Leslie Christensen

CONTACT

leslie.christensen@wisc.edu
608-263-9047 (office)
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LIBRARY RESPONSIBILITIES

Head of Clinical, Academic, & Research Services
Family Medicine Liaison
Medical Education Liaison
Clinical Sciences Team
Systematic Reviews Team
Reference & Instruction
Public Services

Credentials/Education

M.A., Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.A., English Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Selected Publications

Melcher EM, Duran MI, Mamlouk GM, Christensen L, George GC, Kind AJH. Geographic measures of early life-course social exposome in the evaluation of structural neuroanatomy: a scoping review. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2026;11(2):139-154. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2025.09.023. PMID: 41075982.

Virani SS, Ahmed KS, Mahmud O, Saqib S, Khan MA, Christensen L, Zafar SN. Liver hypertrophy post-Yttrium-90 versus portal vein embolization: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg. 2026 Jan 30. doi: 10.14701/ahbps.25-228. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41611446.

Johnson AL, Avila JC, Christensen L, Fahey MC, Jang J, Jarvis S, Rojewski A, Rubenstein D, Kleykamp BA; Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Treatment Research Network. Smoking cessation treatment efficacy and impact on health outcomes among middle-aged and older adults: a scoping review. Nicotine Tob Res. 2025;28(1):14-25. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntaf122. PMID: 40476739.

Schrager S, Yogendran L, Wakefield H, Christensen L. Shared decision making in colorectal cancer screening: a scoping review. J Am Board Fam Med. 2025;38(4):635-660. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2024.240424R1. PMID: 41052936.

Dresang L, Christensen L. Use of delayed pushing nulliparous birthing patients with an epidural. Am Fam Physician. 2025;112(2):198-199. PMID: 40834376.

Pollard N, Christensen L, Kloster H, Gerber D, Chödrön G. Integrating lived experience into medical education related to children with medical complexity or developmental disabilities: protocol for a scoping review. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Jul 11;14:e64911. doi: 10.2196/64911. PMID: 40644692.

Virani SS, Ahmed KS, Springer M, Hussain M, Christensen L, Asif F, Pervez S, Fadoo Z, Belgaumi A, Zafar SN. Cancer registries in Pakistan: a scoping review. Lancet Reg Health Southeast Asia. 2025;38:100615. doi: 10.1016/j.lansea.2025.100615. PMID: 40584692.

Barry A, Ku B, Swarup G, Christensen LA, Columna L. Psychological factors of parental physical activity support among parents of children with disabilities: a meta-analysis. Disabil Rehabil. 2025 May;47(10):2503-2511. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2024.2399222. PMID: 39259233.

Khan AH, Mahmud O, Fatimi AS, Ahmed S, Wiener AA, Nishtala MV, Stahl CC, Christensen L, Khan MR, Schwartz PB, Zafar SN. A systematic review and meta-analysis of oncologic liver resections in low- and middle-income countries: opportunities to improve evidence and outcomes. J Surg Oncol. 2025 Apr;131(5):865-878. doi: 10.1002/jso.27928. PMID: 39573859.

Anaya Y, Do D, Christensen L, Schrager S. Shared decision making among racially and/or ethnically diverse populations in primary care: a scoping review of barriers and facilitators. Ann Fam Med. 2025;23(2):108-116. doi: 10.1370/afm.240087. PMID: 40127976.

Khan MA, Sherwani M, Ahmed KS, Ali M, Kumar PA, Tariq J, Christensen L, Bogale N, Schwartz PB, Zafar SN. Morbidity and mortality following surgery for pancreatic cancer in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Surg Oncol. 2025;131(3):435-442. doi: 10.1002/jso.27946. PMID: 39444276.

Stellon MA, Joshi DS, Beninati MJ, Leverson G, Yang Q, Antony KM, Christensen L, Hinshaw JL, Monroe E, Lobeck IN. Management of twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence: a systematic review and meta-snalysis. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2025;52(2):207-222. doi: 10.1159/000542841. Epub 2024 Dec 3. PMID: 39626652.

Venkatraman A, Bretl M, Kim SI, Christensen L, Kelm-Nelson CA, Ciucci MR, Thibeault SL. Stress-induced ultrasonic vocalization in laboratory rats and mice: a scoping review. Brain Sci. 2024;14(11):1109. doi: 10.3390/brainsci14111109. PMID: 39595872.

