Nakita Lovelady

Federal Grant PI

Assistant Professor

UAMS primary University of Arkansas

Also affiliated: Arkansas Department of Health (2025–2026)

Faculty Researcher

PSY Psychiatry, College of Medicine

7 h-index 19 pubs 160 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

Links

ORCID Lab Website UAMS TRI Profile

OverviewAI-generated summary

Nakita Lovelady, an Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, investigates firearm injuries and violence, with a particular focus on community-based violence prevention programs. Her research has examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital-based violence intervention programming and explored the experiences of violently injured Black men in the United States. Lovelady is a Principal Investigator on two NIH-funded grants totaling over $2.7 million, both focused on establishing a community violence prevention program in a Southern state.

Her work also extends to understanding substance use disorder recovery among women and analyzing public responses to regulatory inquiries about substances like kratom. Lovelady employs qualitative methods, including content analysis and concept mapping, to explore community perceptions and identify pathways toward eliminating chronic disease disparities. Her research network includes collaborators from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and within the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Lovelady's scholarship metrics include an h-index of 7, with 19 total publications and 152 citations. She is recently active, with her most recent publication in 2024.

Metrics

h-index: 7
Publications: 19
Citations: 160

Selected Publications

The effect of hospital-based violence intervention programs on post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms among violent assault victims: a systematic review (2026)

Injury Epidemiology DOI OpenAlex
Barbershop talk: a hybrid-2 trial examining the effectiveness of a barbershop-placed screening, brief intervention, and referral (SBIRT) intervention (2026)

BMC Public Health DOI OpenAlex
Healthcare Utilization in the Year Before Death By Suicide: A Multinomial Approach (2025)

The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research DOI OpenAlex
Violent Firearm Injury and Homelessness: Examining the Experiences of Black Men Participating in Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs (2025)

American Journal of Men s Health 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Corrigendum to “Healthcare provider recommendations for COVID-19 vaccination: Prevalence, disparities, and correlates” [Patient Educ Couns 130 (2025) 108481] (2025)

Patient Education and Counseling DOI OpenAlex
Healthcare provider recommendations for COVID-19 vaccination: Prevalence, disparities, and correlates (2024)

Patient Education and Counseling 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Using Concept Mapping to Identify Community Partners’ and Researchers’ Perceptions of Social Justice: A Path Toward Eliminating Chronic Disease Disparities (2024)

Health Equity 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
“I am a survivor!”: Violently Injured Black Men’s Perceptions of Labeling After a Violent Firearm Injury (2024)

Journal of Urban Health 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
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)

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Evidence-Based Quality Improvement (EBQI) in the pre-implementation phase: key steps and activities (2023)

Frontiers in Health Services 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
Firearm injuries and death: A United States epidemic with public health solutions (2023)

PLOS Global Public Health 16 citations DOI OpenAlex
148 A Feasibility Study for the Implementation of a Hospital-based Violence Intervention Program in the Rural South (2023)

Journal of Clinical and Translational Science DOI OpenAlex
Qualitative content analysis of public responses to an FDA inquiry on the impact of scheduling changes to kratom (2022)

International Journal of Drug Policy 18 citations DOI OpenAlex
Exploring emergent barriers to hospital-based violence intervention programming during the COVID-19 pandemic (2022)

Preventive Medicine 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
Characterizing Firearm Assault Injury Among Young Black Men Using Arkansas Hospital Discharge Data (2021)

Journal of Interpersonal Violence 5 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Federal Grants 2 $2,818,574 total

NIH Contact PI Sep 2023 - Jun 2028

The HVIP+ Community Model: A Community Violence Prevention Program in a Southern State

NIH Office of the Director $1,397,785 UH3

NIH Contact PI Sep 2023 - Jun 2025

The HVIP+ Community Model: A Community Violence Prevention Program in a Southern State

NIH Office of the Director $1,420,789 UG3

Grants & Funding

As listed on this researcher's institutional profile. Federal awards with verified records are shown above.

Rural Stakeholders Building Competence and Capacity to Mitigate Pressing Mental Health Issues through CER Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute via Northern Neck Health, Inc. Principal Investigator
Determination of antihypertensive, anti-inflammatory and chymase inhibitory efficacy of sweet potato and rice bran extract US Department of Agriculture via University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Principal Investigator
Center for Research, Health and Society NIH Co-Investigator
FAITH Network PCOR Training for Researchers Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Principal Investigator
UAMS Project Heal: A Hospital-based Violence Intervention Program US Department of the Treasury via City of Little Rock Arkansas Principal Investigator
UAMS Project Heal - Everytown Support Grant Everytown for Gun Safety Fund Principal Investigator