Gemechu Gerbi

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Director of Public Health Research

Morehouse School of Medicine

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Community Health & Preventive Medicine

Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine

Morehouse School of Medicine

Gemechu Gerbi is currently serving as a Community Health & Preventive Medicine Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Director of Public Health Research at Morehouse School of Medicine.

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Gemechu Gerbi

Morehouse School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Director of Public Health Research

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Smoking Intensity and Socioeconomic Disadvantage: Joint Drivers of Lung Cancer Prevalence in the U.S. SSRN Electronic Journal (2026)

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Demographic Disparities in Asthma Prevalence: A Focus on Gender, Socioeconomic Status, and Geographical Regions in the United States. ARC Journal of Public Health and Community Medicine (2025)

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Determinants of Self-Reported Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Among United States Women Aged 15 - 50. ARC Journal of Public Health and Community Medicine (2025)

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Who Gets in? Determinants of Health Care Access Among U.S. Adults. ARC Journal of Public Health and Community Medicine (2025)

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Community-Focused Public Health Research. (2024)

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Determinants of Depression: Implications for African Americans and Other Populations During the Covid-19 Pandemic. Archives of Public Health Practice and Policy (2022)

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Predictors of Heart Attack Among Adults Aged 18 Years and Older in the United States. ARC Journal of Public Health and Community Medicine (2021)

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Sociodemographic and Regional Disparities in the Prevalence of Self-Reported History of Coronary Heart Disease Among Persons 18 Years and Over in the United States. ARC Journal of Public Health and Community Medicine (2021)

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Determinants of Health Information Seeking Behavior Among Persons With Cancer Aged 18 Years and Older in the United States. ARC Journal of Public Health and Community Medicine (2020)

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Predictors of Genetic Beliefs Toward Cancer Risk Perceptions Among Adults in the United States: Implications for Prevention or Early Detection. Journal of Genetic Counseling (2020)

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