Positions

Selected Publications

Academic Article

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2023 Healthcare Access Domains Mediate Racial Disparities in Ovarian Cancer Treatment Quality in a US Patient Cohort: A Structural Equation Modelling AnalysisCancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention.  32:74-81. 2023
2022 Financial toxicity: a common problem affecting patient care and healthNature Reviews Disease Primers.  8. 2022
2022 Associations of Healthcare Affordability, Availability, and Accessibility with Quality Treatment Metrics in Patients with Ovarian CancerCancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention.  31:1383-1393. 2022
2022 Building Sustainable Practice Transformation Through Payment Reform InitiativesJco Oncology Practice.  18:E731-E739. 2022
2022 Health care utilization among beneficiaries with diabetes from federally qualified health centers: Analysis from a Medicaid managed care organizationJournal of Hospital Marketing and Public Relations.  39:74-87. 2022
2021 Developing a virtual assessment protocol for the AMPLIFI Randomized Controlled Trial due to COVID-19: From assessing participants' preference to preparing the teamContemporary Clinical Trials.  111. 2021
2021 Features that middle-aged and older cancer survivors want in web-based healthy lifestyle interventions: Qualitative descriptive studyJMIR Cancer.  7. 2021
2021 Measuring Financial Distress and Quality of Life Over Time in Patients With Gynecologic Cancer-Making the Case to Screen Early in the Treatment CourseJco Oncology Practice.  17:e1576-e1583. 2021
2021 Design and rationale for the deep south interactive voice response system-supported active lifestyle study: Protocol for a randomized controlled trialJMIR Research Protocols.  10. 2021
2021 Design and Rationale for the Deep South Interactive Voice Response System–Supported Active Lifestyle Study: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint) 2021
2021 Treatment Decision Making and Financial Toxicity in Women With Metastatic Breast CancerClinical Breast Cancer.  21:37-46. 2021
2020 Features That Middle-aged and Older Cancer Survivors Want in Web-Based Healthy Lifestyle Interventions: Qualitative Descriptive Study (Preprint) 2020
2020 Cost-effectiveness of CYP2C19-guided antiplatelet therapy in patients with acute coronary syndrome and percutaneous coronary intervention informed by real-world data 2020
2020 How, when, and with whom should cost of care conversations occur? preferences of two distinct cancer survivor groupsJco Oncology Practice.  16:E912-E921. 2020
2020 A telephone-based education and support intervention for Rural Breast Cancer Survivors: a randomized controlled trial comparing two implementation strategies in rural FloridaJournal of Cancer Survivorship.  14:494-503. 2020
2020 Insurance status and head and neck radiotherapy interruption disparities in the Mid-Southern United States 2020
2020 Location as Destiny: Identifying Geospatial Disparities in Radiation Treatment Interruption by Neighborhood, Race, and Insurance 2020
2020 Health Insurance Literacy and Financial Hardship in Women Living with Metastatic Breast CancerJco Oncology Practice.  16:E529-E537. 2020
2020 Physical Activity Maintenance Following Home-Based, Individually Tailored Print Interventions for African American WomenHealth Promotion Practice.  21:268-276. 2020
2020 Study protocol for a multisite randomised controlled trial of a rehabilitation intervention to reduce participation restrictions among female breast cancer survivorsBMJ Open.  10. 2020
2020 Extensive financial hardship among gynecologic cancer patients starting a new line of therapyGynecologic Oncology.  156:271-277. 2020
2019 Race, socioeconomic status, and health-care access disparities in Ovarian cancer treatment and mortality: Systematic review and meta-analysisJNCI Cancer Spectrum.  3. 2019
2019 Healthy lifestyle discussions between healthcare providers and older cancer survivors: Data from 12 cancer centers in the Southeastern United StatesCancer Medicine.  8:7123-7132. 2019
2019 Hypofractionated radiation in older women with breast cancer 2019
2019 Medicaid Expansion and Hospitalization for Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions among Nonelderly Adults with DiabetesJournal of Ambulatory Care Management.  42:312-320. 2019
2019 An examination of the relationship between patient satisfaction with healthcare and quality of life in a geriatric population with cancer in the Southeastern United StatesJournal of Geriatric Oncology.  10:787-791. 2019
2019 Lay navigation across the cancer continuum for older cancer survivors: Equally beneficial for Black and White survivors?Journal of Geriatric Oncology.  10:779-786. 2019
