Stephanie Mathis

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EDUCATION

DrPH Community Health
College of Public Health, East Tennessee State University 

MPH Health Behavior
School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham               

BA Psychology, Sociology
Lenoir-Rhyne University 

RESEARCH FOCUS

Substance use disorder
Implementation science
Rural health
Program evaluation

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Articles

Beatty, K.E., Mathis, S.M., McCurry, A.R., Francisco, M.M., Meit, M., & Wahlquist, A.E. (2023). The association between grandparents as caregivers and overdose mortality in Appalachia and non-Appalachia counties. Frontiers in Public Health. doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1035564

Wallace, G.T., Buller, D.B., Pagoto, S., Berteletti, J., Baker, K.E., Mathis, S.M., & Henry, K.L. (2022). Nonmedical prescription drug use among female adolescents: The relative influence of maternal factors, social norms, and perception of risk and availability. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy. doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2022.2028727

Rombach, E.L., White, M., Turner, E., Jones, M., Mamudu, H.M., Bynum, L., Underwood, R., Dotson, L.S., Adkins, J., Bohannon, J., Mathis, S.M., Foster, K., Pack, R., Moorman, J., Zheng, S., & Quinn, M. (2021). Development of a survey tool for assessing life traumas and barriers to HIV care in a Center of Excellence for HIV/AIDS in Appalachian Tennessee. Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services. doi: 10.1080/15381501.2021.1999361.

Dowling-McClay, K., Mathis, S.M., & Hagemeier, N. (2021). Community pharmacist engagement in HIV and HCV prevention: Current practices and potential for service uptake. Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy. doi.org/10.1016/j.rcsop.2021.100088

Ventricelli, D. J., Mathis, S.M., Foster, K.N., Pack, R.P., Tudiver, F., & Hagemeier, N.E. (2019). Communication experiences of DATA-waivered physicians with community pharmacists: A qualitative study. Substance Use & Misuse. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2019.1670210

Mathis, S.M., Hagemeier, N., Foster, K.N., Baker, K. & Pack, R.P. (2019). “It’s took over this region”: Patient perspectives of prescription drug abuse in Appalachia. Substance Use & Misuse. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2019.1654514

Mathis, S.M., Hagaman, A., Hagemeier, N., Baker, K. & Pack, R.P. (2019). Provider-patient communication about prescription drug abuse: A qualitative analysis of the perspective of prescribers. Substance Abuse. doi: 10.1080/08897077.2019.1635956

Mathis, S.M., Hagemeier, N., Hagaman, A., Dreyzehner, J., & Pack, R.P. (2018). A dissemination and implementation science approach to the epidemic of opioid use disorder in the United States. Current HIV/AIDS Reports, 15(5):359-370. doi: 10.1007/s11904-018-0409-9

Moorman, J.P., Krolikowski, M.R., Mathis, S.M., & Pack, R.P. (2018). HIV/HCV co-infection: Burden of disease and care strategies in Appalachia. Current HIV/AIDS Reports, 15(4):308-314. doi:10.1007/s11904-018-0404-1

Policy Brief

Meit, M., Beatty, K., Mathis, S., Kearley, J., & Wahlquist, A. (2022). Examining the burden of public stigma associated with mental illness in the rural United States. Policy brief for the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy developed by the ETSU/NORC Rural Health Equity Research Center.

Book Chapter

Hagaman, A., Brooks, B., Mathis, S.M., Moore, K., & Pack, R.P. (2022). The opioid crisis in Appalachia. In F.D. Scutchfield and R. Wykoff (Eds.). Appalachian health: Culture, challenges, and capacity (pp. 177-193). Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky.

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

Mathis, S., Foster, K., Al Ksir, K., Kidd, M., & Pack, R. (2022, November). Barriers and facilitators to implementing comprehensive drug-free workplace programs in Tennessee. Poster presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo, Boston, MA.

Beatty, K., Balio, C., Mathis, S., Melton, M., & Meit, M. (2022, September). Do block grant resources equitably reach rural communities? Oral presentation at the Tennessee Public Health Association Annual Conference, Murfreesboro, TN.

Carringer, C., Balio, C., Meit, M., Mathis, S., & Pettyjohn, S. (2022, September). Implementation and evaluation of the PEERhelp program: Addressing recovery in rural communities. Oral presentation at the Tennessee Public Health Association Annual Conference, Murfreesboro, TN.

Beatty, K., Meit, M., Mathis, S., & Wahlquist, A. (2022, May). Rural and racial differences in mental health stigma. Oral presentation at the National Rural Health Association Health Equity Conference, Albuquerque, NM.

Kearley, J., Beatty, K., Mathis, S., Wahlquist, A., & Meit, M. (2021, November). Comparing public stigma associated with mental illness in rural and non-rural populations. Oral presentation at the Rural Health Association of Tennessee Annual Conference, Pigeon Forge, TN.

Brooks, B., Mathis, S., Dumas, C., & Pettyjohn, S. (2021, October). Modeling fentanyl-related overdose risk among rural heroin using populations using a community-based approach. Poster presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo, Denver, CO.

Dowling-McClay, K., Mathis, S.M., & Hagemeier, N. (2021, October). A qualitative study of community pharmacist engagement in HIV/HCV prevention services in Central Appalachia. Poster presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo, Denver, CO.

Pack, R. P., Mathis, S., & Hagaman, A. (2021, January). State, regional and national trends in substance use disorder and the impact of COVID-19. Invited presentation at the Psychiatry Grand Rounds (ACCME Accredited), Johnson City, TN.

Hagaman, A., Gray, J., Hagemeier, N., Brooks, B., Mathis, S., Dowling, K., & Pack, R. (2018, November). Impact of an organized marketing campaign on drug take back event outcomes in South Central Appalachia. Poster presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo, San Diego, CA.

Pack, R. & Mathis, S. (2016, September). Substance use disorder in Central Appalachia: Challenges for cultural competency. Invited talk at Culture and Health: Professional Competency in the 21^st Century, Johnson City, TN.

Mathis, S., Hagaman, A., Kirschke, D., & Hagemeier, N. (2016, May). A rural community’s response to opioid overdose deaths. Poster presented at the National Rural Health Association Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

Hagaman, A. & Mathis, S. (2016, April). Interprofessional working group addresses prescription drug abuse. Oral presentation at the National Health Outreach Conference, Roanoke, VA.

Mathis, S., Brooks, B., & Pack, R. (2015, November). Non-medical use of prescription drugs in the workplace. Poster presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo, Chicago, IL.