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Dulcie Kermah, EdD

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionCharles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
DepartmentInternal Medicine
Address1731 E. 120th Street
Los Angeles CA 90059
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    1. Nunez-Gaunaurd A, Tovin MM, Kermah D, Beech BM, Bruce MA. Moving together: The role of family co-participation in promoting physical activity among adults with autism. Disabil Health J. 2026 Jun 16; 102115. PMID: 42309941.
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    2. Morales T, Harford R, Kermah D, Flaque J, Camacho M, Vasquez D, Schmidt V, Hern?ndez-Roses I, O'Drobinak JP, Norris KC. Preliminary Findings of a Chronic Disease Management Program in Medicare Advantage Enrollees with Mild to Moderate Kidney Disease. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2026 Feb 13; 23(2). PMID: 41752319; PMCID: PMC12941264.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    3. Napoe GS, Kermah D, Mitchell NS, Norris K. Racial Disparities in Nocturia Persist Regardless of BMI Among American Women. Urogynecology (Phila). 2025 Aug 01; 31(8):799-806. PMID: 39078291; PMCID: PMC11779969.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    4. Johnson JL, Coleman A, Kwarteng JL, Holmes AU, Kermah D, Bruce MA, Beech BM. The Association between Adult Sport, Fitness, and Recreational Physical Activity and Number and Age of Children Present in the Household: A Secondary Analysis Using NHANES. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 05 24; 20(11). PMID: 37297546; PMCID: PMC10253130.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    5. Delgado P, Kermah D, Archibald P, Adewumi MT, Bell CN, Thorpe RJ. Difference in All-Cause Mortality between Unemployed and Employed Black Men: Analysis Using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) III. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 01 16; 20(2). PMID: 36674349; PMCID: PMC9862603.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    6. Bruce MA, Beech BM, Kermah D, Bailey S, Phillips N, Jones HP, Bowie JV, Heitman E, Norris KC, Whitfield KE, Thorpe RJ. Religious service attendance and mortality among older Black men. PLoS One. 2022; 17(9):e0273806. PMID: 36054189; PMCID: PMC9439243.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    7. Yang S, Jackson C, Karapetyan E, Dutta P, Kermah D, Wu Y, Wu Y, Schloss J, Vadgama JV. Roles of Protein Disulfide Isomerase in Breast Cancer. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Jan 31; 14(3). PMID: 35159012; PMCID: PMC8833603.
      Citations: 12     
    8. Bruce MA, Thorpe RJ, Kermah D, Shen J, Nicholas SB, Beech BM, Tuot DS, Ku E, Waterman AD, Duru K, Brown A, Norris KC. Religious Service Attendance and Mortality among Adults in the United States with Chronic Kidney Disease. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 12 14; 18(24). PMID: 34948788; PMCID: PMC8701022.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    9. Shaheen M, Schrode KM, Pan D, Kermah D, Puri V, Zarrinpar A, Elisha D, Najjar SM, Friedman TC. Sex-Specific Differences in the Association Between Race/Ethnicity and NAFLD Among US Population. Front Med (Lausanne). 2021; 8:795421. PMID: 34926533; PMCID: PMC8674562.
      Citations: 19     
    10. Bazargan-Hejazi S, Dehghan K, Chou S, Bailey S, Baron K, Assari S, Marzio R, Teklehaimanot S, Kermah D, Lindstrom RW, Shirazi A, Lopez D, Bazargan M. Hope, optimism, gratitude, and wellbeing among health professional minority college students. J Am Coll Health. 2021 Aug 03; 1-9. PMID: 34344275.
      Citations: 13     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    11. Shaheen M, Pan D, Schrode KM, Kermah D, Puri V, Zarrinpar A, Elisha D, Najjar SM, Friedman TC. Reassessment of the Hispanic Disparity: Hepatic Steatosis Is More Prevalent in Mexican Americans Than Other Hispanics. Hepatol Commun. 2021 12; 5(12):2068-2079. PMID: 34558824; PMCID: PMC8631095.
      Citations: 19     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    12. Monestime S, Beech B, Kermah D, Norris K. Prevalence and predictors of obesity-related cancers among racial/ethnic groups with metabolic syndrome. PLoS One. 2021; 16(4):e0249188. PMID: 33826671; PMCID: PMC8026066.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    13. Shaheen M, Schrode KM, Kermah D, Pan D, Puri V, Zarrinpar A, Elisha D, Najjar SM, Friedman TC. Prevalence and Predictors of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Using Multiple Non-Invasive Methods: Data from NHANES III. J Liver. 2020; 9(3). PMID: 37786752; PMCID: PMC10544753.
