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George Pro

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
DepartmentHealth Behavior & Health Education, College of Public Health
Address3258 ED III
4301 W. Markham
Mail Slot # 820
Little Rock AR 72205
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    1R21DA059630-01     (PRO, GEORGE C)Sep 30, 2024 - Aug 31, 2026
    NIH/Nat. Inst. on Drug Abuse
    Validation of a survey tool to evaluate patient-reported outcomes for new medications to treat methamphetamine use disorder: The PROMT Survey
    Role: Principal Investigator
    78309     (ZALLER, NICKOLAS D)Dec 15, 2020 - Dec 31, 2022
    Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
    Linking Criminal Justice and Health Data: Challenges and Opportunities
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Pro G, Neighbors HW, Wilkerson B, Haynes T. Place-based access to integrated mental health services within substance use disorder treatment facilities in the US. Soc Sci Med. 2025 Mar; 369:117843. PMID: 39983247.
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    2. Bin Noor N, Pro G, Acharya M, Eswaran H, Hayes CJ. Association between different modalities of opioid use disorder-related care delivery and opioid use disorder-related patient outcomes: A retrospective cohort study. Addict Behav Rep. 2025 Jun; 21:100588. PMID: 39991257.
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    3. Pro G, Bautista T, Gu M, Ware OD, Kleinerman A, Baldwin J, Rojo M. Services Provided in Spanish in Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities: Limited Access in Communities with Fast-Growing Spanish-Speaking Populations. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2024 Dec 23. PMID: 39715916.
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    4. Pro G, Hayes C, Mancino M. Worsening trends in the frequency of methamphetamine and other stimulant use between treatment admission and discharge. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2024 Sep 01; 262:111403. PMID: 39084112.
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    5. Hayes CJ, Raciborski RA, Martin BC, Gordon AJ, Hudson TJ, Brown CC, Pro G, Cucciare MA. Are gaps in rates of retention on buprenorphine for treatment of opioid use disorder closing among veterans across different races and ethnicities? A retrospective cohort study. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2024 Nov; 166:209461. PMID: 39067770.
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    6. Pro G, Cantor J, Willis D, Gu M, Fairman B, Baloh J, Montgomery BE. A multilevel analysis of changing telehealth availability in opioid use disorder treatment settings: Conditional effects of rurality, the number and types of medication for opioid use disorder available, and time, US, 2016-2023. J Rural Health. 2025 01; 41(1):e12854. PMID: 38867390.
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    7. Pro G, Cantor J, Buttram M, Brown CC, Gu M, Mancino M, Zaller N. Geographic and Racial/Ethnic Differences in Access to Methamphetamine Detoxification Services, United States, 2021. Med Care. 2024 Jul 01; 62(7):464-472. PMID: 38761164.
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    8. Oluwafemi O, Manoharan S, Xie L, Pro G, Patel RS, Delclos GL, Gelfand A, Messiah SE, Lopez DS, Patel J. Assessing the Role of Asthma on the Relationship between Neurodevelopmental Disabilities and Adverse Birth Outcomes. Pediatr Neurol. 2024 Jul; 156:131-138. PMID: 38776595.
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    9. Bogulski CA, Pro G, Acharya M, Ali MM, Brown CC, Hayes CJ, Eswaran H. The association between rurality, dual Medicare/Medicaid eligibility and chronic conditions with telehealth utilization: An analysis of 2019-2020 national Medicare claims. J Telemed Telecare. 2024 Feb 05; 1357633X241226741. PMID: 38314738.
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    10. Levandowski BA, Pro GC, Rietberg-Miller SB, Camplain R. We are complex beings: comparison of statistical methods to capture and account for intersectionality. BMJ Open. 2024 01 30; 14(1):e077194. PMID: 38296287.
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    11. Pro G, Horton H, Tody B, Gu M, Washington T, Williams A, Gorvine MM, Johnson O, Lovelady N, Jackson T, Ray A, Montgomery B, Zaller N. National and state-level trends in the availability of mental health treatment services tailored to individuals ordered to treatment by a court: United States, 2016, 2018, and 2020. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2024 Oct; 59(10):1815-1824. PMID: 38193943.
