Pronouns:

she/her

Departments:

Biostatistics and Health Data Science

Additional Appointments:

Department of Internal Medicine and the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

Degrees:

PhD, Statistics, Purdue University

MS, Statistics, Purdue University

MS, Wildlife Science, Virginia Tech

BS, Biology, American University

Selected Publications

1. Breathett, Khadijah; Shannon M. Knapp; Sabra C. Lewsey; Selma F. Mohammed; Sula Mazimba; Shannon M. Dunlay; Albert Hicks; Onyedika J. Ilonze; Alanna A. Morris; Ryan J. Tedford; Monica M. Colvin; and Richard C. Daly. 2024. Differences in Donor Heart Acceptance by Race and Gender of Patients on the Transplant Waiting List. Journal of the American Medical Association. Available Online March 25, 2024. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.0065 
2. Bolakale-Rufai, Ikeoluwapo, Alexander Shinnerl, Shannon M. Knapp, Amber Johnson, Selma Mohammed, LaPrincess Brewer, Asad Torabi, Daniel Addison, Sula Mazimba, and Khadijah Breathett. 2024. Association Between Social Vulnerability Index and Admission Urgency for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. American Heart Journal Plus: Cardiology Research and Practice. 39: 100370. PMID: 38469116 PMCID: PMC10927260 DOI: 10.1016/j.ahjo.2024.100370
   
3. Desai, Archita Parikh; Swetha Parvataneni; Shannon M. Knapp; Lauren D. Nephew; Naga Chalasani; Marwan Ghabril; Eric Orman. 2023. The Hospital Frailty Risk Score is Superior to Legacy Comorbidity Indices in Risk Adjustment for Cirrhosis Hospitalizations. JHEP Reports. 
   
4. Bolakale-Rufai, Ikeoluwapo, Shannon M. Knapp, Amber Johnson, LaPrincess Brewer, Selma Mohammed, Daniel Addison, Sula Mazimba, Brownsyne Tucker-Edmonds, and Khadijah Breathett. 2023. Association Between Race, Cardiology Care, and the Receipt of Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. PMID: 37870730 DOI: 10.1007/s40615-023-01838-5 
5. Nephew, Lauren D., Shannon M. Knapp, Kawthar A. Mohamed, Marwan Ghabril, Eric Orman, Kavish Patidar, Naga Chalasani, and Archita P. Desai. 2023. Racial disparities persist in the receipt to life saving procedures for hospitalized patients with decompensated cirrhosis. JAMA Network Open 6(7):e2324539. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.24539 
6. Dixon, Debra D., Shannon M. Knapp, Onyedika Ilonze, Sabra C. Lewsey, Sulsa Mazimba, Selma Mohammed, Harriet G.C. Van Spall, Khadijah Breathett. 2023. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Ambulatory Heart Failure Ventricular Assist Device Implantation and Survival. Journal of the American College of Cardiology Heart Failure. 11(10):1397-1407 
7. Breathett, Khadijah, Ryan Yee, Natalie Pool, Megan Hebdon, Shannon Knapp, Kathryn Herrera-Theut, Esther de Groot, Erika Yee, Larry Allen, Ayesha Hasan, JoAnn Lindenfeld, Elizabeth Calhoun, Molly Carnes, and Nancy Sweitzer. 2023. Group Dynamics and Allocation of Advanced Heart Failure Therapies—Heart Transplants and Ventricular Assist Devices—By Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Group. Journal of the American Heart Association. 12(5):e027701  PMID: 36846988; PMCID: PMC10111441.
   
8. Knapp, Shannon, Allysa Kehring, Jennifer Strepp, Christine M. Calton, Sheila M. Gephart, Kate E. Boyle, Grey Dietz, Haeley Johnson, Ryan E. Romo, Mackenzie Spencer, Alan D. Bedrick, Melissa D. Halpern. 2020. Elevated Coefficient of Variation in Total Fecal Bile Acids Precedes Diagnosis of Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Scientific Reports 10:249  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-57178-0
9. Bhattacharjee, Sandipan, Asad E. Patanwala, Daniel C. Malone, Jeannie K. Lee, Shannon M. Knapp, Wei-Hsuan Lo-Ciganic, Terri Warholak, and William J. Burke. 2019. Alzheimer's disease medication and risk of all-cause mortality and all-cause hospitalization: A retrospective cohort study. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions 5: 294-302. 
10. Grace, E. L., Allen, R. S., Ivey, K., Knapp, S.M., & Burgio, L.D. 2017. Racial and ethnic differences in psychotropic medication use among community-dwelling persons with dementia in the United States. Aging and Mental Health. 
11. Pearson, Scott F. and Shannon M. Knapp. 2016. Considering spatial scale and reproductive consequences of habitat selection when managing grasslands for a threatened species. PLoS One. 

MyBibliography

Cardiovascular Equity Research Program