The Department of Medicine

Paul D. Terry, PhD

Professor
Division of Epidemiology

Research Focus

Dr. Terry's research focus is the assessment of chronic disease incidence and risk due to environmental, lifestyle, medical, pharmacological, genetic, and societal factors..

Education

Postdoctoral Degree
Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University School of Public Health
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY

Postgraduate Degree
Doctor of Medicine, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

Graduate Degree
Master of Public Health, Department of Community Medicine and Health Care
University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT

Current Publications

Lawson AB, Kim J, Johnson C, Hastert T, Bandera EV, Alberg AJ, Terry P, Akonde M, Mandle H, Cote ML, Bondy M, Marks J, Peres L, Ratnapradipa KL, Xin Y, Schildkraut J, Peters ES..
Deprivation and segregation in ovarian cancer survival among african american women: a mediation analysis. Ann Epidemiol. 2023 Oct;86:57-64. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2023.07.001. Epub 2023 Jul 7.

Johnson CE, Alberg AJ, Bandera EV, Peres LC, Akonde M, Collin LJ, Cote ML, Hastert TA, Hébert JR, Peters ES, Qin B, Terry P, Schwartz AG, Bondy M, Epstein MP, Mandle HB, Marks JR, Lawson AB, Schildkraut JM.
Association of inflammation-related exposures and ovarian cancer survival in a multi-site cohort study of Black women. Br J Cancer. 2023 Oct;129(7):1119-1125. doi: 10.1038/s41416-023-02385-w. Epub 2023 Aug 3.

Lawson AB, Kim J, Johnson C, Ratnapradipa KL, Alberg AJ, Akonde M, Hastert T, Bandera EV, Terry P, Mandle H, Cote ML, Bondy M, Marks J, Peres LC, Schildkraut J, Peters ES..
The association between mediated deprivation and ovarian cancer survival among African American women. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Oct 4;15(19):4848. doi: 10.3390/cancers15194848.

Terry PD, Dhand R..
The 2023 gold report: Updated guidelines for inhaled pharmacological therapy in patients with stable COPD. Pulm Ther. 2023 Jul 20. doi: 10.1007/s41030-023-00233-z. Online ahead of print.

Terry PD, Heidel RE, Dhand R.
The association of preexisting severe asthma with COVID-19 outcomes. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2023 May 1;29(3):215-222. doi: 10.1097/MCP.0000000000000954. Epub 2023 Mar 17.

Schildkraut JM, Johnson C, Dempsey LF, Qin B, Terry P, Akonde M, Peters ES, Mandle H, Cote ML, Peres L, Moorman P, Schwartz AG, Epstein M, Marks J, Bondy M, Lawson AB, Alberg AJ, Bandera EV.
Survival of epithelial ovarian cancer in Black women: a society to cell approach in the African American cancer epidemiology study (AACES). Cancer Causes Control. 2023 Mar;34(3):251-265. doi: 10.1007/s10552-022-01660-0. Epub 2022 Dec 15.

Sun J, Wang X, Terry PD, Ren X, Hui Z, Lei S, Wang C, Wang M.
Interaction effect between overweight/obesity and alcohol consumption on hypertension risk in China: A longitudinal study. BMJ Open. 2022 Jul 27;12(7):e061261. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061261.

Sun J, Wang X, Terry PD, Ren X, Hui Z, Lei S, Wang C, Wang M.
Interaction effect between overweight/obesity and alcohol consumption on hypertension risk in China: A longitudinal study. BMJ Open. 2022 Jul 27;12(7):e061261. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061261.

Peres LC, Colin-Leitzinger C, Sinha S, Marks JR, Conejo-Garcia JR, Alberg AJ, Bandera EV, Berchuck A, Bondy ML, Christensen BC, Cote ML, Doherty JA, et al.
Racial differences in the tumor immune landscape and survival of women with high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2022 May 4;31(5):1006-1016. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-21-1334.

Peres LC, Colin-Leitzinger C, Sinha S, Marks JR, Conejo-Garcia JR, Alberg AJ, Bandera EV, Berchuck A, Bondy ML, Christensen BC, Cote ML, Doherty JA, et al.
Racial differences in the tumor immune landscape and survival of women with high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2022 May 4;31(5):1006-1016. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-21-1334.

McBride CM, Pathak S, Johnson CE, Alberg AJ, Bandera EV, Barnholtz-Sloan JS, Bondy ML, Cote ML, Moorman PG, Peres LC, Peters ES, Schwartz AG, Terry PD, Schildkraut JM.
Psychosocial factors associated with genetic testing status among African American women with ovarian cancer: Results from the African American cancer epidemiology study. Cancer. 2022 Mar 15;128(6):1252-1259. doi: 10.1002/cncr.34053. Epub 2021 Dec 9.

McBride CM, Pathak S, Johnson CE, Alberg AJ, Bandera EV, Barnholtz-Sloan JS, Bondy ML, Cote ML, Moorman PG, Peres LC, Peters ES, Schwartz AG, Terry PD, Schildkraut JM.
Psychosocial factors associated with genetic testing status among African American women with ovarian cancer: Results from the African American cancer epidemiology study. Cancer. 2022 Mar 15;128(6):1252-1259. doi: 10.1002/cncr.34053. Epub 2021 Dec 9.

Terry PD, Heidel RE, Dhand R.
Asthma in adult patients with COVID-19: Prevalence and risk of severe disease. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2021 Jan 25. [Epub ahead of print]

Current Presentations

Shali L, Terry P, Kumar G, Worth H, Ferris J, Norwood D, Heidel E, Dhand R. Associations Among Social Determinants of Health and Quality of Life in Rural Appalachia. Presented at American Thoracic society ; 2022 May-15; San Fransisco, California.

Treat S, Forsyth C, Kumar G, Biney I, Ferris J, Heidel E, Terry P, Dhand R. Antibiotic usage in patients experiencing readmissions for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Presented at American Thoracic Society 2022 ; 2022 May-13; San Francisco, CA .

Dhand R, Terry PD, Heidel E. Asthma in adult patients with COVID-19: Prevalence and risk of severe disease. Presented at American Thoracic Society International Conference; 2021 May 14-19; San Diego, CA.

Treat S, Biney I, Ferris J, Heidel RE, Terry P, Dhand R. Comparing discharge and readmission medication regimen for AECOPD. Presented at American Thoracic Society International Conference; 2021 May 14-19; San Diego, CA.