Publications

  1. Brewer L, Jones C, Slusser J, Pasha M, Lalika M, Chacon M, Takawira P, Shanedling S, Erickson P, Woods C, Krogman A, Ferdinand D, Underwood P, Cooper L, Patten C, Hayes S. Mobile Health Intervention to Promote Hypertension Self-Management among African Americans Receiving Care at a Community Health Center: Formative Evaluation of the FAITH! Hypertension App. JMIR Form Res. 2023 Apr 27 [Epub ahead of print]
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  2. Fortuna KL, Kadakia A, Cosco TD, Rotondi A, Nicholson J, Mois G, Myers AL, Hamilton J, Brewer LC, Collins-Pisano C, Barr P, Hudson MF, Joseph K, Mullaly C, Booth M, Lebby S, Walker R. Guidelines to Establish an Equitable Mobile Health Ecosystem. Psychiatr Serv. 2023 Apr 1; 74 (4):393-400 Epub 2022 Nov 15
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  3. Khan SS, Brewer LC, Canobbio MM, Cipolla MJ, Grobman WA, Lewey J, Michos ED, Miller EC, Perak AM, Wei GS, Gooding H, American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention; Council on Clinical Cardiology; Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing; Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology; Council on Hypertension; Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health; Council on Periph. Optimizing Prepregnancy Cardiovascular Health to Improve Outcomes in Pregnant and Postpartum Individuals and Offspring: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2023 Feb 14; 147 (7):e76-e91 Epub 2023 Feb 13
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  4. Brewer LC, Abraham H, Kaihoi B, Leth S, Egginton J, Slusser J, Scott C, Penheiter S, Albertie M, Squires R, Thomas R, Scales R, Trejo-Gutierrez J, Kopecky S. A Community-Informed Virtual World-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation Program as an Extension of Center-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation: MIXED-METHODS ANALYSIS OF A MULTICENTER PILOT STUDY. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2023 Jan 1; 43 (1):22-30 Epub 2022 July 25
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  5. Reopell L, Nolan TS, Gray DM 2nd, Williams A, Brewer LC, Bryant AL, Wilson G, Williams E, Jones C, McKoy A, Grever J, Soliman A, Baez J, Nawaz S, Walker DM, Metlock F, Zappe L, Gregory J, Joseph JJ. Community engagement and clinical trial diversity: Navigating barriers and co-designing solutions-A report from the "Health Equity through Diversity" seminar series. PLoS One. 2023; 18 (2):e0281940 Epub 2023 Feb 16
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  6. Timmons AC, Duong JB, Simo Fiallo N, Lee T, Vo HPQ, Ahle MW, Comer JS, Brewer LC, Frazier SL, Chaspari T. A Call to Action on Assessing and Mitigating Bias in Artificial Intelligence Applications for Mental Health. Perspect Psychol Sci. 2022 Dec 9; 17456916221134490 Epub 2022 Dec 09
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  7. Harmon DM, Adedinsewo D, Van't Hof JR, Johnson M, Hayes SN, Lopez-Jimenez F, Jones C, Attia ZI, Friedman PA, Patten CA, Cooper LA, Brewer LC. Community-based participatory research application of an artificial intelligence-enhanced electrocardiogram for cardiovascular disease screening: A FAITH! Trial ancillary study. Am J Prev Cardiol. 2022 Dec; 12:100431 Epub 2022 Nov 13
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  8. Tadese K, Jenkins S, Aycock D, Jones C, Hayes SN, Burke LE, Cooper LA, Patten CA, Brewer LC. Factors Facilitating Academic-Community Research Partnerships With African American Churches: Recruitment Process for a Community-Based, Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Health Promot Pract. 2022 Oct 3; 15248399221118394 Epub 2022 Oct 03
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  9. Lloyd-Jones DM, Ning H, Labarthe D, Brewer L, Sharma G, Rosamond W, Foraker RE, Black T, Grandner MA, Allen NB, Anderson C, Lavretsky H, Perak AM. Status of Cardiovascular Health in US Adults and Children Using the American Heart Association's New "Life's Essential 8" Metrics: Prevalence Estimates From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2013 Through 2018. Circulation. 2022 Sep 13; 146 (11):822-835 Epub 2022 June 29
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  10. Brewer LC, Bowie J, Slusser JP, Scott CG, Cooper LA, Hayes SN, Patten CA, Sims M. Religiosity/Spirituality and Cardiovascular Health: The American Heart Association Life's Simple 7 in African Americans of the Jackson Heart Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 Sep 6; 11 (17):e024974 Epub 2022 Aug 24
