Melanie L Bell

Interests

Research

Missing data in clinical trialsCluster randomized trialsDesign and analysis of studies using patient reported outcomes

Courses

Scholarly Contributions

Journals/Publications

• Anderson, E. J., Chebet, J. J., Asaolu, I. O., Bell, M. L., & Ehiri, J. (2020). Influence of Women’s Empowerment on Place of Delivery in North Eastern and Western Kenya: A Cross-sectional Analysis of the Kenya Demographic Health Survey. Journal of epidemiology and global health, 10(1), 65.
• Bell, M. L., & Rabe, B. A. (2020). The mixed model for repeated measures for cluster randomized trials: a simulation study investigating bias and type I error with missing continuous data. Trials, 21(1), 148.
• Chebet, J. J., Thomson, C. A., Kohler, L. N., Ehiri, J. E., Luo, J., Cheng, T. D., Pan, K., Chlebowski, R. T., Nassir, R., Sealy-Jefferson, S., & others, . (2020). Association of diet quality and physical activity on obesity-related cancer risk and mortality in Black women: Results from the Women's Health Initiative. Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Biomarkers, 29(3), 591--598.
• Gordon, J. S., Bell, M. L., Armin, J. S., Giacobbi, P. R., & Nair, U. S. (2020). A telephone-based guided imagery tobacco cessation intervention: results of a randomized feasibility trial. Translational Behavioral Medicine.
• Gutenkunst, S. L., Vardy, J. L., Dhillon, H. M., & Bell, M. L. (2020). Correlates of cognitive impairment in adult cancer survivors who have received chemotherapy and report cognitive problems. Supportive Care in Cancer, 1--10.
• Miller, M. L., Roe, D. J., Hu, C., & Bell, M. L. (2020). Power difference in a $chi$ 2 test vs generalized linear mixed model in the presence of missing data--a simulation study. BMC medical research methodology, 20(1), 1--12.
• Muramoto, M. L., Hopkins, A., Bell, M., Allen, A., Nair, U., & Connolly, T. E. (2020). Results of a feasibility study of Helpers Stay Quit Training for smoking relapse prevention. Nicotine & Tobacco Research.
• Nair, U. S., Miller, E. S., Bell, M. L., Allen, S., Collins, B. N., & Allen, A. M. (2020). Feasibility and Acceptability of Timing a Quit Attempt to the Menstrual Phase in a Telephone-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention: Protocol of a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Nicotine and Tobacco Research.
• Nair, U. S., Miller, E. S., Bell, M. L., Allen, S., Collins, B. N., & Allen, A. M. (2020). Feasibility and acceptability of testing a menstrual-cycle timed smoking cessation intervention for women of reproductive age (Project Phase): Protocol of a pilot randomized controlled trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 18, 100569.
• Nair, U. S., Rabe, B., Brady, B. R., & Bell, M. L. (2020). Predictors of client retention in a state-based tobacco quitline. Journal of Smoking Cessation, 15(2), 67--75.
• Rabe, B. A., & Bell, M. L. (2020). A Conservative Approach for Analysis of Noninferiority Trials With Missing Data and Subject Noncompliance. Statistics in Biopharmaceutical Research, 12(2), 176--186.
• Silva, G. E., Quan, S. F., McMorrow, T., Bautista, R., Bell, M. L., & Haynes, P. L. (2020). Association between obstructive sleep apnea and multiple involuntary job loss history among recently unemployed adults. Sleep Health.
• Smith-Uffen, M., Johnson, S. B., Martin, A. J., Tattersall, M., Stockler, M. R., Bell, M. L., Detering, K., Clayton, J. M., Silvester, W., Clarke, S., & others, . (2020). Estimating survival in advanced cancer: a comparison of estimates made by oncologists and patients. Supportive Care in Cancer, 28(7), 3399--3407.
• Trejo, M. J., Bell, M. L., Dhillon, H. M., & Vardy, J. L. (2020). Baseline quality of life is associated with survival among people with advanced lung cancer. Journal of psychosocial oncology, 38(5), 635--641.
• Trejo, M. J., Lishimpi, K., Kalima, M., Mwaba, C. K., Banda, L., Chuba, A., Chama, E., Msadabwe, S. C., Bell, M. L., Harris, R. B., & others, . (2020). Effects of HIV status on non-metastatic cervical cancer progression among patients in Lusaka, Zambia. International Journal of Gynecologic Cancer, 30(5).
