McDermott MF, Lenhardt RO, Catrambone CD, Walter J, Weiss KB. Adequacy of Medical Chart Review to Characterize Emergency Care for Asthma: Findings from the Illinois Emergency Department Collaborative Academic Emergency Medicine (In Press)

Lenhardt R, Catrambone C, McDermott M, Walter J, Weiss KB. Improving Pediatric Care through Surveillance: the Illinois Emergency Department Asthma Collaborative. In Enhancing the Role of the Emergency Department in the Identification and Management of Childhood Asthma; (Supplement to Pediatrics in press)

Shalowitz MU, Sadowski LM, Kumar R, Weiss KB, Shannon JJ. Asthma burden in a Chicago city-wide, diverse sample of elementary schoolchildren. Ambulatory Pediatrics 2007 (in press)

Mosnaim G, Sadowski LS, Durazo-Arvizu RA, Sharp LK, Curtis LM, Shalowitz MU, Shannon JJ, Weiss KB. Parental Language and Asthma among Urban Hispanic Children. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2007 (accepted, in revision)

Irwin RS, Baumann MH, Bolser DC, Boulet LP, Braman SS, Brightling CE, Brown KK, Canning BJ, Chang AB, Dicpinigaitis PV, Eccles R, Glomb WB, Goldstein LB, Graham LM, Hargreave FE, Kvale PA, Lewis SZ, McCool FD, McCrory DC, Prakash UBS, Pratter MR, Rosen MJ, Schulman E, Shannon JJ, Hammond CS, Tarlo SM. Diagnosis and Management of Cough: Executive Summary ACCP Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines. Chest 2006; 129:1S-23S.

Shannon J, Evans A, Sadowski L, Shalowitz M, Weiss K. The effect of insurance coverage on asthma outcomes in a cohort of urban adults. Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society 2006; 2: A662.

Shannon J, Evans A, Sadowski L, Shalowitz M, Weiss K. The effect of depressive symptoms on adult asthma morbidity. Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society 2006; 2: A660.

Shannon J, Evans A, Sadowski L, Shalowitz M, Weiss K. Predictors of depressive symptoms in an urban community-based adult asthma cohort. Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society 2006; 2: A663.

Kee RA, Sharp L, Augustin J, Weiss K, Shannon J. The association between perceived discrimination and asthma outcomes among urban adults. Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society 2006;2: A474

Kumar R, Durazo-Arvizu R, Stierman L, Saltoun CA, Grammer LC , Shannon JJ, Weiss KB. Beta Agonist Use without Concomitant Inhaled Steroids Is Not Associated with Exacerbations in an Inner City Community-Based Cohort. Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society 2006; 2: A160.

Sadowski L, Evans A, Shalowitz M, Shannon J, Weiss KB. Associations of Income and Education with Asthma Symptoms and Quality of Life in an Urban Adult Cohort. Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society 2006; 2: A660.

Walter, J.J., Lenhardt, R.L., McDermott, M.F., Catrambone, C.D., Dmochowska, K., Weiss, K.B. Participant evaluation of quality improvement collaborative: Perceived effectiveness of the Illinois Emergency Department Asthma Collaborative. Society of Academic Emergency Medicine, Southeastern Regional Conference, April 8-9, 2005, Chapel Hill, NC.

McDermott, M.F., Lenhardt, R., Catrambone, C.D., Walter, J.J., Miller, A., Uehara, D.T., Nordeman, L., Gupta, S., Weiss, K.B. Reliability of medical record review in the Illinois Emergency Department Asthma Collaborative (IEDAC) varies with content. American Thoracic Society Annual International Conference, May 2005, San Diego, CA.

McDermott, M.F. Report of 15 months activity of an Emergency Department based asthma surveillance system: The Illinois Emergency Department Asthma Collaborative. Illinois Department of Public Health, Beat Asthma In Illinois 2005, September 19-20, 2005, Springfield, IL

Walter, J.J., Lenhardt, R.L., McDermott, M.F., Catrambone, C.D., Dmochowska, K., Weiss, K.B. Participant evaluation of a quality improvement collaborative. American College of Emergency Physicians Annual Meeting, September 26-29, 2005, Washington, DC.

