Positions

Selected Publications

Academic Article

Year Title Altmetric
2022 Disparities in naloxone prescriptions in a University Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Harm Reduction Journal.  19. 2022
2022 Gender Differences in Emergency Medicine Attending Physician Comments to Residents: A Qualitative Analysis.  JAMA Network Open.  5:e2243134. 2022
2022 Hepatitis C active viremia over time in an ED-based testing programme: Impact, disparities and surveillance tool.  Journal of Viral Hepatitis.  29:1026-1034. 2022
2022 Race and Other Disparate Demographic Variables Identified Among Emergency Department Boarders.  Western Journal of Emergency Medicine.  23:644-649. 2022
2022 Utilizing Laboratory Results to Identify Emergency Department Patients with Indications for HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis 2022
2022 Educational Intervention in the Emergency Department to Address Disparities in Stroke Knowledge.  Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases.  31. 2022
2022 Prevalence of hepatitis C in sexual assault survivors presenting to a SANE clinic: A descriptive analysis.  Journal of Viral Hepatitis.  29:487-492. 2022
2022 Sex, gender, and the opioid epidemic: Crucial implications for acute care.  Aem Education and Training.  6:S64-S70. 2022
2022 Emergency Department Visits for Nonfatal Opioid Overdose During the COVID-19 Pandemic Across Six US Health Care Systems.  Annals of Emergency Medicine.  79:158-167. 2022
2022 Erratum: Sources of Distress and Coping Strategies Among Emergency Physicians During COVID-19 (Western Journal of Emergency Medicine (2021) 22: 6 (1240–1252) DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2021.9.53406).  Western Journal of Emergency Medicine.  23:291. 2022
2022 User centered clinical decision support to implement initiation of buprenorphine for opioid use disorder in the emergency department: EMBED pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial.  British medical journal.  2022
2021 Opioid overdose crises during the COVID-19 pandemic: implication of health disparities.  Harm Reduction Journal.  18. 2021
2021 Characteristics of HIV Seroconverters Identified in an Emergency Department HIV Screening Program 2021
2021 Does QBank participation impact in-training examination performance?.  Aem Education and Training.  5. 2021
2021 Emergency department–based interventions affecting social determinants of health in the United States: A scoping review.  Academic Emergency Medicine.  28:666-674. 2021
2021 Development of an emergency department-based intervention to expand access to medications for opioid use disorder in a medicaid nonexpansion setting: Protocol for engagement and community collaboration.  JMIR Research Protocols.  10. 2021
2021 COVID-19 Presenting as Encephalopathy in the Emergency Department: A Case Report..  Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine.  5:26-29. 2021
2021 Does academic practice protect emergency physicians against burnout?.  Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open.  2:e12329. 2021
2021 A sex and gender medicine in emergency medicine course: a novel elective for trainees.  Journal of Gender Studies.  30:797-806. 2021
2021 Care of the Postpartum Patient in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review with Implications for Maternal Mortality.  American Journal of Perinatology.  2021
2021 Design and Implementation of a Curriculum for Emergency Medicine Residents to Address Medications and Treatment Referral for Opioid Use Disorder.  Substance Use and Misuse.  56:458-463. 2021
2021 Factors Increasing Risk of Suicide after Traumatic Brain Injury: A State-of-the-Science Review of Military and Civilian Studies.  Brain Injury.  35:151-163. 2021
2021 Sources of distress and coping strategies among emergency physicians during COVID-19.  Western Journal of Emergency Medicine.  22:1240-1252. 2021
2020 Opioid Use Disorder in the Emergency Department Amid COVID-19.  Journal of Addiction Medicine.  14:e281-e283. 2020
2020 Predictors of linkage to care for a nontargeted emergency department hepatitis C screening program.  American Journal of Emergency Medicine.  38:1396-1401. 2020
2020 Development of an Emergency Department–Based Intervention to Expand Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in a Medicaid Nonexpansion Setting: Protocol for Engagement and Community Collaboration (Preprint) 2020
2020 Incorporating Sex and Gender-based Medical Education Into Residency Curricula.  Aem Education and Training.  4:S82-S87. 2020
2020 Human papillomavirus awareness, vaccine status, and risk factors in female emergency patients.  Western Journal of Emergency Medicine.  21:203-208. 2020
2020 Sex- And gender-specific observations and implications for COVID-19.  Western Journal of Emergency Medicine.  21:507-509. 2020
2018 From Tobacco to Obesity Prevention Policies: A Framework for Implementing Community-Driven Policy Change.  Health Promotion Practice.  19:856-862. 2018
2018 Neurologist–patient communication about epilepsy in the United States, Spain, and Germany.  Neurology: Clinical Practice.  8:93-101. 2018
2016 Patient preference for physician gender in the emergency department 2016

Book

Year Title Altmetric
2017 Perspectives - Women in Emergency Medicine 2017

Principal Investigator On

Investigator On

  • DETECT-HIV - Discovering Emerging Trends through Enhanced Community Testing for HIV Infection  awarded by ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
  • DETECT-HIV - Discovering Emerging Trends through Enhanced Community Testing for HIV infection  awarded by ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
  • DETECT-HIV – Discovering Emerging Trends through Enhanced Community Testing for HIV Infection  awarded by ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
  • EMBED: Pragmatic Trial of User-Centered Clinical Decision Support to Implement EMergency Department-Initiated BuprenorphinE for Opioid Use Disorder  awarded by Yale University
  • Embed: Pragmatic Trial Of User-Centered Clinical Decision Support To Implement Emergency Department-Initiated Buprenorphine For Opioid Use Disorder  awarded by Yale University
  • Integrated HIV Surveillance and Prevention Programs for Health Departments  awarded by ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
  • Integrated HIV Surveillance and Prevention Programs for Health Departments  awarded by ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
  • Integrated HIV Surveillance and Prevention Programs for Health Departments  awarded by ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
  • National Center for HIV-AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention Integrated HIV Surveillance and Prevention Programs for Health Departments  awarded by ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
  • National Center for HIV-AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention Integrated HIV Surveillance and Prevention Programs for Health Departments  awarded by ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
  • Opioid Use Disorder Center of Excellence  awarded by ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH
  • Opioid Use Disorder Information Exchange  awarded by ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH
  • Private Grant  awarded by Gilead Sciences ^
  • Strategic Plans to Combat Opioid Use Disorder in the State of Alabama  awarded by FOUNDATION FOR OPIOID RESPONSE EFFORTS (FORE) ^

    • Education And Training

  • Physicians Medical Center Carraway, Internship
  • UAB Hospital, Residency
  • Doctor of Medicine, University of Michigan System : Ann Arbor 2005

    • Full Name

  • Lauren Walter