Publications

• 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: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.focus.2023.100121
     
  • Henry Akintobi T, Quarells RC, Bednarczyk RA, Khizer S, Taylor BD, Nwagwu MNA, Hill M, Ordóñez 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. [PDF] Community-Centered Assessment to Inform Pandemic Response in Georgia (US) | Semantic Scholar https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/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. The Role of Mock Reviewing Sessions in the National Research Mentoring Network Strategic Empowerment Tailored for Health Equity Investigators: A Randomized Controlled Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 May 8;20(9):5738. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20095738. PMID: 37174259 PMID:37174259 https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/9/5738
    
    
  • 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: 36981658. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36981658/
    
    
  • 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: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.focus.2023.100121
     
  • 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. http://doi.org/10.1089/heq.2023.0004
    
    
  • 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)  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37404270/
    
    
  • Henry Akintobi T, Quarells RC, Bednarczyk RA, Khizer S, Taylor BD, Nwagwu MNA, Hill M, Ordóñez 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. [PDF] Community-Centered Assessment to Inform Pandemic Response in Georgia (US) | Semantic Scholar
    
    
  • Holliday RC, Piper KD, Trimble SX, Dickinson-Copeland CM, Mitchell AK, Akintobi TH, Bond VC, Floyd VD. Moving Morehouse School of Medicine Translation T^x 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.IJERPH | Free Full-Text | Moving Morehouse School of Medicine Translation Tx Research through MDTTs—Multidisciplinary Translational Teams (mdpi.com) https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/5/4302
    
    
  • Jahn JL, Zubizarreta D, Chen JT, Needham BL, Samari G, McGregor AJ, Douglas MD, Austin SB, Agénor 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 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37782864/
    
    
  • Swietek K, Gianattasio KZ, Henderson S, Khanna S, Ubri P, Douglas M, Baltrus P, Freij M, Mack DH, Gaglioti A. Association Between Racial Segregation and COVID-19 Vaccination Rates. 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 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36943401/
    
    
  • Douglas MD, Li C, Josiah Willock R, Baltrus P, Caplan L, Immergluck L, McKinney T, Hopkins J, Mack D, Gaglioti AH. Population-Level Disparities in Exposure to COVID-19 Mitigation Policies, April 2020-April 2021. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2023 Jul 26; doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001777. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37498523. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/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. Interpersonal Primary Care Continuity for Chronic Conditions Is Associated with Fewer Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits Among Medicaid Enrollees. 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. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/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 – 2015. Virginia Journal of Public Health.: https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/vjph/vol8/iss1/5/
    
    
  • Gaylor EM, Krause KH, Welder LE, et al. Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among High School Students — Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2021. MMWR Suppl 2023;72(Suppl-1):45–54.      PMID: 37104546 PMCID: PMC10156155 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.su7201a6
    
    
  • 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. https://doi.org/10.3389/frph.2023.1169216, Frontiers | HIV destigmatization: perspectives of people living with HIV in the Kumasi Metropolis in Ghana (frontiersin.org)
    
    
  • 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), 509–524. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(23)00129-8. https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2213-8587%2823%2900129-8
    
    
  • Henry Akintobi, T., Quarells, R. C., Bednarczyk, R. A., Khizer, S., Taylor, B. D., Nwagwu, M. N. A., Hill, M., Ordóñez, 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. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20095741. Article link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10178178/pdf/ijerph-20-05741.pdf
    
    
  • 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2023.109111. Article link: https://www.epilepsybehavior.com/article/S1525-5050(23)00029-X/fulltext
    
    
  • 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., … COVID-19 Prevention Network CoVPN (2023). Modifiers of COVID-19 vaccine efficacy: Results from four COVID-19 prevention network efficacy trials. Vaccine, 41(33), 4899–4906. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.06.066
    
    
  • 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. https://issuu.com/alizamakhani/docs/aequitas_volume_iv 
    
    
  • 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 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1195751/full
    
    
  • 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. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37200501/
    
    
  • 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. https://journals.lww.com/jaids/toc/2023/10011
    
