Suzanne Akuley, DrPH, PMP, MS, RDN
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Postdoctoral Fellow
Biography
Dr. Akuley is a Retired U.S. Army Veteran. She received her Bachelor’s degree from Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri and obtained her Doctorate in Public Health from The Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine. Dr. Akuley is currently a postdoctoral fellow in Women Veterans Health at the Pain Research, Informatics, Multi-morbidities, and Education (PRIME) Center, West Haven, CT, VA Healthcare System with Academic affiliation in the Biomedical Informatics & Data Science Department at Yale School of Medicine. Her research interests focus on social determinants of health, multi-morbidities, and chronic overlapping pain conditions in Women Veterans.
Appointments
Biomedical Informatics & Data Science
Postdoctoral FellowPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
Education & Training
- Advanced Postdoctoral Fellow
- Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System (2025)
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- University of Delaware (2023)
- DrPH
- The Pennsylvania State University, Public Health Sciences/Public Health
- MS
- Southern Illinois University, Food and Nutrition
- BS
- Lincoln University, Food and Nutrition
Research
Publications
2022
Vitamin D and family history of hypertension in relation to hypertension status among college students.
Cuffee YL, Wang M, Geyer NR, Saxena S, Akuley S, Jones L, Wilson RT. Vitamin D and family history of hypertension in relation to hypertension status among college students. J Hum Hypertens 2022, 36: 839-845. PMID: 34285353, DOI: 10.1038/s41371-021-00577-6.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Does Home Remedy Use Contribute to Medication Nonadherence Among Blacks with Hypertension?
Cuffee YL, Rosal M, Hargraves JL, Briesacher BA, Akuley S, Altwatban N, Hullett S, Allison JJ. Does Home Remedy Use Contribute to Medication Nonadherence Among Blacks with Hypertension? Ethn Dis 2020, 30: 451-458. PMID: 32742150, DOI: 10.18865/ed.30.3.451.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
activity Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
Journal ServiceReviewerDetailsServe as an ad-hoc reviewer.2020 - Presentactivity Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Journal ServiceReviewerDetailsServe as ad-hoc reviewer.2020 - Presentactivity American Public Health Association
Professional OrganizationsMemberDetails2019 - Presentactivity Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Professional OrganizationsMemberDetails2002 - Present