John Blosnich
Associate Professor and Director of the Center for LGBTQ+ Health Equity View bio to learn more about the faculty member's research
Holder, N., Ranney, R. M., Bernhard, P. A., Holliday, R., Vogt, D., Hoffmire, C. A., Blosnich, J. R., Schneiderman, A. I., & Maguen, S. (2024). Which veterans with PTSD are most likely to report being told of their diagnosis? Journal of Psychiatric Research, 170, 158-166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.12.026
Harper, K. L., Blosnich, J. R., Livingston, N., Vogt, D., Bernhard, P. A., Hoffmire, C. A., Maguen, S., & Schneiderman, A. (2024). Examining differences in mental health and mental health service use among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and heterosexual veterans. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. Advance online publication, February 15, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000712
Ranney, R. M., Bernhard, P. A., Holder, N., Vogt, D., Blosnich, J. R., Schneiderman, A. I., &
Boyer, T. L., Wolfe, H. L., Littman, A. J., Shipherd, J. C., Kauth, M. R., & Blosnich, J. R. (2023). Patient experiences and provider perspectives on accessing gender-affirming surgical services in the Veterans Health Administration. Journal of General Internal Medicine. Advance online publication, September 5, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-023-08389-9
Workman, T. E., Goulet, J. L., Brandt, C. A., Warren, A. R., Eleazer, J., Skanderson, M., Lindemann, L., Blosnich, J. R., O'Leary, J., & Zeng-Treitle, Q. (2023). Identifying suicide documentation in clinical notes through zero-shot learning. Health Science Reports, 6(9). https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.1526
Montgomery, A. E., Blosnich, J. R., deRussy, A., Richman, J. S., Dichter, M. E., & True, G. (2023). Association between services to address adverse social determinants of health and suicide mortality among veterans with indicators of housing instability, unemployment, and justice involvement. Archives of Suicide Research. Advance online publication, August 11, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2023.2244534
Wolfe, H. L., Boyer, T. L., Shipherd, J. C., Kauth, M. R., Jasuja, G. K., & Blosnich, J. R. (2023). Barriers and facilitators to gender-affirming hormone therapy in the Veterans Health Administration. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Article kaad035. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaad035
Wolfe, H. L., Boyer, T. L., Rodriguez, K. L., Klima, G. J., Shipherd, J. C., Kauth, M. R., & Blosnich, J. R. (2023). Exploring research engagement and priorities of transgender and gender diverse veterans. Military Medicine, 188(5-6), e1224-1231. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usab460
Alpert, A. B., Brewer, J. R., Adams, S., Rivers, L., Orta, S., Blosnich, J. R., Miedlich, S., Kamen, C., Dizon, D. S., Pazdur, R., Beaver, J. A., & Fashoyin-Aje, L. (2023). Addressing barriers to clinical trial participation for transgender people with cancer to improve access and generate data. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 41(10), 1825-1829. https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.22.01174
Blosnich, J. R. (2023). Costs of (In) visibility: Issues of disclosure and data for health equity research with sexual and gender minority veterans. Health Equity, 7(1), 338-341. https://doi.org/10.1089/heq.2023.0005
Blosnich, J. R., Haydinger, A. M., Rhoades, H., & De Luca, S. M. (2023). Differences in beliefs about suicide by occupation in a representative sample of adults in the United States, General Social Survey 2002–2021. Archives of Suicide Research. Advance online publication, March 14, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2023.2190363
Hahn, H. A., & Bloshnich, J. R. (2023). Adverse childhood experiences among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer veterans. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Advance online publication, April 8, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2023.04.001
Ranney, R. M., Bernhard, P. A., Vogt, D., Blosnich, J. R., Hoffmire, C. A., Cypel, Y., Schneiderman, A. I., & Maguen, S. (2023). Alcohol use and treatment utilization in a national sample of veterans and nonveterans. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment. Advance online publication, January 24, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2023.208964
Ranney, R. M., Maguen, S., Bernhard, P. A., Holder, N., Vogt, D., Blosnich, J. R., & Schneiderman, A. I. (2023). Treatment utilization for posttraumatic stress disorder in a national sample of veterans and nonveterans. Medical Care, 61(2), 87-94. https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000001793
Holder, N., Holliday, R., Ranney, R. M., Bernhard, P. A., Vogt, D., Hoffmire, C. A., Blosnich, J. R., Schniederman, A. I., & Maguen, S. (2023). Relationship of social determinants of health with symptom severity among Veterans and non-Veterans with probable posttraumatic stress disorder or depression. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. Advance online publication, May 12, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-023-02478-0
Suda, K. J., Boyer, T. L., Blosnich, J. R., Cashy, J. P., Hubbard, C. C., & Sharp, L. K. (2023). Opioid and high-risk prescribing among racial and ethnic minority veterans. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 65(5), 863-875. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2023.06.008
