Population health

Health disparities

8 papers and 6 abstracts co-authored by Raphael E. Szalat. Current lab members are shown in bold.

Papers 8

  1. 2025

    Exploring the effect of Duffy status on patients with breast cancer receiving cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 inhibitors

    Ferri GM, Martinez CB, Acevedo J, …, Szalat RE, Sloan JM

    Breast Cancer Research and Treatment215(1)DOI: Exploring the effect of Duffy status on patients with breast cancer receiving cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 inhibitorsPubMed: Exploring the effect of Duffy status on patients with breast cancer receiving cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 inhibitors

  2. 2025

    Implementing geriatric assessments using the practical geriatric assessment in older adults being evaluated for cellular therapies at a safety-net hospital

    Abdallah M, Fogale A, Halpin M, Szalat R, Fantasia K

    Journal of Geriatric Oncology16(8):102667DOI: Implementing geriatric assessments using the practical geriatric assessment in older adults being evaluated for cellular therapies at a safety-net hospital

  3. 2025

    Neighborhood disadvantage and multiple myeloma incidence in the Black Women’s Health Study

    Holder EX, Szalat R, Palmer JR, Bertrand KA

    International Journal of Epidemiology54(6)DOI: Neighborhood disadvantage and multiple myeloma incidence in the Black Women’s Health StudyPubMed: Neighborhood disadvantage and multiple myeloma incidence in the Black Women’s Health Study

  4. 2024

    Body size and risk of multiple myeloma in the Black Women’s Health Study

    Kataria Y, Pillalamarri BN, Zirpoli G, Szalat R, Palmer JR, Bertrand KA

    British Journal of Cancer130(5):830-835DOI: Body size and risk of multiple myeloma in the Black Women’s Health StudyPubMed: Body size and risk of multiple myeloma in the Black Women’s Health Study

  5. 2024

    Deciphering racial disparities in multiple myeloma outcomes

    Bertrand KA, Szalat R

    Blood Advances8(1):234-235DOI: Deciphering racial disparities in multiple myeloma outcomesPubMed: Deciphering racial disparities in multiple myeloma outcomes

  6. 2024

    Febrile neutropenia in patients with Duffy-null–associated neutrophil counts and multiple myeloma or AL amyloidosis

    Abdallah M, Arters F, Patel J, …, Szalat R

    Blood Advances8(23):5935-5938DOI: Febrile neutropenia in patients with Duffy-null–associated neutrophil counts and multiple myeloma or AL amyloidosisPubMed: Febrile neutropenia in patients with Duffy-null–associated neutrophil counts and multiple myeloma or AL amyloidosis

  7. 2022

    Prevalence of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance in US black women

    Bertrand KA, Zirpoli G, Pillalamarri BN, Szalat R, Palmer JR, Kataria Y

    American Journal of Hematology97(9)DOI: Prevalence of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance in US black womenPubMed: Prevalence of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance in US black women

  8. 2021

    Lack of differential impact of del17p on survival in African Americans compared with White patients with multiple myeloma: a VA study

    Fillmore NR, Cirstea D, Munjuluri A, …, Szalat RE, Munshi NC

    Blood Advances5(18):3511-3514DOI: Lack of differential impact of del17p on survival in African Americans compared with White patients with multiple myeloma: a VA studyPubMed: Lack of differential impact of del17p on survival in African Americans compared with White patients with multiple myeloma: a VA study

Abstracts & posters 6

  1. 2025

    Effect of duffy status on patients with breast cancer receiving cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 inhibitors

    Ferri G, Beiner Martinez C, Acevedo J, Bhatt S, Verma K, Abdallah M, Szalat R, Sloan JM

    Blood146(Supplement 1):6170-6170DOI: Effect of duffy status on patients with breast cancer receiving cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 inhibitors

  2. 2024

    Disparities in Monoclonal Immunoglobulin-Associated Disorders in a Large and Diverse Cohort from a US Tertiary Safety-Net Center

    Aijaz A, Szalat RE

    Blood144(Supplement 1):6899-6899DOI: Disparities in Monoclonal Immunoglobulin-Associated Disorders in a Large and Diverse Cohort from a US Tertiary Safety-Net Center

  3. 2024

    Epidemiological Characteristics and Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance (MGRS) Diagnosed in a Large Safety-Net Hospital in the US

    Granina E, Henderson J, Bertrand KA, Sanchorawala V, Szalat RE

    Blood144(Supplement 1):4680-4680DOI: Epidemiological Characteristics and Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance (MGRS) Diagnosed in a Large Safety-Net Hospital in the US

  4. 2024

    Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of patients with monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance (MGRS) in a diverse population

    Granina E, Henderson J, Bertrand K, Sanchorawala V, Szalat R

    AMYLOID-JOURNAL OF PROTEIN FOLDING DISORDERS31:S135-S135

  5. 2023

    When a Number Is Just a Number: Duffy-Null Blood Group Phenotype, Absolute Neutrophil Count, and Incidence of Neutropenic Fever and Chemotherapy Dose Reductions in Patients Treated for Plasma Cell Dyscrasias

    Abdallah M, Arters F, Patel J, …, Szalat RE

    Blood142(Supplement 1):7432-7432DOI: When a Number Is Just a Number: Duffy-Null Blood Group Phenotype, Absolute Neutrophil Count, and Incidence of Neutropenic Fever and Chemotherapy Dose Reductions in Patients Treated for Plasma Cell Dyscrasias

  6. 2016

    Whole Genome Sequencing of Unique Paired SMM/MGUS Progressing to MM Samples Reveals a Genomic Landscape with Diverse Evolutionary Pattern

    Bolli N, Maura F, Minvielle S, …, Szalat R, …, Munshi N

    Blood128(22):2088-2088DOI: Whole Genome Sequencing of Unique Paired SMM/MGUS Progressing to MM Samples Reveals a Genomic Landscape with Diverse Evolutionary Pattern