Accomplishments: Department of Social and Behavioral Health

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine), Christopher Johansen (Social and Behavioral Health), Miguel Fudolig (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching and Learning), Sidath Kapukotuwa, Liliana Davalos, Laurencia Bonsu (all Social and Behavioral Health) published an article titled, “Theory-based antecedents…
Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health) is the recipient of the SOPHE Leaders in Equity & Diversity (LEAD) Fellowship Award, which will be presented during the 2024 Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) Annual Conference in St. Louis, Missouri from Mar. 19-21. This award is being presented for completion of the fellowship, which sought…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “The effects of L-carnitine supplementation on inflammation, oxidative stress, and clinical outcomes in critically ill patients with sepsis: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial” in the Nutrition Journal (Impact factor 5.4) in collaboration with coauthors…
Timothy Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health) co-published an article on "Social Anxiety, Drinking Game Motives, and Drinking Game Outcomes Among a Large Multisite Sample of University Students" in the journal Cognitive Therapy and Research.  Undergraduates with higher levels of social anxiety may be motivated to participate in high-risk…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine), Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health), and Sidath Kapukotuwa (Social and Behavioral Health) published an article titled, “Mini Review: Possible role of the multi-theory model of health behavioral change in designing substance use prevention and treatment intervention,” in the…
Laurencia Bonsu (Social and Behavioral Health), Priyambda Kumra (Environmental and Occupational Health), Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health), and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published a manuscript titled, “A Systematic Review of Binge Drinking Interventions and Bias Assessment among College Students and…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “An intervention to improve antibiotic prescription behavior in veterinary students: A protocol based on multi-theory model to tackle antimicrobial resistance,” in the journal, Health Science Reports (Impact Factor: 2), with coauthors from Hormozgan…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) has been elected a section councilor in the Integrative, Complementary, and Traditional Health Practices Section of the American Public Health Association for a three-year term. APHA is the largest and oldest professional organization in the field in the nation and Sharma has been…
Timothy Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health), Andrea Lopez (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Ying Guo (Environmental and Occupational Health) published an article on "Development and preliminary validation of the positive consequences of cannabis (PCOC) scale" in the journal Addictive Behaviors. The goal of the study was to develop and test…
Jason Flatt (Social and Behavioral Health) co-authored "Synthesizing Best Practices to Promote Health Equity for Older Adults Through Community-Engaged Research" in the journal, Research in Gerontological Nursing. This review article highlights how community-engaged research can help to promote health equity among older adults, including an…
Manoj Sharma, Christopher Johansen, Sidath Kapukotuwa (all Social and Behavioral Health), Ravi Batra (Environmental and Occupational Health), Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching and Learning), Bertille Assoumou (Surgery) and Kavita Batra (Medicine) published an article titled, “Explaining the Correlates of Eating Outside-of-Home Behavior in a Nationally…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) has coauthored an article titled, “Food safety-related practices among residents aged 18–75 years during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study in Southwest China,” in the journal BMC Public Health (Impact factor 4.1) with coauthors from Chongqing Medical University. The…