Amy Wahlquist

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EDUCATION

Clinical Trials in Research Ethics Fellowship, 2020
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 

MS, Biostatistics, 2006
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 

BS, Mathematics & Computer Science, 2004
Emory & Henry College, Emory, VA

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Somaiah N, Van Tine BA, Wahlquist AE, Milhem MM, Hill EG, Garrett-Mayer E, Armeson KE, Schuetze SM, Meyer CF, Reuben DY, Elias AD, Read WL, Chawla SP, Kraft AS.Cancer. 2021 Mar 15;127(6):894-904. doi: 10.1002/cncr.33216. Epub 2020 Nov 24.PMID: 33231866 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33231866/

Carpenter MJ, Gray KM, Wahlquist AE, Cropsey K, Saladin ME, Froeliger B, Smith TT, Toll BA, Dahne J.Nicotine Tob Res. 2021 May 24;23(6):983-991. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntaa241.PMID: 33249458
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33249458/

Jones EP, Wahlquist AE, Hortman M, Wisniewski CS.Innov Pharm. 2021 Feb 5;12(1):10.24926/iip.v12i1.3353. doi: 10.24926/iip.v12i1.3353. eCollection 2021.PMID: 34007679 
Motivating Students to Engage in Preparation for Flipped Classrooms by Using Embedded Quizzes in Pre-class Videos | INNOVATIONS in pharmacy (umn.edu)

Long-term Survival after Alcohol Septal Ablation for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: A 16-Year Experience”. Valerian Fernandes, Ahmadreza Karimianpour, Jeremy Rier, Shawn Shaji, Billy Mullinax, Amy Wahlquist, and Christopher Nielsen. Accepted for publication in The Journal of Invasive Cardiology. December 2020.

Silvestri NJ, Dahne J, Wahlquist AE, Toll B, Carpenter MJ. Does medication sampling improve compliance with brief advice? Results from a pragmatic randomized clinical trial. Journal of Smoking Cessation. 2021;2021:1-4. doi: 10.1155/2021/6638872; PMCID: 8023690. Does Medication Sampling Improve Compliance with Brief Advice? Results from a Pragmatic Randomized Clinical Trial - PubMed (nih.gov)

McClure EA, Wahlquist AE, Tomko RL, Baker NL, Carpenter MJ, Bradley ED, Cato PA, Gipson CD, Gray KM.Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021 Aug 1;225:108815. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108815. Epub 2021 Jun 18.PMID: 34171822
Evaluating N-acetylcysteine for early and end-of-treatment abstinence in adult cigarette smokers - PubMed (nih.gov)

Harbin LM, Berry LK, Wahlquist AE, Richmond J, Graybill WS, Kohler MF, Creasman WT. “Tumor proximity to serosal surface as an independent prognostic factor in FIGO stage 1 endometrial cancer.” Accepted for publication in the European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology. June 2021.

Carpenter MJ, Wahlquist AE, Dahne J, Gray KM, Garrett-Mayer E, Cummings KM, Davis R, Egan BM. Nicotine replacement therapy sampling for smoking cessation within primary care: results from a pragmatic cluster randomized clinical trial. Addiction. 2020 Jul;115(7):1358-1367. doi: 10.1111/add.14953. Epub 2020 Jan 30. PubMed PMID: 31916303; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7292788. 

Dahne J, Wahlquist AE, Smith TT, Carpenter MJ. The differential impact of nicotine replacement therapy sampling on cessation outcomes across established tobacco disparities groups. Prev Med. 2020 Jul;136:106096. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106096. Epub 2020 Apr 19. PubMed PMID: 32320705; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7255419.

Dahne J, Wahlquist AE, Garrett-Mayer E, Heckman BW, Cummings KM, Carpenter MJ. State Tobacco Policies as Predictors of Evidence-Based Cessation Method Usage: Results From a Large, Nationally Representative Dataset. Nicotine Tob Res. 2018 Sep 25;20(11):1336-1343. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntx192. PubMed PMID: 29059345; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6154978. 

Dahne J, Wahlquist AE, Boatright AS, Garrett-Mayer E, Fleming DO, Davis R, Egan B, Carpenter MJ. Nicotine replacement therapy sampling via primary care: Methods from a pragmatic cluster randomized clinical trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2018 Sep;72:1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2018.07.008. Epub 2018 Jul 17. PubMed PMID: 30010086; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6133738. 

