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Rakale Quarells

TitleAssociate Director, Prevention Research Center
Faculty RankAssociate Professor
InstitutionMorehouse School of Medicine
DepartmentCommunity Health & Preventive Medicine
Address720 Westveiw Drive, SW
National Centers of Primary Care
Atlanta GA 30310
Phone4047521956
Fax4047521074
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    U54NS046798     (QUARELLS, RAKALE COLLINS)Apr 30, 2011
    NIH
    Pilot--Families Implementing Good Health Traditions For Life
    Role: Principal Investigator
    K01HL070447     (QUARELLS, RAKALE COLLINS)Apr 15, 2002 - Jun 30, 2008
    NIH
    Families Implementing Good Health Traditions For Life
    Role: Principal Investigator
    RC4MD005964     (QUARELLS, RAKALE COLLINS)Sep 30, 2010 - Sep 29, 2013
    NIH
    Minority Health-GRID Network: A Genomics Resource for Health Disparity Research
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    U48DP006411     (HENRY-AKINTOBI, TABIA)Sep 30, 2019 - Sep 29, 2024
    CDC/NCCDPHP
    Morehouse School of Medicine Prevention Research Center: Advancing Health Equity through Community-Led Applied Public Health Prevention Research and Translation
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    U01DK132737     (WEBER, MARY BETH)Jan 7, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024
    NIH
    An Adaptive Intervention Trial of Home Testing with Behavioral Nudges for Improving COVID-19 Testing and Prevention among People Affected by Diabetes
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    U2CNS132415     (KOHANE, ISAAC S.)Apr 19, 2023 - Mar 31, 2028
    NIH
    Diagnosing the Unknown for Care and Advancing Science (DUCAS)
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator

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    1. Johnson LCM, Josiah Willock R, Simmons S, Moyd S, Geiger D, Ghali JK, Quarells RC. COVID-19 Prevention and Mitigation Decision-Making Processes While Navigating Chronic Disease Care: Perspectives of Black Adults with Heart Failure and Diabetes. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2024 May 03. PMID: 38702490.
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    2. Vashist K, Hassan S, Weber MB, Quarells RC, Patel SA. National Changes in Diabetes Care Practices during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Prospective Study of US Adults. medRxiv. 2023 Aug 09. PMID: 37609356.
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    3. Hassan S, Gujral UP, Quarells RC, Rhodes EC, Shah MK, Obi J, Lee WH, Shamambo L, Weber MB, Narayan KMV. Disparities in diabetes prevalence and management by race and ethnicity in the USA: defining a path forward. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2023 07; 11(7):509-524. PMID: 37356445.
      Citations: 9     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    4. Henry Akintobi T, Quarells RC, Bednarczyk RA, Khizer S, Taylor BD, Nwagwu MNA, Hill M, Ord??ez CE, Sabben G, Spivey S, Davis K, Best ML, Chen AZ, Lovell K, Craig LS, Mubasher M. Community-Centered Assessment to Inform Pandemic Response in Georgia (US). Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 05 08; 20(9). PMID: 37174257.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    5. Escoffery C, Patel A, Leung J, Anderson M, McGee R, Sajatovic M, Johnson EK, Jobst B, Kiriakopoulos ET, Shegog R, Fraser R, Quarells RC. MEW network self-management program characteristics and lessons learned through the RE-AIM framework. Epilepsy Behav. 2023 03; 140:109111. PMID: 36804716.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    6. Escoffery C, Haardoerfer R, Bamps Y, McGee R, Geiger D, Quarells RC, Thompson NJ, Patel A, Anderson M, LaFrance WC. Reduction of the Adult Epilepsy Self-Management Measure Instrument (AESMMI). Epilepsy Behav. 2022 06; 131(Pt A):108692. PMID: 35526460.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    7. Ojebuoboh AR, Gonzalez-Feliciano AG, Brown KM, Khan RJ, Xu R, DeRoo LA, Lewis J, Quarells RC, Davis SK. Association of active coping to unfair treatment with perceived stress and depressive symptoms in African Americans: mh-grid study. BMC Psychiatry. 2022 02 21; 22(1):134. PMID: 35189857.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. O'Kula SS, Briggs FBS, Brownrigg B, Sarna K, Rosales O, Shegog R, Fraser RT, Johnson EK, Quarells RC, Friedman D, Sajatovic M, Spruill TM. Depression and suicidality among Hispanics with epilepsy: Findings from the Managing Epilepsy Well (MEW) Network integrated database. Epilepsy Behav. 2021 12; 125:108388. PMID: 34798558.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    9. Weber MB, Hassan S, Quarells R, Shah M. Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2021 09; 50(3):387-400. PMID: 34399952.