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Jerel Ezell

TitleResearch Assistant Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Chicago
DepartmentMedicine-Infectious Diseases
AddressChicago IL 60637
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    University of Chicago, Chicago, ILPhDSociology
    Columbia University, New York, NYMPHPublic Health
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MIBAAnthropology

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    1. Ezell JM. Understanding the Opioid Epidemic as an Environmental Injustice. Am J Prev Med. 2025 Nov; 69(5):108047. PMID: 40812487.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    2. Ezell JM. Property insurance bluelining as a social determinant of health. Lancet Planet Health. 2025 Jun; 9(6):e449-e450. PMID: 40383134.
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    3. Jenkins WD, Beach LB, Schneider J, Pho MT, Walters S, Ezell J, Young AM, Hennessy C, Go VF, Sun C, Seal DW, Westergaard RP, Crane HM, Fredericksen RJ, Ruderman SA, Fletcher S, Plaisance K, Feinberg J, Smith GS, Korthuis PT, Stopka TJ, Friedmann PD, Zule W, Winer M, Friedman SR, Miller WC, Ma J, Delaney JA. Sexual identity, sexual behavior, and drug use behaviors among people who use drugs in the rural U.S. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2025 Apr; 171:209629. PMID: 39875013.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    4. Rains A, Augustine E, Miller K, Bresett J, Bolinski R, Thompson T, Ajayi BP, Nicholson W, Fletcher S, Jenkins WD, Pho MT, Ouellet LJ, Ezell JM. I Don't Want to Shoot up the Meth Anymore: Pipe Distribution as a Harm Reduction Service for People Who Use Methamphetamine. Subst Use Misuse. 2025; 60(4):558-565. PMID: 39702015; PMCID: PMC11825270.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    5. Alter IL, Chadwick KA, Andreadis K, Coleman R, Pitti M, Ezell JM, Rameau A. Developing a mobile application for gender-affirming voice training: A community-engaged approach. Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol. 2024 Dec; 9(6):e70043. PMID: 39679168; PMCID: PMC11645500.
      Citations: 1     
    6. Christine PJ, Chahine RA, Kimmel SD, Mack N, Douglas C, Stopka TJ, Calver K, Fanucchi LC, Slavova S, Lofwall M, Feaster DJ, Lyons M, Ezell J, Larochelle MR. Buprenorphine Prescribing Characteristics Following Relaxation of X-Waiver Training Requirements. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 08 01; 7(8):e2425999. PMID: 39102264; PMCID: PMC11301557.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    7. Ezell JM. The Health Disparities Research Industrial Complex: Remastered. Soc Sci Med. 2024 06; 351:116947. PMID: 38763799.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. Ezell JM, Pho MT, Ajayi BP, Simek E, Shetty N, Goddard-Eckrich DA, Bluthenthal RN. Opioid use, prescribing and fatal overdose patterns among racial/ethnic minorities in the United States: A scoping review and conceptual risk environment model. Drug Alcohol Rev. 2024 Jul; 43(5):1143-1159. PMID: 38646735.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    9. Ezell JM, Pho MT, Simek E, Ajayi BP, Shetty N, Walters SM. How do people who use opioids express their qualities and capacities? An assessment of attitudes, behaviors, and opportunities. Harm Reduct J. 2024 04 08; 21(1):79. PMID: 38589920; PMCID: PMC11000313.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    
    10. Hascher K, Jaiswal J, LoSchiavo C, Ezell J, Duffalo D, Greene RE, Cox A, Burton WM, Griffin M, John T, Grin B, Halkitis PN. Lack of Informed and Affirming Healthcare for Sexual Minority Men: A Call for Patient-Centered Care. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Aug; 39(11):2023-2032. PMID: 38308157; PMCID: PMC11306825.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    11. Ezell JM. Rethinking and Reinforcing Cultural Humility Against the Culture Wars: A Framework For Addressing Receptivity to Diversity Initiatives. Med Educ Online. 2024 12 31; 29(1):2307710. PMID: 38300902; PMCID: PMC10836480.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    12. Ezell JM, Ajayi BP, Parikh T, Miller K, Rains A, Scales D. Drug Use and Artificial Intelligence: Weighing Concerns and Possibilities for Prevention. Am J Prev Med. 2024 03; 66(3):568-572. PMID: 38056683.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    13. Ezell JM. The Health Disparities Research Industrial Complex. Soc Sci Med. 2024 06; 351:116251. PMID: 37865583.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    14. Ezell JM. Opioid and polydrug use among rural sexual and gender minorities: Current knowledge and future directions. Int J Drug Policy. 2023 11; 121:104211. PMID: 37801911.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    15. Ezell JM. Climate Change and the Opioid Epidemic. J Addict Med. 2023 Sep-Oct 01; 17(5):500-502. PMID: 37788599.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    16. Ezell JM, Bhardwaj S, Chase EC. Correction to: Child Lead Screening Behaviors and Health Outcomes Following the Flint Water Crisis. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2023 Feb; 10(1):488-489. PMID: 35267189.
