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  • 2023

    Wallerstein, N., Sanchez-Youngman, S., Dickson, E., Adsul, P., Muhammad, M., Akintobi, T.H., Holliday, R., Hoffman, L., Grant, H., Kottke, M., Rosas, L.G., Patel, A., Espinosa, P.R., Duron, Y., Gay, S., Mendoza, J.A., Briant, K., © The Author 2023. Published by the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities. Metropolitan Universities | DOI 10.18060/27595| October 30, 2023 125 Ceballos, R., Carosso, E., Mapes, D., Hempstead, B., & Nguyen, T. (2023). The Power of Community in “Engage for Equity PLUS” for Strengthening Equity-Centered Patient and Community-Engaged Research in Academic Health Centers. Metropolitan Universities, 34(5), 124-136. DOI: 10.18060/27595

    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

    Báez, A., Idris, M. Y., Lawson, K., Mubasher, M., Strekalova, Y., Green, K., Pemu, P., Stiles, J. K., Salazar, M., Quarshie, A., Caplan, L. S., Alema-Mensah, E., Pearson, T., Faupel-Badger, J., Engler, J. A., & Ofili, E. O. (2023). Impact of COVID-19 on the Research Career Advancement of Health Equity Scholars from Diverse Backgrounds. International journal of environmental research and public health, 20(6), 4750. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20064750

    Boutsicaris AS, Fisher JL, Gray DM, Adeyanju T, Holland JS, Paskett ED. Changes in colorectal cancer knowledge and screening intention among Ohio African American and Appalachian participants: The screen to save initiative. Cancer Causes Control. 2021 Oct;32(10):1149-1159. doi: 10.1007/s10552-021-01462-w. Epub 2021 Jun 24. PMID: 34165662; PMCID: PMC8417011.

    Durham Walker C, McCray GG, Wimes A, Levine D, Rivers D. Training Medical Students to Recognize, Understand, and Mitigate the Impact of Racism in a Service-Learning Course. (May 18,2023). Prev Chronic Dis 2023;20

    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 Mar 3:jabfm.2022.220015R1. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2022.220015R1. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36868870.

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

    Holliday, R.C.; Piper, K.D.; Trimble, S.X.; Dickinson-Copeland, C.M.; Mitchell, A.K.; Akintobi, T.H.; Bond, V.C.; Floyd, V.D. (2023). Moving 鶹 Translation Tx Research through MDTTs—Multidisciplinary Translational Teams. International Journal of Environmental Research, 20, 4302. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph20054302

    Howard, A.P., Duvernay, D., Howze, A., & Leak, S. (2023) Online Learning Communities: Bridging the Gap among Historically Underserved Populations in Health Science, American Journal of Health Education, 54:4, 251-258.

    Idris, M. Y., Mubasher, M., Alema-Mensah, E., Awad, C., Vordzorgbe, K., Ofili, E., Ali Quyyumi, A., & Pemu, P. (2022). The law of non-usage attrition in a technology-based behavioral intervention for black adults with poor cardiovascular health. PLOS digital health, 1(10), e0000119. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000119

    Immergluck LC, Geng R, Li C, Edelson M, Lin X, Waller LA, Rust G, Xu J, Leong T, Baltrus P. Space-Time Trends of Community Onset Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Children: A Group Based Trajectory Modeling Approach. Ann Epidemiol. 2023 Mar 9:S1047-2797(23)00045-5. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2023.03.001. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36905976.

    Islam SJ, Kim JH, Li X, Ko YA, Baltrus P, Mitchell GF, Fox ER, Mujahid MS, Vaccarino V, Lewis TT, Taylor HA, Sims M, Quyyumi AA. Neighborhood characteristics and arterial stiffness among Black adults - Results from the Jackson Heart Study and Morehouse-Emory Cardiovascular Center for Health Equity. Vasc Med. 2023 Jan 3:1358863X221136163. doi: 10.1177/1358863X221136163. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36597615.

    Lin, X., Ali, F., Leong, T., Edelson, M., Hampton, S., Zuo, Z., Li, C., Rice, C., Yan, F., Baltrus, P.T., et al. Influence of Mask Wearing during COVID-19 Surge and Non-Surge Time Periods in Two K-12 Public School Districts in Georgia, USA. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023; 20(9):5715

    Mubasher, M., Pearson, T., Idris, M. Y., Lawson, K., Holmes, J., Pemu, P., Baez, A., Stiles, J. K., Salazar, M. S., Thompson, W. E., Quarshie, A., Caplan, L. S., Strekalova, Y., & Ofili, E. (2023). The Role of Mock Reviewing Sessions in the National Research Mentoring Network Strategic Empowerment Tailored for Health Equity Investigators: A Randomized Controlled Study. International journal of environmental research and public health, 20(9), 5738. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20095738

    Strekalova, Y. A. L., Kornetti, D. L., Wang, R., Báez, A., Caplan, L. S., Idris, M. Y., Lawson, K., Holmes, J., Mubasher, M., Pemu, P., Stiles, J. K., Campo, M. S., Quarshie, A., Pearson, T., & Ofili, E. O. (2023). Individual and Institutional Factors Contribute to Research Capacity Building for Early-Stage Investigators from Groups Underrepresented in Biomedical Research: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis. International journal of environmental research and public health, 20(9), 5662. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20095662

    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 Mar 17. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001738. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36943401.