• Yuan, N. P., Schultz, J. L., Nair, U. S., & Bell, M. L. (2020). Predictors of Tobacco Cessation Among American Indian/Alaska Native Adults Enrolled in a State Quitline. Substance use & misuse, 55(3), 452--459.
• Barrett, E., Carr, D., Bell, M. L., & Pogreba Brown, K. M. (2018). Pilot Study of Long-Term Sequelae following a Campylobacteriosis Infection. Submitted to Pilot and Feasibility Studies. Pilot and Feasibility Studies.
• Bell, M. L., Floden, L., Rabe, B. A., Hudgens, S., Dhillon, H. M., Bray, V. J., & Vardy, J. L. (2019). Analytical approaches and estimands to take account of missing patient-reported data in longitudinal studies. Patient related outcome measures, 10, 129.
• Floden, L., & Bell, M. L. (2019). Imputation strategies when a continuous outcome is to be dichotomized for responder analysis: a simulation study. BMC medical research methodology, 19(1), 161.
• Garcia, D. O., Morrill, K. E., Aceves, B., Valdez, L. A., Rabe, B. A., Bell, M. L., Hakim, I. A., Martinez, J. A., & Thomson, C. A. (2019). Feasibility and acceptability of a beverage intervention for Hispanic adults: results from a pilot randomized controlled trial. Public health nutrition, 22(3), 542-552.
• Gordon, J. S., Giacobbi Jr, ,., Armin, J. S., Nair, U. S., Bell, M. L., & Povis, G. (2019). Testing the feasibility of a guided imagery tobacco cessation intervention delivered by a telephone quitline: Study protocol for a randomized controlled feasibility trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 16, 100437.
• Ingram, M., Marrone, N. L., & Bell, M. L. (2018). Self-reported hearing difficulty and its association with general, cognitive, and psychosocial health in the state of Arizona, 2015. BMC Public Health.
• Lohr, A. M., Ingram, M., Carvajal, S. C., Doubleday, K., Aceves, B., Espinoza, C., Redondo, F., Coronado, G., David, C., & Bell, M. L. (2019). Protocol for LINKS (linking individual needs to community and clinical services): a prospective matched observational study of a community health worker community clinical linkage intervention on the US-Mexico border. BMC public health, 19(1), 399.
• Marrone, N., Ingram, M., Bischoff, K., Burgen, E., Carvajal, S. C., & Bell, M. L. (2019). Self-reported hearing difficulty and its association with general, cognitive, and psychosocial health in the state of Arizona, 2015. BMC public health, 19(1), 875.
• Nair, U. S., Reikowsky, R. C., Allen, A. M., & Bell, M. L. (2019). Quitline program utilization and cessation outcomes: A comparison of provider-referred clients by healthcare settings. Preventive Medicine Reports, 14, 100863.
• Peterson, R. L., Carvajal, S. C., McGuire, L. C., Fain, M. J., & Bell, M. L. (2019). State inequality, socioeconomic position and subjective cognitive decline in the United States. SSM-population health, 7, 100357.
• Rabe, B. A., & Bell, M. L. (2019). A Conservative Approach for Analysis of Noninferiority Trials With Missing Data and Subject Noncompliance. Statistics in Biopharmaceutical Research, 1-11.
• Smith-Uffen, M. E., Johnson, S. B., Martin, A. J., Tattersall, M., Stockler, M. R., Bell, M. L., Detering, K., Clayton, J. M., Silvester, W., & Clarke, S. (2019). Estimating survival in advanced cancer: a comparison of estimates made by oncologists and patients. Supportive Care in Cancer, 1-9.
• Vaccaro, L., Butow, P. N., Lee, D., Johnson, S. B., Bell, M., Clayton, J., Detering, K. M., & Tattersall, M. (2019). Fidelity is fundamental: intervention predictors in advance care plans in terminal cancer. BMJ supportive & palliative care, 9(4), 397-403.
• Valdez, L., Garcia, D., Aceves, B., Bell, M., Humphrey, K., Hingle, M., McEwen, M., & Hooker, S. (2019). A Gender-and Culturally Sensitive Weight Loss Intervention for Hispanic Men: Results From theAnimoPilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Health Education & Behavior, 46(5), 763-772.
