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Dustin T. Duncan is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Medicine, Social Sciences, and Psychology, with notable work in subfields such as General Health Professions, Infectious Diseases, Social Psychology, Epidemiology, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's research primarily focuses on several key topics, including:

  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Sex work and related issues

Publications by Dustin T. Duncan have appeared frequently in a variety of scholarly venues. Prominent outlets include:

  • AIDS and Behavior (9 publications)
  • Journal of Urban Health (7 publications)
  • BMJ Open (5 publications)
  • BMC Public Health (5 publications)
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (5 publications)

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Duncan include:

  • "Nationwide geospatial analysis of county racial and ethnic composition and public drinking water arsenic and uranium", 2022, published in Nature Communications
  • "Anxiety and depressive symptoms are associated with poor sleep health during a period of COVID-19-induced nationwide lockdown: a cross-sectional analysis of adults in Jordan", 2020, BMJ Open
  • "COVID-19 testing, case, and death rates and spatial socio-demographics in New York City: An ecological analysis as of June 2020", 2021, Health & Place
  • "Social-Environmental Resilience, PrEP Uptake, and Viral Suppression among Young Black Men Who Have Sex with Men and Young Black Transgender Women: the Neighborhoods and Networks (N2) Study in Chicago", 2020, Journal of Urban Health
  • "Gender Dysphoria, Mental Health, and Poor Sleep Health Among Transgender and Gender Nonbinary Individuals: A Qualitative Study in New York City", 2020, Transgender Health

Dustin T. Duncan collaborates with a core group of frequent co-authors, which include:

  • John A. Schneider
  • Yen-Tyng Chen
  • Denton Callander
  • Justin Knox
  • Byoungjun Kim

Best Publications

  • Health App Use Among US Mobile Phone Owners: A National Survey

    Paul Krebs;Dustin T Duncan

  • Validation of Walk Score ® for Estimating Neighborhood Walkability: An Analysis of Four US Metropolitan Areas

    Dustin T. Duncan;Jared Aldstadt;John Whalen;Steven J. Melly

  • Does perception equal reality? Weight misperception in relation to weight-related attitudes and behaviors among overweight and obese US adults

    Dustin T Duncan;Kathleen Y Wolin;Melissa Scharoun-Lee;Eric L Ding;Eric L Ding

  • Safe To Walk? Neighborhood Safety and Physical Activity Among Public Housing Residents

    Gary G. Bennett;Lorna H McNeill;Kathleen Y Wolin;Dustin T Duncan

  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Hate Crimes and Suicidality Among a Population-Based Sample of Sexual-Minority Adolescents in Boston

    Dustin T. Duncan;Mark L. Hatzenbuehler

  • Geosocial-Networking App Usage Patterns of Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men: Survey Among Users of Grindr, A Mobile Dating App.

    William C Goedel;Dustin T Duncan

  • Neighborhood-level social processes and substantiated cases of child maltreatment

    Beth E. Molnar;Robert M. Goerge;Paola Gilsanz;Andrea Hill

  • Validation of Walk Scores and Transit Scores for estimating neighborhood walkability and transit availability: a small-area analysis

    Dustin T. Duncan;Jared Aldstadt;John Whalen;Steven J. Melly

  • Health App Use Among US Mobile Phone Users: Analysis of Trends by Chronic Disease Status.

    Rebecca Robbins;Paul Krebs;Ram Jagannathan;Girardin Jean-Louis

  • Disparities in youth physical activity in the United States: 2003-2006.

    Steven L. Gortmaker;Rebekka Lee;Angie L. Cradock;Arthur M. Sobol

  • Examination of How Neighborhood Definition Influences Measurements of Youths' Access to Tobacco Retailers: A Methodological Note on Spatial Misclassification

    Dustin T. Duncan;Ichiro Kawachi;S.V. Subramanian;Jared Aldstadt

  • Characteristics of Walkable Built Environments and BMI z-Scores in Children: Evidence from a Large Electronic Health Record Database

    Dustin T. Duncan;Mona Sharifi;Steven J. Melly;Richard Marshall

  • A Study of Intimate Partner Violence, Substance Abuse and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men in a Sample of Geosocial-Networking Smartphone Application Users

    Dustin T. Duncan;William C. Goedel;Christopher B. Stults;William J. Brady

  • Association Between Electronic Cigarette Marketing Near Schools and E-cigarette Use Among Youth

    Daniel P. Giovenco;Myriam Casseus;Dustin T. Duncan;Elliot J. Coups

  • The Geography of Recreational Open Space: Influence of Neighborhood Racial Composition and Neighborhood Poverty

    Dustin T. Duncan;Ichiro Kawachi;Kellee White;David R. Williams

  • Neighborhood-level LGBT hate crimes and current illicit drug use among sexual minority youth.

    Dustin T. Duncan;Mark L. Hatzenbuehler;Renee M. Johnson;Renee M. Johnson

  • Racial differences in the built environment—body mass index relationship? A geospatial analysis of adolescents in urban neighborhoods

    Dustin T Duncan;Marcia C.de Castro;Steven L. Gortmaker;Jared Aldstadt

  • Correlates of Awareness of and Willingness to Use Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) in Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men Who Use Geosocial-Networking Smartphone Applications in New York City.

    William C. Goedel;Perry N. Halkitis;Richard E. Greene;Dustin T. Duncan

  • The role of neighborhood characteristics and the built environment in understanding racial/ethnic disparities in childhood obesity.

    Mona Sharifi;Thomas D. Sequist;Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman;Steven J. Melly

  • Space, race, and poverty: Spatial inequalities in walkable neighborhood amenities?

    Dustin T. Duncan;Jared Aldstadt;John Whalen;Kellee White

Frequent Co-Authors

Basile Chaix
Basile Chaix Sorbonne University
John A. Schneider
John A. Schneider University of Chicago
Renee M. Johnson
Renee M. Johnson Johns Hopkins University
Sari L. Reisner
Sari L. Reisner University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Perry N. Halkitis
Perry N. Halkitis Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Beth E. Molnar
Beth E. Molnar Northeastern University
Joseph J. Palamar
Joseph J. Palamar New York University
Steven A. Safren
Steven A. Safren University of Miami
Gary G. Bennett
Gary G. Bennett Duke University
Marcia C. Castro
Marcia C. Castro Harvard University

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