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   <name>Ernest Alema-Mensah, PhD, DMin, MS, MDiv</name>
   <title>Associate Professor</title>
   <department>Community Health &amp; Preventive Medicine</department>
   <title2></title2>
   <department2></department2>
   <email>eamensah@msm.edu</email>
   <phone>404-752-1623 </phone>
   <location>Multidisciplinary Research Center</location>
   <education><strong><strong>POSTGRADUATE:<br></br></strong></strong>Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA <br></br><strong>Degree:</strong> DMin<br></br><strong><strong><br></br></strong></strong>Clark Atlanta University<br></br><strong>Degree:</strong> PhD in International Public Health<br></br><br></br><strong><strong>GRADUATE:<br></br></strong></strong>University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana<br></br><strong>Degree</strong>: Graduate Diploma<br></br><strong><strong><br></br></strong></strong>Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, GA<br></br><strong>Degree: </strong>MDiv<strong><br></br></strong><br></br>Clark Atlanta University<br></br><strong>Degree:</strong> Master of Science in Computer Science<br></br><br></br><strong>UNDERGRADUATE:<br></br></strong>University of Ghana<br></br><strong>Degree:</strong> BS in Mathematics and Chemistry</education>
   <research></research>
   <clinicalinterests></clinicalinterests>
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   <boardcerts>
      <p>Member of American Public Health Association<br></br>(APHA 2009 - present)<br></br><br></br>American Association for Cancer Research <br></br>(AACR 2013 – present).</p>
   </boardcerts>
   <publications>
      <ul>
         <li>
            <p>Musonge-Effoe JE, Alema-Mensah E, Effoe VS, Akinnawo F, Caplan L. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31954838">The association between health care coverage and prevalence of cardiovascular diseases
                  and diabetes over a 10-year period.</a>Prev Med. 2020 Mar;132:105983. doi: <span>10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.105983</span>. Epub 2020 Jan 16.</p>
         </li>
         <li>
            <p>Brown M, Ofili EO, Okirie D, Pemu P, Franklin C, Suk Y, Quarshie A, Mubasher M, Sow
               C, Montgomery Rice V, Williams D, Brooks M, <strong><u>Alema-Mensah E</u></strong>, Mack D, Dawes D.</p><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31450652">Morehouse Choice Accountable Care Organization and Education System (MCACOES): Integrated
               Model Delivering Equitable Quality Care.</a> Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Aug 25;16(17). pii: E3084. doi: <span>10.3390/ijerph16173084</span>.</li>
         <li>Estiri H, Klann JG, Weiler SR, <strong><u>Alema-Mensah E</u></strong>, Joseph Applegate R, Lozinski G, Patibandla N, Wei K, Adams WG, Natter MD, Ofili
            EO, Ostasiewski B, Quarshie A, Rosenthal GE, Bernstam EV, Mandl KD, Murphy SN. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30925587">A federated EHR network data completeness tracking system.</a> J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2019 Jul 1;26(7):637-645. doi: <span>10.1093/jamia/ocz014.</span></li>
         <li>
            <p>Warren R.C., Shedlin M.G., <strong><u>Alema-Mensah E.,</u></strong> Obasaju C., Augustin Hodge Clinical trials participation among African Americans
               and the ethics of trust: Leadership perspectives; D. DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemep.2019.100405">10.1016/J.JEMEP.2019.100405</a> Published: 2019-07</p>
         </li>
         <li>Pemu, P., Josiah Willock, R.,<span> </span><strong>Alema-Mensah, E.</strong>, Rollins, L., Brown, M., Saint Clair, B., Olorundare, E., McCaslin, A., Henry Akintobi,
            T. K., Quarshie, A., Ofili, E. Achieving Health Equity with e-Healthystrides©: Patient
