Faculty Highlights

John Hoornbeek, Ph.D.
Congratulations to John Hoornbeek, Ph.D., professor of health policy and management in the College of Public Health, for co-authoring the textbook American Public Policy.

Now in its Thirteenth Edition, American Public Policy provides a comprehensive yet accessible overview of the policymaking process, from procedural approaches and policy instruments to in-depth analysis of specific policy issues. Not shying away from the complexity of governmental procedures, B. Guy Peters and new coauthor John Hoornbeek ensure that the mechanisms of the policy process are understandable by discussing topical policy areas.

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Recent Faculty Publications

The College of Public Health is pleased to share our faculty’s most recent publications:

• Alrubaie N, Gidal B, Armour E, Hoornbeek J, Lanese B, VanGeest J, Hill C. Birth Rates Among Teenagers With Epilepsy in Michigan: A Retrospective Analysis of a Medicaid-Insured Cohort From 2016-2022. Public Health Reports. In press. doi:10.1177/00333549251385975
• Anderson A, King J. Exploring Food Insecurity in Post-traditional Students at a Midwest Multi-campus University. J Hunger Environ Nutr. 2025:1-9. doi:10.1080/19320248.2025.2489496.
• Bernstein JA, Seth A, Rao M, Katz JC, Singh U, Greisner W, Lierl M, Prince B, Mavunda K, Bernstein CK, Guan T, Nation AJ, Rudman Spergel AK, Togias A, Glazman M. Randomized trial of ultraviolet irradiation units installed in homes of children and adolescents with asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol Glob. 2025 Jan29;4(2):100427. doi:10.1016/j.jacig.2025.100427. PMID: 40091880; PMCID:PMC11908574.
• Brown MF, Cheruvu VK, VanGeest JB, Smith TC, Langkamp DL. Adolescents and Young Adults’ Hopeful Future Expectations During  the COVID-19 Crisis. OhioJ Public Health.2025.In press.doi.10.18061/ojph.6412.
• Brown MF, Cheruvu VK, VanGeest JB, Smith TC, Langkamp DL. COVID-19 Vaccination among adolescents and young adults: Test of the Triandis Model of Interpersonal Behavior andthe HealthBeliefModel. ClinPediatr (Phila). 2024. doi:10.1177/00099228241258926
• Chatfield SL, Ayoade E, Essel B, DeBois KA, OrlinsE, Singh MK, Evans SD. Exploring the role of technology in youth and adolescent deaths by suicide using data from the 2017–2019 National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS). Psychol Trauma.2025;17 Suppl 1:S60-8. doi: 10.1037/tra0001822.
• Chiyaka ET, Cheruvu VK, Hoornbeek JA. An Evaluation of the Pathways Community HUB Approach To Improving Birth Outcomes: A Retrospective Study Using Propensity Score Matching in Richland, Ohio. Matern Child Health J. 2025;29(10):1425-34.doi:10.1007/s10995-025-04172-w.
• Coetzer-Liversage A, Kirkland C, Stephens PC, Stein LAR. Exploring identity and physical activity in substance use recovery: An interpretative phenomenological analysis. Int J Qual Res. 2025;4(3):249-60.doi: 10.47540/ijqr.v4i3.1888.
• Curtis A, Curtis J, Ajayakumar J, Jefferis E. Using Spatial Mixed Methods to Reveal the Geographic Nuances of Opioid Overdose Patterns in Small and Rural Towns. In: Leitner M, editor. New Research in Crime Modeling and Mapping Using Geospatial Technologies. Geotechnologies and the Environment, vol27. Cham (Switzerland):Springer; 2025.p. 10.doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-81580-5_10.
• Dalman MR, Simison WB, Nielsen D, Bhatta S, Ramahi N, Yee C, Thapaliya D, Kadariya J, Cheatham S, Olson H, Smith TC. Staphylococcus aureus carriage is associated with microbiome composition in the nares and oropharynx, not the hand, of monozygotic twins. FrontMicrobiomes. 2025;3:1457940.doi: 10.3389/frmbi.2024.1457940.
• Durieux JC, Koberssy Z, Daher J, Baissary J, Abboud M, Atieh O, Woolverton C,  McComsey GA. Sex differences in inflammation and markers of gut integrity in long COVID. Sci Rep. 2025 Jul28;15(1):27374.doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-11470-4.
