Student and faculty academic production
Abstracts
Tyrone, R. "The Jackson Heart Study Graduate Education and Training Center at the University of Mississippi Medical Center: Outcomes and Program Evaluation." March 7, 2025. American Heart Association Epi Lifestyle Annual Conference. New Orleans, Louisiana.
Affuso O., Buckley L.A., Gamble A., Heitman E., Tyrone R.S., Reneker J.C. The Jackson Heart Study Graduate Education and Training Center at the University of Mississippi Medical Center: outcomes and program evaluation. Circulation. 2025; 151(Suppl 1).
Jordan G., Walker B.H., Gamble A., Heitman E., Hall M.E., Yimer W.K. The moderating role of physical activity and sedentary behavior on the waist circumference-heart failure association: The Jackson Heart Study. Amer J Epidemiol. 2025; In press.
Awards
Bidwell, J. Nomination, Dr. LouAnn Woodward Award, Group on Women in Medicine and Science, University of Mississippi Medical Center; May 2025.
Compretta, C. Winner, Mid-Career Faculty Award, Group on Women in Medicine and Science, University of Mississippi Medical Center; May 2025.
Gamble, A. Nomination, Mid-Career Faculty Award, Group on Women in Medicine and Science, University of Mississippi Medical Center; May 2025.
Gamble, A. Faculty Marshal, John D. Bower School of Population Health, University of Mississippi Medical Center; May 2025.
Miller-Kleinhenz, J. National Cancer Institute Early Investigator Advancement Program (EIAP) Scholar Awarded to 25 applicants. EIAP to assist exceptional cancer and cancer health disparities researchers and clinician scientists in becoming established researchers; Jan. 2025.
Adedara, C. The 89th Mississippi Academy of Science Annual Conference in Biloxi, Mississippi. Health Science Division First Place Fellow - Investigator Presentation Winner. Jan. 2025.
Monger, M. Recipient of the 2025 Fannie Lou Hamer Award presented by the City of Jackson and the MLK Legacy Committee. This prestigious award recognizes individuals whose tireless dedication to community engagement and organizing exemplifies the legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer, a courageous leader who fought for civil rights, justice, and equality.
Walker, B.H. Named a 2025 Regions Bank T.E.A.C.H. Prize finalist. This prestigious honor recognizes Dr. Walker's exceptional teaching and unwavering commitment to the academic success of our students.
Grants
Hontzas, J. (2024). Quality Implementation of Lung Cancer Screening using the QUILS system as a statewide initiative. $1.8m over four years for the project.
Hontzas, J. (2024). MSDH Tobacco Education Grant for $85k annually.
Walker, B. (2024). Text-based Motivational Interviewing Intervention to Promote Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates (Text-MI), MCCTR, December 1 2024-November 31, 2025, $40,000.
Presentations
Ipsen, J., Skinner, V., Wilkes, J., Scott, M., "The Gang's All Here! Implementing Faculty Development Across Six Health Professional Schools" by The Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions Conference; January 2025.
Tyrone, R. An Interdisciplinary Training Program for Post-Graduate Students: The Child Health and Developmental Promotion Fellowship, American Speech and Hearing Association's Annual Conference, Seattle Washington, 12/07/24.
Zhang, Y. (November 20, 2024). Leveraging Telehealth Technologies to Improve Access in Rural Areas - Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM), National Telehealth Centers of Excellence Webinar Series, November 2024.
Zhang, Y., Chandra, S. (2024, November 13). National Telehealth Data Warehouse, ATA's Digital Health Research Special Interest Group (SIG) Meeting - November 2024.
Dobbs, T. Building Trust While Upholding Scientific Integrity Bloomberg American Health Summit Washington, DC. December 2024.
Agbonlahor, O., Mattingly, D.T., Diaby M, Hart, J. L., McLeish, A.C., Walker, K.L. Current cigarette smoking and sleep difficulties among African American adults: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2017-2020. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 2025.
