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Adam C. Alexander, PhD

Adam C. Alexander, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine

Adam C. Alexander, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. He is also the Co-Leader of the HEROES Research Lab at the TSET Health Promotion Research Center. His research program focuses on addressing cancer-related health disparities, particularly among Black and socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, through innovative strategies that combine mobile health technology with community-engaged research. Currently, Dr. Alexander is leading efforts to design and evaluate community-driven smartphone applications aimed at reducing smoking rates and increasing cancer screening uptake among Black adults.

Education:

Degree-Granting Institutions:

  • University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, Ph.D., 2018 Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, MS, 2016 General Psychology
  • University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, BA, 2012 Psychology

Postgraduate Training

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, Oklahoma Tobacco Research Center, Oklahoma City, OK, 9/2018−07/2020

Funding:

Grant Funding:

Principal Investigator. “HealthyCells: A Culturally-Tailored Smoking Cessation Smartphone Intervention for African Americans with Adjunctive Treatment for Sedentary Behavior.” National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities. (1 K01 MD015295-01A1). Funding Amount: $670,210 (05/8/2021 – 1/31/2026).

Principal Investigator. “Project Trinity (Health, Hope, and Healing): The Oklahoman African American Health Cohort Study”. TSET Health Promotion Research Center. Funding Amount: $50,000 (11/20/2020 – 6/30/2021).

Co-Investigator. “Automated Mobile Contingency Management for Smoking Cessation among Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Adults.” National Cancer Institute. (R01CA237331). Funding Amount: $638,669 per year (04/01/2021 – 03/31/2026).

Co-Investigator. “A pilot randomized controlled trial to determine feasibility and potential efficacy of COLO-CARE.” Stephenson Cancer Center (P30CA225520). Funding Amount: $25,000 (05/01/2021 – 04/30/2022).

Select Publications:

  1. Hernandez, D. C., Daundasekara, S. S., Zvolensky, M. J., Reitzel, L. R., Santa Maria, D., Alexander, A. C., Kendzor, D. E., & Businelle, M. S. (2020). Urban stress indirectly influences psychological symptoms through its association with distress tolerance and perceived social support among adults experiencing homelessness. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, 5301. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17155301
  2. Ahuja, N., Schmidt, M., Dillon, P. J., Alexander, A. C., & Kedia, S. (2020). Online Narratives of Methamphetamine Use and Risky Sexual Behavior: Can Shame-Free Guilt Aid in Recovery? Archives of Sexual Behavior, epub. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508020-01777-w
  3. Kendzor, D. E., Businelle, M. S., Waring, J. J. C., Mathews, A., Geller, D. W., Barton, J. M., Alexander, A.C., … Vidrine, D. J. (2019). Automated Mobile Delivery of Financial Incentives for Smoking Cessation among Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Adults: A Feasibility Study (Preprint). JMIR MHealth and UHealth. https://doi.org/10.2196/15960
  4. Alexander, A. C., Olurotimi, O.*, Hébert, E. T., Ra, C. K., Businelle, M. S., & Kendzor, D. E. (2020). Subjective social status is indirectly associated with short-term smoking cessation through nicotine withdrawal symptoms. Journal of Health Psychology, ePub. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105320911432
  5. Hébert, E. T., Ra, C. K., Alexander, A. C., Helt, A., Moisiuc, R., Kendzor, D. E., … Businelle, M. S. (2020). A Mobile Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention for Smoking Cessation: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(3), e16907. https://doi.org/10.2196/16907
  6. Carter, A. L., & Alexander, A.C. (2020). Soul Food : [Re] framing the African-American Farming Crisis Using the Culture-Centered Approach. Frontiers in Communication, 5(February), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2020.00005
  7. Allen, A. M., Jung, A. M., Alexander, A. C., Allen, S. S., Ward, K. D., & Al’Absi, M. (2020). Cannabis Use and Stressful Life Events during the Perinatal Period: Cross‐sectional Results from Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) Data, 2016. Addiction, add.15003. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15003
  8. Carter, A. L., & Alexander, A. C. (2019). A Qualitative Exploration of Women’s Experiences Who Belong to a “Fitness Community.” American Journal of Health Education, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1080/19325037.2019.1687365
  9. Alexander, A. C., Nollen, N. L., Ahluwalia, J. S., Hébert, E. T., Businelle, M. S., & Kendzor, D.E. (2019). Darker skin color is associated with a lower likelihood of smoking cessation among males but not females. Social Science & Medicine, 240, 112562. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112562
  10. Waring, J. J. C.*, Hébert, E. T., Alexander, A. C., Kendzor, D. E., & Businelle, M. S. (2020). Evaluating the influences of social support and smoking cues on daily smoking abstinence among socioeconomically disadvantaged adults. Addictive Behaviors, 100, 106107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.106107
  11. Alexander, A. C., Hébert, E. T., Businelle, M. S., & Kendzor, D. E. (2019). Greater perceived importance of earning abstinence-contingent incentives is associated with smoking cessation among socioeconomically disadvantaged adults. Addictive Behaviors, 95, 202–205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.04.001
  12. Alexander, A. C., Hébert, E. T., Businelle, M. S., & Kendzor, D. E. (2019). Everyday discrimination indirectly influences smoking cessation through post-quit self-efficacy. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 198, 63–69. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.01.033

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