Mario Schootman, PhD

Research Program: Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences Faculty Rank: Professor and Vice Chair of the Dept of Medicine Campus: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College: Northwest Arkansas Campus Department: Internal Medicine

Cancer Research Interest

• Disease Site Focus: GI, Breast
• Research Focus Area: Treatment, Informatics, Prevention
• Type of Research: Population Sciences
• Research Keywords: neighborhood; GIS, epidemiology; real-world data; effectiveness
• Research Interest Statement: Geographic variation in cancer-related patient outomes. Using real-world data (e.g., EMR and claims data) to examine the effectiveness of cancer-related treatment.

Contact Information

• Email Address: MSCHOOTMAN@UAMS.EDU
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Active Grants

• NIH/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences – 1K12TR004924
  “CTSA K12 Program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences”
  Principal Investigator
  7/1/2024 – 6/30/2029
• Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute – 2023C1-31347-PS1
  “Delivering HOPE (Helping Women Optimize Prenatal Equity)”
  Co-Investigator
  4/1/2024 – 3/31/2031

Recent Publications

• Sharma M, Bowman E, Zheng F, [et al., including Schootman M]. Reducing Iatrogenic Blood Losses in Premature Infants. Pediatrics. 2024 154(4). PMID: 39290188. PMCID: PMC11422196.
• Li C, Peng C, DelNero P, [et al., including Schootman M]. Investigating the coverage of the Arkansas All-Payer Claims Database for examining health disparities related to persistent poverty areas in colorectal cancer patients. Cancer causes & control : CCC. 2024. PMID: 39306812.
• Rumpel JA, Perazzo S, Bona J, [et al., including Schootman M]. ADVANCE: a biomedical informatics approach to investigate acute kidney injury in infants. Pediatric research. 2024. PMID: 39122822.
• Li C, Peng C, DelNero P, [et al., including Schootman M]. Sampling coverage of the Arkansas all-payer claims database by County's persistent poverty designation. Health services research. 2024 59(4):e14342. PMID: 38880660. PMCID: PMC11249802.
• Park YM, Amick Iii BC, McElfish PA, [et al., including Schootman M]. Income dynamics and risk of colorectal cancer in individuals with type 2 diabetes: a nationwide population-based cohort study. Journal of epidemiology. 2024. PMID: 38972733.
• Gui ZH, Heinrich J, Min Qian Z, [et al., including Schootman M]. Exposures to particulate matters and childhood sleep disorders-A large study in three provinces in China. Environment international. 2024 190:108841. PMID: 38917626.
• Park YM, Baek JH, Lee HS, [et al., including Schootman M]. Income variability and incident cardiovascular disease in diabetes: a population-based cohort study. European heart journal. 2024 45(21):1920-1933. PMID: 38666368.
• Narcisse MR, Wang ML, Schootman M, [et al.]. Physical activity among cancer survivors: do neighborhood walkability and metropolitan size play a role?. Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice. 2024. PMID: 38775900.
• Yell N, Eberth JM, Alberg AJ, [et al., including Schootman M]. Comparison of the characteristics of the population eligible for lung cancer screening under 2013 and population newly eligible under 2021 US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations. Cancer causes & control : CCC. 2024. PMID: 38717723. PMCID: PMC11377476.
• Narcisse MR, McElfish PA, Schootman M, [et al.]. Type 2 diabetes and health-related quality of life among older Medicare beneficiaries: The mediating role of sleep. Sleep medicine. 2024 117:209-215. PMID: 38593616. PMCID: PMC11081429.
• Clennin M, Reifler L, Goodman O, [et al., including Schootman M]. Association of Housing Instability with Obesity Status Among Insured Adults. American journal of preventive medicine. 2024. PMID: 38648907.
• Park YM, Jung W, Yeo Y, [et al., including Schootman M]. Mid- and long-term risk of atrial fibrillation among breast cancer surgery survivors. BMC medicine. 2024 22(1):88. PMID: 38419017. PMCID: PMC10903065.