• Wagoner, R., Pogreba-Brown, K., Barrett, E., & Bell, M. (2019). Campylobacter and Laboratory Analysis Type: A Case-Case Analysis to Determine Differences in Risk Factors. Environmental Epidemiology, 3, 419.
• Yuan, N. P., Nair, U. S., Crane, T. E., Krupski, L., Collins, B. N., & Bell, M. L. (2019). Impact of changes in home smoking bans on tobacco cessation among quitline callers. Health education research, 34(3), 345-355.
• Yuan, N. P., Schultz, J. L., Nair, U. S., & Bell, M. L. (2019). Predictors of Tobacco Cessation Among American Indian/Alaska Native Adults Enrolled in a State Quitline. Substance use & misuse, 1-8.
• Zordan, R. D., Bell, M. L., Price, M., Remedios, C., Lobb, E., Hall, C., & Hudson, P. (2019). Long-term prevalence and predictors of prolonged grief disorder amongst bereaved cancer caregivers: A cohort study. Palliative & supportive care, 1-8.
• Allen, A. M., Yuan, N. P., Wertheim, B. C., Krupski, L., Bell, M. L., & Nair, U. (2018). Gender differences in utilization of services and tobacco cessation outcomes at a state quitline. Translational behavioral medicine.
• Barrett, E., Carr, D., Bell, M. L., & Pogreba-Brown, K. (2018). Post-infectious sequelae after Campylobacter enteric infection: a pilot study in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA. Pilot and feasibility studies, 4(1), 142.
• Bell, M. L. (2018). New guidance to improve sample size calculations for trials: eliciting the target difference. Trials, 19(1), 605.
• Bell, M. L., Dhillon, H. M., Bray, V. J., & Vardy, J. L. (2018). Important differences and meaningful changes for the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Cognitive Function (FACT-Cog). Journal of patient-reported outcomes, 2(1), 48.
• Bell, M. L., Horton, N. J., Dhillon, H. M., Bray, V. J., & Vardy, J. (2018). Using generalized estimating equations and extensions in randomized trials with missing longitudinal patient reported outcome data. Psycho‐Oncology.
• Carvajal, S. C., Huang, S., Bell, M. L., Denman, C., Guernsey, d., Cornejo, E., Chang, J., Staten, L. K., & Rosales, C. (2018). Behavioral and subjective health changes in US and Mexico border residing participants in two promotora-led chronic disease preventive interventions. Health Education Research.
• Garcia, D. O., Morrill, K. E., Aceves, B., Valdez, L. A., Rabe, B. A., Bell, M. L., Hakim, I. A., Martinez, J. A., & Thomson, C. A. (2018). Feasibility and acceptability of a beverage intervention for Hispanic adults: results from a pilot randomized controlled trial. Public health nutrition, 1-11.
• Garcia, D. O., Valdez, L. A., Bell, M. L., Humphrey, K., Hingle, M. D., McEwen, M. M., & Hooker, S. P. (2018). A Gender- and Culturally-Sensitive Weight Loss Intervention for Hispanic Males: The ANIMO Randomized Controlled Trial Study Protocol and Recruitment Methods. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications.
• Huang, S., Hu, C., Bell, M. L., Billheimer, D. D., Guerra, S., Roe, D., Vasquez, M., & Bedrick, E. J. (2018). Regularized continuous-time Markov model via elastic net. Biometrics.
• Johnson, S. B., Butow, P. N., Bell, M. L., Detering, K., Clayton, J. M., Silvester, W., Kiely, B. E., Clarke, S., Vaccaro, L., & Stockler, M. R. (2018). A randomised controlled trial of an advance care planning intervention for patients with incurable cancer. British journal of cancer, 1.
• Lent, A. B., O’Connor, P. A., Reikowsky, R. C., Nair, U. S., & Bell, M. L. (2018). Quit outcomes among clients ineligible for cessation medication through the state quitline: a retrospective, observational study. BMC public health, 18(1), 1001.
• Morrill, K. E., Aceves, B., Valdez, L. A., Thomson, C. A., Hakim, I. A., Bell, M. L., Martinez, J. A., & Garcia, D. O. (2017). Feasibility and Acceptability of a Beverage Intervention for Hispanic Adults: A Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Nutrition Journal.
