Noteworthy News from GHDC Members
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Collaborative members Christina Yongue, Alex Lightfoot, Geni Eng, Kay Doost, Turner Wiley and Jennifer Schaal (not pictured) were part of an interactive lecture at UNC Chapel Hill's Gillings School of Global Public Health. March 5, 2019 |
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Cleo A. Samuel, PhD, was selected as one of ‘40 Under 40’ Leaders in Minority Health. The '40 Under 40' Leaders in Minority Health Award was created by the National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF) and Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Health Braintrust to recognize 40 next-generation leaders in minority health under the age of 40. According to Gary Puckrein, PhD, NMQF president and chief executive officer, “The 2019 winners are doing amazing things that both better and diversify the health care marketplace. They serve as positive role models for our next generation of leaders in minority health.”
February 27, 2019 |
Doctors dramatically reduce racial disparities in early-stage lung cancer treatment
"The Greensboro Health Disparities Collaborative played a major role in the treatment outcomes cited in this article. As a community member, I worked with other GHDC researchers to achieve the results of the ACCURE Study, and I am delighted that our work is being recognized and applauded. I also want to acknowledge Nettie Coad for providing the inspiration for the research study, and for being the guiding force behind this endeavor."
Nora Jones, Executive Director
The Partnership Project, Inc
Science Daily
February 5, 2019
"The Greensboro Health Disparities Collaborative played a major role in the treatment outcomes cited in this article. As a community member, I worked with other GHDC researchers to achieve the results of the ACCURE Study, and I am delighted that our work is being recognized and applauded. I also want to acknowledge Nettie Coad for providing the inspiration for the research study, and for being the guiding force behind this endeavor."
Nora Jones, Executive Director
The Partnership Project, Inc
Science Daily
February 5, 2019
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Steel sculptures decorate new section of Greensboro's Downtown Greenway
Quotes from neighborhood residents Dorothy Brown and Nettie Coad are included on new pieces of public art by Vandorn Hinnant on the Bragg Street section of the Downtown Greenway January 2019 |
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Jennifer Richmond, Olive M. Mbah, Sofiz Z. Dard, Lauren C. Jordan, Katherine S. Cools, Cleo A. Samuels, Jalaal M. Khan, Matthew A. Manning
Preempting Racial Inequities in Lung Cancer Screening American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Volume 55, Issue 6, pages 908-912 December 2018 |
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Fatima Guerrab, Crystal Dixon, Nora Jones
Health Behavior Student Highlights UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health "Health behavior master’s student Fatima Guerrabis busy. The Brooklyn-born Algerian-American, likes to think of herself as a full-time member of the Greensboro Health Disparities Collaborative (GHDC) as well as a full-time health behavior master’s student. Guerrab is energized by her work that brings together policy, race, community-based participatory research (CBPR) equity, and cancer prevention and control." November 2018 |
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Crystal Dixon received the Golden Project Award at the NC Public Health Association 2018 Fall Educational Conference. She was recognized for her grassroots work during her time as a Public Health Education Specialist in the Durham County Department of Public Health. Her work was titled "What's the 411: Diabetes Series." September 20, 2018 |
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Cleo Samuel was featured in Endeavors, the online magazine of research and creative activity at UNC Chapel Hill. The profile was part of their series "Women in Science Wednesday," which highlights UNC researchers at all levels of their careers across dozens of fields. June 13, 2018 |
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Kristin Black was a co-author of Childbirth after adolescent and young adult cancer: a population-based study in the Journal of Cancer Survivorship May 2018 |
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Cleo Samuel was awarded a 5-year K01 (Career Development) Award from the National Cancer Institute for her study entitled Symptom and Healthcare Access Reporting and Evaluation (SHARE) for Supportive Care Equity. May 2018 |
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Christina Yongue was a panel member for a discussion of the film Power to Heal, Medical Civil Rights at the International Civil Rights Center & Museum May 2018 |
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Amanda Tanner was a co-author of The Association between Incarceration and Transactional Sex among HIV-infected Young Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States in the Journal of Urban Health
April 2018 |
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Deanna Befus was a co-author of Management of Menopause Symptoms with Acupuncture: An Umbrella Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine April 2018 |
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Sam Cykert was a co-author of Organizational Leadership and Adaptive Reserve in Blood Pressure Control: The Heart Health NOW Study in the Annals of Family Medicine April 2018 |
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Amanda Tanner was a co-author of Health-care transition from adolescent to adult services for young people with HIV in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
March 2018 |
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Nora Jones and Fatima Guerrab were presenters at the symposium Transdisciplinary Science to Advance the Elimination of Cancer Health Disparities in Chapel Hill, NC March 2018 |
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Laura Vail received an award for best overall project from the Disparities Leadership Program. The award is based on various criteria, including the impact of the project on the organization, use of Disparities Leadership Program tools and skills and overall achievements over the course of the year March 2018 |
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Geni Eng was a co-author of The Role of Religious Socialization and Religiosity in African American and Caribbean Black Adolescents' Sexual Initiation in the Journal of Religion and Health March 2018 |
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Nora Jones received a McDonald's Rhythms of Triumph Award for outstanding contributions to the Triad community. February 2018 |
