Kesha Baptiste-Roberts, Ph.D., MPH

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Assistant Professor of Nursing

Contact Information

1300 Academic Support Building/A110
600 Centerview Drive
Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, PA 17033

Phone: 717.531.4211

Fax: 717.531.5339

kab50@psu.edu

Education

PhD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2007
Major: Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology
Baltimore, MD
MPH, Louis University School of Public Health, 2001
Major: Community Health, Epidemiology
Saint Louis, MO
BS, Juniata College, 1999
Major: Biology
Huntingdon, PA

Publications

Gary, T.L., Baptiste-Roberts, K., Pham, L., Wesche-Thobaben, J., Pi-Sunyer, F.X, Brown, A.F., Jones, L., & Brancati, F.L. (in press). Neighborhood and weight-related health beahviors in the Look AHEAD study. Diabetes Care.

Gary, T.L., Baptiste-Roberts, K., Pham, L., Wesche-Thobaben, J., Patricio, J., Pi-Sunyer, F.X, Brown, A.F., Jones, L., & Brancati, F.L. (in press). Neighborhood socio-economic status, depression, and health status in the Look AHEAD Study. BMC Public Health.

Baptiste-Roberts, K., Barone, B.B., Gary, T.L., Golden, S.H., Wilson, L.M., Bass, E.B., et al. (2009). Risk factors for type 2 diabetes among women with gestational diabetes: A systematic review. American Journal of Medicine, 122(3), 207-214 e204. doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.09.034

Atta, M.G., Baptiste-Roberts, K., Brancati, F.L., & Gary, T.L. (2009). The natural course of microalbuminuria among African Americans with type 2 diabetes: A 3-year study. American Journal of Medicine, 122(1), 62-72. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.07.023

Baptiste-Roberts, K., Salafia, C.M., Nicholson, W.K., Duggan, A., Wang, N.Y., & Brancati, F.L. (2009). Gross placental measures and childhood growth. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, 22(1), 13-23. doi: 10.1080/14767050802415728

Golden, S. H., Bennett, W. L., Baptist-Roberts, K., Wilson, L. M., Barone, B., Gary, T. L., et al. (2009). Antepartum glucose tolerance test results as predictors of type 2 diabetes mellitus in women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus: A systematic review. Gender Medicine, 6(Part 1), 109-122. doi:10.1016/j.genm.2008.12.002

Baptiste-Roberts, K., Salafia, C.M., Nicholson, W.K., Duggan, A., Wang, N.Y., & Brancati, F.L. (2008). Maternal risk factors for abnormal placental growth: The national collaborative perinatal project. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 8, 44. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-8-44

Baptiste-Roberts, K., Gary, T.L., Beckles, G.L., Gregg, E.W., Owens, M., Porterfield, D., et al. (2007). Family history of diabetes, awareness of risk factors, and health behaviors among african americans. American Journal of Public Health, 97(5), 907-912. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.077032

Asao, K., Kao, W.H., Baptiste-Roberts, K., Bandeen-Roche, K., Erlinger, T.P., & Brancati, F.L. (2006). Short stature and the risk of adiposity, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes in middle age: The third national health and nutrition examination survey (NHANES III), 1988-1994. Diabetes Care, 29(7), 1632-1637. doi: 10.2337/dc05-1997

Baptiste-Roberts, K., Gary, T.L., Bone, L.R., Hill, M.N., & Brancati, F.L. (2006). Perceived body image among african americans with type 2 diabetes. Patient Education and Counseling, 60(2), 194-200. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2005.01.004

Gary, T. L., Baptiste-Roberts, K., Crum, R. M., Cooper, L. A., Ford, D. E., & Brancati, F. L. (2005). Changes in depressive symptoms and metabolic control over 3 years among African Americans with type 2 diabetes. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 35(4), 377-382. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=
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Bacak, S. J., Baptiste-Roberts, K., Amon, E., Ireland, B., & Leet, T. (2005). Risk factors for neonatal mortality among extremely-low-birth-weight infants. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 192(3), 862-867. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.07.029

Hill-Briggs, F., Gary, T. L., Baptiste-Roberts, K., & Brancati, F. L. (2005). Thirty-six-item short-form outcomes following a randomized controlled trial in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care, 28(2), 443-444. doi: 10.2337/diacare.28.2.443

Gary, T. L., Baptiste-Roberts, K., Gregg, E. W., Williams, D. E., Beckles, G. L., Miller, E. J., 3rd, et al. (2004). Fruit, vegetable and fat intake in a population-based sample of African Americans. Journal of the National Medical Association, 96(12), 1599-1605. PMCID: PMC2568677

Published Reports

Nicholson, W. K., Wilson, L. M., Witkop, C. T., Baptiste-Roberts, K., Bennett, W. L., Bolen, S., et al. (2008). Therapeutic management, delivery, and postpartum risk assessment and screening in gestational diabetes. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, (162), 1-96.

Monographs

Baptiste-Roberts, K., & Gary, T. L. (in press). Family history of diabetes, risk factor awareness, and health behaviors. Diabets in Black America: Public Health and clinical solutions to a national crisis. Leonard Jack, Jr. (Ed.).

Research

Foci

Funded Projects

Baptiste-Roberts, K. Postdoctoral Fellowship- National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute (NHLBI) (T32-HL07024; PI: J. Coresh), Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology Training Program, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD . 2006-2008

Nicholson, W.K. & Baptiste-Roberts, K. Gestational Diabetes: Labor Management and Postpartum Follow-up. Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ). Role: Co-Investigator. 2007

Baptiste-Roberts, K. Pre-doctoral Fellowship - National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute (NHLBI) (T32-HL07180; PI: D. Levine), Behavioral Cardiology Training Program, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. 2003-2006