To examine psychosocial and behavioral factors that influence minority and women’s health status and health outcomes associated with chronic disease and other health-related conditions.

To explore the implications of religion and spirituality for various health outcomes.

To identify and assess approaches that lead to the success and sustainability of community-based interventions in highest-risk communities.

To utilize partnerships and collaborative research opportunities that strongly focus on the conduct and dissemination of applied prevention research.

Minority health

Health disparities

Cancer prevention

Cancer control

Spirituality

Women’s health

Community health

Urban health

1996 Minority Student Scholarship, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Minority Student Alumni.

1992-1995 Predoctoral Training Fellowship, National Cancer Institute

1992-1994 Predoctoral Minority Student Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health.

Bowie, J, Curbow, BC, LaVeist, T, Fitzgerald, S, & Pargament, K. The Relationship Between Religious Coping Style and Anxiety Over Breast Cancer in African American Women. Journal of Religion and Health 2001, 40(4), 411-422.

Coyne, CA & Bowie, JV. Human Behavior & Health Education in Cancer Prevention, Detection, & Control: A Nursing Perspective, Jennings-Dozier, K & Mahon, S (eds.), Oncology Nursing Society, 2002, 79-98.

DeFrancesco, S, Bowie, JV, Frattaroli, S, Bone, LR, Walker, P, &

Farfel, MR. The Community Research, Education and Practice Consortium: Building Institutional Capacity for Community-Based Public Health. (Accepted for publication in Public Health Reports).

LaVeist, TA, Arthur, M, & Bowie, J. Race Differences in Care for

Heart Disease: Implications for Patient Attitudes and Future Health Behavior. Phylon, 2003, 115-126.

Bowie, JV, Sydnor, KD & Granot, M. Spirituality and Care of

Prostate Cancer Patients: A Pilot Study. JNMA, 2003, 951-954.