My primary interest is to assist investigators with most aspects of their studies, beginning with study design and protocol/grant writing, data cleaning and analysis, and writing of manuscripts. Through the ICTR (Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, formerly known as the GCRC), I have worked with investigators from many departments.

Some areas of research where I have concentrated effort are brain and thyroid cancer, Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, hypertension, HIV and systemic lupus erythematosus.

clinical trials, study design, data analysis, ICTR (Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research), ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study)

Boulware LE, Carson KA, Troll MU, Powe NR, Cooper LA. Perceived susceptibility to chronic kidney disease among high-risk patients seen in primary care practices. J Gen Intern Med 24(10):1123-1129, 2009.

Fine DM, Ziegenbein M, Petri M, Han E, McKinley AM, Chellini J, Nagaraja HN, Carson KA, Rovin BH. A prospective study of 24-hour protein excretion in lupus nephritis: adequacy of short-interval timed urine collections. Kidney Int (in press, 2009).

Pazin Jr A, Peitz P, Pianta T, Carson KA, Russell SD, Boulware LE, Coresh J. Heart failure disease management program experience in 4,545 heart failure admissions to a community hospital. Am Heart J 158(3):459-466, 2009.

Wagner-Johnston ND, Carson KA, Grossman SA. High outpatient pain intensity scores predict impending hospital admissions in patients with cancer. J Pain Symptom Manage (in press, 2009).

Frazier JL, Batra S, Kapoor S, Gandhi R, Carson KA, Shokek O, Lim M, Kleinberg L, Rigamonti D. Stereotactic Radiosurgery in the Management of Brain Metastases: an institutional retrospective analysis of survival. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys (in press, 2009).

Cené CW, Roter D, Carson KA, Miller ER, Cooper LA. The effect of patient race and blood pressure control on patient-physician communication. J Gen Intern Med 24(9):1057-1064, 2009.

Xing M, Clark D, Guan H, Ji M, Dackiw A, Carson KA, Kim M, Tufaro A, Ladenson P, Zeiger M, Tufano R. BRAF mutation testing of thyroid fine-needle aspiration biopsy specimens for preoperative risk stratification in papillary thyroid cancer. J Clin Oncol 27(18):2977-2982, 2009.

Cooper LA, Roter DL, Bone LR, Larson SM, Miller ER 3rd, Barr MS, Carson KA, Levine DM. A randomized controlled trial of interventions to enhance patient-physician partnership, patient adherence and high blood pressure control among ethnic minorities and poor persons: study protocol NCT00123045. Implement Sci 4(1):7, 2009.

Paez KA, Allen JK, Beach MC, Carson KA, Cooper LA. Physician cultural competence and patient ratings of the patient-physician relationship. J Gen Intern Med 24(4):495-498, 2009.

Mogayzel Jr PJ, Pierce E, Mills J, McNeil A, Loehr K, Joplin R, McMahan S, Carson KA. Accuracy of tobramycin levels obtained from central venous access devices in patients with cystic fibrosis is technique dependent. Pediatric Nursing 34(6):464-467, 2008.

Kandil E, Tufaro AP, Carson KA, Lin F, Somervell H, Farrag T, Dackiw A, Zeiger M, Tufano RP. Correlation of plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels with severity of primary hyperparathyroidism and likelihood of parathyroid adenoma localization on sestamibi scan. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 134(10):1071-1075, 2008.

Petri M, Naqibuddin M, Carson KA, Wallace DJ, Weisman MH, Holliday SL, Sampedro M, Narayana S, Fox PT, Franklin C, Padilla PA, Brey RL. Brain magnetic resonance imaging in newly diagnosed systemic lupus erythematosus. J Rheumatol 35(12):2348-2354, 2008.

Ratanawongsa N, Roter D, Beach MC, Laird SL, Larson SM, Carson KA, Cooper LA. Physician burnout and patient-physician communication during primary care encounters. J Gen Intern Med 23(10):1581-1588, 2008.

Petri M, Naqibuddin M, Carson KA, Sampedro M, Wallace DJ, Weisman MH, Holliday SL, Padilla PA, Brey RL. Cognitive function in a systemic lupus erythematosus inception cohort. J Rheumatol 35(9):1776-1781, 2008.

Green D, Carson K, Leonard A, Davis JE, Rosenstein B, Zeitlin P, Mogayzel Jr. P. Current treatment recommendations for correcting vitamin D deficiency in pediatric cystic fibrosis patients are inadequate. J of Pediatr 153(4):554-559, 2008.

Grossman SA, Carson KA, Phuphanich S, Batchelor T, Peereboom D, Nabors LB, Lesser G, Hausheer F, Supko JG, for the New Approaches to Brain Tumor Therapy CNS Consortium. Phase I and pharmacokinetic study of karenitecin in patients with recurrent malignant gliomas. Neuro-Oncology 10(4):608-616, 2008.

Phuphanich S, Carson KA, Grossman SA, Lesser G, Olson J, Mikkelsen T, Desideri S, Fisher JD. Phase I safety study of escalating doses of atrasentan in adults with recurrent malignant glioma. Neuro-Oncology 10(4):617-623, 2008.

Tunkel DE, Hotchkiss KS, Carson KA, Sterni L. Efficacy of powered intracapsular tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy. Laryngoscope 118(7):1295-1302, 2008.

Gerstner ER, Carson KA, Grossman SA, Batchelor TT. Long-term outcome in PCNSL patients treated with high-dose methotrexate and deferred radiation. Neurology 70:401-402, 2008.

Paez KA, Allen JK, Carson KA, Cooper LA. Provider and clinic cultural competence in a primary care setting. Social Science & Medicine 66:1204-1216, 2008.

McGrath-Morrow S, Lefton-Greif M, Rosquist K, Crawford T, Kelly A, Zeitlin P, Carson KA, Lederman HM. Pulmonary function in adolescents with ataxia telangiectasia. Pediatric Pulmonology 43:59-66, 2008.