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   <name>Victor J. Blake, M.D., M.T.S., F.A.C.P</name>
   <title>Professor</title>
   <department>Medicine</department>
   <title2></title2>
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   <email>vblake@msm.edu</email>
   <phone>404-756-1400</phone>
   <location></location>
   <education>
      <p><span class="greyBold"><span class="greyBold"><strong>MEDICAL SCHOOL:</strong><br></br></span>Mount Sinai School of Medicine<br></br><strong>Degree:</strong> Doctor of Medicine<br></br><br></br><strong>GRADUATE: </strong> <br></br></span>Emory University<br></br><strong>Degree:</strong> Master of Theological Studies</p>
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   <clinicalinterests></clinicalinterests>
   <specialties>Internal Medicine</specialties>
   <research>
      <p>Spirituality Religiosity <br></br><br></br>Cancer Coping in African Americans<br></br><br></br>Spirituality and Health<br></br><br></br>Spirituality and Cancer Coping<br></br><br></br>End of Life Issues</p>
   </research>
   <boardcerts>Internal Medicine</boardcerts>
   <publications>
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            <p>Cheryl L. Holt<sup>1</sup>, Lee Caplan<sup>2</sup>, <strong>Victor Blake<sup>2</sup></strong>,  Emily Schulz<sup>3</sup>, Penny Southward<sup>4</sup>    <br></br><sup>1</sup>Department of Public and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of
               Maryland, College Park; <sup>2</sup>Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine;
               <sup>3</sup>Research Consultant, University of Maryland; <sup>4</sup>Media.  “Development and Validation of Instruments to Assess the Role of Spirituality
               in Cancer Coping Among African Americans.”  Acceptance Pending.<br></br><br></br>Cheryl L. Holt, PhD<sup>, </sup>Emily Schulz, PhD, OTR/L, CFLE, Lee Caplan, MD, PhD<sup>2</sup>, <strong>Victor Blake,</strong> MD, MTS<sup>, </sup>Vivian L. Southward, MPPM, Ayanna V. Buckner, MD, MPH.  “Measures Of Spirituality
               And The Cancer Experience Spirituality And The Cancer Experience Among African Americans:
               Instrument Development And validation based on qualitative research.”  Acceptance
               Pending.<br></br><br></br>Holt, C.L., Caplan, L., Schulz, E., <strong>Blake, V.,</strong> Southward, P., Buckner, A., &amp; Lawrence, H.  “Role of religion in cancer coping among
               African Americans: A qualitative examination.”  Journal of Psychosocial Oncology,
               27, 248-273, 2009.<br></br><br></br>Holt,  C. L., Caplan, L., Schultz, E., <strong>Blake, V.,</strong> Southward, V. L., &amp; Buckner, A.V.  Development and validation of measures of religious
               involvement and the cancer experience among African Americans.,<span style="text-decoration: underline;"> Journal of Health Psychology, </span>2009, (In Press).</p>
            <p class="title"><br></br>Click <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Victor+Blake">here</a> to view selected publications.</p>
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   </publications>
   <awards>2010: Inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Physicians <br></br><br></br>2005: Physician of the Year Award<br></br><br></br>2002: Outstanding Contribution to Clinical Services, Morehouse School of Medicine,
      Atlanta Georgia<br></br><br></br>2000: Outstanding Contribution to Clinical Services, Morehouse School of Medicine,
      Atlanta Georgia <br></br><br></br>Chief Medical Resident, Department of Medicine, Howard University Hospital, Howard
      University College of Medicine<strong><br></br></strong></awards>
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