Donna L White, Ph.D., M.P.H.
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Positions
- Assistant Professor
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Medicine
Health Services Research; Gastroenterology & Hepatology
草榴社区入口
Houston, TX United States
- Member
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Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
草榴社区入口
Houston, Texas United States
- Assistant Professor
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Health Services Research
IQuESt
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Houston, Texas United States
Addresses
- Houston VA Health Services Research Center of Innovation (IQuEST) (Office)
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2450 Holcombe Blvd
Suite 01Y
Houston, TX 77021
United States
Phone: (713) 794-8601
dwhite1@bcm.edu
Education
- PhD from University Of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health
- Houston, TX United States
- Epidemiology
- MPH from University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health
- Houston
- BA from Washington University
- St. Louis, Missouri
Professional Interests
- Genetic and molecular epidemiology cancer and chronic diseases
- Gender/sex, race/ethnic and underserved differences in health risk and outcomes
- Meta-Analysis and Systematic Reviews
- Veteran/VA healthcare epidemiology
Websites
Selected Publications
- Kanwal F, Mapaskhi S, Smith D, Taddei T, Hussain K, Madu S, Duong N, White DL, Cao Y, Mehta R, El-Serag H, Asch S, Midboe ANA "." Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 Aug;16(8):1182-1186. Pubmed PMID:
- White DL, Hoogeveen RC, Chen L, Richardson P, Ravishankar M, Shah P, Tinker L, Rohan T, Whitsel EA, El-Serag HB, Jiao L "." Cancer Med. 2018 May;7(5):2180-2191. Pubmed PMID:
- Chen L, Duan Z, Tinker L, Sangi-Haghpeykar, Strickler H, Ho G, Gunter M, Rohan T, Logsdon C, White DL, Royse, K, El-Serag HB, Jiao L "." Cancer Epidemiol. 2016 Jun;42:115-123. Pubmed PMID:
- Qumseya BJ, Wang H, Badie N, Uzomba RN, Parasa S, White DL, Wolfsen H, Sharma P, Wallace MB. "." Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013 Dec;11(12):1562-70. Pubmed PMID:
- Gurwara S, Dai A, Ajami NJ, Graham DY, White DL, Chen L, Jang A, Chen E, El-Serag HB, Petrosino JF, Jiao L "." Nutrition Research. 2020 Nov;83:119-128. Pubmed PMID:
- Thrift AP, Liu Y, Tsavachidis S, White DL, El-Serag HB "." Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 Aug;17(9):1912-1914. Pubmed PMID:
- Wang Z, White DL, Hoogeveen R, Chen L, Whitsel EA, Richardson PA, Virani SS, Garcia JM, El-Serag HB, Jiao L "." J Clin Med. 2018 Aug 2;7(8):197. Pubmed PMID:
- White DL, Kanwal F, El-Serag HB "." Clin. Gastroenterol. Hepatol.. 2012 Dec;10(12):1342-1359.e2. Pubmed PMID:
- Lin M, Kramer JR, White DL, Tavakoli-Tabasi S, Madu S, Smith DL, Asch S, El-Serag HB, Kanwal F "." Alimental Pharamacol Ther. 2017 Nov;46(10):992-1000. Pubmed PMID:
- Li, LT, Mills WL, White DL, Li A, Gutierrez AM, Berger DH, Naik AD "." J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Jul;61(7):1175-81. Pubmed PMID:
- Ramkumar PN, Chu CT, Harris JD, Athiviraham A, Harrington MA, White DL, Berger DH, Naik AD, Li LT "." Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ. 2015 Sep;44(9):397-405. Pubmed PMID:
- Khalaf N, White DL, Kanwal F, Ramsey D, Mittal S, Tavakoli-Tabasi S, Kuzniarek J, El-Serag HB "." Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2015 Mar 14;13(8):1521-1531. Pubmed PMID:
- Duan Z, Chen G, Chen L, Stolzenberg-Solomon R, Weinstein S, Mannisto S, Albanes D, White DL, El-Serag HB, Jiao L "." Int J Mol Epidemiol Genet. 2014 Oct 22;5(3):152-163. Pubmed PMID:
- Luo J, Chlebowski R, Liu S, McGlynn KA, Parekh N, White DL, Margolis KL "." Cancer Causes Control. 2013 Mar;24(3):577-85. Pubmed PMID:
