Research Impact
Selected List of Research Citations in Federal, State & Other Policy Reports and Guidance
Published September 2023
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
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Quotes a study published by Dr. Stokes and colleagues in Science Advances entitled “Monthly excess mortality across counties in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, March 2020 to February 2022”
Published July 2023
United States Joint Economic Committee
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Cites a study published by Dr. Stokes and colleagues in PNAS entitled “The role of obesity in exceptionally slow US mortality improvement”
Published May 2023
The Office of the U.S. Surgeon General
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Cites a study published by Dr. Stokes and colleagues in SSM - Mental Health entitled “Loneliness, social isolation, and all-cause mortality in the United States”
Published December 2022
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
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Cites estimates from a study published by Dr. Stokes and colleagues as a pre-print and later in Science Advances entitled “Monthly excess mortality across counties in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, March 2020 to February 2022”
Published June 2022
U.S. Food & Drug Administration
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Cites evidence from a study published by Dr. Stokes and colleagues in Tobacco Control entitled “E-cigarette initiation and associated changes in smoking cessation and reduction: the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study, 2013–2015”
Published January 2020
The Office of the U.S. Surgeon General
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Cites multiple studies by Dr. Stokes and colleagues including: (1) “E-cigarette initiation and associated changes in smoking cessation and reduction: the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study, 2013–2015” in Tobacco Control, (2) “Socio-economic and racial/ethnic differences in e-cigarette uptake among cigarette smokers: Longitudinal analysis of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study” in Nicotine and Tobacco Research, and (3) “Association between e-cigarette use and cardiovascular disease among never and current combustible-cigarette smokers” in the American Journal of Medicine
Published October 2019
World Health Organization Study Group on Tobacco Product Regulation
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Presents estimates from a study Dr. Stokes and colleagues published in Tobacco Control entitled “E-cigarette initiation and associated changes in smoking cessation and reduction: the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study, 2013–2015”
Published July 2018
South Africa Department of Health and World Bank Group
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Presents estimates from a study Dr. Stokes and colleagues published in PLoS One entitled “Prevalence and unmet need for diabetes care across the care continuum in a national sample of South African adults: Evidence from the SANHANES-1, 2011-2012”