Wahlquist AE, Muhammad LN, Herbert TL, Ramakrishnan V, Nietert PJ. Dissemination of novel biostatistics methods: Impact of programming code availability and other characteristics on article citations. PLoS One. 2018;13(8):e0201590. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201590. eCollection 2018. PubMed PMID: 30067828; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6070251. 

Taylor SN, Wahlquist A, Wagner CL, Ramakrishnan V, Ebeling M, Hollis BW. Functional indicators of vitamin D adequacy for very low birth weight infants. J Perinatol. 2018 May;38(5):550-556. doi: 10.1038/s41372-018-0098-7. Epub 2018 May 9. PubMed PMID: 29743660; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6382072. 

Dahne J, Wahlquist AE, Garrett-Mayer E, Heckman BW, Michael Cummings K, Carpenter MJ. The differential impact of state tobacco control policies on cessation treatment utilization across established tobacco disparities groups. Prev Med. 2017 Dec;105:319-325. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.10.001. Epub 2017 Oct 5. PubMed PMID: 28987337; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5662127. 

Carpenter MJ, Wahlquist AE, Burris JL, Gray KM, Garrett-Mayer E, Cummings KM, Alberg AJ. Snus undermines quit attempts but not abstinence: a randomised clinical trial among US smokers. Tob Control. 2017 Mar;26(2):202-209. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2015-052783. Epub 2016 Apr 12. PubMed PMID: 27071730; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5061602. 

Meier E, Wahlquist AE, Heckman BW, Cummings KM, Froeliger B, Carpenter MJ. A Pilot Randomized Crossover Trial of Electronic Cigarette Sampling Among Smokers. Nicotine Tob Res. 2017 Feb;19(2):176-182. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntw157. Epub 2016 Aug 22. PubMed PMID: 27613880; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5234361. 

Burris JL, Wahlquist AE, Alberg AJ, Cummings KM, Gray KM, Garrett-Mayer E, Carpenter MJ. A longitudinal, naturalistic study of U.S. smokers' trial and adoption of snus. Addict Behav. 2016 Dec;63:82-8. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.07.008. Epub 2016 Jul 15. PubMed PMID: 27450153; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4993634. 

Twal WO, Wahlquist AE, Balasubramanian S. Yogic breathing when compared to attention control reduces the levels of pro-inflammatory biomarkers in saliva: a pilot randomized controlled trial. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2016 Aug 18;16:294. doi: 10.1186/s12906-016-1286-7. PubMed PMID: 27538513; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4991069. 

Rhome RM, Wahlquist A, Cooper SL, Hill E, Garrett-Meyer E, Harper J. Investigation of Epidemiological Factors as Barriers to Indicated Radiation Therapy in Post-Mastectomy Breast Cancer Patients in South Carolina. J S C Med Assoc. 2015 Mar-Apr;111(1):16-20. PubMed PMID: 27124981. 

Opfermann KJ, Wahlquist AE, Garrett-Mayer E, Shridhar R, Cannick L, Marshall DT. Adjuvant radiotherapy and lymph node status for pancreatic cancer: results of a study from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Registry Data. Am J Clin Oncol. 2014 Apr;37(2):112-6. doi: 10.1097/COC.0b013e31826e0570. PubMed PMID: 23211221; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3594531. 

Burris JL, Wahlquist AE, Carpenter MJ. Characteristics of cigarette smokers who want to quit now versus quit later. Addict Behav. 2013 Jun;38(6):2257-60. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.02.008. Epub 2013 Feb 27. PubMed PMID: 23511065; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3622155. 

Nietert PJ, Wahlquist AE, Herbert TL. Characteristics of recent biostatistical methods adopted by researchers publishing in general/internal medicine journals. Stat Med. 2013 Jan 15;32(1):1-10. doi: 10.1002/sim.5311. Epub 2012 Mar 13. PubMed PMID: 22415768; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3521084. 

Opfermann KJ, Wahlquist A, Watkins J, Kohler M, Jenrette J 3rd. Impact of point A asymmetry on local control and survival for low dose-rate (LDR) brachytherapy in cervical cancer. J Contemp Brachytherapy. 2012 Mar;4(1):3-7. doi: 10.5114/jcb.2012.27945. Epub 2012 Mar 30. PubMed PMID: 23346133; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3551371. 

Watkins JM, Wahlquist AE, Zauls AJ, Fields EC, Garrett-Mayer E, Aguero EG, Silvestri GA, Sharma AK. High-dose fractionated radiotherapy to 80 Gy for stage I-II medically inoperable non-small-cell lung cancer. J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol. 2010 Dec;54(6):554-61. doi: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2010.02213.x. PubMed PMID: 21199434.