B.A., University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky (2002)
MPH, San Diego State University, California (2007)
Ph.D., Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia (2015)
1. Addiction Medicine& Level-of-Care Implementation (Residential & Outpatient Clinics)
2. Antimicrobial Adherence & the Use of Other Drugs
3. Community-based Participatory Research
4. HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, & Sexually Transmitted Diseases
5. Latino Population Health in the United States
6. Opioid Overdose Education, Naloxone Distribution
7. Self-Rated Health Status, Channeling, & Item Response Biases
8. Theories of Reasoned Action, Cognition, & Multi-level Health Interventions
In Preparation
1. Vissman AT, and Davis KG. Pilot Outcomes and Occupational Perspectives from Clinically Managed Residential Withdrawal Management. Manuscript in Review. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction.
2. Mann-Jackson L, Siman F, Song E, Vissman A, Rhodes S. Development and Implementation of an Empowerment Theory-Based Community Forum as a CBPR Dissemination and Translation Method. Progress in Community Health Partnerships.
3. Vissman AT, Sperber K, Greis R. Evaluating Deflection Program Readiness and Ongoing Quality Assurance. Manuscript in Preparation for Journal of Public Health Management and Practice.
Published or In-press
1. Topmiller M, Krist A, Carrozza M, Sabo R, Vissman A, Huffstetler A, Britz J, Chapman D. Using Mapping to Identify Priority Areas for Combating the Opioid Epidemic in the State of Virginia. Annals of Family Medicine. 2023;21:1.
2. Rhodes SD, Ballard PJ, Moore K, Klein K, Randall I, Lischke M, Vissman AT, Lengerich E, Daniel SS, Skelton JA. Community-Engaged Research in Translational Science: Innovations to Improve Health in Appalachia. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. October 7, 2021 pp. 1 – 20. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/cts.2021.862
3. Topmiller MT, Mallow PJ, Vissman AT, Grandmont J. (2018) Identifying Priority Areas for Increasing the Supply of Medication-Assisted Treatments for Opioid Use Disorder: A Geospatial Approach. Journal of Health Economics and Outcomes Research. 6(1):75-83.
4. Rhodes SD, Alonzo J, Mann-Jackson L, Tanner AE, Vissman AT, Martinez O, Rodriguez-Celedon R, Garcia JM, Arellano JE, Song EY, Eng E, Reboussin BA. (2018). Selling the product: Strategies to increase recruitment and retention of Spanish-speaking Latinos into biomedical research. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. Jun;2(3):147-155. doi: 10.1017/cts.2018.314.
5. Rhodes SD, Tanner AE, Mann-Jackson L, Alonzo J, Simán FM, Song EY, Bell J, Irby MB, Vissman AT, Aronson RE. (2018) Promoting community and population health in public health and medicine: A stepwise guide to initiating and conducting community-engaged research. Journal of health Disparities Research and Practice. 11(3).
6. Rhodes SD, Tanner AE, Mann-Jackson L, Alonzo J, Horridge DN, Van Dam CN, Trent A, Bell J, Simán FM, Vissman AT, Nall J, Andrade M. (2018) Community-Engaged Research as an Approach to Expedite Advances in HIV Prevention, Care, and Treatment: A Call to Action. AIDS Education and Prevention. 30(3):243-253. doi: 10.1521/aeap.2018.30.3.243
7. Rhodes SD, Mann-Jackson L, Alonzo J, Simán FM, Vissman AT, Nall J, Tanner AE. (2017) Engaged for Change: A Community-Engaged Process for Developing Interventions to Reduce Health Disparities. AIDS Education and Prevention. 29(6) 491-502. doi: 10.1521/aeap.2017.29.6.491.
8. Topmiller MA, Vissman AT, Jacquez F, Raleigh K and Francis J-M. (2015). Partnering with youth to map their neighborhood environments: a multi-layered GIS approach. Family and Community Health. 38(1) 66-76. doi: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000050
9. Vissman AT, Young AM, Wilkins AM, Rhodes SD. (2013) Correlates of HAART adherence among immigrant Latinos in the southeastern United States. AIDS Care. 25(3)356-63. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2012.701722
10. Rhodes SD, Tanner A, Duck S, Aronson RE, Alonzo J, Garcia M, Wilkin AM, Cashman R, Vissman AT, Miller C, Kroeger K, and Naughton MJ. (2012) Female sex work within the rural immigrant Latino community in the southeast United States: An exploratory qualitative community-based participatory research study. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action. 6(4):417-27. doi: 10.1353/cpr.2012.0054.
11. Rhodes SD, Daniel J, Alonzo J, Vissman AT, Duck S, Downs M, Gilbert PA, Bloom FR, Leichliter JS. (2012). A snapshot of how Latino heterosexual men promote sexual health within their social networks: Process evaluation findings from an efficacious community-level intervention. AIDS Education & Prevention. 24(6):514-26. doi: 10.1521/aeap.2012.24.6.514.
