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George Pro
Federal Grant PI
Assistant Professor
Also affiliated: University of Iowa (2016–2019); Northern Arizona University (2018–2021); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2024–2026); Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (2022); Clinton Health Access Initiative (2014); Universidad Tecnológica del Perú (2017); Arkansas Department of Health (2020–2025)
Faculty Researcher
Health Behavior & Health Education, College of Public Health
17 h-index
70 pubs
885 cited
Research Areas
Biomedical Subjects
Biography and Research Information
OverviewAI-generated summary
George Pro is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Behavior & Health Education at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. His research focuses on public health issues, with a particular emphasis on substance use disorders, health disparities, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. He has investigated trends in the substance use disorder treatment gap in the United States and demographic shifts in methamphetamine administration routes. His work also examines factors associated with treatment response for heroin and opioid use disorders.
Pro's research extends to community health and accessibility of health services. He has studied COVID-19 vaccination rates in relation to community vulnerability and trends in Spanish-language mental health treatment availability, noting state differences based on Hispanic residency proportions. Additionally, his work has explored patterns of physical activity among incarcerated women and the relationship between excessive alcohol use, rurality, and COVID-19 case fatality rates.
With an h-index of 17 and 869 citations across 69 publications, Pro's scholarly contributions are notable. He has served as Principal Investigator on a $226,693 federal grant from the NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse for the validation of a survey tool assessing patient-reported outcomes for new medications to treat methamphetamine use disorder. He leads a research group and collaborates with researchers from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and within his own institution.
Metrics
- h-index: 17
- Publications: 70
- Citations: 885
Selected Publications
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‘Amazing and Daunting’: Providers’ Perspectives on the Implementation of Neurofeedback (2026)
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Social determinants of health associated with human papillomavirus vaccine uptake among teens (2026)
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Co-occurring substance use disorders and the compounding effect of kratom on serious mental illness, US, 2021–2023 (2026)
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Differences in Successful Substance Use Treatment Completion by Age and Pregnancy Status (2026)
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Rising and disparate trends in the private/for-profit acquisition of nonprofit substance use treatment facilities, US, 2019–2024 (2026)
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From kratom to 7-hydroxymitragynine: evolution of a natural remedy into a public-health threat (2025)
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Geographic and Policy Factors Influence Telehealth Availability for Substance Use Disorder Treatment (2025)
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Differential Associations Between Increasing Opioid Withdrawal Symptoms and More Frequent Methamphetamine Use, US, 2022–2023 (2025)
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Place-based access to integrated mental health services within substance use disorder treatment facilities in the US (2025)
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Association between different modalities of opioid use disorder-related care delivery and opioid use disorder-related patient outcomes: A retrospective cohort study (2025)
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Services Provided in Spanish in Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities: Limited Access in Communities with Fast-Growing Spanish-Speaking Populations (2024)
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Setting factors associated with licensed psychotherapists’ interest in the implementation of electroencephalogram neurofeedback into practice. (2024)
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Worsening trends in the frequency of methamphetamine and other stimulant use between treatment admission and discharge (2024)
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Are gaps in rates of retention on buprenorphine for treatment of opioid use disorder closing among veterans across different races and ethnicities? A retrospective cohort study (2024)
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A multilevel analysis of changing telehealth availability in opioid use disorder treatment settings: Conditional effects of rurality, the number and types of medication for opioid use disorder available, and time, US, 2016–2023 (2024)
Federal Grants 1 $226,693 total
Grants & Funding
As listed on this researcher's institutional profile. Federal awards with verified records are shown above.
- Linking Criminal Justice and Health Data: Challenges and Opportunities Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Principal Investigator
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Nickolas Zaller
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
11 shared publications
In database
- US trends in mask wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic depend on rurality
- Multilevel modeling of county-level excessive alcohol use, rurality, and COVID-19 case fatality rates in the US
- Demographic and geographic shifts in the preferred route of methamphetamine administration among treatment cases in the US, 2010–2019
- Individual and Health Policy Factors Associated With Positive Heroin and Opioid Treatment Response: United States, 2018
- National trends in testing for hepatitis C virus in licensed opioid treatment programs: Differences by facility ownership and state medicaid expansion status
Showing 5 of 11 shared publications
Corey J. Hayes
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
9 shared publications
In database
- Demographic and geographic shifts in the preferred route of methamphetamine administration among treatment cases in the US, 2010–2019
- Individual and Health Policy Factors Associated With Positive Heroin and Opioid Treatment Response: United States, 2018
- The association between rurality, dual Medicare/Medicaid eligibility and chronic conditions with telehealth utilization: An analysis of 2019–2020 national Medicare claims
- A State Profile of Disparities in Telehealth Utilization Among Medicare Beneficiaries: An Intersection Between Race/Ethnicity, Rurality, and Chronic Conditions—Arkansas, 2019
- Are gaps in rates of retention on buprenorphine for treatment of opioid use disorder closing among veterans across different races and ethnicities? A retrospective cohort study
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Clare C. Brown
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
8 shared publications
In database
- COVID-19 vaccination rates vary by community vulnerability: A county-level analysis
- Downward National Trends in Mental Health Treatment Offered in Spanish: State Differences by Proportion of Hispanic Residents
- Multilevel modeling of county-level excessive alcohol use, rurality, and COVID-19 case fatality rates in the US
