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Wizdom A. Powell, PhD, MPH, MS, BA

Professor/Clinical
Director, Health Disparities Institute


Academic Office Location: UConn Health Disparities Institute 241 Main Street Hartford, CT 06106
Phone:	860-679-3990
Email:	wpowell@uchc.edu

Education & Training
Committees & Organizations
Publications
Presentations

Education

Degree	Institution	Major
BA	John Jay College of Criminal Justice	Forensic Psychology/African-American Studies
MS	University of Michigan	Clinical Psychology
MPH	University of Michigan	Health Behavior Health Education/Women's & Reproductive Health
PhD	University of Michigan	Clinical Psychology

Degree

Institution

Major

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Forensic Psychology/African-American Studies

University of Michigan

Clinical Psychology

MPH

University of Michigan

Health Behavior Health Education/Women's & Reproductive Health

PhD

University of Michigan

Clinical Psychology

Awards

Name of Award/Honor	Awarding Organization
Distinguished Contribution to the Science of Psychology Award-Connecticut Psychological Association	Connecticut Psychological Association
Community-Engaged Health Research Excellence Award	The Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, & Policy (InCHIP)
100 Women of Color Honoree	June Archer/Eleven 28 Entertainment

Name of Award/Honor

Awarding Organization

Distinguished Contribution to the Science of Psychology Award-Connecticut Psychological Association

Connecticut Psychological Association

Community-Engaged Health Research Excellence Award

The Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, & Policy (InCHIP)

100 Women of Color Honoree

June Archer/Eleven 28 Entertainment

Name & Description	Category	Role	Type	Scope	Start Year	End Year
Chair Search Committee, School of Medicine, Department of Community Medicine & Healthcare	Other		UConn Health	University	2019
Research Council, School of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health	Research Committee		UConn Health	University	2018
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Interdisciplinary Research Leaders Program	Advisory Committee	National Advisory Committee Member	External	National	2018
Connecticut Health Equity Advisory Council	Advisory Committee	Chair, Structural Racism Workgroup	External	State	2018
Ethnicity & Health	Professional/Scientific Journal	Associate Editor		National	2016	2018
Emerging Adulthood	Professional/Scientific Journal	Editorial Board Member		National	2016
Developmental Psychology	Professional/Scientific Journal	Editorial Board Member		National	2015
Movement of Youth	Community Service	Advisory Board Member	External	National	2015
Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS)	Professional/Scientific Organization	Application Committee Member	External	National	2015
My Brother's Keeper Initiative	Community Service	Co-Chair	External	National	2015
African American Researchers Working Group, National Institutes of Drug Abuse	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2014
Hampton University Regional Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center on Minority Men's Health	Professional/Scientific Organization	External Advisory Board Member		University	2013
American Psychological Association Working Group on Health Disparities in Boys and Men	Professional/Scientific Organization	Chair		National	2013
Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice	Professional/Scientific Journal	Reviewer		National	2011
Social Science Quarterly	Professional/Scientific Journal	Reviewer		National	2011
Psychology of Men and Masculinity	Editorial Board		External	National	2010
Faculty of 1000 Medicine				International	2007
American Psychological Association		Member		National
Society of General Internal Medicine		Member		National
American Public Health Association		Member		National
Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science		Member		International