• Morrill, K. E., Aceves, B., Valdez, L. A., Thomson, C. A., Hakim, I. A., Bell, M. L., Martinez, J. A., & Garcia, D. O. (2018). Feasibility and acceptability of a beverage intervention for Hispanic adults: a protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial. Nutrition journal, 17(1), 16.
• Nair, U. S., Bell, M. L., Yuan, N. P., Wertheim, B. C., & Thomson, C. A. (2017). Associations between comorbid health conditions and quit outcomes among smokers enrolled in a state quitline, Arizona, 2011-2016.. Public Health Reports.
• Pogreba-Brown, K., O'Connor, P., Matthews, J., Barrett, E., & Bell, M. L. (2018). Case–case analysis of Campylobacter and Salmonella–using surveillance data for outbreak investigations and monitoring routine risk factors. Epidemiology & Infection, 146(15), 1916-1921.
• Rabe, B. A., Day, S., Fiero, M. H., & Bell, M. L. (2018). Missing data handling in non‐inferiority and equivalence trials: A systematic review. Pharmaceutical Statistics.
• Sharpe, L., Thewes, B., Turner, J., Gilchrist, J., Fardell, J. E., Girgis, A., Tesson, S., Descallar, J., Bell, M. L., & Beith, J. (2018). Medical, demographic and psychological correlates of fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) morbidity in breast, colorectal and melanoma cancer survivors with probable clinically significant FCR seeking psychological treatment through the ConquerFear study. Supportive Care in Cancer, 1-10.
• Bell, M. L. (2017). Challenges to interpreting patient reported outcomes in clinical trials: author rejoinder. Annals of translational medicine, 5(21).
• Bell, M. L., Fiero, M. H., Dhillon, H. M., Bray, V. J., & Vardy, J. L. (2017). Statistical Controversies in Cancer Research: Using standardized effect size graphs to enhance interpretability of cancer-related clinical trials with patient reported outcomes. Annals of Oncology.
• Butow, P. N., Turner, J., Gilchrist, J., Sharpe, L., Smith, A. B., Fardell, J. E., Tesson, S., O’Connell, R., Girgis, A., Gebski, V. J., & others, . (2017). Randomized Trial of ConquerFear: A Novel, Theoretically Based Psychosocial Intervention for Fear of Cancer Recurrence. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 35(36), 4066--4077.
• Dhillon, H. M., Bell, M. L., Ploeg, H. P., Turner, J. D., Kabourakis, M., Spencer, L., Lewis, C., Hui, R., Blinman, P., Clarke, S. J., & others, . (2017). Impact of Physical Activity on Fatigue and Quality of Life in People with Advanced Lung Cancer: a Randomised Controlled Trial. Annals of Oncology, mdx205.
• Ernst, K. C., Erly, S., Adusei, C., Bell, M. L., Kessie, D. K., Biritwum-Nyarko, A., & Ehiri, J. (2017). Reported bed net ownership and use in social contacts is associated with uptake of bed nets for malaria prevention in pregnant women in Ghana. Malaria journal, 16(1), 13.
• Fiero, M. H., Hsu, C., & Bell, M. L. (2017). A pattern-mixture model approach for handling missing continuous outcome data in longitudinal cluster randomized trials. Statistics in medicine, 36(26), 4094--4105.
• Halpern, M. T., Fiero, M. H., & Bell, M. L. (2017). Impact of caregiver activities and social supports on multidimensional caregiver burden: analyses from nationally-representative surveys of cancer patients and their caregivers. Quality of Life Research, 26(6), 1587--1595.
• Hyatt, A., Lipson-Smith, R., Schofield, P., Gough, K., Sze, M., Aldridge, L., Goldstein, D., Jefford, M., Bell, M. L., & Butow, P. (2017). Communication challenges experienced by migrants with cancer: A comparison of migrant and English-speaking Australian-born cancer patients. Health Expectations.
• Hyatt, A., Lipson-Smith, R., Schofield, P., Gough, K., Sze, M., Goldstein, L., Jefford, M., Bell, M. L., & Butow, P. (2016). Communication challenges experienced by migrants with cancer: a comparison of migrant and English-speaking Australian-born cancer patients. Health Expectations.
• Ingram, M., Doubleday, K., Bell, M. L., Lohr, A., Murrieta, L., Velasco, M., Blackburn, J., Sabo, S., Zapien, J., & Carvajal, S. C. (2017). Community health worker impact on chronic disease outcomes within primary care examined using electronic health records. American journal of public health, 107(10), 1668--1674.