Clark, K. A., & Blosnich, J. R. (2023). Limitations of sexual orientation and gender identity information as reported in the national violent death reporting system. LGBT Health. Advance online publication, November 7, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2022.0297
Clark, K. A., & Blosnich, J. R. (2023). Sexual orientation and disclosure of suicidal thoughts before suicide mortality. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 65(6), 953-963. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2023.07.002
Wolfe, H, L., Boyer, T. L., Shipherd, J. C., Kauth, M. R., Jasuja, G. K., & Blosnich, J. R. (2023). Barriers and facilitators to gender-affirming hormone therapy in the veterans health administration. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 57(12), 1014–1023. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaad035
Holder, N., Ranney, R. M., Bernhard, P. A., Holliday, R., Vogt, D., Hoffmire, C. A., Blosnich, J. R., Schneiderman, A. I., & Maguen, S. (2024). Which veterans with PTSD are most likely to report being told of their diagnosis? Journal of Psychiatric Research, 170, 158-166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.12.026
Blosnich, J. R., Hilgeman, M. M., Cypel, Y. S., Akhtar, F. Z., Fried, D., Ishii, E. K., Schneiderman, A., & Davey, V. J. (2022). Potentially traumatic events and health among lesbian, gay, bisexual and heterosexual Vietnam veterans: Results from the Vietnam Era Health Retrospective Observational study. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 14(4), 568–577. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001025
Bovin, M. J., Schneiderman, A., Bernhard, P. A., Maguen, S., Hoffmire, C. A., Blosnich, J. R., Smith, B. N., Kulka, R., & Vogt, D. (2022). Development and validation of a brief warfare exposure measure among U.S. Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans: The Deployment Risk and Resilience Inventory-2 Warfare Exposure-Short Form (DRRI-2 WE-SF). Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication, June 30, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001282
Boyer, T. L., Blosnich, J. R., Hubbard, C. C., Sharp, L. K., Cashy, J. P., & Suda, K. J. (2022). Comparing outpatient opioids, high-risk prescribing, and opioid poisoning between transgender and cisgender veterans: A cross-sectional analysis. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Advance online publication, April 5, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2022.02.011
Maguen, S., Griffin, B. J., Vogt, D., Hoffmire, C. A., Blosnich, J. R., Bernhard, P. A., Akhtar, F. Z., Cypel, Y. S., & Schneiderman, A. I. (2022). Moral injury and peri-and post-military suicide attempts among post-9/11 veterans. Psychological Medicine. Advance online publication, January 17, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291721005274
O’Brien, R. P., & Blosnich, J. R. (2022). Refusal rates to sexual orientation and gender identity items in the behavioral risk factor surveillance system, 2014-2019. American Journal of Public Health, 112(3), 443-452. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306625
Alpert, A. B., Brewer, J. R., Adams, S., Rivers, L., Orta, S., Blosnich, J. R., Miedlich, S., Kamen, C., Dizon, D. S., Pazdur, R., Beaver, J. A., & Fashoyin-Aje, L. (2022). Addressing barriers to clinical trial participation for transgender people with cancer to improve access and generate data. Journal of Clinical Oncology. Advance online publication, October 27, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.22.01174
Blosnich, J. R. (2022). Interpersonal and self-directed violence among sexual and gender minority populations: Moving research from prevalence to prevention. Current Epidemiology Reports, 9, 142-160. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40471-022-00299-4
Blosnich, J. R., & Boyer, T. (2022). Concordance of data about sex from electronic health records and the national death index: Implications for transgender populations. Epidemiology, 33(3), 383-385. https://doi.org/10.1097/EDE.0000000000001460
Blosnich, J. R., Butcher, B. A., Mortali, M. G., Lane, A. D., & Haas, A. P. (2022). Training death investigators to identify decedents' sexual orientation and gender identity. The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, 43(1), 40-45. https://doi.org/10.1097/paf.0000000000000705
Byrne, T., Cashy, J., Metraux, S., Blosnich, J. R., Cusack, M., Culhane, D. P., McInnes, D. K., Culhane, E., & Montgomery, A. E. (2022). Association between registered sex offender status and risk of housing instability and homelessness among veterans. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(7-8), NP5818-NP5829. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260520959646
Clark, K. A., & Blosnich, J. R. (2022). “If I had access to a gun, I think I would have used it instead”: Motivations for method choice among sexual and gender minority adults who made a recent near-fatal suicide attempt. LGBT Health, 9(4), 276-281. https://doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2021.0389
Edmonds, A. T., Rhew, I. C., Jones-Smith, J., Chan, K. C. G., de Castro, A. B., Rubinsky, A. D., Blosnich, J. R., & Williams, E. C. (2022). Neighborhood disadvantage, patterns of unhealthy alcohol use, and differential associations by gender, race/ethnicity, and rurality: A study of Veterans Health Administration patients. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. Advance online publication, August 17, 2022. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.21-00110
