Publications

  • 2026

    *Co-author is student/learner, mentee or junior faculty; **Co-author is a community partner

    Baltrus P, Li C, Mcdonald A, *Mussington T, Douglas M, Gaglioti A, Dean Lt, Daugherty Gb, Hernandez-Green Nd. The Association Of County-Level Structural Racism With Risk Factors For Negative Maternal Health And Birth Outcomes Among Non-Hispanic Black People Of Childbearing Age. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2026 Feb 21. Doi: 10.1007/S40615-026-02849-8. Epub Ahead Of Print. Pmid: 41723299..

    Blount Ma, Hopkins J, **Ponder Ml, Johnson E, Nzinga My, *Morris Z, Baptiste E, Lamsal S, Paris Eb, **Young S, **Mooney Mv, Standifer M, Douglas M. Advancing Commitment To Health Equity Through Community-Based Legal Epidemiology: A Case Study Of Local Policy Reform. J Law Med Ethics. 2026 Mar 26:1-10. Doi: 10.1017/Jme.2026.10248. Epub Ahead Of Print. Pmid: 41884889.

    Josiah Willock R, *Nabi Sr, Parks Dc, Qaseem Ba And Miles Ma (2026) Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among Female Breast Cancer Survivors: Findings From The National Health Interview Survey (2019鈥2022). Front. Cancer Control Soc. 4:1628255. Doi: 10.3389/Fcacs.2026.1628255

    Li C, Mosaddegh A, Immergluck L, Owusu S, Chowdhury Sf, Baltrus P. Handling Missing Race And Ethnicity In An Ehr-Based Study Through Integration Of Individual Measures And Neighborhood Sociodemographic And Socioeconomic Measures. Microorganisms. 2026 Mar 14;14(3):662. Doi: 10.3390/Microorganisms14030662. Pmid: 41900421; Pmcid: Pmc13028836.  

    *Ord贸帽ez, C. E., Sabben, G., Boily, M., Winskell, K., Quarells, R. C., Lovell, K., Brooks, G. A., Borghi, S. E., Hines, J. F., King, A. R., Gujral, U., Taylor, B. D., Mccray, G. G., Gaddis, C., Evans, C. L., Georgial, G., Khizer, S., **Spivey, S., Akintobi, T., & Bednarczyk, R. Integrating Hyperlocal And Community-Engaged Approaches To Qualitative Research For Covid-19 Syndemic Response: Georgia Ceal Early Findings. Progress In Community Health Partnerships. 2026;20(1):133-147. Doi: 10.1353/Cpr.2026.A987079. Pmid: 41937653.

     

  • 2025

    *Co-author is student/learner, mentee or junior faculty; **Co-author is a community partner

    Adsul, P., Sanchez-Youngman, S., Dickson, E., Jacquez, B., Kuhlemeier, A., Muhammad, M., Briant, K. J., Hempstead, B., Mendoza, J. A., Rosas, L. G., Patel, A., Rodriguez Espinosa, P., Akintobi, T., Castro-Reyes, P., Carter-Edwards, L., Wallerstein, N. Assessing the context within academic health institutions toward improving equity-based, community and patient-engaged research. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. 2025;9(1):e6. doi:10.1017/cts.2024.675

    Alabi, O., Clark, Y., Sancheti, M., Grant, C., Mustapha, A., Patzer, R. E., & Henry Akintobi, T. (2025). Disease-specific knowledge among veterans with peripheral artery disease. Vascular medicine (London, England), 1358863X251333764. Advance online publication.

    Barrett, R., Bicego, E., **Cotton. T., Kegley, S. *Key, K., Mitchell, C. Farley, K., Shahin, Z., **Hoffman, L., Okoye, D., Washington, K., **Walton, S., **Burney, R., **Gruner, A., **Ross, T., **Grant, H.,  **Mooney., M.,  *Sanford., L., & Henry Akintobi., T. (2025). Community-Engaged Approach to Community Health Needs and Assets Assessment for Public Health Research. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 22(7), 1030;

    Cohn, E., McCloskey, DJ., Henry Akintobi, T., Gustavo, L., & Aguilar-Gaxiola., S. (2025). Successful examples in the field (Chapter 3, pp. 40-86) in Principles of Community Engagement (3rd Ed.). Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, Georgia

    Craig, L. S., Evans, C. L., Taylor, B. D., *Patterson, J., *Whitfield, K., *Hill, M., Nwagwu,M., Mubasher, M., Bednarczyk, R. A., McCray, G. G., **Gaddis, C. L. R., **Taylor, N., Thompson, E., **Douglas, U., **Latimer, S. K., **Spivey, S. G., Henry Akintobi, T., & Quarells, R. C. (2025). Challenges and Lessons Learned in Managing Web-Based Survey Fraud for the Garnering Effective Outreach and Research in Georgia for Impact Alliance-Community Engagement Alliance Survey Administrations. JMIR public health and surveillance, 10, e51786.