• Johnson, S. B., Butow, P. N., Kerridge, I., Bell, M. L., & Tattersall, M. (2017). How well do current measures assess the impact of advance care planning on concordance between patient preferences for end of life care and the care received: A methodological review. Journal of pain and symptom management.
• Jung, A. M., Schweers, N., Bell, M. L., Nair, U., & Yuan, N. P. (2017). Peer Reviewed: Tobacco Use Cessation Among Quitline Callers Who Implemented Complete Home Smoking Bans During the Quitting Process. Preventing chronic disease, 14.
• Mercieca-Bebber, R. L., Price, M. A., Bell, M. L., King, M. T., Webb, P. M., & Butow, P. N. (2017). Ovarian cancer study dropouts had worse health-related quality of life and psychosocial symptoms at baseline and over time. Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 13(5).
• Olivier, J., May, W. L., & Bell, M. L. (2017). Relative effect sizes for measures of risk. Communications in Statistics-Theory and Methods, 46(14), 6774--6781.
• Oren, E., Bell, M. L., Garcia, F., Perez-Velez, C., & Gerald, L. B. (2017). Promoting adherence to treatment for latent TB infection through mobile phone text messaging: study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 3(1), 15.
• Sabo, S., Flores, M., Wennerstrom, A., Bell, M. L., Verdugo, L., Carvajal, S., & Ingram, M. (2017). Community Health Workers Promote Civic Engagement and Organizational Capacity to Impact Policy. Journal of Community Health, 1--7.
• Schmidt, C. A., Romine, J. K., Bell, M. L., Armin, J., & Gordon, J. S. (2017). User Participation and Engagement With the See Me Smoke-Free mHealth App: Prospective Feasibility Trial. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 5(10).
• Ashbeck, E. L., & Bell, M. L. (2016). Single time point comparisons in longitudinal randomized controlled trials: power and bias in the presence of missing data. BMC medical research methodology, 16(1), 43.
• Bell, M. L., Fairclough, D. L., Fiero, M. H., & Butow, P. N. (2016). Handling missing items in the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS): a simulation study. BMC research notes, 9(1), 479.
• Bray, V. J., Dhillon, H. M., Bell, M. L., Kabourakis, M., Fiero, M. H., Yip, D., Boyle, F., Price, M. A., & Vardy, J. L. (2016). Evaluation of a Web-Based Cognitive Rehabilitation Program in Cancer Survivors Reporting Cognitive Symptoms After Chemotherapy. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 35(2), 217-225.
• Fiero, M. H., Huang, S., Oren, E., & Bell, M. L. (2016). Statistical analysis and handling of missing data in cluster randomized trials: a systematic review. Trials, 17(1), 72.
• Huang, S., Fiero, M. H., & Bell, M. L. (2016). Generalized estimating equations in cluster randomized trials with a small number of clusters: Review of practice and simulation study. Clinical Trials, 13(4), 445-449.
• Johnson, S., Clayton, J., Butow, P. N., Silvester, W., Detering, K., Hall, J., Kiely, B. E., Cebon, J., Clarke, S., & Bell, M. L. (2016). Advance care planning in patients with incurable cancer: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ open, 6(12), e012387.
• Mercieca‐Bebber, R. L., Price, M. A., Bell, M. L., King, M. T., Webb, P. M., & Butow, P. N. (2016). Ovarian cancer study dropouts had worse health‐related quality of life and psychosocial symptoms at baseline and over time. Asia‐Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology.
• Muramoto, M. L., Gordon, J. S., Bell, M. L., Nichter, M., Floden, L., Howerter, A., & Ritenbaugh, C. K. (2016). Tobacco cessation training for complementary and alternative medicine practitioners: Results of a practice-based trial. American journal of preventive medicine, 51(2), e35-e44.
• Muramoto, M. L., Gordon, J. S., Bell, M. L., Nichter, M., Floden, L., Howerter, A., Ritenbaugh, C., Muramoto, M. L., Gordon, J. S., Bell, M. L., Nichter, M., Floden, L., Howerter, A., & Ritenbaugh, C. (2016). Tobacco Cessation Training for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practitioners: Results of a Practice-Based Trial.. American journal of preventive medicine.
