Rob Arao

Rob Arao
Major Professor: 
Victor Prybutok
Research Interests: 
  • Breast cancer
  • Infectious disease
  • Mental health
  • Robotics
Publication Citations: 

Unutzer J, Carlo AD, Arao RF, Vredvoogd M, Fortney J, Powers D, Russo J. Variation in the effectiveness of collaborative care (CoCM) for Depression. Accepted by Health Affairs on June 10, 2020.

Powers DM, Bowen, DJ, Arao RF, Vredvoogd M, Russo J, Grover T, Unutzer J. Evaluating Implementation of Collaborative Care for Depression. Accepted by Families, Systems, and Health on June 20, 2020.

Lee JM, Arao RF, Sprague BL, Kerlikowske K, Lehman CD, Smith RA, Henderson LM, Rauscher GH, Miglioretti DL. Performance of screening ultrasonography as an adjunct to screening mammography in women across the spectrum of breast cancer risk JAMA Internal Medicine (2019). 179, 658-667

Powers DM, Bowen DJ, Arao RF, Vredevoogd, Grover T, Russo J. Collaborative care for depression: Outcomes in limited resource primary care. Submitted to Family Practice

Sprague BL, Arao RF, Miglioretti DL, Henderson LM, Buist D, Onega T, Rauscher GH, Lee JM, Tosteson AN, Kerlikowske K, Lehman CD. National performance benchmarks for modern diagnostic digital mammography. Radiology (2017). 283, 59-69.

Lehman CD, Arao RF, Sprague BL, Lee JM, Buist DS, Kerlikowske K, Henderson LM, Onega T, Tosteson AN, Rauscher GH, Miglioretti DL. National performance benchmarks for modern screening digital mammography. Radiology (2017). 283,49-58.

Yaghjyan L, Arao RF, Brokamp C, O’Meara E., Sprague BL, Ghita G, Ryan P. Association between air pollution and mammographic breast density in the breast cancer surveillance consortium (2017). Breast Cancer Research 19, 36

Oyewale OS, Arao RF, Miglioretti D, Sprague BL, Hampton J, Stout N, Kerlikowske K, Braithwaite D, Buist D, Egan KM, Newcomb PA, Trentham-Dietz, A. Emerging trends in family history of breast cancer and associated risk. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2017). 26, 1753-1760.

Wernli KJ, Arao RF, Hubbard RA, Sprague B, Alford-Teaster J, Haas J, Henderson L, Hill D, Lee C, Tosteson A, Onega T. Change in breast cancer screening intervals since the 2009 USPSTF Guideline (2017). J Women's Health 26, 820-827.

 Arao RF, Rosenberg KD, McWeeney S, Hedberg K. Influenza vaccination of pregnant women: Attitudes and behaviors of physician prenatal care providers (2015). Matern Child Health J 19, 783-89.

Pfeiffer CD, Cunningham MC, Poissant T, Furuno JP, Townes JM, Leitz A, Thomas A, Buser GL, Arao RF, Beldavs ZG. Establishment of a statewide network for carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriacea prevention in a low incidence region (2014). Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 35, 356-61.

 Rosenberg MW, Kato MK, Carson KM, Matsunaga NM, Arao RF, Doss EJ, McCracken CL, Meng LZ, Chen Y, Wolfram UL, Fuss M, Tayni J (in press). Circumferential or sectored beam arrangements for stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) of primary lung tumors: Effect on target and normal-structure dose-volume metrics (2013). Medical Dosimetry 38, 407-412.