    Henry Akintobi, T., Barrett, R., Hoffman, L., Scott, S., Davis, K., Jones, T., DeVeauuse–Brown, N., Fraire, M., Fraire, R., Garner, J., Gruner, A., Hill, J., Meckel, R., Obi, C., Omunga, P., Parham, Q., Rice, T., Samples, O., & Terrill, T. (accepted and in press 2023). The Community Engagement Course and Action Network: Strengthening Community and Academic Research Partnerships to Advance Health Equity. Frontiers in Public Health.

    Holliday, Rhonda Conerly, Kendra D. Piper, Shawn X. Trimble, Carmen M. Dickinson-Copeland, Ashley K. Mitchell, Tabia Henry Akintobi, Vincent C. Bond, and Virginia D. Floyd. 2023. "Moving 鶹 Translation Tx Research through MDTTs—Multidisciplinary Translational Teams" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 5: 4302.

    Henry Akintobi, T., Williams-Livingston Lizana, A., Gower, K., Francis, S., Okoye, D., Trimble, S., & Piper, K., (in press). Centering Community Health Workers to Advance Health Equity: What 鶹 has Known Since the Beginning. In Dawes, D., Holden, K., Williams, D. (Eds). Health Equity, African-Americans, and Public Health. American Journal of Public Health Press, Washington, DC.

    Lemmons, B., Dennis, G., & Rollins, L. (2023). Framing Father Engagement. In Bellamy, J.L., Lemmons, B.P., Cryer-Coupet, Q.R., & Shadik, J.A. (Eds.), Social Work Practice with Fathers: Engagement, Assessment, and Intervention. Springer.

    Cohn, E., McCloskey, DJ., Henry Akintobi, T., Loera, G., & Aguilar-Gaxiola, S. (in press). Successful Examples in the Field. In The Principles of Community Engagement, 3rd edition. Clinical and Translational Science

    Coughlin, C., Williams, L. & Henry Akintobi, T. The Health of African Americans in the South (In Press). Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore, Maryland

  • 2022

    Gary Hopps, J., Gourdine, R., Strickland, C., & Rollins, L. (2022). Population Health in Rural and Urban Communities. In Faye Gary & Marilyn Lotas (Ed.), A Population Health Approach to Health Disparities for Nurses: Care of Vulnerable Populations. Springer. 

    Greteman, Breanna B.; Rollins, Ph.D., MSW, Latrice; Penn, Allisen; Berg, Alison C.; Nehl, Eric J.; Llewellyn, Nicole; Weber, Amber; George, Melissa; Sabbs, Darrell; Mubasher, Mohamed; and Akintobi, Tabia 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: Vol. 8: No. 3, Article 18.Available at: 

     Henry Akintobi, T., Hoffman, L., Johnson, N., & Jacobs, T. (in press). Maintain and scale an established community-engaged research coalition board. In The Principles of Community Engagement, 3rd edition. Clinical and Translational Science Award Community Engagement Key Function Committee Task Force on the Principles of Community Engagement. Washington, DC: U.S. DHHS.

    Rollins, L., Giddings, T., Henes, S., Culbreth, W., Coleman, A. S., Smith, S., White, C., & Nelson, T. (2022). Design and Implementation of a Nutrition and Breastfeeding Education Program for Black Expecting Mothers and Fathers. Journal of nutrition education and behavior54(8), 794–803. 

  • 2021

    Rollins L, Carey T, Proeller A, Anne Adams M, Hooker M, Lyn R, Taylor O, Holden K, Henry Akintobi T. Community-Based Participatory Approach to Increase African Americans' Access to Healthy Foods in Atlanta, GA. Journal of community health. 2021 February;46(1):41-50. PubMed PMID: 32424500; DOI: 10.1007/s10900-020-00840-w.

    Barreto, T., Li, C., Chung, Y. K., Jabbarpour, Y., Baltrus, P., & Gaglioti, A. (2021). Measuring State-Level Racial Inequity in Severe Maternal Morbidity in the Medicaid Population. Maternal and child health journal, 1-9. 

    Coleman, A., Lemmons, B. P., Rollins, L., O'Neil, J. M., Caldwell, C. H., & Ferris, A. M. (2021). Predictors of Father-Son Closeness among African American and Caribbean Black Adolescents. Phylon (1960-), 58(1/2), 3-20.

    Henry Akintobi, T., Williams-Livingston Lizana, A., Gower, K., Francis, S., Okoye, D., & Piper, K., (in press). Centering Community Health Workers to Advance Health Equity: What 鶹 has Known Since the Beginning. In Dawes, D., Holden, K., Williams, D. (Eds). Health Equity, African-Americans, and Public Health. American Journal of Public Health Press, Washington, DC.

    Henry Akintobi, T., *Glymph Foster, C. Israel and Wimbly, T. (in press). The Superwoman (Sojourner) Syndrome and African American/ Black Women. In Holden, K. & Jones, C. (Eds). Black Women and Public Health. Suny Press. Albany, NY: Suny Press.

    Henry Akintobi, Dodd, S., Estby, L., Rollins, L., Cotton, T., Jones, S., Harris, K., Cook, N., Piper, K., Gower, K., Dozier, A., & Eder, M. (In Press). Advancing Equity Through Community-Partnered Program Evaluation. In The Principles of Community Engagement, 3rd edition. Clinical and Translational Science Award Community Engagement Key Function Committee Task Force on the Principles of Community Engagement. Washington, DC: U.S. DHHS.

