Dr. Howe is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology within the Brown University School of Public Health. She serves as an Associate Editor for the American Journal of Epidemiology and has an appointment with the Center for Epidemiologic Research at Brown. Dr. Howe is also a member of the Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research.
Prior to joining the faculty at Brown, Dr. Howe obtained an MPH in Epidemiology from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. She received her PhD in Epidemiology as well as an MHS in Biostatistics from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Howe completed postdoctoral training in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health.
| Sears CG, Poulsen AH, Eliot M, Howe CJ, James KA, Harrington JM, Roswall N, Overvad K, Tjønneland A, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Wellenius GA, Meliker J. "Urine cadmium and acute myocardial infarction among never smokers in the Danish Diet, Cancer and Health cohort." Environment International, vol. 150, 2021, pp. 106428. |
| Dulin AJ, Earnshaw VA, Dale SK, Carey MP, Fava JL, Wilson-Barthes M, Mugavero MJ, Dougherty-Sheff S, Johnson B, Napravnik S, Howe CJ. "A Concept Mapping Study to Understand Multilevel Resilience Resources Among African American/Black Adults Living with HIV in the Southern United States." AIDS and Behavior, 2020. |
| Cressman AE, Howe CJ, Nunn AS, Adimora AA, Williams DR, Kempf M, Chandran A, Wentz EL, Blackstock OJ, Kassaye SG, Cohen J, Cohen MH, Wingood GM, Metsch LR, Wilson TE. "The relationship between discrimination and missed scheduled HIV care appointments among women living with HIV." AIDS and Behavior, vol. 24, no. 1, 2020, pp. 151-164. |
| Zullo, Andrew R., Adams, Joëlla W., Gantenberg, Jason R., Marshall, Brandon D.L., Howe, Chanelle J. "Examining neighborhood poverty-based disparities in HIV/STI prevalence: an analysis of Add Health data." Annals of Epidemiology, vol. 39, 2019, pp. 8-14.e4. |
| Trudel-Fitzgerald, Claudia, Millstein, Rachel A., von Hippel, Christiana, Howe, Chanelle J., Tomasso, Linda Powers, Wagner, Gregory R., VanderWeele, Tyler J. "Psychological well-being as part of the public health debate? Insight into dimensions, interventions, and policy." BMC Public Health, vol. 19, no. 1, 2019. |
| Janssen, Tim, Magill, Molly, Mastroleo, Nadine R., Laws, M. Barton, Howe, Chanelle J., Walthers, Justin W., Monti, Peter M., Kahler, Christopher W. "The role of therapist MI skill and client change talk class membership predicting dual alcohol and sex risk outcomes." Journal of Clinical Psychology, vol. 75, no. 9, 2019, pp. 1527-1543. |
| Laws MB, Magill M, Mastroleo NR, Gamarel KE, Howe CJ, Walthers J, Monti PM, Souza T, Wilson IB, Rose GS, Kahler CW. "A sequential analysis of motivational interviewing technical skills and client responses." Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, vol. 92, 2018, pp. 27-34. |
| Howe, Chanelle J, Dulin-Keita, Akilah, Cole, Stephen R, Hogan, Joseph W, Lau, Bryan, Moore, Richard D, Mathews, W Christopher, Crane, Heidi M, Drozd, Daniel R, Geng, Elvin, Boswell, Stephen L, Napravnik, Sonia, Eron, Joseph J, Mugavero, Michael J, None, None. "Evaluating the Population Impact on Racial/Ethnic Disparities in HIV in Adulthood of Intervening on Specific Targets: A Conceptual and Methodological Framework." American Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 187, no. 2, 2018, pp. 316-325. |