2019 Beyond efficacy: a qualitative organizational perspective on key implementation science constructs important to physical activity intervention translation to rural community cancer care sitesJournal of Cancer Survivorship.  13:537-546. 2019
2019 Association of baseline inflammatory biomarkers with cancer mortality in the REGARDS cohortOncotarget.  10:4857-4867. 2019
2019 Impact of travel time on health care costs and resource use by phase of care for older patients with cancerJournal of Clinical Oncology.  37:1935-1945. 2019
2019 Cost-Effectiveness of Osteoporosis Screening Using Biomechanical Computed Tomography for Patients With a Previous Abdominal CTJournal of Bone and Mineral Research.  34:1229-1239. 2019
2019 Disparities in Hospice Utilization for Older Cancer Patients Living in the Deep SouthJournal of Pain and Symptom Management.  58:86-91. 2019
2019 High health care costs in minority groups of older US Medicare beneficiaries with epilepsyEpilepsia.  60:1462-1471. 2019
2019 Perspectives on conversations about costs of cancer care of breast cancer survivors and cancer center staff: A qualitative studyACP journal club.  170:S54-S61. 2019
2019 Association between obesity and biomarkers of inflammation and metabolism with cancer mortality in a prospective cohort study 2019
2019 Unmet social support needs among older adults with cancerCancer.  125:473-481. 2019
2019 Guideline discordance and patient cost responsibility in medicarebeneficiaries with metastatic breast cancerJournal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN.  17:1221-1228. 2019
2019 Impact of Guideline-Discordant Treatment on Cost and Health Care Utilization in Older Adults with Early-Stage Breast Cancer 2019
2019 Lack of validity of self-reported mammography dataFamily Medicine and Community Health.  7. 2019
2018 Trends and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Pneumococcal Polysaccharide VaccinationPopulation Health Management.  21:509-516. 2018
2018 Concordance with NCCN treatment guidelines: Relations with health care utilization, cost, and mortality in breast cancer patients with secondary metastasisCancer.  124:4231-4240. 2018
2018 Costs of cancer along the care continuum: What we can expect based on recent literatureCancer.  124:4181-4191. 2018
2018 Choosing Wisely at the End of Life: Use of Shorter Courses of Palliative Radiation Therapy for Bone Metastasis 2018
2018 A weight loss intervention delivered by peer coaches in primary care: Rationale and study design of the PROMISE trialContemporary Clinical Trials.  72:53-61. 2018
2018 Impact of nonconcordance with NCCN guidelines on resource utilization, cost, and mortality in de novo metastatic breast cancerJournal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN.  16:1084-1091. 2018
2018 Where are the opportunities for reducing health care spending within alternative payment models?Jco Oncology Practice.  14:e375-e383. 2018
2018 Lay patient navigators’ perspectives of barriers, facilitators and training needs in initiating advance care planning conversations with older patients with cancerJournal of Palliative Care.  33:70-78. 2018
2018 Racial/ethnic disparities in de novo metastases sites and survival outcomes for patients with primary breast, colorectal, and prostate cancerCancer Medicine.  7:1183-1193. 2018
2018 Improving shared decision-making in chronic lymphocytic leukemia through multidisciplinary educationTranslational Behavioral Medicine.  8:175-182. 2018
2018 Participation and interest in support services among family caregivers of older adults with cancer 2018
2018 Risk of pharmacokinetic interactions between antiepileptic and other drugs in older persons and factors associated with riskEpilepsia.  59:715-723. 2018
2018 Developing a toolkit to measure implementation of concurrent palliative care in rural community cancer centersPalliative and Supportive Care.  16:60-72. 2018
2018 Most impactful factors on the health-related quality of life of a geriatric population with cancerCancer.  124:596-605. 2018
2018 Radiation therapy utilization in Medicare beneficiaries with early-stage breast cancerCancer.  124:475-481. 2018
2018 A Prospective Study of Obesity, Metabolic Health, and Cancer MortalityObesity.  26:193-201. 2018
2018 Healthcare Providers' Recommendations for Physical Activity among US Arthritis Population: A Cross-Sectional Analysis by Race/Ethnicity.Arthritis.  2018:2807035. 2018
2018 Healthcare utilization, Medicare spending, and sources of patient distress identified during implementation of a lay navigation program for older patients with breast cancerBreast Cancer Research and Treatment.  167:215-223. 2018
2018 Mediating effects of cancer risk factors on the association between race and cancer incidence: analysis of the NIH-AARP Diet and Health StudyAnnals of Epidemiology.  28:33-40.e2. 2018
2018 Pre-diagnostic biomarkers of metabolic dysregulation and cancer mortalityOncotarget.  9:16099-16109. 2018