    
  • 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 Morehouse School of Medicine Translation Tx Research through MDTTs—Multidisciplinary Translational Teams. International Journal of  Environmental Research and Public Health, 20, 4302. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10002169/
• 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: 36812567

  • 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. https://doi.org/10.2196/25444

  • Heboyan V, Douglas M, McGregor B, Benevides TW. Response to Mental Health Utilization in Youth and Young Adults. Med Care. 2022 May 1;60(5):394-395. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001718. PubMed PMID: 35389964. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35389964/

  • Douglas MD, Bent Weber S, Bass C, Li C, Gaglioti AH, Benevides T, Heboyan V. Creation of a Longitudinal Legal Data Set to Support Legal Epidemiology Studies of Mental Health Insurance Legislation. Psychiatry Serv. 2022 Mar 1;73(3):265-270. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.202100019. Epub 2021 Jul 29. PubMed PMID: 34320828.

  • 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. PMID: 35536830.

  • 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; PMID: 35856445 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 — United States, 2008–2017. Crisis, Stress, and Human Resilience. 2022; 4: 141-149. ORCID ID: 0000-0002-235-9. https://www.crisisjournal.org/article/38378-surveillance-of-nonfatal-and-fatal-self-harm-among-youths-and-young-adults-united-states-2008-2017

  • 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; PMID: 36129218;

  • Ivey-Stephenson AZ, Crosby AE, Hoenig JM, Gyawali S, Park-Lee E, Hedden SL. Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among Adults Aged ≥18 Years - United States, 2015-2019. MMWR Surveill Summ. 2022 Jan 7;71(1):1-19. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.ss7101a1. PMID: 34990443; 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.
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8862227/pdf/12888_2022_Article_3772.pdf

  •  Roth Bayer, C. (August 2022). Freedom; Beauty Within; Perfect Complexity. Aequitas, Vol 3, pgs. 11, 12, 41. https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/66867997/aequitas-2022 

  •  Mitchell, A, Lovejoy Mork, A, Hall, J, Roth Bayer, C. “Navigating COVID-19 Through Diverse Student Learning Communities: Importance & Lessons Learned,” Health Education, 122(1), 37-46, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1108/HE-01-2021-0012

  •  Grose, R, Halden Brown, E, Roth Bayer, C, & Paulk, E. “The Youth HIV Policy Advisors Program: Creating Change Agents and Shifting the HIV Policy Landscape in Atlanta,” Health Education, 81(3), 293-311, 2022 
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  • Williams, A, Reid, R, & Roth Bayer, C, “"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. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34831759/

  • 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., … 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. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126675
    
    

  • 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. PMID: 34049463.

  • 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. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.18.21251992   https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.02.18.21251992v1
    

  • Crosby AE, Ertl A, Lyons BH, Ivey-Stephenson AZ, Jack SPD. Circumstances associated with suicides among females – 16 states, United States, 2005-2016. Journal of Medical Care.  2021; vol 59 suppl (Feb): S92-S99, ISSN: 0025-7079;  PMID: 33438889; PMCID: PMC8175030; DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001482

  • 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. PMID: 34344523; 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- https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/about/publichealthapproach.html

  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2021. The Surgeon General’s 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. https://health.gov/healthypeople/tools-action/browse-evidence-based-resources/surgeon-generals-call-action-implement-national-strategy-suicide-prevention

  • Ross, M, Roth Bayer, C, Shindel, A, & Coleman, E. “Evaluating the impact of a medical school cohort sexual health course on knowledge, counseling skills and sexual attitude change,” BMC Medical Education, 21(37), 1-10, 2021 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-020-02482-x

  • Byrd, T, & Roth Bayer, C, “Timing and Holistic Measure of Sexual Function in Patients with IBD after Proctectomy,” The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 32(1): 111-112, 2021, doi: 10.5152/tjg.2021.20400, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33893775/

  • Mitchell, A, Redding, K, Roth Bayer, C, Patrickson, J, & McNeal, M, “Using Learning Communities to Address Important Diversity Discussions,” Academic Medicine, 96(11S): S193-S194, 2021  DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000004336,  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34705693/