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  11. Lloyd-Jones DM, Allen NB, Anderson CAM, Black T, Brewer LC, Foraker RE, Grandner MA, Lavretsky H, Perak AM, Sharma G, Rosamond W, American Heart Association. Life's Essential 8: Updating and Enhancing the American Heart Association's Construct of Cardiovascular Health: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2022 Aug 2; 146 (5):e18-e43 Epub 2022 June 29
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  12. Content VG, Abraham HM, Kaihoi BH, Olson TP, Brewer LC. Novel Virtual World-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation Program to Broaden Access to Underserved Populations: A Patient Perspective. JACC Case Rep. 2022 Jul 20; 4 (14):911-914 Epub 2022 July 20
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  13. Brewer LC, Jenkins S, Hayes SN, Kumbamu A, Jones C, Burke LE, Cooper LA, Patten CA. Community-Based, Cluster-Randomized Pilot Trial of a Cardiovascular Mobile Health Intervention: Preliminary Findings of the FAITH! Trial. Circulation. 2022 Jul 19; 146 (3):175-190 Epub 2022 July 18
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  14. Kyalwazi AN, Loccoh EC, Brewer LC, Ofili EO, Xu J, Song Y, Joynt Maddox KE, Yeh RW, Wadhera RK. Disparities in Cardiovascular Mortality Between Black and White Adults in the United States, 1999 to 2019. Circulation. 2022 Jul 19; 146 (3):211-228 Epub 2022 July 18
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  15. Johnson AE, Swabe GM, Addison D, Essien UR, Breathett K, Brewer LC, Mazimba S, Mohammed SF, Magnani JW. Relation of Household Income to Access and Adherence to Combination Sacubitril/Valsartan in Heart Failure: A Retrospective Analysis of Commercially Insured Patients. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2022 Jul; 15 (7):e009179 Epub 2022 May 13
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  16. Brewer LC, Jenkins S, Hayes SN, Kumbamu A, Jones C, Burke LE, Cooper LA, Patten CA. Community-based, cluster-randomized pilot trial of a cardiovascular mHealth intervention: Rationale, design, and baseline findings of the FAITH! Trial. Am Heart J. 2022 May; 247:1-14 Epub 2022 Jan 20
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  17. Johnson AE, Brewer LC, Echols MR, Mazimba S, Shah RU, Breathett K. Utilizing Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Health Equity Among Patients with Heart Failure. Heart Fail Clin. 2022 Apr; 18 (2):259-273 Epub 2022 Mar 04
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  18. Lopes GS, Manemann SM, Weston SA, Jiang R, Larson NB, Moser ED, Roger VL, Takahashi PY, Sandoval Y, Bell MR, Chamberlain AM, Brewer LC, Singh M, St Sauver JL, Bielinski SJ. Minnesota COVID-19 Lockdowns: The Effect on Acute Myocardial Infarctions and Revascularizations in the Community. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2022 Feb; 6 (1):77-85 Epub 2021 Dec 13
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  19. Haynes N, Kaur A, Swain J, Joseph JJ, Brewer LC. Community-Based Participatory Research to Improve Cardiovascular Health Among US Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups. Curr Epidemiol Rep. 2022; 9 (3):212-221 Epub 2022 July 11
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  20. Van't Hof JR, Duval S, Luepker RV, Jones C, Hayes SN, Cooper LA, Patten CA, Brewer LC. Association of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors With Sociodemographic Characteristics and Health Beliefs Among a Community-Based Sample of African American Adults in Minnesota. Mayo Clin Proc. 2022 Jan; 97 (1):46-56
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  21. Sharma P, Patten CA, Tilburt JC, Cheville AL, Pritchett JC, Brewer LC, White RO, Kelpin SS, Albertie M, Brockman TA, Doubeni CA. Development and initial cognitive testing of the Digital Equity Screening Tool (DEST): Community participatory approach to assessing digital inequality. J Clin Transl Sci. 2022; 6 (1):e117 Epub 2022 Aug 25
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  22. Brewer LC, Cyriac J, Kumbamu A, Burke LE, Jenkins S, Hayes SN, Jones C, Cooper LA, Patten CA. Sign of the times: Community engagement to refine a cardiovascular mHealth intervention through a virtual focus group series during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Digit Health. 2022 Jan-Dec; 8:20552076221110537 Epub 2022 July 18
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  23. Manjunath C, Jenkins SM, Phelan S, Breitkopf CR, Hayes SN, Cooper LA, Patten CA, Brewer LC. Association of body image dissatisfaction, behavioral responses for healthy eating, and cardiovascular health in African-American women with overweight or obesity: A preliminary study. Am J Prev Cardiol. 2021 Dec; 8:100254 Epub 2021 Sept 20
