. 99(2): p. 76-7.

Aulepp, K., A. Muneerah, and R.M. Hamm, Does treatment with antibiotics reduce the duration or severity of symptoms of acute otitis media in children as compared to treatment with analgesics alone? J Okla State Med Assoc, 2006. 99(10): p. 521-2.

Paszkowiak, J. and R. Chadek, Is there a correlation between TV alcohol advertisement exposure and adolescent alcohol use? J Okla State Med Assoc, 2006. 99(11): p. 549-50.

Payne, I. and J.W. Mold, What is the most sensitive non-invasive test for initial diagnosis of H. pylori infection in adults? J Okla State Med Assoc, 2006. 99(6): p. 368-9.

Chitturi, S., A. Muneerah, and J. Mold, Is initial treatment of patients with DVT with LMWH more effective, safer and/or less expensive than treatment with UFH? J Okla State Med Assoc, 2007. 100(12): p. 466-7.

Kitowicz, A. and D.F. Criswell, Do inhaled corticosteroids improve oxygen saturation in infants with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis? J Okla State Med Assoc, 2007. 100(7): p. 266.

Kitowicz, A. and D.F. Criswell, Question: is insulin glargine more effective? J Okla State Med Assoc, 2007. 100(1): p. 26-7.

Rezaei, A. and D. Criswell, Clinical question: does treatment with corticosteroids improve pain outcome in patients with acute pharyngitis? J Okla State Med Assoc, 2007. 100(2): p. 49-50.

Combs, C., J. Loper, and K. Ramakrishnan, Are narcotics effective for treatment of patients with chronic daily headaches? Evidence-Based Practice, 2008. 11(5): p. 4.

du Toit, F.J., P.L. Hoover, and J.W. Mold, Can botulinum toxin A injections into the paravertebral muscles reduce pain in patients with refractory, chronic muscular lower back pain? J Okla State Med Assoc, 2008. 101(4): p. 83-4.

du Toit, F.J., P.L. Hoover, and J.W. Mold, Does Aggrenox (aspirin/dipyridamole) reduce the risk of recurrent stroke to a greater degree than aspirin alone? J Okla State Med Assoc, 2008. 101(5): p. 80-2.

Ferrell, C. and P. Wright, In adolescent females with primary dysmenorrhea, are oral contraceptive agents as effective as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for reducing abdominal pain? Evidence-Based Practice, 2008. 11(2): p. 4-5.

Graham, E.S., R. Chadek, and J. Mold, Are fish oil supplements as effective as gemfibrozil for decreasing elevated triglycerides? Evidence-Based Practice, 2008. 11(11): p. 8.

Hurst, D., R. Chadek, and J. Mold, Does treatment with inhaled corticosteroids improve outcomes in infants with RSV infection? J Okla State Med Assoc, 2008. 101(3): p. 55-6.

Loyd, J. and P. Wright, Are thiazide diuretics an effective treatment for hypertension in patients with chronic kidney disease? J Okla State Med Assoc, 2008. 101(5): p. 84-5.

Metcalf-Kelly, J., P. Wright, and J.O. Neher, Is amoxicillin better than placebo for adults with acute maxillary sinusitis? Evidence-Based Practice, 2008. 11(4): p. 7.


Smith, J., C. Oliver, and R. Salinas, Do systemic corticosteroids improve acute outcomes in infants with RSV bronchiolitis? J Okla State Med Assoc, 2008. 101(1): p. 14.

Yonahara, M., J. Eppler, and R. Salinas, Do Cox-2 inhibitors relieve pain more effectively than nonselective NSAIDs? J Okla State Med Assoc, 2008. 101(2): p. 34.


Practice-Based Research:

Mold JW, Lawler F. The prognostic implications of night sweats in two cohorts of older patients. J Am Board Fam Med 2010 Jan-Feb;23(1):97-103.

Smith KD, Merchen E, Turner CD, Vaught C, Nagykaldi Z, Aspy CB, Mold JW. Patient-Physician E-mail Communication Revisited A Decade Later: An OKPRN Study. JOSMA 2009 September; 291-293.

Terrell DR, Beebe LA, George JN, Vesely SK, Mold JW. Referral of patients with thrombocytopenia from primary care clinicians to hematologists. Blood 2009 Apr 23;113(17):4126-7.

Mold JW, Goodrich S, Orr W. Associations between subjective night sweats and sleep study findings. J Am Board Fam Med 2008;21(2):96-100.


Mold JW, Lawler F, Roberts M. The health consequences of peripheral neurological deficits in an elderly cohort: An Oklahoma Physicians Resource/Research Network Study. JAGS2008;56:1259-64.

Nagykaldi Z, Stone J, Fox C, Fontaine P, Gallo S, Peterson K. Improving Collaboration Between Primary Care Practice-Based Research Networks Through The Use of Access Grid Technology, Informatics in Primary Care 2008;16(1):51-8

Johnson BJ, Mold JW, Pontious JM. Reduction and management of no-shows by family medicine residency practice exemplars. Ann Fam Med 2007 Nov-Dec;5(6):534-9.

Cotton A, Aspy CB, Mold J, Stein H. Clinical Decision-Making in Blood Pressure Management of Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: An Oklahoma Physicians Resource/Research Network (OKPRN) Study. J Am Board Fam Med 2006 May-Jun;19(3):232-9.


