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Research Interests for Christopher L Edwards

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  1. DE Schmechel, C Edwards, Fibromyalgia, mood disorders, and intense creative energy: A1AT polymorphisms are not always silent., Neurotoxicology (March, 2012) [doi] [abs].
  2. Edwards, C.L., Scales, M., Loughlin, C., Bennett, G., Harris-Peterson, S., De Castro, L.M., Whitworth, E., Abrams, M., Feliu, M., Johnson, S., Wood, M., Harrison, M.O., Killough, A., A Brief Review of the Pathophysiology, Associated Pain, and Psychosocial Issues Associated With Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)., International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 12 no. 3 (2005), pp. 171-179.
  3. Byrd, G.S., Edwards, C.L., Kelkar, V.A., Phillips, R.G., Byrd, J.R., Pim-pong, D.S., Starks, T.D., Taylor, A.L., McKinley, R.E., Pericak-Vance, M. (2011). Recruiting Intergenerational African American Males for Biomedical Research Studies: A Major Research Challenge. Journal of the National Medical Association, 103, 480-487. .
  4. Edwards, C.L., Johnson, S., Goli, V., Byrd, G., Extending the science beyond medication: In response to”Treatment of Chronic pain in persons with Dementia: An Overview” by Robert N. Rubey, MD, MA., American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias, vol. 20 no. 3 (2005), pp. 139-140.
  5. Harrison, J.N., Story, T.J., Collins, T.A., DeJoy, D., Edwards, C.L. (In press).  Multidisciplinary Assessment and Diagnosis of Conversion Disorder in a Patient with Foreign Accent Syndrome. Behavioral Neurology, (24), 245-255. .
  6. Harrison, M.O., Edwards, C.L., Koenig, H.G., Bosworth, H.B., DeCastro, L. & Wood, M., Religiosity/ Spirituality and Pain in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, vol. 193 no. 4 (2005), pp. 250-257.
  7. Mechlin, B., Heymen, S., Edwards, C.L., Girdler, S.S. (2011). Ethnic Differences in Cardiovascular-Somatosensory Interactions and in the Central Processing of Noxious Stimuli. Psychophysiology, 48(6), 762-773. .
  8. Edwards, C.L., Feliu, M., Johnson, S., Webster, W., Bennett, G.G., Bishop, D., Samios, V., Ellison-Manuel, T., Martinez, S., The application of cognitive-behavioral techniques for the management of complicated and persistent gout pain, Ciencias de la Conducta, vol. 20 (2005), pp. 89-116.
  9. Whitfield, K.E. & Edwards, C.L. (2011). Mentoring special populations. Educational Gerontology, 37, 1-18. .
  10. Edwards CL, Fillingim RB & Keefe F, Race, ethnicity and pain, Pain, vol. 94 no. 2 (November, 2001), pp. 133-137 [abs].
  11. LY Edwards, CL Edwards, Psychosocial treatments in pain management of sickle cell disease., Journal of the National Medical Association, vol. 102 no. 11 (November, 2010), pp. 1084-94 [abs].
  12. Killough, A.L., Webster, W., Brown, V., Houck, E. & Edwards, C.L., African American Violence Exposure: An Emerging Health Issue, in Research on African American Education. New Information Age, edited by Carol Camp Yeakey (2001), New York: Greenwood Press.
  13. C Wellington, CL Edwards, J McNeil, M Wood, B Crisp, M Feliu, G Byrd, C McDougald, L Edwards, KE Whitfield, Somatization in the conceptualization of sickle cell disease., Journal of the National Medical Association, vol. 102 no. 11 (November, 2010), pp. 1079-83 [abs].
  14. Edwards, C.L., Feliu, M., & Johnson, S., Diversity and Cultural Competence, Part 1: The Struggle for Definition and Meaning., North Carolina Psychologist, vol. 50 no. 5 (2003), pp. 12-13.
  15. MV Stanton, CR Jonassaint, FB Bartholomew, C Edwards, L Richman, L DeCastro, R Williams, The association of optimism and perceived discrimination with health care utilization in adults with sickle cell disease., Journal of the National Medical Association, vol. 102 no. 11 (November, 2010), pp. 1056-63 [abs].
  16. B Mechlin, S Heymen, CL Edwards, SS Girdler, Ethnic differences in cardiovascular-somatosensory interactions and in the central processing of noxious stimuli., Psychophysiology (October, 2010) [doi] [abs].
  17. MA Bruce, BM Beech, CL Edwards, M Sims, I Scarinci, KE Whitfield, K Gilbert, ED Crook, Weight Status and High Blood Pressure Among Low-Income African American Men., American journal of men's health (October, 2010) [doi] [abs].
