John Blosnich

John Blosnich

Assistant Professor and Director of the Center for LGBTQ+ Health Equity View bio to learn more about the faculty member's research


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2022 Featured Publications

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

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2021 Featured Publications

Blosnich, J. R. (2021). Violent victimization of sexual minorities: A clearer lens on a wicked problem, but solutions remain obscured. American Journal of Public Health, 111(2), 190-192. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2020.306074

Blosnich, J. R., Boyer, T. L., Brown, G. R., Kauth, M. R., & Shipherd, J. C. (2021). Differences in methods of suicide death among transgender and non-transgender patients in the Veterans Health Administration, 1999-2016. Medical Care, 59, S31-S35. https://doi.org/10.1097/mlr.0000000000001384

Blosnich, J. R., Garfin, D. R., Maguen, S., Vogt, D., Dichter, M. E., Hoffmire, C. A., Bernhard, P. A., & Schneiderman, A. (2021). Differences in childhood adversity, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempt among veterans and nonveterans. American Psychologist, 76(2), 284–299. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000755

Blosnich, J. R., Hilgeman, M. M., Cypel, Y. S., Akhtar, F. Z., Fried, D., Ishii, E. K., Schneiderman, A., & Davey, V. J. (2021). 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. Advance online publication, June 17, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001025

Blosnich, J. R., Karras, E., & Bossarte, R. M. (2021). Response variations to survey items about firearms in the 2004 and 2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. American Journal of Health Promotion, 35(2), 255-261. https://doi.org/10.1177/0890117120943114

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2020 Featured Publications

Blosnich, J. R., Dichter, M. E., Gurewich, D., Montgomery, A. E., Kressin, N. R., Lee, R., Hester, C. M., & Hausmann, L.R.M. (2020). Health services research and social determinants of health in the nation’s largest integrated healthcare system: Steps and leaps in the Veterans Health Administration. Military Medicine. Advance online publication. 1.22

Blosnich, J. R., Karras, E., Bossarte, R. M. (2020). Response variations to survey items about firearms in the 2004 & 2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. American Journal of Health Promotion. Advance online publication. 2.23

Blosnich, J. R., Monteith, L. L., Holliday, R., Brenner, L. A., & Montgomery, A.E. (2020). Differences in methods of suicide among veterans experiencing housing instability, 2013-2016. Psychiatry Research. Advance online publication. 2.47

Blosnich, J. R., Montgomery, A. E., Dichter, M. E., Gordon, A. J., Kavalieratos, D., Taylor, L., Ketterer, B., & Bossarte, R.M. (2020). Social determinants and military Veterans’ suicide ideation and attempt: A cross-sectional analysis of electronic health record data. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 35(6), 1759-1767. 4.95

Riggs, K. R., Hoge, A. E., DeRussy, A. J., Montgomery, A. E., Holmes, S. K., Austin, E. L., Pollio, D. E., Kim, Y., Varley, A. L., Gelberg, L., Gabrielian, S. E., Blosnich, J. R., Merlin, J., Gundlapalli, A. V., Jones, A. L., Gordon, A. J., & Kertesz, S. G. (2020). Prevalence of and risk factors associated with non-fatal overdose among veterans who have experienced homelessness. JAMA Network Open. Advance online publication. 5.03

Blosnich, J. R., & Goldbach, J.T. (2020). Stark findings about sexual assault: Implications for sexual minority women and the challenging work ahead. American Journal of Public Health, 110(6), 761-762. 5.38

Blosnich, J. R., Henderson, E. R., Coulter, R. W. S., Goldbach, J. T., & Meyer, I. H. (2020). Sexual orientation change efforts, adverse childhood experiences, and suicidal ideation and attempt in a nationally representative sample of sexual minority adults in the United States, 2016 - 2018. American Journal of Public Health, 110(7), 1024-1030. 5.38