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    17. Rains A, York M, Bolinski R, Ezell J, Ouellet LJ, Jenkins WD, Pho MT. Attitudes toward harm reduction and low-threshold healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic: qualitative interviews with people who use drugs in rural southern Illinois. Harm Reduct J. 2022 11 19; 19(1):128. PMID: 36403075; PMCID: PMC9675127.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic HealthCTClinical Trials
    18. Ezell JM, Olson B, Ghosh A, Chase EC. Theorizing on neo public assistance: How do race and class impact resource uptake and behavior following disaster? Soc Sci Med. 2022 12; 314:115464. PMID: 36327635.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    19. Ezell JM, Chase EC. Forming a Critical Race Theory of Environmental Disaster: Understanding social meanings and health threat perception in the Flint Water Crisis. J Environ Manage. 2022 Oct 15; 320:115886. PMID: 36056493.
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    20. Friedman SR, Williams LD, Jordan AE, Walters S, Perlman DC, Mateu-Gelabert P, Nikolopoulos GK, Khan MR, Peprah E, Ezell J. Toward a Theory of the Underpinnings and Vulnerabilities of Structural Racism: Looking Upstream from Disease Inequities among People Who Use Drugs. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 06 17; 19(12). PMID: 35742699; PMCID: PMC9224240.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    21. Levander XA, Foot CA, Magnusson SL, Cook RR, Ezell JM, Feinberg J, Go VF, Lancaster KE, Salisbury-Afshar E, Smith GS, Westergaard RP, Young AM, Tsui JI, Korthuis PT. Contraception and Healthcare Utilization by Reproductive-Age Women Who Use Drugs in Rural Communities: a Cross-Sectional Survey. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 01; 38(1):98-106. PMID: 35731368; PMCID: PMC9849531.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    22. Ezell JM, Alsmadi I, Gosnell N, Kaur A. The racial and cultural ecology of home and community-based services for diverse older adults. J Aging Stud. 2022 Jun; 61:101023. PMID: 35654549.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    23. Ezell JM. The medicalization of freedom: how anti-science movements use the language of personal liberty and how we can address it. Nat Med. 2022 02; 28(2):219. PMID: 35132267.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    
    24. Ezell JM, Bhardwaj S, Chase EC. Child Lead Screening Behaviors and Health Outcomes Following the Flint Water Crisis. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2023 02; 10(1):418-426. PMID: 35041153.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    25. Ezell JM, Hamdi S, Borrero N. Approaches to Addressing Nonmedical Services and Care Coordination Needs for Older Adults. Res Aging. 2022 Mar-Apr; 44(3-4):323-333. PMID: 34291677.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    26. Friedman SR, Williams LD, Guarino H, Mateu-Gelabert P, Krawczyk N, Hamilton L, Walters SM, Ezell JM, Khan M, Di Iorio J, Yang LH, Earnshaw VA. The stigma system: How sociopolitical domination, scapegoating, and stigma shape public health. J Community Psychol. 2022 01; 50(1):385-408. PMID: 34115390; PMCID: PMC8664901.
      Citations: 26     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    27. Ezell JM, Ompad DC, Walters S. How urban and rural built environments influence the health attitudes and behaviors of people who use drugs. Health Place. 2021 05; 69:102578. PMID: 33964805; PMCID: PMC8154703.