• Olivier, J., May, W. L., & Bell, M. L. (2016). Relative Effect Sizes for Measures of Risk. Communications in Statistics-Theory and Methods, 00-00.
• Price, M. A., Butow, P. N., Bell, M. L., Friedlander, M., Fardell, J. E., Protani, M. M., & Webb, P. M. (2016). Helplessness/hopelessness, minimization and optimism predict survival in women with invasive ovarian cancer: a role for targeted support during initial treatment decision-making?. Supportive Care in Cancer, 24(6), 2627-2634.
• Valdez, L. A., Bell, M. L., & Garcia, D. O. (2016). Assessing the influence of living and working conditions on alcohol consumption on agricultural workers in Mexico: a cross sectional study using the Encuesta Nacional de Jornaleros 2010 survey. Californian Journal of Health Promotion, 14(3), 12-21.
• Denman, C. A., Bell, M. L., Cornejo, E., Zapien, J. G., Carvajal, S., & Rosales, C. (2015). Changes in health behaviors and self-rated health of participants in Meta Salud: a primary prevention intervention of NCD in Mexico. Global heart, 10(1), 55--61.
• Dodds, S. E., Pace, T. W., Bell, M. L., Fiero, M., Negi, L. T., Raison, C. L., & Weihs, K. L. (2015). Feasibility of Cognitively-Based Compassion Training (CBCT) for breast cancer survivors: a randomized, wait list controlled pilot study. Supportive Care in Cancer, 23(12), 3599--3608.
• Fiero, M., Huang, S., & Bell, M. L. (2015). Statistical analysis and handling of missing data in cluster randomised trials: protocol for a systematic review. BMJ open, 5(5), e007378.
• McDonald, F. E., Patterson, P., White, K. J., Butow, P., & Bell, M. L. (2015). Predictors of unmet needs and psychological distress in adolescent and young adult siblings of people diagnosed with cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 24(3), 333--340.
• S, S., A, W., D, P., C, H., F, R., ML, B., & M., I. (2015). Community Health Worker Professional Advocacy: Voices of Action from the 2014 National Community Health Worker Advocacy Survey. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 38(3), 225--35.
• Smith, A., Thewes, B., Turner, J., Gilchrist, J., Fardell, J., Sharpe, L., Bell, M. L., Girgis, A., Grier, M., Byrne, D., & others, . (2015). Pilot of a theoretically grounded psychologist-delivered intervention for fear of cancer recurrence (Conquer Fear). Psycho-Oncology.
• Sze, M., Butow, P., Bell, M., Vaccaro, L., Dong, S., Eisenbruch, M., Jefford, M., Girgis, A., King, M., McGrane, J., & others, . (2015). Migrant Health in Cancer: Outcome Disparities and the Determinant Role of Migrant-Specific Variables. The oncologist, theoncologist--2014.
• Bell, M. L., Fiero, M., Horton, N. J., & Hsu, C. (2014). Handling missing data in RCTs; a review of the top medical journals. BMC medical research methodology, 14(1), 118.
• Bell, M. L., King, M. T., & Fairclough, D. L. (2014). Bias in Area Under the Curve for Longitudinal Clinical Trials With Missing Patient Reported Outcome Data Summary Measures Versus Summary Statistics. SAGE Open, 4(2), 2158244014534858.
• Bell, M. L., Teixeira-Pinto, A., McKenzie, J. E., & Olivier, J. (2014). A myriad of methods: Calculated sample size for two proportions was dependent on the choice of sample size formula and software. Journal of clinical epidemiology, 67(5), 601--605.
• Bell, M., & Fairclough, D. (2014). Practical and statistical issues in missing data for longitudinal patient reported outcomes. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 23(5), 440-459.
• Butow, P. N., Price, M. A., Bell, M. L., Webb, P. M., deFazio, A., Friedlander, M., Group, A. O., Investigators, L. S., & others, . (2014). Caring for women with ovarian cancer in the last year of life: A longitudinal study of caregiver quality of life, distress and unmet needs. Gynecologic oncology, 132(3), 690--697.
• Denman, C. A., Rosales, C., Cornejo, E., Bell, M. L., Mungu\'\ia, D., Zepeda, T., Carvajal, S., & Zapien, J. G. (2014). Evaluation of the Community-Based Chronic Disease Prevention Program Meta Salud in Northern Mexico, 2011--2012. Preventing chronic disease, 11.
