1. Failla, M, Gothard, A, Deitsch, A, Tsilimigras, D, Symons, FJ, Burkitt, CC, Hand, BN. (2026, October). Chronic Pain-Related Conditions in US Medicare-Enrolled Autistic and Non-Autistic Older Adults: The Role of Co-Occurring Intellectual Disability. Autism.
2. Hand, BN, Hyer, J.M, Nikahd, M, Gothard, A, Brock, G, Gardner, J, Bishop, L, Shea, L, Wang, L, Schenk, A. (2026, July). Impact of anti-discrimination laws on kidney transplant for patients with developmental disabilities. JAMA Surgery.
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3. Chau, IJ, Kunnath, AJ, Gothard, A, Dixon, PR, Gifford, RH, Harvey, EA, Haynes, DS, Holder, JT, Patro, A, Perkins, EL, Schvartz-Leyzac, KC, Tamati, TN, Hand, BN, McRackan, TR, Moberly, AC. (2025, December). Early cochlear implant outcomes predict long-term speech recognition. Ear and Hearing. 10-1097.
4. Wairimu, J., Gothard, A. & Rempala, G. Poisson network SIR epidemic model. Afr. Mat. 36, 119 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13370-025-01339-0
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5. Olvera DJ, Lauria M, Norman J, Gothard MD, Gothard AD, Weir WB. Implementation of a Rapid Sequence Intubation Checklist Improves First-Pass Success and Reduces Peri-Intubation Hypoxia in Air Medical Transport. Air Med J. 2024 May-Jun;43(3):241-247. doi: 10.1016/j.amj.2023.12.010. Epub 2024 Feb 2. PMID: 38821706.
6. Moran ME, Sedorovich A, Kish J, Gothard A, George RL. Addressing Behavioral Health Concerns in Trauma: Using Lean Six Sigma to Implement a Depression Screening Protocol in a Level I Trauma Center. Qual Manag Health Care. 2020 Oct/Dec;29(4):218-225. doi: 10.1097/QMH.0000000000000266. PMID: 32991539.
1. Gothard, A., Hyer, J.M, Nikahd, M., Livingston, S. Bishop, L., Hand, B.N., Wolf, B. (Under review). Continuous Logic Forest: An Ensemble Machine Learning Technique for Discovering Logical Combinations of Binary Markers. PLoS Computational Biology.
2. Tverskoi D., Gothard A., Rempala, G. (Under review). Approximating Peak Prevalence in Multistage SIR Epidemics. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.01014.
3. Deitsch, A, Nikahd, M, Gothard, A, Hyer, J.M, Bishop, L, Hand, B. (Under review). Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits Among Autistic and Non-Autistic Medicare Beneficiaries. Journal of General Internal Medicine.
1. Wairimu, J., Choi, B., Gothard, A., Rempala, G. Dynamical Survival Analysis for Epidemic Modeling under Partial Observability: A Case Study of COVID-19 in Kenya
2. Hand, B.N., Hyer, J.M., Nikahd, M., Gothard, A., Blake, M., Deitsch, A., Fleming-Batayneh, V., Patterson, B., Wolf, B., Gordon, J., Bishop, L. Health conditions linked with mortality risk in US Medicare-enrolled autistic older adults: A machine learning study
3. Blake, M., Gothard, A., Hand, B.N. Comparing hospital acquired conditions in US Medicare-enrolled autistic older adults.
4. Hand, BN, Hyer, J.M, Nikahd, M, Gothard, A., Blake, M, Brock, G, Gardner, J, Bishop, L, Shea, L, Wang, L, Schenk, A. Driving Distance for Kidney Transplant for Patients with Developmental Disabilities.
1. Wolf, B., Nikahd, M., Gothard, A., Hyer, M. (2026). LogicForest: Logic Forest (R package version 2.1.4). Retrieved from https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/LogicForest/index.html
2. Wairimu, J., Gothard, A., Rempala, G. (2025). Poisson Network SIR Epidemic Model. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15115283.