      Citations: 15     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    28. Ezell JM, Chase EC. A Population-Based Assessment of Physical Symptoms and Mental Health Outcomes Among Adults Following the Flint Water Crisis. J Urban Health. 2021 10; 98(5):642-653. PMID: 33788147; PMCID: PMC8566686.
      Citations: 12     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    29. Ellis K, Walters S, Friedman SR, Ouellet LJ, Ezell J, Rosentel K, Pho MT. Breaching Trust: A Qualitative Study of Healthcare Experiences of People Who Use Drugs in a Rural Setting. Front Sociol. 2020; 5:593925. PMID: 33869521; PMCID: PMC8022503.
      Citations: 34     
    30. Ezell JM, Walters S, Friedman SR, Bolinski R, Jenkins WD, Schneider J, Link B, Pho MT. Stigmatize the use, not the user? Attitudes on opioid use, drug injection, treatment, and overdose prevention in rural communities. Soc Sci Med. 2021 01; 268:113470. PMID: 33253992; PMCID: PMC7755701.
      Citations: 45     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    31. Muncan B, Walters SM, Ezell J, Ompad DC. "They look at us like junkies": influences of drug use stigma on the healthcare engagement of people who inject drugs in New York City. Harm Reduct J. 2020 07 31; 17(1):53. PMID: 32736624; PMCID: PMC7393740.
      Citations: 197     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    32. Jenkins WD, Bolinski R, Bresett J, Van Ham B, Fletcher S, Walters S, Friedman SR, Ezell JM, Pho M, Schneider J, Ouellet L. COVID-19 During the Opioid Epidemic - Exacerbation of Stigma and Vulnerabilities. J Rural Health. 2021 01; 37(1):172-174. PMID: 32277731; PMCID: PMC7262104.
      Citations: 64     Fields:    Translation:HumansCellsPHPublic Health
    33. Bolinski R, Ellis K, Zahnd WE, Walters S, McLuckie C, Schneider J, Rodriguez C, Ezell J, Friedman SR, Pho M, Jenkins WD. Social norms associated with nonmedical opioid use in rural communities: a systematic review. Transl Behav Med. 2019 11 25; 9(6):1224-1232. PMID: 31504988; PMCID: PMC6875642.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    34. Ezell JM. Understanding the Situational Context for Interpersonal Violence: A Review of Individual-Level Attitudes, Attributions, and Triggers. Trauma Violence Abuse. 2021 07; 22(3):571-587. PMID: 31416406.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    35. Ezell JM, Pasquale D, Poudyal S, Azhar S, Monk E, Vidula M, Yeldandi V, Laumann E, Liao C, Schneider JA. Are skin color and body mass index associated with social network structure? Findings from a male sex market study. Ethn Health. 2021 08; 26(6):863-878. PMID: 30870001; PMCID: PMC6745014.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    36. Ezell JM, Ferreira MJ, Duncan DT, Schneider JA. The Social and Sexual Networks of Black Transgender Women and Black Men Who Have Sex with Men: Results from a Representative Sample. Transgend Health. 2018; 3(1):201-209. PMID: 30581993; PMCID: PMC6301432.
      Citations: 16     
    37. Ezell JM, Richardson M, Salari S, Henry JA. Implementing Trauma-Informed Practice in Juvenile Justice Systems: What can Courts Learn from Child Welfare Interventions? J Child Adolesc Trauma. 2018 Dec; 11(4):507-519. PMID: 32318172; PMCID: PMC7163902.
      Citations: 1     
    38. Ezell JM, Choi CJ, Wall MM, Link BG. Measuring Recurring Stigma in the Lives of Individuals with Mental Illness. Community Ment Health J. 2018 01; 54(1):27-32. PMID: 28819876; PMCID: PMC5756102.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    39. Joseph CL, Zoratti EM, Ownby DR, Havstad S, Nicholas C, Nageotte C, Misiak R, Enberg R, Ezell J, Johnson CC. Exploring racial differences in IgE-mediated food allergy in the WHEALS birth cohort. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2016 Mar; 116(3):219-224.e1. PMID: 26837607; PMCID: PMC4864956.
      Citations: 19     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    40. Ezell JM, Cabassa LJ, Siantz E. Contours of usual care: meeting the medical needs of diverse people with serious mental illness. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2013 Nov; 24(4):1552-73. PMID: 24185152; PMCID: PMC3885863.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
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