PediCARE: development of a poverty‐targeted intervention for pediatric cancer

PJ Umaretiya, A Revette, A Seo… - Pediatric blood & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Poverty is associated with inferior psychosocial outcomes, higher rates of
relapse, and decreased overall survival in children with cancer. Despite this, there are few …

Feasibility of oncology clinical trial‐embedded evaluation of social determinants of health

R Aziz‐Bose, DJ Zheng, PJ Umaretiya… - Pediatric Blood & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Social determinants of health (SDoH) are associated with stark disparities in cancer outcomes,
but systematic SDoH data collection is virtually absent from oncology clinical trials. Trial‐…

Naming the problem: a structural racism framework to examine disparities in palliative care

PJ Umaretiya, J Wolfe, K Bona - Journal of pain and …, 2022 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
J Pain Symptom Manage. 2022 May;63(5):e461-e463. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.07.035.
Epub 2021 Aug 13. … Puja J Umaretiya

Modulation of breast cancer cell viability by a cannabinoid receptor 2 agonist, JWH-015, is calcium dependent

…, AN Lozano-Ondoua, PJ Umaretiya… - … Cancer: Targets and …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Cannabinoid compounds, both nonspecific as well as agonists selective for
either cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB 1 ) or cannabinoid receptor 2 (CB 2 ), have been shown to …

Maternal preferences for vitamin D supplementation in breastfed infants

PJ Umaretiya, SS Oberhelman… - The Annals of Family …, 2017 - Annals Family Med
Daily vitamin D supplementation is recommended for breastfed infants, but alternative
methods include enriching breast milk with vitamin D through maternal supplementation or …

A structural racism framework to guide health equity interventions in pediatric oncology

PJ Umaretiya, RJ Vinci, K Bona - Pediatrics, 2022 - publications.aap.org
Children of color are systematically disadvantaged by our health care system. Across pediatric
diagnoses, Black children are more likely to be hospitalized, experience severe illness …

Disparities in parental distress in a multicenter clinical trial for pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia

PJ Umaretiya, VB Koch, Y Flamand… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Parent psychological distress during childhood cancer treatment has short-
and long-term implications for parent, child, and family well-being. Identifying targetable …

“The simple life experiences that every other human gets”: Desire for normalcy among adolescents and young adults with advanced cancer

PJ Umaretiya, L Fisher, A Altschuler… - Pediatric Blood & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
… adults with advanced cancer - Umaretiya - 2023 - Pediatric Blood & Cancer - Wiley Online
Library … Themes were reviewed and refined with input from the Puja J. Umaretiya (JW M). …

Race, ethnicity, and goal‐concordance of end‐of‐life palliative care in pediatric oncology

PJ Umaretiya, A Li, A McGovern, C Ma, J Wolfe… - Cancer, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Racial and ethnic minority children with cancer disproportionately receive
intensive care at the end of life (EOL). It is not known whether these differences are goal‐…

“It's a lot of things”: Household material hardship among Black and Hispanic parents of children with cancer

…, J Wolfe, K Bona, PJ Umaretiya - Pediatric Blood & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
… Qualitative study team: An interdisciplinary team comprised of three individuals trained in
qualitative methods (Puja J. Umaretiya: study PI, palliative care and pediatric oncology …