12. Song EY, Vissman AT, Bloom F, Leichiter J, O’Brien MC, Rhodes SD. (2012). The use of prescription medications obtained from non-medical sources among immigrant Latinos in the rural southeastern U.S. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 23(2):678-93.
13. Sales JM, Brown JL, Vissman AT, DiClemente RJ (2012). The association between alcohol use and sexual risk behaviors among African American women across three developmental periods: a review. Curr Drug Abuse Rev. 5(2): 117-28.
14. Rhodes SD, McCoy TP, Hergenrather KC, Vissman AT, Wolfson M, Alonzo J, Bloom FR, Alegría-Ortega J, Eng E. (2012). Prevalence estimates of risk behaviors of immigrant Latino men who have sex with men. J Rural Health. 28(1):73-83. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2011.00373.x.
15. Vissman AT, Rhodes SD, Hergenrather KC, Rojas G, Langdon SE, Wilkin AM. (2011). Applying the theory of planned behavior to explore HAART adherence among HIV-positive Latino immigrants: Elicitation interview results. Patient Educ Couns. 85(3):454-60.doi:10.1016/j.pec.2010.12.004.
16. Rhodes SD, McCoy TP, Vissman AT, DiClemente RJ, Duck S, Hergenrather KC, Long Foley K, Alonzo A, Bloom F. R. Eng E. (2011). A randomized controlled trial of a culturally congruent intervention to increase condom use and HIV testing among heterosexually active immigrant Latino men. AIDS & Behavior. 15(8):1-12.
17. Rhodes SD, Fernandez FM, Leichliter JS, Vissman AT, Duck S, O’Brien MC, Miller C, Wilkin AM, Harris GA, Hostetler DM, Bloom FR (2010). Medications for sexual health available from non-medical sources: a need for increased access to healthcare and education among immigrant Latinos in the rural southeastern USA. J Immigrant Minority Health. 13(6):1183-6.
18. Vissman AT, Bloom F, Leichliter J, Bachmann LH, Montaño J, Topmiller M, Rhodes SD. (2011). Exploring the Use of Nonmedical Sources of Prescription Drugs Among Immigrant Latinos in the Rural Southeastern USA. The Journal of Rural Health. 27(2):159-67. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2010.00323.x.
19. Rhodes SD, Vissman AT, Stowers J, Miller C, McCoy TP, Hergenrather KC, Wilkin AM, Reece M, Bachmann LH, Ore A, Ross MW, Hendrix E, Eng E. (2011). A CBPR Partnership Increases HIV Testing Among Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM): Outcome Findings From a Pilot Test of the CyBER/testing Internet Intervention. Health Education & Behavior. 38(3):311-20.
20. Rhodes SD, Hergenrather KC, Vissman AT, Stowers J, Davis AB, Hannah A, Alonzo A and Marsiglia FF. (2010). Boys must be men, and men must have sex with women: A qualitative CBPR study to explore sexual risk among African American, Latino, and White gay men and MSM. American Journal of Men's Health. 5(2):140-51.
21. Morisky DE, Malow RM, Tiglao TV, Vissman AT, Rhodes SD. (2010). Reducing sexual risk among Filipina female bar workers: Effects of a CBPR-developed structural and network intervention. AIDS Education & Prevention. 22(4):371-385.
22. Rhodes SD, Hergenrather KC, Duncan J, Vissman AT, Miller C, Wilkin AM, Stowers J, Eng E. (2010). A pilot intervention utilizing Internet chat rooms to prevent HIV risk behaviors among men who have sex with men. Public Health Reports 125(Supplement 1):29-37.
23. Rhodes SD, Hergenrather KC, Aronson RE, Bloom FR, Felizzola J, Wolfson M, Vissman AT, Alonzo J, Boeving Allen A, Montano J, McGuire J. (2010). Latino men who have sex with men and HIV in the rural south-eastern USA: findings from ethnographic in-depth interviews. Culture, Health & Sexuality.12(7):797-812.
24. Vissman AT, Eng E, Aronson R, Bloom FR, Leichliter JS, Montano J, Rhodes SD. (2009). What do men who serve as lay health advisors really do? Immigrant Latino men share their experiences as Navegantes to prevent HIV. AIDS Education & Prevention. 21(3): 220–232.
25. Rhodes SD, Hergenrather KC, Griffith D, Yee LJ, Zometa CS, Montaño J, Vissman AT. (2009). Sexual and alcohol risk behaviours of immigrant Latino men in the south-eastern USA. Culture, Health & Sexuality. 11(1): 17-34.
26. Rhodes SD, McCoy TP, Omli MR, Cohen GM, Wagoner KG, Durant RH, Vissman AT, Wolfson M. (2009) The negative consequences of other students' drinking: inventory development and assessment of differences by student characteristics and risk behaviors. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 21(4): 519-29.
| Departments | Positions | Titles |
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| Health Sciences | Faculty | Assistant Professor |