Nazanin Bahraini, PhD

Associate Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation


Publications

  • Kinney AR, Brenner LA, Nance M, Mignogna J, Cobb AD, Forster JE, Ulmer CS, Nakase-Richardson R, Bahraini NH. Factors influencing shared decision-making for insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea treatment among veterans with mild traumatic brain injury. J Clin Sleep Med. 2024 Jan 8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38189353
  • Kinney AR, Schneider AL, Welsh C, Sarmiento KF, Ulmer CS, Forster JE, Abbott Z, Bahraini NH. Insomnia and Chronic Pain Mediate the Relationship Between Traumatic Brain Injury and Reduced Positive Airway Pressure Adherence Among Veterans. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2024 Oct 29. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39531320
  • Kinney AR, Nakase-Richardson R, Bahraini N. The Promise of Implementation Science for Optimizing Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation in Real-World Practice Settings. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2024 Nov-Dec 01;39(6):409-413. PubMed PMID: 39420478
  • Kinney AR, Brenner LA, Nance M, Mignogna J, Cobb AD, Forster JE, Ulmer CS, Nakase-Richardson R, Bahraini NH. Decisional Needs of Veterans With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Initiating Treatment for Insomnia Disorder and Obstructive Sleep Apnea. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2024 Jul 3. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39019488
  • Brostow DP, Smith AA, Bahraini NH, Besterman-Dahan K, Forster JE, Brenner LA. Nutrition and Food Security Among Veterans: Operationalizing Nutritional Functioning. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2024 Aug;105(8):1520-1528. PubMed PMID: 38649010
  • Sullan MJ, Kinney AR, Stearns-Yoder KA, Reis DJ, Saldyt EG, Forster JE, Cogan CM, Bahraini NH, Brenner LA. A randomized clinical trial for a self-guided sleep intervention following moderate-severe traumatic brain injury: Study protocol. Contemp Clin Trials. 2024 Jun;141:107525. PubMed PMID: 38604497
  • Holliday R, Hostetter T, Brenner LA, Bahraini N, Tsai J. Suicide risk screening and evaluation among patients accessing VHA services and identified as being newly homeless. Health Serv Res. 2024 Oct;59(5):e14301. PubMed PMID: 38590010
  • Kinney AR, Brenner LA, Nance M, Mignogna J, Cobb AD, Forster JE, Ulmer CS, Nakase-Richardson R, Bahraini NH. Factors Influencing Adherence to Insomnia and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Treatments among Veterans with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Behav Sleep Med. 2024 Jul-Aug;22(4):553-570. PubMed PMID: 38420915
  • Newell S, Rynerson A, Gade P, Bahraini NH, Denneson LM, Dobscha SK. What Now?: Experiences of VHA patients following disclosure of suicidal ideation in primary care and mental health settings. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2024 Mar-Apr;87:7-12. PubMed PMID: 38266442
  • Kinney AR, Schneider AL, King SE, Yan XD, Forster JE, Bahraini NH, Brenner LA. Identifying and Predicting Subgroups of Veterans With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Based on Distinct Configurations of Postconcussive Symptom Endorsement: A Latent Class Analysis. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2024 Jul-Aug 01;39(4):247-257. PubMed PMID: 38259092
  • Kinney AR, Brenner LA, Nance M, Mignogna J, Cobb AD, Forster JE, Ulmer CS, Nakase-Richardson R, Bahraini NH. Factors influencing shared decision-making for insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea treatment among Veterans with mild traumatic brain injury. J Clin Sleep Med. 2024 May 1;20(5):801-812. PubMed PMID: 38189353
  • Reis DJ, Schneider AL, King SE, Forster JE, Bahraini NH. Delivery of bright light therapy within the Veterans Health Administration. J Affect Disord. 2024 Mar 15;349:1-7. PubMed PMID: 38154586
  • Reis DJ, Schneider AL, King SE, Forster JE, Bahraini NH. Delivery of bright light therapy within the Veterans Health Administration. J Affect Disord. 2023 Dec 26;349:1-7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38154586