2017 Metabolic dysregulation and cancer mortality in a national cohort of blacks and whitesBMC Cancer.  17. 2017
2017 The value of social network analysis for evaluating academic-community partnerships and collaborations for social determinants of health research 2017
2017 Values and worries of ovarian cancer patientsGynecologic Oncology.  147:433-438. 2017
2017 Cancer-related risk factors and incidence of major cancers by race, gender and region; analysis of the NIH-AARP diet and health studyBMC Cancer.  17. 2017
2017 Availability of healthcare resources and epithelial ovarian cancer stage of diagnosis and mortality among Blacks and WhitesJournal of Ovarian Research.  10. 2017
2017 The self-care practices of family caregivers of persons with poor prognosis cancer: differences by varying levels of caregiver well-being and preparednessSupportive Care in Cancer.  25:2437-2444. 2017
2017 A dance intervention for cancer survivors and their partners (RHYTHM)Journal of Cancer Survivorship.  11:350-359. 2017
2017 Resource use and medicare costs during lay navigation for geriatric patients with cancerJAMA Oncology.  3:817-825. 2017
2017 Quality Indicator for Epilepsy Treatment 15 (QUIET-15): Intervening after recurrent seizures in the elderlyEpilepsy and Behavior.  70:253-258. 2017
2017 Implementation and Impact of Patient Lay Navigator-Led Advance Care Planning ConversationsJournal of Pain and Symptom Management.  53:682-692. 2017
2017 What does the U.S. Medicare administrative claims database tell us about initial antiepileptic drug treatment for older adults with new-onset epilepsy?Epilepsia.  58:548-557. 2017
2017 Out-of-pocket costs and burden among rural breast cancer survivorsCancer Medicine.  6:572-581. 2017
2017 Adherence to antiepileptic drugs among diverse older Americans on Part D MedicareEpilepsy and Behavior.  66:68-73. 2017
2017 Choosing wisely: Opportunities for improving value in cancer care delivery?Jco Oncology Practice.  13:e11-e21. 2017
2017 Quality of Antiepileptic Treatment Among Older Medicare Beneficiaries With Epilepsy: A Retrospective Claims Data AnalysisMedical Care.  55:677-683. 2017
2016 Chronic condition clusters and functional impairment in older cancer survivors: a population-based studyJournal of Cancer Survivorship.  10:1096-1103. 2016
2016 A prospective study of dietary patterns and cancer mortality among Blacks and Whites in the REGARDS cohortInternational Journal of Cancer.  139:2221-2231. 2016
2016 Adherence to the Choosing Wisely Campaign Recommendations for Radiation Treatment Duration in Breast Cancer: Analysis of Medicare Data at 12 Centers in the Southeastern United States. 2016
2016 Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy in Breast Cancer: Analysis of Medicare Data at 12 Institutions. 2016
2016 Web-Based Intervention for Transitioning Smokers From Inpatient to Outpatient Care: An RCT 2016
2016 Disparities in the prevalence of comorbidities among US adults by state Medicaid expansion statusPreventive Medicine.  88:196-202. 2016
2016 Treatment summaries and follow-up care instructions for cancer survivors: Improving survivor self-efficacy and health care utilization 2016
2016 The patient care connect program: Transforming health care through lay navigationJco Oncology Practice.  12:e633-e640. 2016
2016 Are long-term cancer survivors and physicians discussing health promotion and healthy behaviors?Journal of Cancer Survivorship.  10:271-279. 2016
2016 Availability of Healthcare Resources and Colorectal Cancer Outcomes Among Non-Hispanic White and Non-Hispanic Black AdultsJournal of Community Health.  41:296-304. 2016
2016 Guiding lay navigation in geriatric patients with cancer using a distress assessment toolJournal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN.  14:407-414. 2016
2016 Variation in resources needed to implement psychosocial support interventions for rural breast cancer survivorsJournal of Cancer Survivorship.  10:375-383. 2016
2016 Blood pressure measurement biases in clinical settings, Alabama, 2010-2011 2016
2015 Socioeconomic status and incidence of breast cancer by hormone receptor subtypeSpringerPlus.  4. 2015
2015 Mammography screening among the elderly: A research challengeAmerican Journal of Medicine.  128:1362.e7-1362.e14. 2015
2015 Is self-referral associated with higher quality care?Health Services Research.  50:1472-1490. 2015
2015 How much do cancer-related symptoms contributeCancer.  121:2831-2839. 2015
2015 Health-related quality of life in lung cancer survivors: Latent class and latent transition analysisCancer.  121:1520-1528. 2015
2015 Economic hardship of minority and non-minority cancer survivors 1 year after diagnosis: Another long-term effect of cancer?Cancer.  121:1257-1264. 2015
2015 In response: Research using archival health care data: Let the buyer bewareEpilepsia.  56:322-323. 2015
