2020

Ellis KR, Hecht HK, Young TL, Oh S, Thomas S, Hoggard L, Ali Z, Olawale R, Carthron D, Corbie-Smith G, & Eng E. (accepted). Chronic Disease Among African American Families: A Systematic Scoping Review. Preventing Chronic Disease.

Black, K., Eng, E., Schaal, J., Johnson, L., Nichols, H., Ellis, K.R., Rowley, D. (accepted). "The other side of through: Young breast cancer survivors’ spectrum of sexual and reproductive health needs from diagnosis to survivorship." Qualitative Health Research.

Ellis, K. R., Black, K. Z., Baker, S., Cothern, C., Davis, K., Doost, K., Goestch, C., Griesemer, I., Guerrab, F., Lightfoot, A. F., Padilla, N., Samuel, C. A., Schaal, J. C., Yongue, C., & Eng, E. (2020). Racial Differences in the Influence of Health Care System Factors on Informal Support for Cancer Care Among Black and White Breast and Lung Cancer Survivors. Family & Community Health, 43(3), 200–212. 

Samuel, C.A., Mbah, O., Schaal, J., Eng, E., Black, K., Baker, S., Ellis, K., Guerrab, F., Jordan, L., Lightfoot, A., Robertson, L., Yongue, C., Cykert, S. (2020). The Role of Patient-Physician Relationship on Health Related Quality of Life and Pain in Cancer Patients. Supportive Care in Cancer, 28, 2615-2626.

2019

Hoggard, L., Volpe, V., Thomas, A., Wallace, E., & Ellis, K.R. (2019). The role of emotional eating in the links between racial discrimination and physical and mental health. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 42(6), 1091-1103.

Kowitt, S., Ellis, K.R., Carlisle, V., Bhushan, N., Black, K., Cranley, N., Eng, G., Martin, M., McGuirt, J., Sokol, R., Tang, P., Vines, A., Walker, J., Fisher, E. (2019). Peer support opportunities across the cancer care continuum: a systematic scoping review of recent peer-reviewed literature. Supportive Care in Cancer, 27(1), 97-108.

Ellis, K.R., Young, T., Carthron, C., Simms, M., McFarlin, S., Davis, K., Dave, G, Corbie-Smith, G, & Cene’, C. (2019). Perceptions of rural African American adults about the role of family in understanding and addressing risk factors for cardiovascular disease. American Journal of Health Promotion, 33(5), 708-717.

2018

Katapodi, M.C., Ellis, K.R., Nikolaidis, C., Schmidt, F., Eicher, M., & Northouse, L. (2018). Predictors and interdependence of family support in a random sample of long-term young breast cancer survivors and their biological relatives. Cancer Medicine, 7(10), 4980–4992.

Corbie-Smith, G., Wiley-Cene, C., Bess, K., Young, T., Dave, G., Ellis, K.R., Hoover, S.M., Feng-Chang, L., Wynn, M., McFarlin, S., & Ede, J. (2018). Heart Matters: A study protocol for a community based randomized trial aimed at reducing cardiovascular risk in a rural, African American community. BMC Public Health, 18(1), 938. 

Carthron, D. L., Phillips, A., Cuthbertson, C. C., Ellis, K. R., Altpeter, M., Callahan, L. F., Bahorski, S., & Rini, C. (2018). Four Methods of Recruiting Couples Into a Longitudinal Study of Physical Activity in People With Osteoarthritis: Recruitment, Retention, and Lessons Learned. Frontiers in Public Health, 6, 197. 

Samuel, C.A., Schaal, J., Robertson, L., Kollie, J., Baker, S., Black, K., Mbah, O., Dixon, C., Ellis, K.R., Eng, E., Guerrab, F., Jones, N., Kotey, A., Morse, C., Taylor, J., Whitt, V., & Cykert, S. (2018) Racial differences in symptom management experiences during breast cancer treatment. Supportive Care in Cancer, 26(5), 1425-1435.