Name & Description

Journal Articles

Development and evaluation of a healthcare decision-making intervention for African American parent-adult daughter dementia dyads: a mixed-methods study protocol.
Bonds Johnson, Kalisha; Lyons, Karen S; Epps, Fayron; Daniel, Gaea; Monin, Joan K; Powell, Wizdom; Hepburn, Ken BMJ open 2025 Mar;15(3):e099976
Cognitive Impairment in Older Incarcerated Males: Education and Race Considerations.
Perez, Alice; Manning, Kevin J; Powell, Wizdom; Barry, Lisa C The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 2021 Oct;29(10):1062-1073
Psychosocial determinants of colorectal Cancer screening uptake among African-American men: understanding the role of masculine role norms, medical mistrust, and normative support.
Rogers, Charles R; Rogers, Tiana N; Matthews, Phung; Le Duc, Nathan; Zickmund, Susan; Powell, Wizdom; Thorpe, Roland J; McKoy, Alicia; Davis, France A; Okuyemi, Kola; Paskett, Electra D; Griffith, Derek M Ethnicity & health 2020 Nov;1-20
The potential impact of the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion on reducing colorectal cancer screening disparities in African American males.
Powell, Wizdom; Frerichs, Leah; Townsley, Rachel; Mayorga, Maria; Richmond, Jennifer; Corbie-Smith, Giselle; Wheeler, Stephanie; Hassmiller Lich, Kristen PloS one 2020 Jan;15(1):e0226942
Racial discrimination, the superwoman schema, and allostatic load: exploring an integrative stress-coping model among African American women.
Allen, Amani M; Wang, Yijie; Chae, David H; Price, Melisa M; Powell, Wizdom; Steed, Teneka C; Rose Black, Angela; Dhabhar, Firdaus S; Marquez-Magaña, Leticia; Woods-Giscombe, Cheryl L Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2019 Aug;
Factor Analysis of the CES-D 12 in a Community Sample of Black Men. American Journal of Men’s Health.
Adams, L.B., Lightfoot, A., Gottfredson, N., Corbie-Smith, G., Golin, C., Powell, W. (In Press) American Journal of Men's Health 2019 Mar;
Personal growth initiative as a mediator of the relationship between everyday racism and depression among African American males.
Hoggard, L., Powell, W., Upton, R.. Seaton, E.K., & Neblett, Jr., Enrique W. (In Press) Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology 2019 Mar;
Racial discrimination, medical mistrust, and delays in preventive health screening among African American men.
Powell, W., Richmond, J., Mohottige, D., Yen, I.H., Joslyn, A., Corbie-Smith, G. (In press) Behavioral Medicine 2019 Mar;
Underutilization of HIV Testing Among Men with Incarceration Histories.
Farel, Claire E; Golin, Carol E; Ochtera, Rebecca D; Rosen, David L; Margolis, Marjorie; Powell, Wizdom; Wohl, David A AIDS and behavior 2019 Jan;
Medicaid Enrollment among Prison Inmates in a Non-expansion State: Exploring Predisposing, Enabling, and Need Factors Related to Enrollment Pre-incarceration and Post-Release.
Grodensky, Catherine A; Rosen, David L; Blue, Colleen M; Miller, Anna R; Bradley-Bull, Steve; Powell, Wizdom A; Domino, Marisa E; Golin, Carol E; Wohl, David A Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 2018 Aug;95(4):454-466
Implementing a Prison Medicaid Enrollment Program for Inmates with a Community Inpatient Hospitalization.
Rosen, David L; Grodensky, Catherine A; Miller, Anna R; Golin, Carol E; Domino, Marisa E; Powell, Wizdom; Wohl, David A Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 2018 Apr;95(2):149-158
The Association Between Men's Concern About Demonstrating Masculine Characteristics and Their Sexual Risk Behaviors: Findings from the Dominican Republic.
Fleming, Paul J; Barrington, Clare; Powell, Wizdom; Gottert, Ann; Lerebours, Leonel; Donastorg, Yeycy; Brito, Maximo O Archives of sexual behavior 2018 Feb;47(2):507-515
Public Mistrust of the U.S. Health Care System's Profit Motives: Mixed-Methods Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Richmond, Jennifer; Powell, Wizdom; Maurer, Maureen; Mangrum, Rikki; Gold, Marthe R; Pathak-Sen, Ela; Yang, Manshu; Carman, Kristin L Journal of general internal medicine 2017 Dec;32(12):1396-1402
Medical Mistrust and Colorectal Cancer Screening Among African Americans.
