Carol Oladele, PhD, MPH
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Research
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Medical Research Interests
Chronic Disease; Epidemiology; Healthcare Disparities; Quality of Health Care
Public Health Interests
Chronic Diseases; Global Health; Health Equity, Disparities, Social Determinants and Justice; Nutrition
Publications
2025
Mediators of Racial Inequities in Non‐Small Cell Lung Cancer Care
Hamid S, Lee D, Herrin J, Yu J, Pollack C, Dean L, Gaddy J, Oladele C, Feder S, Canavan M, Nunez-Smith M, Soulos P, Gross C. Mediators of Racial Inequities in Non‐Small Cell Lung Cancer Care. Cancer Medicine 2025, 14: e70757. PMID: 40052387, DOI: 10.1002/cam4.70757.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung cancer carePhase of careSocioeconomic statusNon-small cell lung cancerIndividual-level socioeconomic statusNeighborhood-level socioeconomic statusMedicare-Medicaid dual eligibilityWhite patientsHealth care accessLung cancer careNon-Hispanic blacksIndirect effects of mediatorsDiagnosis stageStage-appropriate treatmentTwo-year survivalCancer careCare accessEffects of raceOptimal careDual eligiblesCareStructural racismRacial inequalityBlack patientsInadequate evaluationSociodemographic correlates of hypertension prevalence, awareness, and control in the Eastern Caribbean
Oladele C, Miller M, Adams O, Maharaj R, Nazario C, Nunez M, Nunez-Smith M, Desai M. Sociodemographic correlates of hypertension prevalence, awareness, and control in the Eastern Caribbean. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 2025, 43: 101012. PMID: 40093852, PMCID: PMC11910123, DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2025.101012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrevalence of hypertensionMinority healthSociodemographic correlatesHypertension prevalenceSelf-administered health surveyHypertension care cascadeLow physical activityCommunity-dwelling personsEducational attainmentSelf-reported hypertensionJoint National Committee on PreventionSource of healthcareHigher prevalence of hypertensionAssociated with awarenessLower educational attainmentPredictors of hypertensionAge of participantsControl of hypertensionTreatment of High Blood PressureNational InstitutePhysical activityHealth disparitiesHigh blood pressureCare cascadeHealth SurveyAdaptive decision support for addiction treatment to implement initiation of buprenorphine for opioid use disorder in the emergency department: protocol for the ADAPT Multiphase Optimization Strategy trial
Iscoe M, Hooper C, Levy D, Buchanan L, Dziura J, Meeker D, Taylor R, D’Onofrio G, Oladele C, Sarpong D, Paek H, Wilson F, Heagerty P, Delgado M, Hoppe J, Melnick E. Adaptive decision support for addiction treatment to implement initiation of buprenorphine for opioid use disorder in the emergency department: protocol for the ADAPT Multiphase Optimization Strategy trial. BMJ Open 2025, 15: e098072. PMID: 39979056, PMCID: PMC11842997, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-098072.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical decision supportMultiphase optimization strategyOpioid use disorderEmergency departmentInitiation of buprenorphineClinical decision support usePlan-Do-Study-Act cyclesLearning health system approachPlan-Do-Study-ActClinical decision support toolHealth system approachAdaptive decision supportUse disorderDecision supportAddiction treatmentPeer-reviewed journalsBuprenorphine initiationOpioid use disorder treatment initiationOpioid-related mortalityIntervention componentsED settingClinician feedbackInstitute Institutional Review BoardTreatment of opioid use disorderParticipating sitesAssessing cardiovascular disease risk and social determinants of health: A comparative analysis of five risk estimation instruments using data from the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network
Schwartz J, Howitt C, Raman S, Nair S, Hassan S, Oladele C, Hambleton I, Sarpong D, Adams O, Maharaj R, Nazario C, Nunez M, Nunez-Smith M. Assessing cardiovascular disease risk and social determinants of health: A comparative analysis of five risk estimation instruments using data from the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network. PLOS ONE 2025, 20: e0316577. PMID: 39854547, PMCID: PMC11760610, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0316577.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiovascular disease riskSocial determinants of healthDeterminants of healthSocial determinantsRisk estimation toolsCardiovascular diseaseEstimate 10-year CVD riskCVD riskEastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research NetworkCardiovascular disease risk estimatesHigh riskHigher level of educationHistory of cardiovascular diseaseHigher CVD riskMultivariate logistic regression modelEthnically diverse populationsResource-constrained settingsLogistic regression modelsNon-professional occupationsSDoH variablesLevel of educationSDoHPerceived social statusRisk toolFramingham
2024
Cost-Related Prescription Drug Rationing by Adults With Obesity