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    12. Montgomery BEE, Crone C, Goodwin B, Hokans R, Williams A, Stacker J, Borne' R, Pro G, Martel I. Home Together: A Multi-Level Community-Based Health Promotion Program Supporting Families Experiencing Homelessness. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2024; 35(3):880-902. PMID: 39129608.
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    13. Pro G, Fairman B, Baloh J, Willis D, Montgomery BEE. Temporal Trends in Telehealth Availability in Mental Health Treatment Settings: Differences in Growth by State Rurality, 2015-2020. J Urban Health. 2023 12; 100(6):1149-1158. PMID: 38012502.
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    14. Sahker E, Pro G, Poudyal H, Furukawa TA. Evaluating the substance use disorder treatment gap in the United States, 2016-2019: A population health observational study. Am J Addict. 2024 01; 33(1):36-47. PMID: 37583093.
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    15. Pro G, Brown CC, Johnson O, Montgomery BEE, Zaller N. Comprehensive and Integrated Services in Specialty Mental Health Treatment Facilities in the US: Differences by the Racial/Ethnic Composition of the Facility's Clientele, 2020. Community Ment Health J. 2024 02; 60(2):272-282. PMID: 37436527.
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    16. Bogulski CA, Acharya M, Pro G, Ali MM, Rabbani M, Hayes CJ, Eswaran H. A State Profile of Disparities in Telehealth Utilization Among Medicare Beneficiaries: An Intersection Between Race/Ethnicity, Rurality, and Chronic Conditions-Arkansas, 2019. Telemed J E Health. 2023 12; 29(12):1759-1768. PMID: 37074340.
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    17. Zaller ND, Staton M, Gorvine MM, Tillson M, Glenn J, Pro G, Oser C, Ramaswamy M. Proposed development of the Criminal Justice Translation and Clinical Science (CJ-TRACS) network. J Clin Transl Sci. 2023; 7(1):e189. PMID: 37745927.
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    18. Montgomery BEE, Pro GC, Willis DE, Zaller ND. County-level jail incarceration, community economic distress, rurality, and preterm birth among women in the US South. J Clin Transl Sci. 2023; 7(1):e43. PMID: 36845312.
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    19. Gu M, Pro G, Zaller N. Surveillance of COVID-19 outbreaks in prisons in the US South: The role of economic distress in the communities surrounding prison facilities. J Clin Transl Sci. 2022; 6(1):e101. PMID: 36106130.
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    20. Pro G, Hayes C, Montgomery BEE, Zaller N. Demographic and geographic shifts in the preferred route of methamphetamine administration among treatment cases in the US, 2010-2019. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022 08 01; 237:109535. PMID: 35714531.
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    21. Pro G, Camplain R, Lea CH. The competing effects of racial discrimination and racial identity on the predicted number of days incarcerated in the US: A national profile of Black, Latino/Latina, and American Indian/Alaska Native populations. PLoS One. 2022; 17(6):e0268987. PMID: 35675290.
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    22. Pinn T, Williamson H, Robinson B, Shuman S, Evans M, Pro G, Camplain R. "Everything has changed": detention officer roles and recreation time changes due to COVID-19 policies at a Southwest County Jail. Health Justice. 2022 Jun 04; 10(1):18. PMID: 35661271.
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    23. Pro G, Brown C, Rojo M, Patel J, Flax C, Haynes T. Downward National Trends in Mental Health Treatment Offered in Spanish: State Differences by Proportion of Hispanic Residents. Psychiatr Serv. 2022 11 01; 73(11):1232-1238. PMID: 35502519.
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    24. Sahker E, Pro G, Sakata M, Poudyal H, Jordan A, Furukawa TA. Factors supporting substance use improvement for Black Americans: A population health observational study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022 05 01; 234:109405. PMID: 35316688.
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    25. Pro G, Liebert M, Remiker M, Sabo S, Montgomery BEE, Zaller N. Homeless Opioid Treatment Clients Transitioning to Dependent and Independent Housing: Differential Outcomes by Race/Ethnicity. Subst Use Misuse. 2022; 57(6):867-875. PMID: 35232321.