            Perspectives of a Consumer Health Information Technology Application.<span> </span><em>Ethnicity &amp; Disease, 29</em>(Supp2), 393-404.<span> </span><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.18865/ed.29.s2.393">http://dx.doi.org/10.18865/ed.29.s2.393</a></li>
         <li>Hall, M., Ofili, E., Lapu-Bula, R.,<span> </span><strong>Alema-Mensah, E.</strong>, Miles-Richardson, S. Living Arrangement: a Contributor to Vascular Disease in Asymptomatic
            African American Women.<span> </span><em>Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 7</em>(2).<span> </span><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.20429/jgpha.2019.070220">http://dx.doi.org/10.20429/jgpha.2019.070220</a></li>
         <li>Musonge-Effoe, J. E.,<span> </span><strong>Alema-Mensah, E.</strong>, Effoe, V. S., Akinnawo, F., Caplan, L. S. (2020). The association between health
            care coverage and prevalence of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes over a 10-year
            period.<span> </span><em>Prev Med., 132</em>.</li>
         <li>Danner, O. K., Kern, Q., Matthews, R., Sola, R., Butler, C., Udobi, K., Nguyen, J.,
            Heinrich, M., Ahmad, F.,<span> </span><strong>Alema-Mensah, E.</strong>, Childs, E. W. (2020). Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors Therapy Reduces Time
            to Emergence and Arousal from TBI-induced Prolonged Coma: A Pilot Study.<span> </span><em>2</em>(3), 14. <a href="https://maplespub.com/webroot/files/Selective-Serotonin-Reuptake-Inhibitor-Therapy-Reduces-Time-to-Emergence-and-Arousal-from-TBI-induced-Prolonged-Coma-A-Pilot-Study_1583385310.pdf">https://maplespub.com/webroot/files/Selective-Serotonin-Reuptake-Inhibitor-Therapy-Reduces-Time-to-Emergence-and-Arousal-from-TBI-induced-Prolonged-Coma-A-Pilot-Study_1583385310.pdf</a></li>
      </ul><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Ernest+Alema-Mensah" target="_blank" rel="noopener">View all publications</a></publications>
   <awards>
      <ul>
         <li>2014: Honorary Class Member Recognition Award, Morehouse School of Medicine</li>
         <li>2014: Award for twenty five years of Outstanding Service, Morehouse School of Medicine</li>
         <li>2013: Morehouse School of Medicine, Faculty Service Award, Master of Public Health
            Graduating Class </li>
         <li>2011: Morehouse School of Medicine, Teaching Excellence Award, Master of Public Health(MPH)
            Graduating Class 2010., Morehouse School of Medicine</li>
         <li>2011: Morehouse School of Medicine, Service Excellence Award, Master of Public Health
            Graduating Class </li>
         <li>2010: Morehouse School of Medicine, Honorary Class Member Recognition Award, Master
            of Science in Clinical Research Class</li>
         <li>2011: Morehouse School of Medicine, Teaching Excellence Award, Master of Public Health
            (MPH) Graduating Class 2010.</li>
         <li>2011: Morehouse School of Medicine, Service Excellence Award, Master of Public Health
            (MPH) Graduating Class 2010.</li>
         <li>2013: Morehouse School of Medicine, Faculty Service Award, Master of Public Health
            (MPH) Graduating Class 2013.</li>
         <li>2014: Award for twenty-five years of Outstanding Service, Morehouse School of Medicine.</li>
         <li>2014: Honorary Class Member Recognition Award, Morehouse School of Medicine Master
            of Public Health (MPH) Graduating Class 2014.</li>
         <li>2014: Morehouse School of Medicine Team Spirit Award.</li>
         <li>2014: Honorary Class Member Recognition Award, Morehouse School of Medicine</li>
         <li>2016: Morehouse School of Medicine, Teaching Excellence Award, Master of Science in
            Clinical Research (MSCR) Graduating Class 2016.</li>
         <li>2019: Award for thirty years of Outstanding Service, Morehouse School of Medicine.</li>
      </ul>
   </awards>
</profile>