  • Reis DJ, Yen P, Tizenberg B, Gottipati A, Postolache SY, De Riggs D, Nance M, Dagdag A, Plater L, Federline A, Grassmeyer R, Dagdag A, Akram F, Ozorio Dutra SV, Gragnoli C, RachBeisel JA, Volkov J, Bahraini NH, Stiller JW, Brenner LA, Postolache TT. Longitude-based time zone partitions and rates of suicide. J Affect Disord. 2023 Oct 15;339:933-942. PubMed PMID: 37481129
  • DeBeer BB, Mignogna J, Nance M, Bahraini N, Penzenik M, Brenner LA. COVID-19 and Lifetime Experiences of Trauma, Moral Injury, and Institutional Betrayal Among Healthcare Providers. J Occup Environ Med. 2023 Sep 1;65(9):745-750. PubMed PMID: 37254232
  • Gujral K, Bahraini N, Brenner LA, Van Campen J, Zulman DM, Illarmo S, Wagner TH. VA's implementation of universal screening and evaluation for the suicide risk identification program in November 2020 -Implications for Veterans with prior mental health needs. PLoS One. 2023;18(4):e0283633. PubMed PMID: 37040367
  • Denneson LM, Newell S, Elliott V, Rynerson A, Niederhausen M, Salvi A, Handley R, Bahraini N, Post EP, Carlson KF, Dobscha SK. Veteran Perspectives on Population-Based Suicide Risk Screening in VHA Primary Care: Mixed-Methods Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Aug;38(11):2537-2545. PubMed PMID: 36941426
  • Bahraini N, Adams RS, Caban J, Kinney AR, Forster JE, Hoffmire CA, Monteith LL, Brenner LA. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Deaths by Suicide, Drug Overdose, and Opioid-Related Overdose in a National Sample of Military Members With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, 1999-2019. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2023 Mar-Apr 01;38(2):114-124. PubMed PMID: 36883894
  • Kinney AR, Bahraini NH, Brenner LA. Social Determinants of Health and Traumatic Brain Injury: Implications for Rehabilitation Service Delivery and Outcomes. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2023 Mar-Apr 01;38(2):109-113. PubMed PMID: 36883893
  • Holliday R, Smith AA, Kinney AR, Forster JE, Bahraini N, Monteith LL, Brenner LA. Research Letter: Traumatic Brain Injury Among Veterans Accessing VA Justice-Related Services. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2023 Mar-Apr 01;38(2):184-190. PubMed PMID: 36727701
  • Bahraini N, Matarazzo BB, Brenner LA. Universal Suicide Risk Screening to Facilitate Mental Health Treatment: VA Risk ID. Psychiatr Serv. 2023 Feb 1;74(2):214. PubMed PMID: 36722092
  • Desai A, Holliday R, Wallis M, Thornewill A, Bahraini NH, Borges LM. Policy Changes as a Context for Moral Injury Development in the Wake of Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization. Obstet Gynecol. 2023 Jan 1;141(1):15-21. PubMed PMID: 36701606
  • Reis DJ, Hoffberg AS, Stearns-Yoder KA, Bahraini NH. Bright light therapy for mental and behavioral illness: A systematic umbrella review. Chronobiol Int. 2023 Feb;40(2):204-214. PubMed PMID: 36369785
  • Matarazzo BB, Eagan A, Landes SJ, Mina LK, Clark K, Gerard GR, McCarthy JF, Trafton J, Bahraini NH, Brenner LA, Keen A, Gamble SA, Lawson WC, Katz IR, Reger MA. The Veterans Health Administration REACH VET Program: Suicide Predictive Modeling in Practice. Psychiatr Serv. 2023 Feb 1;74(2):206-209. PubMed PMID: 36039552
  • Dobscha SK, Newell SB, Elliott VJ, Rynerson AL, Rabin S, Bahraini N, Post EP, Denneson LM. Primary Care and Mental Health Staff Perspectives on Universal Suicide Risk Screening and Care Coordination. Psychiatr Serv. 2023 Mar 1;74(3):305-311. PubMed PMID: 35959535
  • Reis DJ, Kaizer AM, Kinney AR, Bahraini NH, Holliday R, Forster JE, Brenner LA. A practical guide to random-effects Bayesian meta-analyses with application to the psychological trauma and suicide literature. Psychol Trauma. 2023 Jan;15(1):121-130. PubMed PMID: 35862085
  • Reis DJ, Kaizer AM, Kinney AR, Bahraini NH, Forster JE, Brenner LA. The unique association of posttraumatic stress disorder with hypertension among veterans: A replication of Kibler et al. (2009) using Bayesian estimation and data from the United States-Veteran Microbiome Project. Psychol Trauma. 2023 Jan;15(1):131-139. PubMed PMID: 35816586

Practice Locations

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (UCH)
12605 E. 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation