Dr. Billy Brooks

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EDUCATION

Doctor of Public Health, August 2015
Concentration: Epidemiology
East Tennessee State University (ETSU), Johnson City, TN

Master of Public Health, May 2012
Concentration: Biostatistics
East Tennessee State University (ETSU), Johnson City, TN

Bachelor of Arts, May 2010
Major: Statistics
Minor: Environmental Studies
University of North Carolina (UNCA) Asheville, NC

COURSES TAUGHT

• Biostatistics I (BSTA 5310)
• Behavioral Epidemiology (EPID 6470)
• Applied Epidemiologic Analysis (EPID 6420)
• Analytic Methods in Public Health (EPID 5100)
• Epidemiology (EPID 3080)
• Biostatistics (BSTA 3000)
• Intro to Health and Wellness (University of North Carolina at Asheville - HWP 190)
• Addiction, Drugs, and Health (University of North Carolina at Asheville - HWP 365)

RESEARCH FOCUS

Addiction prevention, treatment, recovery, and harm reduction

RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT

10/01/2022 – 08/31/2023 (Principal Investigator, 10%) - “Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) Evaluation of Prevention Programs.”
Tennessee Department of Health. 
Annual Direct Costs: $101,100; Total Direct Costs: $101,100 

07/01/2022 – 06/30/2023 (Principal Investigator, 0%) - “Overdose Prevention Behavior and the Risk Environment Among People Who Inject Drugs in Rural Appalachia.”
ETSU Research Development Committee (RDC). 
Annual Direct Costs: $9530; Total Direct Costs: $9530 

9/1/2021 – 8/31/2022 (Co-Investigator, 10%) – “Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) penetration in rural vs. urban healthcare settings in the U.S; Rural Health Equity Research Center”
Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
Annual Direct Costs: $766,940; Total Direct Costs: $766,940

7/15/2020 – 4/30/2021 (Co-Investigator) – "Studies to Advance Recovery Supports (STARS) in Appalachia"
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Total Direct Costs: $262,589

9/1/2020 – 8/31/2021 (Co-Investigator) – "Characteristics of Buprenorphine Therapy Among Commercially-Insured and Medicaid-Enrolled Pregnant and Postpartum Women; Rural Health Equity Research Center"
Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
Total Direct Costs: $766,940

07/01/2018 – 06/30/2019 (Principle Investigator) - "Fentanyl-Related Overdose Risk Among Central Appalachian Heroin Using Populations."
ETSU Research Development Committee (RDC).
Total Direct Costs: $9650

03/01/2017 – 03/01/2018 (Co-investigator) - "Project ELIMINATE: Developing Community-based Diabetes Prevention and Treatment Network in Central Appalachia"
National Network of Public Health Institutes Award
Total Direct Costs: $24,995

10/01/2016 – 9/30/2017 (Co-Investigator)
"Tennessee Department of Health Workforce Assessment"
Tennessee Department of Health Contract
Total Costs: $10,000

07/01/2016 – 06/31/2017 (Lead Evaluator)
"Tennessee Department of Health Statewide Healthcare Provider Assessment of Diabetes Practices"
Tennessee Department of Health Contract
Total Costs: $120,000

03/01/2016 – 03/01/2017 (Co-investigator)
"Cross Sector Collaboration Using Community Mobilization Strategies toward an
Accountable Care Community"
National Network of Public Health Institutes Award
Total Direct Costs: $30,000

07/01/2015 – 06/30/2016 (Project Lead)
"Developing Key Priorities for Improving Health in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia
Commissioned by Mountain States Health Alliance and Wellmont Health System.
Total Direct Costs: $281,000

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Jacob Schultz, Phillip Scheuerman, Megan Quinn, Bill Brooks, Matthew Beer, Andrew Joyner, Species distribution modeling (Maxent) of Asian longhorned (Haemaphysalis longicornis) Tick Ranges in Northeast Tennessee, Ecological Informatics, 2023, 102264, ISSN 1574-9541, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2023.102264. 