      Citations: 1     
    14. Bruce MA, Martins D, Duru K, Beech BM, Sims M, Harawa N, Vargas R, Kermah D, Nicholas SB, Brown A, Norris KC. Church attendance, allostatic load and mortality in middle aged adults. PLoS One. 2017; 12(5):e0177618. PMID: 28520779; PMCID: PMC5433740.
      Citations: 20     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    15. Kermah D, Shaheen M, Pan D, Friedman TC. Association between secondhand smoke and obesity and glucose abnormalities: data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES 1999-2010). BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2017; 5(1):e000324. PMID: 28405342; PMCID: PMC5372029.
      Citations: 17     
    16. Ogunyemi O, Kermah D. Machine Learning Approaches for Detecting Diabetic Retinopathy from Clinical and Public Health Records. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2015; 2015:983-90. PMID: 26958235; PMCID: PMC4765709.
      Citations: 21     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    17. Lagbas C, Bazargan-Hejazi S, Shaheen M, Kermah D, Pan D. Traumatic brain injury related hospitalization and mortality in California. Biomed Res Int. 2013; 2013:143092. PMID: 24324953; PMCID: PMC3845866.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    18. Chandramohan G, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Kermah D, Go SC, Vaziri ND, Norris KC. Relationship between obesity and pulse pressure in children: results of the National Health and Nutrition Survey (NHANES) 1988-1994. J Am Soc Hypertens. 2012 Jul-Aug; 6(4):277-83. PMID: 22789879; PMCID: PMC3595166.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    19. Duru OK, Harawa NT, Kermah D, Norris KC. Allostatic load burden and racial disparities in mortality. J Natl Med Assoc. 2012 Jan-Feb; 104(1-2):89-95. PMID: 22708252; PMCID: PMC3417124.
      Citations: 138     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    20. Guti?rrez OM, Farwell WR, Kermah D, Taylor EN. Racial differences in the relationship between vitamin D, bone mineral density, and parathyroid hormone in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Osteoporos Int. 2011 Jun; 22(6):1745-53. PMID: 20848081; PMCID: PMC3093445.
      Citations: 162     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    21. Mehrotra R, Kermah DA, Salusky IB, Wolf MS, Thadhani RI, Chiu YW, Martins D, Adler SG, Norris KC. Chronic kidney disease, hypovitaminosis D, and mortality in the United States. Kidney Int. 2009 Nov; 76(9):977-83. PMID: 19657329; PMCID: PMC3791220.
      Citations: 88     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    22. Duru OK, Vargas RB, Kermah D, Nissenson AR, Norris KC. High prevalence of stage 3 chronic kidney disease in older adults despite normal serum creatinine. J Gen Intern Med. 2009 Jan; 24(1):86-92. PMID: 18987917; PMCID: PMC2607515.
      Citations: 18     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    23. Omije D, Norris K, Wang J, Pan D, Kermah D, Gupta A. Race is a major determinant of secondary hyperparathyroidism in uremic patients: comparative study of Blacks and Hispanics. Clin Nephrol. 2008 Oct; 70(4):312-8. PMID: 18826856.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    24. Mehrotra R, Kermah D, Budoff M, Salusky IB, Mao SS, Gao YL, Takasu J, Adler S, Norris K. Hypovitaminosis D in chronic kidney disease. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008 Jul; 3(4):1144-51. PMID: 18417740; PMCID: PMC2440286.
      Citations: 67     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    25. Mehrotra R, Kermah D, Fried L, Adler S, Norris K. Racial differences in mortality among those with CKD. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008 Jul; 19(7):1403-10. PMID: 18385428; PMCID: PMC2440295.
      Citations: 88     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    26. Mehrotra R, Kermah D, Fried L, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Khawar O, Norris K, Nissenson A. Chronic peritoneal dialysis in the United States: declining utilization despite improving outcomes. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2007 Oct; 18(10):2781-8. PMID: 17804675.
      Citations: 63     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    27. Duru OK, Vargas RB, Kermah D, Pan D, Norris KC. Health insurance status and hypertension monitoring and control in the United States. Am J Hypertens. 2007 Apr; 20(4):348-53. PMID: 17386339.
      Citations: 55     Fields:    Translation:Humans
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