Kimberly Jacob Arriola, PhD, MPH

Research Program

Cancer Prevention and Control
Phone Number

404-727-2600
Email Address

kjacoba@sph.emory.edu

Biography

Kimberly Jacob Arriola, PhD, MPH, is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences, and serves as executive associate dean for academic affairs in the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University. Dr. Arriola also serves as dean of Laney Graduate School and is part of the Emory University Office of the Provost leadership team as vice provost for graduate affairs. She is a member of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.

Education

Dr. Arriola earned an MA and a PhD from Northeastern University, both in social psychology, and she earned an MPH in epidemiology from Emory University.

Titles & Roles

Charles Howard Candler Professor of Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences

Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Dean

Laney Graduate School, Emory University
Vice Provost for Graduate Affairs

Emory University

Research

All of Dr. Arriola's work focuses on improving the health of marginalized populations and communities of color. For example, for the past 9 years she has served as principal investigator of an NIH-funded project that seeks to develop and test a culturally-sensitive organ and tissue donation intervention for African American adults. Additionally, she has served as co-investigator for two national multi-site studies that seek to evaluate new services for HIV-infected jail and prison inmates transitioning from the facility to the community. Dr. Arriola also teaches Research Methods to master's students and Health Promotion Interventions to doctoral students in her department.

Grants

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Grant Number	Title
5U01DK137269-03	mproving Access to Nephrology Treatment and Care among Patients at Greatest Risk for Kidney Failure

Publications

Dr. Arriola has published numerous journal articles and co-edited a book on the health of incarcerated women.