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    10. Sajatovic M, Wilson B, Shegog R, B S Briggs F, Escoffery C, Jobst BC, Johnson EK, Fraser RT, Quarells RC, Spruill TM. The Managing Epilepsy Well (MEW) network database: Lessons learned in refining and implementing an integrated data tool in service of a national U.S. Research Collaborative. Epilepsy Behav. 2021 02; 115:107650. PMID: 33421855.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    11. Escoffery C, Johnson L, McGee R, Olorundare E, Geiger D, Njie S, Quarells RC, Thompson NJ. Epilepsy self-management behaviors among African Americans with epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav. 2020 08; 109:107098. PMID: 32376207.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    12. Sajatovic M, Johnson EK, Fraser RT, Cassidy KA, Liu H, Pandey DK, Quarells RC, Scal P, Schmidt S, Shegog R, Spruill TM, Janevic MR, Tatsuoka C, Jobst BC. Self-management for adults with epilepsy: Aggregate Managing Epilepsy Well Network findings on depressive symptoms. Epilepsia. 2019 09; 60(9):1921-1931. PMID: 31486072.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    13. Quarells RC, Spruill TM, Escoffery C, Shallcross A, Montesdeoca J, Diaz L, Payano L, Thompson NJ. Depression self-management in people with epilepsy: Adapting project UPLIFT for underserved populations. Epilepsy Behav. 2019 10; 99:106422. PMID: 31371202.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    14. McGee RE, Sajatovic M, Quarells RC, Johnson EK, Liu H, Spruill TM, Fraser RT, Janevic M, Escoffery C, Thompson NJ. Depression and quality of life among African Americans with epilepsy: Findings from the Managing Epilepsy Well (MEW) Network integrated database. Epilepsy Behav. 2019 05; 94:301-306. PMID: 30975571.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    15. Zhao X, Geng X, Srinivasasainagendra V, Chaudhary N, Judd S, Wadley V, Guti?rrez OM, Wang H, Lange EM, Lange LA, Woo D, Unverzagt FW, Safford M, Cushman M, Limdi N, Quarells R, Arnett DK, Irvin MR, Zhi D. A PheWAS study of a large observational epidemiological cohort of African Americans from the REGARDS study. BMC Med Genomics. 2019 01 31; 12(Suppl 1):26. PMID: 30704471.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    16. Gaye A, Gibbons GH, Barry C, Quarells R, Davis SK. Influence of socioeconomic status on the whole blood transcriptome in African Americans. PLoS One. 2017; 12(12):e0187290. PMID: 29206834.
      Citations: 12     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    17. Sajatovic M, Jobst BC, Shegog R, Bamps YA, Begley CE, Fraser RT, Johnson EK, Pandey DK, Quarells RC, Scal P, Spruill TM, Thompson NJ, Kobau R. The Managing Epilepsy Well Network:: Advancing Epilepsy Self-Management. Am J Prev Med. 2017 Mar; 52(3 Suppl 3):S241-S245. PMID: 28215372.
      Citations: 24     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    18. Peloso GM, Lange LA, Varga TV, Nickerson DA, Smith JD, Griswold ME, Musani S, Polfus LM, Mei H, Gabriel S, Quarells RC, Altshuler D, Boerwinkle E, Daly MJ, Neale B, Correa A, Reiner AP, Wilson JG, Kathiresan S. Association of Exome Sequences With Cardiovascular Traits Among Blacks in the Jackson Heart Study. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2016 Aug; 9(4):368-74. PMID: 27422940.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    19. Eicher JD, Chami N, Kacprowski T, Nomura A, Chen MH, Yanek LR, Tajuddin SM, Schick UM, Slater AJ, Pankratz N, Polfus L, Schurmann C, Giri A, Brody JA, Lange LA, Manichaikul A, Hill WD, Pazoki R, Elliot P, Evangelou E, Tzoulaki I, Gao H, Vergnaud AC, Mathias RA, Becker DM, Becker LC, Burt A, Crosslin DR, Lyytik?inen LP, Nikus K, Hernesniemi J, K?h?nen M, Raitoharju E, Mononen N, Raitakari OT, Lehtim?ki T, Cushman M, Zakai NA, Nickerson DA, Raffield LM, Quarells R, Willer CJ, Peloso GM, Abecasis GR, Liu DJ, Deloukas P, Samani NJ, Schunkert H, Erdmann J, Fornage M, Richard M, Tardif JC, Rioux JD, Dube MP, de Denus S, Lu Y, Bottinger EP, Loos RJ, Smith AV, Harris TB, Launer LJ, Gudnason V, Velez Edwards DR, Torstenson ES, Liu Y, Tracy RP, Rotter JI, Rich SS, Highland HM, Boerwinkle E, Li J, Lange E, Wilson JG, Mihailov E, M?gi R, Hirschhorn J, Metspalu A, Esko T, Vacchi-Suzzi C, Nalls MA, Zonderman AB, Evans MK, Engstr?m G, Orho-Melander M, Melander O, O'Donoghue ML, Waterworth DM, Wallentin L, White HD, Floyd JS, Bartz TM, Rice KM, Psaty BM, Starr JM, Liewald DC, Hayward C, Deary IJ, Greinacher A, V?lker U, Thiele T, V?lzke H, van Rooij FJ, Uitterlinden AG, Franco OH, Dehghan A, Edwards TL, Ganesh SK, Kathiresan S, Faraday N, Auer PL, Reiner AP, Lettre G, Johnson AD. Platelet-Related Variants Identified by Exomechip Meta-analysis in 157,293 Individuals. Am J Hum Genet. 2016 Jul 07; 99(1):40-55. PMID: 27346686.
