Johanna Elumn, MSW, PhD
Assistant Professor of MedicineCards
Appointments
Additional Titles
Director, NYKS Justice Lab, Internal Medicine
Director, JUSTResearch Training Program, Internal Medicine
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Appointments
Additional Titles
Director, NYKS Justice Lab, Internal Medicine
Director, JUSTResearch Training Program, Internal Medicine
Contact Info
Appointments
Additional Titles
Director, NYKS Justice Lab, Internal Medicine
Director, JUSTResearch Training Program, Internal Medicine
Contact Info
About
Titles
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, NYKS Justice Lab, Internal Medicine; Director, JUSTResearch Training Program, Internal Medicine
Biography
Johanna Elumn, MSW, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the Yale School of Medicine in General Internal Medicine, Director of the NYKS Justice lab, core faculty of the SEICHE Center for Health and Justice, and the evaluation lead of the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Internal Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine. She is a social worker and researcher who brings her personal, clinical, and research experience to studying the intersection of incarceration, sleep, and health disparities using community-engaged research (CEnR) approaches and mixed methods. Her current projects focus on the sleep health of people impacted by incarceration and related health outcomes. In addition, she has expertise in leading interdisciplinary teams and training community members and people with a history of incarceration to work as part of research teams. Prior to transitioning to research, she spent ten years leading the social work unit and community outreach efforts at a community-based public defender office. Her work there focused on designing, implementing, and evaluating services for those involved in the criminal legal system at all stages of their contact, from pre-arrest to reentry.
Appointments
General Internal Medicine
Assistant ProfessorPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
Education & Training
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Miriam Hospital/The Alpert Medical School, Brown University (2021)
- Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Yale School of Public Health (2017)
- PhD
- The Graduate Center/CUNY, Social Welfare (2016)
- MSW
- Columbia University School of Social Work (2000)
Research
Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
Publications Timeline
Jenerius Aminawung, MD, MPH
Emily Wang, MD, MAS
Harlan Krumholz, MD, SM
Karen Wang, MD, MHS
Henry Yaggi, MD, MPH
Lisa Puglisi, MD
Publications
Featured Publications
Enhancing healthcare accessibility through telehealth for justice impacted individuals
Williams K, Singh M, Elumn J, Threats M, Sha Y, McCall T, Wang K, Massey B, Peng M, Wiley K. Enhancing healthcare accessibility through telehealth for justice impacted individuals. Frontiers In Public Health 2024, 12: 1401950. PMID: 39175903, PMCID: PMC11340679, DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1401950.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsCarceral facilitiesCorrectional facilitiesJusticeHealth outcomesEnhance healthcare accessSocial considerationsHealthcare accessImprove health outcomesReentryAdverse health outcomesServicesHardshipCOVID-19IndividualsNecessityPolicyHealthcare deliveryTelehealth useAccessTelehealth servicesTelehealthFacilitiesCommunityHealthcarePerspective“What if that’s your last sleep?” A qualitative exploration of the trauma of incarceration and sleep
Elumn J, Li P, Lytell M, Garcia M, Wang E, Yaggi H. “What if that’s your last sleep?” A qualitative exploration of the trauma of incarceration and sleep. SLEEP Advances 2023, 5: zpad055. PMID: 38314119, PMCID: PMC10838125, DOI: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpad055.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsHistory of incarcerationSleep problemsSleep healthSleep health disparitiesMulti-level interventionsResults Three themesDescription of sleepLast sleepSleep disordersSleep qualityObjective sleepHealth disparitiesSleepHealth of peopleReflexive thematic analysisLack of accessPaucity of researchTraumaHealthIssues of safetyQualitative explorationThematic analysisPhysical environmental factorsSemi-structured interviewsIncarcerationThe sleep justice study - a prospective cohort study assessing sleep as a cardiometabolic risk factor after incarceration: a protocol paper
Elumn J, Saeed G, Aminawung J, Horton N, Lin H, Yaggi H, Wang E. The sleep justice study - a prospective cohort study assessing sleep as a cardiometabolic risk factor after incarceration: a protocol paper. BMC Public Health 2023, 23: 2107. PMID: 37884957, PMCID: PMC10605958, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-16985-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsCVD risk factor controlPittsburgh Sleep Quality IndexRisk factor controlRisk factorsSleep healthCardiovascular healthCarceral facilitiesEpidemiology of CVDCardiometabolic risk factorsCardiovascular risk factorsCardiovascular disease eventsOngoing prospective cohortProspective cohort studySleep Quality IndexPopulation-specific risk factorsHistory of incarcerationRest-activity patternsObjective measuresSTOP-BangCardiovascular outcomesCardiovascular riskCohort studyProspective cohortCVD epidemiologyFactor controlBeing a Peer Community Health Worker: Restoring Ourselves and the Community
Elumn, J.E., Dempster, D., Powers, J., Saunders, M., Johnson, K.A., Hunt, T., ... Morse, D. (2023). Being a Peer Community Health Worker: Restoring Ourselves and the Community. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action 17(4), 731-738. https://www.muse.jhu.edu/article/914129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealthcare-induced trauma in correctional facilities: a qualitative exploration
Elumn JE, Keating L, Smoyer AB, Wang EA. Healthcare-induced trauma in correctional facilities: a qualitative exploration. Health & Justice 2021, 9: 14. PMID: 34152487, PMCID: PMC8215321, DOI: 10.1186/s40352-021-00139-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsIncarcerated peopleSemi-structured qualitative interviewsCorrectional settingsCritical realist frameworkReflexive thematic analysisCorrectional health systemsFear of peopleRealist frameworkQualitative interviewsCorrectional staffCorrectional systemQualitative explorationThematic analysisCorrectional facilitiesUnanticipated conceptFearFuture researchOverall themePeopleThemesHealth systemTraumaMedical conditionsGeneral populationPhysical environmentThe Share Project: Building Capacity of Justice-Involved Individuals, Policymakers, and Researchers to Collectively Transform Health Care Delivery.
