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Katherine Helen LeMasters

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus
DepartmentSOM-MED

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    1. Levintow SN, Remch M, LeMasters K, Rice DK. The role of epidemiologists in addressing the public health consequences of the United States criminal legal system. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 May 07; 194(5):1173-1178. PMID: 39756368.
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    2. Paquette C, Ehle K, Roach M, Danns T, LeMasters K, Craft B, Brinkley-Rubinstein L. How competing needs after incarceration lead to adverse health outcomes among people who use criminalized drugs. BMC Glob Public Health. 2025 May 01; 3(1):36. PMID: 40307871.
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    3. LeMasters K, Nall S, Jurecka C, Craft B, Christine P, Binswanger I, Barocas J. "You can't incarcerate yourself out of the drug problem in America:" A qualitative examination of Colorado's 2022 Fentanyl? criminalization law. Health Justice. 2025 Apr 22; 13(1):26. PMID: 40263216.
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    4. Brinkley-Rubinstein L, LeMasters K, Berk J, Levintow SN, Martino S, Vanjani R. Structural and healthcare predictors of substance use-related death following release from incarceration: A retrospective cohort study in Rhode Island, 2018-2020. Int J Drug Policy. 2025 May; 139:104783. PMID: 40187092.
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    5. LeMasters K, Haber LA. The hidden crisis of incarcerated individuals during wildfires. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2025 Mar; 43:101032. PMID: 40041795.
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    6. Pytell JD, Christine PJ, LeMasters K, Rockhill KM, Black JC, Dart RC, Binswanger IA. Comparison of heroin and fentanyl use in US nationally representative surveys. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2025 Feb 11; 20(1):13. PMID: 39934932.
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    7. LeMasters K, Nall SK, Jurecka C, Craft B, Christine PJ, Goodman R, Henderson J, Haywood-James R, Williams A, Wittner G, Barocas JA. Criminal legal penalties, substance use, and overdose: a concept mapping study examining Colorado's criminal legal penalties. BMC Glob Public Health. 2025 Jan 02; 3(1):1. PMID: 39748421.
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    8. LeMasters K, Levintow SN, Berk J, Martino S, Paquette C, Vanjani R, Brinkley-Rubinstein L. The Rhode Island transitions clinic: connections to social and healthcare services after release from incarceration. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Dec 21; 24(1):1631. PMID: 39707373.
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    9. Krajewski T, LeMasters KH, Oser CB, Brinkley-Rubinstein L. Perceived versus actual HIV risk among PrEP indicated persons with criminal legal involvement. AIDS Care. 2024 Nov; 36(11):1647-1656. PMID: 39088545.
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    10. LeMasters K, McCauley E, Brinkley-Rubinstein L. New horizons in criminal legal data: creating a comprehensive archive. Health Justice. 2024 Jul 17; 12(1):31. PMID: 39014229.
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    11. LeMasters K, D'Alessio AS, Touma F, Andrabi N, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Gutierrez C. The physiological toll of arrests: An examination of arrest history on midlife allostatic load. Ann Epidemiol. 2024 Aug; 96:1-12. PMID: 38796042.
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    12. Yamkovoy K, Patil P, Dunn D, Erdman E, Bernson D, Swathi PA, Nall SK, Zhang Y, Wang J, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, LeMasters KH, White LF, Barocas JA. Using decision tree models and comprehensive statewide data to predict opioid overdoses following prison release. Ann Epidemiol. 2024 Jun; 94:81-90. PMID: 38710239.
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    13. Nall SK, Jurecka C, Ammons A, Rodriguez A, Craft B, Waleed C, Dias D, Henderson J, Boyer J, Yamkovoy K, Swathi PA, Patil P, Behne F, LeMasters K, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Barocas JA. Identifying structural risk factors for overdose following incarceration: a concept mapping study. Health Justice. 2024 Mar 12; 12(1):11. PMID: 38472497.
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    14. LeMasters K, Brinkley-Rubinstein L. Covid-19 in US jails and prisons: implications for the next public health crisis. BMJ. 2024 02 19; 384:e076975. PMID: 38373786.
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    15. LeMasters K, Ranapurwala S, Behne MF, Duchesneau E, Fliss MD, Lao J, Brinkley-Rubinstein L. Suicide mortality among individuals in federal prisons compared with the general population: a retrospective cohort study in the USA from 2009 to 2020. BMJ Public Health. 2024 Jun; 2(1):e000544. PMID: 40018152.
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    16. LeMasters K, Krajewski T, Dong K, Brinkley-Rubinstein L. Documenting Competing Needs to Well-Being Among Those on Community Supervision in the South. J Correct Health Care. 2024 Feb; 30(1):14-21. PMID: 38150566.
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    17. LeMasters K, Ross RK, Edwards JK, Lee H, Robinson WR, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Delamater P, Pence BW. Mass Probation: Effects of Sentencing Severity on Mental Health for Black and White Individuals. Epidemiology. 2024 Jan 01; 35(1):74-83. PMID: 38032802.