  18. MH Feliu, CL Edwards, Psychologic factors in the development of complex regional pain syndrome: history, myth, and evidence., The Clinical journal of pain, vol. 26 no. 3 (May, 2010), pp. 258-63 [doi] [abs].
  19. KE Whitfield, C Jonassaint, D Brandon, MV Stanton, M Stanton, R Sims, G Bennett, J Salva, CL Edwards, Does coping mediate the relationship between personality and cardiovascular health in African Americans?, Journal of the National Medical Association, vol. 102 no. 2 (February, 2010), pp. 95-100 [abs].
  20. CL Edwards, M Green, CC Wellington, M Muhammad, M Wood, M Feliu, L Edwards, L Hill, JJ Sollers 3rd, C Barksdale, EL Robinson, CS McDougald, M Abrams, KE Whitfield, G Byrd, B Hubbard, M Cola, L DeCastro, J McNeil, Depression, suicidal ideation, and attempts in black patients with sickle cell disease., Journal of the National Medical Association, vol. 101 no. 11 (November, 2009), pp. 1090-5 [abs].
  21. Edwards, C.L., Green, M., Wellington, C.C., Muhammad, M., Wood, M., Feliu, M., Edwards, L., Hill, L., Sollers, III, J.J., Barksdale, C., Robinson, E.L., McDougald, C.S., Abrams, M., Whitfield, K.E., Byrd, G., Hubbard, R., Cola, M., DeCastro, L., McNeil, J. (2009). Depression. Suicidal Ideation, and Attempts in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). Journal of the National Medical Association, 101(11), 1090-1095 .
  22. McDougald, C., Edwards, C.L., Wood, M., Wellington, C., Feliu, M., O’Garo, K., Edwards, L., Robinson, E., Whitfield, K., Eaton, S., Morgan, K., Byrd, G., Sollers, J., Cola, M., O’Connell, C. (2009). Coping as Predictors of Psychiatric Morbidity and Pain in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). Journal of African American Studies, 13(1), 47-62. .
  23. O’Connell-Edwards, C., Edwards, C.L., Pearce, M., Wachholtz, A.B., Wood., M., Muhammad, M., Leach-Beale, B., Shelby, R., McDougald, C., Harrison, M.O., Feliu, M., Edwards, L., Whitfield, K.E., Merritt, M., Wellington, C., Byrd, G., Edmonds, H., Robinson, E. (2009). Religious Coping and Pain Associated With Sickle Cell Disease: Exploration of a Non-linear Model. Journal of African American Studies, 13(1), 1-13. .
  24. CL Edwards, GG Bennett, KY Wolin, S Johnson, S Fowler, KE Whitfield, S Askew, D MacKinnon, C McDougald, R Hubbard, C Wellington, M Feliu, E Robinson, Misestimation of peer tobacco use: understanding disparities in tobacco use., Journal of the National Medical Association, vol. 100 no. 3 (March, 2008), pp. 299-302 [abs].
  25. LC Campbell, FJ Keefe, C Scipio, DC McKee, CL Edwards, SH Herman, LE Johnson, OM Colvin, CM McBride, C Donatucci, Facilitating research participation and improving quality of life for African American prostate cancer survivors and their intimate partners. A pilot study of telephone-based coping skills training., Cancer, vol. 109 no. 2 Suppl (January, 2007), pp. 414-24 [doi] [abs].
  26. Y Wang, J Chen, K Wang, CL Edwards, Education as an important risk factor for the prevalence of hypertension and elevated blood pressure in Chinese men and women., Journal of human hypertension, England, vol. 20 no. 11 (November, 2006), pp. 898-900.
  27. CL Edwards, A Primm, S Johnson, M Feliu, K O'Garo, GG Bennett, E Robinson, C McDougald, G Byrd, O Harrison, K Whitfield, AL Killough, Reconsideration of the training of psychiatrists and mental health professionals: helping to make soup., Journal of the National Medical Association, United States, vol. 98 no. 9 (September, 2006), pp. 1498-500 [abs].
  28. MM Merritt, GG Bennett, RB Williams, CL Edwards, JJ Sollers, Perceived racism and cardiovascular reactivity and recovery to personally relevant stress., Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, United States, vol. 25 no. 3 (May, 2006), pp. 364-9 [abs].
  29. KE Whitfield, DT Brandon, E Robinson, G Bennett, M Merritt, C Edwards, Sources of variability in John Henryism., Journal of the National Medical Association, United States, vol. 98 no. 4 (April, 2006), pp. 641-7 [abs].