2015 Adherence to Appointments for Comprehensive Primary Care of HIV Patients With Substance Use DisordersJournal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services.  14:45-57. 2015
2015 Unresolved Pain Interference among Colorectal Cancer Survivors: Implications for Patient Care and OutcomesPain Medicine.  16:1410-1425. 2015
2014 Guiding lay navigation using the distress thermometer.Journal of Clinical Oncology.  32:195. 2014
2014 Dealing with the financial burden of cancer: perspectives of older breast cancer survivorsSupportive Care in Cancer.  22:3045-3052. 2014
2014 The role of social support in posttreatment surveillance among african american survivors of colorectal cancerJournal of Psychosocial Oncology.  32:245-263. 2014
2014 Meeting the information needs of lower income cancer survivors: Results of a randomized control trial evaluating the American cancer society's "i can cope" 2014
2014 Socioeconomic disparities in breast cancer treatment among older womenJournal of Women's Health.  23:335-341. 2014
2014 Making the case for Medicaid funding of smoking cessation treatment programs: An application to State-Level health care savingsJournal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved.  25:1922-1940. 2014
2014 Psychiatric and neurologic risk factors for incident cases of new-onset epilepsy in older adults: Data from U.S. Medicare beneficiariesEpilepsia.  55:1120-1127. 2014
2014 Surveillance instructions and knowledge among African American colorectal cancer survivorsJco Oncology Practice.  10. 2014
2014 What do cancer patients worry about when making decisions about treatment? Variation across racial/ethnic groupsSupportive Care in Cancer.  22:233-244. 2014
2013 Mammography utilization among Black and White Medicare beneficiaries in high breast cancer mortality US counties.Cancer Causes and Control.  24:2187-2196. 2013
2013 Disparities in use of gynecologic oncologists for women with ovarian cancer in the United StatesHealth Services Research.  48:1135-1153. 2013
2013 Gender differences in colon cancer treatmentJournal of Women's Health.  22:344-351. 2013
2013 United states counties with low black male mortality ratesAmerican Journal of Medicine.  126:76-80. 2013
2012 Geographic variation of epilepsy for older Americans: How close to the geographic variation of stroke?Epilepsia.  53:2186-2193. 2012
2012 Developing effective cancer pain education programsCurrent Pain and Headache Reports.  16:332-342. 2012
2012 Diagnostic tests and neurology care for medicare beneficiaries with seizures: Differences across racial groupsMedical Care.  50:730-736. 2012
2012 Web-based smoking cessation intervention that transitions from inpatient to outpatient: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trialTrials.  13. 2012
2012 Does economic burden influence quality of life in breast cancer survivors?Gynecologic Oncology.  124:437-443. 2012
2012 Incidence and prevalence of epilepsy among older US Medicare beneficiariesNeurology.  78:448-453. 2012
2012 'Too much trouble for what I get out of it': Acceptability of cancer screening tests among low-income rural men and women in the Deep SouthPublic Health.  126:64-66. 2012
2011 Racial variation in willingness to trade financial resources for life-prolonging cancer treatmentCancer.  117:3476-3484. 2011
2011 Out of pocket cost comparison between Caucasian and minority breast cancer survivors in the Breast Cancer Education Intervention (BCEI)Breast Cancer Research and Treatment.  127:521-529. 2011
2011 Culturally appropriate storytelling to improve blood pressure a randomized trialACP journal club.  154:77-84. 2011
2011 Medication adherence among rural, low-income hypertensive adults: A randomized trial of a multimedia community-based interventionAmerican Journal of Health Promotion.  25:372-378. 2011
2011 Recruitment of low income, predominantly minority cancer survivors to a randomized trial of the I Can Cope cancer education programJournal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved.  22:912-924. 2011
2011 Tailoring cancer education and support programs for low-income, Primarily African American Cancer SurvivorsOncology Nursing Forum.  38. 2011
2011 Urban/rural patterns in receipt of treatment for non-small cell lung cancer among black and white medicare beneficiaries, 2000-2003Journal of the National Medical Association.  103:711-718. 2011
2010 Breast cancer screening interventions in selected counties across US regionsCancer Causes and Control.  21:2165-2172. 2010
2010 Cost-effectiveness of multifaceted evidence implementation programs for the prevention of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosisOsteoporosis International.  21:1573-1584. 2010
2010 Medication assistance programs: Do all in need benefit equally? 2010