Adeniran E, Quinn M, Wallace R, Walden RR, Labisi T, Olaniyan A, Brooks B, Pack R. A scoping review of barriers and facilitators to the integration of substance use treatment services into US mainstream health care. Drug Alcohol Depend Rep. 2023 Mar 24;7:100152. doi: 10.1016/j.dadr.2023.100152. PMID: 37069961; PMCID: PMC10105485.

Hagaman A, Brooks B, Mathis S; The Opioid Crisis in Appalachia; In Appalachian Health: Culture, Challenges, and Capacity; Scutchfield FD, Wykoff R; University Press of Kentucky; 2022. 

Melton TC, Hagemeier NE, Tudiver FG, Foster KN, Arnold J, Brooks B, Alamian A, Pack R: Primary care physicians’ opioid-related prevention behaviors and intentions: A descriptive analysis. J Opioid Mgmt. 2022; 18(1): 75-83. DOI:10.5055/jom.2022.0697. 

Ashworth TR, Strasser S, Brooks B, Shimin Z. COVID-19 trends in Tennessee and the United States over 40 weeks. Biom Biostat Int J. 2021;10(2):59‒66. DOI: 10.15406/bbij.2021.10.00331

Edward Leinaar, Bill Brooks, Leigh Johnson, Arsham Alamian (2020). Perceived Barriers to Contraceptive Access and Acceptance among Reproductive-Age Women Receiving Opioid Agonist Therapy in Northeast Tennessee. Southern Medical Journal, 113(5), 213-218. DOI 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001095

Sukesh Manthri, Alay Mansurov, Bill Brooks, Sakshi Singal, Devapiran Jaishankar (2020). Analysis of hospice duration and metrics in cancer patients in rural Appalachia. East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN J Clin Oncol 38: 2020 (suppl; abstr e24006); DOI: 0.1200/JCO.2020.38.15_suppl.e24006

Abdul Khan, Billy Brooks, Hemang Panchal, Syed Imran Zaidi, Timir Paul, Vijay Ramu (2017). TCT-857 Trends in Automatic Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (AICD) Device Implantation in the United States from 2004-2011.Journal of the American College of Cardiology Oct 2017, 70 (18 supplement) B273; DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.09.684

Spivey, J., Sirek, H., Wood, R., Devani, K., Brooks, B., & Moorman, J. (2017). Retrospective cohort study of the efficacy of azithromycin vs. doxycycline as part of combination therapy in non-intensive care unit veterans hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 4, S579 S580. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1513

Brooks, B., McBee, M., Pack, R., & Alamian, A. (2017). The effects of rurality on substance use disorder diagnosis: A multiple-groups latent class analysis. Addictive Behaviors, 68, 24-29. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.01.019

Gray, J., Hagemeier, N., Brooks, B., & Alamian, A. (2015). Prescription disposal practices: A 2-year ecological study of drug drop box donations in appalachia. American Journal of Public Health, e1-e6.

Wang, L., Mamudu, H. M., Alamian, A., Anderson, J. L., & Brooks, B. (2014). Independent and joint effects of prenatal maternal smoking and maternal exposure to second-hand smoke on the development of adolescent obesity: A longitudinal study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, doi:10.1111/jpc.12667 [doi]

Brooks, B., Blackley, D., Masters, P., May, A. S., Mayes, G., Williams, C., & Pack, R. (2014). Developing an academic health department in northeast tennessee: A sustainable approach through student leadership. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice : JPHMP, 20(3), 315-323. doi:10.1097/PHH.0b013e3182980c1d [doi]

Ward, R. K., Blackley, D., & Brooks, B. (2014). The development and implementation of a student-led farmers' market on a public university campus. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 9(1), 81-95. doi:10.1080/19320248.2013.873007

Veeranki S., Brooks B., Bolick S., Robichaux M., Aldrich T. Quality of Care: The Role of Disease Registries. Journal of Registry Management. 2010;37(4): 133-136.