• Sharma M, Brown AW, Powell NM, [et al., including Schootman M]. Racial and skin color mediated disparities in pulse oximetry in infants and young children. Paediatric respiratory reviews. 2024. PMID: 38233229. PMCID: PMC11139570.
• Schootman M, Li C, Ying J, [et al.]. Maximizing Readmission Reduction in Colon Cancer Patients. The Journal of surgical research. 2023 295:587-596. PMID: 38096772. PMCID: PMC10922981.
• Jordan EJ, Shih PC, Nelson EJ, [et al., including Schootman M]. Ecological Momentary Assessment of Midlife Adults' Daily Stress: Protocol for the Stress Reports in Variable Environments (STRIVE) App Study. JMIR research protocols. 2023 12:e51845. PMID: 37796561. PMCID: PMC10587811.
• Mavros MN, Johnson LA, Schootman M, [et al.]. Adherence to Extended Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis and Outcomes After Complex Gastrointestinal Oncologic Surgery. Annals of surgical oncology. 2023 30(9):5522-5531. PMID: 37338748. PMCID: PMC10409669.
• Mavros MN, Johnson LA, Schootman M, [et al.]. ASO Visual Abstract: Adherence to and Outcomes of Extended Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis After Complex Gastrointestinal Oncologic Surgery. Annals of surgical oncology. 2023 30(9):5532-5533. PMID: 37428329.
• Narcisse MR, Shah SK, Hallgren E, [et al., including Schootman M]. Factors associated with breast cancer screening services use among women in the United States: An application of the Andersen's Behavioral Model of Health Services Use. Preventive medicine. 2023 173:107545. PMID: 37201597. PMCID: PMC10773561.
• Barnes JM, Graboyes EM, Adjei Boakye E, [et al., including Schootman M]. Insurance Coverage and Forgoing Medical Appointments Because of Cost Among Cancer Survivors After 2016. JCO oncology practice. 2023:OP2200587. PMID: 36649493. PMCID: PMC10530391.
• Willis DE, Schootman M, Shah SK, [et al.]. Parent/guardian intentions to vaccinate children against COVID-19 in the United States. Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics. 2022 18(5):2071078. PMID: 35506876. PMCID: PMC9302502.
• Schootman M, Steinmeyer BC, Chen L, [et al.]. Influence of Neighborhood Conditions on Recurrent Hospital Readmissions in Patients with Heart Failure: A Cohort Study. The American journal of medicine. 2022 135(9):1116-1123.e5. PMID: 35472381.
• Plascak JJ, Mooney SJ, Schootman M, [et al.]. Validating a spatio-temporal model of observed neighborhood physical disorder. Spatial and spatio-temporal epidemiology. 2022 41:100506. PMID: 35691640. PMCID: PMC9193978.
• Schootman M, Wiskow C, Loux T, [et al.]. Evaluation of the effectiveness of an automated sepsis predictive tool on patient outcomes. Journal of critical care. 2022 71:154061. PMID: 35598533.
• McElfish PA, Willis DE, Shah SK, [et al., including Schootman M]. Parents' and Guardians' Intentions to Vaccinate Children against COVID-19. Vaccines. 2022 10(3). PMID: 35334993. PMCID: PMC8949105.
• Plascak JJ, Rundle AG, Xu X, [et al., including Schootman M]. Associations between neighborhood disinvestment and breast cancer outcomes within a populous state registry. Cancer. 2022 128(1):131-138. PMID: 34495547. PMCID: PMC9070603.
• Mody A, Pfeifauf K, Bradley C, [et al., including Schootman M]. Understanding Drivers of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Racial Disparities: A Population-Level Analysis of COVID-19 Testing Among Black and White Populations. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2021 73(9):e2921-e2931. PMID: 33315066. PMCID: PMC7799327.
• Yu H, Hu LW, Zhou Y, [et al., including Schootman M]. Association between eye-level greenness and lung function in urban Chinese children. Environmental research. 2021 202:111641. PMID: 34252432.
• Yu H, Zhou Y, Wang R, [et al., including Schootman M]. Associations between trees and grass presence with childhood asthma prevalence using deep learning image segmentation and a novel green view index. Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987). 2021 286:117582. PMID: 34438500.