    Cohn, E., McCloskey, DJ., Henry Akintobi, T., Loera, G., & Aguilar-Gaxiola, S. (in press). Successful Examples in the Field. In The Principles of Community Engagement, 3rd edition. Clinical and Translational Science Award Community Engagement Key Function Committee Task Force on the Principles of Community Engagement. Washington, DC: U.S. DHHS.

    Henry Akintobi, T., Hoffman, L., Johnson, N., & Jacobs, T. (in press). Maintain and scale an established community-engaged research coalition board. In The Principles of Community Engagement, 3rd edition. Clinical and Translational Science Award Community Engagement Key Function Committee Task Force on the Principles of Community Engagement. Washington, DC: U.S. DHHS.

    Islam, S. J., Hwan Kim, J., Joseph, E., Topel, M., Baltrus, P., Liu, C., ... & Lewis, T. T. (2021). Association Between Early Trauma and Ideal Cardiovascular Health Among Black Americans: Results From the Morehouse-Emory Cardiovascular (MECA) Center for Health Equity. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 14(9), e007904. 

    Racial and ethnic disparities in H1N1 vaccine uptake in Medicaid: Lessons learned for a COVID-19 vaccine rollout. Preventive Medicine Reports, 24, 101588. 

    Weber, M. B., Hassan, S., Quarells, R., & Shah, M. (2021). Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes. Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America, 50(3), 387–400. 

    Zheng, J, Williams-Livingston, A, Danavall, N , Ervin, C, McCray, G (2021). Online High School Community Health Worker Curriculum: Key Strategies of Transforming, Engagement, and Implementation. Frontiers in Public Health Public Health Education. & Promotion Vol 9 Article 667840  

    Islam SJ, Beydoun N, Mehta A, Kim JH, Ko YA, Jin Q, Baltrus P, Topel ML, Liu C, Mujahid MS, Vaccarino V, Sims M, Ejaz K, Searles C, Dunbar SB, Lewis TT, Taylor HA, Pemu P, Quyyumi AA. Association of physical activity with arterial stiffness among Black adults. Vasc Med. 2021 Sep 22:1358863X211032725. doi: 10.1177/1358863X211032725. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34549642.  

    Cohen S, Yan F, Taylor H, Sims M, Li C, Quyyumi AA, Mubasher M, Lewis TT, Baltrus P. Food Access and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Metropolitan Atlanta Census Tracts With Residents at Low Risk and High Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: The Morehouse-Emory Cardiovascular Center for Health Equity Study. Prev Chronic Dis. 2021 May 6;18:E42. doi: 10.5888/pcd18.200316. PMID: 33964124; PMCID: PMC8139486.  

    Douglas MD, Respress E, Gaglioti AH, Li C, Blount MA, Hopkins J, Baltrus PT, Willock RJ, Caplan LS, Dawes DE, Mack D. Variation in Reporting of the Race and Ethnicity of COVID-19 Cases and Deaths Across US States: April 12, 2020, and November 9, 2020. Am J Public Health. 2021 Jun;111(6):1141-1148. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306167. Epub 2021 Apr 15. PMID: 33856884; PMCID: PMC81 

    Ko YA, Shen J, Kim JH, Topel M, Mujahid M, Taylor H, Quyyumi A, Sims M, Vaccarino V, Baltrus P, Lewis T. Identifying neighbourhood and individual resilience profiles for cardiovascular health: a cross-sectional study of blacks living in the Atlanta metropolitan area. BMJ Open. 2021 Jul 30;11(7):e041435. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041435. PMID: 34330849; PMCID: PMC8327812.  

    Allen, C. G., Bethea, B. J., McKinney, L. P., Escoffery, C., Akintobi, T. H., McCray, G. G., & McBride, C. M. (2021). Exploring the Role of Community Health Workers in Improving the Collection of Family Health History: A Pilot Study. Health Promotion Practice. 

    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.; et al. (2021) Community Engagement Practices at Research Centers in U.S. Minority Institutions: Priority Populations and Innovative Approaches to Advancing Health Disparities Research. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 6675. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph 18126675. 

    Gaglioti AH, Li C, Douglas MD, Baltrus PT, Blount MA, Zahidi R, Caplan LS, Willock RJ, Fasuyi OB, Mack DH.  Population-Level Disparities in COVID-19: Measuring the Independent Association of the Proportion of Black Population on COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in US Counties. J Public Health Management and  Practice.  May-Jun 2021. 

    Allen CG, Bethea BJ, McKinney LP, Escoffery C, Akintobi TH, McCray GG, McBride CM. Exploring the Role of Community Health Workers in Improving the Collection of Family Health History: A Pilot Study. Health Promot Pract. 2021 May 28:15248399211019980. doi: 10.1177/15248399211019980. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34049463.  

    Baltrus P.  Douglas D, Li C, Caplan L, Blount M, Mack D, Gaglioti AH.  Percentage of Black Population and Primary Care Shortage Areas associated with Higher COVID-19 Case and Death Rates in Georgia Counties. Southern Medical Journal. February 2021. 

    Sajatovic, M., Wilson, B., Shegog, R., Briggs F., Escoffery, C., Jobst, B.C., Johnson, E.K., Fraser, R.T., Quarells R.C., Spruill T.M. The Managing Epilepsy Well (MEW) network database: Lessons learned in refining and implementing an integrated data tool in service of a national U.S. Research Collaborative. Epilepsy & Behavior. 2021 Feb;115:107650. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107650. Epub 2021 Jan 7. PMID: 33421855.  

