Benjamin C Amick III, PhD

Research Program: Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences Faculty Rank: Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Epidemiology Campus: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College: College of Public Health Department: College of Public Health

Cancer Research Interest

• Research Interest Statement: I am currently collaborating with a group at University of Groningen Medical Center in The Netherlands where we build a prospective cohort that followed cancer survivors over 2 years. We are still publishing off that data and I will be replicating the cohort in the US with a focus on health disparities.

Contact Information

• Email Address: BCAMICK@UAMS.EDU
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Recent Publications

• Brown CC, Tilford JM, Thomsen M, [et al., including Amick BC]. Risk of adverse infant outcomes associated with maternal mental health and substance use disorders. Archives of women's mental health. 2024. PMID: 39320568.
• Park YM, Baek JH, Lee HS, [et al., including Amick BC]. Income variability and incident cardiovascular disease in diabetes: a population-based cohort study. European heart journal. 2024 45(21):1920-1933. PMID: 38666368.
• Park YM, Jung W, Yeo Y, [et al., including Amick BC 3rd]. Mid- and long-term risk of atrial fibrillation among breast cancer surgery survivors. BMC medicine. 2024 22(1):88. PMID: 38419017. PMCID: PMC10903065.
• Patel JR, Amick BC, Vyas KS, [et al.]. Gender disparities in symptomology of COVID-19 among adults in Arkansas. Preventive medicine reports. 2023 35:102290. PMID: 37441188. PMCID: PMC10289819.
• Zohoori N, Barsotti T, Porter A, [et al., including Amick BC 3rd]. COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among Students in Public Institutions of Higher Education in Arkansas in 2021. Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974). 2023:333549231192464. PMID: 37610163.
• Macpherson RA, Amick BC, Collie A, [et al.]. Do regional labor market conditions matter for temporary work disability duration? A multilevel analysis of workers' compensation claims in five Canadian provinces. American journal of industrial medicine. 2023 66(8):637-654. PMID: 37245121.
• Van Zon SKR, Amick BC 3rd, Abma FI, [et al.]. Work functioning of Dutch workers with a chronic disease in early, mid and late working life: Cross-sectional findings from 38,470 participants in the Lifelines Cohort Study. Preventive medicine. 2023 172:107549. PMID: 37201594.
• Allen JL, Amick BC 3rd, Williams ML, [et al.]. A longitudinal study of SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence and mitigation behaviors among college students at an Arkansas University. Journal of American college health : J of ACH. 2023:1-10. PMID: 37289962.
• de Groot S, Veldman K, Amick BC, Bültmann U. Single and cumulative exposure to psychosocial work conditions and mental health among young adults. European journal of public health. 2023 33(2):257-263. PMID: 36792962. PMCID: PMC10066491.
• Ehrenstein JK, Duijts SFA, van Zon SKR, [et al., including Amick BC 3rd]. Establishing General Working Population Norms for the Cognitive Symptom Checklist-Work. Journal of occupational rehabilitation. 2023. PMID: 36935459. PMCID: PMC10684708.
• Allen JL, Du R, Powell T, [et al., including Amick BC 3rd]. Characterizing Cancer and Work Disparities Using Electronic Health Records. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2022 19(23). PMID: 36497959. PMCID: PMC9740124.
• Norton JC, Politis MD, Bimali M, [et al., including Amick BC]. Analysis of COVID-19 Pandemic on Supplement Usage and Its Combination with Self-Medication within the State of Arkansas. Journal of dietary supplements. 2022:1-28. PMID: 36178162. PMCID: PMC10033323.
• Allen JL, Wiginton K, Nakarmi J, [et al., including Amick BC 3rd]. Physical Activity as a Mediator for Health Outcomes Among Sexual Minority Adults. LGBT health. 2022. PMID: 36173753.
• Michaelis M, Rieger MA, Burgess S, [et al., including Amick BC]. Evaluation of measurement properties of the German Work Role Functioning Questionnaire. BMC public health. 2022 22(1):1750. PMID: 36109729. PMCID: PMC9479368.
• Chaumont Menéndez C, Munoz R, Walker TJ, Amick BC 3rd. Assessing the Australian occupational driver behavior questionnaire in U.S. taxi drivers: Different country, different occupation and different worker population. Journal of safety research. 2022 82:409-416. PMID: 36031271. PMCID: PMC9429817.
• Patel JR, Amick BC, Vyas KS, [et al.]. Racial disparities in symptomatology and outcomes of COVID-19 among adults of Arkansas. Preventive medicine reports. 2022 28:101840. PMID: 35634216. PMCID: PMC9128301.
• Sherman AC, Williams ML, Amick BC, [et al.]. Adjustment to the COVID-19 pandemic: associations with global and situational meaning. Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.). 2022:1-16. PMID: 35813567. PMCID: PMC9256532.
