Alexa Anderson, PhD

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Abusbaitan, H., Eyadat, A., Holt, J.M., Telfah, R.K., Abu Zahra, T.F., Abu Zahra, T.F., Mobarki, A.A., Mkandawire-Valhmu, L., Kako, P.M., Gondwe, K.W., Lopez, A.A. (2025). Emotional Abuse against Women in the Context of Intimate Relationships: A Concept Analysis. Nursing Forum, 6301140. doi:10.1155/nuf/6301140

Cobb, C.O., Budd, S., Maldonado, G., Imran, R., Foulds, J., Yingst, J., Yen, M.S., Kang, L., Sun, S., Brosnan Hall, P., Chowdhury, N., Cohen, J.E., Eissenberg, T., Graham, J.T., Lopez, A.A., Lipato, T., Hammett, E., Hrabovsky, S., Hummer, B.L., Lester, C., Richie, J.P., Veldheer, S., Sciamanna, C., Allen, S.I., Bullen, C. (2024). Predictors of attrition in a randomized controlled trial of an electronic nicotine delivery system among people interested in cigarette smoking reduction. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 145, 107662, doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2024.107662.

Ndakuya-Fitzgerald, F., Farkas, A., Lopez, A.A., Whittle, J., Haeger, K.O., & Mu, Q. (2024). Maternity Care Coordinator’s Experiences at the Department of Veteran Affairs. Translational Behavioral Medicine, ibae052. doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibae052

Farkas, A.H., Bopp, K., Ndakuya-Fitzgerald, F., Lopez, A.A., Haeger, K.O., Whittle, J., Mu, Q., (2024). Understanding VA Maternity Care Coordinators Interactions and Collaboration with Primary Care Providers. Military Medicine, usae408. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usae408

Luebke, J., Thomas, N., Nkhoma, Y.B., Fernandez, A.R., Moore, K.M., Lopez, A.A., Loerzel, E., Mkandawire-Valhmu, L. (2024). "It is Like a Curse". The Lived Experiences of the Intersection of Intergenerational Violence, Pregnancy, and Intimate Partner Violence among Urban Wisconsin Indigenous Women. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing.

Lopez, A.A., Dressel, A., Luebke, J., Campbell, J., Miller, J., Williams, J., Kibicho, J., Schadewald, D., Abusbaitan, H., Pirsch, A., Gondwe, K.W., Schubert, E., Ruiz, A., Kako, P., Mkandawire-Valhmu, L., Egede, L.E. (2024). Sisters by Choice, United by Voice: a Mixed Methods Community-Based Participatory Research Protocol on Studying Intimate Partner Violence among Marginalized Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 33(4), 1003-1012. doi: 10.1111/inm.13294

Mkandawire-Valhmu, L., Callari-Robinson, J., Schadewald, D., Abusbaitan, H., Pirsch, A., Luebke, J., Marquardt, L., Schubert, E., Kibicho, J., Anderson, A., Gondwe, K., Rice, E., Bement, K., Morgan, M., McClain, R., Kako, P., Raghe, F., & Dressel, A. (2024). A protocol for the safe recruitment of Indigenous and Black women experiencing intimate partner violence during the COVID-19 pandemic into a large mixed methods study: The Sisters by Choice study. Global Public Health, 19(1), 2290122. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2023.2290122

Lopez, A.A., Luebke, J., Redner, R., Abusbaitan, H., & Tarima, S. (2024). Substance Use Overdose Deaths among Black and Indigenous Women in Wisconsin: a Review of Death Certificate Data from 2018 to 2020. Journal of Addiction Medicine, 18(2), 153-159. doi: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000001260

Lopez, A.A., Dressel, A., Deal, E., Krueger, E., Graf, M., Pittman, B., Schmitt, M., Hawkins, M., Kako, P., Mkandawire-Valhmu, L. (2023). Substance misuse themes among women living in transitional housing: effects on children, intimate partner relationships, and social relationships. Journal of Addictions Nursing, 34(2), 121-130.

Luebke, J., Kako, P., Lopez, A., Schmitt, M., Dressel, A., Klein, K., Mkandawire-Valhmu, L. (2023). Barriers faced by American Indian women in urban Wisconsin in seeking help following experience of intimate partner violence. Violence Against Women, 29(11), 2080-2103.