    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. 

  • 2020

    Akintobi, Tabia H. (2020) The Movement from Research Translation to Community Transformation, Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association: Vol. 8 : No. 1 , Article 1. DOI: 10.20429/jgpha.2020.080101 Available at 

    Baltrus P, Li C, Gaglioti A.  Having a Usual Source of Care is Associated with Longer Telomere Length in a National Sample of Older Adults. JABFM. December 2020. 

    Braithwaite, R., Akintobi, T., Blumenthal, D., & Langley, M. (2020). Morehouse Model: How One School of Medicine Revolutionized Community Engagement and Health Equity Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore, Maryland. 

    Clifford G, Nguyen T, Shaw C, Newton B, Francis S, Salari M, Evans C, Jones C, Akintobi T, Taylor H Jr. Inclusive design of an open-source privacy-preserving large-scale mobile framework for health monitoring and intervention planning with an urban African American population of young adults JMIR Preprints. 02/11/2020:25444. 

    Holliday, R. C., Phillips, R., Henry Akintobi, T. K. (2020). A Community Based Participatory Approach to the Development and Implementation of an HIV Health Behavior Intervention:  Lessons Learned in Navigating Research and Practice Systems from Project HAPPY. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(2), 15 pages. 

    Escoffery C, Johnson L, McGee R, Olorundare E, Geiger D, Njie S, Quarells RC, Thompson NJ. Epilepsy self-management behaviors among African Americans with epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav. 2020 Aug;109:107098. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107098. Epub 2020 May 4. PMID: 32376207. 

    Islam SJ, Kim JH, Baltrus P, Topel ML, Liu C, Ko YA, Mujahid MS, Vaccarino V, Sims M, Mubasher M, Khan A, Ejaz K, Searles C, Dunbar S, Pemu P, Taylor HA, Quyyumi AA, Lewis TT. Neighborhood characteristics and ideal cardiovascular health among Black adults: results from the Morehouse-Emory Cardiovascular (MECA) Center for Health Equity. Ann Epidemiol. 2020 Dec 5:S1047-2797(20)30427-0. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2020.11.009. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33285258. 

    Islam SJ, Kim JH, Topel M, Liu V, Ko Y, Mujahid MS, Sims M, Mubasher M, Ejaz K, Morgan-Billingslea J,  Jones K, Waller EK, Jones D, Uppal K, Dunbar SB, Pemu P, Vaccarino V, Searles C, Baltrus PT, Lewis TT, Quyyumi AA, Taylor H.  Cardiovascular Risk and Resilience among Blacks: Rationale and Design of the Morehouse-Emory Center (MECA) for Health Equity. Journal of the American Heart Association.  DOI:10.1161/JAHA.119.015247 May 2020. 

    Kim JH, Baltrus PT, Topel M, Liu C, Ko Y, Mujahid M, Vaccarino V, Sims M, Mubasher M,  Khan A, Ejaz K,  Searles C,  Dunbar SB,  Pemu P, Taylor H, Quyyumi A, Lewis TT.  Neighborhood Characteristics and Ideal Cardiovascular Health among Black Adults: Results from the Morehouse-Emory Cardiovascular (MECA) Center for Health Equity. Annals of Epidemiology. Dec 2020. 

    Kim JH, Topel M, Lewis TT, Baltrus PT, Liu C, Ko Y, Mujahid M, Vaccarino V, Sims M, Mubasher M,  Khan A, Ejaz K, Searles C, Dunbar SB, Pemu P, Taylor H, Quyyumi AA Individual Psychosocial Resilience, Neighborhood Context, and Cardiovascular Health in Blacks: A Multi-Level Investigation from Morehouse-Emory Cardiovascular (MECA) Center for Health Equity Study.  Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. October 2020. 

    McGregor, B, Li, C, Baltrus, P, Douglas, M, Hopkins, J, Wrenn, G, Holden K, Respress E, Gaglioti, A. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Treatment and Treatment Type for Depression in a National Sample of Medicaid Recipients. Psychiatric Services, appi.ps.2019004.https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900407 . April 2020. 

    Rollins, L. (2020). Engaging and working with fathers: Strategies and lessons. New York: Routledge. Engaging and Working with African American Fathers: Strategies and Les (routledge.com)

    Williams-Livingston A, Akintobi, T, Banerjee, A (2020) Community-Based Participatory Research in Action: The Patient-Centered Medical Home and Neighborhood Journal of Primary Care and Community Health November 2020 Volume 11:1-7. 

    Community Engagement of African Americans in the Era of COVID-19: Considerations, Challenges, Implications, and Recommendations for Public Health. (2020, August 13). Retrieved September 20, 2020, from 

    Henry Akintobi, PhD, MPH, Tabia K.; Satcher, David; Ede, MBBS, Victor; Wrenn, MD, Glenda; Bolar, PHD, Cassandra; Ferguson, Aneeqah; Perdue, Evonne; Okafor, Martha; Holden, Kisha; and Reese, PhD, LeRoy (2020) "Utilization of a Community-based Participatory Approach to Design and Implement a Peer-led Parenting Pilot Intervention to Influence Child Nutritional and Physical Activity Behaviors," Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association: Vol. 8 : No. 1 , Article 11. 