• Gudina AT, Kamen CS, Hirko KA, Adler DH, Ossip DJ, Williams EM, Cheruvu VK, Cupertino AP. Lung cancer screening uptake under the revised United States preventive services task force guidelines: Assessing disparities. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2025 Jan 9;34(1):35-41. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-24-0725.
• Harville, C. & King, J. (2025). Food insecurity, stress, and depression: A longitudinal study of midwestern college students from 2020-2022. Journal of American College Health, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2025.2545879.
• King SR, Hallam JS, Schwindt VE. A social cognitive approach to improving stress and anxiety management among student pharmacists. Am J Pharm Educ. 2025;89(9):101486. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpe.2025.101486.
• Li C & Guan T, 2025. “Pulmonary function and physical performance in adolescent e-cigarette users: a narrative review” Front. Public Health. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2025.1703712
• Maharjan J, Zhu J, King J, Phan N, Kenne D, Jin R. Large-Scale Deep Learning–Enabled Infodemiological Analysis of Substance Use Patterns on Social Media: Insights From the COVID-19 Pandemic. JMIR Infodemiology. 025;5:e59076. doi: 10.2196/59076
• Maharjan J, Jin R, King J, Zhu J, Kenne D. Differential Analysis of Age, Gender, Race, Sentiment, and Emotion in Substance Use Discourse on Twitter During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Natural Language Processing Approach. JMIR Infodemiology. 2025;5:e67333. doi.org/10.2196/67333.
• Maharjan J, Jin R, Zhu J, Kenne D. Psychometric Evaluation of Large Language Model Embeddings for Personality Trait Prediction. J Med Internet Res. 2025;27:e75347. doi.10.2196/75347.
• Nolan RD, Beasusir A, Hallam JS, O’Brien B, Mukherjee R, Peters K, Yust-Katz S. Development and validation of the Neuro-Oncology grief index. Neurooncol Pract. 2025. doi: 10.1093/nop/npaf108. doi: 10.1093/nop/npaf108.
• Nigbur D, Chatfield SL. Naming Themes in Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA): Recommendations and Examples. Int J Qual Methods. 2025;24:16094069241312792. doi: 10.1177/16094069241312792.
• Odhiambo LA, Stephens PC, Cheruvu VK, Zullo MD. Enhancing Disease and Management Knowledge Among Black Americans With Asthma or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Am J Health Promot. 2025;39(4):654-7. doi:10.1177/08901171241307432.
• Orlins EO, Bransteter I, Chatfield SL. Adolescent perceptions of teen suicide: Implications from focus groups. Youth Soc. 2025;57(2):191-210. doi:10.1177/0044118x241279873.
• Smith TC. HIV Denial in the COVID Era. AIDS Behav. 2025;29(2):309-16. doi:10.1007/s10461-024-04528-3.
• Smith TC. Missed Connections. Science. 2025;388(6745):369. DOI:10.1126/science.adv9772
• Step MM, Catania LA, Smith JM, Lewis SA, Bitar Y, Cheruvu V, Berg K, Hallam JS, Avery AK. Evaluation of the Positive Peers mobile application for supporting the viral suppression of young people with HIV: protocol for a concurrent mixed-methods evaluation with randomized controlled clinical trial and observational cohort. JMIR Research Protocols. (forthcoming/in press). DOI: 10.2196/87601. URL: https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/87601
• VanGeest JB, Johnson TP, Kapousouz E. Monetary incentives in clinician surveys: An analysis and systematic review with a focus on establishing best practices. Eval Health Prof. 2025;48(2):256-76. doi.10.1177/01632787241295794.
• Zhang X, Zhu J, Kenne DR, Jin R. Teenager Substance Use on Reddit: Mixed Methods Computational Analysis of Frames and Emotions. J Med Internet Res. 2025 Feb 19;27:e59338. doi.org/10.2196/59338.
• Zhu J, Zhang X, Jin R, Jiang H, Kenne DR. Probing Public Perceptions of Antidepressants on Social Media: Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Form Res. 2025 Feb 26;9:e62680. doi:10.2196/62680.