Mattingly, D.T., Agbonlahor, O., Hart, J. L. Everyday discrimination and current tobacco use among US adult cancer survivors, 2023. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 2025.
Diaby M., Richardson M.K., Agbonlahor O, Hart J.L., Rose S.W., Mattingly D.T. Discrimination distress and current combustible and non-combustible tobacco product use among US Youth: The 2023 National Youth Tobacco Survey. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 2025.
Tomlinson, M. M., Kerstiens, S., Smith, C., Agbonlahor, O., Walker, K. L., McLeish, A. C., Bhatnagar, A., Keith, R. J., & Hart, J. L. Neighborhood social cohesion and its impact on depression. Poster presented at the Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM) Public Health Summit, Chicago, Illinois; 2025.
Karki, S. "Exploring and comparing machine learning models to predict benzodiazepine prescriptions." SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing Conference. April 2025.
Miller Kleinhenz, J. Plenary Speaker, Integrating Social Determinants of Health to Advance Molecular Epidemiology, American Society of Preventive Oncology, Philadelphia, PA, April 2025.
Miller Kleinhenz, J. From Neighborhoods to Nuclei: The Biological Impact of Disadvantage on Breast Cancer Outcomes, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department Seminar, March 2025.
Tyrone, R. Mental Health Effects of Screen Time, Madison County School District Parent Symposium, Madison, MS, March 2025.
Tyrone, R., Robinson, T. Exploring Opportunities in Advanced Education for Speech-Language Pathologists: Encouraging Master's Students to Pursue Doctoral Studies, University of Southern Mississippi, Speech and Hearing Sciences Department, February 2025.
Tyrone, R., Robinson, T. Exploring Opportunities in Advanced Education for Speech-Language Pathologists: Encouraging Undergraduate Students to Pursue Higher Education, University of Southern Mississippi, Speech and Hearing Sciences Department, February 2025.
Tyrone, R., Robinson, T. Exploring Opportunities in Advanced Education for Speech-Language Pathologists: Encouraging Undergraduate Students to Pursue Higher Education, Jackson State University, Communicative Sciences Department, April 2025.
Tyrone, R., Robinson, T. Exploring Opportunities in Advanced Education for Speech-Language Pathologists: Encouraging Master's Students to Pursue Doctoral Studies, Jackson State University, Communicative Sciences Department, April 2025.
Monger, M. "10 Facts Everyone Health Professional should know about HIV." MS Behavioral Health Summit, Hattiesburg, MS, April 2025.
Staneva M. An Accelerating Danger: Accidental Infant Deaths in Mississippi, 1980-2022; Oral Presentation; Mississippi Academy of Science; Annual Meeting; March 2025.
Staneva M. Poverty and Breast Cancer Deaths in Mississippi, 2003-2022; Xavier University Health Disparity Conference; New Orleans; LA; March 2025.
Alam S., McNeill E., Tang M., Rong R., Christman B.D., Gamble A., Hillegas W.B., Hall J.L., Xiong X., Wright L., Shi L., Kyeryoung L. Economic evaluation of detection, treatment, and prevention of interventions for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders: a systematic literature review. Value Health. ISPOR meeting, February 2025.
Dillon, K. "Introduction to Large Language Models for Healthcare" at INBRE Data Science Workshop, Mississippi Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, March 2025.
Dillon, K. "Self-Supervised Learning for Functional Network Activity" at Deep South Philosophy & Neuroscience Workgroup, 116th Annual Meeting of Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, April 2025.
Tabassum, T., Chakma, S., Abedin, M., Walker, B., Faruque, F. Mapping the Distribution of Social Determinants of Health in Mississippi: Census Tract Level Exploration. The 2025 Healthy MS Conference, Flowood, MS, June 2025.
Obajaja, H., Dennis, D., Williams, S., Malek, T., Williams, B., Nahar, V. K., Igboanugo, J., Irungu, M., Moody, Z., Reid, E., Buys, D., Mann, J., Sharma, M., & Igboanugo, J. “Applying the Multi-Theory Model to Predict Seatbelt Compliance in a U.S. Rural State.” American Public Health Association 153rd Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., November 2–5, 2025.