| Dulin, Akilah, Risica, Patricia M., Mello, Jennifer, Ahmed, Rashid, Carey, Kate B., Cardel, Michelle, Howe, Chanelle J., Nadimpalli, Sarah, Gans, Kim M. "Examining neighborhood and interpersonal norms and social support on fruit and vegetable intake in low-income communities." BMC Public Health, vol. 18, no. 1, 2018, pp. 455. |
| Dulin, Akilah J., Dale, Sannisha K., Earnshaw, Valerie A., Fava, Joseph L., Mugavero, Michael J., Napravnik, Sonia, Hogan, Joseph W., Carey, Michael P., Howe, Chanelle J. "Resilience and HIV: a review of the definition and study of resilience." AIDS Care, vol. 30, no. sup5, 2018, pp. 1-12. |
| Howe CJ, Robinson WR. "Survival-related Selection Bias in Studies of Racial Health Disparities: The Importance of the Target Population and Study Design." Epidemiology, vol. 29, no. 4, 2018, pp. 521-524. |
| Rebeiro, Peter F., Howe, Chanelle J., Rogers, William B., Bebawy, Sally S., Turner, Megan, Kheshti, Asghar, McGowan, Catherine C., Raffanti, Stephen P., Sterling, Timothy R. "The relationship between adverse neighborhood socioeconomic context and HIV continuum of care outcomes in a diverse HIV clinic cohort in the Southern United States." AIDS Care, vol. 30, no. 11, 2018, pp. 1426-1434. |
| Liu Q, Lichtenstein AH, Matthan NR, Howe CJ, Allison MA, Howard BV, Martin LW, Valdiviezo C, Manson JE, Liu S, Eaton CB. "Higher Lipophilic Index Indicates Higher Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Postmenopausal Women." Lipids, vol. 52, no. 8, 2017, pp. 687-702. |
| Howe, Chanelle J., Siegel, Hayley, Dulin-Keita, Akilah. "Neighborhood Environments and Sexual Risk Behaviors for HIV Infection Among U.S. Women: A Systematic Review." AIDS and Behavior, vol. 21, no. 12, 2017, pp. 3353-3365. |
| Howe, Chanelle J. "Reducing HIV Racial/Ethnic Disparities." Epidemiology, vol. 28, no. 2, 2017, pp. 221-223. |
| Adams, J. W., Howe, C. J., Andrews, A. C., Allen, S. L., Vinnard, C. "Tuberculosis screening among HIV-infected patients: tuberculin skin test vs. interferon-gamma release assay." AIDS Care, vol. 29, no. 12, 2017, pp. 1504-1509. |
| Zullo AR, Howe CJ, Galárraga O. "Estimating the Effect of Health Insurance on Personal Prescription Drug Importation." Medical Care Research and Review, vol. 74, no. 2, 2016, pp. 178-207. |
| Gao, Tina Y., Howe, Chanelle J., Zullo, Andrew R., Marshall, Brandon D.L. "Risk factors for self-report of not receiving an HIV test among adolescents in NYC with a history of sexual intercourse, 2013 YRBS." Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, vol. 12, no. 4, 2016, pp. 1-15. |
| Howe, Chanelle J., Cole, Stephen R., Lau, Bryan, Napravnik, Sonia, Eron, Joseph J. "Selection Bias Due to Loss to Follow Up in Cohort Studies." Epidemiology, vol. 27, no. 1, 2016, pp. 91-97. |
| Kahler, Christopher W., Caswell, Amy J., Laws, M. Barton, Walthers, Justin, Magill, Molly, Mastroleo, Nadine R., Howe, Chanelle J., Souza, Timothy, Wilson, Ira, Bryant, Kendall, Monti, Peter M. "Using topic coding to understand the nature of change language in a motivational intervention to reduce alcohol and sex risk behaviors in emergency department patients." Patient Education and Counseling, vol. 99, no. 10, 2016, pp. 1595-602. |
| Cerdá, Magdalena, Prins, Seth J., Galea, Sandro, Howe, Chanelle J., Pardini, Dustin. "When psychopathology matters most: identifying sensitive periods when within-person changes in conduct, affective and anxiety problems are associated with male adolescent substance use." Addiction, vol. 111, no. 5, 2016, pp. 924-935. |
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Howe CJ, Cain LE, Hogan JW.
"Are all biases missing data problems?." Current epidemiology reports, vol. 2, no. 3, 2015, pp. 162-171.