• Boakye EA, Stierwalt T, Grundy S, [et al., including Schootman M]. Human papillomavirus vaccination uptake among Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults in the United States. Annals of epidemiology. 2021 66:52-55. PMID: 34563569.
• Geng EH, Schwab J, Foraker R, [et al., including Schootman M]. Outcomes Associated With Social Distancing Policies in St Louis, Missouri, During the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA network open. 2021 4(9):e2123374. PMID: 34468756. PMCID: PMC8411298.
• Eberth JM, Zahnd WE, Josey MJ, [et al., including Schootman M]. Trends in spatial access to colonoscopy in South Carolina, 2000-2014. Spatial and spatio-temporal epidemiology. 2021 37:100414. PMID: 33980409. PMCID: PMC8575121.
• Schootman M, Mutch M, Loux T, [et al.]. Differences in effectiveness and use of laparoscopic surgery in locally advanced colon cancer patients. Scientific reports. 2021 11(1):10022. PMID: 33976338. PMCID: PMC8113575.
• Adjei Boakye E, Osazuwa-Peters N, López J, [et al., including Schootman M]. Disparities in human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine initiation and completion based on sexual orientation among women in the United States. Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics. 2021 17(2):428-433. PMID: 32701386. PMCID: PMC7899676.
• Zahnd WE, Josey MJ, Schootman M, Eberth JM. Spatial accessibility to colonoscopy and its role in predicting late-stage colorectal cancer. Health services research. 2021 56(1):73-83. PMID: 32954527. PMCID: PMC7839638.
• Adjei Boakye E, Wang M, Sharma A, [et al., including Schootman M]. Risk of second primary cancers in individuals diagnosed with index smoking- and non-smoking- related cancers. Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology. 2020 146(7):1765-1779. PMID: 32356175.
• Liao J, Yang S, Xia W, [et al., including Schootman M]. Associations of exposure to green space with problem behaviours in preschool-aged children. International journal of epidemiology. 2020 49(3):944-953. PMID: 31782776.
• Gebauer S, Schootman M, Xian H, Xaverius P. Neighborhood built and social environment and meeting physical activity recommendations among mid to older adults with joint pain. Preventive medicine reports. 2020 18:101063. PMID: 32140385. PMCID: PMC7044527.
• Plascak JJ, Schootman M, Rundle AG, [et al.]. Spatial predictive properties of built environment characteristics assessed by drop-and-spin virtual neighborhood auditing. International journal of health geographics. 2020 19(1):21. PMID: 32471502. PMCID: PMC7257196.
• Schootman M, Perez M, Schootman JC, [et al.]. Influence of built environment on quality of life changes in African-American patients with non-metastatic breast cancer. Health & place. 2020 63:102333. PMID: 32543424. PMCID: PMC7676919.
• Ekenga CC, Wang X, Pérez M, [et al., including Schootman M]. A Prospective Study of Weight Gain in Women Diagnosed with Early-Stage Invasive Breast Cancer, Ductal Carcinoma In Situ, and Women Without Breast Cancer. Journal of women's health (2002). 2020 29(4):524-533. PMID: 31460829. PMCID: PMC7194326.
• Schootman M, Jeffe DB, Ratnapradipa KL, [et al.]. Increased 30-Day Mortality Risk in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus After Colon Cancer Surgery: A Mediation Analysis. Diseases of the colon and rectum. 2020 63(3):290-299. PMID: 31977584. PMCID: PMC8573828.
• Wang M, Sharma A, Osazuwa-Peters N, [et al., including Schootman M]. Risk of subsequent malignant neoplasms after an index potentially-human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancers. Cancer epidemiology. 2020 64:101649. PMID: 31816512. PMCID: PMC7415188.
• Harris-Hayes M, Schootman M, Schootman JC, Hastings MK. The Role of Physical Therapists in Fighting the Type 2 Diabetes Epidemic. The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy. 2020 50(1):5-16. PMID: 31775555. PMCID: PMC7069691.