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S. Alexandra Marshall

Associate Professor

Last publication 2026 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

faculty

Health Behavior & Health Education, College of Public Health

smarshall@uams.edu

11 h-index 42 pubs 395 cited

Biography and Research Information

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S. Alexandra Marshall's research focuses on health disparities and interventions, particularly within vulnerable populations in Arkansas. Her work has investigated barriers and facilitators to healthcare engagement for individuals with HIV in rural areas and explored the experiences of transgender and gender nonbinary patients in emergency departments, offering recommendations for policy and practice improvements. Marshall has also examined the implementation of health initiatives, such as the Zero Suicide program in emergency departments and the acceptability of community health worker programs for linking individuals in jail to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Her research extends to substance use disorder recovery, exploring women's experiences and resilience. She has published 39 papers, with an h-index of 11 and 389 citations. Marshall collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the University of Arkansas for Fayetteville.

Metrics

  • h-index: 11
  • Publications: 42
  • Citations: 395

Selected Publications

  • Perceived Importance of National Sex Education Standards Among Selected College Students (2026)
  • P-340. Adaptation of a Pharmacist-Led Long-Acting Injectable (LAI) Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Program to Increase Use of LAI ART in Arkansas, an Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Jurisdiction (2026)
  • Engagement and retention in HIV care in rural Southern U.S. using an All-Payer Claims Database (2025)
  • Comparing a Guideline-Based Mobile Health Intervention Versus Usual Care for High-Risk Adolescents With Asthma: Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial (2025)
  • Emotionally Tough, Sexting Rough: Relationship Between Callous Unemotional Traits and Aggravated Sexting in 11 Countries (2025)
  • Mobile Health App for Adolescent Asthma Self-Management: Development and Usability Study of the Pulmonary Education and Knowledge Mobile Asthma Action Plan (2025)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Exploring LGBTQ+ youth well-being: Utilizing a mixed-method approach to uncover insights, needs, and strategies of LGBTQ+ youth in Northwest Arkansas (2025)
  • Randomized controlled trial of a pilot PrEP linkage intervention for individuals leaving incarceration in a southern state: Design and baseline characteristics (2024)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Perspectives on a peer-driven intervention to promote pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake among men who have sex with men in southern New England: a qualitative study (2024)
    4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Primary Care Providers’ Experiences Treating Opioid Use Disorder Using Telehealth in the Height of the COVID-19 Pandemic (2024)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Access to Digital Technology among Teens with Asthma: A Barrier or Facilitator of Mobile Health Interventions? (2024)
  • Barriers and facilitators to HIV care engagement: Recommendations from people with HIV in rural Arkansas (2022)
    9 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Determination of Exercise Predictors of Self-reported Sexual Performance among Healthy Adults (2022)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Facilitators and barriers to providing affirming care for transgender patients in primary care practices in Arkansas (2022)
    13 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Formative evaluation of Zero Suicide in the emergency department: Identifying strategies to overcome implementation barriers (2022)
    10 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Grants & Funding

  • COPH MPH Maternal and Child Health Track Health Resources & Services Administration Principal Investigator
  • Clinician and Patient Experiences with COVID-19 Induced Rapid Transitions to Telehealth for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment NIH Co-Investigator
  • Arkansas Center for Health Disparities (ARCHD): An NIMHD COE NIH Co-Investigator
  • Using a big-data approach to characterize disparities in the HIV care continuum and viral suppression among rural communities in Arkansas NIH/Nat. Inst. of Allergy & Infectious Diseases - Pass Through: Miriam Hospital Principal Investigator
  • Transform Health Arkansas Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute - Pass Through: Arkansas Transgender Equality Coalition Principal Investigator
  • Development of a Regional Transgender Health Research and Education Collaborative in the Southern US Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Co-Investigator
  • DP24-004, PRC, Core: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers NIH Co-Investigator
  • HIV Testing at Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) Gilead Sciences, Inc. Principal Investigator

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