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Stephen B. Thomas is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and social sciences, with a concentration on health-related fields and societal impacts.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Social Sciences

Within these broader disciplines, their work engages with specific subfields such as:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • General Health Professions
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Clinical Psychology

Stephen B. Thomas's research addresses key topics including:

  • Ethics in Clinical Research
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Digital Communication and Language
  • Digital Marketing and Social Media
  • Global Health and Surgery

They have published in various journals, with multiple contributions in venues such as:

  • Environmental Research
  • BMJ Open
  • International Journal of Information Management
  • PLoS ONE
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia

Their recent papers include:

  • "Exploring key indicators of social identity in the #MeToo era: Using discourse analysis in UGC" (2020), International Journal of Information Management
  • "Culturally aware mentorship: Lasting impacts of a novel intervention on academic administrators and faculty" (2020), PLoS ONE
  • "Perspective on the 'African American participation in Alzheimer disease research: Effective strategies' workshop, 2018" (2020), Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • "Gaining a deeper understanding of nutrition using social networks and user-generated content" (2020), Internet Interventions
  • "Defining and Intervening on Cumulative Environmental Neurodevelopmental Risks: Introducing a Complex Systems Approach" (2021), Environmental Health Perspectives

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Lydia M. Louis
  • Walkiria Pool
  • Ana M. Rule
  • Lesliam Quirós-Alcalá
  • Lucy K. Kavi

Best Publications

  • Distrust, Race, and Research

    Giselle Corbie-Smith;Stephen B. Thomas;Diane Marie M. St. George

  • Attitudes and Beliefs of African Americans Toward Participation in Medical Research

    Giselle Corbie-Smith;Stephen B. Thomas;Mark V. Williams;Sandra Moody-Ayers

  • The Tuskegee Syphilis Study, 1932 to 1972: Implications for HIV Education and AIDS Risk Education Programs in the Black Community

    Stephen B Thomas;Sandra Crouse Quinn

  • African Americans' views on research and the Tuskegee Syphilis Study.

    Vicki S. Freimuth;Sandra Crouse Quinn;Stephen B. Thomas;Galen Cole

  • Effects of Diet and Physical Activity Interventions on Weight Loss and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Severely Obese Adults: A Randomized Trial

    Bret H. Goodpaster;James P. DeLany;Amy D. Otto;Lewis Kuller

  • Search for invisible decays of Higgs bosons in the vector boson fusion and associated ZH production modes

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Trust in the Health Care System and the Use of Preventive Health Services by Older Black and White Adults

    Donald Musa;Richard Schulz;Roderick Harris;Myrna Silverman

  • Clinical value of polysomnography

    N.J Douglas;S Thomas;M.A Jan

  • Toward a fourth generation of disparities research to achieve health equity

    Stephen B. Thomas;Sandra Crouse Quinn;James Butler;Craig S. Fryer

  • The clinical effectiveness of glucosamine and chondroitin supplements in slowing or arresting progression of osteoarthritis of the knee: a systematic review and economic evaluation

    C Black;C Clar;R Henderson;C MacEachern

  • The characteristics of northern black churches with community health outreach programs.

    S B Thomas;S C Quinn;A Billingsley;C Caldwell

  • Personalized Strategies to Activate and Empower Patients in Health Care and Reduce Health Disparities

    Jie Chen;C. Daniel Mullins;Priscilla Novak;Stephen B. Thomas

  • Health Disparities: The Importance of Culture and Health Communication

    Stephen B. Thomas;Michael J. Fine;Said A. Ibrahim

  • SOLAR ultraviolet radiation and vitamin D: a historical perspective.

    Kumaravel Rajakumar;Susan L. Greenspan;Stephen B. Thomas;Michael F. Holick

  • Search for narrow resonances using the dijet mass spectrum in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • A Research Agenda for Health Education Among Underserved Populations

    Gerardo Marín;Linda Burhansstipanov;Cathleen M. Connell;Andrea C. Gielen

  • Understanding the patient's perspective on rapid and routine HIV testing in an inner-city urgent care center.

    Angela B. Hutchinson;Giselle Corbie-Smith;Stephen B. Thomas;Sveta Mohanan

  • A new approach to mentoring for research careers: the National Research Mentoring Network.

    Christine A. Sorkness;Christine Pfund;Elizabeth O. Ofili;Kolawole S. Okuyemi

  • Antithrombin inhibits lipopolysaccharide-induced tissue factor and interleukin-6 production by mononuclear cells, human umbilical vein endothelial cells, and whole blood.

    Pauline J. Souter;Stephen Thomas;Anthony R. Hubbard;Stephen Poole

  • Social cognitive factors associated with mother-adolescent communication about sex.

    Colleen DiIORIO;Ken Resnicow;William N. Dudley;Stephen Thomas

  • EffectsofDietandPhysicalActivityInterventions onWeightLossandCardiometabolicRiskFactors in Severely Obese Adults

    Bret H. Goodpaster;James P. DeLany;Amy D. Otto;Lewis Kuller

Frequent Co-Authors

Sandra Crouse Quinn
Sandra Crouse Quinn University of Maryland, College Park
Jovan Milosevic
Jovan Milosevic University of Belgrade
John Perry Cumalat
John Perry Cumalat University of Colorado Boulder

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