Title/Journal	Authors	Publication Date
Engaging rural and non-Hispanic Black persons in conversations about the COVID-19 vaccine: a process evaluation of a natural helper intervention. Vaccine	RE McGee, DA Barrett, RA Bednarczyk, M Grant-Whitlock, MC Kegler, KR Jacob Arriola	08/08/2025
Immediate Postintervention Outcomes from a Randomized Trial that Sought to Enhance Access to Live Donor Kidney Transplant for Black and African Americans. Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.)	KJ Arriola, D Barrett, S Pastan, J Perryman, D DuBay, C Tresslar, SU De Abreu, M Di, L Teunis, M Montoya, T Mangurenje, RE Patzer	03/01/2025
Understanding the Role of Trust in Healthcare and Intentions to Pursue Live Donor Kidney Transplant Among African American End Stage Kidney Disease Patients. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities	KJ Arriola, D Barrett, S Pastan, JP Perryman, D DuBay, M Di, L Teunis, D Taber, TM Merken, C Sapp, RE Patzer	01/09/2025
Well-being inequities in eleven rural Georgia communities: A latent profile analysis. PloS one	AK Hermstad, R Haardörfer, KJ Arriola, P Stoepker, EL Leung, MC Kegler	01/01/2025
Optimizing the Timing of Transplant Education: The Critical Role of Dialysis Care Professionals. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN	JL McDonnell, MA Urbanski, KM Drewry, SO Pastan, JP Lea, KJ Arriola, C Escoffery, RE Patzer, AS Wilk	03/01/2024
Understanding the relationship between social capital, health, and well-being in a southern rural population. The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association	KJ Arriola, TM Merken, L Bigger, R Haardörfer, A Hermstad, S Owolabi, J Daniel, M Kegler	01/01/2024
Understanding the mechanisms and implications of the association between community distress and organ nonutilization. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons	KJ Arriola	11/01/2023
The Association Between Cardiovascular Health with Internet and Mobile Technology Use Among Jackson Heart Study Participants. Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association	S Sutton, M Sims, K Winters, A Correa, C Escoffery, KJ Arriola	07/01/2023
Exploring dimensions of social capital in relation to healthy eating behaviours in the US rural south. Public health nutrition	CC Antonacci, R Haardörfer, AK Hermstad, TL Mayo-Gamble, KR Jacob Arriola, MC Kegler	05/01/2023
Evaluation Design for The Two Georgias Initiative: Assessing Progress Toward Health Equity in the Rural South. Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education	MC Kegler, A Hermstad, R Haardörfer, KJ Arriola, N Gauthreaux, S Tucker, G Nelson	04/01/2023
Determinants of food preparation and hygiene practices among caregivers of children under two in Western Kenya: a formative research study. BMC public health	EA Ogutu, A Ellis, KC Rodriguez, BA Caruso, EE McClintic, SG Ventura, KRJ Arriola, AJ Kowalski, M Linabarger, BK Wodnik, A Webb-Girard, R Muga, MC Freeman	10/06/2022
Inequities in Physical Activity Environments and Leisure-Time Physical Activity in Rural Communities. Preventing chronic disease	MC Kegler, N Gauthreaux, A Hermstad, KJ Arriola, A Mickens, K Ditzel, C Hernandez, R Haardörfer	07/07/2022
Application of the Capabilities, Opportunities, Motivations, and Behavior (COM-B) Change Model to Formative Research for Child Nutrition in Western Kenya. Current developments in nutrition	EE McClintic, A Ellis, EA Ogutu, BA Caruso, SG Ventura, KRJ Arriola, AJ Kowalski, M Linabarger, BK Wodnik, R Muga, MC Freeman, AW Girard	07/01/2022
A randomized trial of race-related stress among African Americans with chronic kidney disease. Psychoneuroendocrinology	KJ Arriola, TT Lewis, B Pearce, J Cobb, B Weldon, MIZ Valentin, J Lea, V Vaccarino	09/01/2021
THE ORGAN THIEVES: THE SHOCKING STORY OF THE FIRST HEART TRANSPLANT IN THE SEGREGATED SOUTH Chip Jones. New York, NY: Gallery Books, 2020, 389 pages. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons	KJ Arriola	11/29/2020
Understanding the pros and cons of organ donation decision-making: Decisional balance and expressing donation intentions among African Americans. Journal of health psychology	SSC Flemming, N Redmond, DH Williamson, NJ Thompson, JP Perryman, RE Patzer, KJ Arriola	09/01/2020
Practices and Perspectives on Latrine Use, Child Feces Disposal, and Clean Play Environments in Western Kenya. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene	A Ellis, EE McClintic, EO Awino, BA Caruso, KRJ Arriola, SG Ventura, AJ Kowalski, M Linabarger, BK Wodnik, A Webb-Girard, R Muga, MC Freeman	05/01/2020
Association of sociocultural factors with initiation of the kidney transplant evaluation process. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons	RE Hamoda, LJ McPherson, K Lipford, K Jacob Arriola, L Plantinga, JC Gander, E Hartmann, L Mulloy, CF Zayas, KN Lee, SO Pastan, RE Patzer	01/01/2020
