Publications

Incorporating Lateral Flow Assays into Undergraduate Analytical Chemistry Lab Curricula for In-Person, Hybrid, and Remote Learning Formats

Andrew G. Kantor, Thomas Foster Scherr, David W. Wright, and Susan Denise Verberne-Sutton. Incorporating Lateral Flow Assays into Undergraduate Analytical Chemistry Lab Curricula for In-Person, Hybrid, and Remote Learning Formats. Journal of Chemical Education 2022 99 (2), 902-909. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00088
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A randomized controlled trial of an mHealth intervention for increasing access to HIV testing and care among young cisgender men and transgender women: the mLab App study protocol

Wood, O.R., Garofalo, R., Kuhns, L.M. et al. A randomized controlled trial of an mHealth intervention for increasing access to HIV testing and care among young cisgender men and transgender women: the mLab App study protocol. BMC Public Health 21, 1959 (2021).
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Usability Evaluation of the mLab App for Improving Home HIV Testing Behaviors in Youth at Risk of HIV Infection

Sanabria G, Scherr T, Garofalo R, Kuhns LM, Bushover B, Nash N, Davis R, Schnall R. Usability Evaluation of the mLab App for Improving Home HIV Testing Behaviors in Youth at Risk of HIV Infection. AIDS Educ Prev. 2021 Aug;33(4):312-324. doi: 10.1521/aeap.2021.33.4.312. PMID: 34370566; PMCID: PMC8487399.
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mHAT app for automated malaria rapid test result analysis and aggregation: a pilot study

Moore, C., Scherr, T., Matoba, J. et al. mHAT app for automated malaria rapid test result analysis and aggregation: a pilot study. Malar J 20, 237 (2021).
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App Use and Usability of a Barcode-Based Digital Platform to Augment COVID-19 Contact Tracing: Postpilot Survey and Paradata Analysis

Scherr T, DeSousa J, Moore C, Hardcastle A, Wright D. App Use and Usability of a Barcode-Based Digital Platform to Augment COVID-19 Contact Tracing: Postpilot Survey and Paradata Analysis. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2021;7(3):e25859. DOI: 10.2196/25859
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Understanding On-Campus Interactions With a Semiautomated, Barcode-Based Platform to Augment COVID-19 Contact Tracing: App Development and Usage

Scherr T, Hardcastle A, Moore C, DeSousa J, Wright D. Understanding On-Campus Interactions With a Semiautomated, Barcode-Based Platform to Augment COVID-19 Contact Tracing: App Development and Usage. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2021;9(3):e24275. DOI: 10.2196/24275
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Evaluating Network Readiness for mHealth Interventions Using the Beacon Mobile Phone App: Application Development and Validation Study

Scherr TF, Moore CP, Thuma P, Wright DW. Evaluating Network Readiness for mHealth Interventions Using the Beacon Mobile Phone App: Application Development and Validation Study.JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2020;8(7):e18413.
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Magnetically-enabled biomarker extraction and delivery system: towards integrated ASSURED diagnostic tools

Bauer WS, Kimmel DW, Adams NM, Gibson LE, Scherr TF, Richardson KA, Conrad JA, Matakala HK, Haselton FR, Wright DW. Magnetically-enabled biomarker extraction and delivery system: towards integrated ASSURED diagnostic tools. Analyst. 2017 May 2;142(9):1569-1580. doi: 10.1039/c7an00278e. PMID: 28386613; PMCID: PMC5674985.
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An embedded barcode for โ€œconnectedโ€ malaria rapid diagnostic tests

Scherr TF, Gupta S, Wright DW, Haselton FR. An embedded barcode for "connected" malaria rapid diagnostic tests. Lab Chip. 2017 Mar 29;17(7):1314-1322. doi: 10.1039/c6lc01580h. PMID: 28252130; PMCID: PMC6474256.
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Application of mass transfer theory to biomarker capture by surface functionalized magnetic beads in microcentrifuge tubes

Thomas F. Scherr, Christine F. Markwalter, Westley S. Bauer, David Gasperino, David W. Wright, Frederick R. Haselton. Application of mass transfer theory to biomarker capture by surface functionalized magnetic beads in microcentrifuge tubes. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, Volume 246, 2017, Pages 275-288, ISSN 0001-8686, doi.org/10.1016/j.cis.2017.02.006.
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A handheld orbital mixer for processing viscous samples in low resource settings

Scherr, T.F. et al. (2016) โ€˜A handheld orbital mixer for processing viscous samples in low resource settingsโ€™, Analytical Methods, 8(40), pp. 7347โ€“7353. doi:10.1039/c6ay01636g.
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Direct transfer of HRPII-magnetic bead complexes to malaria rapid diagnostic tests significantly improves test sensitivity

Ricks, K.M., Adams, N.M., Scherr, T.F. et al. Direct transfer of HRPII-magnetic bead complexes to malaria rapid diagnostic tests significantly improves test sensitivity. Malar J 15, 399 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1448-6
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Mobile phone imaging and cloud-based analysis for standardized malaria detection and reporting

Scherr, T., Gupta, S., Wright, D. et al. Mobile phone imaging and cloud-based analysis for standardized malaria detection and reporting. Sci Rep 6, 28645 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/srep28645
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A two-magnet strategy for improved mixing and capture from biofluids

Scherr TF, Ryskoski HB, Doyle AB, Haselton FR. A two-magnet strategy for improved mixing and capture from biofluids. Biomicrofluidics. 2016 Apr 11;10(2):024118. doi: 10.1063/1.4946014. PMID: 27158286; PMCID: PMC4833749.
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: VU undergrad author
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