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Mofan Gu's research focuses on public health issues, particularly concerning access to care and health disparities within the United States. His work has investigated barriers to HIV care engagement for individuals in rural Arkansas and explored geographic and racial/ethnic differences in access to methamphetamine detoxification services.
Gu has also examined the drivers of probation revocation and assessed social stigma related to substance use disorders. His publications include a pilot study on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers and surveillance of COVID-19 outbreaks in prisons, considering the role of economic distress in surrounding communities. He has also contributed to research on a pilot PrEP linkage intervention for individuals transitioning out of incarceration.
His scholarly activity includes 22 publications and approximately 100 citations, with an h-index of 4. Gu frequently collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including George Pro and Nicholas Zaller, with whom he shares multiple publications.
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- h-index: 4
- Publications: 24
- Citations: 102
Selected Publications
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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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Engagement and retention in HIV care in rural Southern U.S. using an All-Payer Claims Database (2025)
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Geographic and Policy Factors Influence Telehealth Availability for Substance Use Disorder Treatment (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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Randomized controlled trial of a pilot PrEP linkage intervention for individuals leaving incarceration in a southern state: Design and baseline characteristics (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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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 (2024)
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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 (2024)
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Drivers of Probation Revocation in Pulaski County, Arkansas (2023)
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Assessing Social Stigma Towards Drug Use Disorders Related to Opioids, Methamphetamines, Crack Cocaine and Alcohol (2023)
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Barriers and facilitators to HIV care engagement: Recommendations from people with HIV in rural Arkansas (2022)
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Surveillance of COVID-19 outbreaks in prisons in the US South: The role of economic distress in the communities surrounding prison facilities (2022)
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A pilot study on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers in the US (2022)
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Nickolas Zaller
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
7 shared publications
In database
- A pilot study on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers in the US
- Barriers and facilitators to HIV care engagement: Recommendations from people with HIV in rural Arkansas
- Geographic and Racial/Ethnic Differences in Access to Methamphetamine Detoxification Services, United States, 2021
- Drivers of Probation Revocation in Pulaski County, Arkansas
- Surveillance of COVID-19 outbreaks in prisons in the US South: The role of economic distress in the communities surrounding prison facilities
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
George Pro
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
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
Philip A. Chan
Miriam Hospital (US)
4 shared publications
- Barriers and facilitators to HIV care engagement: Recommendations from people with HIV in rural Arkansas
- Long-Term HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Persistence and Reinitiation in Connecticut from 2012 to 2018
- Evaluation of an Artificial Intelligence Conversational Chatbot to Enhance HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Uptake: Development and Usability Study (Preprint)
- Integrating HIV prevention services into care settings for people with opioid use disorder (OUD): a study protocol for implementation strategy development and modeling
Heather K. Horton
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
3 shared publications
In database
- Barriers and facilitators to HIV care engagement: Recommendations from people with HIV in rural Arkansas
- Randomized controlled trial of a pilot PrEP linkage intervention for individuals leaving incarceration in a southern state: Design and baseline characteristics
- 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
Jure Baloh
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
3 shared publications
In database
- Barriers and facilitators to HIV care engagement: Recommendations from people with HIV in rural Arkansas
- 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
Jun Tao
Providence College (US)
3 shared publications
- Long-Term HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Persistence and Reinitiation in Connecticut from 2012 to 2018
- Evaluation of an Artificial Intelligence Conversational Chatbot to Enhance HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Uptake: Development and Usability Study (Preprint)
- Integrating HIV prevention services into care settings for people with opioid use disorder (OUD): a study protocol for implementation strategy development and modeling
Hannah Parent
Providence College (US)
3 shared publications
- Long-Term HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Persistence and Reinitiation in Connecticut from 2012 to 2018
- Evaluation of an Artificial Intelligence Conversational Chatbot to Enhance HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Uptake: Development and Usability Study (Preprint)
- Integrating HIV prevention services into care settings for people with opioid use disorder (OUD): a study protocol for implementation strategy development and modeling
Bruce G. Taylor
University of Chicago (US)
2 shared publications
- A pilot study on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers in the US
- Assessing Social Stigma Towards Drug Use Disorders Related to Opioids, Methamphetamines, Crack Cocaine and Alcohol
Harold A. Pollack
University of Chicago (US)
2 shared publications
- A pilot study on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers in the US
- Assessing Social Stigma Towards Drug Use Disorders Related to Opioids, Methamphetamines, Crack Cocaine and Alcohol
S. Alexandra Marshall
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
2 shared publications
In database
- Barriers and facilitators to HIV care engagement: Recommendations from people with HIV in rural Arkansas
- Randomized controlled trial of a pilot PrEP linkage intervention for individuals leaving incarceration in a southern state: Design and baseline characteristics
Amy Nunn
2 shared publications
- Barriers and facilitators to HIV care engagement: Recommendations from people with HIV in rural Arkansas
- Evaluation of an Artificial Intelligence Conversational Chatbot to Enhance HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Uptake: Development and Usability Study (Preprint)
O’Dell Johnson
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
2 shared publications
In database
- Assessing Social Stigma Towards Drug Use Disorders Related to Opioids, Methamphetamines, Crack Cocaine and Alcohol
- 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
Brooklyn Tody
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
2 shared publications
In database
- Randomized controlled trial of a pilot PrEP linkage intervention for individuals leaving incarceration in a southern state: Design and baseline characteristics
- 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
Timikia Jackson
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
2 shared publications
In database
- Randomized controlled trial of a pilot PrEP linkage intervention for individuals leaving incarceration in a southern state: Design and baseline characteristics
- 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
Brooke E. E. Montgomery
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
2 shared publications
In database
- 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
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