A Culturally Sensitive Web-based Intervention to Improve Living Donor Kidney Transplant Among African Americans. Kidney international reports	RE Patzer, L McPherson, N Redmond, D DuBay, C Zayas, E Hartmann, L Mulloy, J Perryman, S Pastan, KJ Arriola	09/01/2019
Social Environmental Correlates of Health Behaviors in a Faith-Based Policy and Environmental Change Intervention. Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education	A Hermstad, S Honeycutt, SS Flemming, ML Carvalho, T Hodge, C Escoffery, MC Kegler, KRJ Arriola	10/01/2018
iChoose Kidney for Treatment Options: Updated Models for Shared Decision Aid. Transplantation	JC Gander, M Basu, L McPherson, MD Garber, SO Pastan, A Manatunga, KJ Arriola, RE Patzer	09/01/2018
Process evaluation of the RaDIANT community study: a dialysis facility-level intervention to increase referral for kidney transplantation. BMC nephrology	RE Hamoda, JC Gander, LJ McPherson, KJ Arriola, L Cobb, SO Pastan, L Plantinga, T Browne, E Hartmann, L Mulloy, C Zayas, J Krisher, RE Patzer	01/15/2018
Implementation of a Web-Based Organ Donation Educational Intervention: Development and Use of a Refined Process Evaluation Model. Journal of medical Internet research	N Redmond, L Harker, Y Bamps, SSC Flemming, JP Perryman, NJ Thompson, RE Patzer, NSD Williams, KRJ Arriola	11/30/2017
Practice to Evidence: Using Evaluability Assessment to Generate Practice-Based Evidence in Rural South Georgia. Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education	S Honeycutt, A Hermstad, ML Carvalho, KRJ Arriola, D Ballard, C Escoffery, MC Kegler	06/01/2017
Promoting Policy and Environmental Change in Faith-Based Organizations: Description and Findings From a Mini-Grants Program. American journal of health promotion : AJHP	KRJ Arriola, A Hermstad, SSC Flemming, S Honeycutt, ML Carvalho, ST Cherry, T Davis, S Frazier, C Escoffery, MC Kegler	05/01/2017
A Randomized Trial to Reduce Disparities in Referral for Transplant Evaluation. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN	RE Patzer, S Paul, L Plantinga, J Gander, L Sauls, J Krisher, LL Mulloy, EM Gibney, T Browne, CF Zayas, WM McClellan, KJ Arriola, SO Pastan	03/01/2017
Race, Racism, and Access to Renal Transplantation among African Americans. Journal of health care for the poor and underserved	KJ Arriola	01/01/2017
The Inclusion of African-American Study Participants in Web-Based Research Studies: Viewpoint. Journal of medical Internet research	B Watson, DH Robinson, L Harker, KR Arriola	06/22/2016
iChoose Kidney: A Clinical Decision Aid for Kidney Transplantation Versus Dialysis Treatment. Transplantation	RE Patzer, M Basu, CP Larsen, SO Pastan, S Mohan, M Patzer, M Konomos, WM McClellan, J Lea, D Howard, J Gander, KJ Arriola	03/01/2016
Promoting Policy and Environmental Change in Faith-Based Organizations: Outcome Evaluation of a Mini-Grants Program. Health promotion practice	KR Jacob Arriola, A Hermstad, S St Clair Flemming, S Honeycutt, ML Carvalho, ST Cherry, T Davis, S Frazier, L Liang, C Escoffery, MC Kegler	01/01/2016
Male Incarceration Rates and Rates of Sexually Transmitted Infections: Results From a Longitudinal Analysis in a Southeastern US City. Sexually transmitted diseases	EF Dauria, K Elifson, KJ Arriola, G Wingood, HL Cooper	06/01/2015
Exploring Donotion-related Knowledge Attitudes, Beliefs and Distrust Among African Americans. Journal of the National Medical Association	DH Robinson, JP Perryman, NJ Thompson, C Lamonte Powell, KR Jacob Arriola	03/01/2015
Strategies to facilitate organ donation among African Americans. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN	DH Robinson, KR Arriola	02/06/2015
Understanding the relationship between social support and physical and mental well-being among jail detainees living with HIV. Journal of health psychology	KJ Arriola, AC Spaulding, CA Booker, C Williams, A Avery, NJ Porter, AO Jordan, H Loewenthal, PM Frew	01/01/2015
Understanding African American's religious beliefs and organ donation intentions. Journal of religion and health	DH Robinson, SM Klammer, JP Perryman, NJ Thompson, KR Arriola	12/01/2014
Living donor transplant education for African American patients with end-stage renal disease. Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.)	KR Arriola, CL Powell, NJ Thompson, JP Perryman, M Basu	12/01/2014
Modifiable risk factors for adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy among breast cancer patients. Patient education and counseling	KR Jacob Arriola, TA Mason, KA Bannon, C Holmes, CL Powell, K Horne, R O'Regan	04/01/2014