Adams, Leslie B; Richmond, Jennifer; Corbie-Smith, Giselle; Powell, Wizdom Journal of community health 2017 Oct;42(5):1044-1061
Changing Attitudes About Concurrency Among Young African Americans: Results of a Radio Campaign.
Adimora, Adaora A; Schoenbach, Victor J; Cates, Joan R; Cope, Anna B; Ramirez, Catalina; Powell, Wizdom; Agans, Robert P AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education 2017 Aug;29(4):330-346
What Would I Know About Mercy? Faith and Optimistic Expectancies Among African Americans.
Mattis, Jacqueline S; Powell, Wizdom; Grayman, Nyasha A; Murray, Yohance; Cole-Lewis, Yasmin C; Goodwill, Janelle R Race and social problems 2017 Mar;9(1):42-52
Buried hatchets, marked locations: Forgiveness, everyday racial discrimination, and African American men's depressive symptomatology.
Powell, Wizdom; Banks, Kira Hudson; Mattis, Jacqueline S The American journal of orthopsychiatry 2017 Jan;87(6):646-662
The Role of Racial Identity and Implicit Racial Bias in Self-Reported Racial Discrimination: Implications for Depression Among African American Men.
Chae, David H; Powell, Wizdom A; Nuru-Jeter, Amani M; Smith-Bynum, Mia A; Seaton, Eleanor K; Forman, Tyrone A; Turpin, Rodman; Sellers, Robert The Journal of black psychology 2017 Jan;43(8):789-812
Masculinity and Race-Related Factors as Barriers to Health Help-Seeking Among African American Men.
Powell, Wizdom; Adams, Leslie B; Cole-Lewis, Yasmin; Agyemang, Amma; Upton, Rachel D Behavioral medicine (Washington, D.C.) 2016 Jul;42(3):150-63
Chill, be cool man: African American men, identity, coping, and aggressive ideation.
Thomas, Alvin; Hammond, Wizdom Powell; Kohn-Wood, Laura P Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology 2015 Jul;21(3):369-79
Reducing Concurrent Sexual Partnerships Among Blacks in the Rural Southeastern United States: Development of Narrative Messages for a Radio Campaign.
Cates, Joan R; Francis, Diane B; Ramirez, Catalina; Brown, Jane D; Schoenbach, Victor J; Fortune, Thierry; Powell Hammond, Wizdom; Adimora, Adaora A Journal of health communication 2015 Jan;20(11):1264-74
Forests, Trees, and Streams: Why an Integration of Discursive Psychological Frameworks and Gender Role Strain Paradigms Is Needed.
Hammond, Wizdom Powell Psychology of men & masculinity 2014 Oct;15(4):372-374
The Impact of Feminist Attitudes on the Relation between Racial Awareness and Racial Identity
Banks, K.H., Murray, T., Brown, N., Hammond, W.P. Sex Roles 2014 Mar;70(5-6):232-239
Racial Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms Among African-American Men: The Mediating and Moderating Roles of Masculine Self-Reliance and John Henryism.
Matthews, Derrick D; Hammond, Wizdom Powell; Cole-Lewis, Yasmin; Nuru-Jeter, Amani; Melvin, Travis Psychology of men & masculinity 2013 Jan;14(1):35-46
Taking it like a man: masculine role norms as moderators of the racial discrimination-depressive symptoms association among African American men.
Hammond, Wizdom Powell American journal of public health 2012 May;102 Suppl 2S232-41
Determinants of usual source of care disparities among African American and Caribbean Black men: findings from the National Survey of American Life.
Hammond, Wizdom Powell; Mohottige, Dinushika; Chantala, Kim; Hastings, Julia F; Neighbors, Harold W; Snowden, Lonnie Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2011 Feb;22(1):157-75
Psychosocial correlates of medical mistrust among African American men.
Hammond, Wizdom Powell American journal of community psychology 2010 Mar;45(1-2):87-106
"It's the skin you're in": African-American women talk about their experiences of racism. an exploratory study to develop measures of racism for birth outcome studies.
Nuru-Jeter, Amani; Dominguez, Tyan Parker; Hammond, Wizdom Powell; Leu, Janxin; Skaff, Marilyn; Egerter, Susan; Jones, Camara P; Braveman, Paula Maternal and child health journal 2009 Jan;13(1):29-39
From homeless to hopeless and healthless?: the health impacts of housing challenges among former foster care youth transitioning to adulthood in California.
Yen, Irene H; Hammond, Wizdom Powell; Kushel, Margot B Issues in comprehensive pediatric nursing 2009 Jan;32(2):77-93
"Being there in spirit, fire, and mind." Expressive roles among nonresidential African American fathers.