Chen A, Borden C, Canavan M, Ross J, Oladele C, Lipska K. Cost-Related Prescription Drug Rationing by Adults With Obesity. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2433000. PMID: 39499520, PMCID: PMC11539006, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.33000.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchECHORN: Leveraging a Regional Coordination Network for Disaster-Resilient Noncommunicable Disease Control in the Eastern Caribbean
Steel S, Wambugu V, Oladele C, Smith M, Hassan S. ECHORN: Leveraging a Regional Coordination Network for Disaster-Resilient Noncommunicable Disease Control in the Eastern Caribbean. Disaster Medicine And Public Health Preparedness 2024, 18: e209. DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2024.227.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research NetworkNoncommunicable disease managementNoncommunicable diseasesCohort studyNoncommunicable disease controlDisaster exposureLongitudinal cohort studyEastern CaribbeanImplementation scienceWave IIIImpact of exposureResearch NetworkProtective factorsExposure surveyAcute emergenciesPolicy developmentClimatic eventsClimate-related disastersAnticipated accelerationUltra-Processed Food Consumption and Hypertension Risk in the REGARDS Cohort Study
Oladele C, Khandpur N, Johnson S, Yuan Y, Wambugu V, Plante T, Lovasi G, Judd S. Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Hypertension Risk in the REGARDS Cohort Study. Hypertension 2024, 81: 2520-2528. PMID: 39417239, PMCID: PMC11578763, DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.123.22341.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUltraprocessed foods consumptionUltraprocessed foodsIncident hypertensionHypertension riskConsumption quartileHypertension incidenceConsumption of ultraprocessed foodsWhite participantsLowest quartileCohort studyNOVA classification systemAssociated with increased hypertension riskOdds of incident hypertensionOdds of hypertensionVisit 1Racial disparitiesLongitudinal associationsBlack participantsDietary informationLogistic regressionRacial differencesQuartileVisit 2ParticipantsVisitsAssociation of Race and Ethnicity with Prescriptions for Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems Among a National Sample of Veterans with Diabetes on Insulin Therapy
Lipska K, Oladele C, Zawack K, Gulanski B, Mutalik P, Reaven P, Lynch J, Lee K, Shih M, Lee J, Aslan M. Association of Race and Ethnicity with Prescriptions for Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems Among a National Sample of Veterans with Diabetes on Insulin Therapy. Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics 2024, 26: 908-917. PMID: 39177775, DOI: 10.1089/dia.2024.0152.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVeterans with diabetesAssociation of raceCross-sectional analysis of dataU.S. Veterans Health AdministrationNational sample of veteransNational sampleInsulin therapyVeterans Health AdministrationSystem-level factorsSample of veteransNon-Hispanic patientsSelf-reported raceContinuous glucose monitoringCross-sectional analysisContinuous glucose monitoring useRate of prescriptionMultivariate mixed-effects modelAfrican American patientsLatino patientsHealth AdministrationAlaska NativesType 2 diabetesPercentage of patientsSignificant disparitiesMixed-effects modelsUltra-Processed Foods: A Ticket to Diabetes Development? Insights From the REGARDS Cohort
Khandpur N, Stemerdink N, Suzuki Y, Steur M, Judd S, Oladele C. Ultra-Processed Foods: A Ticket to Diabetes Development? Insights From the REGARDS Cohort. Current Developments In Nutrition 2024, 8: 102678. DOI: 10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.102678.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociations Between Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Adverse Brain Health Outcomes.
Bhave V, Oladele C, Ament Z, Kijpaisalratana N, Jones A, Couch C, Patki A, Garcia Guarniz A, Bennett A, Crowe M, Irvin M, Kimberly W. Associations Between Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Adverse Brain Health Outcomes. Neurology 2024, 102: e209432. PMID: 38776524, PMCID: PMC11175629, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000209432.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUltra-processed foodsIntake of ultra-processed foodsRisk of cognitive impairmentIncident cognitive impairmentRecommended dietary patternsMinimally processed foodsCognitive impairmentEffects of ultra-processed foodsDietary patternsUltra-processed food consumptionAssociated with higher risk of cognitive impairmentSelf-reported dietary dataBaseline food frequency questionnaireAssociated with risk of strokeHigher risk of cognitive impairmentMediterranean-DASH InterventionBrain health outcomesFood frequency questionnaireAssociated with riskAssociated with higher riskIndependent of adherenceHistory of strokeReview of medical recordsCox proportional hazards modelsUltra-processed
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- January 03, 2025
Building Clinical Capacity in Cardiovascular Medicine Across the Caribbean
- September 10, 2024
NIH Recognizes Yale’s Expertise in the Genetics of Rare Diseases
- April 02, 2024
Yale Department of Internal Medicine Promotions and Appointments (April 2024)
- March 08, 2023
Faculty Network Spotlight: NGN
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