- Individual and Health Policy Factors Associated With Positive Heroin and Opioid Treatment Response: United States, 2018
- Geographic and Racial/Ethnic Differences in Access to Methamphetamine Detoxification Services, United States, 2021
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
Brooke E. E. Montgomery
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
7 shared publications
In database
- Demographic and geographic shifts in the preferred route of methamphetamine administration among treatment cases in the US, 2010–2019
- Homeless Opioid Treatment Clients Transitioning to Dependent and Independent Housing: Differential Outcomes by Race/Ethnicity
- Tailoring services in opioid treatment programs for patients involved in America’s criminal justice system: national associations and variation by state and Medicaid expansion status
- County-level jail incarceration, community economic distress, rurality, and preterm birth among women in the US South
- Comprehensive and Integrated Services in Specialty Mental Health Treatment Facilities in the US: Differences by the Racial/Ethnic Composition of the Facility’s Clientele, 2020
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Mofan Gu
Arkansas Department of Health
7 shared publications
In database
- Geographic and Racial/Ethnic Differences in Access to Methamphetamine Detoxification Services, United States, 2021
- Surveillance of COVID-19 outbreaks in prisons in the US South: The role of economic distress in the communities surrounding prison facilities
- National and state-level trends in the availability of mental health treatment services tailored to individuals ordered to treatment by a court: United States, 2016, 2018, and 2020
- A multilevel analysis of changing telehealth availability in opioid use disorder treatment settings: Conditional effects of rurality, the number and types of medication for opioid use disorder available, and time, US, 2016–2023
- Services Provided in Spanish in Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities: Limited Access in Communities with Fast-Growing Spanish-Speaking Populations
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Ricky Camplain
Indiana University (US)
4 shared publications
- US trends in mask wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic depend on rurality
- We are complex beings: comparison of statistical methods to capture and account for intersectionality
- The competing effects of racial discrimination and racial identity on the predicted number of days incarcerated in the US: A national profile of Black, Latino/Latina, and American Indian/Alaska Native populations
- “Everything has changed”: detention officer roles and recreation time changes due to COVID-19 policies at a Southwest County Jail
Martha Rojo
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
4 shared publications
In database
- Downward National Trends in Mental Health Treatment Offered in Spanish: State Differences by Proportion of Hispanic Residents
- Identifying community needs of the Hispanic faith community to develop a research agenda
- Setting factors associated with licensed psychotherapists’ interest in the implementation of electroencephalogram neurofeedback into practice.
- Services Provided in Spanish in Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities: Limited Access in Communities with Fast-Growing Spanish-Speaking Populations
Nick Zaller
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
4 shared publications
In database
- County-level jail incarceration, community economic distress, rurality, and preterm birth among women in the US South
- Comprehensive and Integrated Services in Specialty Mental Health Treatment Facilities in the US: Differences by the Racial/Ethnic Composition of the Facility’s Clientele, 2020
- National and state-level trends in the availability of mental health treatment services tailored to individuals ordered to treatment by a court: United States, 2016, 2018, and 2020
- Factors Associated With Self-Reported Overdose Reversals Using Naloxone in Little Rock, Arkansas: Implications for Harm Reduction Service Delivery in the US South
Julie A. Baldwin
Northern Arizona University (US)
3 shared publications
- US trends in mask wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic depend on rurality
- Multilevel modeling of county-level excessive alcohol use, rurality, and COVID-19 case fatality rates in the US
- Services Provided in Spanish in Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities: Limited Access in Communities with Fast-Growing Spanish-Speaking Populations
Tiffany Haynes
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
3 shared publications
In database
- Downward National Trends in Mental Health Treatment Offered in Spanish: State Differences by Proportion of Hispanic Residents
- Identifying community needs of the Hispanic faith community to develop a research agenda
- Place-based access to integrated mental health services within substance use disorder treatment facilities in the US
Don E. Willis
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
3 shared publications
In database
- Temporal Trends in Telehealth Availability in Mental Health Treatment Settings: Differences in Growth by State Rurality, 2015–2020
- County-level jail incarceration, community economic distress, rurality, and preterm birth among women in the US South
- A multilevel analysis of changing telehealth availability in opioid use disorder treatment settings: Conditional effects of rurality, the number and types of medication for opioid use disorder available, and time, US, 2016–2023
Mahip Acharya
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
3 shared publications
In database
- The association between rurality, dual Medicare/Medicaid eligibility and chronic conditions with telehealth utilization: An analysis of 2019–2020 national Medicare claims
- A State Profile of Disparities in Telehealth Utilization Among Medicare Beneficiaries: An Intersection Between Race/Ethnicity, Rurality, and Chronic Conditions—Arkansas, 2019
- Association between different modalities of opioid use disorder-related care delivery and opioid use disorder-related patient outcomes: A retrospective cohort study
Hari Eswaran
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
3 shared publications
In database
- The association between rurality, dual Medicare/Medicaid eligibility and chronic conditions with telehealth utilization: An analysis of 2019–2020 national Medicare claims
- A State Profile of Disparities in Telehealth Utilization Among Medicare Beneficiaries: An Intersection Between Race/Ethnicity, Rurality, and Chronic Conditions—Arkansas, 2019
- Association between different modalities of opioid use disorder-related care delivery and opioid use disorder-related patient outcomes: A retrospective cohort study
Jure Baloh
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
3 shared publications
In database
- Temporal Trends in Telehealth Availability in Mental Health Treatment Settings: Differences in Growth by State Rurality, 2015–2020
- A multilevel analysis of changing telehealth availability in opioid use disorder treatment settings: Conditional effects of rurality, the number and types of medication for opioid use disorder available, and time, US, 2016–2023
- Geographic and Policy Factors Influence Telehealth Availability for Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Ethan Sahker
Kyoto University (JP)
2 shared publications
- Evaluating the substance use disorder treatment gap in the United States, 2016−2019: A population health observational study
- Response to Jordan, Nich, Babuscio, Quainoo, and Carroll
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