Hammond, W.P., Caldwell, C.H., Brooks, C., & Bell, L. Research on Social Work Practice 21(3):308-313
An Exploration of Masculinities and Concurrency among Black Sexual Minority and Majority Men: Implications for HIV/STI Prevention
Brown, AL; Powell, W; Doherty, I; Barrington, C; & Eng, G. (In Press) Annals of LGBTQ Public and Population Health.
Antihypertensive medication non-adherence in Black men: Direct and mediating effects of depressive symptoms, psychosocial stressors and alcohol misuse.
Cene, C.W., Dennison, C.R., Hammon, W.P. Kim, M.T., Levine, M., Bone, L.R., Hill, M. The Journal of Clinical Hypertension 15(3):201-209
Being a man about it: Manhood meaning among African American men.
Hammond, W.P., & Mattis, J.S. Psychology of Men & Masculinity 6(2):114-126
Coping styles, depressive symptoms, and race during the transition to adulthood
Kohn-Wood, L.P., Hammond, W.P., Haynes, T.F., Ferguson, K.K., & Jackson, B. Mental Health, Religion, & Culture 15(4):363-372
Disease prevalence and access to healthcare among a national sample of white and black male state prisoners
Rose, D.L., Hammond, W.P., Wohl, D., & Golin, C. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 23(1):254-272
Disrupting single stories, broadening the aperture, and embracing the trauma socioexposome in research with minoritized individuals: A commentary
Powell, W. (2021) Journal of Traumatic Stress
Masculinity ideology and forgiveness of racial discrimination among African American men: Direct and interactive relationships.
Hammond, W.P., Banks, K.H., & Mattis, J.S. Sex Roles 55(9-10):679-692
Masculinity, medical mistrust, and preventive health services delays among community-dwelling African American men.
Hammond, W.P., Matthews, D., Mohottige, D., Agyemang, A., & Corbie-Smith, G. Journal of General Internal Medicine 25(12):1300-1308
Psychosocial correlates of medical mistrust among African American men
Hammond, W.P. American Journal of Community Psychology 45(1-2):87-106
Redefining racial residential segregation and its association with physical activity among African Americans 50 years and older: A mixed methods approach.
Armstrong-Brown, J., Eng, E.E., Hammond, W.P., Zimmer, C., Bowling, J.M. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity 23(2):237-246
Refining Black Men’s Depression Measurement Using Participatory Approaches: A Concept Mapping Study
Adams, L.B., Baxter, S., Lightfoot, A., Gottfredson, N., Golin, C.,Tabor, J.,Corbie-Smith, G., & Powell, W. BMC Public Health
Refining Black Men’s Depression Measurement Using Participatory Approaches: A Concept Mapping Study.
Adams, L.B. , Baxter, S., Lightfoot, A., Gottfredson, N., Golin, C., Tabor, J., Corbie-Smith, G., Powell, W. (2021) BMC Public Health 21(1):1-10
Social Isolation and psychological distress increase risk of incident heart failure: Findings from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.
Cene, C.W., Lin, F., Loehr, L., Hammond, W.P., Foraker, R.E., Rose, K.M., Mosley, T.H. European Journal of Heart Failure 4(7):748-753
The moderating capacity of racial identity between perceived discrimination and psychological well-being over time among African American youth.
Seaton, Eleanor K; Neblett, Enrique W; Upton, Rachel D; Hammond, Wizdom Powell; Sellers, Robert M Child development 82(6):1850-67
The social production of altruism: Motivations for selfless action in a low-income urban community
Mattis, J.S., Hammond, W.P., Grayman, N., Bonacci, M. Brennan, W., Ladyzhenskaya, L. &, So, S. American Journal of Community Psychology 43(1-2):71-84
Underlying mechanisms in the relationship between Africentric worldview and depressive symptoms.
Neblett, E.W., Jr., Hammond W.P., & Seaton, E.K., & Townsend, T.G. Journal of Counseling Psychology 57(1):105-113
Understanding social capital and HIV risk in rural African American communities
Cene, C.W., Akers, A.Y., Lloyd, S.W., Albritton, T., & Hammond, W.P., & Corbie-Smith, G. Journal of General Internal Medicine 26(7):737-744
Workplace discrimination and depressive symptoms: A study of multi-ethnic hospital employees
Hammond, W.P., Gillen, M., Yen, I.H. Race and Social Problems 2(1):19-30