    Darkwa, A., Brooks,G., Akintobi, T., Chen, C.Z., Quarells, R., Best, M., Holliday, R. 鈥淒eveloping Counter-Narratives to Address COVID-19 Misinformation among 18-24 in Community and Campus Settings.鈥 Vaccine., Accepted 2025. 

    Dickson, E., Kuhlemeier, A., Adsul, P., Sanchez-Youngman, S., Myers, K., Akintobi, T. H., Rosas, L. G., Mendoza, J. A., Oetzel, J., Castro-Reyes, P., Alaniz, C., Jacquez, B., & Wallerstein, N. (2025). Developing the engage for equity institutional multi-sector survey: Assessing academic institutional culture and climate for community-based participatory research (CBPR). Journal of clinical and translational science, 9(1), e44. .

    Henry Akintobi, T., Bailey, R., & Michener, L. (2025).Community Engagement and Population Health:  Harnessing the Power of Community Engagement for Population Health. Prevention Chronic Disease.. 2025;22:250189.

    Henry Akintobi, T., & Miles-Richardson, S. (Eds.). (2025). Community-centered public health: Strategies, tools, and applications for advancing health equity (Chapter 9). In C. D. Walker, S. R. Crump, D. Rivers, S. S. Hutchins, L. A. Tables, G. Black, W. Oliver, & C. Ukadike (Authors), Community-oriented healthcare providers.

    Henry Akintobi, T., Holliday, R., **Hoffman, L., *Rollins, L., **Daniels, Y., **Grant, H., & **Kottke, M. (2025). Contextualizing Barriers and Facilitators to Scaling Community-Engaged Research Transformation at a Historically Black Medical School. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. 9: e57, 1鈥7. doi: 10.1017/ cts.2025.3

    Henry Akintobi, T., **Richmond, A., Denzongpa, K., Wimbly Smith, T., *Key, K., **Shariff, N., & **Greene-Moton, E. (2025). Establishing Community Governance. (Chapter 12, pp. 221-223) of Community-Centered Public Health: Strategies, Tools, and Applications for Advancing Health Equity. Springer Publishing Company, ISBN-13: 9780826189455: Manhattan, New York.

    Henry Akintobi, T., **Hoffman, L., *Turpin, R., **Conner, C., O鈥橯uinn, M., & *Okoye, D. (2025). Establishing Community Governance. (Chapter 2, pp. 19-33) of Community-Centered Public Health: Strategies, Tools, and Applications for Advancing Health Equity. Springer Publishing Company, ISBN-13: 9780826189455: Manhattan, New York.

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    Henry Akintobi, T., Dodd, S., Estby, L., * Rollins, L., **Cotton, T., Jones, S., Harris, K., Cook, N., Piper, K., * Gower, K., Dozier, A., & Eder, M. (2025). Advancing equity through community-partnered program evaluation (Chapter 7) in Principles of Community Engagement (3rd Ed.). Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta

    Henry Akintobi, T., **Hoffman, L., **Johnson, N., **Jacobs, T. (2025). Snapshot: Maintaining and Scaling an Established Community-Engaged Research Coalition Board (Chapter 5, pp. 101-102) of 鈥淥pportunities for facilitating community-engaged research鈥 in Principles of Community Engagement (3rd Ed.). Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry*, Atlanta GA.

    Henry Akintobi, T. & Miles-Richardson, S. (2025). Community-Centered Public Health: Strategies, Tools, and Applications for Advancing Health Equity. Springer Publishing Company, ISBN-13: 9780826189455: Manhattan, New York.

    Johnson, L. C. M., Josiah Willock, R., Simmons, S., Moyd, S., Geiger, D., Ghali, J. K., & Quarells, R. C. (2025). COVID-19 Prevention and Mitigation Decision-Making Processes While Navigating Chronic Disease Care: Perspectives of Black Adults with Heart Failure and Diabetes. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities, 12(1), 181鈥190.

    King MH, Li C, Bond VC, Ford D, Baltrus P, Farber HW. Prevalence and Economic Burden of Pulmonary Hypertension and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Among the Medicaid Population. Pulm Circ. 2025 Apr 17;15(2):e70060. doi: 10.1002/pul2.70060. PMID: 40256429; PMCID: PMC12006030.

    Li, C., Baltrus, P., Josiah Willock, R., Blount, M., Gaglioti, A., Bailey, B., Caplan, L. S., Douglas, M. D., & Mack, D. (2025). County-Level Analysis of the Health Impact of Black Physicians in Georgia. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities, 10.1007/s40615-025-02423-8. Advance online publication.

    Mize, B. M., Saati, A., Donzo, M. W., Forrester, N., Mustapha, A. F., Neill, A., Duwayri, Y., Massarweh, N. N., Akintobi, T. H., Patzer, R. E., & *Alabi, O. (2025). Evaluating Receipt of Optimal Medical Therapy Amongst Structurally Disadvantaged Groups Undergoing Amputation. Annals of vascular surgery, S0890-5096(24)00561-2. Advance online publication.

    Newton, V., Farinu, O., Smith, H., Jackson, M. I., & Martin, S. D. (2025). Speaking out: Factors influencing Black Americans鈥 engagement in covid-19 testing and research. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. (Full article  access typically requires a subscription or institutional login.)

    Ogunyemi KO, McNabb S, **Lokossou V, Ohuabunwo CJ (2025). Developing a new pragmatic tool for assessing contextual fit and feasibility of evidence based interventions towards effective implementation in global health. BMJ Glob Health 2025;10:e015931. doi:10.1136/ bmjgh-2024-015931.  

    Purcell, D., Duffus, W.A., Standifer, M., Mayberry, R., & Hutchins, S. S. (2025).  Population-level risks for HIV mortality during COVID-19 pandemic in the United States by demographic characteristics and medicaid access, 2020-2021.  American Journal of Public Health, 115(4), 579-587.  .

    Ramakrishnan U, Hennink M, Kondwani KA, Sundararajan RL, Hunt R, Ingles DJ, Williams D, Smith C, Tran L, Taylor T, Heimburger DC, Golightly LM. Barriers and Facilitators for Participation in Global Health Research Training Programs Among Underrepresented Minority Groups. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2025 May 13:tpmd240847. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.24-0847. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40359911

    Sanchez-Youngman, S., Jacquez, B., *Adsul, P., Dickson, E., Henry Akintobi, T., **Hoffman, L., Rosas, L., Gay, S., Mendoza, J., Mapes, D., Oetzel, J., Nease, D., Wallerstein, N. (2025). Engage for Equity Plus: Transforming Academic Health Centers to Sustain Patient/Community Engaged Research Structures, Policies, and Practices. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. Published online 2025:1-32. doi:10.1017/cts.2025.51
  • 2024
    Amplifying Youth Voice to Promote Black Youth Mental Health Through Policy in Georgia
     

    *Co-author is student/learner, mentee or junior faculty; **Co-author is a community partner

    Baltrus, P. T., Li, C., Douglas, M., Josiah Willock, R., Daniel, A., Mack, D., & Gaglioti, A. H. (2024). Neighborhood Ecologies, Cases, and Deaths during the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for Current and Future Epidemics?. Southern medical journal, 117(11), 640鈥645.

    Craig, L.S., Evans, C.L., Whitfield, K., Taylor, B.D., Patterson, J., Nwagwu, M.N.A., Mubasher, M., Bednarczyk, R.A., McCRay, G., Gaddis, C.L.R., Taylor, N., Thompson, E., Douglas, U., Latimer, S.K., Akintobi, T.H., Quarells, R.C. 鈥淐hallenges and Lessons Learned with GA CEAL Survey I & II.鈥 JMIR Public Health & Surveillance. 2024 Dec 24;10:e51786. doi: 10.2196/51786. PMID: 39718988; PMCID: PMC11687484.

    DeBarros, K., Khan, M.B., Coleman, M., Bond, V.C., Floyd, V., Gbodossou, E., Diop, A., Krumpe, L.R., O'Keefe, B.R., & Powell, M.D. (2024). MoMo30 Binds to SARS-CoV-2 Spike Variants and Blocks Infection by SARS-CoV-2 Pseudovirus. Viruses, 16(9), 1433; . - 7 Sep 2024

    Disease Care: Perspectives of Black Adults with Heart Failure and Diabetes. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 2024 May 3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38702490.

    Douglas MD, Corallo KL, Moore MA, DeWolf MH, Tyus D, Gaglioti AH. Changes in State Laws Related to Coverage for Substance Use Disorder Treatment Across Insurance Sectors, 2006-2020. Psychiatr Serv. 2024 Jun 1;75(6):543-548. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.20220550. Epub 2023 Dec 5. PMID: 38050443.

    Effects of social determinants on the health outcomes and academic success of international college students in Georgia, United States. Armstrong-Mensah, E., Machang鈥檜, D., Jeudy, H., Misamo, M., Santana, N., Manji, A., & Alema-Mensah, E. (2024). Journal of American College Health, 1鈥11.

    Foster AA, Hoffmann JA, Douglas MD, Monuteaux MC, Douglas KE, Benevides TW, Hudgins JD, Stewart AM. Comprehensiveness of State Insurance Laws and Perceived Access to Pediatric Mental Health Care. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Aug 1;7(8):e2426402. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.26402. PMID: 39133489; PMCID: PMC11320173.

    Frediani, J.K., Smith, T.W., Spires, S., Moreland, P., Thompson, G., Henderson, D., Smith, S., Maxwell, R., Hoffman, L.M., Johnson, L.N., Bryant, X., Jacobs, T., Geiger, D., Wilde, G., Weber, M.B., Akintobi, T.H., Narayan, K.M.V., Quarells, R.C. Lessons Learned from Community Partnership During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Community Perspective Progress in Community Health Partnerships. 18(3):415-419, 2024. PMID: 39308386.

    Gaylor E, Stone DM, Crosby AE. Suicide Prevention. In: Rippe JM. Ed. Lifestyle Medicine, 4th Edition. Boca Raton, Florida: Taylor & Francis, Nov 2024.

    Hadgu, A., Yan, F., & Mayberry, R. (2024). The association between vitamin D deficiency and diabetes in adult African Americans and Whites: An NHANES study. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 

    Hadgu, A., Yan, F., Effoe, V., & Mayberry, R. (2024). Statin use and its association with all-cause mortality and incident diabetes/prediabetes in African Americans: Findings from the jackson heart study. Journal of the National Medical Association, 116(6), 682鈥693.

    Henry Akintobi, T. Ametewee, L., Waldrop, R.T. Baltrus, P., Mobley, S., Quarells, R.C., Nwagwu, M., Harris, C., Glover, K., Hill, M., Taylor, B., Mubasher, M. Investigation of the Impact of Social Vulnerability and Racial Disparity on COVID-19 Infection and Death Rates Among Georgians (USA). International Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health Research. 5(3);2024. DOI: 10.61148/2836-2810/IJEPHR/084

    Holliday, R., Martin, S., Phillips, R., Barrett, T., Shahin, Z., Farley, K., *Bunzy N., Kegley, S. (2024). Awareness, knowledge, and willingness to take PrEP among Black students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions. Journal of American College Health, 1鈥11.  

    Holliday, R. C., Martin, S. D., Phillips, R., Shahin, Z., Farley, K., Cahoy, A. B., & Ross, T. (2024). Implementation of an HIV Prevention Intervention at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Predominantly Black Institutions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(11), 1395.  

    Hutchins, S.S., & Mayberry, R.M. (2024).  Protecting populations at high risk for severe COVID-19.  American Journal of Public Health, 114(S9), S711-S713. .

    Johnson, L., Josiah Willock, R., Simmons, S., Moyd, S., Geiger, D., Ghali, J., Quarells, R.C. COVID-19 Prevention and Mitigation Decision-making Processes while Navigating Chronic Disease Care: Perspectives of Black Adults with Heart Failure and Diabetes. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 2024 May 3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38702490.

    Johnson JR, Mavingire N, Woods-Burnham L, Walker M, Lewis D, Hooker SE, Galloway D, Rivers B and Kittles RA. Prostate Cancer Disparities:  Complex interplay of Rick Factors in African American Men. Nat Rev Urol. 2024. doi: 10.1038/s41585-023-00849-5.

    Johnson JR ,Martini RN, Yuan YC, Woods-Burnham L, WalkD, Davistiz-Hernandez G, Kobeissy F, Galloway D, Gaddy A, Oguejiofor C, Allen, B, Lewis, D ,Davis MB, Kimbro S, Yates C,1, Murphy AB,  Kittles RA. 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3-mediated Suppression of Potential Survival Biomarkers Associated with Cell Cycle Regulation and Actin Organization in a non-malignant African American Prostate Cell Line. Biology (Basel). 2024 May 15;13(5):346. doi: 10.3390/biology13050346.

    Lekpor CE, Botchway FA, Driss A, Bashi A, Abrahams AD, Kusi KA, Futagbi G, Alema-Mensah E, Agbozo W, Solomon W, Harbuzariu A, Adjei AA and Stiles JK (2024). Circulating biomarkers associated with pediatric sickle cell disease.  Front. Mol. Biosci. 11:1481441. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2024.1481441

    Mack, D. H., Douglas, M., Holiday, R., Akintobi, T., Li, C.,*Hopkins, J., & Gaglioti, A. (2024). An Equitable Communication and Dissemination Model for Linking Culturally Diverse Communities to COVID-19 Services. American journal of public health, e1鈥揺5. Advance online publication.

    Madden, E. B., Hindorff, L. A., Bonham, V. L., Akintobi, T. H., Burchard, E. G., Baker, K. E., Begay, R. L., Carpten, J. D., Cox, N. J., Di Francesco, V., Dillard, D. A., Fletcher, F. E., Fullerton, S. M., Garrison, N. A., Hammack-Aviran, C. M., Hiratsuka, V. Y., Hildreth, J. E. K., Horowitz, C. R., Hughes Halbert, C. A., Inouye, M., 鈥 Green, E. D. (2024). Advancing genomics to improve health equity. Nature genetics, 56(5), 752鈥757.

    McGregor, B. & Parris, A.J.H. (2024). Black Women, Public Health, and Resilience: Political Power. In C.P. Jones & K. Braithwaite Holden (Eds.), Black Women & Resilience (pp.317 - 331). Suny Press.

    Mubasher, M., Ametewee, L., Waldrop, R., Baltrus, P., Mobley, S., Quarells, R., Nwagwu, M., Harris, C., Glover, K., *Hill, M., Taylor, B., & Henry Akintobi, T. (2024) Investigation of the Impact of Social Vulnerability and Racial Disparity on COVID-19 Infection and Death Rates Among Georgians (USA). International Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health Research, 5(3); DOI: 10.61148/2836-2810/IJEPHR/084.

