PUBLICATIONS
Neighborhood interventions and health and safety
Neighborhood environmental interventions and opioid overdose rates. JAMA Network Open 9(7): e2626634, July 2026. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.26634
Can enhanced street lighting improve public safety at scale? Criminology and Public Policy 25(1): 31-62, September 2025. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.70006
Effect of abandoned housing interventions on gun violence, perceptions of safety, and substance use in Black neighborhoods a citywide cluster randomized trial. JAMA Intern Med 183(1): 31-39, January 2023. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.5460
Effect of greening vacant land on mental health of community-dwelling adults: A cluster randomized trial. JAMA Network Open 1(3), July 2018. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.0298
Citywide cluster randomized trial to restore blighted vacant land and its effects on violence, crime, and fear. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 15(12): 2946-2951, March 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1718503115
Urban Nature
Association between neighborhood greenspace and child protective services involvement. Child Abuse & Neglect. Online ahead of print (eds.).(107030), September 12, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.107030
Leveraging implementation science to advance environmental justice research and achieve health equity through neighborhood and policy interventions. Annu Rev Public Health, January 2024. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-060222-033003
Association between low urban neighborhood greenness and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. American Journal of Perinatology 40(11), August 2023. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1733786
Neighborhood segregation, tree cover and firearm violence in 6 U.S. cities, 2015-2020. Prev Med 165(Pt A:107256), December 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107256
A pilot randomized controlled trial to increase time in greenspace among urban dwelling postpartum Women. Journal of Urban Health 98(6), December 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-021-00544-z
Urban residential tree canopy and perceived stress among pregnant women. Environmental research 201, October 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.111620
Structural Racism and Health
Driving antiracist structure, policy, and culture change in the health care workplace. NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery 6(7), June 2025. https://doi.org/10.1056/CAT.24.0378
Perspectives of Black patients on racism within emergency care. JAMA Health Forum 5(3): e240046, March 2024. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.0046
A qualitative study of Black people seeking treatment for opioid use disorder. SSM Qual Res Health 4, December 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100298
Building Black wealth: The role of health systems in closing the gap. New England Journal of Medicine 137(9): 844-849, September 2022. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMms2209521
Medical schools as racialized organizations: How race-neutral structures sustain racial inequality in medical education. Journal of General Internal Medicine 37(9), July 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-022-07500-w
Structural Inequities in Behavioral Health and Substance Use Outcomes
Receipt of buprenorphine and naltrexone for opioid use disorder by race and ethnicity and insurance type. JAMA Network Open, 8(6), e2518493, June 2025. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.18493
Racial disparities in the management of emergency department patients presenting with psychiatric disorders. Annals of Epidemiology, 69, 9-16, May 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2022.02.003
Racial/ethnic disparities in unintentional fatal and nonfatal emergency medical services–attended opioid overdoses during the COVID-19 pandemic in Philadelphia. JAMA Network Open, 4(1), e2034878, January 2021. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.34878
Lethal fentanyl and cocaine intoxication. The New England Journal of Medicine, 379(18), 1782-1782, November 2018. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmc1809521
Carceral Health and Criminal Legal System Intersections
Medicaid access and the impact on individuals with criminal legal involvement: A scoping review. Health & Justice. June 2026. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-026-00420-5
Individual- and area-level incarceration and mortality. JAMA Network Open, 8(6), e2513537, June 2025. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.13537
Emergency physician observations and attitudes on law enforcement activities in the emergency department. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 24(2), 160-169, February 2023. https://doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2022.12.57098
Medicaid expansion increased medications for opioid use disorder among adults referred by criminal justice agencies. Health Affairs, 40(4), 562-570, April 2021. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01251