Rakale C. Quarells, Ph.D. Community Health & Preventive Medicine Cardiovascular Research Institute rquarells@msm.edu 404-752-1956 National Center for Primary Care 318B POSTGRADUATE:

Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford Prevention Research Center

Fellowship: Medicine



GRADUATE:

Howard University

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Personality Psychology



Howard University 

Degree: Master of Science in Personality Psychology



UNDERGRADUATE:

Howard University

Degree: Bachelor of Science in Psychology

• Chronic disease risk factor reduction
• African Americans and CVD risk reduction
• Epilepsy self-management
• Prevention of chronic diseases among underserved communities

• Escoffery, C., Johnson, L., McGee, R., Olorundare, E., Geiger, D., Njie, S., Quarells, R. C., & Thompson, N. J. (2020). Epilepsy self-management behaviors among African Americans with epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior, 109, 107098. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107098
• Sajatovic, M., Johnson, E. K., Fraser, R. T., Cassidy, K. A., Liu, H., Pandey, D. K., Quarells, R. C., Scal, P., Schmidt, S., Shegog, R., Spruill, T. M., Janevic, M. R., Tatsuoka, C., & Jobst, B. C. (2019). Self-management for adults with epilepsy: Aggregate Managing Epilepsy Well Network findings on depressive symptoms. Epilepsia, 60(9), 1921–1931. https://doi.org/10.1111/epi.16322
• Quarells, R. C., Spruill, T. M., Escoffery, C., Shallcross, A., Montesdeoca, J., Diaz, L., Payano, L., & Thompson, N. J. (2019). Depression self-management in people with epilepsy: Adapting project UPLIFT for underserved populations. Epilepsy & Behavior, 99, 106422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2019.07.023
• McGee, R. E., Sajatovic, M., Quarells, R. C., Johnson, E. K., Liu, H., Spruill, T. M., Fraser, R. T., Janevic, M., Escoffery, C., & Thompson, N. J. (2019). Depression and quality of life among African Americans with epilepsy: Findings from the Managing Epilepsy Well (MEW) Network integrated database.  Epilepsy & Behavior,  94, 301–306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2019.02.026
• Zhao, X., Geng, X., Srinivasasainagendra, V., Chaudhary, N., Judd, S., Wadley, V., Gutiérrez, O. M., Wang, H., Lange, E. M., Lange, L. A., Woo, D., Unverzagt, F. W., Safford, M., Cushman, M., Limdi, N., Quarells, R., Arnett, D. K., Irvin, M. R., & Zhi, D. (2019). A PheWAS study of a large observational epidemiological cohort of African Americans from the REGARDS study.  BMC medical genomics,  12(Suppl 1), 26. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12920-018-0462-7

• 2017: MSM MSCR Faculty Teaching Award 
• 2016-2012: NIH PRDP, Study Section Member, Grant Reviewer
• 2012: NIH SBIR Program, Grant Reviewer
• 2011: NIMHD Special Emphasis Panel, Grant Reviewer
• 2004: Mayor Shirley Franklin’s Phoenix Award, Atlanta, GA, Given for the work that the F.I.G.H.T. for Life Program is doing to prevent and delay the development of cardiovascular diseases among the citizens of Atlanta, GA.
• 2000-1999: Katherine McCormick Fund for Women Travel Grant, Stanford University School of Medicine