Lisa Kuhns,

Lisa Kuhns, PhD is a researcher who has contributed to various studies on diabetes, thyroid dysfunction, mental health in long COVID patients, vitamin E intake and its relation to allergic contact dermatitis and glucose sensor systems in diabetic patients among others. Her work also includes assessing the prevalence of hyperuricemia and metabolic syndrome among the US population, evaluating trends in central line-associated bloodstream infections, analyzing data from NHANES to determine dietary vitamin E intake's relationship with thyroid dysfunction. She has conducted systematic reviews and meta-analyses on topics such as the risk for lower extremity amputation among patients with type 2 diabetes, the relationship between diabetes and FSH levels in postmenopausal women, the association between allergic contact dermatitis and glucose sensor systems in diabetic patients, factors associated with bone erosion among patients with gout and tophi. She has also explored relationships such as that between intra-articular mineralization and cartilage worsening over 2 years among older patients at risk for osteoarthritis, the incidence and predictors of complications in patients with gram-negative bloodstream infections, bone mineral density among postmenopausal women with osteoporosis or osteopenia after biphosphate treatment discontinuation. Her work also includes assessing mental health, gender dysphoria and minority stress after 1 year of gender-affirming hormone therapy among transgender adolescents, the incidence and predictors of complications in patients with gram-negative bloodstream infections, the relationship between COVID-19 vaccination status and risk for long COVID among patients infected before and during the Omicron period. She has also investigated the association between dementia and SGLT2 inhibitor use among diabetic patients with atrial fibrillation, risks for nonthyroidal autoimmune diseases among patients with Graves disease, niacin intake's relationship to knee pain and physical function in patients with knee osteoarthritis, effectiveness of influenza vaccination during pregnancy on the risk for influenza-associated hospitalizations among infants younger than 6 months. She has also evaluated the appropriateness of antimicrobial therapy and predictors of mortality among inpatients with negative blood cultures, antibody responses and neutralization activity between children and adults in the 6 months following COVID-19 vaccination, clinical and imaging data, outcomes, disease course after treatment initiation among children with chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis.