Nicholas Zaller Source Confirmed

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Professor

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

faculty

Health Behavior & Health Education, College of Public Health

42 h-index 193 pubs 5,745 cited

Research Areas

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Health disparities and outcomes Behavioral Health and Interventions Health Literacy and Information Accessibility Behavioral and Psychological Studies HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Nicholas Zaller is a Professor in the Department of Health Behavior & Health Education at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. His research focuses on public health issues, with a significant body of work examining factors influencing health behaviors and outcomes, particularly in the context of infectious diseases and substance use.

Zaller has published extensively on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, investigating its relationship with factors such as discrimination among Black adults, experiences among youth, and specific populations like healthcare workers. His work also explores broader public health trends, including mask-wearing behaviors during the pandemic and the correlation between excessive alcohol use, rurality, and COVID-19 case fatality rates. Additionally, his research has addressed adherence to preventative health measures, such as PrEP willingness among men who have sex with men in urban China, and the facilitation of treatment for opioid use disorder within the criminal legal system. He has also studied demographic and geographic shifts in methamphetamine administration routes among treatment cases in the US.

His scholarly contributions are reflected in a high h-index of 42, with over 193 publications and more than 5,745 citations. Zaller leads a research group and maintains an active lab website. He collaborates with several colleagues at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including George Pro, Melissa J. Zielinski, Mofan Gu, and Margaret M. Gorvine.

Metrics

  • h-index: 42
  • Publications: 193
  • Citations: 5,745

Selected Publications

  • 164 Characterizing Aging-Related Health in Women who have Criminal-Legal System Involvement (CHARMS) (2023) DOI
  • Stakeholder-engaged research is necessary across the criminal-legal spectrum (2022) DOI
  • Domestic Violence Victimization Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in China During the COVID-19 Lockdown (2022) DOI

Grants & Funding

  • Center for Research, Health and Society NIH Co-Investigator
  • Regional Expansion of treatment for Addiction in Corrections via telehealth: Project REACH Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Principal Investigator
  • Lifespan/Brown Criminal Justice Research Training Program on Substance Use and HIV NIH/Nat. Inst. on Drug Abuse - Pass Through: Miriam Hospital Principal Investigator
  • Mobile Health Intervention to Increase HIV Self Testing and Linkage to Services for High-Risk Men in China NIH Co-Principal Investigator
  • Community network driven COVID-19 testing among most vulnerable populations in the Central United States NIH/Nat. Inst. on Drug Abuse - Pass Through: University of Chicago Principal Investigator
  • Community network driven COVID-19 testing among most vulnerable populations in the Central United States NIH/Nat. Inst. on Drug Abuse - Pass Through: University of Chicago Principal Investigator
  • Brown Subcontract-China- Resubmission NIH/National Institutes of Health - Pass Through: Brown University Principal Investigator
  • Patient Perspectives on Prescription Opioid Discontinuation: Understanding and Promoting Safe Transitions Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality - Pass Through: Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute Principal Investigator

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

George Pro University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 11 shared publications Melissa J. Zielinski University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 7 shared publications Mofan Gu University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 7 shared publications Margaret M. Gorvine University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 5 shared publications S. Alexandra Marshall University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 4 shared publications Brooke E. E. Montgomery University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 4 shared publications Nakita Lovelady University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 3 shared publications Clare C. Brown University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 3 shared publications

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