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| Loucks, Eric B., Britton, Willoughby B., Howe, Chanelle J., Gutman, Roee, Gilman, Stephen E., Brewer, Judson, Eaton, Charles B., Buka, Stephen L. "Associations of Dispositional Mindfulness with Obesity and Central Adiposity: the New England Family Study." Int.J. Behav. Med., vol. 23, no. 2, 2015, pp. 224-33. |
| Merchant, A.T., Georgantopoulos, P., Howe, C.J., Virani, S.S., Morales, D.A., Haddock, K.S. "Effect of Long-Term Periodontal Care on Hemoglobin A1c in Type 2 Diabetes." Journal of Dental Research, vol. 95, no. 4, 2015, pp. 408-415. |
| Gebrekristos, Hirut T., Howe, Chanelle J. "Ratio of Observed and Expected Joint Effects." Epidemiology, vol. 26, no. 1, 2015, pp. e3-e4. |
| Howe CJ, Napravnik S, Cole SR, Kaufman JS, Adimora AA, Elston B, Eron JJ Jr, Mugavero MJ. "African American Race and HIV Virological Suppression: Beyond Disparities in Clinic Attendance." American Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 179, no. 12, 2014, pp. 1484-92. |
| Braun, Joseph M., Lanphear, Bruce P., Calafat, Antonia M., Deria, Sirad, Khoury, Jane, Howe, Chanelle J., Venners, Scott A. "Early-Life Bisphenol A Exposure and Child Body Mass Index: A Prospective Cohort Study." Environ Health Perspect, 2014. |
| Loucks, E. B., Gilman, S. E., Howe, C. J., Kawachi, I., Kubzansky, L. D., Rudd, R. E., Martin, L. T., Nandi, A., Wilhelm, A., Buka, S. L. "Education and Coronary Heart Disease Risk: Potential Mechanisms Such as Literacy, Perceived Constraints, and Depressive Symptoms." Health Education & Behavior, vol. 42, no. 3, 2014, pp. 370-379. |
| Escudero DJ, Lurie MN, Kerr T, Howe CJ, Marshall BD. "HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis for people who inject drugs: a review of current results and an agenda for future research." Journal of the International AIDS Society, vol. 17, 2014, pp. 18899. |
| Sahlu I, Howe CJ, Clark MA, Marshall BD. "HIV status, knowledge of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and antenatal care use among Ethiopian women." Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, vol. 4, no. 3, 2014, pp. 177. |
| Loucks EB, Britton WB, Howe CJ, Eaton CB, Buka SL. "Positive Associations of Dispositional Mindfulness with Cardiovascular Health: the New England Family Study." Int.J. Behav. Med., vol. 22, no. 4, 2014, pp. 540-550. |
| Kinnard, Elizabeth N, Howe, Chanelle J, Kerr, Thomas, Skjødt Hass, Vibeke, Marshall, Brandon DL. "Self-reported changes in drug use behaviors and syringe disposal methods following the opening of a supervised injecting facility in Copenhagen, Denmark." Harm Reduct J, vol. 11, no. 1, 2014, pp. 29. |
| Howe CJ, Cole SR, Napravnik S, Kaufman JS, Adimora AA, Elston B, Eron JJ Jr, Mugavero MJ. "The role of at-risk alcohol/drug use and treatment in appointment attendance and virologic suppression among HIV(+) African Americans." AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, vol. 30, no. 3, 2014, pp. 233-40. |
| Howe CJ, Cole SR, Mehta SH, Kirk GD. "Estimating the effects of multiple time-varying exposures using joint marginal structural models: alcohol consumption, injection drug use, and HIV acquisition." Epidemiology, vol. 23, no. 4, 2012, pp. 574-82. |
| Howe CJ, Cole SR, Ostrow DG, Mehta SH, Kirk GD. "A prospective study of alcohol consumption and HIV acquisition among injection drug users." AIDS, vol. 25, no. 2, 2011, pp. 221-8. |
| Howe CJ, Cole SR, Chmiel JS, Muñoz A. "Limitation of inverse probability-of-censoring weights in estimating survival in the presence of strong selection bias." American Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 173, no. 5, 2011, pp. 569-77. |
| Naimi AI, Kaufman JS, Howe CJ, Robinson WR. "Mediation considerations: serum potassium and the racial disparity in diabetes risk." The American journal of clinical nutrition, vol. 94, no. 2, 2011, pp. 614-6. |
| Howe CJ, Cole SR, Westreich DJ, Greenland S, Napravnik S, Eron JJ Jr. "Splines for trend analysis and continuous confounder control." Epidemiology, vol. 22, no. 6, 2011, pp. 874-5. |
| Howe CJ, Sander PM, Plankey MW, Cole SR. "Effects of time-varying exposures adjusting for time-varying confounders: the case of alcohol consumption and risk of incident human immunodeficiency virus infection." International Journal of Public Health, vol. 55, no. 3, 2010, pp. 227-8. |
| Howe CJ, Cole SR, Napravnik S, Eron JJ. "Enrollment, retention, and visit attendance in the University of North Carolina Center for AIDS Research HIV clinical cohort, 2001-2007." AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, vol. 26, no. 8, 2010, pp. 875-81. |
| Smith LB, Fadrowski JJ, Howe CJ, Fivush BA, Neu AM, Furth SL. "Secondary hyperparathyroidism and anemia in children treated by hemodialysis." American Journal of Kidney Diseases, vol. 55, no. 2, 2010, pp. 326-34. |
| Howe CJ, Fuller CM, Ompad DC, Galea S, Koblin B, Thomas D, Vlahov D. "Association of sex, hygiene and drug equipment sharing with hepatitis C virus infection among non-injecting drug users in New York City." Drug and Alcohol Dependence, vol. 79, no. 3, 2005, pp. 389-95. |
Dr. Howe is an epidemiologist with interests in methods, infectious diseases, and health disparities. Her methodologically focused research interests include improving understanding of potential sources of bias as well as better characterizing, adapting, and illustrating the use of advanced quantitative methods to promote accurate inference in the published public health and biomedical literature. Substantively, her work has often focused on using state-of-the-art approaches to identify the best targets for effective interventions to improve HIV-related population health and to reduce persistent health disparities, especially HIV-related health disparities.
