Omar Niss, MD

Characterizing Engagement With a Mobile Health Application Designed for Adolescents and Young Adults With Sickle Cell Disease: Findings From the COMETS Study. Steinway, C; Carbaugh, L; Belton, T; Teng, O; Shults, J; Bennett, L; Griffis, H; Aygun, B; Appiah-Kubi, A; Apollonsky, N; Andemariam, B; Rubin, D; Smith-Whitley, K; Jan, S. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2026; 73(6):e70252.

Recruitment and retention of young adults with sickle cell disease. Belton, T; Carbaugh, L; Stevens, E; Seide, A; Ferreira, B; Teng, O; Bennett, L; Pfeiffer, A; Ferreira, M; Shova, A; Niss, O; Smith-Whitley, K; Jan, S; Steinway, CM. Health Care Transitions. 2026; 4:100133.

Community health worker support to adolescents and young adults with sickle cell disease: A multi-method analysis on transition-related support. Forrest, J; Galea, C; Steinway, C; Teng, O; Chen, J; Jan, S; Aygun, B; Appiah-Kubi, A; Apollonsky, N; Boruchov, D; Nortey, E; Smith-Whitley, K; Trachtenberg, S; Belton, T. Health Care Transitions. 2026; 4:100137.

Longitudinal changes and predictors of cardiac extracellular volume fraction in sickle cell anemia. Niss, O; Morin, CE; Hashemi, S; Alsaied, T; Lang, SM; Taylor, MD; Tasset, M; Malik, P; Quinn, CT. Blood Red Cells Iron. 2025; 1(3).

A New First-Line Option for Pediatric ITP-Incremental Progress or Paradigm Shift? Niss, O; Ware, RE; Quinn, CT. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). 2025; 334(20):1802-1803.

Community Health Worker and Mobile Health Interventions for Quality of Life Among Young Adults With Sickle Cell Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Jan, S; Steinway, C; Belton, T; Shults, J; Bennett, L; Teng, O; Griffis, H; Aygun, B; Appiah-Kubi, A; Apollonsky, N; Andemariam, B; Mulchan, SS; Rubin, D; Smith-Whitley, K. JAMA Network Open. 2025; 8(11):e2543571.

Reassessing voxelotor safety and efficacy: Real-world outcomes from the ASH research collaborative data hub. Niss, O; Fenchel, M; Abrams, C; Quinn, C; Kutlar, A. Blood. 2025; 146(Supplement 1):6226-6226.

Impact of disease genotype and severity of anemia on myocardial extracellular volume fraction in sickle cell disease (SCD) and non-SCD hemolytic anemias. Niss, O; Morin, C; Hashemi, S; Alsaied, T; Lang, S; Tasset, M; Taylor, M; Malik, P; Quinn, C. Blood. 2025; 146(Supplement 1):2957.

Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia type I: Updated report from the congenital dyserythropoietic anemia registry of North America. Hamdan, L; Elgammal, Y; Husami, A; Meznarich, J; Fasipe, F; Chonat, S; Mclemore, M; Schwartz, J; Sahib, S; Mccavit, T; Zhang, W; Lorsbach, R; Niss, O; Kalfa, T. Blood. 2025; 146(Supplement 1):4685-4685.

Biomarkers of ineffective erythropoiesis in patients with transfusion- dependent thalassemia. Hamdan, L; Elgammal, Y; Shova, A; Aygun, B; Quinn, C; Niss, O; Kalfa, T. Blood. 2025; 146(Supplement 1):4684-4684.