Yingst, J., Wang, X., Lopez, A.A., Breland, A., Soule, E., Barnes, A., Cohen, J., Underwood, M., Crabtree, M., Foulds, J. (2023). Changes in nicotine dependence among smokers using electronic cigarettes to reduce cigarette smoking in a randomized controlled trial. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 25(3), 372-378. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntac153/6618050

Hawkins, M., Lopez, A., Schmitt, M., Tamkin, V., Dressel, A., Kako, P., Mkandawire-Valhmu, L. & Weinhardt, L. (2022). A qualitative analysis of perceptions of and reactions to COVID-19. Public Health Nursing, 39(4), 719-777. doi: 10.1111/phn.13052

Krueger, E., Deal, E., Lopez, A.A. (corresponding author), Dressel, A., Graf, M., Pittman, B., Schmitt, M., Hawkins, M., Kako, P., Mkandawire-Valhmu, L. (2022). Successful substance use disorder recovery in transitional housing: Perspectives from African American women. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 30(5), 714-724. doi:10.1037/pha0000527

Foulds, J., Cobb, C.O., Yen, M.-Y., Veldeer, S., Brosnan, P., Yingst, J., Hrabovsky, S., Lopez, A.A., Allen, S., Bullen, C., Wang, X., Sciamanna, C., & Eissenberg, T. (2022). Effect of electronic nicotine delivery systems on cigarette abstinence in smokers with no plans to quit: exploratory analysis of a randomized placebo-controlled trial. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 24(7), 955-961. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab247

Schmitt, M., Dressel, A., Graf, M.D.C., Pittman-McGee, B., Deal, E., Krueger, E., Hawkins, M., Lopez, A.A., Ochoa-Nordstrum, B., Kako, P., Mkandawire-Valhmu, L. (2022). Adverse childhood experiences among previously homeless African American women. Public Health Nursing, 39(2), 446, 455. doi: 10.1111/phn.12970

Cobb, C.O., Foulds, J., Yen, M.-S., Veldheer, S., Lopez, A.A., Yingst, J., Bullen, C., Eissenberg, T. (2021). Effect of an electronic nicotine delivery system with 0, 8, or 36 mg/ml liquid nicotine versus a cigarette substitute on tobacco-related toxicant exposure: a randomized controlled trial. Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 9(8), 840-850. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00022-9

Dressel, A., Hawkins, M., Lopez, A.A., Pittman-McGee, B., Kako, P., Gakii, D., Mkandawire-Valhmu, L. (2020). Nia Imani Model of Care’s Impact on Homeless African American Women. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 42(12), 1059-1067. doi: 10.1177/0193945920922497

Cobb, C.O., Lopez, A.A., Soule, E.K., Yen, M.-S., Rumsey, H.E., Lester-Scholtes, R., Rudy, A.K., Lipato, T., Guy, M.C., Eissenberg, T. (2019). Influence of electronic cigarette liquid flavors and nicotine concentration on subjective measures of abuse liability in young adult cigarette smokers. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 203, 27-34. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.05.024

Sipos, M.L., Lopez, A.A., Nyland, J., Taylor, M.R., McDonald, J.L., LoPresti, M.L., Cabrera, O.A., Adler, A.B. (2019). U.S. soldiers and foreign language school: stressors and health. Military Medicine, 184(7-8), e344-e352. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usy359

Lopez, A.A., Adler, A.B., Cabrera, O.A., Thomas, J.L. (2019). Validation of the WRAIR Leadership Scale. Military Behavioral Health, 7(2), 125-134. doi: 10.1080/21635781.2018.1490227

Nighbor, T.D., Doogan, N.J., Roberts, M.E., Cepeda-Benito, A., Kurti, A.N., Priest, J.S., Johnson, H.K., Villanti, A.C., Lopez, A.A., Stanton, C.A., Gaalema, D.E., Redner, R., Parker, M.A., Keith, D.R., Quisenberry, A.J., Higgins, S.T. (2018). Smoking prevalence and trends in U.S. national samples of pregnant and non-pregnant women of reproductive age in rural versus urban settings. PLoS One, 13(11), e0207818

Kurti, A.N., Bunn, J.Y., Villanti, A.C., Stanton, C.A., Redner, R., Lopez, A.A., Gaalema, D.E., Doogan, N.J., Cepeda-Benito, A., Roberts, M.E., Phillips, J.K., Quisenberry, A.J., Keith, D.R., Higgins, S.T. (2018). Patterns of single and multiple tobacco product use among U.S. women of reproductive age. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 20(S1), S71-S80. doi: 10.1093/ntr/nty024

Kurti, A.N., Redner, R., Bunn, J.Y., Nighbor, T., Lopez, A.A., Keith, D.R., Villanti, A.C., Stanton, C.A., Gaalema, D.E., Doogan, N.J., Cepeda-Benito, A., Roberts, M.E., Phillips, J., Parker, M., Quisenberry, A., Higgins, S.T. (2018). Examining the relationship between pregnancy and quitting tobacco products among a U.S. national sample of women of reproductive age. Preventive Medicine, 117, 52-60. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.08.019

Lopez, A.A., Redner, R., Kurti, A.N., Keith, D.R., Villanti, A.C., Stanton, C.A., Gaalema, D.E., Bunn, J.Y., Doogan, N.J., Cepeda-Benito, A., Roberts, M.E., Higgins, S.T. (2018). Tobacco and nicotine delivery product use in a U.S. national sample of women of reproductive age. Preventive Medicine, 117, 61-68. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.03.001

Lopez, A.A., Toblin, R.L., Riviere, L.A., Lee, J.D., Adler, A.B. (2018). Correlates of current and heavy smoking among US soldiers returning from combat. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 26(3), 215-222. doi: 10.1037/pha0000193