Samuel, C.A., Lightfoot, A.F., Schaal, J., Yongue, C., Black, K., Ellis, K.R., Robertson, L., Smith, B., Jones, N., Foley, K., Kollie, J., Mayhand, A., Morse, C., Eng, E., Guerrab, F. (2018). Establishing and sustaining new community-based participatory research (CBPR) partnerships using the CBPR charrette model: Lessons from the Cancer Health Accountability for Managing Pain and Symptoms (CHAMPS) Study. Progress in Community Health Partnerships, 12(1), 89-99.

2017

Titler, M.G., Visovatti, M., Shuman, C., Ellis, K.R., Dockham, B., Yakusheva, O., & Northouse, L. (2017). Effectiveness of implementing a dyadic psychoeducational intervention for cancer patients and family caregivers. Supportive Care in Cancer, 25(11), 3395-3406.

Ellis, K.R., Janevic, M.R., Kershaw, T., Caldwell, C.H., Janz, N.K., & Northouse, L. (2017). Engagement in health-promoting behaviors and patient-caregiver interdependence in dyads facing advanced cancer: An exploratory study. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 40(3), 506-519.

Ellis, K.R., Janevic, M.R., Kershaw, T., Caldwell, C.H., Janz, N.K., & Northouse, L. (2017). The influence of dyadic symptom distress on threat appraisals and self-efficacy in advanced cancer and caregiving. Supportive Care in Cancer, 25(1), 185-194.

Ellis, K.R., Janevic, M.R., Kershaw, T., Caldwell, C.H., Janz, N.K., & Northouse, L. (2017). Meaning-based coping, chronic conditions and quality of life in advanced cancer & caregiving. Psycho-Oncology, 26(9), 1316-1323.

2016

Song, L., Rini, C., Ellis, K.R., & Northouse, L. (2016). Appraisals, dyadic communication, and quality of life over time among couples coping with prostate cancer. Supportive Care in Cancer, 24(9), 3757-3765.

2015

Kershaw, T., Ellis, K.R., Yoon, H., Schafenacker, A., Katapodi, M., & Northouse, L. (2015). The interdependence of advanced cancer patients’ and their family caregivers’ mental health, physical health, and self-efficacy over time. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 49(6), 901-911.

Lambert, S., Yoon, H., Ellis, K.R., Northouse, L. (2015). Measuring appraisal during advanced cancer: Psychometric testing of the appraisal of caregiving scale. Patient Education & Counseling, 98(5), 633-639.

Ellis, K.R., Griffith, D.M., Allen, J.O., Thorpe, R.J., & Bruce, M.A. (2015). “If you do nothing about stress, the next thing you know, you’re shattered”: Perspectives on stress, coping and health among African American men. Social Science & Medicine, 139, 107-114.

2014

Ellis, K. R., Caldwell, C. H., Assari, S., & De Loney, E. H. (2014). Nonresident African- American Fathers' Influence on Sons' Exercise Intentions in the Fathers and Sons Program. American Journal of Health Promotion, 29(2), 89-98.

2013

Janevic, M.R., Ellis, K.R., Sanders, G.M., Nelson, B.W., & Clark, N.M. (2013). Self- management of multiple chronic conditions among African American women with asthma: A qualitative study. Journal of Asthma, 51(3), 243-252.

Griffith, D. M., Ellis, K. R., & Allen, J. O. (2013). An intersectional approach to social determinants of stress for African American men: Men's and women's perspectives. American Journal of Men’s Health, 7(Suppl. 4), 19S-30S.

2012

Griffith, D.M., Ellis, K.R. & Allen, J.O. (2012). How does health information influence African American men’s health behavior? American Journal of Men’s Health, 6(2), 156- 153.

2010

Griffith, D.M., Johnson, J., Ellis, K.R. & Schulz, A.J. (2010). Cultural context and a critical approach to eliminating health disparities. Ethnicity and Disease, 20(1), 71-76.