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  24. Michos ED, Reddy TK, Gulati M, Brewer LC, Bond RM, Velarde GP, Bailey AL, Echols MR, Nasser SA, Bays HE, Navar AM, Ferdinand KC. Improving the enrollment of women and racially/ethnically diverse populations in cardiovascular clinical trials: An ASPC practice statement. Am J Prev Cardiol. 2021 Dec; 8:100250 Epub 2021 Aug 20
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  25. Cyriac J, Jenkins S, Patten CA, Hayes SN, Jones C, Cooper LA, Brewer LC. Improvements in Diet and Physical Activity-Related Psychosocial Factors Among African Americans Using a Mobile Health Lifestyle Intervention to Promote Cardiovascular Health: The FAITH! (Fostering African American Improvement in Total Health) App Pilot Study. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2021 Nov 12; 9 (11):e28024
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  26. Mathews L, Brewer LC. A Review of Disparities in Cardiac Rehabilitation: EVIDENCE, DRIVERS, AND SOLUTIONS. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2021 Nov 1; 41 (6):375-382
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  27. Brewer LC, Pasha M, Seele P, Penheiter S, White R, Willis F, Albertie M, Jenkins SM, Pullins C. Overcoming Historical Barriers: Enhancing Positive Perceptions of Medical Research Among African Americans Through a Conference-Based Workshop. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Sep; 36 (9):2547-2554 Epub 2021 June 14
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  28. Michos ED, Ferdinand KC, Brewer LC, Bond RM, Wong ND. Response to the letter to the editor by Silverman-Lloyd et al. entitled: "Race is not a risk factor: Reframing discourse on racial health inequities in CVD prevention". Am J Prev Cardiol. 2021 Jun; 6:100188 Epub 2021 June 10
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  29. Shaw J, Brewer LC, Veinot T. Recommendations for Health Equity and Virtual Care Arising From the COVID-19 Pandemic: Narrative Review. JMIR Form Res. 2021 Apr 5; 5 (4):e23233 Epub 2021 Apr 05
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  30. Brewer LC, Woods C, Patel A, Weis J, Jones C, Abbenyi A, Brockman TA, Sia IG, Berbari E, Crane S, Doubeni CA, FAITH! Community Steering Committee COVID-19 Task Force. Establishing a SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Drive-Through Collection Site: A Community-Based Participatory Research Partnership With a Federally Qualified Health Center. Am J Public Health. 2021 Apr; 111 (4):658-662 Epub 2021 Feb 18
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  31. Brewer LC, Asiedu GB, Jones C, Richard M, Erickson J, Weis J, Abbenyi A, Brockman TA, Sia IG, Wieland ML, White RO, Doubeni CA. Emergency Preparedness and Risk Communication Among African American Churches: Leveraging a Community-Based Participatory Research Partnership COVID-19 Initiative. Prev Chronic Dis. 2020 Dec 10; 17:E158
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  32. Brewer LC, Kumbamu A, Smith C, Jenkins S, Jones C, Hayes SN, Burke L, Cooper LA, Patten CA. A Cardiovascular Health and Wellness Mobile Health Intervention Among Church-Going African Americans: Formative Evaluation of the FAITH! App. JMIR Form Res. 2020 Nov 17; 4 (11):e21450
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  33. Noseworthy PA, Attia ZI, Brewer LC, Hayes SN, Yao X, Kapa S, Friedman PA, Lopez-Jimenez F. Assessing and Mitigating Bias in Medical Artificial Intelligence: The Effects of Race and Ethnicity on a Deep Learning Model for ECG Analysis. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2020 Mar; 13 (3):e007988 Epub 2020 Feb 16
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  34. Brewer LC, Fortuna KL, Jones C, Walker R, Hayes SN, Patten CA, Cooper LA. Back to the Future: Achieving Health Equity Through Health Informatics and Digital Health. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2020 Jan 14; 8 (1):e14512
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  35. Sims M, Glover LM, Norwood AF, Jordan C, Min YI, Brewer LC, Kubzansky LD. Optimism and cardiovascular health among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study. Prev Med. 2019 Dec; 129:105826 Epub 2019 Aug 29
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  36. Thomas RJ, Brewer LC. Strengthening the Evidence for Cardiac Rehabilitation Benefits. JAMA Cardiol 2019 Dec 1; 4 (12):1259-1260
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  37. Manjunath C, Ifelayo O, Jones C, Washington M, Shanedling S, Williams J, Patten CA, Cooper LA, Brewer LC. Addressing Cardiovascular Health Disparities in Minnesota: Establishment of a Community Steering Committee by FAITH! (Fostering African-American Improvement in Total Health). Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Oct 28; 16 (21)