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Heart Failure: A Cross-Cohort Collaboration
R01 HL150170-01A1 (C. Eaton, N. Allen, and C. Howe; MPIs)
April 2021 to March 2025
NIH/NHLBI
Impact of multilevel risk and resilience factors on cardiovascular health in racially/ethnically diverse men and women
R01 HL135200 (A. Dulin-Keita and C. Howe; MPIs)
August 2018 to July 2021
NIH/NHLBI
The role of resilience in addressing racial disparities in adverse HIV-related outcomes
R01 MH112386 (C. Howe and A. Dulin-Keita, MPIs)
August 2017 to May 2022
NIH/NIMH
Urinary cadmium and risk of cardiovascular disease
R01 ES026614 (J. Meliker, PI)
March 2017 to November 2021
NIH/NIEHS
Role: Co-I
Environmental determinants of pathological brain aging in WHI memory studies
R01 ES025888 (J. Chen, PI)
September 2016 to July 2021
NIH/NIEHS
Role: Co-I
Behavioral science and biostatistics resource core for alcohol-HIV research
U24 AA022003 (C. Kahler, PI)
September 2016 to August 2021
NIH/NIAAA
Role: Co-I
Cancer of the uterus and treatment of stress urinary incontinence
CER-1409-22034 (K. Robison, PI)
July 2015 to February 2019
PCORI
Role: Co-I and Subcontract PI
Pathways contributing to racial disparities in HIV virologic response
R56 AI120830 (C. Howe, PI)
August 2016 to July 2019
NIH/NIAID
Mechanisms of behavior change resource core for alcohol-HIV interventions
U24 AA022003 (C. Kahler, PI)
September 2012 to August 2016
NIH/NIAAA
Role: Co-I
Marginal structural models to get periodontal treatment effects on A1C in diabetes
R03 DE022785 (A. Merchant, PI)
April 2013 to March 2016
NIH/NIDCR
Role: Co-I and Subcontract PI
Missed visits and virologic failure among HIV infected African Americans receiving medical care
K22 AI095021 (C. Howe, PI)
February 2012 to July 2014
NIH/NIAID
Structural models and direct and indirect effects of alcohol use on HIV infection
R01 AA017594 (S. Cole, PI)
NIH/NIAAA
June 2009 to July 2011
Role: Post Doctoral Research Associate
Methods for informative censoring in HIV/AIDS cohorts
F31 DA022114 (C. Howe, PI)
NIH/NIDA
September 2006 to June 2009
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | PhD | The Johns Hopkins University |
| 2004 | MS | Columbia University |
| 2002 | BS | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Appointed as endowed RGSS Assistant Professor of Public Health at Brown University in 2018
Named one of the 10 Best Reviewers of 2014 for the American Journal of Epidemiology
National Institutes of Health Clinical Loan Repayment Program - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Society for Epidemiologic Research 2010 Poster Prize
Delta Omega National Public Health Honor Society - Alpha Chapter
Bloomberg School of Public Health Predoctoral Minority Health Scholarship
Mailman School of Public Health Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity Fellowship
Mailman School of Public Health Phoenix Fellowship
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Dulin, Akilah | Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences |
| Eaton, Charles | Professor of Family Medicine, Director of Primary Care and Prevention, Professor of Epidemiology |
| Hogan, Joseph | Carole and Lawrence Sirovich Professor of Public Health, Professor of Biostatistics, Chair of Biostatistics, Deputy Director of Data Science |
| Kahler, Christopher | Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Chair of Behavioral and Social Sciences |
| Loucks, Eric | Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Associate Professor of Medicine |
| Marshall, Brandon | Associate Professor of Epidemiology |
| Wellenius, Gregory | Adjunct Associate Professor of the Practice of Epidemiology |
| Zullo, Andrew | Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology |
| PHP 1900H - Racial/Ethnic, Socioeconomic-, and Other Group-Based Health Disparities in the United States |
| PHP 2250 - Advanced Quantitative Methods in Epidemiologic Research |
| PHP 2260 - Applied Epidemiologic Analysis Using SAS |
| PHP 2950 - Doctoral Seminar in Public Health |