    Mubasher, M., Shan, L., Yan, F., Rivers, B., Wu, F., Idris, M., Quarshie, A., Mayberry, R. M., Ofili, E., Akintobi, T. H., & Bae, S. (2024). Simulations-Based Least Required Sample Size and Power in Clinical Trials with Time-to-Event endpoint and Variable Hazard. International journal of epidemiology and public health research, 5(3), 1114.

    Needham BL, Dokshina D, Ali T, Allgood KL, Douglas M, Dulin A, Fleischer NL, Johnson AE, Ro A, Ag茅nor M. Exposure to structural racism-related state laws is associated with worse cardiovascular health among US adults, BRFSS 2011 and 2013. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Jan 8;194(1):142-151. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwae176. PMID: 38960630.

    Nzinga MY, Blount MA, Johnson E, Newton B, Desai D, Wallack RA, Allen Z, Kendall M, Tyus D, Douglas MD. Amplifying Youth Voice to Promote Black Youth Mental Health Through Policy in Georgia. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2024;35(3S):193-201. PMID: 39069940. 

    Ogunyemi KO, Ohuabunwo C, **Lokossou VK, **Sogbossi LS, **Antara S, Haley C, Nyenswah T, A茂ssi MA, McNabb S, Kebede S (2024). Rethinking the methodology of global indexes for equitable evidence-informed policy towards sustainable development. J Glob Health 2024;14: 03047  

    Ogunyemi KO,**Lokossou VK, **Sogbossi LS, Ohuabunwo C, **Antara S, Kebede S, Haley C, Nyenswah T, Aissi MA, McNabb S (2024). A pragmatic assessment of contextual fit and feasibility for e-learning implementation among public health workders in 16 West African countries: a mixed-methods study. J Clob Health Econ Policy 2024:e2024004.doi:10.5272/001c.123616. DOI:

    Rowley, D.L., Anyanwu, K., Crosby, A., Phillips, K. S., & Hutchins, S. American Journal of Public Health, 114(S9), S723-S730.

  • 2023

    Ansa, B., Alema-Mensah, E., Sheats, J., Mubasher, M., & Henry Akintobi, T (2023) Colorectal cancer knowledge and screening change in African Americans: Implementation phase results of the EPICS cluster randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Preventive Medicine-Focus. doi:
     

    • Henry Akintobi T, Quarells RC, Bednarczyk RA, Khizer S, Taylor BD, Nwagwu MNA, Hill M, Ord贸帽ez CE, Sabben G, Spivey S, Davis K, Best ML, Chen AZ, Lovell K, Craig LS, Mubasher M. Community-Centered Assessment to Inform Pandemic Response in Georgia (US). Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 May 8;20(9):5741. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20095741. PMID: 37174257; PMCID: PMC10178178.

    • Mubasher M, Pearson T, Idris MY, Lawson K, Holmes J, Pemu P, Baez A, Stiles JK, Salazar MS, Thompson WE, Quarshie A, Caplan LS, Strekalova Y, Ofili E. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 May 8;20(9):5738. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20095738. PMID: 37174259 PMID:37174259

    • Baez A, Idris MY, Lawson K, Mubasher M, Strekalova Y, Green K, Pemu P, Stiles JK, Salazar M, Quarshie A, Caplan LS, Alema-Mensah E, Pearson T, Faupel-Badger J, Engler JA, Ofili EO. Impact of COVID-19 on the Research Career Advancement of Health Equity Scholars from Diverse Backgrounds. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Mar 08; 20(6). PMID: .

    • Ansa, B., Alema-Mensah, E., Sheats, J., Mubasher, M., & Henry Akintobi, T (2023) Colorectal cancer knowledge and screening change in African Americans: Implementation phase results of the EPICS cluster randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Preventive Medicine-Focus. doi:
       
    • Olamide Alabi, Kelly J. Hunt, Rachel E. Patzer, Tabia Henry Akintobi, and Nader N. Massarweh. Racial Differences in Vascular Assessment Prior to Amputation in the Veterans Health Administration. Health Equity. May 2023.346-350. PMID: 37284536; PMCID: PMC10240309.

    • Akintobi TH, Barrett R, Hoffman L, Scott S, Davis K, Jones T, Brown NV, Fraire M, Fraire R, Garner J, Gruner A, Hill J, Meckel R, Obi C, Omunga P, Parham Q, Rice T, Samples O, Terrill T. The community engagement course and action network: strengthening community and academic research partnerships to advance health equity. Front Public Health. 2023 Jun 19;11:1114868. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1114868. PMID: 37404270; PMCID: PMC10317472.Frontiers | The community engagement course and action network: strengthening community and academic research partnerships to advance health equity (frontiersin.org)  

    • Henry Akintobi T, Quarells RC, Bednarczyk RA, Khizer S, Taylor BD, Nwagwu MNA, Hill M, Ord贸帽ez CE, Sabben G, Spivey S, Davis K, Best ML, Chen AZ, Lovell K, Craig LS, Mubasher M. Community-Centered Assessment to Inform Pandemic Response in Georgia (US). Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 May 8;20(9):5741. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20095741. PMID: 37174257; PMCID: PMC10178178.

