Orysya Soroka

Biographic Data

ID84376
NAMEOrysya Soroka
GIVEN NAMESOrysya
FAMILY NAMESoroka
SIGNATURESOROKA O
AFFILIATIONSCornell University
ORCID0000-0003-3282-2378
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Long-term impacts of hurricanes on mortality among Medicare beneficiaries

    Open AccessOlivia J Keenan, Orysya Soroka et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Objectives Hurricane-related flooding has long-term socioeconomic effects on impacted areas; however, little is known about the long-term health effects on vulnerable, older residents who remain in impacted neighborhoods. We examined mortality rates among older adults who continued living in ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) impacted by flooding from Hurricane Sandy for up to 5 years after landfall. Methods We conducted a propensity-score matched…

  • Centering Community Engagement in a Hypertension Clinical Trial

    Open AccessStephanie Hart, Doyle M Cummings et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2025References: 4

    Black Americans residing in rural communities are often excluded from clinical trials for hypertension, despite having a high prevalence of the disease and frequent complications. This report describes our research team's experience to support recruitment and retention of rural Black patients with uncontrolled hypertension in the southeastern United States in a cluster-randomized clinical trial. While the focus of this report is on enrollment and…

  • Loneliness and Risk of 30-Day Hospital Readmission After Acute Myocardial Infarction

    Cheyenne Acker, Orysya Soroka et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2025References: 45

    BACKGROUND: Poor social health is linked to incident cardiovascular disease, but less is known about how loneliness affects health care utilization after an acute myocardial infarction (AMI). OBJECTIVE: Determine the association between loneliness and 30-day emergency department (ED) visit or readmission after AMI hospitalization. RESEARCH DESIGN: The REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study is a national prospectiv…

  • Treatment Intensity, Prescribing Patterns, and Blood Pressure Control in Rural Black Patients with Uncontrolled Hypertension

    Open AccessDoyle M Cummings, Alyssa Adams et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2023

  • Developing Faith-Based Health Promotion Programs that Target Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer Risk Factors

    Open AccessClare Burchenal, Shanna Tucker et al.ARTICLEJournal of Religion and Health2022

  • Association of Serious Hypoglycemic Events in Older Adults With Changes in Glycemic Performance Measures

    Chin-Lin Tseng, Chin‐Lin Tseng et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2021References: 13

    BACKGROUND: Reducing serious hypoglycemic events is a Federal-wide objective. Despite studies of trends for rates of serious hypoglycemia in existing literature, rigorous evaluation of links between the observed trends and changes in professional guidelines or performance measures for glycemic control is lacking. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether changes in professional society guidelines and performance measures for glycemic control correspond to c…

  • State-Level Variability in Veteran Reliance on Veterans Health Administration and Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations

    Open AccessDrew A Helmer, Mazhgan Rowneki et al.ARTICLEINQUIRY The Journal of Health…2018

    Most Veterans who use the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) also utilize private-sector health care providers. To better inform local and regional health care planning, we assessed the association between reliance on VHA ambulatory care and total and system-specific preventable hospitalization rates (PHRs) at the state level. We conducted a retrospective dynamic cohort study using Veterans with diabetes mellitus, aged 66 years or older, and du…