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    18. Chung EO, Scherer E, LeMasters K, Bates L, Hagaman A, Staley BS, Zalla LC, Sikander S, Maselko J. Maternal adverse childhood experiences on child growth and development in rural Pakistan: An observational cohort study. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023; 3(10):e0001669. PMID: 37878564.
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    19. LeMasters K, Camp H, Benson A, Corsi C, Cullins Z, Brinkley-Rubinstein L. "Nothing but a rope to hang yourself:" The toll of mass supervision on mental well-being. SSM Ment Health. 2023 Dec 15; 4. PMID: 38260174.
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    20. Rockey N, Cervantes L, LeMasters K, Rizzolo K. Challenging Health Inequities in Incarceration: a Call for Equitable Care for Kidney Disease and Hypertension. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2023 12; 25(12):437-445. PMID: 37773248.
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    21. LeMasters K, Renson A, Zalla L, Martin CL, Edwards JK. Understanding the Accumulation of Health-Related Inequities Over the Life Course Using the Mean Cumulative Count. Am J Epidemiol. 2023 09 01; 192(9):1425-1431. PMID: 37218618.
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    22. LeMasters K, Behne MF, Lao J, Peterson M, Brinkley-Rubinstein L. Suicides in state prisons in the United States: Highlighting gaps in data. PLoS One. 2023; 18(5):e0285729. PMID: 37256862.
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    23. Uhrig Castonguay BJ, LeMasters K, Corsi C, Batty EJ, Krajewski TJ, Travis M, Waleed C, Oser CB, Nowotny KM, Brinkley-Rubinstein L. Retention strategies among those on community supervision in the South: Lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS One. 2023; 18(4):e0283621. PMID: 37018225.
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    24. LeMasters K, Benson A, Corsi C, Krajewski T, Seide K, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Nowotny K. Collateral consequences of COVID-19 for people on probation and parole. Health Justice. 2023 Mar 30; 11(1):18. PMID: 36995422.
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    25. LeMasters K, Delamater P, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Edwards JK, Robinson WR, Pence B. Mass probation: Temporal and geographic correlation of county-level probation rates & mental health in North Carolina. SSM Ment Health. 2023 Dec; 3. PMID: 36936811.
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    26. LeMasters K, Maragh-Bass A, Stoner M, Bhushan N, Mitchell J, Riggins L, Lightfoot A. Lessons Learned From Conducting Community-Based Research on HIV Prevention With Youth During COVID-19. J Particip Res Methods. 2022; 3(3-themed Special Issue). PMID: 36969796.
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    27. LeMasters K, Renson A, Edwards JK, Robinson WR, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Delamater P, Pence B. Inequities in life course criminal legal system sanctions: measuring cumulative involvement. Ann Epidemiol. 2022 12; 76:83-90. PMID: 36273701.
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    28. McCauley EJ, LeMasters K, Behne MF, Brinkley-Rubinstein L. A Call to Action to Public Health Institutions and Teaching to Incorporate Mass Incarceration as a Sociostructural Determinant of Health. Public Health Rep. 2023 Sep-Oct; 138(5):711-714. PMID: 36062356.
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    29. Nowotny K, Metheny H, LeMasters K, Brinkley-Rubinstein L. Age and COVID-19 mortality in the United States: a comparison of the prison and general population. Int J Prison Health. 2023 03 16; 19(1):35-46. PMID: 35727567.
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    30. Cowan KN, Peterson M, LeMasters K, Brinkley-Rubinstein L. Overlapping Crises: Climate Disaster Susceptibility and Incarceration. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 06 17; 19(12). PMID: 35742683.
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    31. LeMasters K, Cox ME, Fliss M, Seibert J, Brown C, Proescholdbell S. Mental health emergency department visits: An exploration of case definitions in North Carolina. Am J Emerg Med. 2022 07; 57:103-106. PMID: 35550927.
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    32. LeMasters K, Ranapurwala S, Maner M, Nowotny KM, Peterson M, Brinkley-Rubinstein L. COVID-19 community spread and consequences for prison case rates. PLoS One. 2022; 17(4):e0266772. PMID: 35417500.
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    33. LeMasters K, Krajewski T, Nowotny K, Oser C, Mollan K, Brinkley-Rubinstein L. Context specific HIV risk: evidence from screening into the southern pre-exposure prophylaxis study (SPECS). AIDS Care. 2023 04; 35(4):474-479. PMID: 35377251.
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    34. Segule MN, LeMasters K, Peterson M, Behne MF, Brinkley-Rubinstein L. Incarcerated workers: overlooked as essential workers. BMC Public Health. 2022 03 15; 22(1):506. PMID: 35291982.
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    35. LeMasters K, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Maner M, Peterson M, Nowotny K, Bailey Z. Carceral epidemiology: mass incarceration and structural racism during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lancet Public Health. 2022 03; 7(3):e287-e290. PMID: 35247354.
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    36. LeMasters KH, Bledsoe SE, Brooks J, Chavis S, Little E, Pevia K, Daniel L, Jordan K, Schindler A, Lightfoot AF. The MI-PHOTOS Project: Understanding the Health and Wellbeing of Rural Historically Marginalized Mothers Through Photovoice. Health Educ Behav. 2021 Dec 28; 10901981211057095. PMID: 34963367.
