Wizdom A. Powell, PhD, MPH, MS, BAProfessor/ClinicalDirector, Health Disparities Institute
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Education
Awards
Degree | Institution | Major |
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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 |
Awards
Name of Award/Honor | Awarding Organization |
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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 |
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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 |
Journal Articles
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Cognitive Impairment in Older Incarcerated Males: Education and Race Considerations.
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 2021 Oct;29(10):1062-1073
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Psychosocial determinants of colorectal Cancer screening uptake among African-American men: understanding the role of masculine role norms, medical mistrust, and normative support.
Ethnicity & health 2020 Nov;1-20
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The potential impact of the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion on reducing colorectal cancer screening disparities in African American males.
PloS one 2020 Jan;15(1):e0226942
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Racial discrimination, the superwoman schema, and allostatic load: exploring an integrative stress-coping model among African American women.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2019 Aug;
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Factor Analysis of the CES-D 12 in a Community Sample of Black Men. American Journal of Men’s Health.
American Journal of Men's Health 2019 Mar;
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Personal growth initiative as a mediator of the relationship between everyday racism and depression among African American males.
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology 2019 Mar;
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Racial discrimination, medical mistrust, and delays in preventive health screening among African American men.
Behavioral Medicine 2019 Mar;
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Underutilization of HIV Testing Among Men with Incarceration Histories.
AIDS and behavior 2019 Jan;
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Medicaid Enrollment among Prison Inmates in a Non-expansion State: Exploring Predisposing, Enabling, and Need Factors Related to Enrollment Pre-incarceration and Post-Release.
Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 2018 Aug;95(4):454-466
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Implementing a Prison Medicaid Enrollment Program for Inmates with a Community Inpatient Hospitalization.
Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 2018 Apr;95(2):149-158
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The Association Between Men's Concern About Demonstrating Masculine Characteristics and Their Sexual Risk Behaviors: Findings from the Dominican Republic.
Archives of sexual behavior 2018 Feb;47(2):507-515
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Public Mistrust of the U.S. Health Care System's Profit Motives: Mixed-Methods Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Journal of general internal medicine 2017 Dec;32(12):1396-1402
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Medical Mistrust and Colorectal Cancer Screening Among African Americans.
Journal of community health 2017 Oct;42(5):1044-1061
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Changing Attitudes About Concurrency Among Young African Americans: Results of a Radio Campaign.
AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education 2017 Aug;29(4):330-346
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What Would I Know About Mercy? Faith and Optimistic Expectancies Among African Americans.
Race and social problems 2017 Mar;9(1):42-52
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Buried hatchets, marked locations: Forgiveness, everyday racial discrimination, and African American men's depressive symptomatology.
The American journal of orthopsychiatry 2017 Jan;87(6):646-662
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The Role of Racial Identity and Implicit Racial Bias in Self-Reported Racial Discrimination: Implications for Depression Among African American Men.
The Journal of black psychology 2017 Jan;43(8):789-812
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Masculinity and Race-Related Factors as Barriers to Health Help-Seeking Among African American Men.
Behavioral medicine (Washington, D.C.) 2016 Jul;42(3):150-63
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Chill, be cool man: African American men, identity, coping, and aggressive ideation.
Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology 2015 Jul;21(3):369-79
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Reducing Concurrent Sexual Partnerships Among Blacks in the Rural Southeastern United States: Development of Narrative Messages for a Radio Campaign.
Journal of health communication 2015 Jan;20(11):1264-74
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Forests, Trees, and Streams: Why an Integration of Discursive Psychological Frameworks and Gender Role Strain Paradigms Is Needed.
Psychology of men & masculinity 2014 Oct;15(4):372-374
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The Impact of Feminist Attitudes on the Relation between Racial Awareness and Racial Identity
Sex Roles 2014 Mar;70(5-6):232-239
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Racial Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms Among African-American Men: The Mediating and Moderating Roles of Masculine Self-Reliance and John Henryism.
Psychology of men & masculinity 2013 Jan;14(1):35-46
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Taking it like a man: masculine role norms as moderators of the racial discrimination-depressive symptoms association among African American men.
American journal of public health 2012 May;102 Suppl 2S232-41
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Determinants of usual source of care disparities among African American and Caribbean Black men: findings from the National Survey of American Life.
Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2011 Feb;22(1):157-75
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Psychosocial correlates of medical mistrust among African American men.
American journal of community psychology 2010 Mar;45(1-2):87-106
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"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.
Maternal and child health journal 2009 Jan;13(1):29-39
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From homeless to hopeless and healthless?: the health impacts of housing challenges among former foster care youth transitioning to adulthood in California.
