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Jamila L. Kwarteng PhD

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Assistant Professor

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Institute for Health and Equity
Division: Community Health
Program: Research

Member of the Cancer Center
Member of the Cardiovascular Center
Member of the Institute for Health & Equity


I am willing to collaborate on research projects.
I am willing to be a peer mentor.

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Research Areas of Interest

  • Cancer Survivors
  • Exercise
  • Obesity, Abdominal
  • Quality of Life
  • Risk Factors
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Waist Circumference
  • Weight Loss
  • Women's Health

    • Research Experience

  • Cancer Survivors
  • Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Health Equity
  • Minority Health
  • Obesity, Abdominal
  • Poverty
  • Quality of Life
  • Risk Factors
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • United States
  • Waist Circumference
  • Weight Loss
  • Women's Health

    • Methodologies and Techniques

  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Cancer Survivors
  • Exercise
  • Obesity, Abdominal
  • Quality of Life
  • Risk Factors
  • Waist Circumference
  • Weight Loss

    • Educational Expertise

  • Community-Based Participatory Research
  • Health Behavior
  • Health Education
  • Health Risk Behaviors
  • Health Status Disparities
  • Minority Health
  • Program Evaluation
  • Public Health
  • Women's Health

    • Publications (16)

  • Equipping Faith-Based Communities for Cancer Support Ministry: A Pilot Study of Cancer Support Training for Members of African-American Churches in the USA. (Kwarteng JL, White K, Nevels D, Brown S, Stolley MR) J Relig Health 2024 Apr;63(2):1523-1537 PMID: 38453721 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85186850594 03/08/2024    
  • Examining the role of social relationships on health and health behaviors in African American men with prostate cancer: a qualitative analysis. (Awoyinka I, Tovar M, Young S, Beyer K, Kwarteng J, Knight J, Stolley M) Support Care Cancer 2024 Feb 21;32(3):178 PMID: 38381216 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85185668818 02/21/2024    
  • Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease-Related Outcomes Among Cancer Survivors in the United States: A Systematic Review of the Literature. (Bikomeye JC, Awoyinka I, Kwarteng JL, Beyer AM, Rine S, Beyer KMM) Heart Lung Circ 2024 Jan 05 PMID: 38184426 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85181809389 01/07/2024    
  • The Association between Adult Sport, Fitness, and Recreational Physical Activity and Number and Age of Children Present in the Household: A Secondary Analysis Using NHANES. (Johnson JL, Coleman A, Kwarteng JL, Holmes AU, Kermah D, Bruce MA, Beech BM) Int J Environ Res Public Health 2023 May 24;20(11) PMID: 37297546 PMCID: PMC10253130 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85163065065 06/10/2023    
  • The impact of greenspace or nature-based interventions on cardiovascular health or cancer-related outcomes: A systematic review of experimental studies. (Bikomeye JC, Balza JS, Kwarteng JL, Beyer AM, Beyer KMM) PLoS One 2022;17(11):e0276517 PMID: 36417344 PMCID: PMC9683573 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85142876878 11/24/2022       7 Citations
  • Greenspace, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Health, and Cancer: A Review and Conceptual Framework for Greenspace in Cardio-Oncology Research. (Bikomeye JC, Beyer AM, Kwarteng JL, Beyer KMM) Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022 Feb 19;19(4) PMID: 35206610 PMCID: PMC8872601 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85124908145 02/26/2022       15 Citations
  • Addressing the disparities and the factors related to prolonged inpatient length of stay for solid tumor oncology patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: A narrative review (Kamaraju S, Mohan M, Wright T, Charlson J, Wiger W, Kwarteng J, Rezazadeh A, Hammons L and Power S) J Radiol Oncol Kamaraju S, Mohan M, Wright T, Charlson J, Wiger W, et al, Hammons L1 and Power S3. Addressing the disparities and the factors related to prolonged inpatient length of stay for solid tumor oncology patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: A narrative review. J Radiol Oncol. 2021; 5: 046-053. 09/17/2021    
  • Mortgage Lending Bias and Breast Cancer Survival Among Older Women in the United States. (Beyer KMM, Zhou Y, Laud PW, McGinley EL, Yen TWF, Jankowski C, Rademacher N, Namin S, Kwarteng J, Beltrán Ponce S, Nattinger AB) J Clin Oncol 2021 Sep 01;39(25):2749-2757 PMID: 34129388 PMCID: PMC8407650 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85115440319 06/16/2021       31 Citations
  • The association of stressful life events on weight loss efforts among African American breast cancer survivors. (Kwarteng JL, Matthews L, Banerjee A, Sharp LK, Gerber BS, Stolley MR) J Cancer Surviv 2022 Jun;16(3):604-613 PMID: 33977342 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85105805769 05/13/2021       2 Citations
  • Facilitators of behavior change and weight loss in an intervention for African American Breast Cancer Survivors. (Kwarteng JL, Beyer KMM, Banerjee A, Stolley MR) Cancer Causes Control 2020 Aug;31(8):737-747 PMID: 32415529 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85085011567 05/18/2020       11 Citations
  • Independent Effects of Neighborhood Poverty and Psychosocial Stress on Obesity Over Time. (Kwarteng JL, Schulz AJ, Mentz GB, Israel BA, Perkins DW) J Urban Health 2017 Dec;94(6):791-802 PMID: 28895036 PMCID: PMC5722729 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85029107977 09/13/2017       26 Citations
  • Neighborhood Disadvantage and Preterm Delivery in Urban African Americans: The Moderating Role of Religious Coping. (Sealy-Jefferson S, Slaughter-Acey J, Caldwell CH, Kwarteng J, Misra DP) SSM Popul Health 2016 Dec;2:656-661 PMID: 28367490 PMCID: PMC5371396 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84988024926 04/04/2017       7 Citations
  • Does Perceived Safety Modify the Effectiveness of a Walking-Group Intervention Designed to Promote Physical Activity? (Kwarteng JL, Schulz AJ, Mentz GB, Israel BA, Shanks TR, Perkins DW) Am J Health Promot 2018 Feb;32(2):423-431 PMID: 28317385 PMCID: PMC6091212 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85041009983 03/21/2017       4 Citations
  • Do Neighborhood Demographics Modify Walking Group Intervention Effectiveness in Urban Neighborhoods? (Schulz AJ, Mentz GB, Kwarteng J, Israel BA, Gamboa C, Sand SL, Gaines C, Reyes AG, Rowe Z) Health Promot Pract 2017 Jan;18(1):62-74 PMID: 27357203 PMCID: PMC9254165 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85008249175 07/01/2016       2 Citations
  • NEIGHBOURHOOD POVERTY, PERCEIVED DISCRIMINATION AND CENTRAL ADIPOSITY IN THE USA: INDEPENDENT ASSOCIATIONS IN A REPEATED MEASURES ANALYSIS. (Kwarteng JL, Schulz AJ, Mentz GB, Israel BA, Shanks TR, Perkins DW) J Biosoc Sci 2016 Nov;48(6):709-22 PMID: 27238086 PMCID: PMC5800399 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84971440589 05/31/2016       16 Citations
  • Associations between observed neighborhood characteristics and physical activity: findings from a multiethnic urban community. (Kwarteng JL, Schulz AJ, Mentz GB, Zenk SN, Opperman AA) J Public Health (Oxf) 2014 Sep;36(3):358-67 PMID: 24159053 PMCID: PMC4181423 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84942306943 10/26/2013       32 Citations
    • Last update: 04/18/2024