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    37. Stoner MCD, Bhushan NL, Maragh-Bass AC, Mitchell JT, Riggins L, Walker M, LeMasters K, Reese B, Dearing A, Debnam S, Golin C, Lightfoot AF, Pettifor A. Using Participatory Methods to Assess PrEP Interest and Uptake Among Young People Living in the Southeastern US: A Mixed Methods Assessment. AIDS Behav. 2022 May; 26(5):1672-1683. PMID: 34724592.
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    38. Maner M, LeMasters K, Lao J, Cowell M, Nowotny K, Cloud D, Brinkley-Rubinstein L. COVID-19 in corrections: Quarantine of incarcerated people. PLoS One. 2021; 16(10):e0257842. PMID: 34610015.
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    39. Brinkley-Rubinstein L, LeMasters K, Nguyen P, Nowotny K, Cloud D, Volfovsky A. The association between intersystem prison transfers and COVID-19 incidence in a state prison system. PLoS One. 2021; 16(8):e0256185. PMID: 34383854.
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    40. LeMasters K, Oser C, Cowell M, Mollan K, Nowotny K, Brinkley-Rubinstein L. Longitudinal pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) acceptability, initiation and adherence among criminal justice-involved adults in the USA: the Southern PrEP Cohort Study (SPECS) protocol. BMJ Open. 2021 07 16; 11(7):e047340. PMID: 34272219.
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    41. LeMasters K, Costenbader E, Martinez A, Speizer IS, Igras S. Men's social networks, social norms, & family planning in Benin. Glob Public Health. 2022 08; 17(8):1611-1625. PMID: 34032186.
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    42. LeMasters K, Bates LM, Chung EO, Gallis JA, Hagaman A, Scherer E, Sikander S, Staley BS, Zalla LC, Zivich PN, Maselko J. Adverse childhood experiences and depression among women in rural Pakistan. BMC Public Health. 2021 02 25; 21(1):400. PMID: 33632175.
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    43. LeMasters K, Atkins K, Oloonabadi SA, Munn T, Eng E, Lightfoot AF. How Can We PrEP? Exploring Black MSM's Experiences With Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Through Photovoice. AIDS Educ Prev. 2021 02; 33(1):16-32. PMID: 33617322.
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    44. Lemasters K, McCauley E, Nowotny K, Brinkley-Rubinstein L. COVID-19 cases and testing in 53 prison systems. Health Justice. 2020 Dec 11; 8(1):24. PMID: 33306151.
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    45. Maselko J, Sikander S, Turner EL, Bates LM, Ahmad I, Atif N, Baranov V, Bhalotra S, Bibi A, Bibi T, Bilal S, Biroli P, Chung E, Gallis JA, Hagaman A, Jamil A, LeMasters K, O'Donnell K, Scherer E, Sharif M, Waqas A, Zaidi A, Zulfiqar S, Rahman A. Effectiveness of a peer-delivered, psychosocial intervention on maternal depression and child development at 3 years postnatal: a cluster randomised trial in Pakistan. Lancet Psychiatry. 2020 09; 7(9):775-787. PMID: 32828167.
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    46. Chung EO, Hagaman A, LeMasters K, Andrabi N, Baranov V, Bates LM, Gallis JA, O'Donnell K, Rahman A, Sikander S, Turner EL, Maselko J. The contribution of grandmother involvement to child growth and development: an observational study in rural Pakistan. BMJ Glob Health. 2020 08; 5(8). PMID: 32784209.
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    47. Hagaman AK, Baranov V, Chung E, LeMasters K, Andrabi N, Bates LM, Rahman A, Sikander S, Turner E, Maselko J. Association of maternal depression and home adversities with infant hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis biomarkers in rural Pakistan. J Affect Disord. 2020 11 01; 276:592-599. PMID: 32871690.
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    48. LeMasters K, Dussault J, Barrington C, Bengtson A, Gaynes B, Go V, Hosseinipour MC, Kulisewa K, Kutengule A, Meltzer-Brody S, Midiani D, Mphonda S, Udedi M, Pence B. "Pain in my heart": Understanding perinatal depression among women living with HIV in Malawi. PLoS One. 2020; 15(6):e0227935. PMID: 32502150.
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    49. LeMasters K, Andrabi N, Zalla L, Hagaman A, Chung EO, Gallis JA, Turner EL, Bhalotra S, Sikander S, Maselko J. Maternal depression in rural Pakistan: the protective associations with cultural postpartum practices. BMC Public Health. 2020 Jan 15; 20(1):68. PMID: 31941468.
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    50. Tumlinson K, Gichane MW, Curtis SL, LeMasters K. Understanding healthcare provider absenteeism in Kenya: a qualitative analysis. BMC Health Serv Res. 2019 09 11; 19(1):660. PMID: 31511004.
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    51. LeMasters K, Baber Wallis A, Chereches R, Gichane M, Tehei C, Varga A, Tumlinson K. Pregnancy experiences of women in rural Romania: understanding ethnic and socioeconomic disparities. Cult Health Sex. 2019 03; 21(3):249-262. PMID: 29764305.
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