Elumn Madera J, Aminawung JA, Carroll-Scott A, Calderon J, Cheung KH, Marenco L, Wang K, Wang EA. The Share Project: Building Capacity of Justice-Involved Individuals, Policymakers, and Researchers to Collectively Transform Health Care Delivery. American Journal Of Public Health 2018, 109: 113-115. PMID: 30496002, PMCID: PMC6301398, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2018.304750.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and Concepts
2023
HIV/STI/HCV Risk Clusters and Hierarchies Experienced by Women Recently Released from Incarceration
Johnson K, Hunt T, Puglisi L, Chapman B, Epa-Llop A, Elumn J, Braick P, Bhagat N, Ko E, Nguyen A, Johnson R, Graham H, Gilbert L, El-Bassel N, Morse D. HIV/STI/HCV Risk Clusters and Hierarchies Experienced by Women Recently Released from Incarceration. Healthcare 2023, 11: 1066. PMID: 37107900, PMCID: PMC10137919, DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11081066.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsHard drug useHCV outcomesRisk clustersCross-sectional clusterEvidence-based interventionsOnly significant predictorHCV riskTransition clinicSTI outcomesHIV interventionsHigher oddsTransition interventionsDrug useSociodemographic characteristicsLogistic regressionLifetime traumaMental healthLogistic regression methodSubstance useWomenSignificant predictorsIntimate partner violenceInterventionRegression analysisOutcomes
2022
Evaluation of Temporal Trends in Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Sleep Duration Among US Adults, 2004-2018
Caraballo C, Mahajan S, Valero-Elizondo J, Massey D, Lu Y, Roy B, Riley C, Annapureddy AR, Murugiah K, Elumn J, Nasir K, Nunez-Smith M, Forman HP, Jackson CL, Herrin J, Krumholz HM. Evaluation of Temporal Trends in Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Sleep Duration Among US Adults, 2004-2018. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e226385. PMID: 35389500, PMCID: PMC8990329, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.6385.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsCross-sectional studyLong sleep durationSleep durationWhite individualsBlack individualsLatino individualsEthnic differencesSerial cross-sectional studyNational Health Interview Survey dataHealth Interview Survey dataSelf-reported sleep durationShort sleep durationInterview Survey dataMiddle-aged adultsSelf-reported raceEstimated prevalenceMAIN OUTCOMELong sleepSleep deficiencyHigher household incomeEthnic disparitiesAge groupsHealth disparitiesPrevalenceSleep disparitiesA prospective cohort study examining exposure to incarceration and cardiovascular disease (Justice-Involved Individuals Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology – JUSTICE study): a protocol paper
Howell BA, Puglisi LB, Aminawung J, Domingo KB, Elumn J, Gallagher C, Horton N, Kazi DS, Krumholz HM, Lin HJ, Roy B, Wang EA. A prospective cohort study examining exposure to incarceration and cardiovascular disease (Justice-Involved Individuals Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology – JUSTICE study): a protocol paper. BMC Public Health 2022, 22: 331. PMID: 35172807, PMCID: PMC8848673, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-12688-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsCardiovascular risk factorsProspective cohort studyRisk factorsCardiovascular diseaseCardiovascular riskCohort studyCVD riskPsychosocial factorsCVD risk factor controlRisk factor controlClinical risk factorsTraditional risk factorsHealth care useIncarceration exposureIndex releaseCVD morbidityCVD incidenceJail/prisonCare useDiscussionOur studyLeading causeClinical measuresPsychosocial stressEpidemiology studiesProtocol paper
2018
Using a community-engaged health informatics approach to develop a web analytics research platform for sharing data with community stakeholders.
Wang KH, Marenco L, Madera JE, Aminawung JA, Wang EA, Cheung KH. Using a community-engaged health informatics approach to develop a web analytics research platform for sharing data with community stakeholders. AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings 2018, 2017: 1715-1723. PMID: 29854242, PMCID: PMC5977588.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsTransitions Clinic NetworkHistory of incarcerationCommunity-based participatory research approachCommunity health workersCohort studyClinic networkHealth workersPatientsParticipatory research approachClinical programsOwn healthPatient dataHealth informatics systemsFocus groupsHealth informaticsCommunity stakeholdersStatistical analysisInformatics systems
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
activity American Journal of Public Health
Journal ServiceReviewerDetails2017 - 2021honor NHLBI Programs to Increase Diversity among Individuals Engaged in Health-Related Research Behavioral Sleep Medicine Program Summer Institute (BSM PRIDE)
National AwardNHLBI/NYU School of MedicineDetails07/19/2020United Stateshonor Diversity Supplement (postdoctoral)
Other AwardNHLBIDetails05/01/2020United Stateshonor Loan Repayment Program
National AwardNIH/NIMHDDetails07/01/2019, 07/01/2018, 07/01/2017United Stateshonor NIMH Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Yale School of Public Health
Yale University AwardNational Institute of Mental HealthDetails09/01/2016United States
News & Links
News
- October 05, 2023
Voices of DEI: Johanna Elumn, MSW, PhD
- December 18, 2022
Yale Insights in Cardiovascular Medicine: 2022
- April 07, 2022Source: Yale News
Persistent Racial and Ethnic Disparities Found in Sleep Duration
- April 07, 2022
Yale study finds persistent racial and ethnic disparities in sleep duration
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