2010 Taking less than prescribed: Medication nonadherence and provider-patient relationships in lower-income, rural minority adults with hypertensionJournal of the CardioMetabolic Syndrome.  12:706-713. 2010
2010 Presence of medical schools may contribute to reducing breast cancer mortality and disparitiesJournal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved.  21:961-976. 2010
2010 An application of longitudinal analysis with skewed outcomesNursing Research.  59:301-307. 2010
2010 The out of pocket cost of breast cancer survivors: A reviewJournal of Cancer Survivorship.  4:202-209. 2010
2010 Substance abuse treatment in an urban HIV clinic: Who enrolls and what are the benefits? 2010
2010 Less-than-standard treatment in rectal cancer patients: Which patients are at risk?Journal of the National Medical Association.  102:190-198. 2010
2010 Treatment for older prostate cancer patients: Disparities in a southern stateMedical Care.  48:915-922. 2010
2009 Gender differences in discontinuation of antiretroviral treatment regimens 2009
2009 Targeted tuberculosis contact investigation saves money without sacrificing healthJournal of Public Health Management and Practice.  15:319-327. 2009
2009 Pharmaceuticals companies' medication assistance programs: Potentially useful but too burdensome to use?Southern Medical Journal.  102:139-144. 2009
2008 Relationship of health behavior theories with self-efficacy among insufficiently active hypertensive African-American womenPatient Education and Counseling.  72:137-145. 2008
2008 American College of Rheumatology 2008 recommendations for the use of nonbiologic and biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in rheumatoid arthritisArthritis and Rheumatism.  59:762-784. 2008
2008 Analysis of US food and drug administration warning letters: False promotional claims relating to prescription and over-the-counter medications 2008
2007 Failure to establish HIV care: Characterizing the "no show" phenomenonClinical Infectious Diseases.  45:127-130. 2007
2007 The impact of cost on the availability of fruits and vegetables in the homes of schoolchildren in Birmingham, AlabamaAmerican Journal of Public Health.  97:367-372. 2007
2006 Trends in colon cancer screening procedures in the US Medicare and Tricare populations: 1999-2001Preventive Medicine.  42:460-462. 2006
2006 Distribution of health care expenditures for HIV-infected patientsClinical Infectious Diseases.  42:1003-1010. 2006
2005 Fracture Reduction Affects Medicare Economics (FRAME): Impact of increased osteoporosis diagnosis and treatmentOsteoporosis International.  16:1545-1557. 2005
2005 The cost of glucocorticoid-associated adverse events in rheumatoid arthritisRheumatology.  44:781-788. 2005
2005 Household-based costs and benefits of vaccinating healthy children in daycare against influenza virus: Results from a pilot study 2005
2003 Balancing bones and bucks among new glucocorticoid usersJournal of Rheumatology.  30:1-3. 2003

Principal Investigator On

  • Adapting MultiPLe Behavior Interventions that eFfectively Improve (AMPLIFI) Cancer Survivor Health - Assessment Core  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Adapting MultiPLe Behavior Interventions that eFfectively Improve (AMPLIFI) Cancer Survivor Health - Recruitment Core  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • CITY Health - Center for Study of Community Health SIP 11-042: Patient Preferences and Needs in Ovarian Cancer Care  awarded by National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promo./CDC/DHHS
  • Coming Together to Advance Minority Cancer Survivorship Research: First Symposium Focused on African American Survivors  awarded by NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES/NIH/DHHS
  • Comprehensive Cancer Center Core Support Grant - Expanding Distress Screening To Optimize Identification Of Cancer Patients Experiencing Financial Hardship To Enhance Delivery Of Financial Navigation Services  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Comprehensive Cancer Center Support Grant - Participant Recruitment & Assessment Shared Resource  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Cost of Care Conversations in Cancer Patients: Recommendations for Implementation and Training  awarded by AMERICA'S ESSENTIAL HOSPITALS
  • Cost-Effectiveness of Peer Support Interventions for Persons with Diabetes: A Four Site Analysis  awarded by American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation
  • Emotional Well-Being and Economic Burden Research Network  awarded by NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY & INTEGRATIVE HEALTH/NIH/DHHS
  • Geographic Variation in Epilepsy Among Medicare Beneficiaries  awarded by Association of American Medical Colleges
  • Gulf States Collaborative Center for Health Policy Research (Gulf States CC)  awarded by BAYOU LA BATRE CLINIC
