Priyanka Vakkalanka, PhD
Assistant Professor
Current Positions
- Assistant Professor - Emergency Medicine
Education
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England, UK Semester Exchange Program
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. Bachelor of Science, Chemistry; Bachelor of Arts, Sociology
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. Master of Science, Epidemiology
- University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City, IA. Doctor of Philosophy, Epidemiology
Selected Publications
- Hart J and Vakkalanka JP, Okoro U, Mohr NM, Ahmed A. Rural Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients More Likely to Receive Bystander CPR: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Accepted, PEC 2024 (in press).
- Vakkalanka JP, Lund BC, Arndt S, Carter KD, Carnahan R. The Association Between Telehealth Use During Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder and Clinical Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Telemed J E Health. 2024. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2024.0410. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39582440.
- Wallum M, Vakkalanka JP, Krispin S, McCabe DJ. Risk of mortality among adolescents and young adults following hospitalization from an intentional overdose. Am J Emerg Med. 2024;88:140-144. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2024.11.081. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39616967.
- Lavin L, Gibbs H, Vakkalanka JP, Ternes S, Healy HS, Merchant KAS, Ward MM, Mohr NM. The Effect of Telehealth on Cost of Health Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review. Telemed J E Health. 2024. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2024.0369. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39556240.
- Vakkalanka JP, Lund B, Carter KD, Arndt S, Carnahan R. The Association Between Telehealth Use during Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder and Clinical Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study Telemed J E Health.
- Kaldjian AM, Vakkalanka JP, Okoro U, Wymore C, Harland KK, Campbell K, Swanson BM, Fuller BM, Faine B, Zepeski A, Parker EA, Mack L, Bell A, DeJong K, Wallace K, Mueller K, Chrischilles E, Carpenter CR, Jones MP, Ward MM, Mohr NM. The effect of sepsis recognition on telemedicine use in rural emergency department sepsis treatment. Telemed J E Health.
- Lavin L, Gibbs H, Vakkalanka P, Ternes S, Healy H, Merchant K, Ward M, Mohr N. The effect of telehealth on cost of healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review. Telemedicine and E-Health.
- Monson CD, Vakkalanka JP, Denning GM, Stange NR, Jennissen CA. The association between county ordinances allowing off-road vehicles on public roads and crash rates. Inj Epidemiol. 2024;11(1):32. doi: 10.1186/s40621-024-00516-2. PMID: 39026345; PMCID: PMC11264724.
- Tu KJ, Vakkalanka JP, Okoro UE, Harland KK, Wymore C, Fuller BM, Campbell K, Swanson MB, Parker EA, Mack LJ, Bell A, DeJong K, Faine B, Zepeski A, Mueller K, Chrischilles E, Carpenter CR, Jones MP, Ward MM, Mohr NM. Provider-to-provider telemedicine for sepsis is used less frequently in communities with high social vulnerability. J Rural Health. 2024. doi: 10.1111/jrh.12861. PMID: 38924559.
- Lee S, Sun L, Vakkalanka JP. Evaluation of medications used for opioid use disorder in emergency departments: A cross-sectional analysis of the 2020 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. Am J Emerg Med. 2024;82:52-56. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2024.05.015. PMID: 38795424.