• Goldstein, D., Bell, M., Butow, P., Sze, M., Vaccaro, L., Dong, S., Liauw, W., Hui, R., Tattersall, M., Ng, W., & others, . (2014). Immigrants' perceptions of the quality of their cancer care--An Australian comparative study, identifying potentially modifiable factors. Annals of Oncology, mdu182.
• Hodson, L., Eyles, H. C., McLachlan, K. J., Bell, M. L., Green, T. J., & Skeaff, C. M. (2014). Plasma and Erythrocyte Fatty Acids Reflect Intakes of Saturated and n--6 PUFA within a Similar Time Frame. The Journal of nutrition, 144(1), 33--41.
• Juraskova, I., Butow, P., Bonner, C., Bell, M., Smith, A., Seccombe, M., Boyle, F., Reaby, L., Cuzick, J., & Forbes, J. (2014). Improving decision making about clinical trial participation--a randomised controlled trial of a decision aid for women considering participation in the IBIS-II breast cancer prevention trial. British Journal of Cancer.
• King, M. T., Bell, M. L., Costa, D., Butow, P., & Oh, B. (2014). The Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 (QLQ-C30) and Functional Assessment of Cancer-General (FACT-G) differ in responsiveness, relative efficiency, and therefore required sample size. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 67(1), 100--107.
• Macann, A., Fua, T., Milross, C. G., Porceddu, S. V., Penniment, M., Wratten, C., Krawitz, H., Poulsen, M., Tang, C. I., Morton, R. P., & others, . (2014). Phase 3 Trial of Domiciliary Humidification to Mitigate Acute Mucosal Toxicity During Radiation Therapy for Head-and-Neck Cancer: First Report of Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group (TROG) 07.03 RadioHUM Study. International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology* Physics, 88(3), 572--579.
• McDonald, F., Patterson, P., White, K., Butow, P., & Bell, M. (2014). Predictors of unmet needs and psychological distress in adolescent and young adult siblings of people diagnosed with cancer. Psycho-Oncology.
• Patterson, P., McDonald, F., Butow, P., White, K., Costa, D., Millar, B., Bell, M., Wakefield, C., & Cohn, R. (2014). Psychometric evaluation of the Sibling Cancer Needs Instrument (SCNI): an instrument to assess the psychosocial unmet needs of young people who are siblings of cancer patients. Supportive Care in Cancer, 22(3), 653--665.
• Ralph, A. F., Ager, B., Bell, M. L., Collins, I. M., Andrews, L., Tucker, K., Nicole, O., Phillips, K., Butow, P., & others, . (2014). Women's preferences for selective estrogen reuptake modulators: an investigation using the time trade off technique. SpringerPlus, 3(1), 264.
• Ralph, A. F., Ager, B., Bell, M. L., Collins, I. M., Andrews, L., Tucker, K., Phillips, K., & Butow, P. (2014). Women's preferences for selective estrogen reuptake modulators: An investigation using protection motivation theory. Patient education and counseling.
• Bell, M. L., Butow, P. N., & Goldstein, D. (2013). Informatively missing quality of life and unmet needs sex data for immigrant and Anglo-Australian cancer patients and survivors. Quality of Life Research, 1-4.
• Bell, M. L., Kenward, H. G., Fairclough, D. L., & Horton, N. J. (2013). Differential dropout and bias in randomised controlled trials: when it matters and when it may not. BMJ, 346:e8668.
• Butow, P. N., Aldridge, L., Bell, M. L., Sze, M., Eisenbruch, M., Jefford, M., Schofield, P., Girgis, A., King, M., & Duggal-Beri, P. (2013). Inferior health-related quality of life and psychological well-being in immigrant cancer survivors: A population-based study. European Journal of Cancer.
• Butow, P. N., Bell, M. L., Smith, A. B., Fardell, J. E., Thewes, B., Turner, J., Gilchrist, J., Beith, J., Girgis, A., & Sharpe, L. (2013). Conquer fear: protocol of a randomised controlled trial of a psychological intervention to reduce fear of cancer recurrence. Psycho-Oncology, 13, 201.
• Butow, P. N., Sze, M., Eisenbruch, M., Bell, M. L., Aldridge, L. J., Abdo, S., Tanious, M., Dong, S., Iedema, R., & Vardy, J. (2013). Should culture affect practice? A comparison of prognostic discussions in consultations with immigrant versus native-born cancer patients. Patient Education and Counseling.