  • Gulf States Collaborative Center for Health Policy Research (Gulf States CC) - Administrative Core  awarded by BAYOU LA BATRE CLINIC
  • Gulf States Collaborative Center for Health Policy Research (Gulf States CC) - Administrative Supplement  awarded by BAYOU LA BATRE CLINIC
  • Gulf States Collaborative Center for Health Policy Research (Gulf States CC) - Collabortions and Partnerships Core  awarded by BAYOU LA BATRE CLINIC
  • Gulf States Collaborative Center for Health Policy Research (Gulf States CC) - Pilot Project Core  awarded by BAYOU LA BATRE CLINIC
  • Gulf States Collaborative Center for Health Policy Research (Gulf States CC) - Research Core  awarded by BAYOU LA BATRE CLINIC
  • Increasing Recruitment of Underrepresented Cancer Survivors with Awareness Enhancing Interventions (RUN AWEI)  awarded by UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER (MEMPHIS)
  • Let's Talk About the Cost of Cancer Care: Finding the Best Method for Patients and Providers  awarded by Johnson (Robert Wood) Foundation
  • Obesity Health Disparities Research Center (OHDRC) - Investigating the Interconnection of Social Determinants of Health and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Care for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia of Older Adults in the Deep South and the Rest of the United States  awarded by NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES/NIH/DHHS
  • Quality of Epilepsy Treatment and Costs in Older Americans by Race (QUIET CARE)  awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH/DHHS
  • Reasons for Low Follow-Up in Black CRC Patients  awarded by Association of American Medical Colleges
  • The Role of Multilevel Access Dimensions in Ovarian Cancer Disparities  awarded by Duke University
  • Investigator On

  • 1/2 Video Telehealth Pulmonary Rehabilitation to Reduce Hospital Readmission in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Tele-COPD)  awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • A Motion Exergaming Approach to Promote Self-Managing Fatigue and Pain after Head and Neck Cancer Treatment  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Adapting MultiPLe Behavior Interventions that eFfectively Improve (AMPLIFI) Cancer Survivor Health  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • CHEER Center for the Study of Community Health  awarded by National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promo./CDC/DHHS
  • CITY Health - Center for Study of Community Health  awarded by National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promo./CDC/DHHS
  • CITY Health II - The Center for the Study of Community Health  awarded by National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promo./CDC/DHHS
  • Comprehensive Cancer Center Core Support Grant  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Comprehensive Cancer Center Core Support Grant - Recruitment and Retention Shared Facility  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Comprehensive Cancer Center Support Grant  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Cost Effectiveness of the Rural Breast Cancer Survivor Intervention Package  awarded by National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS
  • Cost-Effective Breast Cancer Screening Strategies in Chest-Irradiated Women  awarded by BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE (CITY OF HOPE)
  • Daily Self-Weighing for Obesity Management in Primary Care  awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS
  • Decision Support Training for Advanced Cancer Family Caregivers: The CASCADE Factorial Trial  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Deep South Center to Reduce Disparities in Chronic Diseases  awarded by NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES/NIH/DHHS
  • Deep South Center to Reduce Disparities in Chronic Diseases - Community-Based Strategies to Reduce Cardiometabolic Disease in the Deep South  awarded by NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES/NIH/DHHS
  • Deep South Center to Reduce Disparities in Chronic Diseases - Food Delivery, Remote Monitoring, and coaching-Enhanced Education for Optimized Diabetes Management (FREEDOM)  awarded by NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES/NIH/DHHS
  • Deep South Center to Reduce Disparities in Chronic Diseases - Investigator Development Core  awarded by NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES/NIH/DHHS
  • Designing a Plan of Action for Better Access and Quality of Surgery for African-Americans with Gastrointestinal Cancers in the Deep South  awarded by NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES/NIH/DHHS
  • Enhancing Shared Decision Making in Metastatic Breast Cancer  awarded by American Cancer Society, Inc.
