Cheryl Clark

Research

My research focuses on social determinants of health as explanatory factors for racial and ethnic disparities in cancer risk. An emerging literature demonstrates that disparities in cancer outcomes are not explained solely by access to medical care. Recent work includes the evaluation of a case-management intervention to improve screening and abnormal follow up for breast and cervical cancer screening among black women.

Publications

• Clark CR, Ommerborn MJ, Moran K, Brooks K, Haas J, Bates DW, Wright A. Predicting Self-Rated Health Across the Life Course: Health Equity Insights from Machine Learning Models. J Gen Intern Med 2021.
• Rodriguez JA, Clark CR, Bates DW. Digital Health Equity as a Necessity in the 21st Century Cures Act Era. JAMA 2020.
• Van Dyke ME, Kau'i Baumhofer N, Slopen N, Mujahid MS, Clark CR, Williams DR, Lewis TT. Pervasive Discrimination and Allostatic Load in African-American and White Adults. Psychosom Med 2020.
• De Marchis EH, Hessler D, Fichtenberg C, Fleegler EW, Huebschmann AG, Clark CR, Cohen AJ, Byhoff E, Ommerborn MJ, Adler N, Gottlieb LM. Assessment of Social Risk Factors and Interest in Receiving Health Care-Based Social Assistance Among Adult Patients and Adult Caregivers of Pediatric Patients. JAMA Netw Open 2021; 3:e2021201.
• Clark CR, Tosteson TD, Tosteson AN, Onega T, Weiss JE, Harris KA, Haas JS. Diffusion of digital breast tomosynthesis among women in primary care: associations with insurance type. Cancer Med 2017.
• Clark CR, Soukup J, Riden H, Tovar D, Orton P, Burdick E, Capistran ME, Morisset J, Browne EE, Fitzmaurice G, Johnson PA. Preventive care for low-income women in massachusetts post-health reform. J Womens Health (Larchmt) 2014; 23:493-8. PubMed
• Redmond N, Baer HJ, Clark CR, Lipsitz S, Hicks LS. Sources of health information related to preventive health behaviors in a national study. Am J Prev Med 2010; 38:620-627.e2.
• Clark CR, Baril N, Kunicki M, Johnson N, Soukup J, Lipsitz S, Bigby J, . Mammography use among Black women: the role of electronic medical records. J Womens Health (Larchmt) 2009; 18:1153-62.
• Clark CR,Baril N,Kunicki M,Johnson N,Soukup J,Ferguson K,Lipsitz S,Bigby J. Addressing social determinants of health to improve access to early breast cancer detection: results of the Boston REACH 2010 Breast and Cervical Cancer Coalition Women's Health Demonstration Project. J Womens Health (Larchmt) 2009; 18:677-90.
• Browne J, Mccurley JL, Fung V, Levy DE, Clark CR, Thorndike AN. Addressing Social Determinants of Health Identified by Systematic Screening in a Medicaid Accountable Care Organization: A Qualitative Study. J Prim Care Community Health 2021; 12:2150132721993651.