Accomplishments: Department of Social and Behavioral Health

Sidath Kapukotuwa, Tim Grigsby (both Social and Behavioral Health), and Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy) published an article on "Emergency Department Visits Among Adolescents for Intentional Assault, Firearm, Poison, and Self-Harm Injuries Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States" in the journal Cureus. This…
Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) were coauthors among GBD 2021 Stroke Risk Factor Collaborators on the article, “Global, Regional, and National Burden of Stroke and its Risk Factors, 1990–2021: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021” published in Lancet Neurology…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) was awarded “The Ohio State University College of Medicine Alumni Achievement Award” for contributions to the practice of medicine and to society as a whole on Sept. 19, 2024. He also delivered a lecture entitled, “Contributions to Science by an Academic Public Health Physician: An OSU…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “Effect of Mediterranean diet on body mass index and fatigue severity in patients with multiple sclerosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials,” in the journal Heliyon with coauthors from Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Ludwig-…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) has been ranked in the top one percentile of global scientists, both in his career and the past year, in the August 2024 data update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators" by Elsevier. His rank in the field of “public health and health services…
Jason Flatt (Social and Behavioral Health) contributed to a story on "OurTime Dating Site Review in 2024," published by the National Council on Aging. Relationships can make a big impact on our overall well-being. Whether it's dating, intimacy, or companionship, social support can create enjoyment, relaxation, stimulation, and belonging. "…
Tim Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health), along with colleagues, published an article tited, "Latent profiles of perceived discrimination, bicultural stress, and negative context of reception and associations with mental health in a sample of Hispanic and Somali adolescents" in the journal Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology…
Andrew Thomas Reyes (Nursing), Miguel Fudolig (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health), and Lorraine Evangelista (Mountain West Clinical and Translational Infrastructure Network) recently published a paper in the Issues in Mental Health Nursing journal titled, “Testing the Effectiveness of a Mindfulness- and…
Sohail Akther, Sidath Kapukotuwa, Asma Awan, Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health), Chia-Liang Dai, and Omolola Odejimi (both Education) published an article, “Theory-Based Determinants of Stopping Drowsy Driving Behavior in College Students: A Cross-Sectional Study,” in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public…
Christopher Johansen (Social and Behavioral Health), along with colleagues Gabriela Buccini, Miguel Fudolig, Manoj Sharma (all Public Health), William McCarthy (UCLA), and Stephanie Pitts (East Carolina University), has been awarded a four-year, $748,052 grant (1R16GM154708-01) from the NIH's National Institute of General Medical Sciences. The…
Siddharth Raich, Christopher Johansen, Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health), Neeraj Bhandari (Healthcare Administration), and Kavita Batra (Medicine) published an article, titled, “Developing a theory-based instrument for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake in people of color using a qualitative approach,” in the journal Healthcare (…
Renato M. Liboro, Lianne Barnes, Sherry Bell, Brandon Ranuschio (all Psychology), Jennifer Pharr (Environmental and Occupational Health), and Jason Flatt (Social and Behavioral Health), recently published a peer-reviewed article in the Social Sciences journal entitled, "Lifetime Experiences of Housing Insecurity among Gay Men Living with HIV at…