Mold JW, Wooley J, and Nagykaldi Z. Associations between night sweats and sleep disturbances. Ann Fam Med 2006 Sep-Oct;4(5):423-6

Cho DY, Mold JW, Roberts M. Further Investigation of the Negative Association between Hypertension and Peripheral Neuropathy in the Elderly: An Oklahoma Physicians Resource/Research Network (OKPRN) Study. J Am Board Fam Med 2006 May-Jun;19(3):240-50.

Ferrell CW, Aspy CB, Mold JW. Management of prescription refills in primary care: an Oklahoma Physicians Resource/Research Network (OKPRN) study. J Am Board Fam Med.2006 Jan-Feb;19(1):31-8.

Mold JW, Aboshady HM, and Roberts AM. Prevalence and predictors of night sweats, day sweats, and hot flashes. Annals of Family Medicine 2004 September/October, 2(5): 391-397.


Mold JW, Vesely S, Schenk, J, Keyl B, and Roberts AM. The prevalence, predictors, and consequences of peripheral sensory neuropathy in older patients. JABFP September-October 2004, 17(5): 309-318.


Mold JW, Fryer GE and Roberts AM. When do older patients change primary care physicians? JABFP November 2004 17: 453-460.


Mold JW. Management of brown recluse spider bites by family physicians. J Am Board Fam Pract 2004;17:347-52.


Mold JW, Gregory ME. Best Practices Research. Family Medicine 2003 February, 35(2): 131-134.


Mold JW, Mathew MK, Belgore S, DeHaven M. Prevalence of night sweats in primary care patients. An OKPRN and TAFP-Net collaborative study. The Journal of Family Practice 2002 May, 51(5): 452- 456.


Hulson TD, Mold JW, Scheid D, Aaron M, Aspy CB, Ballard NL, Boren N, Gregory ME, Truong TC. Diagnosing Influenza: The Value of Clinical Clues and Laboratory Tests. The Journal of Fam Pract 2001 December. 50(12): 1051-1056.


Mold JW, Cacy DS, Dalbir DK. Management of Laboratory Test Results in Family Practice. An OKPRN Study. The Journal of Family Practice, 2000 August. 49(8): 709-715.

Cacy J, Mold JW. The Clinical Characteristics of Brown Recluse Spider Bites Treated by Family Physicians: An OKPRN Study. The Journal of Family Practice 1999. 48(7): 536-542.


Mold JW, Cacy JR, Barton ED. Patient-Physician E-Mail Communication. J Oklahoma State Med Assoc, 1998 September. 91(6): 331-334.


Mold JW, Barton ED. OAFP starts practice-based resource/research network. J State Med Assoc, 1996 Dec;89(12):433-4.


Roberts M and Mold JW. Primary care network survey. Presented at OKPRN Convocation 2/2003.


Phase 3 Translation (Implementation Research):

Mold JW, Aspy CB, Nagykaldi Z. Implementation of Evidence-Based Preventive Services Delivery Processes in Primary Care - An OKPRN Study. J Am Board Fam Med 2008;21(4):334-44

Aspy CB, Mold JW, Thompson DM, Blondell RD, Landers PS, Reilly KE, Wright-Eakers L. Integrating screening and interventions for unhealthy behaviors into primary care practices. Am J Prev Med. 2008 Nov;35(5 Suppl):S373-80.

Aspy CB, Enright M, Halstead L, and Mold JW. Improving Mammography Screening Using Best Practices and Practice Enhancement Assistants: An Oklahoma Physicians Resource/Research Network (OKPRN) Study J Am Board Fam Med 2008;21(4):326-33.

Nagykaldi Z, Mold JW. The Role of Health Information Technology In The Translation of Research Into Practice,
J Am Board Fam Med, 2007 Mar-Apr;20(2):188-95.

Nagykaldi Z, Mold JW, Robinson A, Niebauer L, Ford A. Practice Facilitators And Practice-Based Research Networks. J Am Board Fam Med 2006 September-October;19(5):506-510.

Nagykaldi Z, Mold JW, Bradley KK, Bos JE. Bridging The Gap Between Public And Private Health Care: Influenza-Like Illness Surveillance In A Practice-Based Research Network. J Public Health Manag Pract 2006 Jul;12(4):356-364


Nagykaldi Z, Mold JW, Aspy CB. Practice Facilitators: A Review of the Literature. Family Medicine 2005;37(8):581-8.


Mold JW and Peterson K. Primary Care Practice-Based Research Networks: At the intersection of research and quality improvement. Annals of Family Medicine 2005;3(Suppl 1)S12-S20.


Nagykaldi Z, Mold JW. Diabetes Patient Tracker, a personal digital assistant-based diabetes management system for primary care practices in Oklahoma. Diabetes Technol And Therapeutics 2003;5(6):997-1001.



Practice And Community (Policy Research & Action):

Kleinman MS, Mold JW. Defining the components of the research pipeline Clin Transl Sci. 2009 Aug;2(4):312-314.

Solberg LI, Elward KS, Phillips WR, Gill JM, Swanson G, Main DS, Yawn BP, Mold JW, Phillips RL Jr. How can primary care cross the quality chasm? Ann Fam Med. 2009 Mar-Apr;7(2):164-9.

Westfall JM, Mold J, Fagnan L. Practice-based Research -- "Blue Highways" On The NIH Roadmap. JAMA 2007 Jan 24;297(4):403-6.


van Weel C, van Weel-Bumgarten E., Mold JW. The Importance of longitudinal Studies in Family medicine: Experiences of Two Practice-Based Research Networks. JABFP, 2006, Jan/Feb, 19(1): 69-74.

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