  30. C Edwards, K Whitfield, S Sudhakar, M Pearce, G Byrd, M Wood, M Feliu, B Leach-Beale, L DeCastro, E Whitworth, M Abrams, J Jonassaint, MO Harrison, M Mathis, L Scott, S Johnson, L Durant, A Holmes, K Presnell, G Bennett, R Shelby, E Robinson, Parental substance abuse, reports of chronic pain and coping in adult patients with sickle cell disease., Journal of the National Medical Association, United States, vol. 98 no. 3 (March, 2006), pp. 420-8 [abs].
  31. JJ Pells, KE Presnell, CL Edwards, M Wood, MO Harrison, L DeCastro, S Johnson, M Feliu, S Canada, JC Jonassaint, C Barker, B Leach-Beale, MJ Mathis, K Applegate, A Holmes, G Byrd, E Robinson, Moderate chronic pain, weight and dietary intake in African-American adult patients with sickle cell disease., Journal of the National Medical Association, United States, vol. 97 no. 12 (December, 2005), pp. 1622-9 [abs].
  32. MO Harrison, CL Edwards, HG Koenig, HB Bosworth, L Decastro, M Wood, Religiosity/spirituality and pain in patients with sickle cell disease., The Journal of nervous and mental disease, United States, vol. 193 no. 4 (April, 2005), pp. 250-7 [abs].
  33. GG Bennett, KY Wolin, EL Robinson, S Fowler, CL Edwards, Perceived racial/ethnic harassment and tobacco use among African American young adults., American journal of public health, United States, vol. 95 no. 2 (February, 2005), pp. 238-40 [abs].
  34. CL Edwards, MT Scales, C Loughlin, GG Bennett, S Harris-Peterson, LM De Castro, E Whitworth, M Abrams, M Feliu, S Johnson, M Wood, O Harrison, A Killough, A brief review of the pathophysiology, associated pain, and psychosocial issues in sickle cell disease., International journal of behavioral medicine, United States, vol. 12 no. 3 (2005), pp. 171-9 [abs].
  35. Edwards, C.L., Feliu, M., Johnson, S., Webster, W., Bennett, G.G., Bishop, D., Samios, V., Ellison-Manuel, T., Martinez, S. (2005). The application of cognitive-behavioral techniques for the management of complicated and persistent gout pain. Ciencias de la Conducta, 20, 89-116 .
  36. LC Campbell, FJ Keefe, DC McKee, CL Edwards, SH Herman, LE Johnson, OM Colvin, CM McBride, CF Donattuci, Prostate cancer in African Americans: relationship of patient and partner self-efficacy to quality of life., Journal of pain and symptom management, United States, vol. 28 no. 5 (November, 2004), pp. 433-44 [abs].
  37. Bennett, G.G., Merritt, M.M., Edwards, C.L., Whitfield, K.E., Brandon, D.T., & Tucker, R.D. (2004). Stress, Coping, and Health Outcomes Among African Americans: A Review of the John Henryism Hypothesis. Psychology and Health, 19(3), 369-383 .
  38. Bennett, G.G., Merritt, M.M., Edwards, C.L., Sollers, J.T. (2003). Perceived Racism and Affective responses to ambiguous interpersonal interactions among African American Men. American Behavioral Scientist, 47 (7), 963-976 .
  39. RS Surwit, MA van Tilburg, N Zucker, CC McCaskill, P Parekh, MN Feinglos, CL Edwards, P Williams, JD Lane, Stress management improves long-term glycemic control in type 2 diabetes., Diabetes care, United States, vol. 25 no. 1 (January, 2002), pp. 30-4 [abs].
  40. JG Chen, CL Edwards, S Vidyarthi, S Pitchumoni, S Tabrizi, D Barboriak, HC Charles, PM Doraiswamy, Learning and recall in subjects at genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease., The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences, United States, vol. 14 no. 1 (2002), pp. 58-63 [abs].
  41. CL Edwards, RB Fillingim, F Keefe, Race, ethnicity and pain., Pain, Netherlands, vol. 94 no. 2 (November, 2001), pp. 133-7 [abs].
  42. CL Edwards, S Johnson, V Goli, G Byrd, Extending the science beyond medication: in response to "Treatment of chronic pain in persons with dementia: an overview" by Robert N. Rubey, MD, MA., American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, United States, vol. 20 no. 3 , pp. 139-40; author reply 140.
  43. A Phan, CL Edwards, EL Robinson, The assessment of pain and discomfort in individuals with mental retardation., Research in developmental disabilities, United States, vol. 26 no. 5 , pp. 433-9 [abs].
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