Igboanugo, J., Irungu, M. R., Obajaja, H., Dennis, D., Moody, Z., Williams, S., Hammig, B., Malek, T., Buys, D. R., Williams, B., Mann, J., Nahar, V. K., & Davis, R. E. “Perceptions of Safety on Mississippi Roadways Following Legalized Sale of Medical Cannabis.” American Public Health Association 153rd Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., November 2–5, 2025.
Irungu, M., Igboanugo, J., Obajaja, H., Williams, S., Dennis, D., Moody, Z., Chapell, O., Olatunde, O., Nahar, V., & Davis, R. “Stigmatization Related to Substance Use: The Role of Family History of Substance Use Treatment.” American Public Health Association 153rd Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., November 2–5, 2025.
Huynh, T., Albrecht, J.M., Sharma, M., & Nahar, V.K. “All in the Family: Sunscreen Habits Are Taught.” Society for Pediatric Dermatology 50th Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, July 23–26, 2025.
Publications
Agbonlahor O., Mattingly D.T., Richardson, M.K., Hart J.L., McLeish A.C., Walker K.L. Lifestyle Factors and Associations with Individual and Comorbid Cardiometabolic and Pulmonary Disease among U.S. Adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2024; 21(12):1674. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21121674.
Tross, S., Laschober, T.C., Paschen-Wolff, M., Ertl, M., Nelson, C.M., Wright, L., Lancaster, C., Feaster, D.J., Monger, M., Toal, P., Fegley, J.P., Meche, D., Hankey, C., Woodhouse, C., Spector, A., Dresser, L., Moran, L., Jelstrom, E., Haynes, L., Shoptaw, S., & Hatch, M.A. Willingness to use oral and long-acting injectable PrEP in substance-using men who have sex with men (SU-MSM) in high HIV incidence Southern U.S. cities: A NIDA Clinical Trials Network Study. AIDS & Behavior. April 2025. doi: 10.1007/s10461-024-04594-7.
Mattingly D.T., Agbonlahor O., Hart J.L. Sociodemographic Disparities in Everyday Discrimination among a National Sample of Adults in the United States, 2023. Preventive Medicine Reports, 2025; 102956. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2024.102956.
Adnan M.S.G., Siam Z.S., Chakma, S., Rahman, R.M., Dewan, A. Landslide susceptibility mapping using machine-learning algorithms and earth observation data, Chapter 14 in Earth Observation Applications to Landslide Mapping, Monitoring and Modeling: Cutting-edge Approaches with Artificial Intelligence, Aerial and Satellite Imagery, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823868-4.00015-5.
Tang, S.C., Wynn, C., Le, T., McCandless, M., Zhang, Y., Patel, R., Maihle, N., Hillegass, W. Influence of antibody-drug conjugate cleavability, drug-to-antibody ratio, and free payload concentration on systemic toxicities: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 44(1), 18. 2024 Dec 20;44(1):18. doi: 10.1007/s10555-024-10231-5.
Mattingly D.T., Booty M.D., Agbonlahor O., Fleischer N.L. Racial and ethnic discrimination and DSM-5 substance use disorders among U.S. adults. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. January 2025. doi: 10.15288/jsad.24-00247. PMID: 39812379.
Agbonlahor O., Gamble A., Compretta C.,Mann J.R., Bidwell J., Williams B.D. Provider Lifestyle Counseling Among Adults With Cardiometabolic Disease Diagnosis Differs by Sociodemographic Characteristics and Lifestyle Modification: NHANES 2017-2020. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. January 2025;0(0). doi:10.1177/15598276251316850.
Richardson M.K., Mattingly D.T., Agbonlahor O., Hart J.L., McLeish A.C., Walker K.L. Disparities in Daily Anxiety Symptoms and Current Exclusive and Dual Cigarette and Electronic Vaping Product Use among U.S Adults. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. February 2025. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.24-00310.