  • Evaluating the Implementation and Impact of Navigator-delivered ePRO Home Symptom Monitoring and Management  awarded by National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS
  • Find Your BEAT: Toolkit to Increase Physical Activity in Rural Cancer Survivors  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Gulf States Collaborative Center for Health Policy Research (Gulf States CC)  awarded by BAYOU LA BATRE CLINIC
  • Gulf States Collaborative Center for Health Policy Research (Gulf States CC)  awarded by BAYOU LA BATRE CLINIC
  • Gulf States Collaborative Center for Health Policy Research (Gulf States CC) - Administrative Supplement  awarded by BAYOU LA BATRE CLINIC
  • Gulf States Collaborative Center for Health Policy Research (Gulf States CC) - Research Project 1  awarded by BAYOU LA BATRE CLINIC
  • Harvest for Health in Older Cancer Survivors  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Health Care Innovation Challenge  awarded by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services/DHHS
  • Implementing Palliative Care: Learning Collaborative vs. Technical Assistance  awarded by DARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK CLINIC
  • Implementing Palliative Care: Learning Collaborative vs. Technical Assistance  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Lay Coach-led Early Palliative Care for Underserved Advanced Cancer Caregivers  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Morehouse School of Medicine/Tuskegee University/University of Alabama Cancer Center Partnership  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • National Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center for African American Men's Health  awarded by University of Minnesota
  • National Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center for African American Men's Health  awarded by NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES/NIH/DHHS
  • National Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center for African American Men's Health - Research Project I: Patient Navigation to Reduce Readmissions among Black Men with Heart Failure (NAVI-HF)  awarded by NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES/NIH/DHHS
  • Obesity Health Disparities Research Center (OHDRC)  awarded by NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES/NIH/DHHS
  • Optimizing Functional Recovery of Breast Cancer Survivors  awarded by DARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK CLINIC
  • Optimizing Functional Recovery of Breast Cancer Survivors  awarded by DARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK CLINIC
  • Optimizing Functional Recovery of Breast Cancer Survivors  awarded by MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL
  • Patient Oriented Research in Personalized Antithrombotic Therapy  awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Primary Care Obesity Management in the Southeast_PROMISE  awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS
  • Private Grant  awarded by O.N. DIAGNOSTICS, LLC
  • Private Grant  awarded by PACKHEALTH
  • RHYTHM: Restoring Health in You (and Your Partner) Through Movement  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Reducing Care-Resistant Behaviors During Oral Hygiene in Persons with Dementia  awarded by National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS
  • Reducing Disparities in Rural Advanced Cancer Patients and Caregivers  awarded by American Cancer Society, Inc.
  • Testing Scalable, IVR-Supported Cancer Prevention Interventions in the Rural Alabama Black Belt  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Testing Strategies For Couple Engagement In PMTCT And Family Health In Kenya  awarded by National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS
  • The Alabama Care Plan: Assessing the Impact of Regional Care Organizations on Diabetes Outcomes in a Sample of Alabama Medicaid Recipients  awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS
  • UAB Diabetes Research Center  awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS
  • UAB Diabetes Research Center - Interventions and Translation Core  awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS
  • UAB Diabetes Research and Training Center  awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS
  • UAB Diabetes Research and Training Center - Metrics and MHSR Core  awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS
  • Web-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention: Transition from Inpatient to Outpatient  awarded by National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS
  • Web-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention: Transition from Inpatient to Outpatient  awarded by National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS
  • Education And Training

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education 1998
  • Bachelor's Level Degree in Business / Managerial Economics, University of Cagliari 1991
  • Full Name

  • Maria Pisu