- Qumseya BJ, Brown J, Abraham M, White DL, Wolfsen H, Gupta N, Vennalaganti P, Sharma P, Wallace MB "." Gastrointest Endosc. 2015 Apr;81(4):865-874. Pubmed PMID:
- Tyson GL, Richardson PA, White DL, Kuzniarek J, Ramsey DJ, Tavakoli-Tabasi S, El-Serag HB "." J. Clin. Gastroenterol.. 2013 Jul;47(6):545-52. Pubmed PMID:
- White DL, Richardson PA, Al-Saadi M, Fitzgerald SJ, Green L, Amaratunge C, Anand M, El-Serag HB "." Dig. Dis. Sci.. 2011 Jun;56(6):1835-47. Pubmed PMID:
- Gurwara S, Jang A, Ajami NJ, Hutchinson D, Hessel F, Chen L, Wang Z, DY Graham DY, White DL, Kramer J, Kourkoumpetis T, Cole R, Hair R, Hou J, Husain N, Jarbrink-Sehgal M, Hernaez M, Kanwal F, Ketwaroo G, Shah R, Velez M, Natarajan Y, Bondy ML, El-Serag. "." Nutrients. 2019 Mar 13;11(3):613. Pubmed PMID:
- Liu Y, Ajami NJ, El-Serag HB, Hair C, Graham DY, White DL, Chen L, Wang Z, Plew S, Kramer J, Cole R, Hernaez R, Hou J, Husain N, Jarbrink-Sehgal ME, Kanwal F, Ketwaroo G, Natarajan Y, Shah R, Velez M, Mallepally N, Petrosino JF, Jiao L "." Am J Clin Nutr. 2019 Sep 1;110(3):701-712. Pubmed PMID:
- Garcia JM, Kramer JR, Richardson PA, Ahmed S, Royse K, White DL, Raychaudhury S, Chang E, Hartman C, Silverberg M, Chiao EY "." Cancers. 2020 Dec 17;12(12):3809. Pubmed PMID:
- Khan A, Tansel A, White DL, Kayani WT, Bano S, Lindsay J, El-Serag HB, Kanwal F "." Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016 Feb;14(2):191-202. Pubmed PMID:
- Tayob N, Richardson P, White DL, Yu X, Davila JA, Kanwal F, Feng Z, El-Serag HB "." BMC Med Res Methodol. 2018 Jan 4;18(1):1. Pubmed PMID:
- Erickson M, Braun K, List R, Utech A, Moore C, White DL, Garcia JM "." J Nutr Educ Behav. 2016 Sep;48(8):538-543. Pubmed PMID:
- Ramasubbu K, Estep J, White DL, Deswal A, Mann DL "." J. Am. Coll. Cardiol.. 2008 Jan 29;51(4):415-26. Pubmed PMID:
- Royse K, Chen L, Berger D, Ittmann M, El-Serag HB, Balentine C, Graham, Y, Richardson P, Spitz MR, Hilsenbeck S, Rumbaut R, Duan Z, Shen X, White DL, Jiao L "." Int J Mol Epidemiol Genet. 2017 Apr 15;8(2):8-18. Pubmed PMID:
- White DL, Hashmi A, Ramsey DJ, Kuzniarek J, Tavakoli-Tabasi S, El-Serag HB "." Dig. Dis. Sci.. 2012 Nov;57(11):3004-10. Pubmed PMID:
- El-Serag HB, White DL, Mitra N "." Gastroenterology. 2008 Mar;134(3):662-4. Pubmed PMID:
- Kanwal F, White DL, Jiao L, Tavakoli-Tabasi S, Sansgiry S, Ramsey DJ, Kuznairek J, Spiegelman A, and El-Serag HB "." Dig Dis Sci. 2015 Jul;60(7):2030-2037. Pubmed PMID:
- White DL, Li D, Nurgalieva Z, El-Serag HB "." Am. J. Epidemiol.. 2008 Feb 15;167(4):377-89. Pubmed PMID:
- Biggerstaff KS, White DL, Frankfort B, Richardson P, Orengo-Nania S, Garcia J, Chiao EY, Kramer JR. "." Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2021 Jul 17;259(11):3371-3379. Pubmed PMID:
- Agrawal R, Ajami NJ, Malhotra S, Chen L, White DL, Sharafkhanesh A, Hoffman KL, Graham DY, El-Serag HB, Petrosino JF, Jiao L "." Clocks Sleep. 2021 Jul 1;3(3):387-397. Pubmed PMID:
- Kramer JR, El-Serag HB, Taylor TJ, White DL, Asch S, Frayne S, Cao Y, Smith D, Kanwal F "." J Viral Hepat.. 2017 Nov;24(11):955-965. Pubmed PMID:
- White DL, Ratziu V, El-Serag HB "." J. Hepatol.. 2008 Nov;49(5):831-44. Pubmed PMID:
- White DL, Tavakoli-Tabasi S, Kuzniarek J, Pascua R, Ramsey DJ, El-Serag HB "." Hepatology. 2012 Mar;55(3):759-68. Pubmed PMID:
- White DL, Moore S, Waring S, Cook K, and Lai E "." Mov Disord. 2007 May 15;22(7):915-923. Pubmed PMID:
- Lindsay JA, Hudson S, Martin L, Hogan JB, Nessim M, Graves L, Gabriele J, White DL "Implementing Video to Home to Increase Access to Evidence-Based Psychotherapy for Rural Veterans." Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science. 2017;2(3-4):140-148.
