Thomas Arcury, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair for Research
Department of Family & Community Medicine
Interests
Rural Health, Minority Health, Immigrant Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Community-Based Research
Education
| 1975 |
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
B.A. Degree, Sociology |
| 1978 |
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
M.A. Degree, Anthropology |
| 1983 |
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Ph.D. Degree, Anthropology
Dissertation: Household Structure and Economic Change in a Rural Community: 1900 to 1980 |
Postdoctoral Training
| 1994 – 1996 |
NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow
Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Academic Career
| 1994 |
Assistant Research Professor
Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health
University of Kentucky |
| 1993 – 1994 |
Research Coordinator for Rural Health
College of Medicine
University of Kentucky |
| 1996 – 1999 |
Senior Research Associate
Center for Urban and Regional Studies
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 1999 – 2002 |
Associate Professor and Research Director
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Wake Forest School of Medicine |
| 2002 – 2008 |
Professor and Research Director
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Wake Forest School of Medicine |
| 2008 - present |
Professor and Vice Chair for Research
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Wake Forest School of Medicine |
| 2008 - present |
Director
Center for Worker Health
Wake Forest School of Medicine |
Selected Books
Arcury TA, Quandt SA, eds. Latino Farmworkers in the Eastern United States: Health, Safety, and Justice. New York: Springer, 2009.
Selected Publications
Arcury TA, Chen H, Savoca MR, Anderson AM, Leng I, Bell RA, Quandt SA. Ethnic Variation in Oral Health and Social Integration among Older Rural Adults. Journal of Applied Gerontology. In press.
Arcury TA, Grzywacz JG, Neiberg RH, Lang W, Nguyen H, Altizer K, Stoller EP, Bell RA, Quandt SA. Older Adults’ Self-Management of Daily Symptoms: Complementary Therapies, Self-Care, and Medical Care. Journal of Aging and Health. In press.
Arcury TA, Quandt SA. Living and working safely: Challenges for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers. North Carolina Medical Journal. In press.
Arcury TA, Grzywacz JG, Neiberg RH, Lang W, Nguyen H, Altizer K, Stoller EP, Bell RA, Quandt SA. Daily Use of Complementary and Other Therapies for Symptoms among Older Adults: Study Design and Illustrative Results. Journal of Aging and Health 2011; 23:52-69. PMID: 20937796.
Chen H, Quandt SA, Grzywacz JG, Arcury TA. A Distribution-Based Multiple Imputation Method for Handling Longitudinal Left-Censored Data. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2011; 119:351-356. PMID: 21097385.
Carlson DS, Grzywacz JG, Ferguson M, Hunter EM, Clinch CR, Arcury TA. Health and turnover of working mothers after childbirth via the work-family interface: An analysis across time. Journal of Applied Psychology. 2011 May 23. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 21604833.
Darcy JM, Grzywacz JG, Stephens RL, Leng I, Clinch C R, Arcury TA. Maternal Depressive Symptomatology after Childbirth: Implications for Subsequent Infant and Maternal Health-Related Quality of Life. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 2011; 24:259-257. PMID: 21551396.
Grzywacz JG, Ip HS, Chapman C, Kirk JK, Bell RA, Quandt SA. Older Adults’ Common Sense Models of Diabetes. American Journal of Health Behavior 2011; 35:318-333. PMID 21683021.
Kirk JK, Grzywacz JG, Chapman C, Arcury TA, Bell RA, Ip E, Quandt SA. Blood Glucose Symptom Recognition: Perspectives of Older Rural Adults. The Diabetes Educator. 2011; 37:360-375. PMID: 21415287.
Neiberg RH, Aickin M, Grzywacz JG, Lang W, Quandt SA, Bell RA, Arcury TA. Occurrence and Co-occurrence of Types of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Usage by Age, Gender, Ethnicity, and Education Among Adults in the US: The 2002 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine 2011; 17:363-370. PMID: 21495904.
Robinson EN, Nguyen HT, Isom S, Quandt SA, Grzywacz JG, Arcury TA. Wages, Wage Violations, and Pesticide Safety Experienced by Migrant Farmworkers in North Carolina. New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy. 2011; 21:251-258. PMID: 21733804.
Savoca MR, Arcury TA, Leng X, Bell RA, Chen H, Anderson A, Kohrman T, Gilbert GG, Quandt SA. Impact of Denture Usage Patterns on Dietary Quality and Food Avoidance among Older Adults. Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology and Geriatrics. 2011; 30:86-102.
Spears CR, Nolan BV, O’Neil JL, Arcury TA, Grzywacz JG, Feldman SR. Recruiting Underserved Populations to Dermatological Research: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Dermatology. 2011; 50(4):385-395. PMID:21413946.
Stoller EP, Grzywacz JG, Quandt SA, Bell RA, Chapman C, Altizer KP, Arcury TA. Calling the doctor: A qualitative study of patient-initiated physician consultation among rural older adults. Journal of Aging and Health, 2011; 23:782-805. PMID: 21311048.
Vallejos QM, Quandt SA, Grzywacz JG, Isom S, Chen H, Galván L, Whalley L, Chatterjee AB, Arcury TA. Migrant Farmworkers’ Housing Conditions across an Agricultural Season in North Carolina. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 2011; 54:533-544. PMID: 21360725.
Verma A, Schulz MR, Quandt SA, Robinson EN, Grzywacz JG, Chen H, Arcury TA. Eye Health and Safety among Latino Farmworkers. Journal of Agromedicine, 2011; 16:143-152. PMID: 21462026.