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Making Health Studies a Top Priority By Carlos Harrison
Dr. Arsham Alamian remembers the day his interest ignited in what would become his passion, and his career. He was, at the time, a premed student at McGill University. “A guest lecturer came into our physiology class,” Alamian recalls. “He started by presenting these intriguing graphs and charts about the trends of cardiovascular disease in Canada, in the U.S., in different countries worldwide.” Captivated by the idea of looking for the causes of diseases and the impact of societal systems on health, Alamian went on to become a noted epidemiologist focused on chronic diseases research and public health. He is an elected fellow of the American College of Epidemiology, elected leader of the American Public Health Association and, since 2020, an associate professor and associate dean for Health Studies at the School of Nursing and Health Studies. Alamian’s mother was a nurse for 25 years. He, however, rst aimed to become a medical doctor. Eventually, though, after receiving his B.Sc. in physiology, Alamian earned a master of science degree in pharmacy with a specialization in pharmacoepidemiology, followed by a Ph.D. in public health with an epidemiology specialization. After graduation, he took a position at East Tennessee State University’s College of Public Health, rising to be a tenured associate professor of epidemiology and director of the institution’s Master of Public Health program. Joining SONHS and moving to South Florida just as health of cials struggled to roll out an effective response to the COVID pandemic presented unique challenges. It also offered a rare opportunity to promote the importance of public health.
Kobayashi, M. A., Lee, T. K., St. George, S. M., Lebron, C. , Dorcius, D., Prado, G., & Messiah, S. E. (2022). Intergenerational cardiovascular disease risks among Hispanics living in the United States. Pediatric Obesity, 17 (4), e12870. doi:10.1111/ijpo.12870 Matsuda, Y., Prather, S. L., Reaves, R. P. , McEwing, E. M., Iriarte, E., & Everett-Thomas, R. (2023). Understanding the student’s experience of community health nursing simulations. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 20 (1). doi:10.1515/ ijnes-2022-0022 Matsuda, Y. , Weger, H., & Norris, A. E. (2022). Narrative and Behavioral Engagement as Indicators for the Effectiveness of Intentionally Designed Virtual Simulations of Interpersonal Interactions. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 1-13. 10.1080/10447318.2022.2144124 Sarik, D. A., Matsuda, Y. , Terrell, E. A., Sotolongo, E., Hernandez, M., Tena, F., & Lee, J. (2022). A telehealth nursing intervention to improve the transition from the neonatal intensive care unit to home for infants & caregivers: Preliminary evaluation. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 67, 139-147. doi: 10.1016/j. pedn.2022.09.003 Kitayama, M., Unoki, T., Matsuda, Y. , Matsuishi, Y., Kawai, Y., Iida, Y., ... & Hamamoto, M. (2022). Development and initial validation of the Japanese healthy work environment assessment tool for critical care settings. PloS one, 17 (5), e0268124. doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0268124 Weinstein, E. R., Balise, R., Metheny, N. , Jose Baeza Robba, M., Mayo, D., Michel, C., ... & Harkness, A. (2022). Factors associated with Latino sexual minority men’s likelihood and motivation for obtaining a COVID-19 vaccine: A mixed-methods study. Journal of Behavioral Medicine , 1-13. doi:10.1007/ s10865-022-00315-4 Rosa, W. E., Bhadelia, A., Knaul, F. M., Travers, J. L., Metheny, N. , & Fulmer, T. (2022). A longevity society requires integrated palliative care models for historically excluded older people. The Lancet Healthy Longevity, 3 (4), e227-e228. doi:10.1016/S2666- 7568(22)00031-9 Bastida, E., Ravelo, G. J., Benitez, P., Chavez, J., Metheny, N. , Baeza Robba, M. J., Colón-Burgos, J. F., De La Rosa, M., Behar-Zusman, V. , & Carrasquillo, O. (2022). COVID-19, science, vaccines and family in a multi origin Latinx population in South Florida. Frontiers in Public Health, 10 . 10.3389/fpubh.2022.997449
Goldin, D., & Salani, D. (2022). Calm Down With Kava: What Clinicians Need to Know. Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services , 60 (12), 17-24. doi:10.3928/02793695-20220523-02 Emmanuel, C., Yi, J. X., Joseph, R. M., Kuban, K. K., Knafl, K. A., Docherty, S. L., ... & Santos Jr, H. P. (2023). Child and family factors associated with positive outcomes among youth born extremely preterm. Pediatric Research , 1-6. doi:10.1038/ s41390-022-02424-x Ilonze, O. J., Vidot, D. C. , Breathett, K., Camacho-Rivera, M., Raman, S. V., Kobashigawa, J. A., & Allen, L. A. (2022). Cannabis Use and Heart Transplantation: Disparities and Opportunities to Improve Outcomes. Circulation: Heart Failure , 15 (12), e009488. doi:10.1161/ CIRCHEARTFAILURE.122.009488 Parish, C. L., Pereyra, M. R., Yanez, I. G., Vidot, D. C. , & Metsch, L. R. (2022). Patient acceptance of HIV rapid testing in the dental care setting. AIDS care , 1-8. doi:10.1080/095 40121.2022.2073326 Camacho-Rivera, M., Islam, J. Y., Vidot, D. C. , Espinoza, J., Galiatsatos, P., Sule, A., ... & Madlock-Brown, C. (2022). Social Determinants of Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US: Precision Through Context. In Personal Health Informatics: Patient Participation in Precision Health (pp. 397- 425). Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-07696-1_19 Williams, R. S. , Zhou, Z., Cook, C., Lucero, R., Spencer, E. C., & Cook, R. L. (2022). Does the Relationship Between HIV Stigma Subtypes and Viral Suppression Differ by Age?: A Stratified Analysis of Data from the Florida Medical Monitoring Project. AIDS and Behavior , 1-7. doi:10.1007/s10461-022- 03919-8 Ghanooni, D., Carrico, A. W., Williams, R. , Glynn, T. R., Moskowitz, J. T., Pahwa, S., ... & Flentje, A. (2022). Sexual minority stress and cellular aging in methamphetamine- using sexual minority men with treated HIV. Psychosomatic medicine, 84 (8), 949-956. doi:10.1097/PSY.0000000000001123
Spencer, C. N., Baeza, M.J., Chandan, J. K., Debure, A., Herbert, M., Jewell, T., Khalil, M., Qian Hui Lim, R., Minhas, S., Chandan, J.S., Gakidou, E. & Metheny, N. (2022). Estimating the global health impact of gender-based violence and violence against children: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. BMJ open, 12 (6). doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2022-061248 Cuartas, J., McCoy, D., Yoshikawa, H., Bass, M., Salazar, A., Metheny, N. , & Knaul, F. (2022). Prevention of violence against children in the home: an overview of reviews protocol. Systematic reviews, 11 (1), 1-6. doi:10.1186/ s13643-022-02153-6 Munro, C. L. , & Hope, A. A. (2023). New Year’s Resolution: Stop the Violence. American Journal of Critical Care, 32 (1), 4-6. doi:10.4037/ajcc2023116 Hope, A. A., & Munro, C. L. (2023). Declarations on Patient and Family Engagement. American Journal of Critical Care, 32 (2), 76-78. doi:10.4037/ajcc2023460 Padilla Fortunatti, C., Munro, C. L. , & Gattamorta, K. (2023). Psychological distress, social support, and family satisfaction among family members of non COVID 19 critical care patients: A cross sectional study. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 55 (1), 33-44. doi:10.1111/jnu.12812 Benzo, R. M., George, S. M. S., Messiah, S. E., Lovan, P., Leite, R., Patel, A., ... & Prado, G. J. (2023). Physical Fitness Among Hispanic Adolescents With Overweight or Obesity. Pediatric Physical Therapy , 10-1097. doi:10.1097/PEP.0000000000000997 Presti, C. R. (2022, October 10). What hospitals can learn from the RaDonda Vaught case. MedPage Today’s KevinMD.com. https://www. kevinmd.com/2022/10/what-hospitals-can- learn-from-the-radonda-vaught-case.html Graff, J. C., Fisher, M., Hill, L., Reaves, R. P. , Serge’R, N., & Betz, C. L. (2022). Closing the nursing leadership gap: Leveraging partnerships with people with intellectual disabilities and developmental disabilities. Nursing Outlook, 70 (6), 783-785. Salani, D. , Goldin, D., Valdes, B. & DeSantis, J. (2023). Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) for Treatment Resistant Depression: Dispelling the Stigma. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services , 1-7. doi:10.3928/02793695-20230222-02 Salani, D. , Goldin, D., Valdes, B. , & McKay, M. (2022). The Impaired Nurse. AJN The American Journal of Nursing , 10-1097. doi:10.1097/01. NAJ.0000884568.95085.dd
peer-reviewed manuscripts, authored 85 research presentations, and obtained more than $3 million in external funding for his research. Currently, he is part of a ve-year NIH grant with the University of Central Florida examining how serious gaming can impact the way cancer patients cope with their chemotherapy’s side effects. He is also, of course, dedicated to furthering the SONHS educational mission. As associate dean, Alamian worked closely with colleagues in the Miller School of Medicine’s Department of Public Health Sciences to create an accelerated 4+1 M.P.H./M.S.P.H. degree path for health science students. Now Alamian is focused intently on the demanding process of achieving reaccreditation status from the prestigious Council on Education for Public Health for the school’s public health undergraduate degree (see page 11). And, says Alamian, there’s more to come. “We’re exploring the expansion of our Health Studies programs.”
“There was growing interest in public health,” Alamian says. “People were hearing more about public health epidemiologists. It was a good time for me to come here to be a voice for public health.” His research projects repeatedly harken back to that guest lecture on cardiovascular disease risk in children and minority populations that originally piqued his interest. He has been an investigator on multiple National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants. A recent study he led of the association between family factors and childhood obesity revealed that poverty proves to be the strongest obesity predictor across time.
“We [in society] always look at addressing pain, and we look at
treatment,” says Alamian. “But when you study what can be done to help people, the evidence points to addressing basic socioeconomic determinants.”
To date, Alamian has published 44
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