Christopher Fields
he/him/his
Associate Research ScientistAbout
Research
Publications
2025
Who Are Flexnerian-Deprived Black Americans? A Quantitative Analysis of Historical Representation Within American Medical Education
Black C, Littlejohn J, Clarke A, Overton K, Hoskins T, Pierre-Louis D, Owusu P, Gray A, Fields C, Sukhera J, Konopasky A. Who Are Flexnerian-Deprived Black Americans? A Quantitative Analysis of Historical Representation Within American Medical Education. Journal Of Racial And Ethnic Health Disparities 2025, 1-15. PMID: 41196502, DOI: 10.1007/s40615-025-02699-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBeyond Race-Based Ideology in HPE DEI Attempts: A Framework and Vocabulary for Sociohistorical Justice
Black C, Brinker M, Acquaye A, Fields C, Temple S, Huggins L, Konopasky A. Beyond Race-Based Ideology in HPE DEI Attempts: A Framework and Vocabulary for Sociohistorical Justice. Teaching And Learning In Medicine 2025, 37: 480-494. PMID: 40760971, DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2025.2521473.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHistorical harmSociopolitical constructJustice effortsHealth professions education institutionsEquity frameworkHealth professions educationEquity effortsUnited StatesConstruction of raceSubjugated knowledgesHistorically-informedHistorical exclusionRace-basedFounded settlementsMinoritized identitiesSociopolitical contextEnslaved peopleHealth justicePeople's experiencesNational historyHistorical nuancesJusticeRacial essentialismMinoritized populationsHealthcare inequalitiesLongitudinal and Geographic Trends in Perceived Racial Discrimination Among Adolescents in the United States: The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study
Fields C, Black C, Calhoun A, Rosenblatt M, Rodriguez R, Aina J, Thind J, Grayson J, Khalifa F, Assari S, Zhou X, Nagata J, Gee D. Longitudinal and Geographic Trends in Perceived Racial Discrimination Among Adolescents in the United States: The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study. Journal Of Adolescent Health 2025, 77: 118-127. PMID: 40382724, DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2025.03.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-Hispanic youthPerceived DiscriminationDevelopment studiesHigher levels of perceived discriminationAmerican Community SurveyAnti-Black biasLevels of perceived discriminationPacific IslandersPerceived Discrimination ScaleWhite non-Hispanic youthNeighborhood segregationBlack householdsBlack youthContext-specific approachImmigrant backgroundPerceived Racial DiscriminationRacial discriminationCommunity surveyRacial biasYouthGeographic variationStructural contextAdolescent Brain Cognitive Development StudyNational representativesRacial/ethnic groupsGovernance for anti-racist AI in healthcare: integrating racism-related stress in psychiatric algorithms for Black Americans
Fields C, Black C, Thind J, Jegede O, Aksen D, Rosenblatt M, Assari S, Bellamy C, Anderson E, Holmes A, Scheinost D. Governance for anti-racist AI in healthcare: integrating racism-related stress in psychiatric algorithms for Black Americans. Frontiers In Digital Health 2025, 7: 1492736. PMID: 40444183, PMCID: PMC12119476, DOI: 10.3389/fdgth.2025.1492736.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRacism-related stressBlack patientsBlack AmericansClinical algorithmAnti-Black racismHealthcare interventionsAnti-Black biasHealth outcomesHealth policySocioeconomic statusIntervention modelHistory of enslavementPatient outcomesCommunity membersHealthcareGenerational traumaHealthAmerica's historyBlack researchersSources of varianceClinical practiceEquitable outcomesSocial factorsRacial groupsAI governanceRacialized Heteroscedasticity as a Source of Algorithmic Bias in Psychiatric Prediction Models
Fields C, Rosenblatt M, Aina J, Black C, Thind J, Jegede O, Aksen D, Assari S, Bellamy C, Anderson E, Zhou X, Holmes A, Khalifa F, Scheinost D. Racialized Heteroscedasticity as a Source of Algorithmic Bias in Psychiatric Prediction Models. Biological Psychiatry 2025, 97: s45. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2025.02.121.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Sociohistorical justice: a corrective framework to mend the modern harms of medical history
Black C, Temple S, Acquaye A, Fields C, Konopasky A. Sociohistorical justice: a corrective framework to mend the modern harms of medical history. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 2024, 38: 100874. PMID: 39262427, PMCID: PMC11387348, DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2024.100874.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBridging Species and Disciplines: Incorporating Sociological Frameworks into Animal Models of Addiction
Fields C (2024) Bridging Species and Disciplines: Incorporating Sociological Frameworks into Animal Models of Addiction. In Dr. PA Rojo and Dr. E Martínez-Laorden (Eds.), Multidisciplinary Approach for Better Understanding of Addictive Behaviour. IntechOpen. DOI:10.5772/intechopen.114874.ChaptersA comparison of machine learning methods for quantifying self-grooming behavior in mice
Correia K, Walker R, Pittenger C, Fields C. A comparison of machine learning methods for quantifying self-grooming behavior in mice. Frontiers In Behavioral Neuroscience 2024, 18: 1340357. PMID: 38347909, PMCID: PMC10859524, DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2024.1340357.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGrooming durationGrooming boutsRepetitive self-groomingSelf-grooming behaviorBehavior of miceTreatment conditionsLevels of groomingHigh-throughput pipelineBehavioral neuroscienceRestraint treatmentManual scoringSelf-groomingGrooming behaviorHomeCageScanOverestimate durationGroomingBehavior analysisDuration measurementsBehavior quantificationBehavior analysis toolMouse backgroundA Comparison of Machine Learning Methods for Quantifying Self-Grooming Behavior in Mice.
Correia K, Walker R, Pittenger C and Fields C (2024) A comparison of machine learning methods for quantifying self-grooming behavior in mice. Front. Behav. Neurosci. 18:1340357. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2024.1340357Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Gut barrier dysfunction and type 2 immunity: Implications for compulsive behavior
Fields C, Chassaing B, de Vries G. Gut barrier dysfunction and type 2 immunity: Implications for compulsive behavior. Medical Hypotheses 2022, 161: 110799. PMID: 36060122, PMCID: PMC9434830, DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2022.110799.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCompulsive behaviorsRegulation of dopamine neurotransmissionGut-brain axis researchHistamine regulationPost-traumatic stress disorderRegulation of anxietyCompulsive behavioral disordersObsessive-compulsive disorderStress-related behaviorsDopamine neurotransmissionStress disorderBehavioral disordersTourette syndromeGut microbiota regulationDisordersType 2 inflammationGut barrier dysfunctionPotential linkDysfunctionCompulsionTouretteAddictionAutismBehaviorAnxiety