Prof. Julia Kravchenko

Duke University, USA

Email: julia.krauchanka@duke.edu

Qualifications

1999 Ph.D., Belarussian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Internal Diseases and in Biochemistry

1992 M.D., Minsk State Medical University, Medical Faculty

Publications (selected)

1. Kravchenko J, Goldschmidt-Clermont PJ, Powell T, Stallard E, Akushevich I, Cuffe MS, Manton KG, 2005. Endothelial progenitor cell therapy for atherosclerosis: the philosopher’s stone for an aging population? Sci Aging Knowledge Environ. 22(25):pe18.
2. Burokaite B, Rimdeika G, Manton K, Kravchenko J, Eglite M, 2005. The distribution of metabolic syndrome among Chernobyl clean-up workers suffering from cardiovascular diseases. Černobylis ir Lietuva. Sapiegos ligoninė, Vilniaus universitetas. Tarptautinės konferencijos medžiaga, Vilnius, pp.13-30.
3. Zvagule T, Eglyte M, Reste E, Gurbakova E, Manton K, Kravchenko J, 2005. Health problems of Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident clean-up workers from Latvia during 17 year period (1986-2003). Černobylis ir Lietuva. Sapiegos ligoninė, Vilniaus universitetas. Tarptautinės konferencijos medžiaga, Vilnius, pp.31-36.
4. Ivanov VK, Manton KG, Akushevich I, Gorskij AI, Korelo AM, Kravchenko JS, Maksioutov MA, Tsyb AF, 2005. Risk of thyroid cancer after irradiation in children and adults. Current Oncology 12(2):55-64.
5. Ivanov VK, Maksioutov MA, Chekin SY, Petrov AV, Biryukov AP, Kruglova ZG, Matyash VA, Tsyb AF, Manton KG, Kravchenko JS, 2005. The risk of radiation-induced cerebrovascular disease in Chernobyl emergency workers. Health Physics 90(3):199-207.
6. Akushevich I, Manton KG, Kulminski A, Kovtun M, Kravchenko J, Yashin A., 2006. Population models for the health effects of ionizing radiation. Radiats Biol Radioecol 46(6):663-74.
7. Manton KG, Kulminski A, Akushevich I, Kravchenko J, 2006. Modeling the effects of biologically incorporated radionuclides and chronic low-dose ionizing radiation exposure on both cancer and chronic non-cancer diseases. Radiats Biol Radioecol 46(6):657-86.
8. Akushevich I, Kravchenko J, Manton K, 2006. Health based population forecasting: effects of smoking on mortality and fertility. Risk Analysis 27(2): 467-82.
9. Kravchenko J, 2008. Diet and Cancer. In: Kris Heggenhougen and Stella Quah (eds.). International Encyclopedia of Public Health. Vol 2. San Diego: Academic Press. Elsevier. Pp. 169-81.
10. Kravchenko J, 2008. Nutrition and the Elderly. In: Kris Heggenhougen and Stella Quah (eds.). International Encyclopedia of Public Health. Vol 4. San Diego: Academic Press. Elsevier. Pp. 578-87.
11. Ruhl L, Vengosh A, Dwyer G, Hsu-Kim H, Deonarine A, Bergin M, Kravchenko J, 2009. A survey of the potential environmental and health Impacts in the immediate aftermath of the coal ash spill in Kingston, Tennessee. Environ. Sci. Technol., 43(16):6326–6333.
12. Kravchenko J, Akushevich I, 2009. The role of histotype and embryogenetic background in mechanisms of human carcinogenesis. Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 50:796-797.
13. Kravchenko J, Sudenga S, Akushevich I, Wilson CM, Shrestha S, 2010. The approach to individualized prediction of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection persistence/clearance in HIV-1-positive adolescent girls based on dynamics of CD4+ counts, viral load, and HAART. Infectious Agents and Cancer 5(Suppl1):A76.
14. Yashin AI, Arbeev K, Akushevich I, Arbeeva L, Kravchenko J, Il’yasova D, Kulminski A, Akushevich L, Kulminskaya I, Wu D, Ukraintseva S, 2010. Dynamic determinants of longevity and exceptional health. Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research, ID381637, 13 pages.
15. Akushevich I, Kravchenko J, Akushevich L, Ukraintseva S, Arbeev K, Yashin AI, 2011. Cancer risk and behavioral factors, comorbidities, and functional status in the U.S. elderly population. ISRN Oncology 2011: 415790.
16. Kravchenko J, Akushevich I, Seewaldt VL, Abernethy AP, Lyerly HK, 2011. Breast cancer as heterogeneous disease: contributing factors and carcinogenesis mechanisms. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 128(2):483-93.
17. Akushevich I, Kravchenko JS, Akushevich L, Ukraintseva SV, Arbeev KG, Yashin AI, 2011. Medical cost trajectories and onsets of cancer and non-cancer diseases in U.S. elderly population. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine 2011:857892.
18. Akushevich I, Kravchenko JS, Ukraintseva SV Arbeev KG, Yashin AI, 2012. Age patterns of geriatric disease incidences in the U.S. elderly population: Medicare-based analysis. Journal of American Geriatric Society 60(2):323-7. PMCID: PMC3288526
19. Akushevich I., Veremeyeva G, Kravchenko J, Ukraintseva S, Arbeev K, Akleyev AV, Yashin AI, 2012. New stochastic carcinogenesis model with covariates: an approach involving intracellular barrier mechanisms. Mathematical Biosciences 236(1): 16-30.
20. Rango T, Kravchenko J, Atlaw B, McCornick PG, Jeuland M, Merola B, Vengosh A, 2012. Groundwater quality and its health impact: an assessment of dental fluorosis in rural inhabitants of the Main Ethiopian Rift. Environment International 43:37-47.
21. Kravchenko J, Akushevich I, Sudenga SL, Wilson CM, Levitan EB, Shrestha S, 2012. Transitional probability-based model for HPV clearance in HIV-1-positive adolescent females. PLoS ONE 2; 7(1):e30736.
22. Akushevich I, Kravchenko J, Ukraintseva S, Arbeev K, Yashin A, 2012. Circulatory diseases in the US elderly in the linked National Long Term Care Survey-Medicare database: population-based analysis of incidence, comorbidity, and disability. Research on Aging, in press.
23. Kravchenko J, Akushevich I, Abernethy A, Lyerly HK, 2012. Evaluating the number of stages in development of squamous cell and adenocarcinomas across cancer sites using human population-based cancer modeling. PLoS ONE 7(5):e37430.
24. Manton K., Akushevich I., Kravchenko J., 2009. Cancer Mortality and Morbidity Patterns in the U.S. Population: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Springer. 455p. ISBN: 978-0-387-78192-1. Hardcover.