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George C. Pro
Federal Grant PI
Assistant Professor
Also affiliated: University of Iowa (2016–2019); Northern Arizona University (2018–2021); Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (2022); Clinton Health Access Initiative (2014); Arkansas Department of Health (2021)
Health Behavior & Health Education, College of Public Health
17 h-index
71 pubs
913 cited
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George C. Pro's research focuses on health disparities and substance use treatment, particularly examining how race, ethnicity, and gender influence access to and outcomes of care. He has investigated racial and ethnic differences in drug- and alcohol-related arrest outcomes, as well as disparities in outpatient substance use treatment. His work also explores gender differences in the utilization of alcohol treatment services and the reasons for nonuse.
Pro is also involved in research related to public health interventions and community health. This includes studying COVID-19 vaccination rates in relation to community vulnerability and examining trends in mental health treatment accessibility for Spanish-speaking populations. He received federal funding from the NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse for a project validating a survey tool to evaluate patient-reported outcomes for new medications treating methamphetamine use disorder. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 17, with 70 total publications and 911 total citations.
Metrics
- h-index: 17
- Publications: 71
- Citations: 913
Positions
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Assistant Professor 2020–presentUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Health Behavior & Health Education, College of Public Health Institutional directory
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
Arkansas Department of Health
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
- The association between rurality, dual Medicare/Medicaid eligibility and chronic conditions with telehealth utilization: An analysis of 2019–2020 national Medicare claims
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
Mofan Gu
Arkansas Department of Health
8 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 8 shared publications
Ricky Camplain
Cancer Research And Biostatistics (US)
7 shared publications
- Adverse Childhood Events in American Indian/Alaska Native Populations
- US trends in mask wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic depend on rurality
- Differences in US COVID-19 case rates and case fatality rates across the urbanârural continuum
- We are complex beings: comparison of statistical methods to capture and account for intersectionality
- The Role of State Medicaid Expansions in Integrating Comprehensive Mental Health Services into Opioid Treatment Programs: Differences Across the Rural/Urban Continuum
Showing 5 of 7 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
Julie A. Baldwin
Northern Arizona University (US)
6 shared publications
- Adverse Childhood Events in American Indian/Alaska Native Populations
- 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
- Differences in US COVID-19 case rates and case fatality rates across the urbanârural continuum
- The Role of State Medicaid Expansions in Integrating Comprehensive Mental Health Services into Opioid Treatment Programs: Differences Across the Rural/Urban Continuum
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Martha Rojo
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
5 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
- ‘Amazing and Daunting’: Providers’ Perspectives on the Implementation of Neurofeedback
Randolph D. Hubach
Northern Arizona University (US)
4 shared publications
- Adverse Childhood Events in American Indian/Alaska Native Populations
- US trends in mask wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic depend on rurality
- Differences in US COVID-19 case rates and case fatality rates across the urbanârural continuum
- The Role of State Medicaid Expansions in Integrating Comprehensive Mental Health Services into Opioid Treatment Programs: Differences Across the Rural/Urban Continuum
Denna Wheeler
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences (US)
4 shared publications
- Adverse Childhood Events in American Indian/Alaska Native Populations
- US trends in mask wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic depend on rurality
- Differences in US COVID-19 case rates and case fatality rates across the urbanârural continuum
- The Role of State Medicaid Expansions in Integrating Comprehensive Mental Health Services into Opioid Treatment Programs: Differences Across the Rural/Urban Continuum
Shane Haberstroh
Northern Arizona University (US)
4 shared publications
- Adverse Childhood Events in American Indian/Alaska Native Populations
- US trends in mask wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic depend on rurality
- Differences in US COVID-19 case rates and case fatality rates across the urbanârural continuum
- The Role of State Medicaid Expansions in Integrating Comprehensive Mental Health Services into Opioid Treatment Programs: Differences Across the Rural/Urban Continuum
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
Zachary Giano
Northern Arizona University (US)
3 shared publications
- Adverse Childhood Events in American Indian/Alaska Native Populations
- US trends in mask wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic depend on rurality
- Differences in US COVID-19 case rates and case fatality rates across the urbanârural continuum
Carolyn Camplain
Northern Arizona University (US)
3 shared publications
- Adverse Childhood Events in American Indian/Alaska Native Populations
- US trends in mask wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic depend on rurality
- Differences in US COVID-19 case rates and case fatality rates across the urbanârural continuum
Jenil Patel
University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas
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
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