• Figueiredo JC, Hirsch FR, Kushi LH, [et al., including Amick BC]. Mission, Organization, and Future Direction of the Serological Sciences Network for COVID-19 (SeroNet) Epidemiologic Cohort Studies. Open forum infectious diseases. 2022 9(6):ofac171. PMID: 35765315. PMCID: PMC9129196.
• Kennedy JL, Forrest JC, Young SG, [et al., including Amick B]. Temporal Variations in Seroprevalence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infections by Race and Ethnicity in Arkansas. Open forum infectious diseases. 2022 9(5):ofac154. PMID: 35493126. PMCID: PMC9045955.
• Ehrenstein JK, van Zon SKR, Duijts SFA, [et al., including Amick BC 3rd]. Trajectories of cognitive symptoms and associated factors in cancer survivors after return to work: an 18-month longitudinal cohort study. Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice. 2022. PMID: 35312951. PMCID: PMC10036271.
• Donovan CV, Rose C, Lewis KN, [et al., including Amick BC 3rd]. SARS-CoV-2 Incidence in K-12 School Districts with Mask-Required Versus Mask-Optional Policies - Arkansas, August-October 2021. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report. 2022 71(10):384-389. PMID: 35271560. PMCID: PMC8912000.
• Cardenas VM, Kennedy JL, Williams M, [et al., including Amick BC 3rd]. State-wide random seroprevalence survey of SARS-CoV-2 past infection in a southern US State, 2020. PloS one. 2022 17(4):e0267322. PMID: 35476717. PMCID: PMC9045671.
• Macpherson RA, He A, Amick Iii BC, [et al.]. Evaluating effectiveness of an integrated return-to-work and vocational rehabilitation program on work disability duration in the construction sector. Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health. 2021. PMID: 34902046. PMCID: PMC9523466.
• Porter A, Brown CC, Cima M, [et al., including Amick BC 3rd]. Association of the COVID-19 pandemic and dying at home due to ischemic heart disease. Preventive medicine. 2021 153:106818. PMID: 34599924. PMCID: PMC8480010.
• de Groot S, Veldman K, Amick Iii BC, Bültmann U. Work functioning among young adults: the role of mental health problems from childhood to young adulthood. Occupational and environmental medicine. 2021. PMID: 34711660. PMCID: PMC8921561.
• Van Eerd D, D'Elia T, Ferron EM, [et al., including Amick B 3rd]. Implementation of participatory organizational change in long term care to improve safety. Journal of safety research. 2021 78:9-18. PMID: 34399935.
• Dorland HF, Abma FI, Roelen CAM, [et al., including Amick BC 3rd]. Validation of the Work Role Functioning Questionnaire 2.0 in cancer patients. European journal of cancer care. 2021 30(4):e13420. PMID: 33538368. PMCID: PMC8365733.
• Sherman AC, Park CL, Salsman JM, [et al., including Amick BC]. Anxiety, depressive, and trauma symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evaluating the role of disappointment with God. Journal of affective disorders. 2021 293:245-253. PMID: 34217962. PMCID: PMC8437139.
• de Groot S, Veldman K, Amick Iii BC, [et al.]. Does the timing and duration of mental health problems during childhood and adolescence matter for labour market participation of young adults?. Journal of epidemiology and community health. 2021. PMID: 33558429. PMCID: PMC8372381.
• McElfish PA, Willis DE, Bogulski C, [et al., including Amick BC 3rd]. COVID-19 Vaccine Willingness and Hesitancy Among Marshallese Pacific Islanders. Journal of patient experience. 2021 8:23743735211056428. PMID: 34825050. PMCID: PMC8609098.
• Sherman AC, Williams ML, Amick BC, [et al.]. Mental health outcomes associated with the COVID-19 pandemic: Prevalence and risk factors in a southern US state. Psychiatry research. 2020 293:113476. PMID: 33198047. PMCID: PMC7513769.
• Robson LS, Lee H, Amick Iii BC, [et al.]. Preventing fall-from-height injuries in construction: Effectiveness of a regulatory training standard. Journal of safety research. 2020 74:271-278. PMID: 32951792.
• van Zon SKR, Amick Iii BC, de Jong T, [et al.]. Occupational distribution of metabolic syndrome prevalence and incidence differs by sex and is not explained by age and health behavior: results from 75 000 Dutch workers from 40 occupational groups. BMJ open diabetes research & care. 2020 8(1). PMID: 32636219. PMCID: PMC7342434.
• Macpherson RA, Amick BC 3rd, Collie A, [et al.]. Urban-Rural Differences in the Duration of Injury-Related Work Disability in Six Canadian Provinces. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine. 2020 62(5):e200-e207. PMID: 32149942.
• Bültmann U, Arends I, Veldman K, [et al., including Amick Iii BC]. Investigating young adults' mental health and early working life trajectories from a life course perspective: the role of transitions. Journal of epidemiology and community health. 2020 74(2):179-181. PMID: 31694872. PMCID: PMC6993030.