Earl, S.R., Thweatt, L., Parkes, E., Fisher, A., Higdon, C.W., Shirley, H.L., Wehring, S.P., Lim, Y., Digby, P.K., Lirette, S.T., Adcock, K.D.. Bridging Disciplines: An Evaluation of Learning About Interprofessional Roles and Responsibilities Through an Interactive Group Activity. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. Volume 17. No 4. April 2025. PMID:39892174.
Hayes, C.A., Thorpe, R.J., Dhamoon, M., Heitman, E., Norris, K. C., Beech, B.M., Bruce, M., Walker, B.H.,Reneker, J.C. (2025). Stroke incidence and high sensitivity c-reactive protein among African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study. Ethnicity & Disease, 35(1), 1-7. March 2025. doi: https://doi.org/10.18865/EthnDis-2023-78.
Agbonlahor O., Gamble A., Compretta C., Mann J.R., Faruque F. Psychosocial factors and associations with preventive cardiovascular screening among U.S adults: Findings from the National Health Interview Survey, 2023. Preventive Medicine 2025; 22:108272. May 2025. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2025.108272.
Grasset L., Bis J.C., Frenzel S., Kojis D., Simino J., Yaqub A,. Beiser A., Berr C., Bressler J., Bülow R., DeCarli C.S., Fohner A.E., Harrington L.B.., Helmer C, Ikram M.A., Lemaitre R.N., Lopez O.L., Longstreth W.T. Jr, Neitzel J., Odden M.C., Palta P., Schmidt C.O., Talluri R., Vernooij M.W., Völzke H., Voortman T., Whalen Q., Wittfeld K., Grabe H.J., Mosley T.H. Jr, Psaty B.M., Wolters F.J., Seshadri S., Dufouil C. Selected social and lifestyle correlates of brain health markers: the Cross-Cohort Collaboration Consortium. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Apr;21(4):e70148. doi: 10.1002/alz.70148. PMID: 40207408.
Yaqub A., Bis J.C., Frenzel S., Koini M., Mbangdadji D., Peloso G.M., Talluri R., Alonso A., Bahls M., Bülow R., Dörr M., Felix S., Fohner A., Friedrich N., Hofer E., Kavousi M., Launer L.J., Le T., Longstreth W., Mosley T.H., Vernooij M.W., Völzke H., Wittfeld K., Beiser A.S., Grabe H.J., Gudnason V., Ikram M.A., Psaty B.M., Schmidt R., Simino J., Seshadri S., Wolters F.J.; as Cross-Cohort Collaboration. Clinical and Imaging Markers of Cardiac Function and Brain Health: A Meta-Analysis of Community-Based Studies. Neurology. 2025 Apr 22;104(8):e213421. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000213421. Epub 2025 Mar 26. PMID: 40138616; PMCID: PMC11981472.
McLeish A.C., Walker K.L.., Wood L.A., Agbonlahor O., Vincent K., Kersteins S., Tomlinson M.M, & Hart J.L. Using a youth advisory council to address the youth vaping epidemic. Future 2025; 3(2): 8. June 2025. https://doi.org/10.3390/future3020008.
Diaby M., Agbonlahor O., Shorey Fennell B., Hart J.L., Mattingly D.T.. Disparities in use modalities among adults who currently use cannabis. Journal of Cannabis Research 2025; 7:26. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42238-025-00283-x.
Mattingly D.T., Diaby M.., Agbonlahor O., Rose S.W., Oser C..B, Fleischer N.L., Leventhal A.M., Hart J.L. Disparities in discrimination distress among US youth at the intersection of gender, race, and ethnicity. American Journal of Preventive Medicine Focus. May 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.focus.2025.100360
Mattingly D.T., Diaby M., Agbonlahor O., Rose S.W., Oser C.B.., Fleischer N.L., Leventhal A.M., Hart J.L. Disparities in discrimination distress among US youth at the intersection of gender, race, and ethnicity. American Journal of Preventive Medicine Focus 2025; 16:100360. May 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.focus.2025.100360.