Fletcher, O. V., Chen, J. A., van Draanen, J., Frost, M. C., Rubinsky, A. D., Blosnich, J. R., & Williams, E. C. (2022). Prevalence of social and economic stressors among transgender veterans with alcohol and other drug use disorders. SSM-Population Health, 19, Article 101153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.10153
Frost, M. C., Richards, J. E., Blosnich, J. R., Hawkins, E. J., Tsui, J. I., Edelman, E. J., & Williams, E. C. (2022). Association between clinically recognized suicidality and subsequent initiation or continuation of medications for opioid use disorder. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 237, Article 109521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109521
Green, D., Parra, L., Blosnich, J., & Goldbach, J. (2022). Experiences of minority stress and access to primary care services among sexual minority adults in the United States. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services. Advance online publication, March 15, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1080/10538720.2022.2044953
Hahn, H., Burkitt, K. H., Kauth, M. R., Shipherd, J. C., & Blosnich, J. R. (2022). Primary sources of health care among LGBTQ+ veterans: Findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Health Services Research. Advance online publication, November 4, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.14096
Henderson, E. R., Goldbach, J. T., & Blosnich, J. R. (2022). Social determinants of sexual and gender minority mental health. Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry. Advance online publication, June 25, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40501-022-00269-z
Holder, N., Maguen, S., Holliday, R., Vogt, D., Bernhard, P. A., Hoffmire, C. A., Blosnich, J. R., & Schneiderman, A. I. (2022). Psychosocial outcomes among veteran and non-veteran survivors of sexual assault. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Advance online publication, April 23, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605221090598
Lynch, K. E., Shipherd, J. C., Gatsby, E., Viernes, B., DuVall, S. L., & Blosnich, J. R. (2022). Sexual orientation-related disparities in health conditions that elevate COVID-19 severity. Annals of Epidemiology, 66, 5-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2021.11.006
Matson, T. E., Harris, A. H., Chen, J. A., Edmonds, A. T., Frost, M. C., Rubinsky, A. D., Blosnich, J. R., & Williams, E. C. (2022). Influence of a national transgender health care directive on receipt of alcohol-related care among transgender Veteran Health Administration patients with unhealthy alcohol use. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. Advance online publication, June 14, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2022.108808
Ranney, R. M., Maguen, S., Bernhard, P. A., Holder, N., Vogt, D., Blosnich, J. R., & Schneiderman, A. I. (2022). Moral injury and chronic pain in veterans. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 155, 104-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.08.009
Robinson, M., Holliday, R., Monteith, L. L., Blosnich, J. R., Elbogen, E. B., Gelberg, L., Hooshyar, D., Liu, S., McInnes, D. K., Montgomery, A. E., Tsai, J., Grassmeyer, R., & Brenner, L. A. (2022). Establishing a research agenda for suicide prevention among veterans experiencing homelessness. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, Article 683147. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.683147
Tsai, J., Huang, M., Blosnich, J. R., & Elbogen, E. B. (2022). Evictions and tenant‐landlord relationships during the 2020–2021 eviction moratorium in the US. American Journal of Community Psychology. Advance online publication, January 14, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12581
Varley, A. L., Hoge, A., Riggs, K. R., deRussy, A., Jones, A. L., Austin, E. L., Gabrielian, S., Gelberg, L., Gordon, A. J., Blosnich, J. R., Montgomery, A. E., & Kertesz, S. G. (2022). What do veterans with homeless experience want us to know that we are not asking? A qualitative content analysis of comments from a national survey of healthcare experience. Health and Social Care in the Community. Advanced online publication, July 8, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13918
Vogt, D., Borowski, S., Maguen, S., Blosnich, J. R., Hoffmire, C. A., Bernhard, P. A., Iverson, K. M., & Schneiderman, A. (2022). Strengths and vulnerabilities: Comparing post-9/11 U.S. veterans’ and non-veterans’ perceptions of health and broader well-being. SSM-Population Health, 19, Article 101201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101201
Quinn, D. A., Hollis, B. F., Dichter, M. E., & Blosnich, J. R. (2022). Recent and frequent mental distress among women with a history of military service, 2003–2019. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research. Advanced online publication, November 11, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-022-09825-0
Wolfe, H. L., Vimalananda, V. G., Wong, D. H., Reisman, J. I., Rao, S. R., Shipherd, J. C., Blosnich, J. R., Livingston, N. A., & Jasuja, G. K. (2022) Patient characteristics associated with receiving gender-affirming hormone therapy in the Veterans Health Administration. Transgender Health. Advance online publication, December 19, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1089/trgh.2022.0040