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  38. Brewer LC, Morrison EJ, Balls-Berry JE, Dean P, Lackore K, Jenkins S, Cohen C, Johnson J, Ellis F, Mangum DC, Hayes SN, Patten C. Preventing cardiovascular disease: Participant perspectives of the FAITH! Program. J Health Psychol. 2019 Oct; 24 (12):1710-1723 Epub 2017 Feb 01
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  39. Brewer LC, Hayes SN, Jenkins SM, Lackore KA, Breitkopf CR, Cooper LA, Patten CA. Improving Cardiovascular Health Among African-Americans Through Mobile Health: the FAITH! App Pilot Study. J Gen Intern Med 2019 Aug; 34 (8):1376-1378
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  40. Jang SK, Prasad M, Brewer LC. 50-Year-Old Man With Dyspnea on Exertion, Orthopnea, and Weight Gain. Mayo Clin Proc. 2019 Aug; 94 (8):e95-e100
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  41. Thomas RJ, Beatty AL, Beckie TM, Brewer LC, Brown TM, Forman DE, Franklin BA, Keteyian SJ, Kitzman DW, Regensteiner JG, Sanderson BK, Whooley MA. Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Scientific Statement From the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, the American Heart Association, and the American College of Cardiology. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019 Jul 9; 74 (1):133-153 Epub 2019 May 13
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  42. Thomas RJ, Beatty AL, Beckie TM, Brewer LC, Brown TM, Forman DE, Franklin BA, Keteyian SJ, Kitzman DW, Regensteiner JG, Sanderson BK, Whooley MA. Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Scientific Statement From the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, the American Heart Association, and the American College of Cardiology. Circulation. 2019 Jul 2; 140 (1):e69-e89 Epub 2019 May 13
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  43. Thomas RJ, Beatty AL, Beckie TM, Brewer LC, Brown TM, Forman DE, Franklin BA, Keteyian SJ, Kitzman DW, Regensteiner JG, Sanderson BK, Whooley MA. Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation: A SCIENTIFIC STATEMENT FROM THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY REHABILITATION, THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, AND THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2019 Jul; 39 (4):208-225
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  44. Brewer LC, Cooper LA, Patten CA. Diabetes Self-Management Education for Special Populations: The Social Determinants of Health Matter. Public Health Rep 2019 May/Jun; 134 (3):313-314 Epub 2019 Mar 06
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  45. Brewer LC, Williams DR. We've Come This Far by Faith: The Role of the Black Church in Public Health. Am J Public Health. 2019 Mar; 109 (3):385-386
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  46. Fortuna K, Barr P, Goldstein C, Walker R, Brewer L, Zagaria A, Bartels S. Application of Community-Engaged Research to Inform the Development and Implementation of a Peer-Delivered Mobile Health Intervention for Adults With Serious Mental Illness. J Particip Med. 2019 Jan-Mar; 11 (1):e12380 Epub 2019 Mar 19
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  47. Brewer LC, Hayes SN, Caron AR, Derby DA, Breutzman NS, Wicks A, Raman J, Smith CM, Schaepe KS, Sheets RE, Jenkins SM, Lackore KA, Johnson J, Jones C, Radecki Breitkopf C, Cooper LA, Patten CA. Promoting cardiovascular health and wellness among African-Americans: Community participatory approach to design an innovative mobile-health intervention. PLoS One. 2019; 14 (8):e0218724 Epub 2019 Aug 20
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  48. Pullins CT, Seele PC, White RO, Willis FB, Poole K, Albertie ML, Chamie C, Allen AM, Kelly M, Penheiter S, Buras MR, Brewer LC. Health Behaviors and Preventive Healthcare Utilization Among African-American Attendees at a Faith-Based Public Health Conference: Healthy Churches 2020. J Relig Health. 2018 Dec; 57 (6):2538-2551
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  49. Brewer LC, Redmond N, Slusser JP, Scott CG, Chamberlain AM, Djousse L, Patten CA, Roger VL, Sims M. Stress and Achievement of Cardiovascular Health Metrics: The American Heart Association Life's Simple 7 in Blacks of the Jackson Heart Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 Jun 5; 7 (11) Epub 2018 June 05
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  50. Brewer LC, Jenkins S, Lackore K, Johnson J, Jones C, Cooper LA, Radecki Breitkopf C, Hayes SN, Patten C. mHealth Intervention Promoting Cardiovascular Health Among African-Americans: Recruitment and Baseline Characteristics of a Pilot Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2018 Jan 31; 7(1):e31.