    • Holliday RC, Piper KD, Trimble SX, Dickinson-Copeland CM, Mitchell AK, Akintobi TH, Bond VC, Floyd VD. Moving 好色先生 of Medicine Translation Tx Research through MDTTs-Multidisciplinary Translational Teams. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Feb 28;20(5):4302. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20054302. PMID: 36901310; PMCID: PMC10002169.

    • Jahn JL, Zubizarreta D, Chen JT, Needham BL, Samari G, McGregor AJ, Douglas MD, Austin SB, Ag茅nor M. Legislating Inequity: Structural Racism In Groups Of State Laws And Associations With Premature Mortality Rates. Health Aff (Millwood). 2023 Oct;42(10):1325-1333. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2023.00471

    • Swietek K, Gianattasio KZ, Henderson S, Khanna S, Ubri P, Douglas M, Baltrus P, Freij M, Mack DH, Gaglioti A. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2023 Jul-Aug 01;29(4):572-579. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001738. Epub 2023 Mar 17. PubMed PMID: 36943401

    • Douglas MD, Li C, Josiah Willock R, Baltrus P, Caplan L, Immergluck L, McKinney T, Hopkins J, Mack D, Gaglioti AH. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2023 Jul 26; doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001777. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37498523.

    • Gaglioti AH, Li C, Baltrus PT, She Z, Douglas MD, Moore MA, Rao A, Cheng Immergluck L, Ayer T, Bazemore A, Rust G, Mack DH. J Am Board Fam Med. 2023 Apr 3;36(2):303-312. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2022.220015R1. Epub 2023 Mar 3. PubMed PMID: 36868870.

    • Anthony KM, Ertl A, Leavitt RA, Crosby AE, Diduk-Smith RM, Matthews RA. Anthony K. Detection of Suicide Clusters using Small-Area Geographic Data from the Virginia Violent Death Reporting System, 2010 鈥 2015. Virginia Journal of Public Health.:

    • Gaylor EM, Krause KH, Welder LE, et al. Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among High School Students 鈥 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2021. MMWR Suppl 2023;72(Suppl-1):45鈥54.      PMID: 37104546 PMCID: PMC10156155 DOI:

    • Armstrong-Mensah, Elizabeth Afibah, Ofori, Emmanuel, Alema-Mensah, Ernest, Agyarko-Poku, Thomas (2023) HIV Destigmatization: Perspectives of People Living with HIV in the Kumasi Metropolis in Ghana, Frontiers in Reproductive Health, section Reproductive Epidemiology.,

    • Hassan, S., Gujral, U. P., Quarells, R. C., Rhodes, E. C., Shah, M. K., Obi, J., Lee, W. H., Shamambo, L., Weber, M. B., & Narayan, K. M. V. (2023). Disparities in diabetes prevalence and management by race and ethnicity in the USA: defining a path forward. The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology, 11(7), 509鈥524. . 

    • Henry Akintobi, T., Quarells, R. C., Bednarczyk, R. A., Khizer, S., Taylor, B. D., Nwagwu, M. N. A., Hill, M., Ord贸帽ez, C. E., Sabben, G., Spivey, S., Davis, K., Best, M. L., Chen, A. Z., Lovell, K., Craig, L. S., & Mubasher, M. (2023). Community-Centered Assessment to Inform Pandemic Response in Georgia (US). International journal of environmental research and public health, 20(9), 5741. . Article link:

    • Escoffery, C., Patel, A., Leung, J., Anderson, M., McGee, R., Sajatovic, M., Johnson, E. K., Jobst, B., Kiriakopoulos, E. T., Shegog, R., Fraser, R., & Quarells, R. C. (2023). MEW network self-management program characteristics and lessons learned through the RE-AIM framework. Epilepsy & behavior: E&B, 140, 109111. . Article link:

    • Turley, C. B., Tables, L., Fuller, T., Sanders, L. J., Scott, H., Moodley, A., Woodward Davis, A., Leav, B., Miller, J., Schoemaker, K., Vandebosch, A., Sadoff, J., Woo, W., Cho, I., Dunkle, L. M., Li, S., van der Laan, L., Gilbert, P. B., Follmann, D., Jaynes, H., 鈥 COVID-19 Prevention Network CoVPN (2023). Modifiers of COVID-19 vaccine efficacy: Results from four COVID-19 prevention network efficacy trials. Vaccine, 41(33), 4899鈥4906.

    • Roth Bayer, C. (September 2023). Seek Your Sun Amidst Challenges; Details; A Place for All; Serenity; Stand Out. Aequitas, Vol 4, pgs.10,15,19,33,36.  