      Citations: 53     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    20. Tajuddin SM, Schick UM, Eicher JD, Chami N, Giri A, Brody JA, Hill WD, Kacprowski T, Li J, Lyytik?inen LP, Manichaikul A, Mihailov E, O'Donoghue ML, Pankratz N, Pazoki R, Polfus LM, Smith AV, Schurmann C, Vacchi-Suzzi C, Waterworth DM, Evangelou E, Yanek LR, Burt A, Chen MH, van Rooij FJ, Floyd JS, Greinacher A, Harris TB, Highland HM, Lange LA, Liu Y, M?gi R, Nalls MA, Mathias RA, Nickerson DA, Nikus K, Starr JM, Tardif JC, Tzoulaki I, Velez Edwards DR, Wallentin L, Bartz TM, Becker LC, Denny JC, Raffield LM, Rioux JD, Friedrich N, Fornage M, Gao H, Hirschhorn JN, Liewald DC, Rich SS, Uitterlinden A, Bastarache L, Becker DM, Boerwinkle E, de Denus S, Bottinger EP, Hayward C, Hofman A, Homuth G, Lange E, Launer LJ, Lehtim?ki T, Lu Y, Metspalu A, O'Donnell CJ, Quarells RC, Richard M, Torstenson ES, Taylor KD, Vergnaud AC, Zonderman AB, Crosslin DR, Deary IJ, D?rr M, Elliott P, Evans MK, Gudnason V, K?h?nen M, Psaty BM, Rotter JI, Slater AJ, Dehghan A, White HD, Ganesh SK, Loos RJ, Esko T, Faraday N, Wilson JG, Cushman M, Johnson AD, Edwards TL, Zakai NA, Lettre G, Reiner AP, Auer PL. Large-Scale Exome-wide Association Analysis Identifies Loci for White Blood Cell Traits and Pleiotropy with Immune-Mediated Diseases. Am J Hum Genet. 2016 Jul 07; 99(1):22-39. PMID: 27346689.
      Citations: 35     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    21. Gebreab SY, Riestra P, Gaye A, Khan RJ, Xu R, Davis AR, Quarells RC, Davis SK, Gibbons GH. Perceived neighborhood problems are associated with shorter telomere length in African American women. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2016 07; 69:90-7. PMID: 27070760.
      Citations: 23     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    22. Horbal SR, Seffens W, Davis AR, Silvestrov N, Gibbons GH, Quarells RC, Bidulescu A. Associations of Apelin, Visfatin, and Urinary 8-Isoprostane With Severe Hypertension in African Americans: The MH-GRID Study. Am J Hypertens. 2016 07; 29(7):814-20. PMID: 26869250.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    23. Naik RP, Derebail VK, Grams ME, Franceschini N, Auer PL, Peloso GM, Young BA, Lettre G, Peralta CA, Katz R, Hyacinth HI, Quarells RC, Grove ML, Bick AG, Fontanillas P, Rich SS, Smith JD, Boerwinkle E, Rosamond WD, Ito K, Lanzkron S, Coresh J, Correa A, Sarto GE, Key NS, Jacobs DR, Kathiresan S, Bibbins-Domingo K, Kshirsagar AV, Wilson JG, Reiner AP. Association of sickle cell trait with chronic kidney disease and albuminuria in African Americans. JAMA. 2014 Nov 26; 312(20):2115-25. PMID: 25393378.
      Citations: 101     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    24. Davis SK, Gebreab S, Quarells R, Gibbons GH. Social determinants of cardiovascular health among black and white women residing in Stroke Belt and Buckle regions of the South. Ethn Dis. 2014; 24(2):133-43. PMID: 24804357.
      Citations: 21     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    25. Davis SK, Quarells R, Gibbons GH. A comprehensive cardiovascular disease lifestyle treatment controlled trial among high-risk African Americans. Open J Prev Med. 2013 Dec 09; 3(9):526-533. PMID: 24955290.
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    26. Quarells RC, Liu J, Davis SK. Social determinants of cardiovascular disease risk factor presence among rural and urban Black and White men. J Mens Health. 2012 Jun 01; 9(2):120-126. PMID: 22902779.
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    27. Duncan DT, Quarells RC, Din-Dzietham R, Arroyo C, Davis SK. Physical activity and incident hypertension among blacks: no relationship? Prev Chronic Dis. 2006 Jul; 3(3):A109. PMID: 16776870.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    28. Duncan DT, Quarells RC, Jones DJ. Approaching health equity. J Natl Med Assoc. 2005 Apr; 97(4):584-5. PMID: 15868781.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    29. Davis SK, Liu Y, Quarells RC, Din-Dzietharn R. Stress-related racial discrimination and hypertension likelihood in a population-based sample of African Americans: the Metro Atlanta Heart Disease Study. Ethn Dis. 2005; 15(4):585-93. PMID: 16259480.
      Citations: 39     Fields:    Translation:Humans
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