Rakale C. Quarells, PhD Community Health & Preventive Medicine Associate Director Prevention Research Center rquarells@msm.edu 404-752-1956 NCPC 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 Prevention & Self-Management

• Hassan, S., Gujral, U.P., Quarells, R.C., Rhodes, E.C., Shah, M.K., Obi, J., Lee, W., Shamambo, L., Weber, M.B., and Narayan, K.M.V. Disparities in Diabetes Prevalence and Management by Race and Ethnicity in the United States: A Narrative Review to Define a Path Forward. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. 2023, Accepted.
• Henry Akintobi, T., Quarells, R., Bednarczyk, R., Khizer, S., Taylor, B., Nwagwu, M., Hill, M., Ordóñez, C., Sabben, G., Spivey, S., Davis, K., Best, M., Chen, A., Lovell, K., Craig, L., & Mubasher, M. Community-Centered Assessment to Inform Pandemic Response in Georgia (US). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023, In Press.
• Escoffery, C., Patel, A., Leung, J., Anderson, M., McGee, R., Sajatovic, M., Johnson, E.K., Jobst, B., Kiriakopoulos, E.T., Shegog, R., Fraser, R., Quarells, R.C. MEW network self-management program characteristics and lessons learned through the RE-AIM framework. Epilepsy & Behavior. 140:109111, 2023. PMID: 36804716.
• Escoffery, C., Patel, A., Haardoerfer, R., Bamps, Y., McGee, R., Geiger, D., Quarells, R.C., Thompson, N.J., Anderson, M., LaFrance, W.C. Reduction of the Adult Epilepsy Self- Management Measure Instrument (AESMMI).  Epilepsy & Behavior. 131:108692-7, Part A,
• 2022. 
• Ojebuoboh, A.R., Gonzalez-Feliciano, A.G., Brown, K.M., Khan, R.J., Xu, R., DeRoo, L.A., Lewis, J., Quarells, R.C., Davis, S.K. Association of active coping to unfair treatment with perceived stress and depressive symptoms in African Americans: MH-GRID study. BMC Psychiatry. 2022 Feb 21;22(1):134. PMID: 35189857.

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• 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