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George Pro
Federal Grant PI
Assistant Professor
faculty
Health Behavior & Health Education, College of Public Health
17 h-index
69 pubs
830 cited
Research Areas
Biography and Research Information
OverviewAI-generated summary
George Pro is an Assistant Professor in Health Behavior & Health Education at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. His research interests include substance use disorders, health disparities, and public health trends in the United States. Pro has investigated national trends in substance use disorder treatment, including shifts in methamphetamine administration routes and factors associated with positive heroin and opioid treatment response.
His work also examines disparities in healthcare access and outcomes. This includes analyses of COVID-19 vaccination rates based on community vulnerability, state-level differences in Spanish-language mental health treatment availability, and the impact of rurality on mask-wearing behaviors during the pandemic. Pro has also studied patterns of physical activity among incarcerated women and the relationship between excessive alcohol use, rurality, and COVID-19 case fatality rates.
Pro is a federally funded principal investigator, having received $226,693 from the NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse for the validation of a survey tool to evaluate patient-reported outcomes for new medications to treat methamphetamine use disorder. He leads a research group and maintains an active lab website. Pro has a publication record of 66 articles, with an h-index of 17 and over 800 citations, and collaborates with researchers from institutions including the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the University of Arkansas for Fayetteville.
Metrics
- h-index: 17
- Publications: 69
- Citations: 830
Selected Publications
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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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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)
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Geographic and Racial/Ethnic Differences in Access to Methamphetamine Detoxification Services, United States, 2021 (2024)
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Factors Associated With Self-Reported Overdose Reversals Using Naloxone in Little Rock, Arkansas: Implications for Harm Reduction Service Delivery in the US South (2024)
Federal Grants 1 $226,693 total
NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse
Contact PI
Sep 2024 - Aug 2026
Grants & Funding
- Linking Criminal Justice and Health Data: Challenges and Opportunities Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Principal Investigator
- Validation of a survey tool to evaluate patient-reported outcomes for new medications to treat methamphetamine use disorder: The PROMT Survey NIH/Nat. Inst. on Drug Abuse Principal Investigator
- Validation of a survey tool to evaluate patient-reported outcomes for new medications to treat methamphetamine use disorder: The PROMT Survey NIH/Nat. Inst. on Drug Abuse Principal Investigator
- Validation of a survey tool to evaluate patient-reported outcomes for new medications to treat methamphetamine use disorder: The PROMT Survey NIH/Nat. Inst. on Drug Abuse 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
8 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
- County-level jail incarceration, community economic distress, rurality, and preterm birth among women in the US South
- 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
- 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 8 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
- HCV Medication Receipt Among Individuals With Methamphetamine, Opioid, and Alcohol Use Disorders in Arkansas, 2018–2022: A Long Road Ahead for HCV Elimination in the US South
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Ricky Camplain
Indiana University (US)
5 shared publications
- US trends in mask wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic depend on rurality
- Patterns of Physical Activity Among Women Incarcerated in Jail
- 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
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
Ethan Sahker
Kyoto University (JP)
3 shared publications
- Evaluating the substance use disorder treatment gap in the United States, 2016−2019: A population health observational study
- Factors supporting substance use improvement for Black Americans: A population health observational study
- Response to Jordan, Nich, Babuscio, Quainoo, and Carroll
Toshi A. Furukawa
Kyoto University (JP)
3 shared publications
- Evaluating the substance use disorder treatment gap in the United States, 2016−2019: A population health observational study
- Factors supporting substance use improvement for Black Americans: A population health observational study
- Response to Jordan, Nich, Babuscio, Quainoo, and Carroll
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
Martha Rojo
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
- Services Provided in Spanish in Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities: Limited Access in Communities with Fast-Growing Spanish-Speaking Populations
Jenil Patel
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
- Assessing the Role of Asthma on the Relationship between Neurodevelopmental Disabilities and Adverse Birth Outcomes
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
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