Publications by authors named "Emily Chow"

Background: Hematological markers, such as neutrophils (ANC), lymphocyte (ALC), and neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), may serve as indicators of systemic inflammation and immune response in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). However, their prognostic significance across HNSCC subtypes remains to be fully elucidated.

Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial involving patients with surgically resected HNSCC with either positive margins or extranodal extension.

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Wildlife must adapt to human presence to survive in the Anthropocene, so it is critical to understand species responses to humans in different contexts. We used camera trapping as a lens to view mammal responses to changes in human activity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Across 163 species sampled in 102 projects around the world, changes in the amount and timing of animal activity varied widely.

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Outdoor recreation is widespread, with uncertain effects on wildlife. The human shield hypothesis (HSH) suggests that recreation could have differential effects on predators and prey, with predator avoidance of humans creating a spatial refuge 'shielding' prey from people. The generality of the HSH remains to be tested across larger scales, wherein human shielding may prove generalizable, or diminish with variability in ecological contexts.

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Background: As the ongoing public health crisis from Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic puts strains on current models of cancer care, many health care centers had to adapt to minimize the risk of exposure and infection. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in a comprehensive cancer center were determined.

Aims: To measure the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on care delivery at a comprehensive cancer center.

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A transformative change grounded in a commitment to antiracism and racial and health equity is underway at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health. Responding to a confluence of national, state, and local circumstances, bold leadership, and a moral and disciplinary imperative to name and address racism as a root cause of health inequities, our community united around a common vision of becoming an antiracist institution. Berkeley Public Health has a long history of efforts supporting diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and justice.

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It is now well evidenced that wildlife crossing structures paired with exclusion fencing reduce wildlife vehicles collisions while facilitating wildlife connectivity across roadways. Managing animal mortality and subpopulation connectivity is crucial to successful species and landscape stewardship. Highway mitigation projects are large economic investments that remain on the landscape for many decades.

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Nanoparticles designed as messenger RNA (mRNA) carriers to deliver gene medicine have shown great potential to change the way lung disease states are managed. Controlling their delivery to the lung and the transgene expression in a specific population of cells remains a challenge. Here, we developed a series of nanoparticles with polyethylene glycol (PEG) corona prepared by condensing mRNA with PEG--polyethyleneimine (PEI--PEG) with different PEG terminal functional groups and grafting ratios.

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