    • Salmon DA, Dudley MZ, Brewer J, Shaw J, Schuh HB, Proveaux TM, Jamison AM, Forr A, Goryn M, Breiman RF, Orenstein WA, Kao L-S, Josiah Willock R, Cantu M, Decea T, Mowson R, Tsubata K, Bucci LM, Lawler J, Watkins JD, Moore JW, Fugett JH, Fugal A, Tovar Y, Gay M, Cary AM, Vann I, Smith LB, Kan L, Mankel M, Beekun S, Smith V, Adams SD, Harvey SA and Orton PZ (2023) LetsTalkShots: personalized vaccine risk communication. Front. Public Health 11:1195751. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1195751

    • Walker, C. D., McCray, G. G., Wimes, A., Levine, D., & Rivers, D. (2023). Peer Reviewed: Training Medical Students to Recognize, Understand, and Mitigate the Impact of Racism in a Service-Learning Course. Preventing Chronic Disease, 20.

    • Greenberg, A. E., Wutoh,, A., Bowley, L., Robinson, B., Magnus, M., Segarra, L., Simon, P. Blankenship, K., Burke, M., Okeke,, N. L., Corneli, A., Hussen, S., Holliday, R. C., Irvin, R., Irvin, N., Antoine, D., Chen, Z., Mesri, E., Momplaisir, F., Jordan-Sciutto, K., So-Amah, K., Kuo, C., Flanigan, T., Sanchez, M., Koethe, J., Dash, C., Pereira, F. A., Rice, A. P., Newell, A., Dacus, J.-d., Wood, C., Elopre, L., Rana, A., Pitpitan, E., Stockman, J. K., Sauceda, J., Marquez, C., Robinson, S., Chi, B. H., Balkus, J., Walters, K., Lewin, A., Refsland, E., Wong, E., Shoonmaker, A. (2023). Centers for AIDS Research (CFAR) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Pipeline Initiative (CDEIPI): Developing Career Pathways for Early-Stage Scholars from Racial and Ethnic Groups Underrepresented in HIV Science and Medicine. JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 94 (25), S5-S12. 

    • Holliday, R. C., Piper, K. D., Trimble, S. X., Dickinson-Copeland, C., Mitchell, A. K., Henry Akintobi, T. K., Bond, V., Floyd, V. (2023). Moving 好色先生 of Medicine Translation Tx Research through MDTTs鈥擬ultidisciplinary Translational Teams. International Journal of  Environmental Research and Public Health, 20, 4302.
  • 2022
    • Idris MY, Mubasher M, Alema-Mensah E, Awad C, Vordzorgbe K, Ofili E, Ali Quyyumi A, Pemu P. The law of non-usage attrition in a technology-based behavioral intervention for black adults with poor cardiovascular health. PLOS Digit Health. 2022 Oct; 1(10):e0000119. PMID:

    • Greteman, B. B. Rollins, L., Penn, A., Berg, A., Nehl, E., Llewellyn, N., Weber, A., George, M., Sabbs, D., Mubasher, M., Akintobi, T.H., (2022). Identifying Community-Engaged Translational Research Collaboration Experience and Health Interests of Community-Based Organizations Outside of Metropolitan Atlanta. Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association 8 (3). https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/jgpha/vol8/iss3/18

    • Clifford, G., Nguyen, T., Shaw, C., Newton, B., Francis, S., Salari, M., Evans, C., Jones, C., Akintobi, T. H., & Taylor, H., Jr (2022). An Open-Source Privacy-Preserving Large-Scale Mobile Framework for Cardiovascular Health Monitoring and Intervention Planning With an Urban African American Population of Young Adults: User-Centered Design Approach. JMIR formative research, 6(1), e25444.

    • Heboyan V, Douglas M, McGregor B, Benevides TW. Med Care. 2022 May 1;60(5):394-395. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001718. PubMed PMID: 35389964.

    • Douglas MD, Bent Weber S, Bass C, Li C, Gaglioti AH, Benevides T, Heboyan V. Psychiatry Serv. 2022 Mar 1;73(3):265-270. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.202100019. Epub 2021 Jul 29. PubMed .

    • Houry DE, Simon TR, Crosby AE. Firearm Homicide and Suicide During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Clinicians and Health Care Systems. JAMA. 2022 May 17;327(19):1867-1868. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.6924.

    • Mpofu JJ, Crosby A, Flynn MA, LaFromboise T, Iskander J, Hall JE, Penman-Aguilar A, Thorpe P. Preventing Suicidal Behavior Among American Indian and Alaska Native Adolescents and Young Adults. Public Health Reports. 2022; PMCID: PMC10291156 (available on 2024-07-01) DOI: 10.1177/00333549221108986

    • Merilis G, Jack S, Crosby A. Surveillance of nonfatal and fatal self-harm among youths and young adults 鈥 United States, 2008鈥2017. Crisis, Stress, and Human Resilience. 2022; 4: 141-149. ORCID ID: 0000-0002-235-9.

    • Iqbal SA, Truman BI, Crosby AE. Psychiatric Treatment and Repeat Suicide Attempts Among Adults With Substance Use, by HIV Status, United States, 2014-2020. Public Health Reports. 2022; ;

    • Ivey-Stephenson AZ, Crosby AE, Hoenig JM, Gyawali S, Park-Lee E, Hedden SL. Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among Adults Aged 鈮18 Years - United States, 2015-2019. MMWR Surveill Summ. 2022 Jan 7;71(1):1-19. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.ss7101a1. ; PMCID: PMC8736267.

