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Molly Green

Assistant Professor of Public Health Studies

Department: Public Health Studies

Office and address: Psychology & Human Service Stu, Office 131F 2337 Campus Box Elon, NC 27244

Phone number: (336) 278-5735

Brief Biography

Molly R. Green, PhD, MPH is an assistant professor of Public Health Studies at Elon University. Her research centers around the effects of the social environment, particularily discrimination and identity, on the mental health of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) populations both in the US and in Germany. Her work is based in health equity and a strengths-based approach to improving health in marginalized communities.

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Education

BA-International Development Studies, UC Berkeley, 2010

MPH-Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan, 2017

PhD-Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan, 2022

Publications

  • Fleming, P.J., Patel, M.R., Green, M., Tariq, M. , Alhawli, A., Syed, N., Ali, A., Bacon, E., Goodall, S. Smith, A., Resnicow, K. (In press). Fear of Deportation and Associations with Mental Health among Michigan residents of Middle Eastern & North African Descent. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 
  • Green, M., Resnicow, K., Tariq, M., Syed, N., Alhawli, A., & Patel, M. (2022). Risk and Protective Factors for Cost-Related Nonadherence Among Middle East and North African (MENA) Adults. Ethnicity & Disease, 32(1), 11-20.
  • Green, M., King, E., Fischer, F. (2021). Acculturation, social support, and mental health outcomes for Syrian Refugees in Germany. Journal of Refugee Studies, 34(2), 2421-2433.
  • Resnicow K, Patel MR, Green M., Smith A, Bacon E, Goodell S, Kilby D, Tariq M, Alhawli A, Syed N, Griggs J, Stiffler M. (2021). The Association of Unfairness with Mental and Physical Health in a Multiethnic Sample of Adults: Cross-sectional Study. JMIR Public Health Surveillance, 7(5), e26622.
  • Patel, M. R., Green, M., Tariq, M., Alhawli, A., Syed, N., Fleming, P. J., ... & Resnicow, K. (2021). A Snapshot of Social Risk Factors and Associations with Health Outcomes in a Community Sample of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) People in the US. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 1-9.
  • Resnicow, K., Patel, M. R., Green, M., Smith, A., Bacon, E., Goodell, S., ... & Stiffler, M. (2020). Development of an Ethnic Identity Measure for Americans of Middle Eastern and North African Descent: Initial Psychometric Properties, Sociodemographic, and Health Correlates. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 1-12.
  • Skolarus, L., Neshewat, G., Evans, L., Green, M., Rehman, N., Landis-Lewis, Z. Welsh Schrader, J., Sales, A. (2019). Understanding determinants of acute stroke thrombolysis using the tailored implementation for chronic diseases framework: a qualitative study. BMC Health Services Research, 19(182).
  • Schmid, A. and Green, M. (2017). Civil society and the refugee crisis in Germany 2015/16. In S.L. Greer, M. Wismar, G. Pastorino, M. Kosinska (Eds), Civil Society and Health (pp. 156). United Kingdom: European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
  • Green, M. (2017). Language Barriers and Health of Syrian Refugees in Germany. American Journal of Public Health, 107(4), 4.

Personal Information

I enjoy baking, running marathons, playing flute, hiking and camping, and hanging out with my dog Rue