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  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Hector F. Myers is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Emergency Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Pharmacology, and Clinical Psychology.

Their research encompasses several main topics, including Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, Emergency and Acute Care Studies, Injury Epidemiology and Prevention, Pediatric Pain Management Techniques, Musculoskeletal Pain and Rehabilitation, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, and Resilience and Mental Health.

Recent publications demonstrate the breadth of their work. These include:

  • "Racial, Gender, and Neighborhood-Level Disparities in Pediatric Trauma Care" (2022), published in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
  • "Social determinants of trauma care: Associations of race, insurance status, and place on opioid prescriptions, postdischarge referrals, and mortality" (2021), published in The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care
  • "A structural model examining racism, stress, and psychological symptoms among Arab American adolescents." (2022), published in Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology
  • "Cognitive-Affective-Behavioral Pathways Linking Adversity and Discrimination to Daily Pain in African-American Adults" (2022), published in Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
  • "Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Precision Medicine" (2021), published in Health Equity

They have collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Harrison Dickens, Uma Rao, Stephen Bruehl, Kerry L. Kinney, and Burel R. Goodin, each of whom co-authored four publications.

Their work appears regularly in multiple scholarly venues, with the most frequent publications in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, followed by The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, Health Equity, and the Journal of Behavioral Medicine.

In recognition of their professional contributions, they were named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1992.

Best Publications

  • Minority-Status Stresses and the College Adjustment of Ethnic Minority Freshmen

    Brian D. Smedley;Hector F. Myers;Shelly P. Harrell

  • Ethnicity- and socio-economic status-related stresses in context: an integrative review and conceptual model.

    Hector F. Myers

  • Race, racism and health: disparities, mechanisms, and interventions

    Elizabeth Brondolo;Linda C. Gallo;Hector F. Myers

  • A Multidimensional Measure of Cultural Identity for Latino and Latina Adolescents

    Maria Felix-Ortiz;Michael D. Newcomb;Hector Myers

  • Effects of Stress Reduction on Carotid Atherosclerosis in Hypertensive African Americans

    Amparo Castillo-Richmond;Robert H. Schneider;Charles N. Alexander;Robert Cook

  • Drug Use and Medication Adherence among HIV-1 Infected Individuals

    Charles H. Hinkin;Terry R. Barclay;Steven A. Castellon;Andrew J. Levine

  • Mindfulness meditation training effects on CD4+ T lymphocytes in HIV-1 infected adults: a small randomized controlled trial.

    J. David Creswell;Hector F. Myers;Steven W. Cole;Michael R. Irwin

  • Does a history of trauma contribute to HIV risk for women of color? Implications for prevention and policy

    Gail Elizabeth Wyatt;Hector F. Myers;John K. Williams;Christina Ramirez Kitchen

  • Development of the Multidimensional Acculturative Stress Inventory for adults of Mexican origin.

    Norma Rodriguez;Hector F. Myers;Consuelo Bingham Mira;Thomas Flores

  • Exploring the complexities of familism and acculturation: central constructs for people of Mexican origin.

    Norma Rodriguez;Consuelo Bingham Mira;Consuelo Bingham Mira;Nancy Denise Paez;Hector F. Myers;Hector F. Myers

  • Family or friends: who plays a greater supportive role for Latino college students?

    Norma Rodriguez;Consuelo Bingham Mira;Hector F. Myers;Julie K. Morris

  • Correlates of suicidal behaviors among Asian American outpatient youths.

    Anna S. Lau;Nadine M. Jernewall;Nolan W. S. Zane;Hector F. Myers

  • Cumulative Burden of Lifetime Adversities: Trauma and Mental Health in Low-SES African Americans and Latino/as

    Hector F. Myers;Gail E. Wyatt;Jodie B. Ullman;Tamra B. Loeb

  • A conceptual paradigm for understanding culture's impact on mental health: the cultural influences on mental health (CIMH) model.

    Wei-Chin Hwang;Hector F Myers;Jennifer Abe-Kim;Julia Y Ting

  • The Efficacy of an Integrated Risk Reduction Intervention for HIV-Positive Women With Child Sexual Abuse Histories

    Gail Elizabeth Wyatt;Douglas Longshore;Dorothy Chin;Jennifer Vargas Carmona

  • Culture: The missing link in health research.

    M. Kagawa Singer;W. Dressler;S. George;Claudia R. Baquet

  • Autonomic reactivity and hypertension in blacks: a review and proposed model.

    Anderson Nb;McNeilly M;Myers H

  • The effects of racial stressors and hostility on cardiovascular reactivity in African American and Caucasian men.

    Carolyn Y. Fang;Hector F. Myers

  • Do social support, stress, disclosure and stigma influence retention in HIV care for Latino and African American men who have sex with men and women?

    Amy Rock Wohl;Amy Rock Wohl;Frank H. Galvan;Hector F. Myers;Wendy Garland

  • Hypertension in blacks: psychosocial and biological perspectives.

    Norman B. Anderson;Hector F. Myers;Thomas Pickering;James S. Jackson

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles H. Hinkin
Charles H. Hinkin University of California, Los Angeles
Steven A. Castellon
Steven A. Castellon University of California, Los Angeles
Paul Satz
Paul Satz University of California, Los Angeles
Gail E. Wyatt
Gail E. Wyatt University of California, Los Angeles
Christine Dunkel Schetter
Christine Dunkel Schetter University of California, Los Angeles
Wilfred G. van Gorp
Wilfred G. van Gorp Columbia University
Ruben J. Echemendia
Ruben J. Echemendia University of Missouri–Kansas City
Gregory E. Miller
Gregory E. Miller Northwestern University
Lara A. Ray
Lara A. Ray University of California, Los Angeles
David S. Krantz
David S. Krantz Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

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