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    26. Pro G, Hayes C, Brown CC, Goree J, Zaller N. Individual and Health Policy Factors Associated With Positive Heroin and Opioid Treatment Response: United States, 2018. Am J Public Health. 2022 02; 112(S1):S66-S76. PMID: 35143268.
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    27. Porter A, Wells S, Smith C, Zohoori N, Pro G, Smith MR. Deployment of Health Equity Strike Teams to Address COVID-19 Vaccine Disparities in Arkansas, 2021. Am J Public Health. 2022 01; 112(1):29-33. PMID: 34936402.
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    28. Camplain R, Pinn TA, Becenti L, Williamson HJ, Pro G, Luna C, Bret J. Patterns of Physical Activity Among Women Incarcerated in Jail. J Correct Health Care. 2022 02; 28(1):6-11. PMID: 34846925.
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    29. Pro G, Tompkins DA, Azari S, Zaller N. National trends in testing for hepatitis C virus in licensed opioid treatment programs: Differences by facility ownership and state medicaid expansion status. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021 11 01; 228:109092. PMID: 34571287.
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    30. Bryant K, Pro G, Rojo M, Patel J, Haynes T, McElfish P, Sepulveda M, Hart C. Identifying community needs of the Hispanic faith community to develop a research agenda. Public Health Nurs. 2022 01; 39(1):33-39. PMID: 34547116.
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    31. Pro G, Schumacher K, Hubach R, Zaller N, Giano Z, Camplain R, Camplain C, Haberstroh S, Baldwin JA, Wheeler DL. US trends in mask wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic depend on rurality. Rural Remote Health. 2021 07; 21(3):6596. PMID: 34252284.
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    32. Pro G, Montgomery BEE, Zaller N. Tailoring services in opioid treatment programs for patients involved in America's criminal justice system: national associations and variation by state and Medicaid expansion status. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy. 2021 06 19; 16(1):50. PMID: 34147098.
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    33. Brown CC, Young SG, Pro GC. COVID-19 vaccination rates vary by community vulnerability: A county-level analysis. Vaccine. 2021 07 13; 39(31):4245-4249. PMID: 34167838.
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    34. Pro G, Gilbert PA, Baldwin JA, Brown CC, Young S, Zaller N. Multilevel modeling of county-level excessive alcohol use, rurality, and COVID-19 case fatality rates in the US. PLoS One. 2021; 16(6):e0253466. PMID: 34138950.
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    35. Sahker E, Pro G, Sakata M, Furukawa TA. Response to Jordan, Nich, Babuscio, Quainoo, and Carroll. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021 06 01; 223:108676. PMID: 33752923.
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    36. Giano Z, Camplain RL, Camplain C, Pro G, Haberstroh S, Baldwin JA, Wheeler DL, Hubach RD. Adverse Childhood Events in American Indian/Alaska Native Populations. Am J Prev Med. 2021 Feb; 60(2):213-221. PMID: 33223364.
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    37. Pro G, Giano Z, Camplain R, Haberstroh S, Camplain C, Wheeler D, Hubach RD, Baldwin JA. The Role of State Medicaid Expansions in Integrating Comprehensive Mental Health Services into Opioid Treatment Programs: Differences Across the Rural/Urban Continuum. Community Ment Health J. 2021 08; 57(6):1017-1022. PMID: 33033972.
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    38. Pro G, Sahker E, Baldwin J. Incarceration as a Reason for US Alcohol and Drug Treatment Non-completion: a Multilevel Analysis of Racial/Ethnic and Sex Disparities. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2020 10; 47(4):464-475. PMID: 32350800.
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    39. Pro G, Hubach R, Wheeler D, Camplain R, Haberstroh S, Giano Z, Camplain C, Baldwin JA. Differences in US COVID-19 case rates and case fatality rates across the urban-rural continuum. Rural Remote Health. 2020 08; 20(3):6074. PMID: 32811154.
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    40. Sahker E, Pro G, Sakata M, Furukawa TA. Substance use improvement depends on Race/Ethnicity: Outpatient treatment disparities observed in a large US national sample. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020 Aug 01; 213:108087. PMID: 32492601.