McKinley L, Acen IK, Alshannaq A, Christensen L, Dolan K, Kates A, Keating J, Musuuza J, Hollnagel F, Safdar N. Antiviral potential of spirulina in individuals with human immunodeficiency virus or Hepatis C virus infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Nutr ESPEN. 2024;63:440-446. doi: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2024.06.049. PMID: 39003731.

Kliethermes SA, Asif IM, Blauwet C, Christensen L, Coleman N, Lavallee ME, Moeller JL, Phillips SF, Rao A, Rizzone KH, Sund S, Tanji JL, Tuakli-Wosornu YA, Stafford CD 2nd. Focus areas and methodological characteristics of North American-based health disparity research in sports medicine: a scoping review. Br J Sports Med. 2024;58(3):164-171. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2023-107607. PMID: 38216322.

Musuuza JS, Kumar S, Posa DK, Hans A, Nayyar S, Christensen L, Kamoga GR. Cold agglutinin disease and COVID-19: a scoping review of treatments and outcomes. J Clin Med Res. 2024;16(1):8-14. doi: 10.14740/jocmr5102. PMID: 38327389

Lozar T, Wang W, Gavrielatou N, Christensen L, Lambert PF, Harari PM, Rimm DL, Burtness B, Kuhar CG, Carchman EH. Emerging prognostic and predictive significance of stress keratin 17 in HPV-associated and non HPV-associated human cancers: a scoping review. Viruses. 2023;15(12):2320. doi:10.3390/v15122320. PMID: 38140561

Rutkowkski RA, Scheer E, Carlson C, Parks R, Pulia MS, Patterson BW, Shah MN, Hoonakker PLT, Carayon P, Smith M, Christensen LA, Werner NE. A scoping review of work system elements that influence emergency department disposition decision-making. Hum Factors Health. 2023;4:100059. doi:10.1016/j.hfh.2023.100059

Long HL, Christensen L, Hayes S, Hustad KC. Vocal characteristics of infants at risk for speech motor involvement: a scoping review. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2023;66(11):4432-4460. doi:10.1044/2023_JSLHR-23-00336.  PMID: 37850852

Williams M, Richard-Davis G, Williams PL, Christensen L, Ward E, Schrager S. A review of African American women’s experiences in menopause. Menopause. 2022;29(11):1331-1337. doi:10.1097/GME.0000000000002060. PMID: 36126249

Gao Y, Dligach D, Christensen L, et al. A scoping review of publicly available language tasks in clinical natural language processing. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2022;29(10):1797-1806. doi:10.1093/jamia/ocac127. PMID: 35923088

Schwartz PB, Christensen L, Zafar SN. How to perform an effective literature review. Am J Surg. 2022;224(3):1019-1022. doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2022.04.026. PMID: 35534295.

Gifford A, Gettel CJ, Falvey JR, Hoang L, Christensen LA, Hwang U, Shah MN, The GEAR 2.0-ADC Network. Emergency department care transitions for patients with cognitive impairment: a scoping review. Poster presented at: Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Dementias Research Day 2022; April 2022; Madison, WI.

Gettel CJ, Falvey JR, Gifford A, Hoang L, Christensen LA, Hwang U, Shah MN, GEAR 2.0 Network. Emergency department care transitions for patients with cognitive impairment: a scoping review.  J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2022;23(8):1313.e1-1313.e13. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2022.01.076. PMID: 35247358

Brackett A, Christensen L, Doering M, Wescott A. Project Teamwork! Creating a successful collaborative scoping review process across four academic libraries. Poster presented at: North Atlantic Health Sciences Libraries Virtual Annual Meeting; October 25-26, 2021.

Hitchcock ME, Christensen LA. Searching for evidence. In: Staffileno BA, Murphy MP, Buchholz SW, eds. Research for Advanced Practice Nurses: From Evidence to Practice. 4th Ed. Springer; 2021: 15-34.

Lee SL, Hall WA, Morris ZS, Christensen L, Bassetti M. MRI-guided radiation therapy. Adv Oncol. 2021;1:29-39. doi: 10.1016/j.yao.2021.02.003. PMID: 37064601

Lee SL, Yadav P, Starekova J, Christensen L, Chandereng T, Chappell R, Reeder SB, Bassetti MF. Diagnostic performance of MRI for esophageal carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Radiology. 2021;299(3):583-594. doi:10.1148/radiol.2021202857. PMID: 33787334

Musuuza JS, Watson L, Parmasad V, Putman-Buehler N, Christensen L, Safdar N. Prevalence and outcomes of co-infection and superinfection with SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogens: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One. 2021;16(5):e0251170. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0251170. PMID: 33956882