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  51. Brewer LC, Balls-Berry JE, Dean P, Lackore K, Jenkins S, Hayes SN. Fostering African-American Improvement in Total Health (FAITH!): An Application of the American Heart Association's Life's Simple 7 among Midwestern African-Americans. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2017 Apr; 4 (2):269-281 Epub 2016 Apr 08
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  52. Supervia M, Medina-Inojosa JR, Yeung C, Lopez-Jimenez F, Squires RW, Perez-Terzic CM, Brewer LC, Leth SE, Thomas RJ. Cardiac Rehabilitation for Women: A Systematic Review of Barriers and Solutions. Mayo Clin Proc. 2017 Mar 13 [Epub ahead of print]
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  53. Brewer LC, Kaihoi B, Schaepe K, Zarling K, Squires RW, Thomas RJ, Kopecky S. Patient-perceived acceptability of a virtual world-based cardiac rehabilitation program. Digit Health. 2017 Jan-Dec; 3:2055207617705548 Epub 2017 Apr 24
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  54. Brewer LC, Svatikova A, Mulvagh SL. The Challenges of Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Ischemic Heart Disease in Women. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther. 2015 Aug; 29 (4):355-68
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  55. Bushari LI, Brewer LC, Holmes DR Jr, Foley TA, Espinosa RE. Mediastinal mass: a mystery of two rounded chambers. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015 May; 16 (5):575 Epub 2015 Feb 26
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  56. Brewer LC, Kaihoi B, Zarling KK, Squires RW, Thomas R, Kopecky S. The use of virtual world-based cardiac rehabilitation to encourage healthy lifestyle choices among cardiac patients: intervention development and pilot study protocol. JMIR Res Protoc. 2015 Apr 8; 4 (2):e39 Epub 2015 Apr 08
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  57. Brewer LC, Hayes SN, Parker MW, Balls-Berry JE, Halyard MY, Pinn VW, Radecki Breitkopf C. African American women's perceptions and attitudes regarding participation in medical research: the Mayo Clinic/The Links, Incorporated partnership. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2014 Aug; 23 (8):681-7 Epub 2014 July 21
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  58. Brewer LC, Carson KA, Williams DR, Allen A, Jones CP, Cooper LA. Association of race consciousness with the patient-physician relationship, medication adherence, and blood pressure in urban primary care patients. Am J Hypertens. 2013 Nov; 26 (11):1346-52 Epub 2013 July 17
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  59. Brewer LC, Miller ER, Appel LJ, Anderson CA. Do African American women require fewer calories to maintain weight?: Results from a controlled feeding trial. Nutr Clin Pract. 2012 Aug; 27(4):561-7. Epub 2012 Jun 05.
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  60. Buta B, Brewer L, Hamlin DL, Palmer MW, Bowie J, Gielen A. An innovative faith-based healthy eating program: from class assignment to real-world application of PRECEDE/PROCEED. Health Promot Pract. 2011 Nov; 12(6):867-75. Epub 2011 Jun 21.
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  61. Brewer LC, Michos ED, Reis JP. Vitamin D in atherosclerosis, vascular disease, and endothelial function. Curr Drug Targets. 2011 Jan; 12(1):54-60.
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  62. Brewer LC, Chai HS, Bailey KR, Kullo IJ. Measures of arterial stiffness and wave reflection are associated with walking distance in patients with peripheral arterial disease. Atherosclerosis. 2007 Apr; 191(2):384-90.
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