- Mazul A, Hartman C, Kramer J, White DL, Royse K, Raychaudhury S, Sandulache V, Ahmed ST, Richardson P, Sikora AG, Chiao E "." Cancer Medicine. 2020 Dec 9;9(24):9326-9335. Pubmed PMID:
- White DL, Oluyomi A, Royse K, Dong Y, Nguyen H, Chang E, Richardson P, Jiao L, Garcia JM, Kramer JR, Thrift AP, Chiao E "." J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2019 Aug 1;81(4):387-394. Pubmed PMID:
- White DL, Thrift AP, Kanwal F, Davila J, El-Serag HB "." Gastroenterology. 2016; Pubmed PMID:
- Teten AL, Schumacher JA, Taft CT, Stanley MA, Kent TA, Bailey SD, Dunn NJ, White DL "." J Interpers Violence. 2010 Sep;25(9):1612-30. Pubmed PMID:
- Savas LS, White DL, Wieman M, Daci K, Fitzgerald S, Laday Smith S, Tan G, Graham DP, Cully JA, El-Serag HB "." Aliment. Pharmacol. Ther.. 2009 Jan;29(1):115-25. Pubmed PMID:
- Graham DP, Savas L, White D, El-Serag R, Laday-Smith S, Tan G, El-Serag HB "." Aliment. Pharmacol. Ther.. 2010 Jan 15;31(2):261-73. Pubmed PMID:
- Sever S, White DL, Garcia JM "." Endocr Relat Cancer. 2016 Sep;23(9):393-409. Pubmed PMID:
- Jiao L, Chen L, White DL, Tinker L, Richardson P, Sangi-Haghpeykar H, Van Horn LV, Lane D, Chlebowski R, El-Serag HB "." Journal of National Cancer Institute (JNCI).. 2018 Jan 1; Pubmed PMID:
- Kanwal F, White DL, Tavakoli-Tabasi S, Jiao L, Lin D, Ramsey DJ, Spiegelman A, Kuzniarek J, El-Serag HB "." Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2014 Feb;12(2):327-333. Pubmed PMID:
- Dawson DB, White DL, Chiao E., Walder A., Kramer J.R., Kauth M. R., Lindsay J. A "Mental and physical health correlates of tobacco use among transgender veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts." Transgender Health. 2020 Nov 30;
- Springer AE, Peters RJ, Shegog R, White DL, Kelder SH "." Prev Sci. 2007 Jun;8(2):103-13. Pubmed PMID:
- Chang E, Sabichi AL, Kramer JR, Hartman C, Royse KE, White DL, Patel NR, Richardson P, Yellapragada SV, Garcia JM, Chiao EY "." J Immunother. 2018 Oct;41(8):379-383. Pubmed PMID:
- Piccirillo JF, Gates GA, White DL, Schectman KB "." Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1998 Jun;118(6):833-844. Pubmed PMID:
- Xu A, Hoffman K, Gurwara S, White DL, Kanwal F, El-Serag H, Petrosino JF, Jiao L "." Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 2020 Sep 24;66(9):2981-2991. Pubmed PMID:
- Bull LM, White DL, Bray M, Nurgalieva Z, El-Serag HB "." Dis. Esophagus. 2009;22(7):571-87. Pubmed PMID:
- White D, Kunik M, Yu H, Lin H, Richardson P, Moore S, Sarwar A, Marsh L, Jorge R. "." Annals of Neurology. 2020 Jul;88(1):33-41. Pubmed PMID:
- Rivers DL, Aday LA, Frankowski RF, Felknor S, White DL, and Nichols B "." Nurs Res. 2003;52(4):249-255. Pubmed PMID:
- Mandava P, Krumpelman CS, White DL, Kent TA "." PLoS One. 2013 Jul 5;8(7) Pubmed PMID:
- Kanwal F, Kramer JR, El-Serag HB, Frayne S, Clark J, Cao Y, Taylor T, Smith D, White DL, Asch SM "." Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Aug 1;63(3):291-299. Pubmed PMID:
- White DL, Tavakoli-Tabasi S, Kuzniarek J, Ramsey DJ, El-Serag HB "." J. Clin. Gastroenterol.. 2012 Oct;46(9):779-88. Pubmed PMID:
- Mody A, White DL, Kanwal F, Garcia JM "." Cardiovascular Endocrinology. 2015 Sep;4(3):83-89. Pubmed PMID:
- Thrift AP, Kramer JR, Hartman CM, Royse K, Richardson P, Dong Y, Raychaudhury S, Desiderio R, Sanchez D, Anandasabapathy S, White DL, Chiao EY "." J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2019 Jul 1;81(3):65-72. Pubmed PMID:
- Natarajan Y, White DL, El-Serag HB, Ramsey D, Richardson P, Kuzniarek J, Shukla R, Tansel A, Kanwal F "." Dig Dis Sci.. 2017;62(1):76-83. Pubmed PMID:
- Chen E, Kalavar A, Bui-Thank NA, Opekun AR, *White DL, Rosen D, Graham DY, Rumbaut RE, El-Serag HB, *Jiao L "Serum Levels of Lipopolysaccharides and Risk of Advanced Colorectal Adenoma." Exploratory Research and Hypothesis in Medicine. 2020;5(2):47-52.
- White DL, Liu Y, Garcia J, El-Serag HB, Jiao L, Tsavachidis S, Franco L, Tavakoli-Tabasi S, Moore D, Goldman R, Kuzniarek J, Ramsey DJ, Kanwal F, and Marcelli M. "Sex Hormone Pathway Gene Polymorphisms Are Associated With Risk of Advanced Hepatitis C-Related Liver Disease in Males." Int J Mol Epidemiol Genet. 2014;
- Chen BH, Brennan K, Goto A, Song Y, Aziz N, You NC, Wellons MF, Manson JE, White DL, Butch AW, Liu S "." Clin. Chem.. 2012 Oct;58(10):1457-66. Pubmed PMID:
- Jiao L, Duan Z, Sangi-Haghpeykar H, Hale L, White DL, El-Serag HB "." Br. J. Cancer. 2013 Jan 15;108(1):213-21. Pubmed PMID:
- Royse K, Chen L, White DL, Sangi H, El-Serag HB, and Jiao L "." J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2017 Dec;26(12):1270-1277. Pubmed PMID:
- Jiao L, Kourkoumpetis T, Hutchinson D, Ajami N, Hoffmann K, White DL, Graham DY, Hair C, Shah R, Kanwal F, Jarbrink-Sehgal M, Husain N, Hernaez R, Hou J, Cole R, Velez M, Ketwaroo G, Kramer JR, El-Serag HB, Petrosino J "." Microbial Ecology. 2021 Jul 5; Pubmed PMID:
- Clark E, Royse K, Dong Y, Chang E, Raychaudhury S, Kramer JR, White DL, Chiao EY "." J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2020 Apr 16; Pubmed PMID:
- Tan M, Mansour N, White DL, Sisson A, El-Serag H, Thrift A "." Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 2020 Jul;52(1):20-36. Pubmed PMID:
- Kanwal F, White D "." Clin. Gastroenterol. Hepatol.. 2012 Nov;10(11):1184-6. Pubmed PMID:
- Yoder A K, Lakomy D S, Dong Y, Raychaudhury S, Royse K, Hartman C, Richardson P, White DL, Kramer JR, Lin LL, Chiao E "." BMC Cancer. 2021 Jul 5;21(1):776. Pubmed PMID:
- White DL, Tavakoli-Tabasi S, Kanwal F, Ramsey DJ, Hashmi A, Kuzniarek J, Patel P, Francis J, El-Serag HB "." Aliment. Pharmacol. Ther.. 2013 Jul;38(1):28-37. Pubmed PMID:
- Nordenstedt H, White DL, El-Serag HB "." Dig Liver Dis. 2010 Jul;42:S206-14. Pubmed PMID:
- 24. Chang E, Mapakshi SR, Mbang P, El-Mallawany NK, Kramer JR, White DL*, Chiao EY "." J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2018 Oct 1;79(2):141-148. Pubmed PMID:
- White DL, Richardson P, Tayoub N, Davila JA, Kanwal F, El-Serag HB "." Gastroenterology. 2015; Pubmed PMID:
- Patel P, White DL, Deswal A "." Am. Heart J.. 2007 Apr;153(4):515-22. Pubmed PMID:
- White DL, Savas LS, Daci K, Elserag R, Graham DP, Fitzgerald SJ, Smith SL, Tan G, El-Serag HB "." Aliment. Pharmacol. Ther.. 2010 Aug;32(4):551-61. Pubmed PMID:
- Kanwal F, Kramer JR, Duan Z, Yu X, White D, El-Serag HB "." Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016 Feb;14(2):301-308. Pubmed PMID:
- Tayob N, Christie I, Richardson P, Feng Z, White DL, Davila J, Corley DA, Kanwal F, El-Serag HB "." Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 Aug;17(9):1886-1893. Pubmed PMID:
- Kramer JR, Hartman C, White DL, Royse K, Richardson P, Thrift AP, Raychaudhury S, Desiderio R, Sanchez D, Chiao E "." HIV Med. 2019 Sep;20(8):567-570. Pubmed PMID:
- Tayob N, Corley D, Christie I, Almers L, Rahal A, Richardson P, White DL, Davila J, Kanwal F, El-Serag H "." Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2020 Aug 5;19(7):1443-1450. Pubmed PMID:
- Biggerstaff KS, Frankfort BJ, Orengo-Nania S, Garcia J, Chioa E, Kramer JR, White DL "." Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2018 Apr;25(2):162-168. Pubmed PMID:
- Clark E, Liang C, Dong Y, Raychaudhury S, White D, Kramer JR, Chiao E "." Clinical infectious diseases. 2020 Aug 12;72(9):359-366. Pubmed PMID:
- Liu Y, El-Serag HB, Jiao L, Lee J, Moore D, Franco L, Tavakoli-Tabasi S, Tsavachidis S, Kuzniarek J, Ramsey DJ, White DL "." PLoS One. 2013 Dec 30;8(12) Pubmed PMID:
Memberships
- Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at 草榴社区入口
- Center for Translational Research in Inflammatory Diseases (CTRID) at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
- Texas Medical Center Digestive Disease Center
Funding
- Sex hormones and HCV-related liver disease progression
- $950,000.00 (07/01/2017 - 06/30/2021) Grant funding from U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
- Identifying Novel Pharmacologic Risk factors for Common Malignancies In Individuals with Well-controlled HIV Infection (PQ3)
- $1,968,930.00 (07/01/2016 - 05/31/2021) Grant funding from NIH
- Role: Co-Investigator; PI: E. Chiao
- Risk Stratification for and Early Detection of Liver Cancer
- $2,704,222.00 (10/01/2018 - 12/31/2023) Grant funding from NCI
- Role: Co-Investigator; PI: Kanwal
- MPI: Multi-level evaluation of racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in liver disease outcomes
- $3,689,472.00 (02/01/2021 - 01/31/2026) Grant funding from NIH
- Role: Co-Investigator; PI: Kanwal, Singal
- Mechanisms of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Risk of Disease Progression Among Patients with Cirrhosis
- $2,353,575.00 (08/31/2020 - 08/30/2025) Grant funding from CPRIT (Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas)
- Role: Co-Investigator; PI: Kanwal, Singal
- COVID19 impact and risk factors in HIV+, HCV+ and Transgender veterans
- $49,000.00 (10/01/2020 - 09/30/2021) Grant funding from Michael E. DeBakey VA R&D Pilot Grant
- PI
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