Anuli U. Njoku

Anuli Njoku is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health at Southern Connecticut State University. Her academic and research trainings have focused primarily on community-based health promotion and disease prevention efforts at the local, regional, and international levels. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Public Health from Rutgers University, Master of Public Health from Boston University, and Doctor of Public Health from Drexel University. She also has postdoctoral training from Fox Chase Cancer Center. Her broad research interests include social determinants of health, health disparities, cultural competency in higher education, environmental health equity, rural health, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Her research focus can be described as mentored, interprofessional, and global research to promote health equity. She has over 16 years of teaching experience, including developing and teaching over 20 undergraduate and graduate public health courses. She has over 25 publications, including publishing on police brutality against Blacks in the USA, racial and environmental disparities in COVID-19 outcomes, Black maternal morbidity and mortality, infusing health disparities awareness into the Public Health curriculum, learner-centered curriculum development in Public Health, rural health, and sociocultural determinants of health disparities. Her service to the profession includes being an ongoing reviewer for various health-related journals, textbooks, and conferences. She has also presented over 35 peer-reviewed conference proceedings at regional, national, and international venues.

Publications

Study Plans and Programs Supporting Geriatric Dentistry Teaching in Cuba: An Update
Study Plans and Programs Supporting Geriatric Dentistry Teaching in Cuba: An Update
Dachel Martínez Asanza, Isis Anastasia Rojas Herrera, Anuli U. Njoku, Ana Clara Reyes Puig, Farida Mouloudj, Indira Gómez Capote, Gerardo Maupome. © 2024. 18 pages.
The aging population in the world constitutes one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century across social sectors; dental education is no exception. This review explored the...
Factors Influencing the Adoption of Digital Health Apps: An Extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM)
Factors Influencing the Adoption of Digital Health Apps: An Extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM)
Kamel Mouloudj, Ahmed Chemseddine Bouarar, Dachel Martínez Asanza, Linda Saadaoui, Smail Mouloudj, Anuli U. Njoku, Marian A. Evans, Achouak Bouarar. © 2023. 17 pages.
Mobile health apps have been widely considered in the healthcare sector as innovative channels to reach patients and their families. Accordingly, the aim of the chapter was to...