    Holliday, R. C., Phillips, R., Henry Akintobi, T. K., Mubasher, M., Banerjee, A., Hoffman, L., Walton, S., Braithwaite, R. L. (2020). 

    Mccray, G. G., Haynes, B., Proeller, A., Ervin, C., & Williams-Livingston, A. (2020). Making the Case for Community Health Workers in Georgia. Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association,8(1). 

    Rollins, L., Carey, T., Proeller, A., Adams, M. A., Hooker, M., Lyn, R., . . . Akintobi, T. H. (2020). Community-Based Participatory Approach to Increase African Americans’ Access to Healthy Foods in Atlanta, GA. Journal of Community Health

    Rollins, L., Llewellyn, N., Ngaiza, M., Nehl, E., Carter, D., & Sands, J. (2020). Using the payback framework to evaluate the outcomes of pilot projects supported by the Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 1-32. 

    Williams-Livingston, A. D., Ervin, C., & Mccray, G. (2020). Bridge Builders to Health Equity: The High School Community Health Worker Training Program. Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association,8(1). 

    Rollins, L., King Gordon, T., Proeller, A., Ross, T., Phillips, A., Ward, C., Hopkins, M., Burney, R., Bojnowski, W., Hoffman, L., Daniels, Y., Mobley, S., Mubasher, M., & Akintobi, T. (2020). Community-based strategies for health priority setting and action planning. American Journal of Health Studies, 35(2), 102-114. 

  • 2019

    Akintobi, T. H., Hopkins, J., Holden, K. B., Hefner, D., & Taylor, J. H. A. (2019). Tx ™: An Approach and Philosophy to Advance Translation to Transformation. Ethnicity & Disease29(Supp2), 349–354. 

    Chandler, R., Ross, H., Paul, S., Shittu, A., Lescano, C., Hernandez, N., & Morrison-Beedy, D. (2019). The HIP LADIES: A Pilot Health Improvement Project for HIV Prevention in Black College Women. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care30(4), 474–487. 

    Cooper, D. L., Rollins, L., Slocumb, T., & Rivers, B. M. (2019). Are Men Making Informed Decisions According to the Prostate-Specific Antigen Test Guidelines? Analysis of the 2015 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. American Journal of Mens Health13(2), 155798831983484. 

    Coughlin, S. S., Caplan, L., Stewart, J. L., & Young, L. (2019).

    Douglas, M. D., Willock, R. J., Respress, E., Rollins, L., Tabor, D., Heiman, H. J., … Holden, K. B. (2019). Applying a Health Equity Lens to Evaluate and Inform Policy. Ethnicity & Disease29(Supp2), 329–342. 

    Livingston, C. J., Freeman, R. J., Costales, V. C., Westhoff, J. L., Caplan, L. S., Sherin, K. M., & Niebuhr, D. W. (2019). Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems or E-cigarettes: American College of Preventive Medicines Practice Statement. American Journal of Preventive Medicine56(1), 167–178. 

    Livingston, C. J., Allison, R. D., Niebuhr, D. W., Sherin, K. M., Costales, V. C., Berenji, M., … Singleton, C. M. (2019). Preventive Medicine Physicians and the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions 6|18 Initiative. American Journal of Preventive Medicine57(1), 127–133.

    Llewellyn, N., Carter, D. R., Diazgranados, D., Pelfrey, C., Rollins, L., & Nehl, E. J. (2019). Scope, Influence, and Interdisciplinary Collaboration: The Publication Portfolio of the NIH Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program From 2006 Through 2017. Evaluation & the Health Professions, 016327871983943. 

    Mcgee, R. E., Sajatovic, M., Quarells, R. C., Johnson, E. K., Liu, H., Spruill, T. M., … Thompson, N. J. (2019). Depression and quality of life among African Americans with epilepsy: Findings from the Managing Epilepsy Well (MEW) Network integrated database. Epilepsy & Behavior94, 301–306. 

    Ofili, E. O., Tchounwou, P. B., Fernandez-Repollet, E., Yanagihara, R., Akintobi, T. H., Lee, J. E., … RCMI Investigators and RTRN Team Members (2019). The Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Translational Research Network: Building and Sustaining Capacity for Multi-Site Basic Biomedical, Clinical and Behavioral Research. Ethnicity & disease29(Suppl 1), 135–144. 

    Pemu, P., Willock, R. J., Alema-Mensah, E., Rollins, L., Brown, M., Clair, B. S., … Ofili, E. (2019). Achieving Health Equity with e-Healthystrides©: Patient Perspectives of a Consumer Health Information Technology Application. Ethnicity & Disease29(Supp2), 393–404. 

    Quarells, R. C., Spruill, T. M., Escoffery, C., Shallcross, A., Montesdeoca, J., Diaz, L., … Thompson, N. J. (2019). Depression self-management in people with epilepsy: Adapting project UPLIFT for underserved populations. Epilepsy & Behavior, 106422. 

    Rollins, L., Lawrence, T. Z., Akintobi, T. H., Hopkins, J., Banerjee, A., & Rosa, M. D. L. (2019). A Participatory Evaluation Framework for the Implementation of a Transdisciplinary Center for Health Disparities Research. Ethnicity & Disease29(Supp2), 385–392. 