Book Chapters

B.R.A.V.E.H.E.A.R.T.S: Conceptualizing Biophysiologic Markers of Risk Accumulation, Vulnerability to Environmental Health Exposures, Affective Response To Stress and Cardiovascular Disease in Young Adult Black Males
Powell, W. (In Press) Health Equity, African-Americans, and Public Health
Everyday racism as a threat to the masculine social self: Framing investigations of African American male health disparities.
Hammond, W.P., Fleming, P.F., Villa-Torres, L. APA Handbook of Men and Masculinities 259-284
Positive Psychology in African Americans
Mattis, J.S., Grayman Simpson, N., Hammond, W.P., Anderson, R.E., Mattis, J.H., & Kimbro, L. Positive psychology in racial and ethnic minority groups: Theory, research, and practice. 83-107
Racial discrimination, identity, and health risk behavior among African American adolescent males.
Hammond, W.P., Agyemang, A., Seaton, E.K., Neblett, E.W., Jr. The Psychology of Black Boys and Adolescents 381-403
Social determinants of medical mistrust among African American men.
Hammond, W.P. & Siddiqi, A.A. Social Determinants of African-American Men's Health 135-160
The gender role strain paradigm.
Levant. R.L. & Hammond, W.P. The Psychology of Men and Masculinities 15-43
The role of paternal health socialization in preadolescent African American male health behavior, beliefs, and outcomes.
Hammond, W.P., Matthews, D., Cooper, S.M., Johnson, S., Caldwell, C.H. The Psychology of Black Boys and Adolescents 405-423
They can't breathe: Why neighborhoods matter for the health of African American men and boys.
Powell, W., Taggart T.T., Richmond, J., Adams, L.B., Brown, A.L. Boys and Men in African American Families 227-242

Conference Papers

Experiences of Connecticut Community Health Center Patients With Telemedicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Delvy R, Coman E, Sanchez K, Powell W, Agresta T JMIR 2022 May;
Comparing Pre-to Post-COVID-19 Health Disparities Between Black and White Female Connecticut Medicaid Beneficiaries in Behavioral Health Utilization
E Coman, T Agresta, W Frazier, W Powell

Editorials

Practical Guidance for Recruiting Older Adults in Clinical Research: Building on Principles of Social Justice and Equity.
Robison, Julie; Powell, Wizdom; Kenyon-Pesce, Lisa Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2020 Oct;
Bones in our basements: Addressing COVID-19 and incarceration.
Medical News Today 2020 Sep;
It’s time to speak unapologetically to Black America’s emotional wounds.
Medical News Today 2020 Jul;
This Father's Day I'm grieving with Black children who have lost their fathers to police brutality. Here's why you should also mourn — and how to support them.
Business Insider 2020 Jun;

Other

Health Disparities Racial/Ethnic and Sexual Minority Boys and Men
Powell, W., Blume, A., Cook, S., Courtenay, W., Griffith, D., Halkitis, P., Johnson, W., Mankowski, E., Marcell, A., Quinones-Maldonado, R. Thorpe, R., Watkins, D. Report from the APA Working Group on Health Disparities in Boys and Men. American Psychological Association. 2019 Jun;
Key Elements for Advancing Clinical-Community Integration.
Powell, W. Policy Brief, Connecticut Health Foundation 2018 May;
Masculinities Matter: The Role of Masculinities in Depression, Suicide, and Substance Abuse Among African American, Hispanic/Latino, and Alaska Native/American Indian Boys and Men.
Powell, W., & Adams, L.B. Report, RISE For Boys and Men of Color 2016 Nov;
Breath, Eyes, Memory: Transforming Health Systems and Advancing Public Health Policies for Radical Healing.
Powell, W., Adames, H.Y., Lewis, J.A., Mosley, D.V., Chavez-Dueñas, N., Anderson, R., & Neville, H.

