James Scott Parrott, Ph.D.
Rutgers School of Health Professions Methodology and Statistical Support Team facilitates and supports teaching-track faculty research and scholarship via training, building research networks and relationships, methodological and analytic support, grant-making, project management, etc.
Public Policy
Provide evidence-based research and resources to support veteran health in collaboration with the U.S. Veterans Administration.
Evidence-Based Practice
Develop university/professional association partnerships to increase the effectiveness and rigor of the translation of science into clinical practice. Current and former partnerships include: American Society for Microbiology, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders
Keywords: Evidence-based research, Evidence syntheses, Public policy, Research networks, Translational research
Pamela Rothpletz-Puglia, Professor
Email: rothplpm@shp.rutgers.edu
Yuane Jia, Assistant Professor
Email: yj340@shp.rutgers.edu
Andrew Lynch, Assistant Professor
Email: al1282@shp.rutgers.edu
Jane Heetderx-Cox, Project Director
Email: jh1900@shp.rutgers.edu
Grant Funding
Title: HOME-LEAP
Sponsor Agency: Airborne Hazards and Burn Pits Center of Excellence, U.S. Veterans Administration
Brief Overview of Aims: To create an evidence base to facilitate policy making regarding soldier exposure to burn pits and airborne hazards in the South Asian Theater of War.
Total Dollar Amount: $635,195
Funding Period: 2022-2024
Professional Achievements
2018-2024
Chair, Board of Governors, U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Systematic Review Data Repository
Selected Publications
- Panja S, Truica MI, Yu CY, Saggurthi V, Craige MW, Whitehead K, Tuiche MV, Al-Saadi A, Vyas R, Ganesan S, Gohel S, Coffman F, Parrott JS, Quan S, Jha S, Kim I, Schaeffer E, Kothari V, Abdulkadir SA, Mitrofanova A. Mechanism-centric regulatory network identifies NME2 and MYC programs as markers of Enzalutamide resistance in CRPC. Nat Commun. 2024 Jan 8;15(1):352. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10774320.
- Parrott JM, Parrott AJ, Rouhi AD, Parrott JS, Dumon KR. What We Are Missing: Using Machine Learning Models to Predict Vitamin C Deficiency in Patients with Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. Obes Surg. 2023 Jun;33(6):1710-1719. PubMed PMID: 37060491.
- Esopenko C, de Souza NL, Jia Y, Parrott JS, Merkley TL, Dennis EL, Hillary FG, Velez C, Cooper DB, Kennedy J, Lewis J, York G, Menefee DS, McCauley SR, Bowles AO, Wilde EA, Tate DF. Latent Neuropsychological Profiles to Discriminate Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Active-Duty Service Members. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2022 Nov-Dec 01;37(6):E438-E448. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9585096.
- Lu W, Srijeyanthan J, Mueser KT, Yanos PT, Parrott JS, Siriram A, Gottlieb JD, Marcello S, Silverstein SM. Predictors of undocumented PTSD in persons using public mental health services. Psychiatry Res. 2022 Nov;317:114892. PubMed PMID: 36257204.
- Parrott JS, Henry B, Thompson KL, Ziegler J, Handu D. Managing Complexity in Evidence Analysis: A Worked Example in Pediatric Weight Management. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2018 Aug;118(8):1526-1542.e3. PubMed PMID: 29728327.
Faculty Research and Scholarship
To request a consultation regarding faculty research or scholarship, please contact: scott.parrott@rutgers.edu
Public Policy
If you have interest in volunteering on any projects we have with the U.S. Veterans Administration, please contact: Jane Heetderx-Cox, jh1900@shp.rutgers.edu
Evidence Based-Practice
If you have interest in participating in an available translational research systematic review, please contact: scott.parrott@rutgers.edu
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