Osayande Agbonlahor, MD, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor-Research
Department:
SPH-Dept Preventive Medicine
Email:
oagbonlahor@umc.edu
Work Phone:
(601) 984-2704
Biography
Dr. Osayande Agbonlahor is an assistant professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Dr. Agbonlahor received his medical degree in the Caribbean, his Master of Public Health degree from Central Michigan University, and his doctoral degree in public health sciences specializing in health promotion and behavioral sciences from the University of Louisville. His research areas of interest focus on addressing cardiometabolic disease morbidity and mortality among structurally marginalized communities, health and health care equity, community-based participatory research, and substance use control. He joined the University of Mississippi Medical Center faculty in September 2024
Education
| University of Louisville, PhD, Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences | 2024 |
| Central Michigan University, MPH, Public Health | 2020 |
| All Saints University College of Medicine, MD, Medicine | 2017 |
Current Positions
| Assistant Professor, School of Population Health, Department of Preventive Medicine | 09/2024 - Present |
| The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216 | |
Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments
| Instructor, University of Louisville, Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences | 01/2024 - 04/2024 |
Publications
Journal Article | |
| Agbonlahor O, Mattingly DT, Richardson, MK, Hart JL, McLeish AC, Walker KL. Lifestyle Factors and Associations with Individual and Comorbid Cardiometabolic and Pulmonary Disease among U.S. Adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2024; 21(12):1674. | 2024 |
| Agbonlahor O, Mattingly DT, Hart JL, McLeish AC, Walker KL. Health Care Provider E-Cigarette-Related Advice and E-Cigarette Harm Perceptions Among Youth. American Journal of Health Promotion. 2024; 20:8901171241301971. | 2024 |
| Tomlinson MM, Kerstiens S, Smith C, Agbonlahor O, Clarke J, Vincent K, Walker KL, McLeish AC, Keith RJ, Smith T, Yeager RA, Wood LA, Bhatnagar A, Hart JL. The association between perceived neighborhood safety and cardiovascular disease risk factors. Psychology, Health and Medicine. 2024; 3:1-12. | 2024 |
| Richardson, MK, Agbonlahor O, Hart JL, Mattingly DT. Extensive social media use and frequency of current e-cigarette use among U.S Youth. Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports. 2024,12:100266. | 2024 |
| Mattingly DT, Agbonlahor O, Richardson, MK, Rayens MK, Rose SW, Hart JL. Factors Associated with Disposable Electronic Cigarette Use among US Youth: A National Repeated Cross-sectional Study, 2021-2022. Addiction 2024 July 23. | 2024 |
| Mattingly DT, Agbonlahor O, Hart JL, McLeish AC, Walker KL. Psychological Distress and Cannabis Vaping among U.S Adolescents. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2023; 66(3):534-539. | 2023 |
| Agbonlahor O, Mattingly DT, Rai J, Hart JL, McLeish AC, Walker KL. Differences in Health Care Provider Screening for Tobacco Use among Youth in the United States: The National Youth Tobacco Survey, 2021. Preventive Medicine 2023; 175:107718. | 2023 |
| Agbonlahor O, Mattingly DT, Hart JL, Rai J, McLeish AC, Walker KL. Differences in Health Care Provider Advice on Abstaining from Tobacco Product Use: Findings from the 2020 National Youth Tobacco Survey. Addictive Behaviors 2023; 144:107726. | 2023 |
| Agbonlahor O, DeJarnett N, Hart JL, Bhatnagar A, McLeish AC, Walker KL. Racial/Ethnic Discrimination and Cardiometabolic Diseases: A Systematic Review. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities 2023; 28:1-25. | 2023 |
| Mattingly DT, Agbonlahor O, Rai J, McLeish AC, Walker KL, Hart JL. Harm Perceptions of Secondhand E-Cigarette Aerosol among Youth in the United States. Addictive Behaviors 2023; 137:107535. | 2023 |
| Agbonlahor O, Osasuyi O, Mustapha T. Health Care Provider Lifestyle Modification Advice for Adults with Hypertension in the United States. European Journal of Environment and Public Health 2023;7(3): em0133. | 2023 |
| Agbonlahor O, Vincent K, Wood LA, Tomlinson MM, Kerstiens S, Clarke J, McLeish AC, Walker KL, Hart JL. Readability of Online Information on Nature and Mental Health. Population Medicine 2022; 4(November):30. | 2022 |
| Wood LA, Agbonlahor O, Tomlinson MM, Kerstiens S, Vincent K, McLeish AC, Walker KL, Hart JL. Readability of Online E-cigarette Cessation Information. Tobacco Induced Diseases 2022; 20(June):53. | 2022 |
| Agbonlahor O, Rai J, Mattingly DT, Walker KL, Hart JL Cardiovascular Disease Risk Perceptions and Tobacco Use among Appalachian Youth Population Medicine 2021; 3(November):32. | 2021 |
| Agbonlahor O, Osasuyi O Gender and Racial Differences in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Twin Study. Journal of Health, Medicine, and Nursing 2021; 91(1):1-10. | 2021 |
| Mattingly DT, Rai J, Agbonlahor O, Walker KL, Hart JL Tobacco Use Status and Temptation to Try E-Cigarettes among a Sample of Appalachian Youth International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 6755. | 2021 |
Abstracts | |
| Walker K.L, McLeish A.C, Agbonlahor O., Tomlinson M.M., Wood L.A., Vincent K., Kerstiens S., Clarke J., Garfinkle Plymesser E., & Hart J.L. Vaping realities: Views from youth. Circulation 2022; 146: A13408. | |
Dissertation | |
| Agbonlahor O, Wendel ML, Williams KA, Kerr J, Karimi SM. Assessing the relationship between racism in medicine, medical mistrust and cardiovascular disease among Black Americans | |
Book Chapter | |