Title or Abstract	Type	Sponsor/Event	Date/Year	Location
Speak to the Wounds: Unpacking Racism and Its Impact on the Socio-emotional Well-Being of Boys and Men of Color	Talk	Salem State University	2019	Salem, MA
“They Can't Breathe: Neighborhoods, Daily Racism-Related Stress, and Problematic Substance Use Among Black Emerging Adult Males”.	Talk		2019	National Institutes of Drug Abuse, Bethesda, MD
Let's Talk About It: Behavioral Health & Emotional Wellness in the Black Community	Plenary Lecture	Hartford Healthcare	2019	Hartford, CT
Moving Black Fathers and Men Forward	Plenary Lecture	Congressional Black Caucus Foundation	2019	Washington, DC
Breath, eyes, memory: Optimizing emotional well-being among boys and men of color	Plenary Lecture	Hofstra University	2019	Long Island, NY
Speak to the Wounds: Unpacking racial trauma and developing healing-centered responses for Boys and Men of Color	Plenary Lecture	Kennedy Krieger Center	2019	Baltimore, MD
Disrupting the Single Story: The whole truths we need told to create health equity among Black boys and men.	Other	48th Annual Association of Black Psychologists Meeting	2016	Crystal City, VA
They can't breathe: Neighborhoods, racial-profiling, and the health of young adult African American men	Talk	Society for General Internal Medicine	2016	Hollywood, FL
Disrupting the single story: How whole truths help to build more sustainable health equity agendas	Talk	University of Connecticut, Health Disparities Institute	2016	Hartford, CT
They can't breathe: How neighborhoods impact masculinity enactment and substance abuse risk among African American men.	Talk	Penn State's 23rd Annual Symposium on Family Issues	2015	State College, PA
Working in the shadows of Eunice Rivers: Spreading me-search, re-membering history, and eliminating Black male health inequalities	Other	Meharry Medical School	2015	Nashville, TN
The contribution of masculinity to behavioral health equity among boys and men of color	Plenary Lecture	66th Annual Society for Public Health Education Meeting	2015	Portland, OR
The contribution of masculinity to behavioral health equity among boys and men of color	Other	APA/SAMHSA Pathways to Behavioral Health Equity among Boys and Men of Color	2015	Washington, D.C.
Working in the shadows of Eunice Rivers: Spreading me-search, re-membering history, and eliminating Black male health inequalities	Other	Pitzer College	2015	Claremont, CA
Mapping therapeutic landscapes for African American males: Unpacking the roles of neighborhood contexts in health outcomes	Other	Symposium on Race, poverty, and change in America: The persistent dilemmas	2015	Pennsylvania, PA
Masculine (Dis)Advantage: Understanding determinants of health disparities in vulnerable boys and men.	Other	142nd Annual American Public Health Association Meeting	2014	New Orleans, LA
Masculine (Dis)Advantage: Understanding determinants of health disparities in vulnerable boys and men.	Other	Academy Health Annual Meeting	2014	San Diego, CA
Black, male, and blue: Unpacking the mental health consequences of everyday racism, masculinity, and emotional stoicism among Black men.	Other	Annual Conference of the American Studies Association	2013	Washington, D.C.
Personal growth initiative as a mediator of the relationship between racial discrimination and depression among African American males	Other	121st Conference of the American Psychological Association	2013	Honolulu, HI
African American men's mental Health, medical mistrust and HIV prevention.	Other	119th Annual Conference of the American Psychological Association	2011	Wash
Psychological impact of prostate cancer on African American survivors and their partners.	Other	119th Annual Conference of the American Psychological Association	2011	Washington, D.C.
Social isolation and psychological distress increase risk of incident heart failure: Findings from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.	Other	33rd Annual Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine	2010	Minneapolis, MN
Racial discrimination and depressive symptoms among African American men: The mediating and moderating roles of masculine self reliance and John Henryism.	Other	137th Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association	2009	Philadelphia, PA
Made Men: The social production of masculinity and sexual risk behavior in hip-hop videos.	Poster	137th Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association	2009	Philadelphia, PA
Early-life health socialization and African American male health status.	Other	117th Annual Conference of the American Psychological Association	2009	Toronto, Canada
Buffering effect of neighborhood social cohesion on the relationship between racial discrimination and depressive symptoms among African American men.		137th Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association	2009	Philadelphia, PA
Does religious coping moderate the impact of racism-related stress on depressive symptoms among African American men.		137th Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association	2009	Philadelphia, PA
Psychosocial contribution of masculinity and sense of mastery to prostate cancer screening among African American men.	Other	137th Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association	2009	Philadelphia, PA

Title or Abstract

Type

Sponsor/Event

Date/Year

Location

Speak to the Wounds: Unpacking Racism and Its Impact on the Socio-emotional Well-Being of Boys and Men of Color

Talk

Salem State University

2019

Salem, MA

“They Can't Breathe: Neighborhoods, Daily Racism-Related Stress, and Problematic Substance Use Among Black Emerging Adult Males”.