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Amanda Tanner was a co-author of Transitioning Adolescents with HIV to Adult Care: Outcomes From a Prospective Multi-Site Study in the Journal of Adolescent Health
February 2018 |
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Kristin Black was a co-author of "We black women have to kill a lion everyday": An intersectional analysis of racism and social determinants of health in Brazil in Social Science & Medicine February 2018 |
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Jennifer Schaal was a co-author of Conceptualizing trust in community-academic research partnerships using concept mapping approach: A multi-CTSA study in Evaluation and Program Planning February 2018 |
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Stephanie Baker and Yanica Faustin were co-authors of Dimensionality and R4P: A Health Equity Framework for Research Planning and Evaluation in African American Populations in Maternal and Child Health Journal
February 2018 |
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Jennifer Toller Erausquin was a co-author of Race, Sex and Discrimination in School Settings: A Multilevel Analysis of Associations with Delinquency in the Journal of School Health
January 14, 2018 |
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Kristin Black was a co-author of Perceived barriers and preferred components for physical activity interventions in African-American survivors of breast or endometrial cancer with type 2 diabetes: the S.U.C.C.E.S.S. framework in Supportive Care in Cancer January 2018 |
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Lizzie Biddle was the author of Refugee Resettlement Under the Obama Administration: Untangling the U.S. Refugee Assistance Program at the Federal Level in the Global Journal of Peace Research and Praxis Spring 2018 |
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Jennifer Toller Erausquin was a co-author of Trajectories of risk behaviors across adolescence and young adulthood: The role of race and ethnicity in Addictive Behaviors
January 2018 |
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Lilli Mann, Robert Aronson and Amanda Tanner were three of the co-authors of Engaged for Change: A Community-Engaged Process for Developing Interventions to Reduce Health Disparities in AIDS Education and Prevention
December 2017 |
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Kristin Black and Geni Eng were two of the co-authors of Prevalence of preterm, low birthweight, and small for gestational age delivery after breast cancer diagnosis: A population-based study in Breast cancer research: BCR
December 2017 |
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Jennifer Toller Erausquin and Amanda Tanner were two of the co-authors of Testing the Association Between Traditional and Novel Indicators of County-Level Structural Racism and Birth Outcomes among Black and White Women in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
December 7, 2017 |
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Crystal Dixon, Christina Yongue and Courtney Caiola were among those who presented Addressing Racism through Case Study Design: Promoting Career Development of Health Professionals at the 2017 APHA Annual Meeting & Expo in Atlanta, GA
November 6, 2017 |
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Cleo Samuel was a co-author of the peer-reviewed article Oncology navigators' perceptions of cancer-related financial burden and financial assistance resources in Supportive Care in Cancer November 9, 2017 |
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Sam Cykert was a co-author of Practice Leadership, Quality Improvement and Use of Statins for Secondary Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: The Heart Health NOW Study in Circulation November 2017 |
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Christina Yongue presented From Data Collection and Community Debriefing and Accountable Transformation: What Now? for the panel event Transforming the Quality of Black Girls and Women’s Lives: From Movement Building to Freedom Making at the National Women’s Studies Association Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD. November 2017 |
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Amanda Tanner was a co-author of Adolescent to Adult HIV Health Care Transition From the Perspective of Adult Providers in the United States in the Journal of Adolescent Health
October 2017 |
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Jennifer Toller Erausquin was a co-author of Health, Social, and Economic Outcomes Experienced by Families as a Result of Receiving Assistance from a Community-Based Diaper Bank in the Maternal and Child Health Journal
October 2017 |
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Amanda Tanner was a co-author of Adolescent and Adult HIV Providers' Definitions of HIV-Infected Youths' Successful Transition to Adult Care in the United States in AIDS Patient Care and STDs
October 2017 |
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Lizzie Biddle was interviewed on WUAG's Air International Flight #103.1FM to discuss transformative peace modalities among the Bhutanese community. September 2017 |
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Soonok An was a co-author of Negotiating the Cultural Steps in Developing an Online Intervention for Korean American Intimate Partner Violence in Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma
September 2017 |
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Jennifer Toller Erausquin was a co-author of the book chapter Reframing the Way We Think About Teenage Motherhood and author of the book chapter Women's HIV Knowledge and Condom Use Across Diverse Relationaship Types in the Dominican Republic in Global Perspectives on Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health Across the Lifecourse
September 20, 2017 |
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Kristin Black was a co-author of Birth Outcomes Among Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors in JAMA Oncology August 2017 |
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Terence Muhammad presented at Stories Happen in Forests: A Live Storytelling Event at Motorco July 27, 2017 |
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Fatima Guerrab presented Promoting Racial Equity in Cancer Treatment Outcomes Using ACCURE Nurse Navigator Notes at The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History July 26, 2017 |
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Christina Yongue and Neda Padilla presented Cultural Humility: Clinical and Organizational as guest trainers for the NCCU Partners Program Student Orientation in Durham, NC. July 2017 |