• Butow, P., Bell, M., Aldridge, L., Sze, M., Eisenbruch, M., Jefford, M., Schofield, P., Girgis, A., King, M., & Duggal, P. (2013). Unmet needs in immigrant cancer survivors: a cross-sectional population-based study. Supportive Care in Cancer, 1-12.
• Olivier, J., & Bell, M. L. (2013). Effect Sizes for 2× 2 Contingency Tables. PLOS One, 8, e58777.
• Olivier, J., & Bell, M. L. (2013). The Importance of Statistics in Cancer Research. World Journal of Cancer Research, 1, 78-81.
• Patterson, P., McDonald, F., Butow, P., White, K., Costa, D., Pearce, A., & Bell, M. (2013). Psychometric evaluation of the Offspring Cancer Needs Instrument (OCNI): an instrument to assess the psychosocial unmet needs of young people who have a parent with cancer. Supportive Care in Cancer, 1-12.
• Price, M., Bell, M., Sommeijer, D., Friedlander, M., Stockler, M., Defazio, A., Webb, P., & Butow, P. (2013). Physical symptoms, coping styles and quality of life in recurrent ovarian cancer: A prospective population-based study over the last year of life. Gynecological Oncology.
• Stein, R. A., Sharpe, L., Bell, M. L., Boyle, F. M., Dunn, S. M., & Clarke, S. J. (2013). Randomized controlled trial of a structured intervention to facilitate end-of-life decision making in patients with advanced cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 31, 3403-3410.
• Thewes, B., Bell, M., & Butow, P. (2013). Fear of cancer recurrence in young early‐stage breast cancer survivors: the role of metacognitive style and disease‐related factors. Psycho-Oncology.
• Thewes, B., Bell, M., Butow, P., Beith, J., Boyle, F., Friedlander, M., & McLachlan, S. (2013). Psychological morbidity and stress but not social factors influence level of fear of cancer recurrence in young women with early breast cancer: results of a cross‐sectional study. Psycho-Oncology.

Proceedings Publications

• Bell, M., & Rabe, B. (2017). How are researchers handling missing data in noninferiority trials? A systematic review. In TRIALS, 18.
• Garcia, D. O., Valdez, L., Aceves, B., Campas, D., Loya, J., Hingle, M. D., Bell, M. L., Hooker, S. P., & McEwen, M. M. (2017). A GENDER-AND CULTURALLY-SENSITIVE WEIGHT LOSS INTERVENTION FOR HISPANIC MALES. In ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE, 51.
• Johnson, S. B., Butow, P., Bell, M. L., Detering, K., Clayton, J., Silvester, W., Kiely, B. E., Clarke, S., Vaccaro, L., Stockler, M. R., & others, . (2017). A randomised Controlled Trial of an Advance Care Planning Intervention for Patients with Incurable Cancer. In ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, 13.

Presentations

• Allen, A. M., Yuan, N. P., Wetheim, B., Krupski, L. A., Nair, U. S., & Bell, M. L. (2018, Spring). Gender Differences in Smoking Cessation outcomes Among Callers at a State Quitline. College on Problems of Drug Dependence. San Diego, CA.
• Van Horne, Y. O., Bell, M. L., Lothrop, N. Z., Wilkinson, S., Klimecki, W., Loh, M. M., Sugeng, A. J., & Beamer, P. (2015, October). Dietary predictors of urinary arsenic concentration for children living in a rural Arizona community. International Society of Exposure Science. Henderson, NV.

Poster Presentations

• Allen, A. M., Yuan, N. P., Wetheim, B., Krupski, L. A., Nair, U. S., & Bell, M. L. (2018, Spring). Gender Differences in Smoking Cessation outcomes Among Callers at a State Quitline. Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. Baltimore, MD.
• Bell, M. L., Chen, Y., & Allen, A. M. (2019, Spring). PREVALENCE OF CIGARETTE AND E-CIGARETTE USE AMONG WOMEN WHO USED OPIOIDS DURING PREGNANCY. Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco.
• Yuan, N. P., Bell, M. L., Schultz, J., & O'Connor, P. A. (2017, March). Tobacco cessation among American Indian/Alaska Native individuals: The role of state quitlines in providing tailored services for this population. American Academy of Health Behaviors Annual Meeting. Tucson, AZ.