1. Gothard, A., Hyer, J.M, Nikahd, M., Livingston, S. Bishop, L., Hand, B.N., Wolf, B. (2026, August). Continuous Logic Forest: An Ensemble Machine Learning Technique for Discovering Logical Combinations of Binary Markers. (Poster Presentation). Joint Statistical Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts.
2. Gothard, A., Hyer, J.M, Nikahd, M., Livingston, S. Bishop, L., Hand, B.N., Wolf, B. (2026, April). Continuous Logic Forest: An Ensemble Machine Learning Technique for Discovering Logical Combinations of Binary Markers. (Poster Presentation). Joint Biostatistics Symposium. The Ohio State University. Columbus, Ohio. https://cph.osu.edu/news/announcements/phd-students-recognized-joint-biostatistics-symposium. Second Place Best Poster
3. Schenk, A., Nikahd, M., Hyer, J.M., Gothard, A., Brock, G., Bishop, L., Wang, L., Shea, L., Hand, B.N. (2026, April). Impact of US State laws prohibiting disability-based discrimination on organ transplant equity for autistic kidney transplant candidates. (Poster Presentation). International Society for Autism Research. Prague, Czech Republic. Featured in Top Posters and Abstracts Section
4. Failla, M., Gothard, A., Deitsch, A., Tsilimigras, D., Hand, B.N. (2026, April). Chronic pain-related conditions in US Medicare-enrolled autistic and non-autistic older adults: The role of co-occurring intellectual disability. (Poster Presentation). International Society for Autism Research. Prague, Czech Republic.
5. Hand, B.N., Hyer, J.M., Nikahd, M., Wolf., B., Gothard, A., Patterson, B., Bishop, L. (2026, April). Mortality risk in US Medicare-enrolled autistic older adults: A machine learning study to identify demographic, clinical, and geographic factors driving mortality. (Poster Presentation). International Society for Autism Research. Prague, Czech Republic.
6. Gothard, A., Hyer, J.M, Nikahd, M., Livingston, S. Bishop, L., Hand, B.N., Wolf, B. (2026, February). Continuous Logic Forest: An Ensemble Machine Learning Technique for Discovering Logical Combinations of Binary Markers. (Poster Presentation). Hayes Graduate Research Forum. Columbus, Ohio. Third Place Best Poster, Math and Physical Sciences
7. Hand., B.N., Hyer, J.M., Nikahd, M., Gothard, A., Wolf, B., Patterson, B., Bishop, L. (2025, May). Social determinants of health that disproportionately increase mortality risk among autistic vs. non-autistic older adults: A big data, machine learning study. (Poster Presentation). International Society for Autism Research, Seattle, WA. https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.autisminsar.org/resource/resmgr/2025_annual_meeting/ program2025_updated.pdf
8. Gothard, A., Nikahd, M., Hyer, J. M., Wolf, B., Patterson, B. W., & Bishop, L., Hand, B., (2025, May 28). Social determinants of health that disproportionately increase mortality risk among autistic vs. non-autistic older adults: A big data, machine learning study. (Poster Presentation). HRS Research Day. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Awarded Best Graduate Poster
9. Gothard, A., Mandarano, N., Rempala, G. (2024). Exploring the Distribution of an Epidemic’s Peak Size and Timing. Statistics and Biostatistics Student Poster Session. (Poster Presentation). The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
10. Gothard, A., Gothard, M. D., Weir, & Olvera, D. (2021). Evaluation of the use of a standardized RSI checklist and human factors to improve advanced airway management. (Oral Presentation). 2021 National Association of Emergency Medicine System Physicians Scientific Assembly.
11. Gothard A, Gothard MD, Parrish, Schwartz, Bigham (2018, October). The Rising Tide Lifts All Boats: Using the Ground and Air Medical qUality in Transport (GAMUT) Database as a Tool for Quality Improvement. (Oral Presentation). Presented at the Air Medical Transport Conference. Phoenix, AZ.