Issues in comprehensive pediatric nursing 2009 Jan;32(2):77-93
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"Being there in spirit, fire, and mind." Expressive roles among nonresidential African American fathers.
Research on Social Work Practice 21(3):308-313
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An Exploration of Masculinities and Concurrency among Black Sexual Minority and Majority Men: Implications for HIV/STI Prevention
Annals of LGBTQ Public and Population Health.
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Antihypertensive medication non-adherence in Black men: Direct and mediating effects of depressive symptoms, psychosocial stressors and alcohol misuse.
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension 15(3):201-209
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Being a man about it: Manhood meaning among African American men.
Psychology of Men & Masculinity 6(2):114-126
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Coping styles, depressive symptoms, and race during the transition to adulthood
Mental Health, Religion, & Culture 15(4):363-372
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Disease prevalence and access to healthcare among a national sample of white and black male state prisoners
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 23(1):254-272
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Disrupting single stories, broadening the aperture, and embracing the trauma socioexposome in research with minoritized individuals: A commentary
Journal of Traumatic Stress
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Masculinity ideology and forgiveness of racial discrimination among African American men: Direct and interactive relationships.
Sex Roles 55(9-10):679-692
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Masculinity, medical mistrust, and preventive health services delays among community-dwelling African American men.
Journal of General Internal Medicine 25(12):1300-1308
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Psychosocial correlates of medical mistrust among African American men
American Journal of Community Psychology 45(1-2):87-106
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Redefining racial residential segregation and its association with physical activity among African Americans 50 years and older: A mixed methods approach.
Journal of Aging and Physical Activity 23(2):237-246
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Refining Black Men’s Depression Measurement Using Participatory Approaches: A Concept Mapping Study
BMC Public Health
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Refining Black Men’s Depression Measurement Using Participatory Approaches: A Concept Mapping Study.
BMC Public Health 21(1):1-10
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Social Isolation and psychological distress increase risk of incident heart failure: Findings from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.
European Journal of Heart Failure 4(7):748-753
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The moderating capacity of racial identity between perceived discrimination and psychological well-being over time among African American youth.
Child development 82(6):1850-67
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The social production of altruism: Motivations for selfless action in a low-income urban community
American Journal of Community Psychology 43(1-2):71-84
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Underlying mechanisms in the relationship between Africentric worldview and depressive symptoms.
Journal of Counseling Psychology 57(1):105-113
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Understanding social capital and HIV risk in rural African American communities
Journal of General Internal Medicine 26(7):737-744
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Workplace discrimination and depressive symptoms: A study of multi-ethnic hospital employees
Race and Social Problems 2(1):19-30
Book Chapters
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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
Health Equity, African-Americans, and Public Health
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Everyday racism as a threat to the masculine social self: Framing investigations of African American male health disparities.
APA Handbook of Men and Masculinities 259-284
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Positive Psychology in African Americans
Positive psychology in racial and ethnic minority groups: Theory, research, and practice. 83-107
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Racial discrimination, identity, and health risk behavior among African American adolescent males.
The Psychology of Black Boys and Adolescents 381-403
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Social determinants of medical mistrust among African American men.
Social Determinants of African-American Men's Health 135-160
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The gender role strain paradigm.
The Psychology of Men and Masculinities 15-43
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The role of paternal health socialization in preadolescent African American male health behavior, beliefs, and outcomes.
The Psychology of Black Boys and Adolescents 405-423
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They can't breathe: Why neighborhoods matter for the health of African American men and boys.
Boys and Men in African American Families 227-242
Conference Papers
Editorials
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Practical Guidance for Recruiting Older Adults in Clinical Research: Building on Principles of Social Justice and Equity.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2020 Oct;
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Bones in our basements: Addressing COVID-19 and incarceration.
Medical News Today 2020 Sep;
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It’s time to speak unapologetically to Black America’s emotional wounds.
Medical News Today 2020 Jul;
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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
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Health Disparities Racial/Ethnic and Sexual Minority Boys and Men
Report from the APA Working Group on Health Disparities in Boys and Men. American Psychological Association. 2019 Jun;
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Key Elements for Advancing Clinical-Community Integration.
Policy Brief, Connecticut Health Foundation 2018 May;
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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.
Report, RISE For Boys and Men of Color 2016 Nov;
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Breath, Eyes, Memory: Transforming Health Systems and Advancing Public Health Policies for Radical Healing.
Title or Abstract | Type | Sponsor/Event | Date/Year | Location |
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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 |