Talk

2019

National Institutes of Drug Abuse, Bethesda, MD

Let's Talk About It: Behavioral Health & Emotional Wellness in the Black Community

Plenary Lecture

Hartford Healthcare

2019

Hartford, CT

Moving Black Fathers and Men Forward

Plenary Lecture

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation

2019

Washington, DC

Breath, eyes, memory: Optimizing emotional well-being among boys and men of color

Plenary Lecture

Hofstra University

2019

Long Island, NY

Speak to the Wounds: Unpacking racial trauma and developing healing-centered responses for Boys and Men of Color

Plenary Lecture

Kennedy Krieger Center

2019

Baltimore, MD

Disrupting the Single Story: The whole truths we need told to create health equity among Black boys and men.

Other

48th Annual Association of Black Psychologists Meeting

2016

Crystal City, VA

They can't breathe: Neighborhoods, racial-profiling, and the health of young adult African American men

Talk

Society for General Internal Medicine

2016

Hollywood, FL

Disrupting the single story: How whole truths help to build more sustainable health equity agendas

Talk

University of Connecticut, Health Disparities Institute

2016

Hartford, CT

They can't breathe: How neighborhoods impact masculinity enactment and substance abuse risk among African American men.

Talk

Penn State's 23rd Annual Symposium on Family Issues

2015

State College, PA

Working in the shadows of Eunice Rivers: Spreading me-search, re-membering history, and eliminating Black male health inequalities

Other

Meharry Medical School

2015

Nashville, TN

The contribution of masculinity to behavioral health equity among boys and men of color

Plenary Lecture

66th Annual Society for Public Health Education Meeting

2015

Portland, OR

The contribution of masculinity to behavioral health equity among boys and men of color

Other

APA/SAMHSA Pathways to Behavioral Health Equity among Boys and Men of Color

2015

Washington, D.C.

Working in the shadows of Eunice Rivers: Spreading me-search, re-membering history, and eliminating Black male health inequalities

Other

Pitzer College

2015

Claremont, CA

Mapping therapeutic landscapes for African American males: Unpacking the roles of neighborhood contexts in health outcomes

Other

Symposium on Race, poverty, and change in America: The persistent dilemmas

2015

Pennsylvania, PA

Masculine (Dis)Advantage: Understanding determinants of health disparities in vulnerable boys and men.

Other

142nd Annual American Public Health Association Meeting

2014

New Orleans, LA

Masculine (Dis)Advantage: Understanding determinants of health disparities in vulnerable boys and men.

Other

Academy Health Annual Meeting

2014

San Diego, CA

Black, male, and blue: Unpacking the mental health consequences of everyday racism, masculinity, and emotional stoicism among Black men.

Other

Annual Conference of the American Studies Association

2013

Washington, D.C.

Personal growth initiative as a mediator of the relationship between racial discrimination and depression among African American males

Other

121st Conference of the American Psychological Association

2013

Honolulu, HI

African American men's mental Health, medical mistrust and HIV prevention.

Other

119th Annual Conference of the American Psychological Association

2011

Wash

Psychological impact of prostate cancer on African American survivors and their partners.

Other

119th Annual Conference of the American Psychological Association

2011

Washington, D.C.

Social isolation and psychological distress increase risk of incident heart failure: Findings from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.

Other

33rd Annual Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine

2010

Minneapolis, MN

Racial discrimination and depressive symptoms among African American men: The mediating and moderating roles of masculine self reliance and John Henryism.

Other

137th Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association

2009

Philadelphia, PA

Made Men: The social production of masculinity and sexual risk behavior in hip-hop videos.

Poster

137th Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association

2009

Philadelphia, PA

Early-life health socialization and African American male health status.

Other

117th Annual Conference of the American Psychological Association

2009

Toronto, Canada

Buffering effect of neighborhood social cohesion on the relationship between racial discrimination and depressive symptoms among African American men.

137th Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association

2009

Philadelphia, PA

Does religious coping moderate the impact of racism-related stress on depressive symptoms among African American men.

137th Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association

2009

Philadelphia, PA

Psychosocial contribution of masculinity and sense of mastery to prostate cancer screening among African American men.

Other

137th Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association

2009

Philadelphia, PA