Affuso O., Buckley L.,Gamble A., Heitman E., Tyrone R.S,Reneker J.C. Outcomes and evaluation of a National Institutes of Health funded training program for doctoral students: The Jackson Heart Study Graduate Education and Training Center at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Eval Program Plann. 2025 May 10;111:102606. doi: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2025.102606. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40378539.
Barsha, R., Miller-Kleinhenz, J. Left Behind: The Unmet Need for Breast Cancer Research in Mississippi. Cancers. May 2025. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17101652.
Gomillia, C.E., Arnold, T., Dobbs, T.E., Monger, M.L., Nunn, A., Ward, L.M. Access and Utilization of HIV/STI Testing Services among Men Who have Sex with Men During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 1-14. March 2025. DOI:10.1007/s40615-024-02103-z
Shrestha, S., Zhu, X., Griswold, M.E., Palta, P., Sullivan, K.J., Chen, H., Lauren A., Schneider, C., Moghekar, A., Grove, M.L., Thyagarajan, B., Pike, J.R., Gottesman, R.F., Windham, B.G., Mosley Jr, T.H., Deal, J.A., Kamath, V. Olfaction and Plasma Biomarkers of Alzheimer Disease and Neurodegeneration in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Neurology. 2025 Jun 10;104(11):e213706. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000213706. Epub 2025 May 15. PMID: 40373252; PMCID: PMC12083871.
Shrestha, S., Zhu, X., Kucharska-Newton, A.M., Yuan, Y., Kamath, V., Palta, P., Deal, J.A., Mosley Jr., T.H., Griswold, M.E., Chen, H. Characterizing the olfaction and dementia association in the community‐based ARIC study. Alzheimer's Dement. 2025; 21:e14613. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.14613.
Amedari, M.I. Exploring Options to Maximize HPV Vaccination Rates in Mississippi: A Commentary. Journal of Public Health in the Deep South, 5(1), 2. https://doi.org/10.55533/2996-6833.1099
Goldin Evens M., Wallace M., Bazzano A.N., Biggio J.R., Cruz K., Gamble A., Green C., Jah Z., Longo S., Perex S., Reed R.N., Shaffer J.G., Shi L., Harville E. The Southern Center for Maternal Health Equity (SCMHE): A multisector, multifaceted, community-engaged approach to reduce disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality in the Gulf South. Front Public Health. December 2024;12:1465779. PMID: 39764197 PMCID: PMC11701150.
Atanda, A., Amedari, M.I., Agaku, I.T., Hayman, L.W., & Hossain, M.B. Medicaid expansion, dental visits and expenditures in veterans, older adults, and the foreign-born. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 1-10. June 2025. DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-03964-y
Islam, R. K., Watson, A. E., Robitaille, A., Sharma, M., Davis, R. E., Clark, J. T., & Nahar, V.K. Advancing telemedicine adoption: Insights from health behavior models with a focus on the Multi-Theory Model (MTM). Journal of Public Health in the Deep South. Vol. 5, No. 1; 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.55533/2996-6833.1100
Doyle, N., Samuel, K., Cohen-Winans, S., Ford, M.A., Nahar, V.K., Olatunde, O., Igboanugo, J., Irungu, M., & Davis, R. E. Psycho-Sociodemographic and Substance-Related Correlates of Non-Suicidal Self Injurious Behavior. Journal of Public Health in the Deep South, 5(1), 6. 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.55533/ 2996-6833.1101
Wilkerson A.H., Sharma M., Samuel, K.D., Chandra, A., Nair, V.B., Siraj, S., Quadri, A., Mann, J., Nahar, V.K., Davis, R. Testing of a multi-theory model (MTM) to determine factors associated with the initiation and maintenance of adequate sleep behaviour among students from a Southeastern US medical school: BMJ Public Health 2025;3:e001244. May, 2025. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2024-001244