Patch S., Goodman C., Brooks B., The Effect of Chromated Copper Arsenate Structures on Adjacent Soil Arsenic Concentrations. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. Volume 86, Number 6 (2011), 662-665, DOI: 10.1007/s00128-011-0270-7

SELECTED ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS

A Tough Pill to Swallow: Addressing the Epidemic of Prescription Drug Abuse (Panel Member) Harm Reduction Panel. August 16, 2019.

A Tough Pill to Swallow: Addressing the Epidemic of Prescription Drug Abuse (Panel Member) Harm Reduction Panel. August 17, 2018.

James H. Quillen College of Medicine Academic Half Day
(Oral Presentation) Data Mining and Secondary Analysis.
December 6th, 2016.

East Tennessee State University College of Public Health Grand Rounds
(Oral Presentation) Robert Pack, PhD, MPH, Nick Hagemeier, PharmD, PhD, Billy Brooks,
DrPH(c), MPH. ETSU Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Research: DIDARP update.
April 3rd, 2015.

American Public Health Association 2014 Annual Meeting and Exhibition
(Poster Presentation) Billy Brooks, MPH, Jeffrey Gray, PharmD, CDE,, Arsham Alamian, Ph.D, M.Sc., M.A.C.E. and Nick Hagemeier, PharmD, PhD. An Ecological Study of Drug Drop Box Donations in Appalachia. November 15th, 2014.

Controversies in Pain Management. Opioids: On the Horns of a Dilemma. (Oral Presentation) Billy Brooks, DrPH(c), MPH. Prescription Drug Abuse and Misuse in Southern Appalachia: An Epidemiologic Perspective. November 14th, 2014.

Tennessee Public Health Association 2014 Annual Conference (Poster Presentation) Billy Brooks, DrPH(c), MPH, Dr. Megan Quinn, Crystal Johnson. Tennessee Stroke Registry Update. September 10th, 2014.

Prescription Drug Abuse: Prevention and Treatment in South Central Appalachia
(Oral Presentation/ Facilitator) Billy Brooks. Theory of the Problem. November 22nd, 2013.

American Public Health Association 2013 Annual Meeting and Exhibition
(Oral Presentation) Billy Brooks, David Blackley, Paula Masters, Gary Mayes, Stephan
May, Robert Pack. Developing an Academic Health Department in Northeast Tennessee.
November 5th, 2013

Appalachian Student Research Forum (Poster Presentation) Billy Brooks, Dr. Brian
Martin, Paula Masters, Dr. Robert Pack. Tennessee Public Health Workforce Needs
Assessment: A Competency-Based Approach. April 5th, 2013

SAS Workshop (Instructor) Kate Callahan, Billy Brooks. East Tennessee State University,
College of Public Health. Fall 2012.

Tennessee Public Health Association 2012 Annual Conference (Poster Presentation) Billy Brooks, David Blackley, Paula Masters, Dr. Robert Pack, Dr. Stephen May. Developing an Academic Health Department in Northeast Tennessee. Sept. 12th, 2012.

Tennessee Public Health Association 2012 Annual Conference (Poster Presentation) Rachel Ward, David Blackley, Billy Brooks. Development and Implementation of a Farmers Market at East Tennessee State University. Sept. 12th, 2012.

Appalachian Environmental Cancer Communication Workshop. (Facilitator) Billy Brooks, David Blackley, Megan Quinn. ETSU, March 29th, 2011.

Big South Undergraduate Research Symposium. (Oral Presentation) Billy Brooks, Steven Patch, Catherine Goodman. The Effect of Chromated Copper Arsenate Structures on Adjacent Soil Arsenic Concentrations. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. UNCA, 2009

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• American Public Health Association
• Tennessee Public Health Association
• ETSU Prescription Drug Abuse Working Group
• ETSU Center for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment
• ETSU Center of Excellence in Inflammation, Infectious Disease, and Immunity
• ETSU Center for Rural and Appalachian Health

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Collecting Comics, Reading Addiction Literature, Table-top Role Playing Games, Hiking, Pugs, Cats, Being a husband and father