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Rakale C. Quarells, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Community Health & Preventive Medicine
Cardiovascular Research Institute
Location: National Center for Primary Care 318B
Phone: 404-752-1956
E-mail: rquarells@msm.edu
Education
POSTGRADUATE:Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford Prevention Research Center
Fellowship: Medicine
GRADUATE:
Howard University
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Personality Psychology
Howard University
Degree: Master of Science in Personality Psychology
UNDERGRADUATE:
Howard University
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Psychology
Research Interests
- Chronic disease risk factor reduction
- African Americans and CVD risk reduction
- Epilepsy self-management
- Prevention of chronic diseases among underserved communities
Publications
- Escoffery, C., Johnson, L., McGee, R., Olorundare, E., Geiger, D., Njie, S., Quarells, R. C., & Thompson, N. J. (2020). Epilepsy self-management behaviors among African Americans with epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior, 109, 107098.
- Sajatovic, M., Johnson, E. K., Fraser, R. T., Cassidy, K. A., Liu, H., Pandey, D. K., Quarells, R. C., Scal, P., Schmidt, S., Shegog, R., Spruill, T. M., Janevic, M. R., Tatsuoka, C., & Jobst, B. C. (2019). Self-management for adults with epilepsy: Aggregate Managing Epilepsy Well Network findings on depressive symptoms. Epilepsia, 60(9), 1921–1931.
- Quarells, R. C., Spruill, T. M., Escoffery, C., Shallcross, A., Montesdeoca, J., Diaz, L., Payano, L., & Thompson, N. J. (2019). Depression self-management in people with epilepsy: Adapting project UPLIFT for underserved populations. Epilepsy & Behavior, 99, 106422.
- McGee, R. E., Sajatovic, M., Quarells, R. C., Johnson, E. K., Liu, H., Spruill, T. M., Fraser, R. T., Janevic, M., Escoffery, C., & Thompson, N. J. (2019). Depression and quality of life among African Americans with epilepsy: Findings from the Managing Epilepsy Well (MEW) Network integrated database. Epilepsy & Behavior, 94, 301–306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2019.02.026
- Zhao, X., Geng, X., Srinivasasainagendra, V., Chaudhary, N., Judd, S., Wadley, V., Gutiérrez, O. M., Wang, H., Lange, E. M., Lange, L. A., Woo, D., Unverzagt, F. W., Safford, M., Cushman, M., Limdi, N., Quarells, R., Arnett, D. K., Irvin, M. R., & Zhi, D. (2019). A PheWAS study of a large observational epidemiological cohort of African Americans from the REGARDS study. BMC medical genomics, 12(Suppl 1), 26. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12920-018-0462-7
Honors and Awards
- 2017: °ÄÃÅÆßÐÇͼ MSCR Faculty Teaching Award
- 2016-2012: NIH PRDP, Study Section Member, Grant Reviewer
- 2012: NIH SBIR Program, Grant Reviewer
- 2011: NIMHD Special Emphasis Panel, Grant Reviewer
- 2004: Mayor Shirley Franklin’s Phoenix Award, Atlanta, GA, Given for the work that the F.I.G.H.T. for Life Program is doing to prevent and delay the development of cardiovascular diseases among the citizens of Atlanta, GA.
- 2000-1999: Katherine McCormick Fund for Women Travel Grant, Stanford University School of Medicine