    Sajatovic, M., Johnson, E. K., Fraser, R. T., Cassidy, K. A., Liu, H., Pandey, D. K., … Jobst, B. C. (2019). Self‐management for adults with epilepsy: Aggregate Managing Epilepsy Well Network findings on depressive symptoms. Epilepsia60(9), 1921–1931. 

    Zellner, T. L., Douglas, M. D., Rollins, L. J., Willock, R. L., Cooper, D. A., Gooden, R. H., … Mack, D. undefined. (2019). Health Policy Engagement Strategy for the Health Information Technology Policy Project of the Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center for Health Disparities Research. Ethnicity & Disease29(Supp2), 377–384. 

    Zhao, X., Geng, X., Srinivasasainagendra, V., Chaudhary, N., Judd, S., Wadley, V., … Zhi, D. (2019). A PheWAS study of a large observational epidemiological cohort of African Americans from the REGARDS study. BMC medical genomics12(Suppl 1), 26. 

  • 2018

    Claridy, MD, Hudson, MM, Caplan, L, Mitby, P, Leisenring, W, Smith, SA, Robison, L, & Mertens AC. . Pediatric Blood Cancer. 2018 May;65(5).

    Cooper, D.L., Hernandez N., Zellner-Lawrence, T., Mubasher, M., Banerjee, A. (2018). Examining HPV awareness, sexual behavior, and intent to receive the HPV vaccine among racial/ethnic male college students 18-27. Journal of Men’s Health.

    Gaglioti, A., Junjun, X., *Rollins, L., Baltrus, P., O’Connell, K., *Cooper, D., *Hopkins, J., Botchwey, N., & Henry Akintobi, T. (2018).  .Preventing Chronic Disease Feb 1;15: E17. doi:10.5888/pcd15.170220. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29389312.

    Henry Akintobi, T., Lockamy, E., **Goodin, L., *Hernandez, N., *Slocumb, T., Blumenthal, D., Braithwaite, R., **Leeks, L., **Rowland, M, **Cotton, T., & **Hoffman, L. (2018). Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action. (Accepted and in press)

    Llewellyn, N., Carter, D.R., Rollins, L., Nehl, E.J. Chartering the Publication and Citation Impact of the NIH Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program From 2006 Through 2016. Academic Medicine 2018 Aug;93(8).

    McGee, R.E., Hunter-Jones, J.J., Nellum, A.L., Thompson, N.J., Quarells, R.C. (in progress). “.

    Moodley, K., Henry Akintobi, T., Fish, T., & Blumenthal, D. (2018).  .Annals of Global Health. (Accepted and in press)

    Williams-Livingston, A.D., Ervin, C., McCray, G.G. (2018). "Bridge Builders to Health Equity: High School Community Health Worker Training Program" .Family and Community Health.

  • 2017

    Hoffman, L.M., Rollins, L., Akintobi, T.H., Erwin, K., Lewis, K., Hernandez, N., Miller, A. (2017). , The American of Public Health, 2017, Vol 107, No. S1.

    Graves, W, Hairston-Blanks, S, Caplan, LS, Erwin, K, Ditslear, CS, and Treadwell, HM. , J Ga Public Health Assoc 2017;6(3):241-247.

    Hoffman, L.M., Rollins, L., Akintobi, T.H., McAllister, C., Hernandez, N., Erwin, K., Miller, A. (2017). Evaluation of a community-based participatory oral health intervention for low-income African American men. American Journal of Public Health. (Accepted and in press)

    Riestra, P., Gebreab, S.Y., Xu, R., Khan, R.J., Quarells, R.C., Gibbons, G.H., Davis, S.K. . Sleep Breathing journal. 2017:1-7.

    Rollins, L, Akintobi, T., Hermstad, A., Cooper, D., Goodin, L., Beane, J., Spivey, S., Riedesel, A., Taylor. L., & Lyrn, R. (2017). Community-based approaches to reduce chronic disease disparities in Georgia, Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, accepted and in press.

    Holliday, R.C., Zellner, T., Francis, C., Braithwaite, R.L., McGregor, B., Bonhomme, J. (2017). Campus and Community HIV and Addiction Prevention (CCHAP): An HIV Testing and Prevention Model to Reach Young African American Adults. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2017; 28(2S):69-80. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2017.0053.

    Edwards, L.V., Lindong, I., Brown, L., Hawkins, A.S., Dennis, S., Fajobi, O., Rowel, R., Braithwaite, R., Sydnor, K.D. (2017). None of Us Will Get Out of Here Alive: The Intersection of Perceived Risk for HIV, Risk Behaviors and Survival Expectations among African American Emerging Adults. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2017; 28(2S):48-68. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2017.0052.

    Akintobi, T., Holden, K., Rollins, L., Lyn, R., Heiman, H., Daniels, P., Wrenn, G., Belton, A., Baltrus, P., Battle, S., & Hoffman, L. (2017). Applying a Community-based Participatory Research Approach to Address Determinants of Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Mellitus in an Urban Setting (pp. 131-154). In Coughlin, S., Smith, S. and Fernandez, M. (Eds.). Handbook of Community-based Participatory Research, New York: Oxford University Press.