| Agbonlahor O, Ameh G, and Inungu J. Chapter 21: Program Planning Models and Theories. In J.Inungu and M.Minelli (Eds). Foundations of Rural Public Health in America (1st Ed., pp 397-422), 2021. Jones and Bartlett Learning, Burlington, MA, U.S.A | 2021 |
Presentations
| Poster Presentation, Post-traumatic stress disorder and risks of chronic fatigue syndrome, A twin study., Annual research symposium of the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions | |
| Poster Presentation, Sex discordance and risks of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults, A twin study, Annual research symposium of the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions | |
| Poster Presentation, An exploratory investigation of fibromyalgia diagnosis among adults with depression, A twin study., Annual research symposium of the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions | |
| Poster Presentation, Infectious mononucleosis and risks of multiple sclerosis, A twin study., Annual research symposium of the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions | |
| Paper presentation, Youth engagement to stop vaping: Hope in action., Annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association | |
| Paper presentation, Youth Vaping: Seeing through the Clouds, Annual meeting of the Kentucky Communication Association | |
| Paper Presentation, Communication and Community Engagement: Green Heart Louisville’s Youth Art and Literature Showcase, Annual meeting of the Kentucky Communication Association | |
| Paper Presentation, Readability of Online Vaping Information: Gobbledygook or Great?, Annual meeting of the Tobacco Regulatory Science | |
| Poster Presentation, Readability of vaping information on the web, 28th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Baltimore, MD. | |
| Poster Presentation, An end to ENDS: Youth-led initiatives, 28th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Baltimore, MD | |
| Oral Presentation, Community engagement and research translation: VapeRace Youth Advisory Council, Annual meeting of the American Heart Association Tobacco Center for Regulatory Science | |
| Paper presentation, The race to embrace: Engaging youth, employees, and community members., Annual meeting of the Kentucky Communication Association, Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Paper presentation, Citizen science and youth vaping, Annual meeting of the Kentucky Communication Association, Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Poster Presentation, Vaping realities: Views from youth, Annual scientific sessions of the American Heart Association, Chicago, Illinois | |
| Poster Presentation, Community engagement and research translation at the ULSRC., Superfund Research Program 35th anniversary annual meeting, Raleigh, North Carolina | |
| Poster Presentation, Green Heart Louisville Community Engagement, University of Louisville Community Engagement Academy, Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Poster Presentation, Community engagement and research translation at the ULSRC., 7th Annual Environmental Justice Conference, West Jefferson County Community Task Force/NAACP, Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Poster Presentation, Youth engagement to confront the vaping epidemic and discourage electronic cigarette use., Research! Louisville annual conference | |
| Poster Presentation, Sex and racial/ethnic disparities in associations between daily depression and daily cigarette use among US adults, Annual American Public Health Association Meeting and Expo, Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Poster Presentation, Associations between health care provider advice to abstain from using e-cigarettes and e-cigarette harm perceptions among youth in the United States, Annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Poster Presentation, Substance use and cardiovascular disease among U.S adults: Findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2017-2018, Annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Poster Presentation, Racial/ethnic disparities in daily anxiety and daily ENDS use among US adults: The National Health Interview Survey, 2020-2022., Annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Poster Presentation, Perceived racism and discrimination and current and daily tobacco use outcomes among US adolescents, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| Poster Presentation, Factors associated with dual and polytobacco use among US adults, 2020-2022., American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Graduate Research Assistantship, Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute | 2020 |
| Graduate Research Assistantship, American Heart Association VapeRace Center | 2020 |
Professional Membership and Service
| American Public Health Association, Member | |
| Royal Society for Public Health, Member |
Committee Service
| Preventive Medicine Residency Admissions Committee, Member |
Community Service
| South Louisville Community Ministries, Volunteer | 07/2022 - 06/2023 |
| Cloverleaf Neighborhood Association, Member, Volunteer | 08/2020 - 01/2024 |
| Mid-Michigan Community Action Agency, Volunteer | 10/2018 - 10/2018 |
| Ponders End Rural Clinic, Volunteer | 09/2016 - 09/2016 |
Other Service
| BMC Public Health | |
| Frontiers in Public Health | |
| American Journal of Health Promotion |
Teaching Experience
| Medicine, Course, Instructor, Lifestyle Medicine Residency Curriculum | Fall 2024 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Introduction to the Medical Profession III | Fall 2024 |
Directed Student Learning
| Supervised Research, Advised: Mcking Amedari | 2024 - Present |