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Cherise B. Harrington

Cherise B. Harrington

Cherise B. Harrington

M.P.H., Ph.D.

Professorial Lecturer

School: Milken Institute School of Public Health

Department: Prevention and Community Health

Contact:

Office Phone: 202-994-4354

Cherise Harrington is an Professorial Lecturer in the Department of Prevention and Community Health who conducts research on the biopsychosocial factors related to health behaviors and chronic illness using community-based, worksite-based, and laboratory studies. Specifically, she studies and/or teaches in the following areas 1) community-based participatory approaches and principles, 2) health disparities, 3) synergy between psychosocial factors and health behavior and outcomes, 4) using mHealth technologies to improve health literacy, and 5) implementing and evaluating health promotion cancer prevention and survivorship interventions.

Prior to joining SPH, Dr. Harrington was a NCI-funded Cancer Health Disparities post-doctoral fellow in The Gillings School of Public Health at The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Behavioral Health

Chronic Disease

Health Disparities

Occupational Health

Bachelor of Arts (Psychology), North Carolina Central University, 2000

Master of Science (Medical Psychology), Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, 2007

Master of Public Health (Epidemiology), Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, 2008

Doctor of Philosophy, (Medical Psychology), Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, 2009 

PubH 6534: Community-based Participatory Research

PubH 6514: Preventing Health Disparities

Professor Harrington is a member of numerous professional organizations and a peer reviewer for several academic journals.

As a behavioral scientist with public health training, Dr. Harrington’s work utilizes a multi-method, multi-dimensional strategy comprised of theory-driven hypothesis development, key formative work, and intervention development, testing, and evaluation to intervene on key social determinants of chronic health. In addition, with regard to addressing health disparities, a significant goal of her research is to identify 1) the influence of race on psychosocial and environmental factors as it relates to chronic illness, and 2) approaches/interventions to address health disparities that consider key social determinants of health. Generally, her research involves identifying/developing and testing interventions to target the cognitive, social, psychological, and behavioral factors that impact chronic disease prevention and progression (including cancer, cancer prevention, asthma, diabetes, and HIV) using innovative methods including community-based approaches (including most recently a school-based asthma study) and mHealth technologies (including most recently a cancer health literacy SMS program [Text2Know]). Her work also includes designing and conducting needs assessments and program evaluations. 

 Publications

  1. Linnan, L.A., D’Angelo, H., Harrington, C.B. (2014) A Literature Synthesis of the Health Promotion Research in Salons and Barbershops. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 47(1):77-85
  2. Linnan, L.A., Tate, D.F., Brooks, A., Finkelstein, E., Bangdiwala K., & Harrington, C.B. (2012) Organization and Employee-level recruitment into worksite-based weight loss study.  Journal of Clinical Trials, 9(2): 215-225
  3. Li, J., Linnan, L., Rose, J., Hooker, E., Boswell, M., D’Angelo, H., Harrington, C.B.  (2011) Promoting men’s health within barbershops:  Barber/owner survey results and implications for intervention planning. Preventive Medicine, 53(3): 207-208
  4. Harrington, C.B., Hansen, J.A., Moskowitz, M., Todd, B., & Feuerstein, M. (2010) It’s not over when it’s over: Long-term Symptoms in Cancer Survivors-A Systematic Review. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 40(2), 163-181
  5. Harrington, C.B., & Feuerstein, M. (2010) Workstyle in office workers:  Ergonomic and psychological reactivity to work demands. Journal of Occupational Environmental Medicine, 52(4), 375-382
  6. Harrington, C.B., Siddiqui, A., Feuerstein, M. (2009). Workstyle as a predictor of surgical outcomes in the management of hand pain. Journal of Hand Surgery, 34A, 724-731.
  7. Feuerstein, M., Luff, G., Harrington, C.B., Olsen, C.H.  (2007). Patterns of Workplace Disputes in Cancer Survivors: A Population Study of ADA Claims from 2000-2005. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 1, 185-192.
  8. Feuerstein, M., & Harrington, C.B. (2006).  Recommendations for the U.S. National Occupational Research Agenda:  Research on cancer survivorship and musculoskeletal disorders and work disability.  Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 16(1), 1-5.
  9. Feuerstein, M., Harrington, C.B., Lopez, M., & Haufler, A.  (2006). How do job stress and ergonomic factors impact visits in acute low back pain?  A prospective study.  Journal of Occupational Environmental Medicine, 48(6), 607-614.
  10. Feuerstein, M., & Harrington, C.B. (2006). Secondary Prevention of work-related upper extremity disorders:  Recommendations for the Annapolis conference.  Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 16(3), 396-401.

 

Book chapters 

  1. Linnan, L., Harrington, C., Rose, J., Carlisle, V., Boswell, M. (2011). The North Carolina BEAUTY and Health Project: Preventing cancer in African American beauty salons. In: Elk, R and Landrine, H. (Eds). Interventions to Reduce Cancer Disparities: Research Funded by the American Cancer Society. New York: Springer, Inc.
  2. Harrington, C.B., Eastman, M., Linnan, L.  (2013). Community Approaches to Reduce Risks in Cardiovascular Disease. Life Medicine 2nd ed.  Ed. J. M. Rippe.
  3. Harrington, C.B. & Cawley, J. (2015). Addressing Health Disparities in Primary Care:  Adapting Community-based Approaches to the Primary Care setting.  Social Justice in Medicine Revised 1st ed. Eds:  Smith, D.T., and Sabina, T.E.