Walter, J.J., Lenhardt, R.O., McDermott, M.F., Catrambone, C., Miller, A., Uehara, D.T., Nordeman, L., Mistry, C., Kramer, J., Weiss, K.B. Patient with asthma had high levels of morbidity that continued at 30 days: Results from the Illinois Emergency Department Asthma Collaborative (IEDAC). American College of Emergency Physicians Annual Meeting, September 26-29, 2005, Washington, DC.

Shannon J, Charles-Damte M, Evans A, Lucas B, Wang Y. Standardized inpatient care for asthmatics reduced relapse rates and improved quality of life: A randomized controlled trial at a large public hospital. Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society 2006; 2: A529.

Shannon JJ, Durazo-Arvizu RA, Shalowitz MU, Sadowski L, Weiselberg L, Weiss KB. Variation in diagnosed asthma prevalence in an urban school-age population. Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society 2005; 2: A697.

Shalowitz MU, Durazo-Arvizu RA, Sadowski L, Shannon JJ, Weiselberg L, Weiss KB. Ignoring possible asthma underestimates the illness burden. Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society 2005; 2: A604.

Kumar R, Shannon JJ, Weiss KB, Kimmel L, Moy J. Adult and pediatric rates of smoking in the Chicago Initiative to Raise Asthma Health Equity (CHIRAH). Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society 2005; 2:A699.

Lenhardt R, Shannon JJ, Malone A, Weiss KB. Aggregate hospital-based asthma care activities in the Chicago area increased only slightly in late 1990s. Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society 2005; 2: A922

Durazo-Arvizu R, Shannon J, Shalowitz M, Sadowski L, Sharp L, Weiselberg L, Weiss K: The Association between Asthma Diagnosis and Asthma Symptoms with Caregiver Language of Preference among Hispanic Children in Chicago Elementary Schools. Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society 2005; 2:A604.

C.-H. Chang, L. Grammer, L. Sharp, R. Kee, L. Kimmel, J. Shannon, K.B. Weiss. Development of a Shortened Version of the Perceived Control of Asthma Questionnaire Using Item Response Theory. Am J Resp Crit Care Med 2004

C.-H. Chang, L. Sharp, R. Kee, L. Kimmel, L. Grammer, J. Shannon, K.B. Weiss. Too Many Response Categories? An Item Response Theory Analysis of the Mini-Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire. Am J Resp Crit Care Med 2004

Lenhardt, R., Weiss, K., Catrambone, C., McDermott, and M.F. Lack of use of inhaled corticosteroids by patients with persistent asthma: Results from the Illinois Emergency Department Asthma Collaborative. American Thoracic Society Annual International Conference, May, 2004, Orlando, FL.

Lenhardt, R., Walter, J., Catrambone, C., McDermott, M.F. Catrambone, C. Burden of asthma persists one month after emergency department discharge: results form the Illinois Emergency Department Asthma Collaborative. Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, May, 2004, Orlando, FL

Catrambone, C., McDermott, M.F., Weiss, K.B. Lack of use of inhaled corticodteroids by patients with persistent asthma: Results form the Illinois Emergency Department Asthma Collaborative. Beat Asthma in Illinois Conference, May, 2004. Springfield, IL

McDermott, M.F. Lenhardt, R., Weiss,K., Catrambone, C. Lack of use of inhaled corticosteroids by patients with persistent asthma: Results from the Illinois Emergency Department Asthma Collaborative. Chicago Asthma Consortium Quarterly Meeting, August 2004, Chicago, IL.

Kim S, Krosnjar N, Shannon J, Schiff G for the DEER Investigators, Trajectory Study to Probe for Systematic Delays in the Diagnosis of Lung Cancer. Chicago Patient Safety Forum. 2003 Showcase of Patient Safety Improvements. Chicago IL, October 17, 2003

JJ Shannon, C Rayner, M McDermott, C Clarke, J Moy, T Conway. The Asthma Champion Initiative: improving ambulatory asthma care through continuous quality improvement. National Conference on Asthma, Washington, DC, June 2003.