Prof. Solomon Ike Okosun
Georgia State University, USA
E-mail: iokosun@gsu.edu
Qualifications
1998 Post Doctoral Fellow, Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine, Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology
1996 Ph.D., Epidemiology, The University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health
1987 M.S.(Public Health), Biostatistics & Epidemiology, College of Public Health, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
1984 M.S., Microbiology, Alabama A & M University, School of Arts and Sciences Normal
1978 B.S., Bacteriology, North Dakota State University, College of Science and Mathematics
Publications (Selected)
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Okosun, I. S. (2025). Elevated uric acid level and metabolic syndrome in Non-Hispanic Black American adults. Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders, 24(1), 1-9.
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Amuda, O., Okosun, B. O., Abdi, H., & Okosun, I. S. (2024). Prevalence and secular trends in premetabolic syndrome in the United States: Findings from 1999-2020 nationally representative data of adults. Annals of epidemiology, 93, 10-18.
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Nkemjika, S., Tokede, O., Okosun, I. S., Jadotte, Y., & Pigott, T. (2023). Biological sex disparity in survival outcomes following treatment for renal cell carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Cancer Epidemiology, 86, 102409.
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Nkemjika, S., Tumenta, T., Salazar, L., & Okosun, I. S. (2023). Waiting times disparities for medication-assisted therapy among opioid use disorder treatment population in the United States. Journal of addictive diseases, 41(4), 322-333.
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Shaikh, N., Dennis, K., Brown, J., Airhihenbuwa, C., & Okosun, I. (2022). Protocol for the Development of Culturally-Tailored mHealth Messages for a Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) in New Immigrants in the US: A Pilot Study. Current Developments in Nutrition, 6, 1158.
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Nkemjika, S., Oforeh, K., Brown, C., Olayinka, O., & Okosun, I. S. (2023). Sociodemographic attributes and racial disparities for waiting times towards admissions for substance use disorder treatment in the tri-state area (NY-NJ-CT): a cross-sectional study. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 21(5), 2892-2922.
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Nkemjika, S., Olatunji, E., Olwit, C., Jegede, O., Brown, C., Olupona, T., & Okosun, I. S. (2022). Comorbid Substance Use and Mental Health disorders: Prior Treatment/Admission as a predictor of criminal arrest among American youths. Cureus, 14(1).
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Nkemjika, S., Olayinka, O., Atolagbe, A., Begum, G., Perera, P., Oladeji, O., ... & Olupona, T. (2022). Traumatic brain Injury related schizophrenia in individuals without family history: A case series. Journal of the National Medical Association, 114(2), 207-210.
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Tetteh, A. K., Yankey, B. A., & Okosun, I. S. (2021). Cardiovascular disease risk and key anthropometrics: a trend analysis. British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, 16(11), 1-16.
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Brown, C., Nkemjika, S., Yankey, B., Okosun, I., & Okosun, I. S. (2021). Alternative tobacco product use and smoking quit attempts among teenagers in the United States: a cross-sectional study. Cureus, 13(7).
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Nkemjika, S., Tokede, O., Jadotte, Y., Olatunji, E., Bosah, J., Pigott, T., & Okosun, I. S. (2021). Biological sex disparity in survival outcomes following treatment for renal cell carcinoma: a systematic review protocol. JBI evidence synthesis, 19(12), 3355-3362.
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Okosun, I. S., Airhihenbuwa, C., & Henry, T. L. (2021). Allostatic load, metabolic syndrome and self-rated health in overweight/obese Non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black and Mexican American adults. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews, 15(4), 102154.
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Vellozzi-Averhoff, C., Thompson, W. W., Vellozzi, C., Okosun, I., Kinlaw, K., & Bussey-Jones, J. (2021). Disparities in communication among the inpatient homeless population at a safety-net hospital. Journal of the National Medical Association, 113(4), 440-448.
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Suvada, K., Plantinga, L., Vaughan, C. P., Markland, A. D., Mirk, A., Burgio, K. L., ... & Johnson 2nd, T. M. (2020). Comorbidities, age, and polypharmacy limit the use by US older adults with nocturia of the only FDA-approved drugs for the symptom. Clinical therapeutics, 42(12), e259-e274.
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Airhihenbuwa, C. O., Iwelunmor, J., Munodawafa, D., Ford, C. L., Oni, T., Agyemang, C., ... & Okosun, I. (2020). Culture matters in communicating the global response to COVID-19. Preventing chronic disease, 17, E60.
Profile Details
WoS ResearcherID: AAR-3008-2020
https://publichealth.gsu.edu/profile/ike-okosun/
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ike-Okosun