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Christina Yongue was a speaker at the 5th Annual I Believe Teen Empowerment Conference July 15, 2017 |
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Cleo Samuel was a co-author of a peer-reviewed article Provider perspectives on barriers and facilitators to symptom management among breast cancer survivors on hormonal therapy in Supportive Care in Cancer July 6, 2017 |
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Soonok An was a co-author of A Review and Assessment of Intimate Partner Violence Interventions and Trainings for Service Providers and Frontline Staff in Violence and Victims June 2017 |
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Amanda Tanner was a co-author of Transitioning HIV-infected adolescents to adult care at 14 clinics across the United States: using adolescent and adult providers' insights to create multi-level solutions to address transition barriers in AIDS Care
June 2017 |
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Cleo Samuel presented the poster Evaluating Potential Racial Disparities in Utilization of Low-Dose Computed Tomography (LDCT) Screening in Lung Cancer at Academy Health's Annual Research Meeting in New Orleans, LA
June 26, 2017 |
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Lilli Mann-Jackson and Amanda Tanner were two co-authors of Small-Group Randomized Controlled Trial to Increase Condom Use and HIV Testing Among Hispanic/Latino Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men in the American Journal of Public Health
June 2017 |
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Cleo Samuel was a co-author of the poster The Effect of Mobile Mammography on Completed Breast Cancer Screenings among Uninsured Women in a System of Federally Qualified Health Centers at Academy Health's Annual Research Meeting in New Orleans, LA
June 2017 |
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Eugenia Eng, Alexandra Lightfoot and Kari Thatcher were three of the co-authors of Making a difference in medical trainees' attitudes toward Latino patients: A pilot study of an intervention to modify implicit and explicit attitudes in Social Science Medicine
May 2017 |
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Cleo Samuel was a co-author of a peer-reviewed article Investigating Associations Between Health-Related Quality of Life and Endocrine Therapy Under-Utilization in Women with Early Stage Breast Cancer in Journal of Oncology Practice
May 2017 |
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Soonok An was a co-author of The effectiveness of intervention for adolescents exposed to domestic violence in Children and Youth Services Review May 2017 |
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Megan Hayes-Bell and Jennifer Schaal were two of the presenters of Why is my race a health factor? at the HIV Care 2017 Clinical Update and Vulnerable Populations Meeting
May 2, 2017 |
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Cleo Samuel was a co-author of the oral presentation Evaluation of race in the initial implementation of a low dose CT screening program for lung cancer to identify potential racial disparities at the American College of Radiology Annual Meeting in Washington DC.
May 2017 |
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Alexandra Lightfoot, Kari Thatcher and Eugenia Eng were three of the co-authors of "What I wish my doctor knew about my life": Using photovoice with immigrant adolescents to explore barriers to healthcare in Qualitative Social Work
April 2017 |
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Michael Yonas was a co-author of Conceptualization of Intimate Partner Violence: Exploring Gender Differences Using Concept Mapping in the Journal of Family Violence April 2017 |
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Amanda Tanner was a co-author of Understanding Care Linkage and Engagement Across 15 Adolescent Clinics: Provider Perspectives and Implications for Newly HIV-Infected Youth in AIDS Education and Prevention
April 2017 |
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Cleo Samuel presented Making Equity a Priority in Cancer Care Quality: Palliative and Supportive Care Equity (PaSCE) Across the Cancer Care Continuum at the Geographic Management of Cancer Health Disparities Program (GMaP) Region 1-South Annual Symposium in Charleston, SC
March 2017 |
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Cleo Samuel was a co-author of the poster The Effect of Mobile Mammography on Completed Breast Cancer Screenings among Uninsured Women in a System of Federally Qualified Health Centers at the Geographic Management of Cancer Health Disparities Program (GMaP) Region 1-South Annual Symposium in Charleston, SC
March 2017 |
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Cleo Samuel was a co-author of the poster Pre-empting Potential Exacerbation in Lung Cancer Disparities through Equitable Implementation of Low-Dose Computed Tomography (LDCT) Screening at the Geographic Management of Cancer Health Disparities Program (GMaP) Region 1-South Annual Symposium in Charleston, SC
March 2017 |
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Christina Yongue was featured in Social Designs Women of Excellence in Education by Social Designs Consulting March 19, 2017 |
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Jennifer Toller Erausquin was a co-author of Organizational and health promotion benefits of diaper bank and community-based organization partnerships in Children and Youth Services Review
March 2017 |
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Cleo Samuel was a co-author of a peer-reviewed article Examining Health-Related Quality of Life Patterns in Women with Breast Cancer in Quality of Life Research February 28, 2017 |
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Amanda Tanner and Lilli Mann-Jackson were two of the co-authors of HIV-Prevention Opportunities With GPS-Based Social and Sexual Networking Applications for Men Who Have Sex With Men in AIDS Education and Prevention
February 2017 |
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Beth Smith and Christina Yongue were co-panelists at Practicing our Values of Diversity and Inclusion in Our Research: A Discussion Sponsored by the UNCG Child and Family Research Network at UNC Greensboro January 2017 |
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Jennifer Toller Erausquin was a co-author of Non-barrier contraceptive use and relation to condom use behaviour by partner type among female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India in the Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care
January 2017 |