Minority stress in the lives of men who have sex with men in Cape Town, South Africa. Journal of homosexuality	A McAdams-Mahmoud, R Stephenson, C Rentsch, H Cooper, KJ Arriola, G Jobson, G de Swardt, H Struthers, J McIntyre	01/01/2014
Evaluation of a patient navigation program to promote colorectal cancer screening in rural Georgia, USA. Cancer	S Honeycutt, R Green, D Ballard, A Hermstad, A Brueder, R Haardörfer, J Yam, KJ Arriola	08/15/2013
Understanding the relationship between trust in health care and attitudes toward living donor transplant among African Americans with end-stage renal disease. Clinical transplantation	EL McDonald, CL Powell, JP Perryman, NJ Thompson, KR Arriola	01/01/2013
Project ACTS II: organ donation education for African American adults. Ethnicity & disease	KR Arriola, DH Robinson, JP Perryman, NJ Thompson, EF Russell	01/01/2013
Reducing barriers to breast cancer care through Avon patient navigation programs. Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP	S Stanley, KJ Arriola, S Smith, M Hurlbert, C Ricci, C Escoffery	01/01/2013
Metropolitan area racial residential segregation, neighborhood racial composition, and breast cancer mortality. Cancer causes & control : CCC	EF Russell, MR Kramer, HL Cooper, S Gabram-Mendola, D Senior-Crosby, KR Jacob Arriola	09/01/2012
Testing the utility of a modified organ donation model among African American adults. Journal of behavioral medicine	DH Robinson, JP Perryman, NJ Thompson, S Amaral, KR Arriola	06/01/2012
Racial discrimination, mood disorders, and cardiovascular disease among black americans. Annals of epidemiology	DH Chae, AM Nuru-Jeter, KD Lincoln, KR Jacob Arriola	02/01/2012
Distrust in the healthcare system and organ donation intentions among African Americans. Journal of community health	E Russell, DH Robinson, NJ Thompson, JP Perryman, KR Arriola	02/01/2012
Residential racial composition, spatial access to care, and breast cancer mortality among women in Georgia. Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine	E Russell, MR Kramer, HL Cooper, WW Thompson, KR Arriola	12/01/2011
Strategies to enhance linkages between care for HIV/AIDS in jail and community settings. AIDS care	J Draine, D Ahuja, FL Altice, KJ Arriola, AK Avery, CG Beckwith, CA Booker, A Ferguson, H Figueroa, T Lincoln, LJ Ouellet, J Porterfield, AC Spaulding, MJ Tinsley	03/01/2011
A qualitative evaluation of the Avon Foundation Community Education and Outreach Initiative Patient Navigation Program. Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education	DF Schlueter, WW Thompson, TA Mason, M Rayton, KJ Arriola	12/01/2010
Project ACTS: an intervention to increase organ and tissue donation intentions among African Americans. Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education	K Arriola, DH Robinson, NJ Thompson, JP Perryman	04/01/2010
Exploring the "bisexual bridge": a qualitative study of risk behavior and disclosure of same-sex behavior among black bisexual men. American journal of public health	DJ Malebranche, KJ Arriola, TR Jenkins, E Dauria, SN Patel	01/01/2010
Alcohol assessment among college students using wireless mobile technology. Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs	JM Bernhardt, S Usdan, D Mays, R Martin, J Cremeens, KJ Arriola	09/01/2009
Correlates of support for living donation among African American adults. Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.)	DH Robinson, CP Borba, NJ Thompson, JP Perryman, KR Arriola	09/01/2009
Health literacy and control in the medical encounter: a mixed-methods analysis. Journal of the National Medical Association	SA Arthur, HR Geiser, KR Arriola, S Kripalani	07/01/2009
Rapid HIV testing in rapidly released detainees: next steps. Sexually transmitted diseases	AC Spaulding, KR Arriola, T Hammett, S Kennedy, M Tinsley	02/01/2009
Reliability and validity of the alcohol consequences expectations scale. American journal of health behavior	KR Arriola, S Usdan, D Mays, JA Weitzel, J Cremeens, RJ Martin, C Borba, JM Bernhardt	01/01/2009
Development and validation of the Retrospective Alcohol Context Scale. The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse	D Mays, S Usdan, KJ Arriola, JA Weitzel, JM Bernhardt	01/01/2009
Health disparities and incarcerated women: a population ignored. American journal of public health	RL Braithwaite, HM Treadwell, KR Arriola	09/01/2008
Male prisoners and HIV prevention: a call for action ignored. American journal of public health	RL Braithwaite, KR Arriola	09/01/2008
Understanding the relationship between knowledge and African Americans' donation decision-making. Patient education and counseling	KR Jacob Arriola, DH Robinson, JP Perryman, N Thompson	02/01/2008

Awards

Dr. Arriola is a recipient of the 2014 Emory Williams Distinguished Teaching Award.