    • Ojebuoboh, A. R., Gonzalez-Feliciano, A. G., Brown, K. M., Khan, R. J., Xu, R., DeRoo, L. A., Lewis, J., Quarells, R. C., & Davis, S. K. (2022). Association of active coping to unfair treatment with perceived stress and depressive symptoms in African Americans: mh-grid study. BMC psychiatry, 22(1), 134. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-03772-y.

    •  Roth Bayer, C. (August 2022). Freedom; Beauty Within; Perfect Complexity. Aequitas, Vol 3, pgs. 11, 12, 41.

    •  Mitchell, A, Lovejoy Mork, A, Hall, J, Roth Bayer, C. 鈥淣avigating COVID-19 Through Diverse Student Learning Communities: Importance & Lessons Learned,鈥 Health Education, 122(1), 37-46, 2022,

    •  Grose, R, Halden Brown, E, Roth Bayer, C, & Paulk, E. 鈥淭he Youth HIV Policy Advisors Program: Creating Change Agents and Shifting the HIV Policy Landscape in Atlanta,鈥 Health Education, 81(3), 293-311, 2022 

    • Williams, A, Reid, R, & Roth Bayer, C, 鈥"Whose Line is it Anyway: Dismantling the Foundations of Rape Culture," Archives of Sexual Behavior, 51(2), 707-708, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-022-02294-8 

  • 2021
    • Mubasher M, Kimberly Lawson K, Pemu P, Pearson T, Engler J, Baez A, Stiles JK, Salazar MS, Caplan LS, Green K, Hall M, Idris MY, Alema-Mensah E , Strekalova YA, Thompson WE, Quarshie A and Ofili E. A 2021 Randomized Controlled Study to Test the Effectiveness of Developmental Network Coaching in the Career Advancement of Diverse Early-Stage Investigators (ESIs): Implementation Challenges and Lessons Learned.  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Int.J. Environ. Res.

    • Henry Akintobi, T., Sheikhattari, P., Shaffer, E., Evans, C. L., Braun, K. L., Sy, A. U., Mancera, B., Campa, A., Miller, S. T., Sarpong, D., Holliday, R., Jimenez-Chavez, J., Khan, S., Hinton, C., Sellars-Bates, K., Ajewole, V., Teufel-Shone, N. I., McMullin, J., Suther, S., Kimbro, K. S., 鈥 Tchounwou, P. B. (2021). Community Engagement Practices at Research Centers in U.S. Minority Institutions: Priority Populations and Innovative Approaches to Advancing Health Disparities Research. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(12), 6675.

    • Allen CG, Bethea BJ, McKinney LP, Escoffery C, Akintobi TH, McCray GG, McBride CM (2021). Exploring the Role of Community Health Workers in Improving the Collection of Family Health History: A Pilot Study. Health Promot Pract. doi: 10.1177/15248399211019980. Epub ahead of print.

    • Vashist, K., Akintobi, T., Bednarczyk, R. A., Narayan, K. V., & Patel, S. A. (2021). Demographic benchmarks for equitable coverage of the COVID-19 vaccination program among priority populations. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences, 2021.02.18.21251992. 

    • Crosby AE, Ertl A, Lyons BH, Ivey-Stephenson AZ, Jack SPD. Circumstances associated with suicides among females 鈥 16 states, United States, 2005-2016. Journal of Medical Care.  2021; vol 59 suppl (Feb): S92-S99, ISSN: 0025-7079;  PMID: 33438889; PMCID: PMC8175030

    • Iskander JK, Crosby AE. Implementing the national suicide prevention strategy: Time for action to flatten the curve. Prev Med. 2021 Nov;152(Pt 1):106734. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106734. Epub 2021 Jul 19. ; PMCID: PMC8443844.

    • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2021). Report to Congress: Report to Congress on Public Health Approach to Violence Prevention. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control; Divisions of Injury and Violence Prevention. Atlanta, GA. Link-

    • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2021. The Surgeon General鈥檚 Call to Action to Implement the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention: A Report of the U. S. Surgeon General and of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention. U.S. Public Health Service, Washington, DC.

    • Ross, M, Roth Bayer, C, Shindel, A, & Coleman, E. 鈥淓valuating the impact of a medical school cohort sexual health course on knowledge, counseling skills and sexual attitude change,鈥 BMC Medical Education, 21(37), 1-10, 2021

    • Byrd, T, & Roth Bayer, C, 鈥淭iming and Holistic Measure of Sexual Function in Patients with IBD after Proctectomy,鈥 The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 32(1): 111-112, 2021, doi: 10.5152/tjg.2021.20400

    • Mitchell, A, Redding, K, Roth Bayer, C, Patrickson, J, & McNeal, M, 鈥淯sing Learning Communities to Address Important Diversity Discussions,鈥 Academic Medicine, 96(11S): S193-S194, 2021  DOI: ,