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    41. Pro G, Utter J, Haberstroh S, Baldwin JA. Dual mental health diagnoses predict the receipt of medication-assisted opioid treatment: Associations moderated by state Medicaid expansion status, race/ethnicity and gender, and year. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020 04 01; 209:107952. PMID: 32172130.
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    42. Pro G, Zaller N. Interaction effects in the association between methadone maintenance therapy and experiences of racial discrimination in U.S. healthcare settings. PLoS One. 2020; 15(2):e0228755. PMID: 32027723.
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    43. Pro G, Utter J, Cram J, Baldwin J. Racial/Ethnic and Gender Differences in Associations of Medication-Assisted Therapy and Reduced Opioid Use between Outpatient Treatment Admission and Discharge. J Psychoactive Drugs. 2020 Apr-Jun; 52(2):186-194. PMID: 32005084.
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    44. Pro G, Camplain R, de Heer B, Chief C, Teufel-Shone N. A National Epidemiologic Profile of Physical Intimate Partner Violence, Adverse Childhood Experiences, and Supportive Childhood Relationships: Group Differences in Predicted Trends and Associations. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2020 08; 7(4):660-670. PMID: 31912443.
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    45. Camplain R, Pinn TA, Williamson HJ, Pro G, Becenti L, Bret J, Luna C, Baldwin JA. Adaptation of the System for Observing Play and Recreation in Communities (SOPARC) for the Measurement of Physical Activity in Jail Settings. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 01 04; 17(1). PMID: 31947914.
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    46. Camplain R, Camplain C, Trotter RT, Pro G, Sabo S, Eaves E, Peoples M, Baldwin JA. Racial/Ethnic Differences in Drug- and Alcohol-Related Arrest Outcomes in a Southwest County From 2009 to 2018. Am J Public Health. 2020 01; 110(S1):S85-S92. PMID: 31967892.
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    47. Sahker E, Jones D, Lancianese DA, Pro G, Arndt S. Racial/Ethnic Differences in Alcohol and Drug Use Outcomes Following Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) in Federally Qualified Health Centers. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2019 12; 6(6):1192-1199. PMID: 31364014.
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    48. Lam F, Pro G, Agrawal S, Shastri VD, Wentworth L, Stanley M, Beri N, Tupe A, Mishra A, Subramaniam H, Schroder K, Prescott MR, Trikha N. Effect of enhanced detailing and mass media on community use of oral rehydration salts and zinc during a scale-up program in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh. J Glob Health. 2019 Jun; 9(1):010501. PMID: 30546870.
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    49. Gilbert PA, Pro G, Zemore SE, Mulia N, Brown G. Gender Differences in Use of Alcohol Treatment Services and Reasons for Nonuse in a National Sample. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2019 04; 43(4):722-731. PMID: 30807660.
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    50. Pro G, Camplain R, Sabo S, Baldwin J, Gilbert PA. Substance abuse treatment in correctional versus non-correctional settings: Analysis of racial/ethnic and gender differences. J Health Dispar Res Pract. 2019; 12(3):1-20. PMID: 33110710.
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    51. Pro G, Marzell M. Medical Parole and Aging Prisoners: A Qualitative Study. J Correct Health Care. 2017 Apr; 23(2):162-172. PMID: 28358232.
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    52. Pro G, Sahker E, Marzell M. Microaggressions and marijuana use among college students. J Ethn Subst Abuse. 2018 Jul-Sep; 17(3):375-387. PMID: 28277943.
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    53. Marzell M, Sahker E, Pro G, Arndt S. A brief report on Hispanic youth marijuana use: Trends in substance abuse treatment admissions in the United States. J Ethn Subst Abuse. 2017 Apr-Jun; 16(2):155-164. PMID: 26822474.
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    54. Mwapasa V, Pro G, Chinkhumba J, Mukaka M, Kobayashi E, Stuart A, Gunda A, Joseph J, Sugandhi N, Chimbwandira FM, Eliya M. Mother-infant pair clinic and SMS messaging as innovative strategies for improving access to and retention in eMTCT care and Option B+ in Malawi: a cluster randomized control trial (the PRIME study). J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2014 Nov 01; 67 Suppl 2:S120-4. PMID: 25310117.
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