Research

Recent Projects

Data Gaps in Health Monitoring and Surveillance Systems: The Case of the US Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Funder: Center for Anti-racism, Social Justice, and Public Health
Institution: NYU School of Global Public Health
Role: Principal Investigator

Description: This project aims to quantify gaps in the coverage of the US Commonwealth of Puerto Rico within existing federal health monitoring and surveillance systems.

Precarious Employment and Immigrant Health in California

Funder: Latino Politics & Policy Institute
Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
Role: Co-Investigator

Description: This project leverages data from the 2018-2021 California Health Interview Survey to measure the concentration of Latinx immigrants in precarious jobs and assess the characteristics of these jobs as they relate to health disparities.

Health Justice Curriculum Project

Funder: Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Institution: UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Description: This qualitative study sought to evaluate the introduction, implementation, and institutionalization of health justice courses at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.

Publications

Peer-Reviewed

  1. McSorley, A.M., Cui, B., Kim, J., Kuhn, R. (2023). Gaps in U.S. Public Health Monitoring and Surveillance Systems in Puerto Rico. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, In press, Journal
    Pre-proof.     https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2023.11.00
  2. Purtle, J., McSorley, A.M., Adera, A.L., & Lindsey, M.A. (2023). Variation in Use, Potential Use,
    and Awareness of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by Level of Psychological Distress. JAMA
    Network Open,     6(10):e2341383. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.41383
  3. Purtle, J., Soltero, M., Crane, M., McSorley, A.M., Knapp, M., & Drapeau, C.W. (2023). State
    Legislators’ Social Media Posts about the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. JAMA Network Open,
    6    (10):e2339845. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.39845
  4. McSorley, A.M., Wheatley, A., & Pagán, J.A. (2023). A Call to Increase Health Data Availability in
    the United States Territories–Not Too Small to Count. JAMA Health Forum, 4(9):e233088.
    https://doi.org/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.3088
  5. McSorley, A.M., Thomas Tobin, C.S. & Kuhn, R.S. (2023). The Relationship Between Political Efficacy and Self-Rated Health: An Analysis of Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban Subgroups Compared to non-Latinx whites in the United States. Social Science and Medicine – Population Health, In press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101390
  6. McSorley, A.M. & Bacong, A.M. (2023). The Relationship between Socioeconomic Status and Psychological Distress: An Analysis of Disaggregated Latinx Subgroups Using Data from the National Health Interview Survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20 (6),4751. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20064751
  7. McSorley, A.M., Manalo-Pedro, E., & Bacong, A.M. (2021).Doctoral Students as Agents for Change: Shaping Our Public Health Training Environment, Pedagogy in Health Promotion, 7 (4). https://doi.org/10.1177/23733799211042642
  8. Waterman, A.D., Peipert, J.D., McSorley, A.M., et al. (2019). Direct Delivery of Kidney Transplant Education to Black and Low-Income Patients Receiving Dialysis: A Randomized Controlled Trial, American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 74 (5), 640-649. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2019.03.430
  9. McSorley, A.M., et al. (2017). Dialysis Providers’ Perceptions of Barriers to Transplant for Black and Low-Income Patients: A Mixed-Methods Analysis Guided by the Socio-Ecological Model for Transplant, World Medical & Health Policy, 9, 399–417. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wmh3.251
  10. Waterman, A.D., McSorley, A.M., et al. (2015). Explore Transplant at Home: A Randomized Control Trial of an Educational Intervention to Increase Transplant Knowledge for Black and White Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Dialysis Patients, BMC Nephrology, 16, 150-166. http://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-015-0143-0
  11. Sobel, R.M., McSorley, A.M., Roesch, S.C., Malcarne, V.L., & Sadler, G.R. (2013). Assessment of Fatigue in African American Cancer Survivors, Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 31 (4), 413-429. http://doi.org/10.1080/07347332.2013.798760

Media and Invited Commentaries

  1. Cuevas, A.G. & McSorley, A.M. (2023, February). A Spotlight on Afro-Latinx Health During Black History Month. Commentary, NYU School of Global Public Health News. Available at https://publichealth.nyu.edu/events-news/news/2023/02/10/leading-way-afro-latinx-health
  2. McSorley, A.M. (2022, October). Making the Invisible Visible. Commentary, NYU School of Global Public Health News. Available at https://publichealth.nyu.edu/events-news/news/2022/10/07/making-invisible-visible
  3. McSorley, A.M. (2022, September). Hurricane Fiona Exposes More Than Crumbling Infrastructure in Puerto Rico. Blog Post, Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice, and Health Media & News, Available at https://www.racialhealthequity.org/blog/annamichellmcsorley/puertorico/hurricanefiona