    Sajatovic, Martha MD,1 Barbara C. Jobst, MD,2 Ross Shegog, PhD,3 Yvan A. Bamps, PhD,4 Charles E. Begley, PhD,3 Robert T. Fraser, PhD,5 Erica K. Johnson, PhD,6 Dilip K. Pandey, MBBS, PhD,7 Rakale C. Quarells, PhD,8 Peter Scal, MD,9 Tanya M. Spruill, PhD,10 Nancy J. Thompson, PhD, MPH,4 Rosemarie Kobau, MPH, MAPP11. (2017). The Managing Epilepsy Well Network: Advancing Epilepsy Self-Management. Am J Prev Med 2017; 52(3S3):S241–S245.

  • 2016

    Braithwaite, R., Edwards, L., Francis, C., Dennis, S., Lindong, I., Conerly Holliday, R. & Hernandez, N. D. (2016). Condom Availability at Historically Black Colleges & Universities. International Journal of Ethnic College Health, 2 (1), 3-10

    Hunter-Jones, Josalin J., MSW, MPH, CHES1, April L. Nellum, MS2, Elizabeth I. Olorundare, MBBS, MPH, FWACP2, Candace C. McCloud, MPH2, Matthew D. McCurdy, MPH2, Robin E. McGee, MPH1, Contessa M. Davis, MPH2, Nancy J. Thompson, PhD1 and Rakale C. Quarells, PhD2 . (2016). Assessing the cultural appropriateness of UPLIFT for African Americans with epilepsy: A community engaged approach. J Ga Public Health Assoc (2016), Vol. 6, No. 1.

    Zellner Lawrence, T., Henry Akintobi, T., Miller, A., Archie-Booker, E., Johnson, T., & Evans, D. (2016). Assessment of a Culturally-Tailored Sexual Health Education Program for African American Youth. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14(1), 14.

    Henry Akintobi, T., Laster, N., Trotter, J., Jacobs, D, Johnson, T., King Gordon, T., & Miller, A. (2016). The Health, Enlightenment, Awareness, and Living (HEAL) Intervention: Outcome of an HIV and Hepatitis B and C Risk Reduction Intervention, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13(10), 948

    Blumenthal DS and Raskob G: The value of the PRC Program as an integral part of the research portfolio of the Schools of Public Health and Medicine. American Journal of Preventive Medicine (accepted)

    Yoo W, De S, Wilkins T, Smith SA and Blumenthal DS: Age, Race and Regional Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Incidence Rates in Georgia between 2000 and 2012. Annals of Public Health and Research 3(2): 1040, 2016.

    Smith SA, Alema-Mensah E, Yoo W, Ansa B and Blumenthal DS: Persons Who Failed to Obtain Colorectal Cancer Screening Despite Participation in an Evidence-Based Intervention. Journal of Community Health 2016 DOI10.1007/s10900-016-0221-7 (online ahead of print)

    Blumenthal DS: Reducing and Eliminating Health Disparities through Prevention and Public Health. Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association 6 (1) 2016 doi: 10.21633/jgpha.6.201 

    Walls, C., Henry Akintobi, T., Josiah Willock, R., Miller, A., Trotter, J., & Lenoir, S. (2016). Impact of Perceived Stress on Alcohol, Substance Abuse and Risky Sexual Behavior among Black Women 18 to 24 years of age in Urban Neighborhoods. International Journal of Ethnic College Health 2(1), 19-27.

    Caplan,L, Henry Akintobi, T., Gordon,T., Zellner, T., Smith, S., & Blumenthal, D. (2016). Reducing disparities by way of a cancer disparities research training program. Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice, 2016 Fall;9(3):103-114, (3):103-114.


    Public Health Association, 5(3), 212-19. PMID: 27275021
    Bolar, C., Hernandez, N., Henry Akintobi, T., McAllister, C., Ferguson, A., Rollins, L., Wrenn, G., Okafor, M., Collins, D., & Clem, T. (2016)

    Justice Matters, Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved, 27(2A), 181-93. PMID:27133518
    Conerly Holliday, R., Braithwaite, R., Yancey, W., Akintobi, T., Stevens-Watkins, D., Smith, S., & Powell, C. (2016).


    American Journal of Men’s Health, [Epub ahead of print] PMID:27008993
    Henry Akintobi, T., Hoffman, L., McAllister, C., Goodin, L., Hernandez, N., Rollins, L., & Miller, A. (2016).


    Health Promotion Practice , [Epub ahead of print] PMID:27216874
    Henry Akintobi, T., Trotter, J., Zellner, T., Lenoir, S., Evans, D. Rollins, L., & Miller, A. (2016).

    Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved, 27(2A), 34-44. PMID:27133511
    Gates, M., Staples-Horne, M., Cartier, J., Best, C., Stone, R., Walker, V., Hastings, B., Yoo, W., Webb, N., & Braithwaite, R. (2016).


    Social Sciences, 5(1), 2.
    Holden, K., Akintobi, T., Hopkins, J., Belton, A., McGregor, B., Blanks, S., & Wrenn, G. (2016).

     The Journal of Health Care for the Poor and the Underserved, 27 (2), 527-48. PMID:27180693
    Kegler, M., Blumenthal, D., Henry Akintobi, T., Rodgers, K., Erwin, K., Thompson, W., & Hopkins, E. (2016).


    Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved, 27(2A), 194-213. PMID: 27133519
    McGregor, B., Brown, E., Yan, F., Mitchell, C., Robinson, C., DeGroot, J., & Braithwaite, R. (2016).


    Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved, 27(2A), 101-19. PMID: 27133514
    Robillard, A., Holliday, R., DeHart, D., Lewis, K., Rutherford, Y., & Amutah, N. (2016).


    Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved, 27(2A), 1-4. PMID: 27133507
    Smith, S., & Braithwaite, R. (2016).

    Persons Who Failed to Obtain Colorectal Cancer Screening Despite Participation in an Evidence-Based Intervention. Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016.
    J Community Health DOI 10.1007/s10900-016-0221-7. PMID: 27395048
    Smith, S., Alema-Mensah, E.,Yoo,W., Ansa, B., Blumenthal, D. (2016).


    Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 26(2), 194-201. PMID: 26834451
    Stephens, T., Holliday, R. C., Hopkins, S., Rose, S., Braithwaite, R., & Smith, S. (2016).

  • 2015


    Progress in community health partnerships: research, education, and action, 9, 21-32. PMID: 26213401
    Braun, K. L., Stewart, S., Baquet, C., Berry-Bobovski, L., Blumenthal, D., Brandt, H. M., ... Espinoza, P. (2015).

    Adult cancer survivors: Health behavior after diagnosis.
    Int Public Health Journal, 7(3), 251-252.
    Caplan, L. S., & Merrick, J. (2015).


    Journal of the National Medical Association, 107(2), 32-38. PMID: 27269488
    Mkanta, W., Ndjakani, Y., Bandiera, F., Blumenthal, D., Nseyo, U., & Asal, N. (2015).


    Cancer , 121(16):2765-74. PMID: 25906833
    Rust, G., Zhang, S., Malhotra, K., Reese, L., McRoy, L., Baltrus, P., Caplan, L., & Levine, R. (2015).


    Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 5, 52-56. PMID: 26336653
    Smith, S., Whitehead, M., Sheats, J., Ansa, B., Coughlin, S., & Blumenthal, D. (2015).


    Journal of Community Health, 40(2), 308-13. PMID: 25160467
    Stephens, T., Holliday, R. C., & Jarobe, J. (2015).


    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13(1), 51. PMID: 26703653
    Zellner, T., Trotter, T., Lenoir, S., Walston, K., Men-Na’a, L., Henry-Akintobi, T., & Miller, A. (2015).

  • 2014


    Front Public Health, 2, 87. PMCID: PMC4114209
    Caplan, L. (2014).


    Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging, 26(4), 357-69. PMCID: PMC4242422
    Caplan, L., Sawyer, P., Holt, C., & Brown, C.J. (2014).


    Open Journal of Preventive Medicine, 4, 649-58.
    Henry Akintobi, T., Braithwaite, R., & Dodds, A. (2014).

    Residential segregation-trends and implications for conducting effective community-based research to address ethnic health disparities (pp. 157-169).
    In Hall, H., Cole-Robinson, C., & Kohli, A. (Eds.), Uprooting urban America: Multidisciplinary perspectives on race, class and gentrification. New York: NY: Peter Lang Publishing.
    Henry Akintobi, T., Braithwaite, R., & Dodds, A. (2014).


    Journal of Public Health Management & Practice, 20(3), 310-14. PMID: 24667192
    Henry Akintobi, T., Dawood, N., & Blumenthal, D. (2014).


    Health Education & Behavior, 41(3), 267-74. PMID: 24311741
    Rodergs, K., Akintobi, T., Thompson, W., Evans, D., Escoffery, C., & Kegler, M. (2014).


    International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences, 6(3), 92-96.
    Stephens, T., & Braithwaite, R. (2014).


    International STD Research & Reviews, 2(2), 135-144.
    Stephens, T., Gardner, K., Sifunda, S. & Braithwaite, R. (2014).


    International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 26(1), 137-143.
    Stephens, T. & Holliday, R. (2014).

  • 2013


    Blumenthal, DS., DiClemente, RJ., Braithwaite, R., Smith, S. (Eds.), Community-Based Participatory Health Research: Issues, Methods, and Translation to Practice, 2nd Edition. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.
    Blumenthal, D., Hopkins, III, E.,& Yancey, E. (2013).


    Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 3, 1115-24, PMID: 23974385
    Coleman Wallace, D., Baltrus, P., Wallace, T., Blumenthal, D. & Rust, G. (2013).


    Blumenthal, DS., DiClemente, RJ., Braithwaite, R., Smith, S. (Eds.), Community-Based Participatory Health Research: Issues, Methods, and Translation to Practice, 2nd Edition. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.
    Griffin, Jr., J.P., Yancey, E., & Armstrong-Mensah, E. (2013).


    Blumenthal, DS., DiClemente, RJ., Braithwaite, R., & Smith, S. (Eds.), Community-Based Participatory Health Research: Issues, Methods, and Translation to Practice, 2nd Edition. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.
    Henry Akintobi, T., Trotter, J., Evans, D., Laster, N & Johnson, T. (2013).


    Blumenthal, DS., DiClemente, RJ., Braithwaite, R., Smith, S. (Eds.), Community-Based Participatory Health Research: Issues, Methods, and Translation to Practice, 2nd Edition. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.
    McNeal, M., Blumenthal, D.S., Williams Pierson, K., Hale, C., & Rogers, T. (2013).


    Implementation Science, 8, 86. PMID: 23924263
    Smith, S., & Blumenthal, D. (2013).

    Translating Research to Practice (pp. 181-94).
    Blumenthal, DS., DiClemente, RJ., Braithwaite, R., Smith, S. (Eds.), New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.
    Smith, S. & Blumenthal, D. (2013).